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throwback episode about a bunch of old shows, music, and games Timestamps 0:00 Intro, Flyquest CEO Tricia Sugita steps down and joins Cloud9 as CMO 3:55 esports updates 5:53 Final Fantasy fans eating good recently (FF7 Rebirth, FF Crisis Core, FF7 Remake Steam port) 9:05 Dragon’s Dogma 2 Announcement 14:07 Xbox updated two classic Gamerpics 15:54 Games with surprisingly toxic communities 20:00 Universal Studios Super Nintendo World & New Drake Album 23:58 Music Goose Chase 25:19 John Wick First Impression 32:38 Squid’s Game Reality TV Show, ‘Endurance’, Old Spike Channel 38:47 Youth Robert’s Call of Duty experiences 41:03 Anime/Manga Guilty Pleasures 44:58 Chainsaw Man Coming Back Next Month 48:18 Outro

This week we cover the multiple game showcases recently, the lovely wedding of everyone's favorite anime couple, and Robert showcases a lack of intelligence with some stories. Timestamps 0:00 Pre-Show “Body Training” Story 2:40 Intro 3:13 Pokemon & Lechonk 6:18 Julian's Super Mario Strikers Battle League experience 8:27 Playstation State of Play (FFXVI, RE4 Remake, SF6) 12:35 Robert goes Gacha-free 13:16 ‘Eternights’ Next-Gen Hand Holding 14:44 Diablo Immortal Pay-to-Win Controversy & Blizzard Brand Image over the years 17:32 Anime Expo 18:26 Everyone’s Favorite Anime Couple Got Married (Sydsnap x Gigguk) 22:50 TheAnimeMan released his Streetwear Brand “Nonsense” 25:44 Robert builds his D-Frag manga collection 27:52 Xbox Conference (Silksong, Persona 3/4/5 ports, Starfield, The Plucky Squire, Kojima announced game, The Callisto Protocol 34:32 Grammy’s adding the Video Game Score 36:31 The end of the figurine era 37:18 Sailor Moon x Vans collab 38:35 Berserk 39:24 Robert is an idiot at times 40:56 Ramona Park Broke My Heart 42:57 Outro

We got Julian & Robert diving back into their trashy first exposures to anime, Robert crowning Anime's Best Dressed Award, and highlighting multiple instances of marketing in the gaming industry.  Timestamps 0:00 Intro , Warriors Game 1:41 Soda Summit Discussion 4:27 Products Associated with Gaming 6:08 Clothing in Gaming and Anime 8:26 Konosuba Season 3 & Megumin Spin-Off Announced 10:49 This Season of Anime 11:44 Subscription Services 12:58 Anime Origin Stories 14:29 Isekai Baseball 15:39 Outlandish Comments/Reviews on MyAnimeList 16:55 Atrioc Paper Mario 18:47 Embracer Group game preservation archive 20:42 Square Enix Shinji Hashimoto ~ Kingdom Hearts ~ Final Fantasy 24:15 RNG beats T1 in Finals to win MSI 26:28 Omori Art Exhibition 28:48 DONDA sports 33:09 Outro

It's a celebration, we're getting more HxH chapters after 4 years! is mahvel baybee! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:16 Hunter x Hunter is back  5:43 How Shonen Jump has changed since the last Hunter x Hunter chapter 11:10 QA department of Raven Software is unionizing 13:05 Battle Royale (Fortnite, Warzone, Apex Legends, PUBG) 14:55 Babylon’s Fall 17:02 Super Mario Strikers 17:49 NieR concert Blu-Ray purchase 19:24 Movies that are so bad that they’re good 20:04 Dr. Strange & the Marvel Cinematic Universe 28:12 Robert watching MSI 29:03 Closing

I can't. Not Again. I'm not...strong enough. The boys cover the FIFA / EA split, the video game hall of fame, and Robert talks about his time out partying. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:18 Castle Party 8:01 Mob Psycho S3 announced; Anime Classics That We’ve Missed 11:52 Quintessential Quintuplets Epilogue 13:30 FIFA & EA split 19:43 Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees 26:44 “Mobile Needs To Die” 29:25 Square Enix Fiscal Reports 35:09 Robert’s Triangle Strategy Review 36:42 Unreal Engine 5 38:57 Super Mario 64 45:29 RIP Milwaukee Bucks 48:10 Closing

In a business email, Twitch misspelled Sykkuno's name, attributing to him swapping to YouTube TV. The boys cover that swap, ALGS Playoffs, and the big moves in the gaming industry. Timestamp 0:00 Intro 3:48 Sykkuno swaps to exclusive YT Gaming contracts 8:57 Apex Legends ALGS Sweden 10:32 Square Enix sells off Tomb Raider, studios, and other IPs 13:54 huge gaming business moves over the last year 14:51 Triangle Strategy progress 18:17 Everything Everywhere All at Once: Robert’s review 20:00 Julian Corpa 20:35 Santa Monica trip reminiscence + future trip planning 23:11 Closing

This episode we have the boys covering Twitch's Partner Policy change, Robert's decline in age, and reflect on the state of anime in 2022. Timestamp 0:00 Everything Everywhere all At Once 1:27 LCS Spring Playoffs 4:58 Super Smash Bros Pound 2022 9:15 Age within esports 10:08 Apex LAN Sweden 12:22 Robert’s Birthday 13:45 Elden Ring + Triangle Strategy 15:22 Twitch Changes to their Partner Program 18:10 Naruto x Jordan Zion Shoes 20:24 Overwatch 2 Beta 22:52 Newly Announced Playstation Preservation Team 25:23 Preference toward Physical Media 26:31 Barnes & Noble Resurgence due to Manga 28:14 Ranger Reject & Spring 2022 Anime 34:03 Anime is Becoming Too Mainstream 34:16 Closing

This week we have the boys covering Ninja's rebranding, the Fighting Game Community, and we see the beginning of Robert's further descent into degeneracy. Timestamp 0:00 Start 1:52 Genesis 8 6:30 Smash Bros training arc 8:52 Fighting Game Community 11:52 Starcraft  13:03 Battlefield 2042 14:14 Halo Infinite 16:15 Ninja Rebranding 19:01 Utada Hikaru at Coachella 19:48 Robert’s Birthday Gift 22:05 Uniqlo x Final Fantasy clothes 22:28 Xenoblade Chronices 3 release moved up 23:44 Super Mario Strikers 25:12 Recap of first 50 episodes of Virtually Lost 27:49 Robert's Top 3 Anime Songs of Spring 2022 28:51 Robert’s manga prediction

Spring 2022 anime has begun!  Timestamps: 00:00 Spring 2022 Anime 8:09 Valorant Masters 9:45 The Barstool Incident 12:33 Julian Bought a Sega Saturn 15:36 Button Layout Discussion 16:52 Nintendo 19:21 Time Crisis Valorant 23:00 At&T Annihilator Cup Dead by Daylight 25:03 Closing #virtuallylost #anime #spyxfamily

The boys recap the monumental week on r/Place.  Timestamps: 00:00 Mobile Game Ads 03:48 Unreal Engine 5 & Unity 05:47 r/Place  12:15 LCK Finals T1 vs Gen G 16:26 Team Liquid Breaking Point Documentary 18:33 My Dress Up Darling 18:57 Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 20:43 Slice of Life Trash Manga 21:09 K-pop Le Sserafim 23:24 Omocat x Bang Dream drop 24:33 RIP E3 2022 25:15 In-person events, conventions, Anime Expo 34:06 Casino 35:28 Games We’re Playing 37:21 Elden Ring Gatekeeping  40:51 Favorite Music Releases in Q1 2022 42:24 Closing Remarks

Never a dull week with Julian. This week the boys recap Julian's birthday clubbing and bring light to one of the more "questionable" video game collaborations.

Team Stolen Motorcar is the esports soap opera that keeps on giving. The boys give their thoughts on Catherine: Full Body and also the only JRPG to exist, Persona 5 Royal.