87 – Tom Hanks Getting Up To Some Hanksy Panksy

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04/15/23 • -1 min

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In this episode, Specs and Shiny have strong feelings about Tom Hanks in Big, Catsman has strong feelings about the oldest cat in the world, and Animitch has strong feelings on whether he could kill an elephant in single combat. Plus: how much macaroni can you fit in a foreskin?

4:20 – Heckin Aperino Escaperino discussion
27:25 – Oldest cats in the world
34:09 – Regional accents in Worms games
39:05 – Ethics of Tom Hanks
45:07 – Seinfeld AI gets cancelled
48:33 – Gorbachev is canon in mario bros
50:45 – Video Games for Neanderthals
1:15:31 – VR headset that kills you
1:19:11 – Dreams
1:36:51 – Entropy

The next book club game is Donkey Kong for Game Boy.

As usual, you can watch us stream at https://twitch.tv/thecatsman
Find us on Discord at: https://discord.gg/uvV97rH
Watch our highlights and other original content at: https://youtube.com/TheGLAStream (and watch Specs’ solo stuff at https://www.youtube.com/specsgla)

This episode was edited (badly) by Catsman.

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4:20 – Heckin Aperino Escaperino discussion
27:25 – Oldest cats in the world
34:09 – Regional accents in Worms games
39:05 – Ethics of Tom Hanks
45:07 – Seinfeld AI gets cancelled
48:33 – Gorbachev is canon in mario bros
50:45 – Video Games for Neanderthals
1:15:31 – VR headset that kills you
1:19:11 – Dreams
1:36:51 – Entropy

The next book club game is Donkey Kong for Game Boy.

This episode was edited (badly) by Catsman.

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86 – Eleven Biscuits

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In this episode, we discuss: Dreams, memes, diversity themes, but not Metal Gear Solid on BLEEM!

People who spoke on this episode: Animitch, Mike, ShinyMissingno, Specs, Catsman, Mooglepies, Woolyshambler.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Pre-intro
00:02:25 – Intro
00:03:33 – Book Club Game = Disaster: Day of Crisis
00:18:56 – Blizzard’s diversity space tool
00:42:41 – Dreams
01:10:03 – Haunted video games
01:20:19 – Krystal (pretty thicc though) in Half Life 2
01:24:12 – Square Enix suck at business (they sold Crystal Dynamics and Eidos)
01:32:34 – Outro
01:36:12 – Entropy

We will be playing Ape Escape for our next book club game.

This episode was edited by Specs.

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88 – Gash in the Attic

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In this episode we (Specs, Catsman, Mooglepies, RSN_Bran and Animitch) discuss Donkey Kong on the Gameboy, play Poetry for Gamers (or Videogames for Neanderthals), discuss the porn in Specs’ attic, become distressed about Funko Pops and Wheels, we try to break the rules of videogames in real life, and Specs talks about some genre of racing game that only he cares about.

00:00 – Intro
04:00 – Donkert Konkert ’94 discussion
26:41 – Poetry for Gamer Neanerthal Videogamers
40:36 – Yuji Naka jailed for crimes
44:15 – Funko Pop Landfill
51:23 – Gash in the Attic
59:21 – Weird videogame marketing stunts
1:07:10 – Tier 3 Racing Games
1:21:17 – Using video game logic to win at real life sports
1:27:34 – “We’re dependent on wheels” + movie night discussion
1:36:49 – Ending + Entropy

The next book club game is Deadly Creatures on the Wii. You can contribute to the wheel we use to determine our next podcast game by adding to the “poll”. Please be sensible.

This episode was edited by Specs.

At least 1/3rd of the episode was edited on a flight to Malaysia (truly Asia). If we’ve said anything offensive in the last 3rd of the podcast, then that’s probably fine because it was done over international waters. I highly recommend watching the Malaysian Airlines safety briefing. It’s cool.