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Episode 11 – Overpaying for collector’s edition everything

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We cover tons of ground in this ep, but it can be boiled down to:

  • Megan’s TPA Orianna story, and the Gchat fistpump of celebration
  • The pro gaming apparatus that Steven handmade for Megan
  • Psychoanalyzing what types of stories Steven and Megan like, and how they’re the opposites of their own lives
  • Everyone’s thoughts on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  • The Final Fantasy XV:
    • Ultimate collector’s edition ($270)
    • Trailer with Florence + the Machine
      • Steven: “Is this the trailer where Florence + the Machine sings in the second half?
      • Megan: “I don’t even…is that…a person?”
    • Being completely the opposite of what Megan is interested in
      • Steven: “There’s nothing interesting for you – it’s four bros in a car!”
      • Megan: “And I don’t give a sh*t about cars!”
      • Steven: “Well, that was clear in the last episode.”

 

Episode 9 – It’s Worth It!

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Let us bring you back to the late 90’s and 2000’s when AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and Neopets were at the height of their popularity!  But we don’t want to shock you with such an abrupt change so quickly, so we’ll gently ease you in by allowing a seed that we planted for you in episode 8 to blossom – the story of Megan’s first girlfriend.  Throughout our travels through time, we’ll:

  • introduce you to “Meganisms,” which are Megan’s butchered versions of popular idioms
  • share some of our favorite quotes, including the origin of, “It’s worth it!”
  • reminisce about old blogging websites
  • sympathize with Megan’s traumatic Neopets experience (but only until she tells us why she deserved what she got)
  • fawn over Steven’s mad swag collecting skillz at the Neopets booth during the New York Licensing Expo
  • take it down to the Little White Church with Rebecca at PAX East 2012

Episode 8 – All Aboard the Express Train to Handheld Central

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In this episode, we can’t seem to stop talking about handheld games!  We open with a tribute to the late Akira Tago, the Puzzle Master of the Professor Layton games, discuss some of our most memorable moments involving handheld systems, and we finish strong with how an ongoing obsession with fanfiction has shaped Megan into the bo-*ahem* girl she is today.

Topics in between include:

  • How New Super Mario Bros. 2 is the perfect game for anyone with an affinity for in-game collectibles
  • Why Bravely Default is no longer on Megan’s list of tentative games to buy/play
  • A throwback to Dogz and Catz, old PC games that taught Steven valuable life lessons about pet ownership
  • Frizbee’s personal YouTube channel
  • Megan’s coming out story, which were the first steps to her current dream of becoming a world-renowned author of Mamamoo fanfiction

Also, it’s still an open question whether you can make a poop level in Super Mario Maker for the Wii U.

Episode 7 – Our first explicit episode

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It was entirely accidental. Seriously, we’ve been trying pretty hard for the past six episodes to keep it clean. But once we made the segue from drive-thrus to erotic Amazon items, and then from zebra onesies to letting it hang out there in front of a children’s minigolf employee…we couldn’t go back.

Oh, and here’s the recalled Teletubby:

Episode 5 – Journey Through Drive-Thru

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In which we discuss:

  • snake weaves,
  • whether peacock feathers go on your head or your butt,
  • Journey Through Europe, an awful game that requires defacing your game board,
  • leaving your driver’s-side mirror at a McDonald’s drive-thru,
  • Steven’s non-gaming convention curiosity getting shut down by a slow and deliberate old lady,
  • whether Pokemon Black and White are real,
  • the Pokérap

Episode 1 – Let’s jump right in!

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Megan and I recorded this episode on the first night of our trip to PAX South 2016. No prep, we’ll do it live! We talk about Destiny raids, first-person shooters, and Megan’s former (?) stalking habits.