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[IGN] Post-Apocalyptic Storylines In Gaming

Really it's more of an investigation of what we can learn about primal human wants and fears from the fact that post-apocalyptic fiction is so specifically prevalent in the medium that's distinguis...

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248. Directorpiece Theatre: How Ocean's 11 Distracts Your Brain

Adam brings his director knowledge to explain the tactics Soderbergh uses to lure the viewer into compl...

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247. Frame Rate: Legend of the Mountain (Feat. Alex Shifman)

Michael and Abe sit down with Alex Shifman, co-host of View Post

246. Rough Stuff: Karate Bullies & Love At First Butt-Grab

Sarah and Bridgett sit down and read some fan-submitted rough stuff for the second time. You all inspir...

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[IGN] Magick vs. The Force in Jedi: Fallen Order

Sometimes, in his role as a Video Programmer at IGN, Michael is tasked with hastily but thoroughly researching a pop culture topic, then explaining it to another staffer who plays the "n00b" as an ...

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Stream With the Beans! Shadowkeep

Superbean and Bean among beans Jim Avery kindly patronized us this month at the Stream With the Beans tier, and that means you get to watch us repeatedly try to five-man a six-man raid, fail the en...

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244. The Coen Brothers Brothers: Inside Llewyn Davis


Hang me O hang me, Michael and Abe spent two hours and fifteen minutes in this in-depth diss...

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243. Frame Rate: In The Loop (Feat. Daniel O'Brien)

You need to listen to this podcast or "I will stuff so much cotton wool down your fucking throat it'll ...

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242. Directorpiece Theatre: Is The Wedding Singer An Art Film?

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241. Frame Rate: A Mighty Wind (Feat. Caroline Anderson)

Caroline Anderson joins...

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240. Frame Rate: The Fly (Feat. David C Bell)

Michael and Abe are joined by the inscrutable 2019-11-27 22:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post

[IGN] Swaim & Rick & Morty & Dungeons & Dragons & Part 2

Part 1!  

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239. Frame Rate: Strange Brew

Two Americans chew some back bacon (the comedy and cultural relevance of 1983's Strange Brew and how it...

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238. Rough Stuff: Mistakes of Middle School - Rage and Flirts (Feat. Brandie Posey)

Brandie Posey joins Sarah and Br...

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[IGN] On The Fence: Should You Play Death Stranding?

Yes, you, specifically. 

As the results of the below poll indicate, MOST of you would prefer we sort the Swaim-related IGN stuff from the rest and put it on this feed. So here's the most...

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IGN Stuff On The Feed, Yea or Nay?

So, we're in a pickle, which is odd because you'd think we'd be in a bean. Since Swaim started his IGN gig, several of you have expressed that you hope we post all the Swaim-related vids on the Pat...

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Swaim & Rick & Morty & Dungeons & Dragons & Part 1

Pretty elf-explanatory. Part 2 coming next week, Morty.

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237. Waveformed: Cristian Ramirez

In a special episode of Waveformed, we do a host swap and Michael prods the musical chronology of the entity that is Cristian. Within 10 songs, multiple nostalgic stories, and a brief heart to hear...

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9 Facts, 1 Lie: Terminator 2 - Judgment Day

Mike is getting his boots wet over at IGN, and they let him do an episode of one of their newer series, where you learn 9 - 15 true and interesting things about a thing and try to guess which one w...

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BOLD Live!

As part of our ongoing partnership to produce BOLD: Conversations About Race,...

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236. Tales from the Pit: ALL THE NEWS (Feat. Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll)

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IGN Let Michael Do His Cowboy Voice

Big mistake. Huge!

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ICYMI: The Return of Return of the Obra Dinn

Michael waxes nautical about one of his favorite games in a long time.

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If Clue Were Twitter

We made a sketch! With the camera in the Shane Black's house! Lock us up!

The premiere is at 9am PST but if you miss it, it'll still be around for your viewing pleasure, daw-ling. So really, ...

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Early Access for Patrons - Frame Rate: Party Monster (Feat. Macaulay Culkin)

Patrons! Catch this early access Frame Rate three weeks early! Macaulay Culkin joins Abe and Michael to...

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233. The Coen Brothers Brothers: True Grit

"The wicked flee when none pursueth."

Artwork by Michael Vincent Bramley.

Theme by Abe Eppe...

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LifeHax: The 7 Kinds of Windows (Inclusive)

Improvised by Abe Epperson and Michael Swaim.

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Top 5 (Other) Gaming Marketing Stunts

As you are perhaps aware, Michael got a new job! And here's the first thing he's made as a res...

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231. Frame Rate: Hot Fuzz (Feat. Shawn DePasquale)

For the "greater good," Michael and Abe are joined by 2019-10-22 20:19:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Guest Beans: Michael on The Simpsons Index

Michael guests on pods a lot. Here's one from Australia, where their ecology has been devastated by the Invasive Springfield Toad.

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