The Japanese call it "the second month!" This episode, the "loss" of a "comic" "legend"; rearranging your office for better acoustics; video games old and new; the ins and outs of sleep training; Fresh Prince lore; clam chowder distinctions; Japanese-Italian fusion cuisine; celebrity ages; Alex's eye-contact policy; the ear hair dilemma; sneaker etiquette at the gym; swapping bicycle stories, and the hunt for fresh horror! Beverages encouraged beyond this point!

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Tyler Mire - The Power of Determination

It's 2026 and there's nothing to celebrate! Still, here's some things we jabbered about: Scottish authors; Xevious; Snack Food Copy returns; and now Vending Machine Copy?!; Marvel fatigue; Belarus Benedict; Alex prevents his plane from exploding; the 7-Eleven misinformation train rolls on; quitting the 33rd Expedition, and mind that chronic pain! This episode comes with Toyota Safety Sense™ 2.0.

Feeling safe? Don't! It's 264, with talk of: the official report on Baby Number 2; Baby Number 3 (a big metal one that plays Street Fighter); selling games the PayPay way; Al's dinner with Andre; "collecting" video games from a different angle; a new extra-long 7-Eleven Update; French rap; and games are still art? Maybe? This podcast is as good as Halloween candy on November 2.

Boo!! With Ray on paternity leave, Alex is joined by returning guest Adam Pasion to talk karaoke; urban shrimp fishing; bucket drank; transporting goods; the mysteries of social media; animism as a function of the z-axis; video game discourse discourse; the ins and outs of Searching for Grog; various Yahoo Auctions; zeroing in on visual novel details; food feedback, and a trip to the Nintendo Museum! This podcast will scare you the three Ss: straight, stiff, and stupid!

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Dick Hunter & The Four Rhythm - Man with Umbrella

Check out Adam's podcast, Searching For Grog, as well as his YouTube channel!

In Japan they call it kugatsu! September sees the addition of a new family member to the cast; food alchemy at the convenience store and beyond; Blast Rush LS explodes onto Steam and Switch; travel plans in the works (again); how to quit your job in Japan; corporations and the cost of living; hunkering down on the worst platforms imaginable; an untimely end for one of FFXIV's most popular mods; the thunderous nothing of Metal Gear Solid Delta; an NES music quiz, and the mystery of the 24-hour CoCo! If you listened to this podcast between 2009-2010 you may be part of a class action lawsuit!

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They Might Be Giants - Trouble Awful Devil Evil

Tim Follin - Pictionary Title Screen

Haughty enough for ya?! This August, Alex recounts his time spent in southwest Pennsylvania, including games, books, sandwiches, jobs, and films; the mystery of the American mall; flame-broiled personal computing; manual labor around town; a trip to New York to meet the half-sibs; convenience store news!; the modern American highway and the curse of cashless; Death 2tranding and the vtuber menace; chicken wings with a couple of pals, and a look at the weird recluse phase! We're the gnarly force your psychic warned you about!

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Sakanaction - Shin Takarajima

Gen Hoshino - Koi

Powerful forces have tried to suppress this show, but we have prevailed. (Well, they forgot to suppress this month.) First off, it's the Summer of Announcements: Listen to Draw Game (drawgamepod.com)!! Download Blast Rush LS (bipedal.dog)!!! And more: Dull chimps; Janeane Garofalo; disc rot; AP English; a Deep Space Nine debrief; Pee-Wee; the Q Score; subconscious joke theft; Wes Anderson; gore guys; (free)Lancers; virtual mailboxes!; Death Stranding 2; Fitness Boxing; Final Fantasy... XI... and voicemails that push the limits of sanity! This podcast includes additional Nintendo DSi features.