Debate This!
If Kirby swallowed a boss from Metal Gear Solid, what absolutely bonkers power would he obtain? Which of the X-Men would be the biggest bummer of a roommate? Is King Bob-Omb’s rule officially recognized by the Mushroom Kingdom or is Bob-Omb Battlefield a sovereign nation? Debate This! asks the kind of bold and heroic questions about your favorite video games and comics that no other podcast would dare ask. Although, it’s probably because other people have better things to do than argue which color of Yoshi is the best color of Yoshi. In this show, no one is righ...
S8 E12 · Tue, April 01, 2025
Ep. 166: What If We Added Consequences?
Have you ever heard of the 'Nemesis System?' No? That's not surprising! The 'Nemesis System' is a patented game mechanic that was only included in two games in the mid 2010s. Despite the mechanic only existing for about 50 hours of gameplay, it's impact runs deep. For nearly a decade, gamers have been begging for another Nemesis-ed game to get their grubby little paws on. Well, lucky for those gamers, we're here to pitch the best games to get 'Nemmy." Matt is adding consequences to a game that's never had them. Andrew is adding more cards to a game that already has them. Todd is adding cultural relevance to a game that's never had it. Have you seen out Patreon? patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor, Shadows of War, Warner Bros., Grand Theft Auto V, Magic The Gathering Arena, Spore, Wii Sports Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S8 E11 · Tue, March 18, 2025
Ep. 165: Save the Pet Store, Save the World
Pets. They're the best part of living! We love them, we care for them, they eat us out of house and home. Some people love cats. Some people love dogs. Some people love greasy cephalopods on fire. Some people love dinosaurs that spit lightning. Today, we set out to decide who the people love most and "which Monster Hunter monster would make the best pet?" Todd is bringing the heat. Matt is bringing the skulls of his enemies. Kyle is bringing the coolest combination of words you've ever heard. Have you seen out Patreon? patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Monster Hunter Wilds, Monster Hunter Rise, The Ford F-150, SUVs, hermit crabs Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S8 E10 · Tue, March 11, 2025
FLAVOR TEXT: Zoids
On the far off Planet Zi, a race of organic, robot-like animals are used by locals as means of production and tools of war. These organic, robot-like animals are called Zoids and they're the topic of this week's Flavor Text! From toy, to anime, back to toy, back to anime, the story of Zoids has it all. You've got your plucky protagonist. You've got your young girl with amnesia. You've got your mystic histories of colonized peoples. And, most importantly, you've got your kick-ass, 3D robot fights! Follow along on today's Imgur gallery: https://imgur.com/a/RyQc2l5 Special thanks to "@pflumme" for commissioning today's episode! If you want to fund your own exploration into madness, all it takes is a visit to patreon.com/debatethiscast and a one-time payment of $60. Recommended Reading: Zoids Website: https://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/zoidsofficial/ Battle Story timeline: http://zoidsathenaeum.890m.com/databanks/timeline.htm The Iron Bible: https://theironbible.com/ Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S8 E9 · Tue, March 04, 2025
Ep. 164: Did It All For The Rizzo
It's been a few years since we did a Muppets episode, and if we are to believe the responses to our listener survey, you freaks want more! So we're running it back and pitching concepts for a new Muppets movie. But that's not all! These aren't your grandma's Muppets movies. No, this time we're making the best Muppets movies based on video games. Kyle is adapting a classic story about a hero of time. Todd is pushing the line on how violent a Muppets movie can be. Andrew is hiding behind a convoluted story with characters we all remember. Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Marvel Rivals, the Muppets, the Moopets, Ocarina of Time, God of War, Kingdom Hearts, Muppets take Manhattan, Muppets Christmas Carol, Final Fantasy Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S8 E8 · Tue, February 25, 2025
Avenge This! FEED DROP: Captain America: Brave New Fourld
Matt and Todd talk about the Hulkison Ford’s tight pants, how this movie builds off of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the future of the Avengers, and much more as they discuss the latest Captain America outing in Brave New World!
S8 E7 · Tue, February 18, 2025
FLAVOR TEXT: Destiny
In the distant past of 2014, humanity was forever changed upon the discovery of a big ol' space orb floating above Mars. The big ol' space orb terraformed planets across our solar system and granted us with the Power of LightTM, ushering in a new Golden Age. But, that Golden Age wouldn't last forever. Eventually, the forces of DarknessTM found us and did a near-genocide, and now humanity is on the brink of extinction. Fortunately, the big ol' space orb resurrected a bunch of people and gave them Space Magic to fight back against the Darkness. You are one of those Space Wizards. It is you who will lead the charge against the evils of space and lead humanity back to their long-lost Golden Age. This is your story. This is your DESTINY. Special thanks to "@zhakhix" for commissioning today's episode! If you want to fund your own exploration into madness, all it takes is a visit to patreon.com/debatethiscast and a one-time payment of $60. Follow along on today's Imgur gallery: https://imgur.com/a/uXRxNpf Recommended Reading: - Original Vanilla Destiny intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j222kz9Aijo - Current Destiny intro as of Feb 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhgu_eHaTI&t=171s Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S8 E6 · Tue, February 11, 2025
Ep. 163: With Apologies to Chillblaine
Love is in the air at DT!HQ, and with Valentine's Day right around the corner, we just need to tell you about it. We grouped up and waxxed nostalgic about some of our former flings and misadventures. But these aren't just any old first date stories. No listener, these are the tales of our dates with DC villains. Why did we date DC villains, you ask? How dare you ask that question. Kyle has a tale of corporate love. Matt has a tale of hateful love. Andrew has a tale of too much love. Recommended Reading: The episodes Todd mentions in the intro are #63 and #68 Editor's note: I wasn't ready for those to be 100 episodes ago... Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Inque, Batman Beyond, Anguish, Superman, New 52, Golden Glider, Kite Man (Hell Yeah!), Harley Quinn Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S8 E5 · Tue, February 04, 2025
Ep. 162: Money Equals Life Minus Time (LIVE at the RX Gaming Lock-In)
It was a quiet night in Cincinnati, OH when the call went out for a podcast to perform live and spice up the night. We answered that call and swore to host a live podcast the likes of which Cincinnati, OH had never seen. This is that podcast and in this podcast we ask, "What modern game would you put in an arcade cabinet?" Andrew is ready to introduce the free-to-play model to Pizza Huts everywhere. Todd is ready to reintroduce the track ball to modern gaming. Kyle was there with us in spirit, but spirits don't exist in live podcasts. Recommended reading: You can find the PowerPoint at the following link. If your podcast app doesn't support links, please visit our website to find the slides at debatethiscast.com! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HtW00QyW08EIEX2V25O0dEmiHVlRdv1qG854TEg-834/edit?usp=sharing A massive thank you to the folks at RX Gaming for inviting us to their event! You can find out more about their mission to make gaming accessible at rxgaming.org ! Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Fortnite, Elden Ring, Donkey Kong, X-Men, Turtles in Time, The Simpsons Hit and Run, Pac-Man, Big Buck Hunter, Golden Tee, Guantlet, Bad Dudes Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S8 E4 · Tue, January 28, 2025
FLAVOR TEXT: Primetime Glick
When we opened our FLAVOR TEXT series up to commissions, none of us thought we'd be talking about long-running improv comedy bits. But alas, here we are. This month we're examining the career of comedy legend Martin Short. More importantly, we're going through the character? story? persona? that is Jiminy Glick and his TV show Prime Time Glick! Special thanks to Noah for setting a new high bar on weird FLAVOR TEXT commissions! Check out our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT! Recommended Reading: Bill Hader Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoUAp9HCUv0 Steve Martin Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd99lR-dDmE&t=1s Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S8 E3 · Tue, January 21, 2025
Ep. 161: If You Build It, They Will Sweat
It's the season 8 premiere, can you even believe it? That's right, they let us get away with seven whole seasons so we decided to do another one! Speaking of doing another one, have you done today's Wordle? We all spent the holiday break commiserating with our families over the New York Times Games and how dumb the purple group in Connections is. Well this experience inspired us, so we're opening our season in kind. Without further ado, we ask the question, "Which NYT Game should become multiplayer?" Todd is ready to unpack some early-childhood trauma. Andrew is creating some middle-aged trauma. Matt's speaking in numbers and we're not quite sure what that means. We're running a Listener Survey for the first time ever! We'd love your input. If you have 5 minutes, check it out here: https://forms.gle/AQBnkg1C83hkkap28 Sponsored Recommended Reading: Check out our friends at Candy is Dandy: https://pod.link/1632162083 The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: New York Times Games, Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Sudoku, Tiles, Scrubs Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
Trailer · Tue, January 14, 2025
Season 8 Trailer
Here's a trailer for Debate This! Season 8 and what we have on the calendar for this year. See everyone? It's a trailer! You can start here! You don't have to go back and listen to episode 1. Please don't go back and listen to episode 1. Have you seen our Patreon? patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S8 E1 · Tue, January 07, 2025
DLC EPISODE: Podcast Family Feud LIVE at PRGE 2024
Happy New Year Nerds! It's our podcast house-rule that we always take the first week of the year off. Usually we upload a trailer and season preview, but that's coming next week! This week, we have a very special live show recording. In October of 2024, we teamed up with some other podcast friends to host a round of Family Feud at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Jokes were made, hosts were embarassed, pride was forfeited. This is that recording. We're running a Listener Survey for the first time ever! We'd love your input. If you have 5 minutes, check it out here: https://forms.gle/AQBnkg1C83hkkap28 Special thanks to PRGE for having us and Sam, Jennasis, and Toasty for joining us! Here are some links: PRGE: https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ Two Girls One Ship: https://linktr.ee/twogirlsoneship Mass Effect & Cyberpunk Lorecast(s): https://www.robotsradio.net/podcasts Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E43 · Wed, December 25, 2024
Ep. 160: Dolly Parton, Big Mech Head
Whether you say "Happy Honda Days!" or "Merry Chrysler!" you surely know that gift-giving is the reason for the season. That's why we're wrapping up 2024 with our annual peripheral gift exchange! This year we have teamed up with the folks at Dolly Parton HQ to help spread the cheer to every child in America! (*Please note, Dolly Parton is in no way involved with Debate This! and all opinions expressed within this podcast are not endorsed by real life Dolly Parton.*) Kyle is circling back to our first episode of the season. Andrew is optimizing work flows for the children. Matt is committing crime. We're running a Listener Survey for the first time ever! We'd love your input. If you have 5 minutes, check it out here: https://forms.gle/AQBnkg1C83hkkap28 The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey do you like our Twitter content? Would it bum you out if we left the platform? Let us know because we're thinking about it. MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Rez, Steel Battalion, Buzz Trivia, Dolly Parton, Fortnite, Roblox, Mech Assault, Armored Core, Buzz Trivia Buzzer, Mega Jockey 9000, ASCII Trance Vibrator Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E42 · Tue, December 17, 2024
Ep. 159: DT! Wrapped!
The last month of the year calls for a hoard of annual, year-end traditions. For some, that may involve decorating evergreen pines, for others, the estimation of Q4 tax payments, but for those of us of a certain generation, the last month of the year can mean only one thing: Spotify Wrapped. For those uninitiated, Spotify users receive a fun little slide show showcasing what songs they listened to most this year. It's all fun and games except this year, Spotify did a bad job. Enter the nerds at DT!HQ who have tasked us with making Spotify look better. To do that, they've asked us to put our heads together and brainstorm: "What's the worst 'Wrapped' report you could possibly get at the end of the year?" Matt's doing movies. Todd's doing video games. Kyle's doing everything else. We're running a Listener Survey for the first time ever! We'd love your input. If you have 5 minutes, check it out here: https://forms.gle/AQBnkg1C83hkkap28 The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Threads? threads.net/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey do you like our Twitter content? Would it bum you out if we left the platform? Let us know because we're thinking about it. MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Letterboxd, Madame Web, Bad Boys 4 Ride or Die, Magic The Gathering Arena, Overwatch 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Longlegs, Joker Folie Deux, Fall Guy, The Crow, Argyle, Rebel Moon, IF, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Fly Me To The Moon, Deadpool & Wolverine, Wicked, Doordash, Draft Kings Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed
S7 E40 · Tue, December 10, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Mortal Kombat
This month, we are diving into the entire story of the game franchise former Presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman doesn't want you to play, it's Mortal Kombat! For a property that's got more timelines than the MCU, it's actually pretty amazing how consistent Mortal Kombat is about its lore. True, the story is absolute bananas, but those bananas are dedicated to a singular throughline more so than most other video game franchises. Follow along in the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/gallery/mortal-kombat-flavor-text-XKa8mnP Special thanks to "@cybarris", Protector of Earthrealm and one of the few, the proud, the #buttthwompnation. Check out our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast to find out more about you can commission your own FLAVOR TEXT! We're running a Listener Survey for the first time ever! We'd love your input. If you have 5 minutes, check it out here: https://forms.gle/AQBnkg1C83hkkap28 Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S7 E40 · Tue, December 03, 2024
Ep. 158: Paul for the Paul God
At the time of this episode's release, we're only a few weeks removed from the Mike Tyson v Jake Paul boxing match. Millions of users tried to watch this fight on Netflix, but most were thwarted by shoddy broadcast connections. Whether folks watched the fight live or not, almost all were dissapointed with the outcome. This bout with a 31-year age gap left a lot to be desired, and we here at DT!HQ are going to give the people what they desire. With that goal in mind, we've set out today to determine "which video game character would be the best to fight Jake Paul?" Todd suggests we fight fire with fire and billionaire with billionaire. Andrew suggests we make everyone in the room uncomfortable. Kyle suggests the void. Recommended reading: Here's that crazy Mike Tyson Interview: https://youtu.be/0jA3fKMiKMs?si=YsQwSoJ2cuhPlPQW&t=147 We're running a Listener Survey for the first time ever! We'd love your input. If you have 5 minutes, check it out here: https://forms.gle/AQBnkg1C83hkkap28 The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey do you like our Twitter content? Would it bum you out if we left the platform? Let us know because we're thinking about it. MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Jake Paul, Mike Tyson, Lex Luthor, Injustice Gods Among Us, Voldo, Soulcalibur, Kirby, Marquees of Queensbury, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Chess Boxing Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E39 · Tue, November 19, 2024
Ep. 157: Whole Hog for the Holidays
We're in the back half of November and that puts us squarely in "The Holidays." There's family, there's friendship, there's food, there's gifts, and there's the inevitable awkward conversation you'll have introducing your family to your new partner. We here at DT!HQ sympathize with those of you bringing a new relationship home this holiday season. To help acclimate you to this inevitable confrontation, we're putting on our pretend hats and theorizing over potential family dinner nightmare scenarios. So grab a napkin and pass the potatoes because this week we're debating "Who is the worst DC Comics character to bring home for the holidays?" Kyle is really stretching the definition of "manic pixie dream girl" this week. Andrew is going to make you uncomfortable and give your grandma a heart attack this week. Also this week, Matt gives his thoughts on child rearing. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey do you like our Twitter content? Would it bum you out if we left the platform? Let us know because we're thinking about it. Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Duella Dent, Arkham Jokers Daughter, Dr. Manhattan, The Watchmen, Kryb, Green Lantern, Blackest Night, the Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E38 · Tue, November 12, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Sword Art Online
It is the distant future of 2022 A.D. Technology has advanced to the point where fully immersive virtual reality experiences are not only possible, but readily available to the average consumer. In November of 2022, the newest video game sensation, Sword Art Online, has just released and has taken Japan by storm. Thousands line up on launch day to play this immersive massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG). The wildest part? Not even a single critic has acclaimed this game. The second wildest part? Following its first few hours, the initial 10,000 people logged into the game suddenly are unable to log out for...reasons? Link to imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/debate-this-flavor-text-sword-art-online-Q0I6Ngd Special thanks to @Sharkbait for commissioning today's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, head on over to patreon.com/debatethiscast for more info! Recommended Listening: Crossing Field by LiSA is a certified banger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4kfe8R1Iqs&list=PLmB2A7HxLenzDSK8ZAAPBbaqNeMHN1PXO Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E37 · Tue, November 05, 2024
Ep. 156: Big Trouble in Little Heistland (ft. Eric Silver)
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November," or whatever that guy in the mask said. On account of today being a relatively important day in world history, we decided to record an episode relatively based on world history! That little poem at the beginning of the paragraph was made famous by Alan Moore's V for Vendetta, a graphic novel based on a historical event. With that in mind, we're on a mission to write our own graphic novels! Specifically, we're looking for the best historical event to put to illustrated print. Matt is getting surprisingly heady with his answer. Andrew is getting surprisingly culty with his answer. And we decided to bring in a guest who actually knows history, so Eric Silver is getting surprisingly heisty with his answer. Recommended reading: Special thanks to Eric for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Eric's Stuff! Check out Join The Party HERE https://www.jointhepartypod.com/ Check out Attach Your Resume HERE https://multitude.productions/ayr Check out Eric's Model UN-like TTRPG HERE https://x.com/El_Silvero/status/1851645907088896320 The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: V for Vendetta, War of the Worlds, Heaven's Gate, The 2019 Iceland Bitcoin Heist, Secret Invasion, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, The Big S
S7 E36 · Tue, October 29, 2024
DCOMstructed: Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
Last Halloween, we previewed the first episode of our Patreon-exclusive show DCOMstructed, a monthly watchalong podcast featuring the best in early 00s made-for-TV feature length movies, Disney Channel Original Movies. And so, what better way to celebrate the sequel of cultural touchstone Halloweentown than to run this play again this year! Enjoy our breakdown of Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge. Like DCOMstructed and want more? Unlock access to the $5 Premium feed at patreon.com/debatethiscast . SPOOKTACULAR PATREON DRIVE Our goal is to get 10 new or raised patrons by the end of October! If we hit our goal, we'll do a big spooky stream! Anyone who joins the Patreon or raises their tier in October will get $5 off in Novemeber! The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S7 E155 · Tue, October 22, 2024
Ep. 155: She Twilight My Zone Till I Rod Serling
You're traveling on the Spooktacular Express through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead! your next stop: the Debate This Zone! That's right, we're finally doing a Twilight Zone episode. But this week, we're crafting our own nightmares. So, if you were to wake up in the DT! Twilight Zone and everything was based on your worst nightmares, what would Marvel Studios announce next? Todd is putting all his effort into making Kang the Conqueror a thing. Matt is reading old Marvel spin-offs that shouldn't exist. Kyle is doing an AI thing and honestly it's horrifying. SPOOKTACULAR PATREON DRIVE Our goal is to get 10 new or raised patrons by the end of October! If we hit our goal, we'll do a big spooky stream! Anyone who joins the Patreon or raises their tier in October will get $5 off in Novemeber! Get on the train at patreon.com/debatethiscast The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Twilight Zone, Soylent Green, Kang the Conqueror, Marvel Illustrated, Blade and the Midnight Sons, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Avenger's Doomsday, Marvel Television Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E34 · Tue, October 15, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Borderlands
Vault Hunters, Space Capitalism, and eldritch horrors locked behind arcane gates? It's cute that you all think you're the heroes of this little adventure, but you're not. Welcome to Pandora, kiddos. That's right, we're diving exploding gun-first into the looter shooter that built the genre all thanks to our wonderful support of Butt Thwomp Nation member, Sharkbait! It's deep lore, character explanations, and a life lesson about how there's probably a reason why an ancient civilization sacrificed their entire society to lock a something called "The Destroyer" behind a gate, so maybe you don't open that gate, yeah? Strap in, choose a vault hunter, decide on a skill tree specialization, change your mind and respec when it doesn't work out well, and get ready to say the word "fustercluck" at least once! Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/gallery/borderlands-flavortext-J6CAZnU Recommended Viewing Borderlands 1, 2, 3, and Pre-Sequel Intros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3xVQE0JDio SPOOKTACULAR PATREON DRIVE Our goal is to get 10 new or raised patrons by the end of October! If we hit our goal, we'll do a big spooky stream! Anyone who joins the Patreon or raises their tier in October will get $5 off in Novemeber! Get on the train at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E33 · Tue, October 08, 2024
Avenge This! FEED DROP: Agatha All Along 1-4
Turns out the people at Marvel are such big fans of the Spooktacular Express that they started airing a spooky Halloween show just for us to cover on Avenge This! So a huge thanks to our friends at Marvel Studios for releasing four episodes of Agatha All Along just for us. We're chatting through the first half of the latest Disney+ show. Spoiler alert for the show but also spoiler alert that we're actually pretty stoked on this one. SPOOKTACULAR PATREON DRIVE Our goal is to get 10 new or raised patrons by the end of October! If we hit our goal, we'll do a big spooky stream! Anyone who joins the Patreon or raises their tier in October will get $5 off in Novemeber! Get on the train at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Agatha All Along, Wandavision, Multiverse of Madness, I guess also Secret Invasion Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E32 · Thu, October 03, 2024
Ep. 154: The Truth About Christmas
It's the most wonderful time of the year! That's right, it's Spooktacular Express Season! Our annual month of Halloween content kicks off in an unexpected place, Christmas movies. Why you ask? Well because we tried to do this in december and it just didn't work out. So stoke the fire place, get cozy under a blanket and come along as we decide "What Hallmark Christmas movie should be remade into a horror game?" Kyle is making us contend with the horror that is quality time with our families. Todd brought a self-insert. Andrew also participated. Recommended Reading: DT! Episode 134: Grumpy Matt's Worst Christmas Ever SPOOKTACULAR PATREON DRIVE Our goal is to get 10 new or raised patrons by the end of October! If we hit our goal, we'll do a big spooky stream! Anyone who joins the Patreon or raises their tier in October will get $5 off in Novemeber! The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: An Unexpected Christmas, A Dog Named Christmas, Boyfriends of Christmas Past Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E31 · Tue, September 17, 2024
Ep. 153: Catharsis Simulator
TAKE OUR SURVEY PLS: https://forms.gle/2SGrFwT9t4vZr8rp8 Sometimes we do podcasts about our hobbies. Sometimes we do podcasts about pop culture. Sometimes we do podcasts about current events. Sometimes we do podcasts because we need to work through some stuff, and that's what we're doing today. So sit back, relax, and help us answer the age old question: "What simulator game should we make next?" Matt's working through some stuff. Andrew's also working through some stuff. Conversely, Kyle is here to tell you about a sale! The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Agatha All Along, American Truck Simulator, NFL Blitz, Uber Eats, Crazy Taxi, Simpsons Hit and Run, Advertising, Steam Summer Sales Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E30 · Tue, September 10, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Kirby
TAKE OUR SURVEY PLS: https://forms.gle/2SGrFwT9t4vZr8rp8 At the center of the universe, lives the Void. The Void is unchanging, unthinking, and unfeeling. The Void does not know pain, it does not know sadness. The Void does not comprehend hope, or love. It does not grieve what was lost, and it does not dream of the future. The Void is pink, it is friendly, it is Kirby! Join us as we break down 50 or so years of lore about the friendliest Nintendo character ever created. Whether you know Kirby from Dream Land or from Super Smash Bros, in the next two hours you'll hear more about Kirby than you even knew was possible. Link to the Imgur folder: https://imgur.com/a/4FNf9JL We are open for commissions!!! For more info on how you can commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, visit patreon.com/debatethiscast . Recommended Reading: LittleVMills Gourmet Race cover: https://youtu.be/cgClExCpRxY?si=LsJjpGHnb8hjzei2 Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E29 · Tue, September 03, 2024
Ep. 152: Hats on Hats on Hats
TAKE OUR SURVEY PLS: https://forms.gle/2SGrFwT9t4vZr8rp8 Hey there listener, it's me, the Show Notes. It's been a while since I checked in with you. How are you? How's your family? Anyway, this is a really weird episode. If it's not for you, that's ok! If it is for you, that's ok too! This week, we're determining which non-MCU movie featuring Robert Downey Jr. adapted into a set of a Magic The Gathering cards. Yes, that's really it. Todd broke the glass that was only there in case of emergencies. Andrew watched a movie that literally no one else has ever seen. Kyle makes us reflect on 2008, something that no one asked for. Recommended Reading: Here's a link to the Magic cards Kyle made: https://imgur.com/a/tropic-thunder-mtg-set-axhOSAl The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Magic The Gathering Universes Beyond, The Shaggy Dog, Home for the Holidays, Tropic Thunder, Bloomburrow, Ted Lasso, Iron Man, Dr. Doom. Dr Dolittle Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E28 · Tue, August 20, 2024
Ep. 151: Oops! All War Criminals
TAKE OUR FAMILY FEUD SURVEY PLS: https://forms.gle/2SGrFwT9t4vZr8rp8 It's a year that's divisible by four and here in America, that means two things. 1.) We're going absolutely feral over sports you've never heard of. And 2.) There's a presidential election. Now despite the name of this podcast, we don't do a lot of political debating here. Well listener, that changes today. This week we're trying to decide "Which video game character should be the next POTUS?" Todd suggests we elect our first feline president. Andrew suggests we elect our first demigod president. Matt suggests we elect our first mayoral president. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: The Borderlands Movie, Death Stranding, Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, Kratos, God of War, God of War Ragnarok, Pauline, Super Mario Odyssey, Donkey Kong, this is the part of the show notes where we try to get some SEO so I'm going to say Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris even though we literally never mention them :) Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E27 · Tue, August 13, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Survivor, Big Brother & The Amazing Race
If you've been within earshot of a cable television in the last 25 years, you've probably heard a promo for one of CBS's reality shows. Since the turn of the new millennium, Survivor, Big Brother and The Amazing Race have maintained a stranglehold over pop culture. But where did these shows come from? And why have viewing audiences kept up with these shows for a quarter century? Turns out it all ties back to the Netherlands and/or the event that made Ford discontinue the Bronco. We are open for commissions!!! For more info on how you can commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, visit patreon.com/debatethiscast Recommended Reading: The OJ Simpson Graphic: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/02/oj-simpson-reality-tv-diagram Big Brother Season 1 Retrospective: https://ew.com/tv/big-brother-season-1-rewatch/ Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E26 · Tue, August 06, 2024
Ep. 150: And MissingNo. Was His Name-O
Episode 150!! Can you believe it?? We sure can't!! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we present an episode focused on the only significant use of the number 150, Pokemon. Longtime listeners may be familiar with our previous attempts to create themed Pokemon gyms and that's ok because this time is different. This time, we're asking "What Disney Channel Original Movie character would make the best Pokemon Gym Leader?" Kyle's suggestion will ring a bell to those keeping up with our Hot Girl of the 21st Century Summer on Patreon. Todd's talking about a movie he's definitely watched before. Matt makes questionable statements about sushi. Recommended Reading: Debate This! Ep. 10: Please Ignore the Zangoose Pee Debate This! Ep. 27: Gyrados Jim's Gyrados Gym for Gyra-Bros Debate This! Ep. 90: Giovanni's Persian is a Thanos Simp Debate This! Ep. 101: Mr. Mime Lays Eggs The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Pokemon, Zenon Girl of the 21st Century, Brink, Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off, Bobby Flay Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at <a href="https://www.ozzed.net" target="_bl
S7 E25 · Tue, July 30, 2024
Avenge This! FEED DROP: Deadpool & Wolverine
We sat down less than 24 hours after watching Deadpool & Wolverine to recap all our thoughts and admire all the cameos. Here's your official spoiler warning, in case you needed one of those. If you want more MCU/DC podcast content from the DT! nerds, just do a searchin' for Avenge This! wherever you consume podcasts or at this link right here: https://pod.link/1559228354 Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool 1 and 2, not RDJ as Dr. Doom. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E24 · Tue, July 16, 2024
Ep. 149: The Sweet Release of Physical Violence (ft. Tom Zalatnai)
Did you know, at the time of this episode's release, we're about half way through the 2024 Esports World Cup? Did you know that Super Smash Bros Ultimate won't be included in the 2024 Esports World Cup? Did you know that you didn't need to know either of those things to listen to this podcast? Cool. Just making sure. Now that we've taken a long walk down a short pier, here's the question: Who is the best TV personality to add to Super Smash Brothers? Todd is suggesting a professional wrestler that you can't see. Andrew is suggesting a martial artist that will keal. And Kyle is absent this week so we invited long-time friend of the show Tom Zalatnai who is suggesting a frosted-tip mayor. Recommended Reading: Special thanks to Tom for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Tom's Stuff! Check out No Bad Food: https://podcavern.com/show/nobadfood/ Check out Tom on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomzalatnai/ Recommended Reading pt2: Here's a multitude of statements on Saudi Arabia's hosting and funding of the 2024 Esports World Cup Team Liquid's Jerseys: https://shorturl.at/oBkSb Ex Oblivione's Statements: https://shorturl.at/moBxz Goldenboy's Statements: https://shorturl.at/r3lx1 Some other stakeholder statements: https://shorturl.at/lmcxT Recommended Reading pt3: Here are the Debate This! episodes about Forged in Fire. Ep. 117: With Apologies to Cousin Rod, Esq. Ep. 76: Forged in a Ding Dang Hellfire The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethi
S7 E23 · Tue, July 09, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Guild Wars 2
In 2012 MMO giant NCSoft and developer ArenaNet released Guild Wars 2, a massively-multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG). Among a veritable ocean of same-y WoW clones, Guild Wars 2 was able to stand the test of time, and while others went F2P or outright went down, Guild Wars 2 still boasts a reliable and dedicated player base today. Shoutout to fellow guildie "Zach" for commissioning this month's exploration into this and other MMORPGs! For more info on how you can commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, visit patreon.com/debatethiscast. Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/31RpTED Recommended Reading: -The History of MMOs by NeverKnowsBest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHQE0ILci4o Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E22 · Tue, July 02, 2024
Ep. 148: All Summer No Bummer
Happy July everyone! The sun is shining, the tank is clean, and it's officially backyard barbeque season! Now we've hosted a few BBQs at DT!HQ, and every year the guest list seems to expand. This year, we've offered everyone a +1, as long as that +1 goes explicitly to a comic book villain. That leaves us with only one question, "What super villain would make the best cookout guest?" The "Silly Sixties" are on everyone's mind this week as Andrew introduces us all to the sandiest man. Kyle and his guest are bringing the "chill, rich guy vibes" to the party. Matt and his guest will make sure everyone has a gallon baggie to eat their meat from. Recommended Reading: Debate This! Ep. 197: What that Dogman Do? (ft. Giovanni Colantonio) The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! where ever you get your podcasts! We'll have a Deadpool and Wolverine episode up there in a few weeks. Properties we talked about this week: Spiderman, Sandman, Lex Luthor, Superman, Kraven the Hunter, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Lawn Darts Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E21 · Tue, June 18, 2024
Ep. 147: The Ballad of Glizzy Saucedale
Nothing says "return to the office" quite like "BOGO special in the office cafeteria!" With employee productivity on the rise here at DT!HQ, we wanted to say thank you by revamping our company food services. We've posted to LinkedIn and Indeed, searching for a food service veteran to lead this rebrand. That's why today we're asking the question, "What video game character would make the best cafeteria head chef?" If we told you Matt's whole bit was based on a TikTok, would you believe us? If we told you Andrew's the only one notdoing a voice, would you belive us? If we told you Todd's talking about the most obscure game, would you believe us? The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Bush, Lollapalooza, BurgerTime, yakiniku, Resident Evil 4, Fable 3 Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E20 · Tue, June 11, 2024
DCOM-structed: Motocrossed
This episode of DCOMstructed was originally released to our Patreon! If you enjoy our takes on childhood movies, join us for Hot Girl of the 21st Century Summer over at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Two years after the release of Johnny Tsunami, Disney Channel looked inward and said, what if we did this again, but with dirtbikes? Enter Motocrossed, which (SPOILER) turned out to be so much more than the sum of its top parts. Highlights and discussion points from today's review: This movie walked so She's The Man could run But also it's kinda Shakespeare's Twelfth Night??? An "accidental" LGBTQ friendly film Mr Cooper from "Hangin' with Mr Cooper" Boy howdy this movie is unironically really good Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E19 · Tue, June 04, 2024
Ep. 146: Dictionary Starts with D
Hello Valued Employee, we hope this email finds you well! We're writing today to introduce you to our exciting, new, health-forward initiative. That's right, Valued Employee, we here at DT!HQ are putting the Hell back in Healthcare by gamifying your deductible! All you need to do is download a new app, buy a new tracking device, log every calorie you've ever consumed, and help us decide, "What video game character should lead a new corporate healthcare initiative?" Todd is introducing a new, lovable ring in the shape of old, lovable Kirby. Matt really commits to the bit, but it's not the bit you expect. Kyle comes in hot with school assembly energy, but practices an impressive amount of restraint. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Kirby, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Street Fighter (all of them), Mortal Kombat (all of them), Fairly Odd Parents, MyFitnessPal, Class Pass, Power Team, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Dhalsim (I'm aware those last three aren't properties, but I needed to get them in here somewhere.) Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E18 · Tue, May 21, 2024
Ep. 145: Set Versailles for the Louvre
"Boogity, boogity, boogity, let's go racin'!" - Phil Keoghan probably. The reality TV division of DT!HQ has tasked us with another reboot of a popular competition show. This time, we've set our sights on one of the big CBS shows. After two decades of watching midwesterners destroy manual vehicles abroad, audiences are ready for something new. That's why today we're deciding which video game world should be the setting for the next season of The Amazing Race! Andrew is doing a Donkey Kong thing. Kyle is doing a Pokémon thing. Todd is doing a mispronunciation thing. Recommended Reading: The Watermelon heard round the world: https://youtu.be/8cfeTZNcA3g The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: CBS's The Amazing Race, Donkey Kong Country 2, Pokémon Gen 1, Pokémon Gen 2, Mario is Missing Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E17 · Tue, May 14, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Elden Ring
The fallen leaves tell a story. The great Elden Ring was released. Now, two years later, the long-awaited DLC is nowhere to be found. Soon, FromSoftware's fanbase, demigods all, executed challenge run after challenge run. A naked man with a pot on his head was the first to perish. Arise now, ye Tarnished. Ye dead, who might yet go on to actually complete this 120+ game. The call of long-lost grace and a really, really good open world Action RPG calls us all. This month, we're entering the Lands Between and talking all about 2022's Elden Ring! Join us on this fantastical journey, courtesy of #buttthwompnation member @mgrum54! Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/PbVyjs3 Recommended Reading: Elden Ring Story Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_03kFqWfqs Elden Ring Intro Cinematic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BnZhJg91RQ Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E16 · Tue, May 07, 2024
Ep. 144: Cozy Regular Dude Type Folks
The month of May is synonymous with flowers and sunny weather. Birds are chirping, buds are blooming and farming sim fans are hunting for this year's way to enjoy the outdoors without leaving the indoors. Now we're not talking about just farming sims, we're setting our sights on the whole "cozy game" genre. The execs have asked us to head to the field of video games and harvest some new cozy games. Today we're tackling the questions, "What not cozy game should be remade but cozy?" Kyle's pitch is about as radical as a cozy game can be. Andrew's pitch is about as pun-filled as a cozy game can be. Matt's answer is pretty much just Five Nights at Freddy's. Recommended Reading: FLAVOR TEXT: Bloodborne https://pod.link/1369802369/episode/e192a4c00c8c8b2ffcaa87cdf8794432 The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Fallout (the show and 76), Coffee Talk, Night in the Woods, A Little to the Left, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Bloodborne, Five Nights at Freddy's The Movie, Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing, Chao Island, Stardew Valley Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E15 · Tue, April 30, 2024
Ep. 143: What're Ya Droppin'? (ft. Greg Schulz)
Profits are down! Why are profits down? Who knows, but they're down everywhere! Profits are so down that Big Capitalism has come running to us here at DT!HQ to get profits back up! How are we going to get profits back up? With card battlers of course! Todd gives the people what they want and completes a beloved trilogy. Matt is making the sickest, raddest card battler you've ever seen. If you understand Andrew's answer, hey, this episode is for you. And last but not least, because only Kyle understands card games, we invited our buddy Greg Schulz to keep us on track. Recommended reading: Special thanks to Greg for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Greg's Stuff! Check out Left Trigger Right Trigger : https://www.lefttriggerrighttrigger.com/ Check out The Once and Future Nerd : https://onceandfuturenerd.com/welcome/ Check out Greg's Band called Duckspeak : https://duckspeak.bandcamp.com/ The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Xmen 97, Mega Man Battle Network, Magic the Gathering Arena, Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Shadow of War, Lord of the Rings Shadow of Mordor, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, NieR Automata, Fortnite, Marvel Snap, Thrasher Magazine Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E14 · Tue, April 23, 2024
DLC EPISODE: Discussing GLYDR with John Warren
A bonus episode approaches! Last month, we chatted with John Warren , one of the co-founders of GLYDR, a new peripheral you drivewith your feet. This conversation originally aired as part of our Extended Good Vibes Post Show! You can listen to our full conversation with John as well as the post show for every episode of Debate This! at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Recommended reading: Debate This! Episode 140: Rage Bait 64 (ft. John Warren) Check out Glyder HERE https://feetlegal.com/ Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E13 · Tue, April 16, 2024
Ep. 142: Put the E Back in Wii Sports (LIVE! at Midwest Gaming Classic)
On the day of our non-denominational Lord, April 7th, 2024, 4 nerds were given a platform for a second time. A platform, not just on the internet, but in a real life place in front of real life people at the Midwestern Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Those 4 nerds dared to ask a dangerous question, "What sport should be added to Wii Sports?" This raucous debate will really have you questioning if you know what a sport is. Andrew is pushing for esports in video games. Kyle is defending an American pastime. Todd is combining two things you didn't know could be combined. Recommended reading: You can find the PowerPoint at the following link. If your podcast app doesn't support links, please visit our website to find the slides at debatethiscast.com! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17DEU_1dz7BMtCb0pV05qKPIxejavS7o_-60wMZ3_sM8 Here's that chessboxing clip: https://youtu.be/i5WJOPeWczM?si=HuufeGlpQQgaaVtT&t=1371 Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to MerchThis.net and give us your money! Ever wanted socks with the DT! logo on them? Well now you can get em! One more time that website is MerchThis.net ! Properties we talked about this week: Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Sports Club, Nintendo Switch Sports, 1 2 Switch, Microsoft Excel, Corn hole, Chessboxing Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E12 · Tue, April 09, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Green Lantern
Years before we saw them in successful Marvel movies, we had Ryan Reynolds and Taika Waititi in a different superhero movie: 2011's cinematic masterpiece Green Lantern. Today's FLAVOR TEXT isn't about that shared misery, but instead is about its source material. Join us as we dive into 80 years of lanterning. From Alan Scott and his convoluted origin, to B'dg the alien squirrel, we're talking about the good, the bad, and the weird that comprise the Green Lantern Corp. Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/gallery/8Ay6Uxu Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E11 · Tue, April 02, 2024
Ep. 141: Do You Think The Danger Room Is Mad At Me?
Hoo boy those new X-Men ['97] sure are competent superheroes and also universally sexy. Pretty much the opposite of that are the 3 of us dweebs standing in the shadows who all somehow also made the cut and got accepted into Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters despite having superpowers or eshewing raw bisexual energy. Matt shows his super-expertise with common household appliances, Andrew illustrates his super-ability to read a room, and Todd slip-slides around via his super-undiagnosed hyperhidrosis. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com OUR FIRST LIVE SHOW OF THE YEAR IS ON THE CALENDAR! Come see your favorite nerds debate in person at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee. We're headlining the Bonus Stage on Saturday, April 6th at 7pm. You can tickets and details at https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ (*swingset not guaranteed) Properties we talked about this week: X-Men: The Animated Series, X-Men '97, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mystery Men, The Incredibles, Watchmen, Jean Grey's baby monitoring app Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E10 · Tue, March 26, 2024
Ep. 140: Rage Bait 64 (ft. John Warren)
It's Christmas of 1996 and you've just unwrapped the hottest new home gaming console, the Nintendo 64. You're about to be immersed into a game more realistic than your brain can even fathom. Except it's not 1996, it's 2024 and games look more like real life than real life does. Wouldn't it be a wild thought experiment to adapt a game made in 2024 to 1996's N64? Wouldn't it? Fair warning, if you've played a particular game series, Andrew is going to make you furious. Kyle is here to make one 25th of a game. Todd is going to talk a lot about horses. Because none of those things sounded great, we also invited former Fanbyte Head of Media and current cohost of If You’re Driving Close Your Eyes and cofounder of Glydr, John Warren! Recommended reading: Special thanks to John for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out John's Stuff! Check out Glyder HERE https://feetlegal.com/ Check out If You're Driving Close Your Eyes HERE https://pod.link/1648903956 The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com OUR FIRST LIVE SHOW OF THE YEAR IS ON THE CALENDAR! Come see your favorite nerds debate in person at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee. We're headlining the Bonus Stage on Saturday, April 6th at 7pm. You can tickets and details at https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ (*swingset not guaranteed) Properties we talked about this week: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Fortnite, Mine Craft, 007 GoldenEye, Red Dead Redemption 2, StarFox 64, Elden Ring Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E9 · Tue, March 12, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Power Rangers
Does it smell like Teen Spirit in here or is that just me? While we're not talking about Nirvana today, we are talking about one of the other biggest figures of the 90s, Power Rangers. It's hard to believe it's been 30 years since we were first introduced to the color-coded teenagers with attitude. Now with 30 seasons and 4 feature length films under their belt, we're going to look under the spandex as to how exactly Haim Saban propped up this franchise for three decades. Not only does this podcast include 30 years of Power Rangers history, it also includes a bonus 15 years of Japanese Entertainment history! What more could you ask for from a millennial podcast like ours? Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/qk7hPs4 Recommended Reading: Forever Red Fight Scene: https://youtu.be/KAVU-tvHpyk?si=C2_0Gy-1uaOYwHnl Legendary Battle All Rangers Fight Scene: https://youtu.be/AJF-wpgzRFc?si=P4dfB3Ju5zdNbIQl Referenced Vox article: https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/29/15039986/power-rangers-tv-series-movie Archived LA Times article: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-22-me-25774-story.html Want to commission our next FLAVOR TEXT? Get the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E8 · Wed, March 06, 2024
Ep. 139: By the Power of Go Fast
How much do you know about the phrase "public domain?" Follow up question, how much do you want to know about the phrase "public domain?" Today we're doing something just plain silly. Today we're making Sonic the Hedgehog games out of public domain novels. Believe it or not, they've already made two of them. Todd's idea led to a lot less puns than it could have. Kyle's idea revolves around everyone's favorite public domain detective. Matt's idea has a villain that really pushes the limits of stupidity. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Our first LIVE show of the year is on the calendar! We'll be at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin April 5-7. Not only will we be shaking hands and slingin' free merch, but we'll be recording an episode of DT! LIVE on the Bonus Stage! Catch the live show Saturday, April 6 at 7pm at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee! Get details and tickets at https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ Properties we talked about this week: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic and the Black Knight, Moby Dick, Sherlock Holmes, Around the World in 80 Days, Sonic Boom, Crush 40. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E7 · Tue, February 20, 2024
Avenge This! FEED DROP: Madame Web and the State of the MCU
We had a change in our personal schedules, and also Matt saw the worst movie of the year, so we have something special for you this week! We're reviving our sister podcast Avenge This! to give our honest feelings on Sony's Madame Web. If you want more MCU/DC podcast content from the DT! nerds, just do a searchin' for Avenge This! wherever you consume podcasts or at this link right here: https://pod.link/1559228354 Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail Our first LIVE show of the year is on the calendar! We'll be at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin April 5-7. Not only will we be shaking hands and slingin' free merch, but we'll be recording an episode of DT! LIVE on the Bonus Stage! Catch the live show Saturday, April 6 at 7pm at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee! Get details and tickets at https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ Properties we talked about this week: Madame Web, Deadpool and Wolverine, Loki, The Marvels, What If?, Echo, Marvel's Assembled Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E6 · Tue, February 13, 2024
Ep. 138: With Apologies to Baldur's Gate 3 (ft. Jennasis)
I'm just going to say this up front: 138 = 69 x 2. With that out in the open, it should be no surprise to you that today's episode is another "What game would make the best dating sim" episode. If you don't want to hear the DT! hosts discuss BDSM, maybe skip this one. (Looking at you, Matt's Mom.) Kyle is doing his best to reinvent the most lackluster release of 2024 so far. Matt is pushing the boundaries of what you can do with a typo. Todd came to the party with more Olympic facts than your body has room for. By the way, we have a guest this week and Jennasis is here to make you think about Ed Sheeran. Recommended reading: Special thanks to Jennasis for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Jennasis's stuff! She's one half of two different podcasts. One is called Two Girls, One Ship and it breaks down romance in video games. The other is the Cyberpunk Lorecast and I don't feel like I need to explain to you what that is. Check out Two Girls, One Ship HERE https://linktr.ee/twogirlsoneship Check out the Cyberpunk Lorecast HERE https://pod.link/1475412003 Check out the Robots Radio Network HERE https://www.robotsradio.net/ The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . OUR FIRST LIVE SHOW OF THE YEAR IS ON THE CALENDAR! Come see your favorite nerds debate in person at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee. We're headlining the Bonus Stage on Saturday, April 6th at 7pm. You can tickets and details at https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ (*swingset not guaranteed) Properties we talked about this week: Baldur's Gate 3, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Doom, Doom Eternal, The 2024 Paris Olympics and I guess also Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Tetris Music for Debate This! is provided by composer
S7 E5 · Tue, February 06, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Metal Gear Solid
Kept you waiting, huh? It's been nearly four years since we first talked about Vulcan Raven and his magical spirit ravens, and so we're finally bringing you the full context and delivering on what may be one of the most complicated and insane video game stories of all time...Metal Gear Solid! Our deep dive into the history and lore of this PS1 classic will leave you wondering if love can, in fact, bloom on the battlefield. Maybe even after it's over, you'll leave a comment saying...you're pretty good. La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo. OK, that's enough this game is silly. Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/plqBFN9 Recommended Reading Solid Snake's Pro Skateboarding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSg6bCWCmEI Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S7 E4 · Tue, January 23, 2024
Ep. 137: Dude, What's My Phase
Did you know there's only one official Marvel Cinematic Universe slated for a 2024 release? That number jumps to three if you include the Sony Venom-Verse movies, but the once mighty MCU is down to a single cinematic release this year. Whether you've kept up with Phases 4 and 5 or not, you're probably aware that Marvel Studios seems to lack direction. Somewhere between a glut of Disney+ content and the conviction of their planned franchise villain, Kevin Feige et al. seem to have lost their way. That's why the Marvel Team has turned to us here at DT!HQ to help determine: What should be the new direction for the MCU? Todd is going to tell you about the Dark Avengers and you're going to like it. Kyle is going to tell you about House of M and you're going to like it. Andrew's going to tell you about Separation Anxiety and you're going to hate it. Recommended Reading: An article about the Jonathan Majors situation if you're unaware: https://shorturl.at/ijIX1 The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Dark Avengers, Dark Reign, Thunderbolts House of M, Separation Anxiety, Venom (2018), Avengers Secret Wars, Avengers Kang Dynasty, Just like, the whole fuggin MCU. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S7 E3 · Tue, January 16, 2024
FLAVOR TEXT: Silicon Valley
Ten years ago, purveyor of the human condition and scion of the future Mike Judge created another hit series as a follow up to the likes of Office Space, Idiocracy, and King of the Hill. This series would go on to shine a now-familiar light on the silliness and cartoonishly villainous behavior of the wacky tech moguls of the San Francisco Bay Area. Silicon Valley made careers out of Kumail Nanjiani, Thomas Middleditch, and Jimmy O. Yang, and helped put T.J. Miller's career in the grave. Join us this month as we break down all 6 seasons of this iconic HBO series. Special thanks to friend of the show and #buttthwompnation member Deb for commissioning today's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Link to the Imgur folder for this episode: https://imgur.com/a/MhH8Mjc Recommended Reading Opening scene from pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYI957ge4c The greatest dick joke of our generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex1JuIN0eaA Making the world a better place cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8C5sjjhsso Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S7 E2 · Tue, January 09, 2024
Ep. 136: Dice Wars: Revenge of the Six
It's season premiere episode time, nerds! And, as this is the premiere of Season 7, we've decided to leave everything related to the number 6 in the past. That might not seem like much, but it means that we're throwing away all the 6-sided dice in the world. You read that correctly, all the d6s are going away forever and we here at DT!HQ are in charge of replacing them. Join us as we kick off DT! Season 7 and decide "Which dice is the best dice?" Kyle makes a shockingly weak pitch for the d10. Todd makes a shockingly strong pitch for the d4. Matt makes a shocking pitch. Who will stand victorious amongst the battlefields of the Dice Wars? The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! That said, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page. Properties we talked about this week: Bauldur's Gate 3, Liar's Dice, Dungeons and Dragons, Yahtzee, The Metric System, Chipotle, Fazoli's, American Football, Craps Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
Trailer · Tue, January 02, 2024
Season 7 Trailer
Happy New Year Nerds! It's our podcast house-rule that we always take the first week of the year off. So, instead of a regular episode, here's a trailer for Debate This! Season 7 and what we have on the calendar for this year. See everyone? It's a trailer! You can start here! You don't have to go back and listen to episode 1. Please don't go back and listen to episode 1. Have you seen our Patreon? patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E43 · Wed, December 27, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Flavor Text Wrap Up (Pt 2)
Early last year, we took stock of all the FLAVOR TEXT episodes we had recorded by that time and sorted them all in a tier list, which resulted in The Witcher being our most favorite and Kingdom Hearts our least. Now with 20+ more under our belt, we're doing that all over again by both ranking this new batch separately and then together with the first batch. The second batch of FTs ranked: https://imgur.com/a/ULWskUE All FTs up-to-date ranked: https://imgur.com/a/1DuNCIt If you'd like to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT and see your chosen media hopefully beat out Amory Wars, check out our Patron page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Properties we talked about this week: Just, like, a whole bunch of stuff. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E42 · Tue, December 19, 2023
Ep. 135: Set Phasers to Pizza
Happy Winter Season of Non-Denominational Holiday Celebration™ to all of you who celebrate non-denominationally! Happy Tuesday™ to those of you who don't! It's time for our final debate of the year and our annual shitty peripheral gift exchange! Unfortunately, DT!HQ is a little short on budget this year, so we decided to exchange gifts with the local pawn shop as opposed to each other. So today we've gathered together to decide on the best video game peripheral to sell to a pawn shop? Matt brought a plank of wood. Andrew brought a slice of Pizza. Todd brought an oldie that is most certainly also a goodie. Recommended reading: Atari Stick Station write up: https://rb.gy/pfi4cj TMNT Controller Press Release: https://rb.gy/9yc7uv The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Were we on your Spotify Wrapped this year? Or on any other non-Spotify end of year list? If so, we'd love to know about it! Share that proof to social media and tag one of the accounts above. If you do, you'll be our favorite listener and we may even send you something. Or don't, I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Panera Charged Lemonade, The Atari Stick Station, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem, Pizza Scented Xbox Controller, Armor3 NuType Wired Keyboard, Phantasy Star Online, Pawn Stars, Nintendo Speedboard Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E41 · Tue, December 12, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Killing God With The Power Of Friendship
We make the joke all the time that the most common trope of any anime, JRPG, or many other Japanese-created media is to ultimately kill God with the Power of FriendshipTM. But, why is that? Thanks to #buttthwompnation member "@Sharkbait" we present to you a liberal college-level course that answers that question with 2,000+ years of real-world Japanese history! Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/HAaNlGV Recommended Reading: Moon Channel's video essay that served as the major framework for this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEUqLL8J4gI Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E40 · Tue, December 05, 2023
Ep. 134: Grumpy Matt's Worst Christmas Ever
The weather outside is getting frightful, but the fire is getting oh so delightful...Or that's how these show notes would have started if we actually recorded a holiday episode. Instead, we recorded an episode about Made-For-TV-Movies and what it would be like if we made those into video games. Just to be clear, no one picked the Made-For-TV-Movie you wanted them to. Nope, not even that one. Kyle is created the worst (best?) ever modern farming sim. Andrew wrote a script. Todd's main character has a lot of names and that's really all there is to remember about his answer. The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! That said, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Were we on your Spotify Wrapped this year? Or on any other non-Spotify end of year list? If so, we'd love to know about it! Share that proof to social media and tag one of the accounts above. If you do, you'll be our favorite listener and we may even send you something. Or don't, I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Lifetime movies, The Last Prostitute, Stardew Valley, Deadly Daycare, Cadet Kelly, Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2, Murder She Wrote, Who is Clark Rockefeller?, Uncharted, Phoenix Wright Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E39 · Tue, November 21, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Mythic Quest
Welcome, brave adventurers, to Mythic Quest! Here you will find office shenanigans, disregarded player feedback, and the most infuriating way to pronounce "Ian" you can think of. Join us today as we take a deep dive into the Apple+ show Mythic Quest: Ravens Banquet, a brainchild of Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, and Rob McElhenney. If you love Silicon Valley, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and dunking on failed videogame industry tropes, then we have a show (and FLAVORTEXT) for you! Thanks to friend of the show, Deb, for allowing us the opportunity to talk about this very fun show and for making Matt inject multiples seasons of an Apple+ show into is life over the course of a long weekend. And no, Season 4 hasn't been announced yet. If you'd like to commission our next FLAVOR TEXT, you can do that right now! Head over to patreon.com/debatethiscast to find out how. It's not required reading, but here's that article about F. Murray Abraham getting fired: https://www.vulture.com/2023/04/f-murray-abraham-mythic-quest-misconduct.html Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E38 · Tue, November 14, 2023
Ep. 133: Solve for XP
Two and a half years ago, we created a bit in which Todd, Kyle and Matt act as Andrew's collective dads in a Final Fantasy world. Then, a year and a half ago, we revisited this concept a second time. WELL, everyone knows you can't have a trilogy without a third entry. So today we welcome back Sad Dad, Bad Dad and Rad Dad for another Final Fantasy episode! This time we're asking the age old questions, which Final Fantasy location would be the best place to retire? Matt introduces the family to his entrepreneurial dreams. Todd discusses the dad-tastic urge to visit historical battlefields. Kyle makes the required Heavensward joke. Recommended reading: Debate This! Ep. 80: My Man-Sized Step-Wolf Debate This! Ep. 60: My Thirteen Dads The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. (Because I'm Andrew's dad.) Properties we talked about this week: Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy XVI, Fortnite, Hard Rock Cafe and Casino Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E37 · Tue, November 07, 2023
Ep. 132: An Exercise in Practicing Restraint
You know what? It's been a minute since the last time we attempted to save the DC Cinematic Universe. That said, it's only been about three weeks since the last time we "made a series like Disney Plus's Loki." Well, for some reason, we've decided to recapture both of the aforementioned magics and save the DC Cinematic Universe with a series like Disney Plus's Loki! This week we're asking the simple question, "Which DC Villain should lead their own limited run series that isn't Peacemaker or Harley Quinn?" Andrew threw all of his creativity out the window for this episode and that's all we'll say about that. Matt speaks to the primal urge of man that is de-handling panhandles. We also finally gave Kyle the email log in so he can see the show notes! The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Loki, Aquaman, Black Manta, Weather Wizard, The Flash, Bizzaro, Superman Legacy, Twister, I guess technically I have to say Glee Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E36 · Tue, October 31, 2023
DCOM-structed: Halloweentown
A very happy Spooky Day to all who celebrate. For this momentous annual occasion, we present to you a preview of our new series, DCOMstructed , a monthly breakdown and discussion of Disney Channel Original Movies, or DCOMs. As is the season, our choice for this here holiday is none other than Certified BangerTM Halloweentown! EDITOR'S NOTE: During the commercial break, we listened to an old promo for A Bug's Life as well as a few other Disney Channel liners of that time. Since famously-litigious Disney Corp included the whole-ass track to Baba O'Reily in that promo, we weren't able to include it on the free feed. If you like what you hear and want more of DCOMstructed (or you just want that Bug's Life promo), consider checking out our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast! For $5 a month, you'll get access to the Premium feed, which right now includes our pilot episode we did about Phantom of the Megaplex as well as the entire backlog of our D&D real-play show The Office Drones . R e c o m m e n d e d r e a d i n g : <li class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 publ
S6 E35 · Tue, October 24, 2023
RERUN: FLAVOR TEXT: Five Nights at Freddy's
Four years and two days ago today, we released our Five Nights at Freddy's Flavor Text. Well with the new movie releasing at the end of this week, today seemed like the perfect time to rerun that episode in all of it's 3+ hour glory. So sit back, relax, and tack your red yarn to the cork board. We're going through all the deep lore of FNaF from the first game up until Help Wanted. If you'd like to speed run this episode and just hear the spark notes version of what the movie plot MIGHT be, skip ahead to the 2:45:00 ish mark. Imgur Link for this episode: https://imgur.com/a/ujBJj02 Spooktacular Review-a-thon: -Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! -Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast -Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! -If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play another spooky game live on Twitch! -You can watch last years stream at https://www.youtube.com/@debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E34 · Tue, October 17, 2023
Ep. 131: Sovereign States & Monster Dates
Big wheels keep on turning and train whistles keep on blowing! It's Week 3 of Spooktacular Express Season and this week we're reviving those classic, Universal movie monsters. If you're a long time listener to DT!, you've probably heard the phrase "metal dracula" before. Well, for the first time since Season 1, we're back with that same, dumb energy. There's no stops on this week's monster mashup, even though someone should have stopped Andrew before he rewrote Phantom of the Opera as a Glee episode. Todd brings the stickiest answer to the party this week while also making more puns than your body has room for. Matt talks about 70 year old monster lore and no one needed that. Spooktacular Review-a-thon: -Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! -Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast -Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! - If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play another spooky game live on Twitch! - You can watch last years stream at https://www.youtube.com/@debatethiscast The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page. Properties we talked about this week: Universal's Dark Universe, The Mummy (2017), Kyle's Wedding, Phantom of the Opera, Glee, Clayface, The Blob, Batman & Robin, Mr. Freeze, The Creature of the Black Lagoon, Swamp Thing, the bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billy Gilman Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at <a href="https://www.ozzed.net" target="_blank"
Tue, October 10, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Emesis Blue
*Insert Matt's attempt at a train whistle here* This train keeps rolling as the Spooktacular Express makes a stop at the spooky machinima station! Join us today as we take a deep dive into the psychological horror known as Emesis Blue - a full 100+ minute movie made using assets from Team Fortress 2 by Fortress Films. Before we can do that, Matt walks us through a bit of history of machinima, explains TF2 to us, does an overview of the roster of characters, and then gives us some of that good, good TF2 deep lore. <span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"*Insert Matt's attempt at a train whistle here* This train keeps rolling as the Spooktacular Express makes a stop at the spooky machinima station! Join us today as we take a deep dive into the psychological horror known as Emesis Blue - a
S6 E32 · Tue, October 03, 2023
Ep. 130: Spooky Sacks of 90s Stuff
*Insert train whistle here* It's Spooktacular Express time y'all! Gear up for our month-long, Halloween-themed content adventure as we bored the train for a Goosebumps land! That's right listener, we're reaching deeper into the Scholastic Book Fair well to create semi-spooky horror games. The goal this week is to create the best possible video game adaptation of a classic Goosebumps tale. Nobody tell R.L. Stine, but these games have just as much to do with the source material as their covers used to. The Spooktacular Express makes a few stops in spooky locations this week. Matt requested the conductor to drop him off at a spooky, secret amusement park deep in the forest. Todd's doing a time travel thing in a big spooky tower. Meanwhile, Kyle reboots the very first Goosebumps book, or is it the first season of American Horror Story? Spooktacular Review-a-thon: -Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! -Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast -Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! -If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play another spooky game live on Twitch! -You can watch last years stream at https://www.youtube.com/@debatethiscast The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! That said, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page. Properties we talked about this week: Lies of P, Midnight Sons, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Goosebumps, Goosebumps the Musical, One Day at HorrorLand, A Night in Terror Tower, Welcome to Dead House, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Animal Crossing<
S6 E31 · Tue, September 19, 2023
Ep. 129: Live, Laugh, Lekgolo
Workers' rights and labor unions have been dominating the headlines in the US for the last few months. While that is probably the most culturally relative sentence we've ever put in our shownotes, it is also the sentence that inspired today's dumb bit. In an effort to prove that we are, in fact, a pro-union podcast, we're helping video game characters organize. So settle in for your union-mandated break and listen along as we answer the question "What group of video game characters should be the next to unionize?" All three answers today force us to define what a "manager" is. Todd talks more about Voltron than you'd expect. Andrew is really committing to a bit within a bit. Kyle comes to the table to represent the population of our favorite sovereign nation. Recommended Reading: Learn about unions here! www.workcenter.gov The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike, Warcraft 3, Halo, Hearthstone, Defense of the Ancients, Heroes of the Storm Super Mario Brothers, The Worker Organizing Resource and Knowledge Center, Enter the Gungeon, Hero Hours Contract Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E30 · Tue, September 12, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: The Dark Tower
In the early 2000s, Stephen King listened to Lou Bega's Mambo No. 5 so much that his wife, who stuck by his side through decades of alcohol and drug use, almost left him. It is with that same fervor that King wrote the topic of today's flavor text The Dark Tower . King's eight and a half book epic follows the strong but silent Roland Deschart across the All-World and the Stephen King Extended Universe as he makes his way to The (titular) Dark Tower, and his destiny. Along the way our hero kills a kid, fights Lobstrosities and...well you'll just have to listen to the episode. Special thanks to dear friend of the show just generally fantastic human being "Pflum" for commissioning this month's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT and have us talk about literally whatever you want, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E29 · Tue, September 05, 2023
Ep. 128: Four Weird Little Guys All in a Row
It should come as no surprise to you, dear listener, that DT!HQ is a pet-friendly office. We've hosted a few pet shows here in the office, but last year, the DT! No Bummers Program Committee hosted a dog show like no Thanksgiving Day has ever seen. Well the DT!NBPC is back at it, but dogs are so 2000 and late. This year, we're hosting a cat show in hopes of determining which cat is the best cat in all of video games! Kyle brought a low-hanging, albeit delicious fruit that will surprise absolutely no one. Matt is the wild card this week. Andrew's answer will make you think about Food Network way more than you're ready for. Recommended Reading: Ep. 93: The Interdogmensional Tournament of Immortals Ep. 77: Remember To Have Your Rock Dragons Spayed Or Neutered Ep. 32: Please Stop Trying to Domesticate My Near-Sighted Son The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Blue Beetle, Monster Hunter, Pokemon, Neko Atsume, Westminster National Dog Show, Pokemon Sun and Moon, Pokemon Sword and Shield Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E28 · Tue, August 22, 2023
Ep. 127: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Perv Pods
Hey, do you guys remember Secret Invasion? That Marvel show with Samuel L Jackson and Daenerys Targaryen? Yeah, that one! Well it just came out in July and all four of us watched it. Not only did we watch it, but tens of other people watched it as well. So, in honor of this massive smash hit about shape shifting aliens, the debaters are here to pitch some new games. This week we're asking, "Which video game sequel would be ...better?... with shape shifting Skrulls?" Matt is here to test your tolerance for collectathons as well as puns. Kyle is bringing out an old, DT! classic. Todd's answer is honestly just gross. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page. Properties we talked about this week: Baulder's Gate 3, Marvel's Secret Invasion, Starfox Adventures, Sonic Adventure 2, Shadow the Hedgehog, Mario Tennis, Wario Land, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic and the Black Knight, Sonic the Hedgehog the movie, Snakes on a Plane Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E27 · Tue, August 15, 2023
DLC EPISODE: Extended Good Vibes! Clip Show 2
Happy Tuesday! All four of us were traveling together this weekend for Kyle's bachelor party, and we opted for IRL friendship over recording an episode. Instead, we humbly present to you a sampling, a best-of if you will, of our Patreon-exclusive post show, Extended Good Vibes! For the uninitiated, we keep the mics rolling for an extra 30ish minutes after each DT! episode to talk about what got left on the cutting room floor, what we're watching on TV, and just our general opinions on the universe. Today's ramblings are from the post shows of episodes 122-126. We hope you enjoy this easy listening week, because we'll be back with Episode 127 next week and boy is it a WILD one. If you enjoyed these clips today, consider joining the ranks of #ButtThwompNation over at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! You can join our exclusive Discord server for as low as $5 and gain access to EGV! for $10. Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E26 · Tue, August 08, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Games Done Quick
Twice a year, gamers from around the world converge to showcase the very best in video games by playing them really, really fast. Games Done Quick is a biannual, weeklong marathon full of highs, lows, dreams, memes, and raising a metric s***ton of money for charity. If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E25 · Tue, August 01, 2023
Ep. 126: Time Cops and Time Signatures
If you've listened to this podcast for more than a few weeks, you've probably heard at least one of our hosts complain about common RPG elements like turn-based combat and complex menuing. Maybe you agree with those complaints, or maybe you don't, but one thing is for sure, the garden-variety "JRPGs" just aren't for everyone. There are gamers out there in the gamerverse who prefer baby games for babies. One of those gamers may cohost this podcast. Well, in honor of those who prefer controllers with two buttons, this week we're simplifying your favorite crunchy video games! Todd is going to talk more about classical music than you're prepared for. Kyle may or may not be dunking on everyone's favorite 5v5 hero shooter. Andrew is going to draw the line between Final Fantasy and kart racing games, and it will be critically acclaimed. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our (I'm not calling it that) Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page. Properties we talked about this week: Eternal Sonata, Gauntlet, Golden Sun, Overwatch 2, Apex Legends, Final Fantasy XIV, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Frédéric Chopin, Persona 5, Final Fantasy Type Zero, Final Fantasy XIII, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Brutal Legend Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E24 · Tue, July 18, 2023
Ep. 125: All's Fair in Love and Chicken War
November 19, 2006, also known as the day the Earth stood still, saw the release of S-tier console, the Nintendo Wii. Unbeknownst to most, the rise of the Nintendo Wii awoke an ancient sleeping monstrosity that had laid dormant in the games industry since the SNES era. That ancient monstrosity was a type of games called "Shovelware." For the uninitiated, shovelware is a term for games that were hastily developed to showcase quantity over quality. You probably rented at least one of these games accidentally from Giant Eagle, or were gifted one by an estranged family member for Christmas. Well today, we here at DT!HQ are going to turn shovelware games into AAA megahits! Kyle is here to talk about a racing game this week, but it's not the one you think. Andrew's answer will remind you of that weird time when we were all really into clay-mation. Matt is also here, and he's doing too much. Recommended reading: Flavor Text: Console Wars Debate This! Ep. 44: A Rear Without a Santa Claus The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Threads, Five Nights at Freddy's, Dungeon Fighter Online, M&Ms Kart Racing, Claymates, Chickenshoot, ClayFighter, Secret Invasion, Fire Emblem: Three Houses Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E23 · Tue, July 11, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Warhammer 40,000
Were you born into power? Made into something greater than yourself through a tragic combination of technology and human flesh? Did you hear the dark calls of the endless void and now bear the mark of Khorne himself? Have you been assimilated into the ever growing hivemind of the Tyranid through consumption and have no say in the matter? Regardless, you're here now and we're talking about Warhammer 40,000! Join us today while we talk a bit about the Warhammer 40k property, some background, and dive into some of the greatest forces to wage war across the endless stretches of our universe. Open the sanctifying oils, load up you chainsaw gun, and whisper your prayers to the sexy sex god of sex. Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/Cn7XKUz More places to get your 40k fix: Lorehammer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lorehammer-a-warhammer-40k-podcast/id1266540593 ageofminiatures.com A huge warhammer battle: https://youtu.be/c6mOz-XDZ-Q wargamer.com a more crunchy rundown of how different factions work in gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaMNtvuu-U4 An endless void made of our darkest desires-sized thank you to OhCreativeOne, a devout cog in the machine that is #buttthwompnation! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E22 · Tue, July 04, 2023
The Office Drones: Episode Sacramento (LIVE At Origins Game Fair)
Last weekend, we had the opportunity to do a live show of our Patreon-exclusive D&D show, The Office Drones, to a very open-minded audience at Origins Game Fair here in Columbus, OH. It was a super good time and everyone there was really cool with playing in the weird space of a side episode based on a show that's been running for 3+ years on a closed Patreon feed they'd never heard of owned and operated by a podcast they'd also never heard of. This is the recording of that episode, and it was a BLAST. We created all new characters that live in the extended Office Drones universe, but rest assured no prior knowledge is necessary to enjoy this one-off episode. If you like this and want to experience more of the story of The Office Drones, go back and check out some of the supercut episodes we've uploaded to the free feed (Book 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/17MTbQNZlJwUQJu0Fy1lVY?si=844a760ad62f402d ; Book 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/48LEjg152yvD7FKQ0bhIFq?si=0603a9edefda4166). If you like that, consider subscribing to our Patreon feed where for $5 a month you can have access to the full campaign so far! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Music for Debate This! and The Office Drones is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E21 · Tue, June 20, 2023
Ep. 124: With Great Ptower Comes Great Resptonsibility
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse just hit theaters a few weeks ago and it's safe to say this is Sony's best Marvel movie since 2018's Into the Spider-Verse. Well the execs over at Sony are ready to ride the Spider Train all the way to moneyville! They've reached out to DT!HQ for help crafting a new, Spiderman-based, genre-inspired cinematic universe. That's why this week, we're digging into Wikipedia to find the wildest Spiders Men from across the Marvel Universe and assigning them a matching film genre! Matt is here to play fast and loose with spiders, men and punctuation. Andrew tells the story of a True American Hero (TM) as only a Horse Movie (TM) can. Todd reminds us all of the trauma we suffered at the hands of We're Back! A Dinosaur Story. Recommended Reading: Debate This! Ep. 88: The F-Train Don't Stop at Dinosaur Jail The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! That said, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (back from a brief hiatus!) where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: The Conjuring, Paranormal Activity, Spidergeddon, Edge of Spider-Verse, Seabiscuit, Black Beauty, War Horse, Hidalgo, Flicka, Jurassic Park, Morbius, Freaky Friday, Spiders Man, Webslinger and Widow, Spider Rex Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E20 · Tue, June 13, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Bloodborne
The pale moon rises on Yharnam, a Victorian England-inspired city cursed with a mysterious plague known only as the "Beast Scourge." You arrive in Yhaarnam by way of spooky blood magic as the latest inductee to this underground society of Hunters, whose sole purpose is to hunt and kill the beasts terorrizing the town. But, this is a Dark Souls game, and so there's no possible way there could be anything hidden deeper in this cool werewolf game, right? Check out the metal-as-hell designs from The Best Dark Souls game: https://imgur.com/a/uJycdsG Special thanks to "@zhakhix" for commissioning this month's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT and have us talk about literally whatever you want, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Extended Reading Gascoigne intro cutscene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS4aNi3bLD4 Ludwig, the Accursed intro cutscene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfHTiJYmEUM Ludwig, the Holy Blade intro cutscene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A937D3iYwZU Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E19 · Tue, June 06, 2023
Ep. 123: Choose Your Own Blood God
Four years ago, we asked the question "Which Legend of Zelda Item Would You Bring with You to a Deserted Island?" Well, in case you didn't notice, a big, beautiful, new Legend of Zelda game released last month and it's time for us to recapture the magic and surf the SEO wave! So, just like season 3 of Lost, we have to go back. Inspired by Tears of the Kingdom, this week we're asking, "Which two Legend of Zelda Items Would You Bring with You to a Deserted Island?" When all your problems are nails, everything is a hammer. Unfortunately for Todd, there are no nails on this island. Matt hasn't played TotK yet, but he has seen 2000's Castaway and that has to be something. Meanwhile, Kyle is here to ask more questions about video game physics than we could possibly answer. Recommended Reading: Debate This! Ep. 37: How Many Yards in a Yeet The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Breath of the Wild, Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Majora's Mask (I think I got all of them?), Castaway, Lost, Halo, Overwatch, Super Smash Bros. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E18 · Tue, May 23, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
In every generation there is a Chosen OneTM. One podcast alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. We are that podcast, and this month we are talking about the GOAT teen supernatural action-adventure-dramedy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Listen in as Andrew dictates in no short order the first three seasons leading up to Buffy's high school graduation and the set up for its massively successful spinoff, Angel. Here's an Imgur library chock full o' complicated prostethetics and late-90s VFX: https://imgur.com/a/Tmh5PiD Special thanks to "@OhCreativeOne" for commissioning this month's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT and have us talk about literally whatever you want, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Extended Reading Buffy killing Paul Reubens in the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHVh_S9NGIU 15 minutes of Cordelia being Cordelia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drhITDLloeo Spotfiy playlist of bands at The Bronze: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OYIDJ7S0N1oLWYBmN5DkE?si=90649516197f4b81 "Dear Maria, Count Me In" does, in fact, go with the intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qUsID_VKxU @OhCreativeOne's Monster of the Week TTRPG Podcast: https://monstersplaybook.com/ Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E17 · Tue, May 16, 2023
Avenge This! FEED DROP: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
It's our union-mandated off week here at DT!HQ, but listeners can still have a little podcast, as a treat. This is a short clip of our brand new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 review episode which you can listen to right now, for free on the Avenge This! podcast feed. Just do a searchin' for Avenge This! wherever you consume podcasts or at this link right here: https://pod.link/1559228354 Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (back from a brief hiatus!) where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E16 · Tue, May 09, 2023
Ep. 122: Expensive Spaghetti and Casual Infidelity (ft. Kelsey Lewin)
April showers have brought May flowers and as winter transitions to spring, we here at DT!HQ are looking for something seasonal to celebrate! Unfortunately, we've already passed the Q1 holidays. So, in an effort to save this loosely constructed episode topic, we reached back into our collective high school trauma and decided to do a Prom Episode! Now, when I think of Prom, the first video game I think of is 1987's Punch-Out!! That's why this week we're asking the question, "Which Punch-Out!! Boxer would you take to prom?" Andrew ventured to the Great White North in search of a date and a gallon of maple syrup. Kyle is making an entrance with the power of dance and white leisure suits. Todd is actually still banned from DT!HQ Prom, so we invited a new friend to our Prom Group. Welcome, from the school district across the county (and also the Video Game History Foundation,) Kelsey Lewin to our fancy dinner reservation! Recommended reading: Special thanks to Kelsey Lewin for joining us on Debate This! today! Kelsey is the Co-Director of the Video Game History Foundation, co-host of the Video Game History Hour, and co-owner of Pink Gorilla Games. Check out Kelsey's stuff below! Check out Kelsey's Twitter HERE https://twitter.com/kelslewin Check out the Video Game History Foundation HERE https://gamehistory.org/ Check out the Video Game History Hour HERE https://gamehistory.org/the-video-game-history-hour/ Check out Pink Gorilla Games HERE https://pinkgorillagames.com/ The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (back from a brief hiatus!) where
S6 E15 · Tue, May 02, 2023
Ep. 121: Lyndon B. Come Johnson (ft. Eric Silver)
Six months ago, we dreamt up some new edutainment games. Well it went so well that we decided to do it again! This time, we wanted to change it up a bit. Instead of turning an existing game into an edutainment game, this week we attempt to turn existing historical events into playable video games! We even invited a guest this time! Kyle is here to talk about everyone's favorite nexus point, and also put us all on a list. Todd rehashes a tumblr post that we promise you've seen at least twice. Andrew embarks on the journey that is presidential scandals, but no, not THAT one. And finally, our very good friend Eric Silver from Multitude Podcasting is here mostly to talk about Midnight in Paris. Recommended reading: Special thanks to Eric Silver for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Eric's stuff! He's the Head of Creative at Multitude and hosts/produces 3 different podcasts! Check out a litany of links for Eric below! Check out Eric's Twitter HERE https://twitter.com/El_Silvero Check out Join the Party HERE https://www.jointhepartypod.com/ Check out Games and Feelings HERE https://www.gamesandfeelings.com/ Check out Tell Me About It HERE https://www.tmaipod.com/ Check out Multitude Productions HERE https://multitude.productions/ The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Detroit: Become Human, the 1904 Olympic Marathon, Heavy Rain, The Teapot Dome Scandal, Wario Ware, The L
S6 E14 · Tue, April 18, 2023
Ep. 120: His Eyes: They Shooty
We here at DT!HQ have certainly hit our stride when it comes to remakes of cable television shows. We've talked about Cribs, Forged in Fire, Forged in Fire again, Celebrity Rehab and a number of other gems of the 2000s. Today we're running it back and dipping a toe into the Reality TV Universe (RTVU). It is our mission today to use the path laid by the RTVU to guide the future of the MCU. So with that in mind, today we're asking, "what would be the best reality show to remake starring the X-Men?" It's honestly a little disturbing how much we knew about reality TV. Matt flexes his knowledge with a deep cut WB show. Andrew scopes in on the personality of late 90s Nickelodeon Teens. Todd completes the infernal contract we must sign to talk about reality television as he invokes the name of the Bachelor(ette). Recommended reading: Here's a link to the nightmare relationship chart we referenced: https://bit.ly/3mAqwVe This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com . Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the listen. But, if you'd prefer to listen to our show without ads, you can listen to every DT! episode ad-free right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Patrons of all tiers get ad-free episodes, bonus content and access to our Patron-only discord server. Higher tiers unlock the DT! Extended Good Vibes Aftershow and tons more. Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (back from a brief hiatus!) where ever you get your podcasts!
S6 E13 · Tue, April 11, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Gilmore Girls
Welcome, stranger! You've driven a long way from The Big City, so why not park that fancy car over there and take a load off here at the diner. Which diner, you say? Why, the only one in town! What's that? You don't want to leave your car in the middle of the street? No worries there, stranger! We here at Stars Hollow have evolved past the need of paltry things like cars, or retail chains, or global economies. So, sit back, relax, grab a knitting needle for the annual Knit-a-Thon, and listen to the DT! boys break down the 8 seasons of love and laughter that is Gilmore Girls. Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/JnIK0IV Recommend Reading: Clip from the Pilot episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB12lSAc7_Y Compilation of all of Kirk's jobs from "The Gilmore Girls Guide" channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELS3OQUqVOE Compilation of town meetings from "The Gilmore Girls Guide" channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68sIlm9Usqk If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast . This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com. Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E119 · Tue, April 04, 2023
Ep. 119: We Bongo On (LIVE! at the Midwest Gaming Classic)
On the day of our non-denominational Lord, April 1st, 2023, 3 nerds were given a platform. A platform, not just on the internet, but in a real life place in front of real life people at the Midwestern Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is that podcast. Matt hosted a one-on-one debate between Todd and Andrew to determine which classic GameCube game should be remastered in 2023. The answer involved more primates than you could possibly imagine. Recommended reading: Here is a link to the referenced PowerPoint. If your podcast app doesn't support links, please visit our website to find the slides at debatethiscast.com ! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z-5Iv-zEyuFAqvx6lnl5ehOcICMcqdWwU-JNYo4tiFU/edit?usp=sharing Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Buzz Aldrin, Resident Evil 4 Remake Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net ! Debate This! is sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com. Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout!
S6 E11 · Tue, March 28, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: The Legend of Korra
Water. Earth. Fire. Air...Ice. Metal. Lightning...Farts. Years ago Kyle told you all about Avatar: The Last Airbender and now we're back to give you your long overdue FLAVOR TEXT for Avatar: The Legend of Korra. Thanks to patron "@sharkbait," you too get to hear us talk about the series that Nickelodeon tried their best to not release in any normal way. Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/9TDs76v If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com. Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! Don't forget, if you're in Milwaukee this weekend, come catch Debate This! Live 7pm Saturday on the Side Stage at the Midwest Gaming Classic! Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E10 · Tue, March 14, 2023
Ep. 118: Mob Job Bob's Gobs of Kebabs
DT!HQ takes a firm stance against gatekeeping. Whether your favorite games are on a console, a PC, or a mobile device, we consider you a gamer and you are valid. Unless, of course, you're one of the perverts still playing Facebook games in 2023. If you aren't keeping up with the news out of the Meta-camp, the Metaverse isn't exactly headed to the moon. Well luckily for old Zucks, the execs called us in to help revitalize that smooth VR hellscape. Today, we're gathered around the proverbial Round Table to decide which Facebook game would be the best to integrate into the Metaverse. You're going to hear about a lot of games today, most of them you'll at least remember hearing about. Matt's answer is not one of those games. Todd and Kyle, on the other hand, went with games that you'll be much more familiar with. Or you will be, if you're into match three and idle games. Recommended Reading: Debate This! Ep. 103: Come and Funge It This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED ! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com . Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the listen. But, if you'd prefer to listen to our show without ads, you can listen to every DT! episode ad-free right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Patrons of all tiers get ad-free episodes, bonus content and access to our Patron-only discord server. Higher tiers unlock the DT! Extended Good Vibes Aftershow and tons more. Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Properties we talked about this week: Mob Wars, Mafia Wars, Farmville, Harvest Moon, Bejeweled, Bejeweled Blitz Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at <a href=
S6 E9 · Tue, March 07, 2023
Ep. 117: With Apologies to Cousin Rod, Esq.
There is truly no spin-off too obscure for us to turn into a DT! episode. And, when a spin-off begins to pick up speed on a major streaming service, it is our job--nay, our duty--to turn it into a silly podcast about comics or video games. So, it should be no surprise to you, a listener of culture, that we're persenting to you today an episode based on Netflix mega-hit, FiF:KoD! Oh, that's Forged in Fire: Knife or Death for you uncultured dweebs. This week, we seek to discover which comic book weapon would perform the best in a History Channel Knife Sports show. If you came here for Norse mythology, Andrew has something special for you. Someone had to talk about a DC property, so we left that for Kyle. Todd's answer has the emphasis on the wrong syllable. Also, WWE's Bill Goldberg is here! Recommended reading: Debate This! Ep. 55: Let the Ka-Bodies Hit the Floor Debate This! Ep. 76: Forged in A Ding Dang Hellfire This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED ! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com . Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the listen. But, if you'd prefer to listen to our show without ads, you can listen to every DT! episode ad-free right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Patrons of all tiers get ad-free episodes, bonus content and access to our Patron-only discord server. Higher tiers unlock the DT! Extended Good Vibes Aftershow and tons more. Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words
S6 E8 · Tue, February 21, 2023
Avenge This! FEED DROP: Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania
Welcome back Nerds! The DT! Boys kick off Phase 5 of the MCU with a trip to the Quantum Realm to discuss Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, the direction the MCU is headed, and what MODOK and Hank Hill have in common. Spoilers abound in this episode, so come back after you've seen the movie. This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com. Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! Music for this episode is provided by Raxlen Slice.
S6 E7 · Tue, February 14, 2023
Ep. 116: A Cloaca is A Cloaca (ft. Jennasis)
Happy Valentine's Day freaks! Look, I'm just going to say it up front, this is the horniest episode we've released in approximately 47 episodes. If you're not cool with that, then get out now. But if you are cool with that, my co-hosts and I saw you from across the bar and we really dig your vibe. It's all love here folks, and to prove it, we're crafting some new love interests. Today's debate asks which video game boss encounter would make the best romance option. The answer, as always, may surprise you. It's one of those episodes where Andrew boils the noun soup that is Final Fantasy. Kyle talks about forbidden love and Matt says the word "goo" a lot. Obviously, the DT! boys aren't exactly kings of romance, so we called in a ringer this week. Jennasis from the Two Girls, One Ship Podcast answered the call and we're sure glad she did! Recommended reading: Special thanks to Jennasis for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Jennasis's stuff! She's one half of two different podcasts. One is called Two Girls, One Ship and it breaks down romance in video games. The other is the Cyberpunk Lorecast and I don't feel like I need to explain to you what that is. Check out Two Girls, One Ship HERE https://linktr.ee/twogirlsoneship Check out the Cyberpunk Lorecast HERE https://pod.link/1475412003 Check out the Robots Radio Network HERE https://www.robotsradio.net/ This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com . Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the
S6 E4 · Tue, February 07, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Magic the Gathering (Pt. 3)
Unlike most trilogies, this one nails it. Magic: the Gathering is a deep well of rich stories and gripping lore, so we're back at it again. Saddle up as we go all in on Phyrexians in this chapter of the story. Tune in to today's FLAVOR TEXT as we give updates on your favorite Planeswalking lion man, Ajani, while also introducing a full roster of Praetors to represent each mana color. Suggested Reading: -Check out the Imgur Link https://imgur.com/a/w0wd9d0 for the image gallery for today's show, but only if you want to see some freaks. -Still want more Magic: the Gathering content? Make sure to check out our Part 1 and Part 2 of the MtG flavor texts from Season 2 in 2019! Special thanks to #buttthwompnation member "@zhakhix," who continues to give more and more reasons for Kyle to dive into Magic: the Gathering head first! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. </p
S6 E5 · Tue, January 31, 2023
DLC EPISODE: CBCB:CBBC Pilot
What even is that title? It's just a bunch of letters? Anyway, this bonus episode is one from the Patreon vault! Last summer, we had a Summer 'O' Pilots on the DT! Premium feed . We ran four pilots to test out some formats for a new Patreon Show and we're about to let our Patrons vote on the best one. You may remember hearing a clip show on this feed last year which featured three of those four pilots. If not, it'll be linked below. Well today we present you with the fourth and final show, a show that the DT! crew has been workshopping for a while now using the most cumbersome title yet. This month, Todd leads us all in a monthly comic book club where we will dissect the first issue of Marvel's 8-issue Secret Invasion arc from 2008. It's got espionage, double-crosses, and a whooooole lotta butts. Recommended Reading: " DLC EPISODE: Summer 'O' Pilots! Clip Show " This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com . Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the listen. But, if you'd prefer to listen to our show without ads, you can listen to every DT! episode ad-free right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Patrons of all tiers get ad-free episodes, bonus content and access to our Patron-only discord server. Higher tiers unlock the DT! Extended Good Vibes Aftershow and tons more. Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E4 · Tue, January 24, 2023
Ep. 115: Everybody Gets Wondery
Look, everyone knows if you don't get at least 1 trillion downloads on your Season 6 premiere episode, you'll never make it in podcasting. With that in mind, we've decided to change our format up here a little bit at DT!HQ. As of right now and probably definitely forever, we're a true crime podcast! We're excited to embark on this bold, new journey. But, we also understand the value of staying in our lane. That's why we're kicking off our true crime journey by deciding what the best(?) video game crime to make a podcast about could be! Our 3 debaters all cover a different major faction of true crime. Matt's White Collar Nation lived peacefully with Andrew's Murder Nation. But everything changed when Todd and the Cult Nation attacked! This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code "DEBATETHIS" at Manscaped.com . Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code "DEBATETHIS" at checkout! This episode was not sponsored in any way by Wondery. (Unless of course they'd like to sponsor us.) Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail . Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the listen. But, if you'd prefer to listen to our show without ads, you can listen to every DT! episode ad-free right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Patrons of all tiers get ad-free episodes, bonus content and access to our Patron-only discord server. Higher tiers unlock the DT! Extended Good Vibes Aftershow and tons more. Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Properties we talked about this week: True Crime, Super Smash Bros., Persona 4, Persona 5, Earthbound, Mother, Mother 2, Mother 3, Wondery, Gizmodo, Wondery Plus. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S6 E3 · Tue, January 17, 2023
FLAVOR TEXT: Console Wars
Before Xbox and Playstation were waging war in the 2000s, we were dealing with the console war version of the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The shot heard 'round the world was a simple phrase: "Sega does what Ninten-don't." We all remember the bold and edgy marketing that drew the line in the sand. Brother against brother, we all had to take a side in the console wars of the 90s, but that's not the whole picture of a story that starts years earlier. Join us today as Matt walks us through the earliest console wars in today's FLAVOR TEXT guaranteed to hit you hard right in the nostalgia bone. Special thanks to #buttthompnation member "@MGrum54," who was kind enough to give us an excuse to break out the Nintendo light gun by commissioning this episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast . This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code " DEBATETHIS " at Manscaped.com . Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code " DEBATETHIS " at checkout! Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S6 E2 · Tue, January 10, 2023
Ep. 114: Atomic Purple Malarkey Maker
We're kicking off season 6 with a monumental task. Listen, we don't just say, "yes!" to everything that is asked of us here at ol' DT!HQ, but when your country comes a-callin', you must answer. IRL President Joey Bides dropped a line to the DT! Marketing Department to ask for help with the most patriotic of problems: The rebranding of America. That's right everyone. The Red, White, and Blue are so two thousand and late that Joey Bides wants us to pick a new color to usher forth a revitalized American Spirit. That said, he wants us to pick a color from a very specific list--the list of N64 controller colors. Welcome to the State of the DT!HQ. Set your DVR for C-SPAN as we answer the age old question: What color of N64 controller is the best? Every debate needs its chump answer, and Kyle is here to tell you it's not Atomic Purple. Andrew yearns for the absolute radness of the 1990s while he reminisces about Extreme Green. Matt plants his flag with the 99% and gives the most accessible, albeit the most boring answer of the day. This episode was sponsored by MANSCAPED! Join over 7 million men (and probably plenty of not-men too) who trust MANSCAPED by using code " DEBATETHIS " at Manscaped.com . Score 20% off and free world wide shipping by using our code " DEBATETHIS " at checkout! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the listen. But, if you'd prefer to listen to our show without ads, you can listen to every DT! episode ad-free right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Patrons of all tiers get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and access to our Patron-only discord server. Higher tiers unlock the DT! Extended Good Vibes post-show and tons more. Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Properties we talked about this week: Mostly the N64 and its assorted controllers. We talked about the Flash movie and DC Studios for a while too. Brendan Frasier, George Clooney, Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey, Avata 2 The Way of Water, Titanic, Space Forc
S6 E1 · Tue, January 03, 2023
Update and Season 6 Preview
Happy New Year Nerds! As is tradition here at DT!HQ, we're taking this week off! The Season 6 premiere will drop next Tuesday, and BOY is it a doozy. In lieu of a full episode this week, here's a little taste of what we have planned for 2023 as well as a special treat in the last 60 seconds ;-) Have you seen our Patreon? patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E47 · Tue, December 27, 2022
DLC EPISODE: Baddy Versus Daddy
Merry Chrysler and a Happy Honda Days! While the DT! crew takes some time this week to be with their families, this episode is a special preview of our Patreon-exclusive post show. Following our Pokemon battle royale discussion from "Episode 112: Are We Baddy Or Are We Daddy?" Todd birthed a new terrifying game based on Andrew's buff and horny bug-man. Enjoy this free preview of our post-show, which you can get access to by subscribing to our $10 "Filibuster Sword" tier at patreon.com/debatethiscast! All subscribers at this level will also get access our monthly Premium feed, to which we just uploaded a brand new D&D Holiday Special that is really fun and really stupid.
S5 E46 · Tue, December 20, 2022
Ep. 113: A Very TM Holiday
Happy Winter Season of Non-Denominational Holiday Celebration™ to all of you who celebrate non-denominationaly! Happy Tuesday™ to those of you who don't! It's time for our final debate of the year and our annual shitty peripheral gift exchange! This year, the Execs™ asked us to pivot our goals a bit when they informed us they've cancelled all of our Holiday Bonuses™. So, instead of our standard gift exchange, we're looking for the best video game peripheral to use as a company holiday gift™! Enjoy some cold coffee and stale donuts at the Holiday DT! Exec Board Share Holders Meeting™ as Kyle introduces us to our most modern peripheral yet. Todd unlocks the wii-vault™ and brings out some really wild Wiimote attachments. Also, Matt does a capitalism™. The title of this weeks episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! Want to help us choose the next one we ask for input on? Come join #ButtThwompNation™ at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter™? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram™? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email™? debatethiscast@gmail.com You called us on our bluff and gave us more than 20 new reviews during Spooktacular Season! That means we forced Todd to stream Doki Doki Literature Club on our Twitch channel! The VODs are now available on our YouTube page . Head to youtube.com/@debatethiscast to relive the madness! Properties we talked about this week: The Game Awards, Home Alone 5 The Holiday Heist, American Pie Presents The Naked Mile, Bring It On Fight to the Finish, Dragon Quest Slime Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, iConcepts Nintendo Wii Cooking Utensils, LJN Roll N Rocker, Hell's Kitchen, REM, Final Fantasy Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E45 · Tue, December 13, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Nintendo Power
Imgur link: https://imgur.com/a/8O43LUA There are cultural touchstones we can all count on as nerds who grew up in the 90's. A closet full of Nintendo Power issues that we suckered our parents/grandparents into paying for is certainly one of them. Whether it was the monthly letters to the editor, or the deep dives into that month's featured game, Nintendo Power's impact on getting kids to read is second only to the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program. Join for today's FLAVOR TEXT as Andrew and Kyle blast us right in our faces with a monthly paper 'zine subscription amount of nostalgia. Come for the walk down memory lane, stick around for the weird viral, Donkey Kong-themed marketing that Rare went all in on. Special thanks to "BaconBitBehemoth" for reminding us some of us of the last time we actually read for pleasure. Want to learn how to comission your own Flavor Text? Find out at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E44 · Tue, December 06, 2022
Ep. 112: Are We Baddy or Are We Daddy?
In the earliest days of 2017, a new gaming style swept the nation as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds introduced the world to the Battle Royale. It wasn't long before every 10-year-old had downloaded PUBG on their parents' iPads and joined the hunt for that illusive winner winner chicken dinner. Battle Royale games pit 100 (or some other arbitrary number) players against each other to see who is the very best like, no one ever was. UNRELATED: A new Pokemon game just came out! Sure would be weird to combine those two ideas, right? Sure would be weird to ask the debaters to create the best possible Pokemon Battle Royale game, right? Matt struggles this week to determine the difference between day and night. Todd is the middleman this week as he answers the exact question that he was asked. Andrew makes a mistake, and the rest of the crew call him on it. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your daddy. Properties we talked about this week: PUBG, Fortnite, H1Z1, Friday the 13th, Dead by Daylight, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and also Legends Arceus, Apex Legends, Tetris 99 Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E43 · Tue, November 29, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: DT! Nerdy Origin Stories
Every character has an origin story. Maybe they have fallen into a vat of radioactive eels, fallen into a pit of radioactive sand, fallen into a vat of mind-twisting chemicals, fallen into a mess of hazardous materials, or fallen into a lightning bolt that struck a bunnch of chemicals and somehow created the speedforce, every character has an origin story. Today's FLAVOR TEXT takes time to dive into the nerdy origin story of each co-host of Debate This! Come along with us as we discuss the games that made us, the nerd franchises that critically impacted our personalities well into our adult years, and how none of our origins involve falling into anything unless you count falling into the depression caused by the post-2008 job market. Special thanks to the only blood relative of this podcast who supports the fruits of our efforts and also isn't Matt's mom, "Dr. Garlicbutter," for commissioning this introspective dive into our own nerdy backstories. <span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Every character has an origin story. May they have fallen into a vat of radioactive eels, fallen into a pit of radioactive sand, fallen into a vat of mind-twisting chemicals, fallen into a mess of hazardous materials, or fallen into a lightning bolt that struck a bunnch of chemicals and somehow created the speedforce, every character has an origin story.\n\nToday's FLAVOR TEXT takes time to dive into the nerdy origin story of each co-host of Debate This! Come along with us as we discuss the games that made us and the nerd franchises that critically impacted our personalities well into our adult years.\n\nSpecial thanks to the only blood relative of this podcast who supports the fruits of our efforts and als
S5 E42 · Tue, November 22, 2022
Ep. 111: Re-Education (Through Kickflips and Guns)
As children of the 90s and 2000s, Millenials are intimately familiar with the concept of "Edutainment." In an attempt to meet the kids where they were, educators tried their hardest to develop games where the real plot was the lessons we learned along the way. Weirdly, around the same time, video games got real gray and gritty. Wouldn't it be wild if you smashed those two concepts together? Wouldn't it? Andrew unlocks the vault of controversial video games and pulls Postal 2 from its depths. Todd checks the Sonic box and makes sure we all know what our hedgehog personas look like. Kyle makes us all very uncomfortable as we explore religious trauma together. What more could you possibly want when we ask, "What gritty game would make the best Edutainment game?" The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com You called us on our bluff and gave us more than 20 new reviews during Spooktacular Season! That means we're forcing Todd to stream Doki Doki Literature Club on our Twitch. Come watch the mad/sadness November 29th and 30th, 7pm EST, twitch.tv/debatethiscast . Properties we talked about this week: Postal 2, Death Stranding, Devil May Cry, Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog Call of Duty, The No Child Left Behind Act, Schoolhouse Rock Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
Tue, November 15, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Dungeons & Dragons
You enter a room, extinguished candles smolder upon sconces that fill the dark alcoves all around you. Your vision is limited unless you have darkvision. Do any of you have darkvision? Oh you do? Oh you all do? Never mind, you see everything just fine but in greyscale. Also, the door was actually a mimic. The carpet is a mimic too. Roll initiative. We gather in this nameless tavern today to dive into the history, deep lore, and fun knowledge bits of Dungeons & Dragons. Join us as we discuss the origin of the world's greatest roleplaying game, the differences in prior editions, a discussion into just how fantastic of a character the Raven Queen is, and ending with a fun game of "Is it a D&D Adventure Module or is it a Quest from a Video Game?" Special thanks to our favorite 20-sided dice rolling agent of chaos, "@whomstrodomus" for commissioning today's episode. If you're interested in commissioning your own FLAVOR TEXT, come check out our patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast . <span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"You enter a room, extinguished candles smolder upon sconces that fill the dark alcoves all around you. Your vision is limited unless you have darkvision. Do any of you have darkvision? Oh you do? Oh you all do? Nevermind, you see everything just fine but in greyscale. Also, the door was actually a mimic. The carpet is a mimic too. Roll initiative.\n\nWe gather in this nameless tavern today to dive into the history, deep lore, and fun knolwedge bits of Dungeon
S5 E40 · Tue, November 08, 2022
DLC EPISODE: Video Game Creepypastas Vol. 6
"I think I can! I think I can! I think I can!" said the Spooktacular Express as we willed it deeper into November for one more stop! We're wrapping up our Halloween-themed journey with a fan-favorite tradition, Creepypasta Story Time. If this is your first time seeing one of our Creepypasta episodes in your feed, please allow me to explain. Creepypastas are spooky internet stories. Some are good, some are bad, some are just absolutely bananas. Every scary season, the DT! guys sit around a digital zoom campfire and tell each other these stories, for better or for worse! This year, Andrew tells us the horrors of retro tech, Todd gives us a cult warning, and Matt talks about comics. Keep scrolling to find links to these stories near the bottom of the shownotes! Because we have extended the Spooktacular Express, so too have we extended the Spooktacular Bonus! You have until November 15th to slap the roof of these sweet deals! Spooktacular Review-a-thon: Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play Doki Doki Literature Club live on Twitch! Spooktacular Patreon Bonus: Everyone who joins our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast will score a free Halloween-themed, Debate This! chotchkey! Recommended Reading: The Haunted Gameboy Camera: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-haunted-game-boy-camera/ The Bethesda Cult: https://www.creepypasta.com/the-bethesda-cult/ The Comic: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Comic I Hate You: https://superepicfailpedia.fandom.com/wiki/I_HATE_YOU_(Bad_Creepypasta)/stor y Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Deb
S5 E39 · Tue, November 01, 2022
DLC EPISODE: Night of the Living Dontcha Know!
Happy Halloween if you're to the left of the Eastern Time Zone and happy November first to the rest of you! This is typically the last stop on the Spooktacular Express, but as you'll hear in this episode, we're exteding the spookems for a few extra weeks. Last Halloween we recorded a very special DnD one-shot episode that transported us to Minnesota to fight through a zombie apocalypse! That spooky adventure has been locked behind our Patreon paywall for a year, but much like an infectious zombie virus, it escaped! Even if you're not an avid listener of our actual-play show The Office Drones, or actual-play podcasts in general, we promise this episode will be worth the listen just to hear how the DT! guys handle the end of the world. Imgur Album of all the incredibly-specific pictures of Baudette, MN and surrounding areas: https://imgur.com/a/JMrcy6Z A very special thanks to Bella of The Stephen Queens Podcast for lending her voice talents to us in this episode! The Stephen Queens Podcast is a very rad show on a journey to find female-approved horror films. If you're a fan of horror like Matt is, he recommends this show personally! Check out The Stephen Queens Podcast HERE https://campsite.bio/thestephenqueenspodcast Check out The Stephen Queens on Instagram HERE https://www.instagram.com/thestephenqueens/?hl=en Check out The Stephen Queens on Twitter HERE https://twitter.com/stephen_queens Because the Spooktacular Express is still going, so are these cool things! Spooktacular Review-a-thon: Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play Doki Doki Literature Club live on Twitch! Spooktacular Patreon Bonus: Everyone who joins our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast will score a free Halloween-themed, Debate This! chotchkey! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is
S5 E38 · Tue, October 25, 2022
The Office Drones DX: Book 2
As the Spooktacular Express pulls out of its final Rainforest Cafe for the year, the DT! crew wanted to take time to reflect on the journeys we taken together and the friends we made along the way--exclusively related to our Patreon-exclusive D&D real-play podcast, The Office Drones! That's right, it's time for a clip show, baybee. Continuing the tradition of last year's supercut of the first five episodes and the introductory Episode 0, please enjoy this second Director's Cut version of the Marketing arc, which represents Episodes 6-10. If you don't know what this is and a D&D real-play podcast featuring real-life office employees fighting D&D monsters with JIRA tickets and HR benefits summaries sounds like nonsense, then check out the first of this Director's Cut series originally uploaded in November 2021 titled "The Office Drones DX: Book 1." And, if you like this and want to hear more, please consider subscribing to our Patreon at $5/month for access to all current and backlogged episodes of the show! Special thanks to Tom Zalatnai for guesting on these episodes a whole two years ago! Go listen to their show, No Bad Food, available on all major podcast apps, or at https://podcavern.com/category/no-bad-food/ . Spooktacular Review-a-thon: Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play Doki Doki Literature Club live on Twitch! Spooktacular Patreon Bonus: Everyone who joins our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast will score a free Halloween-themed, Debate This! tchotchke! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music credits: The song "Angel Eyes" is credited to Kim Lightyear on pixabay.com: www.pixabay.com/music/video-games-kim-lightyear-angel-eyes-chiptune-edit-110226/ The title track "The Day Time Ran Away" and the closing track "On Our Way" are credited to Ozzed under a Creative Commons license: <a title="www.ozzed.net" href="https://ozzed.net" target= "_blank" rel=
S5 E37 · Tue, October 18, 2022
Ep. 110: He's Coming for Your Juuls
*Insert train whistle here* It's Spooktacular Express week 3 and we're getting High Concept . There aren't many better (betterier?) ways to celebrate spooky season than curling up with your boo for a scary slasher flick. We've produced plenty of movies here at DT!HQ but none of them have been slashers. Opportunity knocked and we answered with web-based, stick figure-centric, flash game-inspired pitches to decide which flash game would make the best kitschy slasher movie! Todd comes in strong but it doesn't take long for him to pizza himself into a bad time. Matt has a bone to pick with 2001's Donnie Darko. Kyle sets a new record for longest walk on shortest pier which, on this show, is honestly the most impressive thing. We made a lot of new friends this weekend at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! If you're one of those new friends, welcome! Also, the show notes keep going, keep scrolling. Spooktacular Review-a-thon: Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! If we get 20 new reviews this month , we'll make Todd play Doki Doki Literature Club live on Twitch! Spooktacular Patreon Bonus: Everyone who joins our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast will score a free Halloween-themed, Debate This! chotchkey! The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! If you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not
S5 E36 · Tue, October 11, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Pokémania
In September 1998, the U.S. was introduced to the franchise that would soon become a worldwide phenomenon: Pokémon. After only 18 months, Pokémon was everywhere--on TV, in car CD players, in school cafeterias, and on kids' backpacks and bedsheets. You couldn't walk 5 feet inside a Kmart and not see something with Pikachu's likeness on it. How did this come about? Why, all of a sudden, was every child aged 7-14 suddenly screaming for their parents in to buy them booster pack upon booster pack of Pokémon cards in the summer of 1999? And, why oh God why is there a Pokémon Christmas album? Find out the answers to all these questions and more on our deep dive into the late 90s cultural phenomenon that was Pokémania. Special thanks to our first-generational Pokémon Master, "@mgrum54" for commissioning today's episode. If you're interested in comissioning your own FLAVOR TEXT, come check out our patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Spooktacular Review-a-thon: Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! Step 4: If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play Doki Doki Literature Club live on Twitch! Spooktacular Patreon Bonus: Everyone who joins our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast will score a free Halloween-themed Debate This! tchotchke! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E35 · Tue, October 04, 2022
Ep. 109: Every Kill Begins with Kay
*Insert train whistle here* It's Spooktacular Express time y'all! Gear up for our month-long, Halloween-themed content adventure as we bored the train for a mythical mall in Colorado. We may not have an almost-zombie daughter, a goblin mask, or a bunch of NPCs to escort to the safe room, but we're still talking Dead Rising. It's time to slay some zombies because this week we're trying to make the best combo weapon with a video game item and a real world thing! (Keep scrolling for some Spooktacular Patreon Info) Andrew is on the defensive this week. Kyle may not understand how carpet works. Todd seems like he might have picked up a jewelry sponsorship but don't worry, he has to tell us. Spooktacular Review-a-thon: Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast Step 3: We'll read yo
S5 E34 · Tue, September 27, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Completing Video Games
Picture this. You've dedicated hundreds of your limited hours of existence exclusively to The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild. You've cleaned out every one of the 120 shrines, you've maxed out your health and stamina, and you've found the most rare and powerful weapons. Moreover, you've explored every inch of the map and have literally overturned each and every stone in order to find all 900 Korok seeds--most of which didn't even provide material gain. But, you did it. You have done all of the things and have seen all the stuff. As you nab that 900th Korok seed, you breath a sigh of relief, saying quietly to yourself: "It's over." Triumphantly, you rush to the NPC character who originally set you off on this quest, wondering to yourself what kind of reward could possibly be in store? Maybe some super cool armor or overpowered weapon? Maybe an extra shrine or dungeon or something? You eagerly wait for the Korok's fun and silly dance to conclude, soberly aware this will be the last time you may ever see this dance because you are definitely never going to do this again. The Korok leader tells you "here is your reward", and you get the new item prompt--only to show that you've just been handed a golden piece of poop. That's right. You combed the vast expanse of the Hyrule wastes in order to find all these dang Korok seeds just to receive a big ol' turd. You shrug a bit and ask yourself, "OK, what's next?" What makes people compulsively explore every corner and check every box in a video game? Why do we always feel like we -have- to get all the achievements and get all the collectables to see the TRUE ending? Today, we explore that innate desire to 100% video games. You can find the Imgur gallery here: https://imgur.com/a/CSquBT0 . Special thanks to #buttthwompnation's resident Cheevo Hunter, "@sharkbait" for commissioning today's episode. If you're interested in commissioning your own FLAVOR TEXT, come check out our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Don't forget to check out our Redbubble shop where you can find your favorite debater as a pixelated fantasy hero and a few other DT! goodies: https://rdbl.co/3PWMs5j Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E33 · Tue, September 20, 2022
Ep. 108: Big Battle Pass Energy
After nearly five full years, all four Debaters are actually in the same room for an episode! As a podcast that records almost exclusively remote, this was a lot of fun, but also we didn't have the best equipment for it! So with that in mind, please forgive us if the audio sounds a little different than normal. To distract you from any changes in audio quality, we decided to talk about Fortnite! Join us as we try to appease Elder God Kevin Feige and answer the question, "Which MCU character should be the focus of the next Fortnite Battle Pass?" Matt decided to talk about everyone's favorite Phase 4 film and the giant statue it introduced us to. Todd talks about a character no one even knows but definitely isn't in the MCU. Kyle's answer involves Marvel's first family and it strangely reminds us all of spaghetti. Recommended reading: Here's that Kid Rock cover no one asked for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r95wT3yT83A The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (formally known as The Ploose is Loose) wherever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: The Eternals, Sentry, The Fantastic Four, Overwatch, Secret Invasion, Dragon Ball, Metaverse, Rami Malek Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E32 · Tue, September 13, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Apex Legends
A space marine gets marooned on a distant planet after a catastrophic spacecraft explosion and discovers a weapon based on ancient alien technology that has the ability to decimate planets. Together with his new A.I. buddy, this physically enhanced "super soldier" races against an army of space zealots to secure control of the superweapon. No, we already *did* Halo. This is Titanfall, and it's totally different because it leads in to the real "combat evolved"...the Mad Max-esque bloodsport that is Apex Legends! Soldiers, murderers, mercenaries, thieves, and friendly robots alike emerge from across the universe to compete in a 30th-century gladiator-like arena, full of guns, explosions, and--most importantly--a whole lot of cooldowns. You can find the Imgur gallery here: https://bit.ly/3BDAs4E . Special thanks to #buttthwompnation's own Space Legend, "@zhakix" for commissioning today's episode. If you're interested in comissioning your own FLAVOR TEXT, come check out our patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscas
S5 E31 · Tue, September 06, 2022
Ep. 107: The Tim Bit of '83 (ft. Young Deuces)
This season of Debate This! has braved the waters of some uncomfortable topics, but today we venture to truly uncharted seas. Lace up your shoes, strap on your pads, and do other sports related things because today we're talking IRL sports! Now we're not here for your Maddens or your 2s-K, we're here for Chaos and we want it in the Windy City. Today we embark on a journey which asks, "Which athlete should star in their own non-sports game?" We asked Kyle to talk about sports and he told us about donut history. Todd takes a page from the WKRP in Cincinnati book. Andrew, to no surprise, is bringing us to the year 20XX. Obviously we needed someone on this podcast who actually understands sports, so we drafted Young Deuces of the Geekset podcast ( @Young_Deuces on Twitter) to lead our team to our franchise-first championship. Recommended reading: Special thanks to Young Deuces for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Deuces's stuff! He's one fourth of a sick podcast called Geekset, he hosts 1 on 1 interviews on the Geekset YouTube channel, and the Geekset team (Deuces included) are working on a documentary focusing on Black Geek culture. Check out Deuces's podcast HERE https://www.geeksetpodcast.com/ Check out Geekset's YouTube channel HERE https://www.youtube.com/c/GeeksetPodcast/ Check out the Black Geek Documentary HERE https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-black-geek-documentary The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Coming to the ear holes attached to your face, this summer is a "Summer o' Pilots" on the DT! Patreon! Our final patreon pilot premiered in the previou
S5 E30 · Tue, August 30, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Cowabunga dude! Join us today as we stuff you full of '90s nostalgia and New York style pizza as we do a deep dive into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on today's FLAVOR TEXT! Come along as we have answer the questions like "were the '90s Turtles the best?" and "Why were the '90s Turtles the best?" Stick around long enough and you'll get to hear all about the major missteps taken in introducing the first new turtle, Venus de Milo. Special thanks to a budding hero of #buttthwompnation, "BaconBitBehemoth" for commissioning today's episode! You would have been our first choice in casting a true-to-form Casey Jones if they had asked our opinion. Go check out our fledgling Redbubble shop where you can find your favorite debater as a pixelated fantasy hero: https://rdbl.co/3PWMs5j Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E29 · Tue, August 23, 2022
Ep. 106: Tucker Carlson Comes From the Mouth
WARNING: Hey, it's me again, telling you for now a third time this season that if this is your first time listening to Debate This!, maybe pick a different one! This episode is a bit. It is a joke. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, on our Earth or on 616 is purely coincidental. Join Yucker Carlson as he brings together a group of "influencers" from the across the multiverse to have an intellectual discussion. Today we are here to decide what is truth and what is fiction as we debate the most plausible conspiracy theories within the MCU. The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (formally known as The Ploose is Loose) where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Just every Marvel movie to come out since 2008. SEO also dictates that I write also write Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Alex Jones, and Jordan B. Peterson here, but I'm not happy about it. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E28 · Tue, August 16, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Young Justice
Take one part Justice League, add in one part plucky youths, and you've got yourselves Young Justice. Aqualad, Kid Flash, Miss Martian, Superboy, and a plural number of Robins all come together in Young Justice to get down in the dirt with your favorite B- and C-list DC villains and today's FLAVOR TEXT is here to tell you all about it! Join us as we discuss the supporting cast and the plot of seasons 1 and 2. Listen in today to find out about your favorite DC hero proteges, stick around to hear us talk about Dennis Rodman. Special thanks to a budding hero of #buttthwompnation, "Dr Garlicbutter" for commissioning today's episode! You may not be part of the Justice League yet, but we wouldn't force you to train under Green Arrow. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E27 · Tue, August 09, 2022
Ep. 105: Hang 'Em High at Mt. Winkybunion
Is there a cultural touchstone that has been as wildly touched as MTV's "Making the Band?" Probably! But, to continue our season of ripping ideas straight from Music Television, we're pulling a Diddy and crafting the next musical supergroup. Plenty of characters have touched an instrument throughout the history of video games and that's the only requirement for them to be considered for our bands! So grab your headphones, crank your tunes, and jam out with us as we decide which video game characters should form a band! If Dream Theater and Tool are your speed, then Todd's band will be for you. Maybe you prefer the stomping and clapping of Florence + The Machine or Mumford & Sons. If that's your vibe, then you can get tickets to Kyle's band! And then there's Matt's band. Hope you like bits and Bluegrass... The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Coming to the ear holes attached to your face, this summer is a "Summer o' Pilots" on the DT! Patreon! We're putting our real-play TTRPG show on hiatus and producing a new show format each month of the summer. We're almost through the summer and our first three pilots are available to all patrons for as little as $5 a month! Give it a listen and catch up on our first premium show, The Office Drones, at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Properties we talked about this week: PaRappa the Rapper, Um Jammer Lammy, Brutal Legend, Eternal Sonata, Portal 2, Witcher, Animal Crossing, Pokémon Sword and Shield, Majora's Mask, Donkey Kong, Banjo-Kazooie, Red Dead Redemption 2, Psychonauts 2 Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E26 · Tue, August 02, 2022
DLC EPISODE: Summer 'O' Pilots! Clip Show
Look I'm just going to be honest with you, we forgot to record an episode this week. We broke the "in case of emergency glass" and we've put together a clip show slash preview of some of our recently released premium episodes! If you're not a member of our Patreon, this is all brand spanking new content for you! In case you haven't heard, we've been running pilots of some new show formats all summer long on our premium feed under the banner of our "Summer 'O' Pilots!" This DLC episode will give you a Costco-sized free sample to hopefully entice you to walk down aisle 7 and grab a box of meatless balls! But, like Costco, we're not here to tell you what to do, just to give you free stuff! If you enjoyed these clips today, consider joining the ranks of #ButtThwompNation over at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! You can join our exclusive Discord server and gain access to full-length Summer 'O' Pilots episodes for as low as $5 a month. Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net! Editor's note: The end of this episode states that DT! Ep 106 comes out next week. That is a lie. It'll be DT! Ep 105.
S5 E25 · Tue, July 19, 2022
Ep. 104: Skimming the Slime Out of the Bottom
"Oh boy, here come those dang investors again. They just won't STOP asking us to pitch them new mashups of old videogames. And it's like their asks are getting more and more hacky and uninspired each time...like, this week they just screamed 'Make NPCs a protagonist!' and then sat there, nearly frozen in place." is what we wrote in our shownotes on May 4th of 2021. Well here we are fourteen months later and hot dog we're going again! This time we ask literally the exact same question as last time, "What NPC deserves to be the protagonist in their own game? Kyle reflects on his Barista-Era and brings an old friend from Animal Crossing to the table. Matt picked one bit this week and boy does he lean into it. Andrew takes us all on a weird, horny adventure and, you guessed it, everyone disliked that. Recommended reading: Want to listen to our first run at this prompt? Check out Ep. 78: We Live in a Shorts-ciety here: https://bit.ly/3IRLJ3G The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Coming to the ear holes attached to your face, this summer is a "Summer o' Pilots" on the DT! Patreon! We're putting our real-play TTRPG show on hiatus and producing a new show format each month of the summer. We're half way through the summer and our first two pilots are available to all patrons for as little as $5 a month! Give it a listen and catch up on our first premium show, The Office Drones, at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Properties we talked about this week: Animal Crossing, Brewster's Millions starring Richard Pryor, Portal, Portal 2, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E24 · Tue, July 12, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Dark Souls
Yes, indeed. In the Age of Internet Video the world of Content Creation was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of dancing babies, epic meals, and Star Wars kids. But then there was Podcasting and with Podcasting came disparity. De-monetization and ad revenue, Copyright strikes and brand deals. Then from the dark, they came, and found of the Sponsorships of Lords within the code. Quibi, the First of the Dead. Best Fiends and their daughters of Chaos, spelled like "friends" without the "r". Blue Apron, the Lord of Sunlight, and their faithful knights Butcher Box and Hello Fresh. Thus began the Age of Podcasting. But soon, the ad revenue will fade and only Content will remain. Special thanks to devoted skeleton of #buttthwompnation, "mgrum54" for commissioning today's episode! Imgur album from the episode: https://imgur.com/a/AJlL7yU Dark Souls content creators: VaatiVidya: https://www.youtube.com/c/VaatiVidya Fextralife: https://darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Dark+Souls+Wiki Dave Control: https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveControlLive Illusory Wall: https://www.youtube.com/c/illusorywall Bonfireside Chat: https://www.bonfireside.chat/ Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E23 · Tue, July 05, 2022
Ep. 103: Come and Funge It
Here at Debate This! Capital Partners, LLC, we are disrupting the fintech market with our strategic approach to innovation. We are innovating approaches to future-proof propriety Web3 technology that will break down the walls of how people view innovative digital decentralized currencies. Our apes? Bored as heck. Our cats? Cooler than yours. Want to know how we are changing the world through cloud-based blockchain technologies? Invest now in your very own cryptocurrencies inspired by collectables from video games, and you too can go :rocketship :rocketship :rocketship to the moon! Your future investment portfolio could include the likes of a very manly coin inspired by Duke Nukem, a color-coded token economy inspired by Donkey Kong 64, and a community-driven, audio-themed NFT inspired by Super Mario Galaxy. The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Thanks to podvoices.help for providing this list of abortion links and resources: https://abortion.cafe/ - this is a collection of abortion resources shoutyourabortion.com - this is a campaign to normalize abortion https://donations4abortion.com/ - donate to support abortion funds by state https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds) https://usow.org/repro/volunteer/ - this is a list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers https://dontbanequality.com/ - this is language for companies to use to stand against the ruling https://plancpills.org/
S5 E22 · Tue, June 28, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Gender in Comics
CONTENT WARNING: at 1 hour 38 minutes we discuss sexual assault in comic books. Last year we discussed Social Justice in Comics (Season 4, Episode 21) which covered an entire spectrum of social justice issues that comics sometimes handled alright, but often times missed the mark. This week, thanks to continued support of Patrons like Sharkbait, we're dialing in to focus on Gender in Comics. Join us today as we talk demographics, representation, and the artists behind the characters. If you hadn't become familiarized with the terrible history of "fridging" then you will be after today. We did our homework: "The Golden Age of Comic Books" - Mark Kelley, Marquette University - https://bit.ly/3brN2JH "Punch a Nazi: 15 Times Superheroes Fought Fascism" - https://bit.ly/3bvNZAP "The History Behind Captain America Punching Hitler" - https://bit.ly/3HWNhbU "NYCC Insider Sessions Powered by ICV2: A Demographic Snapshot of Comics Buyers" - https://bit.ly/3uamIud "Women in Refrigerators" - https://bit.ly/3Otnafj "Pink Kryptonite" - https://bit.ly/3OLxorc Thanks to podvoices.help for providing this list of abortion links and resources: https://abortion.cafe/ - this is a collection of abortion resources shoutyourabortion.com - this is a campaign to normalize abortion https://donations4abortion.com/ - donate to support abortion funds by state https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds) https://usow.org/repro/volunteer/ - this is a list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers https://dontbanequality.com/ - this is language for companies to use to stand against the ruling https://plancpills.org/ambassadors - here are early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinet <a href="https://prochoice.org/" target= "_blank" r
S5 E21 · Tue, June 21, 2022
Ep. 102: The Best Things in Life are Court Ordered (ft. Justin Jordan)
Wouldn't it be wild if we remade a 2000s-era reality show but made it about comics characters? Wouldn't that be nuts? We definitely haven't done that before! The bit this week is all about giving supervillains a shot at redemption. Andrew learned an awful lot about Bane, Todd is all hopped up on sketchy science, and Kyle brings up police reform as well all groan about it. We're looking to create the best "Supervillain Road to Recovery Special," but we needed some help. Lucky for us, Justin Jordan ( @freddiesroomate on TikTok) was free for the evening and he knows way more about comics than us. Recommended reading: Special thanks to Justin for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Justin's stuff! He's the got a TikTok full of rad lightsaber transitions and is a cohost of a podcast called Screen Studies. Check out Justin's podcast HERE https://pod.link/1624402531 Check out Justin's TikTok HERE https://www.tiktok.com/@freddiesroommate?lang=en The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (formally known as The Ploose is Loose) where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Spiderman, Rhino, Green Lantern, Sinestro, Batman, Bane, Xmen, New Xmen, Beast, Days of Future Past Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at
S5 E21 · Tue, June 14, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Monstercat
Our FLAVOR TEXTS come in all shapes and sizes. Episodes like Guy Fieri are a treat for your tastebuds, Studio Ghibli is a treat for your eyeballs, and today we're going straight for your earholes in an episode that dives into the music recording company, Monstercat. Thanks to Monstercat's policy on sharing their music and Patreon member "zhakhix," we've got some A+ content coming your way in this episode. Follow these links to enhance your listening experience, you nerds: Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/3QpKg8
S5 E19 · Tue, June 07, 2022
Ep. 101: Mr. Mime Lays Eggs
It's been a few years since the last time we remixed Pokémon gyms, but a particular question from our 100th episode put us back in that mind space. Turns out most of us also have deep trauma related to our own experiences with college internships. Who knew? So this week, we're examining the horrific truths of Pokémon's one-note minibosses by asking, "Which gym leader would host the worst college internship?" Matt explains the internship experience that at least 50% of interns have. Todd proves to us why a Communications degree is worth it. Oh, and Kyle gets sticky. Like, really sticky. Recommended reading: We haven't talked about Pokémon gyms since Season 1 of DT!. Here's that throwback if you'd like to check it out: https://bit.ly/3ayoZIT The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Ruby, Sapphire, Black, and White Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E18 · Tue, May 31, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Fire Emblem
The Fire Emblem: two words that have been a shield, a group of weapons, and a song. Legendary heroes and dragons being revived to start and/or end a war? This series has it all. And before you ask, yes there are child soldiers. Feast your eyes on this full album of uniquely named characters that aren't just our favorite Smash Bros characters: https://imgur.com/a/kvMK0XT . Special thanks to Dr GarlicButter, who would certainly never start a war with a neighboring country in search of the spirit of a dead dragon. If what YOU want is to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Have you seen our Twitter?
S5 E17 · Tue, May 17, 2022
Ep. 100: The Real Debate Was the This We Made Along the Way
Well here we are folks, four years later we stand at the precipice of our 100th episode! Whether you've been with us since the beginning or you hopped on the train somewhere along the way, we wouldn't have made it this far without you. To thank you for your support, we've put together this centennial special of insanity. The proverbial rulebook has been thrown out the proverbial window in favor of a brain-meltingly meta episode where we ask each other, "What is the best possible 'Debate This!' episode?" Is it your first time listening to our podcast? Cool! I'm glad you're here and I like you a little more than everyone else. That said, this may not be the best episode to start with because it's pretty self-referential. May I suggest going back a week and checking out Ep 99: Who Puppets the Muppets ? It pairs well with a boxed white zinfandel. Recommended reading: We referred to a lot of episodes in this episode! They're listed and linked in chronological order at the bottom of the shownotes. Scroll on, true believer! The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one, gain access to our show notes and/or get some bonus content? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Coming to the ear holes attached to your face, this summer is a "Summer of Pilots" on the DT! Patreon! We're putting our real-play TTRPG show on hiatus and producing a new show format each month of the summer. Our first pilot just dropped and is available to all patrons for as little as $5 a month! Give it a listen and catch up on our first premium show, The Office Drones at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net! Recommended reading cont.: Ep. 1: Everybody Loves Beta Ray <a href= "https://www.debatethiscast.com/blog/2018/8/1/episode-2-robot-beanpocalypse" target="_blank" rel="n
S5 E16 · Tue, May 10, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Flashpoint
Seems like everything is time travel this or alternate universe that, right? Well, this episode is no exception because today we're diving into the 2011 DC storyline Flashpoint! Join us as we discuss the universe-changing miniseries that DC used to launch their New 52 storylines. Come explore an alternate reality where Thomas and Martha Wayne are alive, Superman never became a hero, and Reverse Flash torments Barry Allen...okay that third one isn't different, but you get the point. Special thanks to BaconBitBehemoth, who would certainly never mess with the unstoppable flow of time and usher in unfathomable changes just to get what he wants. If what YOU want is to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. No need to hop on your Cosmic Treadmill to ch
S5 E15 · Tue, May 03, 2022
Ep. 99: Who Puppets the Muppets?
Have you put chocolate in your peanut butter lately? Well we here at DT!HQ want to make sure you've gotten your regular dose of mashup content! The buzzwords of the week are "Comic Book Movies" and "Muppets." So what comic arc would make the best Muppets movie? Only time and 75 minutes of nostalgic vocal impressions will tell! Wildly enough, Matt has never seen a Muppets, so he opted to go for something familiar. Todd knows the quick way to success is through the toy market and he leans into it. Andrew, on the other hand, is fighting Reaganomics? Recommended reading: Need a refresher on Marvel's Secret War? Here's our Flavor Text! https://bit.ly/3OT5yKb The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord and/or get some bonus content, come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com It's been a few years but we're finally getting back to in-person events! If you're local to us here in Columbus, Ohio, come out and join us at CORGS-Con on May 14th! Tickets are just $10 and we'll be handing out pins and stickers from 10am to 5pm. Come fight us behind the proverbial swingsets in person! Get more details at corgscon.com . Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (formally known as The Ploose is Loose) where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: The Muppets, Secret Wars, Rise of the Midnight Sons, Morbius, The Watchmen, Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E14 · Tue, April 19, 2022
Ep. 98: Wario's Pro-Union Purple Pimpmobile
It sure feels weird to release an episode about summer road trips on a day after it snows, but we don't control the weather! Today we're pivoting DT!HQ into a AAA as we describe some video game-related TripTiks. Our goal: to plan a family vacation. Our rules: it's got to be related to Mario Kart or whatever. This week we ask the question, "Which Mario Kart track would make the best family road trip?" Kyle may or may not be arguing for a fun family romp to the shores (shoals?) of Lake Erie. Andrew pitches a track very reminiscent of 2000s Nickelodeon prize packs. Todd has only really played one Mario Kart game, let's see how it works out for him. The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com It's been a few years but we're finally getting back to in-person events! If you're local to us here in Columbus, Ohio, come out and join us at CORGS-Con on May 14th! Tickets are just $10 and we'll be handing out pins and stickers from 10am to 5pm. Come fight us behind the proverbial swingsets in person! Get more details at corgscon.com . Properties we talked about this week: Mario Kart, Double Dash, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Kingdom Hearts 4, Super Mario 64, Atlantis Bahamas Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E13 · Tue, April 12, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: V for Vendetta
Verily, we venture into a vast volume of the verifiably valued graphic novel version of V for Vendetta by Alan Moore in the very early 80's. Vacate your vainglorious valor as we vanquish the veneer of vacillation with verbose veracity...also Kyle does a really good job of summarizing this storyline, you just have to get past the moment he says "Earballs." TRIGGER WARNING: V for Vendetta addresses all sorts of terrible things associated with a fascist state including, but not limited to: sexual assault, racism, antisemitism, homophobia, and more. Please be mindful of this if you wish to join us for our Flavor Text today. Special thanks to Patreon member NathanLV for being vital to the commissioning of this episode by being a proud member of #buttthwompnation! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E12 · Tue, April 05, 2022
Ep. 97: What Dat Dogman Do? (ft. Giovanni Colantonio)
It's Spring in the midwest which means it's time to break out the grill and throw a backyard BBQ on the days it doesn't snow or rain! We love our low 60's cornhole parties here in Ohio, but sometimes an invitation to a good, old-fashioned cookout requires a little more. Sometimes, it requires a plus one. Well today we're bringing a ringer to our barbeques by answering one of the dumbest questions we've ever asked, "What Elden Ring boss should you invite to a barbeque?" As we enter our post-modern phase here at DT!HQ, Matt is here with a frisbee. Kyle violates the sacred rule by turning his plus one into a plus two. Todd tried to trick us all into being part of an intervention for his new friend who steals stars. If all of those sentences sound disconnected, you're right. Matt, Kyle and Todd have never played Elden Ring, so we had to call in a guest this week and Giovanni Colantonio answered the call! Recommended reading: Special thanks to Giovanni for joining us on Debate This! today! You should check out Giovanni's stuff! He's the gaming lead at Digital Trends and one of the cohosts of a podcast called Left Trigger Right Trigger. Check out Giovanni's Elden Ring review for Digital Trends HERE https://bit.ly/3j5GLE3 Check out Giovanni's podcast HERE https://pod.link/1210260352 Check out Giovanni's twitter HERE https://twitter.com/marioprime The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leavin
S5 E11 · Tue, March 29, 2022
Ep. 96: Three Years Older and a Whole Lot Worse
The year was 2018 and a small, independent podcast called Debate This! decided to reboot some not-so-famous Spider-Man villains from the "silly sixties." Today, 39 whole months later, that same small, independent podcast will dare to do it again. We may never best the likes of Paste Pot Pete, but we'll certainly aim higher than a "Living Vampire." Andrew brings us back to the wild world of animal-themed baddies this week as he leads us Down Under. Kyle combines The Fast and the Furious with the MCU in the mashup we've wanted for years. Matt brought a mobster with a big dumb forehead, and that's pretty much it. Come take a ride with us as we try to ride that sweet Morbius SEO wave as we decide which classic Spidey Villain deserves a Leto-esque reboot. Recommended reading: Check out some classic DT! with Episode 18: Don't Bring a Knife to a Glue Gun Fight https://bit.ly/3NtFrsN The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (formally known as The Ploose is Loose) wherever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Spider-Man, Kangaroo, Big Wheel, Hammerhead, Venom, Morbius, Spiderman: No Way Home, Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, The League of Losers, 30 Seconds to Mars (unfortunately) Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E10 · Tue, March 15, 2022
Avenge This! FEED DROP: The Batman
Something a little different for you this week! "The Ploose is Loose!" will soon be transitioning into "Avenge This!" This will more or less be the same show, except we're going to open up to comic book properties outside of the MCU (and hopefully will stop being asked about The Mandalorian). We wanted to share this announcement on the Debate This! feed because we know you care about and follow along with every single thing we do. Stay tuned for more changes, and enjoy this taste of the new show where Todd is joined by Matt to break down Matt Reeves' "The Batman."
S5 E9 · Tue, March 08, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Demon Slayer
In a stunning turn of events, today's FLAVOR TEXT involves children fighting monsters, dealing with all sorts of trauma, and is also an anime! Join us as Andrew walks us through the 26 episode arc of Demon Slayer on Netflix! We've got a story of a brother protecting his sister, a horrifying series of spider monsters, and half a dozen surrogate fathers. Stick around as we go over one of the best animes that 3/4 of our team had never heard of. There's a special treat for listeners at the 96 minute mark with Matt yells at his cat. Per usual, we've got an Imgur link for you to follow along with: https://imgur.com/a/a8b4kOK . Here's that tasty opening credits video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJu4K2jems Special thanks to Master Debater "Sharkbait," who allowed Andrew to tap into his Nerd Breathing First Form: Binge a Whole Series in 48 Hours, for commissioning this episode by being a proud member of #buttthwompnation! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E8 · Tue, March 01, 2022
Ep. 95: Bored Apes and Danger Room Japes
The early 2000s were truly a wild a time and nothing personifies the hubris of the new millennium better than the primetime lineup of Music Television. You may know Music Television by its Christian name, MTV, but you definitely know it as the cable channel which loved to show us the glamorous life of celebrities. Well, this week the execs asked us to put together a show for DT!V. They asked us to revamp 2000s MTV staple "Cribs" and determine which superhero lair would fit perfectly into a 2022 episode. Every once in a while, one of the Debaters finds a comic character that they want to talk about, whether or not they answer the question. That was Andrew's game plan this week. Todd and Kyle both brought child soldiers to the party and that's all we'll say about that. Recommended reading: Here's the referenced Cribs compilation. Redman's feature starts at 6:00: https://youtu.be/6ix3twBu17Y The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! (formally known as The Ploose is Loose ) wherever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Squirrel Girl, The Great Lakes Avengers, The X-Men, Teen Titans, Star Trek NFTs and Bored Apes I guess? Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E7 · Tue, February 15, 2022
Ep. 94: It's About Drive
Look, you're reading the shownotes of this episode which means one of two things: you're either new to this show, in which case turn back now and start with a different episode...or you really care about this show, in which case we're very sorry. We've asked ourselves a lot of questions, dear listener, but this week we're doing something important. This week, we're predicting what video game movie Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will star in next. If you're in to real-time strategy games with nuclear diplomats and expansive skill trees, you're going to love Matt's answer. Todd tries to tell a gritty, emotional back story about a genocidal villain and it goes fine. Andrew does a bit and it's super dumb and bad. Recommended reading: It's been a hot minute since we talked about The Rock, but you can check out Ep. 13: Why is The Rock So Sweaty If you've never heard The Rock's rap song "Face Off" before, you can do so HERE , but don't say we didn't warn you. The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! BUT if you want to help us choose the next one, come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Have you been following Twitter and found yourself looking for a new podcast listening app for totally non-Spotify related reasons? If so, consider checking out Goodpods! You can leave reviews and ratings for individual episodes, follow other listeners to see what they're hearing, and join groups to share episodes with. It's just like Goodreads, but for podcasts! We're not sponsored by Goodpods, but we're in their top 100 charts, so we like them a little extra. Properties we talked about this week: Rampage, Assorted other The Rock movies, Sid Meier's Civilization, Kirby Right Back At Ya!, Kirby Super Star, The Legend of Zelda, Assassin's Creed, Sonic the Hedgehog, Detective Pikachu Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E6 · Tue, February 08, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: The Umbrella Academy
Today we're talking about building a super powered child army, the JFK assassination, and zany time travel antics. No, we're not talking about X-Men plotlines, we're talking about The Umbrella Academy! Join us as we review the origin, cast of characters and the first two seasons of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix! We've got a ranking system of how much a father loves his adopted child soldiers and a dash of eldritch horror all for your enjoyment, so come on in the family angst is just fine! Per usual, we've got an Imgur link for you to follow along with: https://imgur.com/a/KXSu49M . Also, we've referenced Klaus before in an episode. Here's that, you nerds: https://www.debatethiscast.com/blog/2021/12/7/episode-90-giovannis-persian-is-a-thanos-simp . Special thanks to Dr. GarlicButter, who is certainly number 1 in our hearts, for commissioning this episode by being a proud member of #buttthwompnation! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E5 · Tue, February 01, 2022
Ep. 93: The Interdogmensional Tournament of Champions
What is February 1st if not the afternoon of Thanksgiving persevering, am I right? If you couldn't follow the thread on that incredibly niche joke, today we're hosting a dog show! Spend your Tuesday the way suburban families spend their post-Macy's parade afternoon as Debate This! asks, who is the goodest boi in gaming? Take a nostalgic trip back in time as Matt brings up video games' first bully. Andrew brings a back-flipping dog who kills gods to the party. To answer your question, yes he's talking about Final Fantasy. Also, the sentience of Kyle's dog makes us all a little uncomfortable. The title of this week's episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Have you been following Twitter and found yourself looking for a new podcast listening app for totally non-Spotify related reasons? If so, consider checking out Goodpods! You can leave reviews and ratings for individual episodes, follow other listeners to see what they're hearing, and join groups to share episodes with. It's just like Goodreads, but for podcasts! We're not sponsored by Goodpods, but we're in their top 100 charts, so we like them a little extra. Properties we talked about this week: Duck Hunt, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Final Fantasy, Animal Crossing, PaRappa the Rapper, Hogan's Alley, Wild Gunman Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E4 · Tue, January 25, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Flavor Text Wrap Up
Deep lore, little known facts, and other nuggets of knowledge. For years DT! has been doing deep dives into your favorite properties through our FLAVOR TEXT episodes. To celebrate the start of our 5th(!) season and 30th(!) FLAVOR TEXT, we are bringing you a comprehensive ranking of the lore from those properties! Which property's lore did we rank the highest? The lowest? Does the fact that there are a billion Bomberman games still blow our minds? Do we mix up the plotlines of Ys and NieR regularly? Does Andrew owe us an apology for the Kingdom Hearts episode? These answers and more in our FLAVOR TEXT of all FLAVOR TEXTS today! Special thanks to you, our beloved members of #buttthwompnation, for commissioning all the episodes that helped make today's show special! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S5 E3 · Tue, January 18, 2022
FLAVOR TEXT: Arcane: League of Legends
Dive back into Runeterra with us today as we take another trip to Summoner's Rift. Today's FLAVOR TEXT once again takes us into the world of League of Legends. However, this time we are opening it up by offering an overview of the hit 2021 Netflix show Arcane! A story of love, heartbreak, cool hoverboards, daddy issues, and a man who is definitely going to use his technology to make a weapon, Arcane brings us the tragic origin story of two LoL champions: Vi and Jinx while two cities war over independence of each other. Per usual, we've got an Imgur link for you to follow along with ( https://imgur.com/a/kBvLTah ) while we have a disagreement over how that website is pronounced.<br /
S5 E2 · Tue, January 11, 2022
Ep. 92: E Pluribus Twiddly Bits
It's the season premiere episode, baby! To kick off season 5 of DT!, we're jumping in on one of the most popular games of all time. It's got more players than Fortnite and it's made more money than GTA 5. This week is all about Candy Crush! But we're not crushing candy or matching three in this episode. No, today we ask, "What Candy Crush Candy is the tastiest in real life?" Todd picked the candy with all of the powers. Matt's candy sends us down a fish-based rabbit hole. Kyle also picked the candy with all of the powers. Recommended Reading: The Candy Crush Wiki https://candycrush.fandom.com/wiki/Candies Lingonberry Jam Tart Recipe https://theviewfromgreatisland.com/lingonberry-jam-tart-recipe/ Did you know we record an aftershow for each DT! episode? This week we discussed candy strats, premier episode concepts and our goals for the year. You can listen to that and ad free versions of every episode by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Candy Crush, Great British Bake Off, Roguelikes, Dum Dum Lollipops, Airheads, idk dude this podcast was weird. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S5 E1 · Tue, January 04, 2022
Update and Season 5 Preview
Happy New Year Nerds! It's the second week of our holiday break so we're bringing you a little preview of what's to come. Take a few minutes to reminisce with us about 2021 and get yourself hyped up for 2022! Have you seen our Patreon? patreon.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S4 E45 · Tue, December 28, 2021
DLC EPISODE: Extended Good Vibes! Clip Show
Happy last Tuesday of the year! We're heading in to our between-season break, but we wanted to penetrate your ear holes one more time before the New Year. Back in October, we launched a Patreon-exclusive DT! aftershow called Extended Good Vibes! EGV! is a casual, unedited conversation between the Debaters recorded immediately after Debate This! episodes. This clip show is a sampling of some of our favorite moments from the first two months of EGV! We'll be back next week with our official Season 5 preview next week, and back with the Season 5 premier episode on 1/11/22. If you enjoyed these clips today, consider joining the ranks of #ButtThwompNation over at patreon.com/debatethiscast! You can join our exclusive Discord server for as low as $5 and gain access to EGV! for $10. Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S4 E44 · Tue, December 21, 2021
Ep. 91: Cocaine and Plastic Baby!
Happy Winter Season of Non-Denominational Holiday Celebration to all of you who celebrate non-denominationaly! Happy Tuesday to those of you who don't! It's time for our final debate of the year and our annual shitty peripheral gift exchange! For those who joined our DT! Family in 2021, every year we find the wildest add-ons in vidja game history to wrap up and force on our friends in the name of capitalism. Grab a seat in the celebration circle and take in the infrared madness as Andrew introduces us to Nintendo's theremin. Kyle brought our new favorite television consumption device to the party this year and none of us can get enough. Also, Todd is here to add some nerd flair to your embroidered ugly sweaters. Recommended Reading: Kelsey Lewin's video on the Nintendo Sewing Machine https://youtu.be/ykRmzS-FYSQ The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Intagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Properties we talked about this week: Broderbund U-Force, Nintendo Digital TV Tuner for Nintendo DS, Nu-Yell JN-100 Gameboy Sewing Machine, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Top Gun, Nintendo Labo, Animal Crossing, Mario Maker Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S4 E43 · Tue, December 14, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Halo
Buckle yourself in for the Great Journey as we talk about Spartan IIs, Forerunners, Sticky Grenades, the Flood, Prometheans, SPNKRS, a brief stint experimenting with dual wielding mechanics, and punching the Prophet of Regret in his stupid alien face. That's right, today we're doing our deep dive into the Halo series in our latest FLAVOR TEXT. With Halo: Infinite just released, it's time to brush up on 7 games worth of deep, intergalactic space lore following the origins of life in the Halo universe, the creation of Spartan IIs, details of what the Halos actually are (and are not!) and ending with some guesses as to the plot of Halo: Infinite. Spoiler: Todd was only partially correct. Link to "I read every Halo novel and became the Master Chief of loneliness": https://youtu.be/WEWEdIcx1DI Special thanks to "mgrum54," aspiring bearer of the Mantle of Responsibility and member of #buttthwompnation for commissioning today's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
S4 E42 · Tue, December 07, 2021
Ep. 90: Giovanni's Persian is a Thanos Simp
Did you hear? Did you hear? A new Pokemon game came out! Actually, it's not a new Pokemon game, it's an old Pokemon game. But they remade it! So it's new! Kinda. Hey, is the Pokemon formula getting a little tired? Is it time to run Pokemon through the DT!HQ machine to make it better? Is it time to make a comic book character a Pokemon Gym Leader? Probably not. But we did it anyway. Matt mostly talks about Netflix and ghosts, but what else is new? Todd is definitely the only one talking about a genocidal villain this week. Sorry, we couldn't stop him. Also, Kyle knows way too much about Pokemon, so this is really his fight to lose. Recommended reading: Debate This! Ep. 10: Please Ignore the Zangoose Pee The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, The Ploose is Loose where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Umbrella Academy, Marvel Comics, Darkhorse Comics, Mephisto, Wandavision, Thanos, The Avengers Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S4 E41 · Tue, November 23, 2021
Ep. 89: Pumpin' Puddin' is the Reason for the Season
It's that weird time between October 31st and December 1st where America attempts to both celebrate our history and ignore the plights of colonialism. So, here is our attempt to both capture the family-friendly traditions of November and to stave off the capitalist title wave that is Christmas. The Debaters are here to put their spin on the most American of holiday traditions, the Turkey Bowl. Todd is out to remind us of the Youtube games of yore. Matt is really pushing the limits of our grandparent's love. Meanwhile, Andrew is down another Final Fantasy hole and his chances are not looking good. Realistically, we're all just here to reminisce about being beaten up by our older cousin. Recommended reading: How to play Blitzball in real life: https://bit.ly/30UUisO The title of this weeks episode was selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community! Want to help us choose the next one? Come join #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Intagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Properties we talked about this week: Halo, Red vs Blue, Rooster Teeth, Splatoon, Final Fantasy X, Blitzball Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S4 E40 · Tue, November 16, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Naruto. One Piece. Dragonball. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when The Big Three kept shounen anime fans together in harmony. But all of that changed when Nickelodeon attacked. Avatar: The Last Airbender mastered all the elements: A collection of juvenile misfits forming a found-family, a journey of growth and self-discovery across the globe, and a mischievous but lovable boy saving the world with the power of friendship and cool ninja powers. AND, this was all being created by a Western studio. Only Avatar: The Last Airbender could save the world from the ruthless otaku claiming Western animation was not real anime. But when the world needed Avatar: The Last Airbender the most, it vanished. Thirteen years have passed, and the boys at Debate This! have re-discovered Avatar: The Last Airbender. And although the world and its characters are great, it still has a lot to learn before it's ready to save a sub-standard premium streaming service. But we believe Avatar: The Last Airbender can save the world. Link to image gallery for this episode: https://bit.ly/2YPyE8a Special thanks to "Dr. Garlic Butter," resident Blood Bender of #buttthwompnation for commissioning today's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast .
S4 E39 · Tue, November 09, 2021
Ep. 88: The F-Train Don't Stop at Dinosaur Jail
The Spooktacular Express may have come and gone for the year, but we've found another train to talk about. This week, the F-Train is hitting the station to hear our pitches for a new Disney Ploose series. Turns out the Marvel Execs forgot to plan anything for the launch of Phase 5 and they need us to write their next smash hit. Are Dazzler and Jubilee really different people? Kyle will answer your question while Andrew reminds us of the importance of blue body paint. Also, Matt talks about dinosaurs under the Museum of Natural History. Hey, you guys remember We're Back? Oh, and Kevin Feige is here with us this week. Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, The Ploose is Loose where ever you get your podcasts! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Intagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Patreon? patreon.com/debatethiscast Properties we talked about this week: X-Men, Dazzler, Mystique, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Marvel Comics Music for Debate This is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S4 E38 · Tue, November 02, 2021
The Office Drones DX: Book 1
Once upon a time, there was a mundane office situated right in the heart of Corporate America. The worker drones toiled day after day under the gilded gleam of cheap, fluorescent lighting while their capitalist overloads pontificated in windowed dens made of rich mahogany. That is, until fate intervened and spirited away three of these seemingly ubiquitous drones to a fantastical world filled with magic, monsters, and winged zombie-demons. These are the adventures of The Office Drones. As a final Spooktacular Express present, please enjoy this Director's Cut edition of the first six episodes of our Patreon-exclusive D&D real-play podcast, The Office Drones! This massive supercut should give you all the context you need to catch up on our first major story arc, which introduces the world of Marvis and Marvis and its major players. If you'd like to hear more, please consider subscribing to our Patreon at $5/month for access to all current and backlogged episodes of the show. Music for The Office Drones is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net! Cid's theme remix by Enrico Deiana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D_y5ZxMZOg
S4 E37 · Tue, October 26, 2021
DLC EPISODE: Video Game Creepypastas Vol. 5
The spooky tradition continues into its fourth year in this installment of Debate This! hosts reading some of their favorite creepypastas from the far reaches of the Internet. Minecraft horrors, a creepy Luigi theory, a napkin-based mystery, and whatever weird shit Andrew brought are all on the spooky menu this year! Tune in to one of our favorite recurring spooky bits on the Spooktacular Express 2021! A quick reminder of the changes to our Patreon tiers! You can join right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast: Tier 1, Buttthwomp Nation, $5 Discord access Debate This! Premium feed including The Office Drones and this years Halloween 1 Shot Live recordings of The Ploose is Loose Tier 2, Filibuster Sword, $10 All perks of previous tier New Debate This! Directors Commentary for all DT! Episodes Access to our show notes for all recordings Tier 3, Master Debater, $25 All perks of previous tiers Movie Night watchalongs with the Debaters Ability to commission a Flavor Text after 3 months of membership Spooktacular Bonus! All Patrons will receive a DT! Logo and Buttthwomp Nation sticker at the end of October Anyone who joins or bumps up a tier will also receive a limited-edition Halloween version of the DT! Logo sticker Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at ozzed.net!
S4 E36 · Tue, October 19, 2021
Ep. 87: John Batman Eats His Froot Loops Whole
It's week three of our Spooktacular Journey on the Spooktacular Express and this week we're pulling in to ComicTown, USA. This weeks Halloween-centric episode has us morphing famous comic arcs into survival horror games. Do any of the debaters know enough about comics to turn them into games? If they do, have they ever played a survival horror game? Only time will tell. How do you feel about bugs? Because Matt is talking about bugs. Meanwhile, Kyle is only here to remake the second Avengers movie. Todd breaks glass in case of emergency and completes our proverbial Green Lantern EGOT. Don't forget that we're running a Patreon special this month! Join our Patreon ( patreon.com/debatethiscast ) or level-up your tier before the end of the month and score a limited edition Halloween DT! Sticker! Check out the tiers below: Tier 1, Buttthwomp Nation, $5 -Discord access -Debate This! Premium feed including The Office Drones and this years Halloween 1 Shot -Live recordings of The Ploose is Loose Tier 2, Filibuster Sword, $10 -All perks of previous tier -New Debate This! Directors Commentary for all DT! Episodes -Access to our show notes for all recordings Tier 3, Master Debater, $25 -All perks of previous tiers -Movie Night watchalongs with the Debaters -Ability to commission a Flavor Text after 3 months of membership Spooktacular Bonus! -All Patrons will receive a DT! Logo and Buttthwomp Nation sticker at the end of October -Anyone who joins or bumps up a tier will also receive a limited edition, Halloween version of the DT! Logo sticker Properties we talked about this week: X-Men, The Brood, Age of Ultron, Blackest Night Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at ozzed.net !
S4 E35 · Tue, October 12, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Ys
Check out the image gallery for the episode here: https://imgur.com/a/oh1zlgk There's a curiousity in all of us. Sometimes that curiousity can spark us to learn a new skill, dive deep into a hobby, or maybe try a new food. And then other times that curiousity can lead us sailing a boat straight into a magical storm wall encircling an island cursed with a demonic plague. Meet Adol Christin, the subject of the Ys series, probably the greatest JRPG series you've never heard of that has been quietly pumping out games since 1987. Adol's wanderlust and penchant for surviving ship explosions leads him to far-off lands, often dealing with some inexplicable ancient magic and/or hidden civilization populated with sentient dinosaurs. Today, we're breaking down every single Ys game to date, ending with the ninth entry that came out earlier this year. Special thanks to "Master Specter" for commissioning today's episode! If you'd like to join the ranks of #buttthwompnation and maybe even commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out patreon.com/debatethisc ast. Don't forget about our new Patreon Tiers! You can join right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast: Tier 1, Buttthwomp N
S4 E34 · Tue, October 05, 2021
Ep. 86: Cozy Core or Halloween Horror
Buckle up you spooky nerds, it's Spooktacular Express Season! Our annual month of Halloween #Content starts this week as we attempt to make video games about horror movie monsters. We've turned NPCs into protagonists and we've given horror movie monsters video game power ups, so in the words of the cute little girl from the taco commercials, "Porque no los dos?" (We've also got some major announcements about our Patreon, make sure to scroll down to check those out!) Kyle comes in hot with a cozy-core game inspired by original goth, Mary Shelley. Freaking Todd brings up freaking metal dracula again, which no one was happy about. Also, Andrew brought Jigsaw to the party, so that's fun. Here's the details about our new Patreon Tiers! You can join right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast : Tier 1, Buttthwomp Nation, $5 -Discord access -Debate This! Premium feed including The Office Drones and this years Halloween 1 Shot -Live recordings of The Ploose is Loose Tier 2, Filibuster Sword, $10 -All perks of previous tier -New Debate This! Directors Commentary for all DT! Episodes -Access to our show notes for all recordings Tier 3, Master Debater, $25 -All perks of previous tiers -Movie Night watchalongs with the Debaters -Ability to commission a Flavor Text after 3 months of membership Spooktacular Bonus! -All Patrons will receive a DT! Logo and Buttthwomp Nation sticker at the end of October -Anyone who joins or bumps up a tier will also receive a limited edition, Halloween version of the DT! Logo sticker Suggested reading for this weeks episode: The first appearance of Todd's "Metal Dracula" argument - Ep 16 Werewolves Don't Always Wear Jorts (Listen to it in your podcast app of choice or on our website HERE ) Properties we talked about this week: -Frankenstein and Cozy Core Games (Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, etc.) -Graveyard Keeper -Bram Stoker's Dracula and Drac's Night Out -Castlevania -Dracula Untold (2014) -Assassin's Creed -The Saw Series and party games (Mario Party, Fuzion Frenzy, etc.) Have you seen our Twitter? <a href= "https://twitter.com/debatethiscast" target="_blank" rel= "noo
S4 E33 · Tue, September 21, 2021
Ep. 85: Guantan's Gargantuan Bay
We find ourselves between movie releases, game releases, TV releases and current events. It's a quiet week here at DT!HQ which means it's time to pull some buzzword balls from the bingo bucket. This weeks buzzwords were "Nintendo" and "What If?" The Debaters are here to slip down the rabbit hole of alternate Nintendo Universes. We've said for years that "no one is right, but someone is definitely wrong" and this week, we proved it. Matt managed to talk about Mario, War Crimes and Eco-Terrorism. That left the door wide open for Andrew to do a zombies. Todd also talked about Super Mario RPG, a surprise to literally no one. Set your countdown calendar, the Spooktacular Express is only two weeks away! We have a big announcement coming about our Patreon on October 5th. Get ready and check out our perks at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Properties we talked about this week: -Marvel's What If -Super Mario Sunshine -Super Mario RPG -Pikmin Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Intagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at ozzed.net !
S4 E32 · Tue, September 14, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Homestar Runner
For the hosts of this show, Homestar Runner represents the earliest internet content that we can recall. Strong Bad emails, Teen Girl Squad, and of course Trogdor: The Burninator. Join us on a dive into the history of Homestar Runner in today's nonstalgia-filled FLAVOR TEXT! Looking for some of our favorite clips? Look no further, fam: Homestar Runner into/first timers: https://homestarrunner.com/firsttime Old intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_3Pf-e7CBQ Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90X5NJleYJQ&t=2s Techno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZwkk7q25I Japanese Cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KqF9G_DQls Crying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1P_hPf-woA Senior Cardgage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87T6jIK9QZg Virus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az49aNuYeJs Everybody to the Limit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFNcStdF_Ok Today's episode was commissioned by MasterSpecter of the #buttthwompnation internet flash game appreciation society. If you want more content that reminds you of simpler times, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast, and join the squad for only $5 a month. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net ! **Please note, we are pausing Flavor Text commissions for the next couple of months until we can catch up on the backlog. We will let you know when those are back live again soon!**
S4 E31 · Tue, September 07, 2021
SIDEBAR: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Matt and Todd from "Debate This!" review the latest MCU movie "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" and deliver big news from DT!HQ headquarters. Join the pair on the inaugural SIDEBAR episode of "The Ploose is Loose!" Find us on Patreon to join the discussion and unlock special episodes: https://www.patreon.com/debatethiscast . Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !
S4 E30 · Tue, August 31, 2021
Ep. 84: The Spirit of the Hulkland Raiders is to Smash
It's discount vacation season baby! Schools are starting back up and the weather is getting slightly cooler, so if there was ever a time to buy a $12 ticket on a Spirit Airlines flight to some exotic land, it's now! But where will you go? Where will you spend these waning days of summer? Well let us here at Esteemed DT! Travel Agency, inc. help you plan your perfect get away to the best fictional comic book vacation destination. Kyle is here to pull on all your 90s nostalgia and question the greater flaws of capitalism. Todd has, you guessed it, taken us back to an irradiated desert wasteland. Also, have y'all heard of Danny the Street? Please let Matt tell you about Danny the Street. Pack your bags everyone, we're going on an adventure! Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Intagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Patreon? patreon.com/debatethiscast Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, The Ploose is Loose where ever you get your podcasts! Properties we talked about this week: -Duck Tales -Greenland on Planet Hulk from the 2015 Marvel Secret Wars arc -Danny the Street from the DC Comics story Doom Patrol Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at ozzed.net!
S4 E29 · Tue, August 17, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Amory Wars
Remember that song by Coheed and Cambria called "A Favor House Atlantic" that had that video where the members of the band went around hitting on women like in an early '00s raunchy comedy that didn't age well? Well, you might not know that song, and just about every other song the band has recorded in their 20-year career, is actually about a science fiction comic series featuring space wizards, zombie monks, mutant dragonflies, and child murder that also...didn't age very well. Welcome to The Amory Wars , Claudio Sanchez's career-defining comic book that looks all too similar to an edgier Star Wars. You NEED to check out this art, y'all: https://imgur.com/a/juZfcYs Today's episode was commissioned by "Matt S," one of the elite IRO-bots of the #buttthwompnation resistance movement. If you want to join our crusade, check out our Patreon page a t patreon.com/debatethiscast , and join the ranks for only $5 a month. **Please note, we are pausing Flavor Text commissions for the next couple of months until we can catch up on the backlog. We will let you know when those are back live again soon!**
S4 E28 · Tue, August 10, 2021
SIDEBAR: The Suicide Squad
Keeping with the theme of 2021 wanting to undo all the damage of 2016, The Suicide Squad has hit theaters and HBO Max and was a welcome palate cleanser. Listen in as we discuss major story beats, our favorite moments, and things that could have been done better. It is safe to say that this episode is 1/3 dunking on the 2016 Suicide Squad, 1/3 gushing over how much we love Polka-Dot Man, and 1/3 the power of friendship. We also talk about hopes, dreams, and future speculation for how this movie and these characters play into the DC Cinematic Universe. If you loved our dive into this rag-tag band of no name DC Villains and want to hear us talk about more B-list DC villains in silly situations, be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @debatethiscast.
S4 E27 · Tue, July 27, 2021
Ep. 83: The Merriam-Webster SunnyD Organic Olympic Special
Every four years, the whole world pumps the brakes to come together in friendly, albeit, relatively obscure competition. Except for this year, when it's actually been five years and realistically it's every two years making this year a three year... We digress. But, if you haven't figured out the bit, we're going to the Olympics! On this year of the 32nd Olympiad, we help plan for the future. We've got to recapture that millennial demographic by adding a video game event to the next Summer Olympics. Andrew reinvents The Floor is Lava, someone talks about Overwatch and it isn't Matt, and speaking of Matt, he brings up dictionaries? Turns out adding sports to the Olympics is pretty complicated. CORRECTION: We said baseball was not included in the 2021 Olympics and it super is. We would like to formally apologize to the baseball. Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Intagram? instagram.com/debatethiscas t Have you seen our Patreon ? patreon.com/debatethiscast Debate This! Theme song provided by Ozzed under a creative commons license. Find their music here : https://ozzed.ne t/
S4 E26 · Tue, July 20, 2021
Ep. 82: Beat Bobby "Bloodboy" Flay (ft. Rebekah Valentine)
An ancient deity has descended on the quiet shores of idyllic Poughkeepsie, New York. This deity, none other than Iron Chef Bobby Flay, has demanded the aid of our plucky protagonists to assist in a fetch quest. Join the DT! boys and "Video Game Culinary Expert" Rebekah Valentine as they quest for the best video game food item to lead the menu at Bobby Flay's new restaurant. DISCLAIMER: Any resemblances to real chefs or ancient deities is purely coincidental. All characters and blood boys appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, dead or alive, or other real-life entities, in or out of Poughkeepsie, NY, is purely coincidental. Hey you! Yeah, you! You should check out some of Rebekah's stuff! Reb's article on the WOW cookbook: https://www.pcgamer.com/i-tried-all-100-recipes-in-the-world-of-warcraft-cookbook-and-it-made-me-love-the-game-again/ Reb's IGN profile: https://www.ign.com/person/duckvalentine Reb's twitter: https://twitter.com/duckvalentine If you want more Debate This!, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast . For $5 a month, you can get access to our premium feed where you can access the full backlog of our D&D real-play, real-corporate podcast Forborgürf And The Office Drones AND our exclusive Discord server!
S4 E25 · Tue, July 13, 2021
SIDEBAR: David Harbour Is (Not) My Real Dad
Hot off the presses, Debate This! is here to give you the long overdue breakdown of plot details, spoilers, and easter eggs from Black Widow! Come along with us as we reflect over the Taskmaster reveal, the role Yelena will play going forward, and spend no less than 20 minutes swooning over David Harbour's Red Guardian. Note: Since the recording of this episode, it has been reported that David Harbour and Rachel Weisz are set to return to the MCU for future projects. Neat. Suggested Reading - SIDEBAR: David Harbour Is My Real Dad https://www.debatethiscast.com/blog/2020/3/17/sidebar-david-harbour-is-my-real-dad If you enjoy these deep dives into MCU content, be sure to check out "The Ploose is Loose!" wherever you download your favorite podcasts.
S4 E24 · Tue, July 06, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Code Geass
Do you like robot mechs? Do you like deus ex magic powers? Do you like dramatic flowing capes? Do you like not-so-thinly-veiled imperialism? If you said "yes" to any of the above, then you're going to love this breakdown of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Link to the Imgur art album referenced in this episode: https://imgur.com/a/R4JkMiD Today's lore dump that unsurprisingly involves an anime high school is brought to you by "Sean," one of the proud soldiers in the #buttthwompnation army. Check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast if you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT for the one-time price of $50!
S4 E23 · Tue, June 29, 2021
Ep. 81: Full Time Waffle Vigilantism
Do you remember the way things used to be? Simpler times in the early 2000s, before that kid from the Brat Pack who played Charlie Chaplain was Iron Man, before you had to know the difference between 15 different Chris-es, before the Mouse owned every superhero. Today we reminisce about the pre-MCU Superhero movies and try to decide on which non-Marvel/DC Supe belongs in the Avengers. Also, we are contractually obligated to tell you that we are in no way sponsored by the International Movie Database. Also we're sorry. Andrew riffs on 1999 mega-gem Mystery Men, Kyle swoons over Nathan Fillion, and Matt tries his hardest to not talk about Tim Allen. He fails. If you want MORE Debate This! please check out our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S4 E22 · Tue, June 15, 2021
Ep. 80: My Man-Sized Step-Wolf
"On today's episode, Kyle, Matt, and Todd pass down their fatherly wisdom to their collective son, Andrew, to help him fight off his schoolyard bully with the help of extraplanar demigods from the Final Fantasy series." was something that we said in the shownotes of an episode almost a year ago! Well Bad Dad, Rad Dad and Sad Dad are back to introduce their squishy son boy to a new friend. In this hot mess of a Final Fantasy episode, will Andrew choose Red XIII, Auron the baseball star, or a Sexy Bunny Lady? Only time and 45 minutes of bad jokes will tell! Want to see that gif that Kyle referenced? It's the second gif on this link: https://bit.ly/3vsUWqu If you're looking for our first Final Fantasy Step-Dad episode, check out Ep. 60: My Thirteen Dads where ever you get your podcasts, or on our website at this link: https://www.debatethiscast.com/blog/2020/8/4/episode-60-my-thirteen-dads Interested in the new MCU content but can't wade through the sea of seemingly endless titles and spinoffs? Well fear no more dear listener, the crew at Debate This! is here for you with a weekly recap podcast breaking down every character and mysterious Easter eggs. Check out The Ploose Is Loose! on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcatcher apps.
S4 E21 · Tue, June 08, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Social Justice in Comics
Art imitates life. That is the same with comic books. Over the last few decades of storylines featuring our favorite comic book heroes, there have been plenty of problematic storylines, events, and characters that mirror the same cultural issues we have faced in America. The Comics Code Authority, culturally insensitive propaganda, and the fact that white comic book writers have likely unwittingly ruined a whole bunch of storylines featuring underrepresented populations are just a few entries in the bird's nest that is social justice issues in comics. Since we know these themes can be problematic, we wanted to point out the following timestamps for specific trigger warnings: - Violence against Japanese people - 7:40-7:50 - Sexual Assault - 36:55-38:30 - The Ku Klux Klan - 1:10:00-1:12:40 - Chemical Warfare Against a Minority - 1:17:30-1:19:00 Today's educational, informative, and culturally self-reflective lore dump is brought to you by Tommy, AKA "Whomstrodamus" in our Discord! Check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast if you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT for the one-time price of $50!
S4 E20 · Tue, June 01, 2021
Ep. 79: Boosties In My Undersnax
It's been just under one month since we tried to make an NPC a protagonist, and now we're kicking off June by making us an NPC! What's a Tuesday without a little bit of escapism, am I right? Is it a sex-cult, is it WeWork, who knows! We're relocating to our favorite video game worlds to live out our day as non-player characters. Matt finds peace in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Andrew tries to reason with Bugsnax, and Todd brings up Super Mario RPG...again. If you want more Debate This!, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. For $5 a month, you can get access to our premium feed where you can access the full backlog of our D&D real-play, real-corporate podcast Forborgürf And The Office Drones AND our exclusive Discord server!
S4 E19 · Tue, May 18, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: NieR
A good, good anime boy finds a magic talking book, and embarks on a journey to save his sister with the help of a lovable pair of colorful outcasts. Now, this might sound like your typical JRPG fare on the surface, but Yoko Taro's NieR franchise is anything but typical. Coming off the heels of three playthroughs of NieR: Replicant ver.1.22474487139 , Andrew takes us on our own coming-of-age journey to learn the story and lore behind NieR. Link to the Imgur album referenced in the episode: https://imgur.com/a/bvYi8wh . You can listen to the entire soundtrack here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3opnkIi . Also, here's a link to listen to the full version of Kainé's theme remastered for the new Final Fantasy XIV NieR raid collaboration: https://bit.ly/3eUDBSw . Download a free trial today and play unrestricted up through level 60, including the award-winning expansion, Heavensward!
S4 E18 · Tue, May 11, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Bomberman
An artificial life form created to perform menial labor one day becomes sentient and embarks on a journey to free themselves from their oppression. To do so, they must do the impossible: Escape to the surface world and become human. Only then will they be completely free. You may think to yourself: Why are we talking about the plot to 2018's Detroit: Become Human? And our response to you would be, oh no this isn't Quantic Dream's cinematic masterpiece...this is Bomberman, baby! Image gallery from the episode: https://imgur.com/a/VL7yOt9 Today's explosive lore dump is brought to you by Tommy, AKA "Whomstrodamus" in our Discord! Check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast if you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT for the one-time price of $50!
S4 E17 · Tue, May 04, 2021
Ep. 78: We Live In A Shorts-ciety
Oh boy, here come those dang investors again. They just won't STOP asking us to pitch them new mashups of old videogames. And it's like their asks are getting more and more hacky and uninspired each time...like, this week they just screamed "Make NPCs a protagonist!" and then sat there, nearly frozen in place. So we had no other choice than to pitch a series of titles diving in on extremely problematic premises like cryptocurrency, fast fashion, and the gig economy! Interested in the new MCU content but can't wade through the sea of seemingly endless titles and spinoffs? Well fear no more dear listener, the crew at Debate This! is here for you with a weekly recap podcast breaking down every character and mysterious Easter eggs. Check out The Ploose Is Loose! on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcatcher apps.
S4 E16 · Tue, April 20, 2021
Ep. 77: Remember To Have Your Rock Dragons Spayed Or Neutered
Like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, the mysterious Shut Up Todd Pet Store has once again opened up its doors to showcase the wondrous marvels inside. But instead of floaty soda, it's full of giant mammoths and rock dragons just itching to do a murder. And now YOU can adopt one of these Monster Hunter monsters as your very own! And you should act now because this store is not going to stay standing for much longer. If you want more Debate This!, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast. For $5 a month, you can get access to our premium feed where you can access the full backlog of our D&D real-play, real-corporate podcast Forborgürf And The Office Drones AND our exclusive Discord server!
S4 E15 · Tue, April 13, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Ghost Rider
He's dangerous, he's angry, he's on fire, and he has a skull face covered in the literal fires of Christian Hell. That's right kids, it's time we (finally) break down everyone's favorite #edgelord, Ghost Rider! Fun fact: You may know the Spirit of Vengeance as Jonny Blaze (i.e. Nic Cage in the movie) or Robbie Reyes from Agents of SHIELD. Well, there have actually been 22 documented Ghost Riders throughout Marvel's run of the character, making Ghost Rider one of the oldest and most prevalent figures in the entire Marvel universe! Watch out you don't cut yourself on all this edgy art referenced throughout the episode: https://imgur.com/a/AyBiFBR To Matt's chagrin, this episode is brought to you by Connor Koon, AKA "ThunderChicken" in our Discord! Check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast if you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT for the one-time price of $50!
S4 E14 · Tue, April 06, 2021
Ep. 76: Forged In A Ding Dang Hellfire
The suits at Discovery Ploose were so jealous that we were the only podcast talking about the Disney+ shows that they approached us to record an exclusive videogame-themed episode of History Channel's Forged in Fire. Don't ask them, just trust us. It's totally legit and definitely part of the FiF canon. Definitely. Speaking of premium streaming services, how about those MCU shows? There's so gosh darned many of them coming out that you'd need to take a part-time job learning all of the through-lines. Well fear no more dear listener, the crew at Debate This! is here for you with a weekly recap podcast breaking down every character and mysterious Easter eggs. Check out The Ploose Is Loose! available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcatcher apps.
S4 E13 · Tue, March 30, 2021
SIDEBAR: Product Placement in Games
It's been a while since we all gathered around the pretend Zoom campfire and told some personal CUP NOODLES® IS THE PERFECT BLEND OF TASTY BROTH AND ZESTY TOPPINGS THAT TAKE ONLY 3 MINUTES AND A MICROWAVE TO MASTER. NO COOKING REQUIRED stories about favorite moments in video games. Andrew recounts his time with Final Fantasy 15, Kyle gushes about Buger King's Xbox series, and Matt FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS, NISSIN CUP NOODLES® HAVE BEEN WARMING BELLIES AND PUTTING SMILES ON FACES. THE ORIGINAL INSTANT RAMEN IN A CUP WITH NO ADDED MSG. CUP NOODLES®: IT'S FAMILY IN A CUP recalls Mario Kart. THE NEW SPICY LIME SHRIMP FLAVOR WILL HAVE YOU SAYING 'I'LL HAVE MORE CUP NOODLES® PLEASE'! Please give us money.
S4 E12 · Tue, March 23, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: Mandalore and the Mandalorians
The writers over at the Star Wars Extended Universe had a dilemma. They needed to create an entire race of people based off of one side character in the original movies who barely spoke as whose most defining personality was "jetpack." So, they had created this cool tribe full of warrior-nomads who all lived by their own defined code and called them "Mandalorians." And then the writers must have taken a holiday, because when it was time to name the planet someone just copy+pasted "Mandalorian." And then when it was time to name the generations of clan leaders responsible for uniting the tribes into a nation someone just dropped the "ian" and said that every leader has the name "Mandalore." And then when fictional historians went back to name the specific wars fought against these people they named each of the 3 separate wars spanning thousands of years "The Mandalorian Wars." So here you are, America. We did a Star War and it's all about the Mandalorians, a race of intergalactic space cowboys who wear full body armor and wield space-flamethrowers. This episode was commissioned by "NathanLV", an esteemed member of the West Coast chapter of #butthwampnation. If you'd like to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast!
S4 E11 · Sat, March 20, 2021
NEW FEED: The Ploose Is Loose!
The boys have been busy behind the scenes, and it's time we share with everyone what we've been working on. You may have heard about our Disney+ weekly recap show, "The Ploose Is Loose!", but what you DIDN'T know is that it now has it's very own feed! Enjoy this first episode as a preview to "The Ploose Is Loose!" available now on all podcasting apps.
S4 E10 · Tue, March 16, 2021
Ep. 75: A Fairly Balanced Pair of Bat Nipples (ft Alyse Knorr)
To all of our surprise, Todd started his own superhero advertising agency during the pandemic and just informed us that we would be "pitching to him" a PR solution. After being told that they're completely different things, he just kind of shrugged and did that weird Ashlee Simpson SNL dance. So, for some reason, the rest of us are here pitching a complete public relations strategy for a particular DC superhero. In this universe, be prepared to see Batman picking up trash by the highway, Shazam teaching kids the dangers of underage drinking, and Negative Man embracing his inner positivity. Special thanks to our guest Alyse Knorr for joining us in our stupid, pretend board room! Alyse is a published writer, poet, professor, AND podcaster! Check out her Boss Fight Books work on Super Mario Bros. 3 ( http://bit.ly/2Q2Ts7q ) and her podcast Sweetbitter ( http://bit.ly/3tjbPDA ) which is currently exploring the life of Sappho among the poets of ancient Greece.
S4 E9 · Tue, March 09, 2021
The Ploose Is Loose! WandaVision Finale
Good news everyone! Because we had such a good time recording our Disney+ MCU recap show "The Ploose Is Loose!" (and, because we've recently found out Marvel will be pumping out content on a near-weekly basis until we die), we decided to give PiL its very own feed as Debate This's first sister show. SO, starting with the next D+ show, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, you'll be able to access a weekly recap for FREE under the new feed. To get everyone excited, here is the episode we recorded live through our Patreon Discord following Friday's finale of WandaVision. Honored Patrons of #butthwompnation will continue to get premium PiL content in the form of live episodes recorded regularly right in our Discord, so if you want to be a part of that come check out our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast.
S4 E8 · Tue, March 02, 2021
Ep. 74: The Fusty and the Furious
Make sure your hair is gelled and your shorts sufficiently cargo-ed, because today's episode is taking a one-way trip to the mid-00s as we talk about Flash games! Much like trying to fit a stick figure zombie in a cage, we try and stretch premises like "shoot kitten from cannon" into a long-form TV series centered on the complex father/daughter relationship between an ambitious prodigy and a brilliant scientist who's fallen from grace as a result of his search for the truth. If you want more Debate This!, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast . For $5 a month, you can get access to our premium feed where you can access the full backlog of our D&D real-play, real-corporate podcast Forborgürf And The Office Drones. You'll also get the latest in our weekly WandaVision recap show The Ploose Is Loose!
S4 E7 · Tue, February 16, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: One Piece Pt 2
Destiny. Fate. Dreams. Ad revenue. These unstoppable ideals are held deep in hearts of podcasters. As long as there are people who seek a self-sustaining income from things they enjoy in this life, these things shall not vanish from the Earth. We're back with part two Andrew talking at you about One Piece! On this part 2, we cover the Straw Hats entering the Grand Line through the end of the Alabasta civil war. Thanks to The Other Harper for doubling down and gifting all of us this double-bill FLAVOR TEXT commission! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast. Link to image gallery: https://imgur.com/a/WRlD7HI
S4 E12 · Tue, February 09, 2021
Ep. 73: Abraham Lincoln's Army of the Damned (ft. Eric Silver)
Last year, Supergiant blew the gaming world away with their near-perfect and also very thirsty roguelike, Hades. We certainly could have spent this time talking all about how the gameplay is expertly crafted to make you feel like every run is forward progress, or how the characters are all incredibly unique and likable in their own way, or how the music and sound design helps to build an engaging world that constantly makes you crave just...one...more...attempt. Instead, we took the high road and pitched a fake DLC with sexy Jesus, a man with a 2x4 shoved down his pants, and a certain former president with a penchant for reanimating flesh. Special thanks to our special guest, Eric Silver! Eric is the host and DM of Join The Party ( http://spoti.fi/36X5q8c ), a D&D real-play podcast. You can also find him streaming on Twitch under HouseBreakfast ( http://bit.ly/3tGZxpy ) on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm ET and Saturdays at noon ET, and he also lives on Twitter @El_Silvero.
S4 E5 · Tue, February 02, 2021
Ep. 72: A View To A WAAHHH
There comes a time in every video game podcast's life when they are compelled to stop what they are doing and ask "Sure, this game is great. But what's Waluigi up to?" This is that time, and today's episode is the output of that thought experiment. Consider, dear listener, a sequel to Katamari Damacy starring Waluigi rolling up the Mushroom Kingdom. How about a version of David Cage's Indigo Prophecy where Waluigi is the AI messiah? Or, there's always just straight-up making Waluigi James Bond. I mean, nothing matters anyway, right? Debate This is streaming live every Monday and Wednesday night! You can find us on twitch.tv/debatethiscast every Monday at 8pm ET. VODs are also available up on the debatethiscast YouTube channel. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S4 E4 · Tue, January 19, 2021
FLAVOR TEXT: One Piece (Pt 1)
Wealth. Fame. Power. The hosts at Debate This!, the King of the Podcasts, had acquired this and everything else the world had to offer. And their dying words drove countless souls to the Debate This! Patreon page: "You want my treasured content? Fine, you can have it. Just pay us $50 a month and we will talk about whatever the hell it is you want! Now you just have to ask it." Welcome to the ongoing saga of Andrew's journey to catch up on One Piece, a landmark anime series notorious for both its exceptional quality and its 20+ year (and still going) run. In this first episode, we dive deep (haha, get it??) into the East Blue saga, which consists of the first two years of the show's run. This episode was commissioned by Derek Harper, long-standing member of #butthwompnation and confirmed Better Of The Two Harpers. If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Link to image library from this episode: https://imgur.com/a/lCcTl7t
S4 E3 · Sat, January 16, 2021
PREMIUM EP: The Ploose is Loose! WandaVision Ep 1
The past year has left us pretty starved for new MCU content, so you can imagine the release of WandaVision had all of us here so excited that we decided to make a whole dang show to talk about it! Here is a sneak peak at our new Disney+ watch-along show, "The Ploose is Loose", a weekly recap and analysis of the latest episode of the new hit Disney Ploose show. Matt will be starting us off with the wonderful chaos that is WandaVision! You can get access to Episode 2 and all future weekly episode recaps by subscribing to our Patreon feed at the $5 level. Check out patreon.com/debatethiscast for more information!
S4 E2 · Tue, January 12, 2021
Ep. 71: Use Promo Code "Stygian" at Checkout
Late last night, Matt was pulling a late night at the ol' DT Exclamation Point HQ, and he did that thing in movies where he stepped out of a steamy shower and looked at himself in the mirror and wiped away the fog on the glass to see a SPOOKY THING behind him. Yeah, so our fake office is haunted or whatever...this seems to be as good a time as any to talk in excruciating detail about the Pac-Man ghosts. Welcome to 2021, nerds. Link to images referenced in this episode: https://imgur.com/a/3Eqe42m If you want MORE Debate This! please check out our Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S4 E1 · Tue, January 05, 2021
Update and Season 4 Preview
Since all of the Persona soundtracks are now on Spotify, Andrew couldn't be bothered to do an episode today. So instead, Matt recorded a sneak preview of what is in store for 2021 for Debate This! We'll be back next week with a new, equally outrageous episode talking about like Pac-Man's dong or something. Debate This! is streaming live every Monday night! You can find us on twitch.tv/debatethiscast every Monday at 8pm ET. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E51 · Tue, December 29, 2020
SIDEBAR: Mailbag Episode!
Remember when all your favorite TV sitcoms used to do that thing where instead of actual plot or content they would just play clips from older, better episodes? And then the credits would just roll and it was like, "Yeah whatever see you next week maybe we'll do something then!" Well, we're doing that but--even better--we've made all of YOU figure out the content for us! That's right friends, today's episode is all about answering YOUR questions. We wax nostalgic on best episode moments, personal favorite games and comics, and most importantly: Which one of us has won DT! the most? Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E49 · Tue, December 15, 2020
Ep. 70: Muscle Confusion by Thrustmaster
Aww dang is it Christmas already?? Well, we WOULD have gone shopping but we've all been sitting on this Disney investor call since Thanksgiving waiting for Black Widow news so it looks like we're gonna have to wing it again this year! We drew each other's names in the DT!HQ office Secret Santa, and now you have to experience atrocities such as the CTA Wii Bowling Boll, the PlayOn Game Boat, and the expertly-titled Thrustmaster Fragmaster. Debate This! is streaming live every Monday night! You can find us on twitch.tv/debatethiscast every Monday at 8pm ET. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E48 · Tue, December 08, 2020
FLAVOR TEXT: Les Misérables
It's a tale as old as time. Boy meets girl. Girl gets rescued from an orphanage by an ex-con who is being mercilessly hunted across the decades by a prison-guard-turned-police-chief. Boy leads an army of school children into battle overthrow the monarchy. Boy and girl fall in love and get married in front of the ghost of her dead adopted father. Les Misérables is quite possibly one of the most well-known and beloved musicals of all-time! And we're gonna do our best to sully its name with Walugi singing the most famous song and with a bootleg 2D fighting game named "ArmJoe" that is somehow supposed to be based on the original novel. Check out BitFinity on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_jMn3N5jILUj_FrR4NFTMw ) for the full version of that glorious Waluigi take on "One Day More," along with other Walugi covers of the likes of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "For The Longest Time". This episode was commissioned by Tom Zalatnai, AKA The Fifth Debater! You can find them gushing about food on Up For Discussion or rolling rocks in their Canada-themed D&D podcast Natural Toonie.
S3 E47 · Tue, December 01, 2020
Ep. 69: Mr. Toad's Uncomfortably Horny Journey
Well, we did it. We made it to the sex number. And what other way is there to celebrate than to make some perfectly wholesome games super horny? Come along with us on this experiment/crime against humanity as we take a class at an anime high school filled with Punch Out! characters, and romance the local fishmonger in a sexy rendition of Marc Davis's Pro Bass Challenge, and do whatever the hell Kyle is having us do in Pokemon: Leather and Lace. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E45 · Tue, November 17, 2020
Ep. 68: The Sarah Michelle Gellar of Prehistorical Despots
Last month, we asked the question "Which superhero would be a terrible roommate?" So, it stands to reason that it's worth playing in that opposing headspace by asking "Which supervillain would be an awesome roommate?" Imagine just hanging out watching Storage Wars doing bumps of The Power Cosmic with Galactus while your bro Toad cleans the bugs from your shared living space, all the while Apocalypse is channeling you full of otherworldly strength enough to carry 10-ton limestone blocks. Debate This! is streaming live every Monday night! You can find us on twitch.tv/debatethiscast every Monday at 8pm ET. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E44 · Tue, November 10, 2020
FLAVOR TEXT: League of Legends
You know when you get that big ol' 1,200+ calorie burrito bowl from Chipotle and you see all the different colorful ingredient layers? And then you just mash your plastic fork and slosh everything around and the guac turns the whole thing into a murky greenish-brown protein slurry? And then you ladle on hot sauce overtop like gravy on instant potatoes? That's kind of like the story of League of Legends --it's a burrito bowl chock full of knights and wizards, a generous helping of demons, a sprinkle of pirates, and all topped off with a few dashes of Lovecraftian horror. All these things that we enjoy individually somehow come together in one big goopy mess of fun, fantasy nonsense. There is A LOT to unpack here, so we're focusing on setting up the setting and the world of Runeterra, which is the center of Riot's rebooted lore back in 2014. We're also highlighting a few choice characters and how each of their backstories connect back to the hub world. Imgur album link: https://imgur.com/a/uIJMpc8 Link to Riot's full League character roster: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/champions/ This episode was commissioned by "zhakhix," #butthwompnation's resident League of Legends aficionado. If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast !
S3 E43 · Tue, November 03, 2020
Ep. 67: Swipe Right for Frost Mages (ft Eiya)
You know how when you wistfully watch people play World of Warcraft , and silently wish to yourself that you could just somehow find the nerve to join the worldwide phenomenon? Longingly watch from the sidelines no more, dear listeners! We, the expert marketers at Debate This! have partnered with Big WoW, Inc to organize the biggest collab in the game's 15+ year history. We are partnering with real-life, actual sports teams to turn their beloved mascots into mounts that players can ride and show off to their friends. We have a bipedal ant dripping with machismo, a Midwestern kangaroo with very white Asics tennies, and a divorcee living out their flirty 50s. Special thanks to our *actual* WoW expert, Gillian "Eiya" Long! You can watch Eiya on GCDTV ( twitch.tv/gcdtv ) covering all things competitive WoW as the current Arena World Championship (AWC) host and also as a sideline reporter. You can also find her on Twitch at twitch.tv/eiya , and on Twitter and Instagram @EiyaWoW. Link to the images referenced in this episode: https://imgur.com/a/f4fDKFi Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E42 · Sat, October 31, 2020
DLC EPISODE: Scoobert Doolittle and the Curse of the Gourd Lord (ft Zak Schneider)
The 5th Tuesday is now! As a bonus Halloween surprise, Kyle led the gang through a spooky, ooky one-off D&D adventure! Sir Frederick and his gang of spunky, teen mystery-solving adventurers have to solve a mystery along with a very lovable dog named Scoobert who can talk and likes...Scoobert Snacks. Do you see where we're going with this? It's fun, not-at-all contrived Halloween hijinks! Special thanks to Zak Schneider from Around the Monitor for jumping in to fill up the Scoobert Gang! You can find Zak on Youtube , Apple Podcasts , and streaming live on Twitch . If you want more "heavily-inspired" D&D, check out our Patreon . Subscribe at $5 a month to access the Debate This! premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E41 · Tue, October 27, 2020
FLAVOR TEXT: Studio Ghibli
The Spooktacular Express decided to give us a break from the madness and dropped us off in the idyllic Japanese countryside to talk about the whimsical world of Studio Ghibli. Instead of diving real deep on one IP, our latest commissioned FLAVOR TEXT instead highlights ten of the studio's most well-known films across their 35-year history. We'll go through the setting and major themes of each movie, and then the initial beats to set up the story completely spoiler-free. Just watch at least one of these movies and you too will be asking yourself: Where has hot anime birdman Christian Bale been all my life? Link to images mentioned in the episode . Interested in podcasting but don't know much about tech? Check out alitu.com for a free 1-week trial, and visit ThePodcastHost.com/start for more guides on starting your own show! This episode was commissioned by Nicole Bouchard, a card-carrying member of #butthwompnation and long-time Ghibli enthusiast. If you want to commission your own Flavor Text, check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast ! Image source .
S3 E40 · Tue, October 20, 2020
Episode 66: Pumpkin-Spiced Ghost Rider
If you look out of your window, fellow spooky passengers, you'll find a desolate wasteland ruled by mobs of zombies. Fun! Before we disembark, make sure to grab one of the non-zombified superheroes that are just hanging by the exit. Fortunately, we have a friendly demon with an aptitude for magic pulled straight from the depths of Hell. Unfortunately, he only speaks in rhymes. Also more bad news, the only other superheroes left are the Human Torch and a mutant who has BEEN DEAD THE WHOLE TIME. Debate This! is streaming live every Monday night! You can find us on twitch.tv/debatethiscast every Monday at 8pm ET. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E39 · Tue, October 13, 2020
SIDEBAR: Video Game Creepypastas Vol. 4 LIVE(ish)!
Our tradition of collating the greatest in internet-sourced amateur horror fiction about video games continues in our very first live episode! And, of course by "live," we mean "streamed on Twitch." This year's collection of free, unregulated creative writing exercises includes a glitched ROM of Metroid 2, an urban legend about a secret Numbers Station in Fallout 3, a massively-multiplayer murder simulation, and an experimental system that connects to your brain stem creating a situation where...say it with me...If You Die In The Game, You Die For Real. Debate This! is streaming live every Monday night! You can find us on twitch.tv/debatethiscast every Monday at 8pm ET. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E38 · Tue, October 06, 2020
Ep. 65: All Quiet On the Western Face
The Spooktacular Express is back for its third annual spooooopy voyage! Come in and find your seat, get your ticket punched, and then don the complimentary VR headset that will be waiting for you on your seat. Your in-ride entertainment during this first leg of the journey will be 1 of 3 FULLY IMMERSIVE spooky virtual reality experiences. Survive a harrowing climb up a forbidden mountain in Ice Climber , where your next meal may be your last. Experience the horrors of war first-hand in Call of Duty , a historically-accurate retrospective of life on the front lines of World War II. Or, you can trek across the cartoony plains collecting floating puzzle pieces representing your fragmented soul trapped in a low-poly purgatory with Banjo-Kazooie . Debate This! is now on Patreon , y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E36 · Tue, September 22, 2020
Ep. 64: 99 Bottles of My Cat's Amoxicillin On the Wall
Well good morning and a fine how-do-you-do folks! Have the regular aches and pains of daily Wild West-era life got ya down? Looking for a cure for that small case of Being Eaten By a Coyote? Step on up and see for yourself the wonder and majesty of a spray bottle that can cure the wounds of animals and Pokémon gods alike. Experience an exotic concoction smuggled from the far reaches of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that is made of vegetables and bugs. Force this murky bathtub liquor down your frail gullet that was made in the war-torn apocalypse that is the Fallout wasteland! Debate This! is now on Patreon , y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E35 · Tue, September 15, 2020
Ep. 63: Mr. Sinister’s Second-Hand Lobotomy
Has anyone ever stopped to think about how X-Men is basically just The Real World But With Explosions? Yes, the ever-evolving war between Human and Mutant is interesting or whatever...but it's time we know more about the minutiae of co-habitation with a mutant who has godlike powers. How much hair would be strewn about Beast's apartment? How does Colossus not break every couch he sits on? And, how many dang TVs does Gambit have to blow up before it comes out of his half of the security deposit? Debate This! is now on Patreon , y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E34 · Tue, September 08, 2020
FLAVOR TEXT: The Sandman
In November of 1988, DC Comics published the first issue of The Sandman, a revival of a shortly-run series in the 70s of the same name--originally inked by Comics God Jack Kirby. Gaiman's version quickly gained notoriety for its dark and mature themes and its incredibly unique art style. The series has a ton of critical acclaim over time and is to-date only one of a few graphic novels to be featured on The New York Times Best Seller list. Gaiman later went on to write other novels adapted into movies and series you've heard of like Stardust , Coraline , and American Gods . The Sandman represents a series of graphic novels that follow Dream, who is one of the seven "Endless." The Endless are a pantheon of gods who are as powerful and as petty as the ancient Greek Gods. And...man...this shit is as DARK it is METAL. Here's a link to the NSFW images we referred to during the show This episode was commissioned by Brenda Cole, a first-generation member of #buttthwompnation who also happens to be a blood relative to one of our team (you'll never guess who!). If you want to commission your own Flavor Text, check us out on Patreon. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E33 · Tue, September 01, 2020
Ep. 62: The Sovereign Nation of Bob-Omb Battlefield
Mario's world might look like it's all hyper-saturated sunshine and rainbows, but under that candy-coated exterior lie some real sinister themes. Like, while that cartoon-y manta ray boss in Super Mario Sunshine might seem like happy fun at first, it's pretty disturbing when you consider that it's literally a shadow that is slowly devouring all living matter in its wake. That gigantic 8-ft walking bomb might have a silly mustache, but it is also a gigantic 8-ft bomb filled entirely of gunpowder and loose ethics. This week, we take a look at the darker side of some of Mario's more enigmatic boss encounters. Debate This! is now on Patreon , y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E31 · Tue, August 18, 2020
Episode 61: Pirate Ships Don’t Have Feet (ft. SMJ)
It was the final days of The Summer of '93. Whitney Houston was topping the charts and the world was absolutely enamored with early-gen CG dinosaurs. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers suddenly exploded onto our TVs and changed the lives of kids and amateur martial arts enthusiasts everywhere. Fast forward 25 years. Four ordinary thirty-somethings do the unthinkable and conscript their favorite Mega Man bosses to fight off the impending kaiju menace. Yet another summer has passed since that day, and so it's time to conscript a whole new team of heroes to save us. A team of teenagers. A team of teenagers with ATTITUDE. A team of teenagers with attitude who also drive ten-story mechs shaped after our favorite cartoon tropes. For more of SMJ's work, check out Did You Find This Helpful? , a podcast highlighting the darkest corners of the Amazon marketplace! You can also find them on Instagram at @smjwrites . Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E30 · Tue, August 11, 2020
SIDEBAR: The Real Rhino Was the Friends We Made Along the Way
And here is where we'd talk about the newest MCU movies...if we had one! Today's superhero movie discussion is taking a 180, and so instead of talking about movies to come, we're talking about some of our favorite hated superhero movies from the past. Come on in for some hot takes on Man of Steel, two commercially failed Spider-Man movies, and--of course--more of Matt yelling at us about Ghost Rider. Debate This! is now on Patreon , y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E29 · Tue, August 04, 2020
Episode 60: My Thirteen Dads
There's nothing quite like being a parent. Teaching your child the ways of the world, watching them grow, and passing down a condensed shard of pure magic that can summon the hellish avatar of their departed mother who sacrificed herself to a death cult masquerading as a monotheistic religion! On today's episode, Kyle, Matt, and Todd pass down their fatherly wisdom to their collective son, Andrew, to help him fight off his schoolyard bully with the help of extraplanar demigods from the Final Fantasy series. Debate This! is now on Patreon , y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E28 · Tue, July 28, 2020
FLAVORtown TEXT: Guy Fieri
He's the Sultan of Spice, the Tycoon of Taste, The Crowned-King of Condiments. This week, Debate This! is driving a brightly colored convertible on a one-way trip to Flavortown to talk about The Man and The Myth that is Guy Fieri. This episode is packed so tightly with righteous flavor about our boy that you can put it on a flip-flop. From his early career through his first franchises and beginnings as a celebrity chef, to his current seat on the throne of The Internet's Favorite Person, every second of this episode is lights-out delicious. This episode was commissioned by the one and only Tom Zalatnai, friend of the show and purveyor of fine podcasts such as Up For Discussion and Natural Toonie ! If you want to commission your own Flavor Text, check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E22 · Tue, July 14, 2020
Ep. 59: Big Mr. I’s Spooky Investment Portfolio
With Paper Mario: The Origami King coming out later this week, we pulled in our team of expert RPG architects to help build the game's first (and best) DLC. It should also be stated that we refuse to accept truth and continue to tell ourselves that this game is going to be an incredibly crunchy RPG, baked with a deep strategy and complex lore. Knowing that, why not attempt to shove Bugzy from the Kirby series in there as a playable partner? Or what about that elephant from Yoshi's Story who stood there holding a sign in nothing but a diaper? No? Well then, allow us to pitch you retrofitting an entire subplot from Chrono Trigger in there? Totally works. No more questions. Debate This! is now on Patreon, y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E25 · Tue, July 07, 2020
SIDEBAR: Ultra-Intergalatic Cyber Fencer Musashi 2: Battle
You know that one game you played as a kid that no one has heard of and if you tried to describe it, it would just sound like a fever dream? We all have those insane gems close to our hearts, and so today's SIDEBAR is all about our personal favorite old-school obscure titles. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E24 · Tue, June 30, 2020
Ep. 58: Real-Time Orphan-Ground Strategy (ft Zak Schneider)
Every villain is the hero of their own story. This week, we're flipping the script to place some of the most classic video game villains in the protagonist's seat. What would it play like to hunt Link with Ganon's army? How different would Bioshock be if you instead played as Andrew Ryan? The answer, apparently, is an incredibly crunchy RTS. For more of Zak, check out Around the Monitor on Youtube , Apple Podcasts , and streaming live on Twitch . You can find the latest news and discussion on all things gaming and a wealth of video essays on unique topics like the atmospheric music found in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time . Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E22 · Wed, June 17, 2020
Ep. 57: Bouncing Around at the Speed of Time
Oooh boy here we go talking about the DC Universe again. We're attempting to being more thunder to this permanant-second-place franchise of characters by injecting them into some wild-ass 16-bit era games. Andrew bounces a rubber child through a magical mini-golf course filled with trees that also have faces, Kyle builds a white hat hacker into AMAZO to fight alongside Digital Mega Man, and Matt discovers that Ecco the Dolphin is the lost Aquaman comic that humanity needed. Debate This! is now on Patreon, y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E21 · Tue, June 09, 2020
FLAVOR TEXT: Overwatch
Follow along the episode with our Overwatch image gallery . Even if you've never played Overwatch , you've most definitely heard of it. You've watched it played on TV, you've seen the constant feed of YouTube content, and you've heard your nephew talking about it incessantly before they were "Dabbing a Fortnite". Even though the game is 4 years old, Blizzard's Overwatch is a staple of the eSports community, and is the undeniable king of team shooters. But even if you play this game competitively, chances are you've never heard of the complex story that lives behind all of the emo skeletons and sassy mech drivers. For some reason, Blizzard decided to create a deep and compelling backstory of a robot uprising (naturally), an Avengers -esque team of superheroes, a second robot uprising after the robots realized humanity is flawed (classic), and a talking Science-Gorilla who eats a lot of sandwiches. Debate This! is now on Patreon, y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E20 · Tue, June 02, 2020
Ep. 56: Concentric Penguin Nipples
This week has been especially tough on the country, but also eye-opening for some of us who haven't had to deal with the effects of systemic racism. We've compiled a brief list of some helpful resources with which we can support and educate ourselves. He's big, he's blue, he's probably diabetic and sometimes he's vaguely Creole...that's right, today's episode is all about the Royal Rumbler himself, King Dedede! We ask what would happen if we ram-jammed Dedede into some of the wackiest standalone comic runs to hit the bookshelves, and the answer is it feels...somehow right? Kyle has Dedede fighting alongside Thor in the Marvel Zombies continuity, Todd places Dedede in the center of the Spectacular Spider-Ham universe, and Matt says some things about Joker teaming up with The Mask (yes, THAT "The Mask") that make little sense. Suggested Reading Imgur album of the Earth-8311 character art we discussed on the episode Shout out to @craigrousseau for the sweet fanart reimagining these animal puns Debate This! is now on Patreon, y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E17 · Tue, May 19, 2020
Ep. 55: Let the Ka-Bodies Hit the Floor
With the whole world being stuck at home for whatever reason and sports just, like, not happening, we decided to go some good for once and bring you three of the best lesser-known sports that you can play right now in your backyard. And to stick with the format of our podcast we turned said lesser-known sports into video games. Get ready to carry your partner like a human backpack, furiously whack at a reinforced two-by-four, and chanting "Kabaddi" while you tackle your friends until they pass out! Debate This! is now on Patreon, y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E16 · Tue, May 12, 2020
SIDEBAR: My Favorite Man-Bear
Greetings, comrade! The State has granted us the pleasure of introducing you to the Winter Guard, Mother Russia's very own team of superheroes. Yes, you may think that many of our heroes are clones of your American Avengers slapped together with a red color scheme, but we assure you they are very complex and interesting characters. There is also a man that is also sometimes bear. Glory to Siberforce. Debate This! is now on Patreon, y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E15 · Tue, May 05, 2020
Ep. 54: The Fourth Dimension is Fear
Games like Mario Kart and Action Girlz Racing go zoom, zoom, zoom, and that makes our hearts go boom, boom, boom. This week has us turning beloved franchises and also Seaman into Painfully Elaborate racing titles. And if you don't already see the almost-lifelike face of the Dreamcast's grumpy, misogynist man-fish before you go to sleep at night, you sure will now. Debate This! is now on Patreon y'all! Subscribe at $5 a month to access our all-new premium feed, featuring the monthly adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E14 · Tue, April 28, 2020
Patreon Announcement!
To access our premium content feed, check out our brand new Patreon page . Anyone who supports us for $5 a month will have instant access to the latest installment of The Adventures of Forborgürf And The Office Drones.
S3 E13 · Tue, April 21, 2020
Ep. 53: Yippie Ki Yay Mother Bucket
It's 3pm on Sunday afternoon, so you know what that means! It's time to watch one of the Lawrence brothers get superpowers and then use them to throw an awesome house party to impress the Popular Girl in the latest Disney Channel Original Movie. And since each one of us has been binging these bad boys on Disney Ploos, you know we had to do another chocolate-in-my-peanut-butter mashup. Today we are rewriting some of the more classic DCOMs with Marvel characters. Presenting for your ear pleasure: The 13th Year starring Namor, Gamora: Girl of the 21st Century, and a version of Smart House where Katey Segal is swapped out with Ultron. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E12 · Tue, April 14, 2020
FLAVOR TEXT: Animorphs
It's 1996. You wake up, rip off your Space Jam bed sheets and get ready for school while Power Rangers plays in the background. Normally, this is a drag but today is special. Today is Scholastic Book Fair Day. You walk into your classroom with a ripe $5 bill that your mom handed you like it's a Get Out Of Jail Free card. You walk into the gymnasium to find a Moroccan street market of books and other brightly colored school supplies. One jewel in particular has caught your eye this month. You see a cover sporting some choice computer-illustrated animation (like in Beast Wars but even cooler) but of a boy your age transforming into a lizard! Welcome to Animorphs , the mid-90s YA novel series about identity disorder, loss, clinical depression, and PTSD...all centered on a group of shape-shifting teens fighting a secret proxy war against invading alien parasites. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Link to images discussed in today's ep
S3 E11 · Tue, April 07, 2020
Ep 52: Everything Changed After the Chili Wars
Too often we've witnessed countless whirlwind romances take flight atop the Empire State Building and have watched too many supervillains blow up the Golden Gate Bridge. It's time for other lesser-known American cities to get their time in the spotlight. And so the head engineers at Debate This! Games, Ltd. are designing some of the cities in which we've lived into the next greatest AAA video game. Yinz guys want to drive Crazy Taxi -style dahn the Parkway? How about an open-world RPG themed around independent chili vendors? And is Daytona Beach just its own version of a zombie apocalypse? Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E10 · Tue, March 24, 2020
Ep. 51: The Myst Was Inside of Us the Whole Time (ft. Nathan Norman Brandt and Kam Konek)
Get ready to get Fully Immersed. If there is one thing that we love to do here at DT! HQ, it's reboot old shit that nobody asked for. And so it stands to reason that VR games were bound to eventually get that treatment. Excited to get an 1800s-era poop disease in Oregon Trail VR? Or how about experiencing a lifelike barrel roll in Star Fox 64 3? No? Well then maybe reading low-poly books in a new Myst game? Driving a mech in a first-person Armored Core sequel? OK yeah, that last one actually sounds pretty rad. Subscribe to The New Entertainment System Podcast to hear more of Nathan and Kam! If you like our brand of Reese's -like video game mashups, then the nightmare-algorithm of the New Entertainment System is right up your alley. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E9 · Tue, March 17, 2020
SIDEBAR: David Harbour Is My Real Dad
The MCU's Phase 4 is still shrouded in mystery as we stare down the proverbial barrel of major releases of the standalone Black Widow movie and Disney Plus's first streaming series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Also Sony is doing a Morbius movie that no one asked for. And we'll be ending 2020 with WandaVision and The Eternals Starring A Very Steamy Kumail Nanjiani. Today, we're going to take some time to talk about what we know so far and where we think some of these franchises are headed. DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded before a national emergency was declared, and we've all since come to understand that some of the release dates discussed are most likely subject to change. These are very weird times, so please make time for your own mental health, safe healthy, and be wary of misinformation. Distractions are good things in situations like this and sometimes it's easier to just focus on how jacked Kumail Nanjiani got for The Eternals. Suggested Reading What is an "Eternal?" Check out the FLAVOR TEXT we did last year on the original story! Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E8 · Tue, March 10, 2020
Ep. 50: Tony The Jet The Hawk’s Xtreme Gear Giveaway
Wow, Episode 50, huh? Here we are...a little bit older, a little bit collectively balder, and most likely a lot closer to death! So what better way to celebrate two years of pouring through the recesses of fan wikis then to return to the greatest fan Wiki ever: Sonic The Hedgehog . Time to set that "Days Without Talking About the Sonic Comics" timer back down to zero. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E7 · Tue, February 25, 2020
Ep. 49: Quadrifolium of Love
With DC's Birds of Prey And Then Harley Quinn Is Here Too hitting the Box Office this month with the sound of a thousand missed opportunities, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on the history of the series. And by that, we mean 2002's cancelled The WB drama, "Birds of Prey." And by that, we mean actually just pitch adaptations of other, better franchises to get their own sexy teen prime time drama. How about Dexter's Lab , but in high school? Or Power Rangers living in an apocalyptic world? And who doesn't want a healthy dose of marital infidelity with The Flintstones ? Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E6 · Tue, February 18, 2020
SIDEBAR: I'm Here to Talk to You About the Smash Bros Initiative
Three grown men spent Valentine's Day together watching a children's movie about Sonic the Hedgehog, and now we're going to talk about it. But here's the thing you guys...this movie is legitimately GOOD. Like, not even so-bad-it's-good like The Room . We actually enjoyed ourselves just about the entire time through this thing. Todd enjoyed it so much that he went to try and recreate that biker bar fight scene, so he died. So here are Matt and Andrew giving you their hot takes on Paramount's Sonic The Hedgehog . Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E5 · Tue, February 11, 2020
Ep. 48: Don't Worry, the Radioactive Jeans are Non GMO (ft. Randy Hardenbrook)
With the decline in cable TV viewers (and a few notorious legal "uh-ohs") comes the inevitable decline of the glory and majesty that is the television pitchman. To to inject some new life into this fading empire, we're calling in some A-list superheroes and also Paste-Pot Pete to hawk their latest and greatest Made For TV products. Special thanks to Randy Hardenbrook from Canned Air for joining in on a pitch! The Canned Air podcast is a tribute to all things pop culture, like toys, games, and comics. Debate This! will be at the TORG Gaming Expo in Columbus, OH, on May 30th! Get your tickets now to see the Midwest Tetris World Championship. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S3 E4 · Tue, January 28, 2020
Ep. 47: The Most Beautiful Bee in Uranus (ft David Flamm)
Once Sonic heralded in the 1990s with his cool-guy, take-no-shit attitude, game companies across the world were racing to find the next raddest platforming mascot. And boy were there a lot more misses than hits. With the help of David Flamm from Left Trigger Right Trigger, we rifle through some of the best of those misses and attempt to breathe new life in these needlessly horny misfits. Check out Dave's work with Left Trigger Right Trigger , a biweekly video games book club. You can also listen to the entire back-catalogue of Fullmetal Bazinga , an improv sci-fi dramedy based on the final season of The Big Bang Theory. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading The Buck Bumble theme song
S3 E3 · Tue, January 21, 2020
FLAVOR TEXT: The Witcher (Pt. 1)
SPOILER ALERT: This episode will spoil the story and ending to the first season of Netflix's The Witcher. But if you haven't played the CDPR games yet, don't worry! The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt takes place several years after the events of the books and therefore is its own storyline. It was bound to happen. As soon as someone uttered "...place of power, gotta be" on this show, it was destined that we would one day be uploading an episode where Andrew "ummm actually"s everyone through each of the books in The Witcher series. Well that day has finally arrived! And with the release of the fantastic Netflix adaptation, we decided to focus this episode on the first two books, which are actually a collection of several short stories that set up this universe. We're taking you through each of the short stories found in "The Last Wish" and "Sword of Destiny," and then comparing how those stories are represented in the Netflix show. Toss a coin, nerds...it's time. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading Links to the bomb-ass "Toss a Coin" remixes that we used in this episode: House remix by CLYDE Chiptune remix by robinerd
S3 E2 · Tue, January 14, 2020
Ep 46: Just a Couple of Smashboys Pumping Out Smash Mouth
Coming at you HOT here in 2020, we here at Debate This! are the only ones brave enough to discuss the toughest questions life throws at us. Who are we? Why are we here? How does Southwest actually determine who gets priority seating? But there's one question that has plagued humanity for centuries...which of the Tetris pieces is the best Tetris piece? One of those questions definitely gets answered today, and also the other 55 minutes are mostly incoherent but relevant to the plot we swear. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading We found the Tetris ska cover
S3 E1 · Tue, January 07, 2020
Update and Season 3 Preview
Kyle found a "like new" set of plastic drums on Facebook Marketplace so we're taking this week off to workshop our new Debate This! Rock Band rock band. And since we'll be knee-deep in practicing Green Grass and High Tides , we wanted to give you all a quick update and preview into some of the new stuff you can expect from the show in 2020. Thanks for listening, nerds!
S2 E39 · Tue, December 24, 2019
Ep. 45: Three Inches Is All You Need
It's the Annual Non-Denominational Winter Holiday Season! And what better way to celebrate than to shower each other with more unnecessary and very non-recyclable plastic goods? For our second year, the Debate This! boys are gathering around the Winter Solstice Plant and are bringing more of the most ridiculous gaming peripherals. Ever want to play driving games with an iPod click wheel? How about a Rock Band controller that looks like Paul McCartney's guitar and costs about the same as Paul McCartney's guitar but is still just a Rock Band controller? And you KNOW you want to play your third-person shooters with a seemingly-real plastic chainsaw! Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E38 · Wed, December 18, 2019
DLC Episode: Forborgurf and the Office Drones Do a Dungeon
Earlier this year, we birthed an office-based MMORPG from our terrible mind-holes, complete with stereotypical office jobs mapped onto traditional RPG roles. And since it's now a legal requirement that every registered podcast in 2019 record a D&D session, allow us to present to you an office-based D&D campaign. Who wants boring old swords and magic when you can fight your enemies with timelines and bureaucratic red tape?! Be sure to check out the original episode where we created these good, good RPG characters. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E37 · Tue, December 10, 2019
Ep. 44: A Rear Without a Santa Claus
Following the announcement that Sakurai and his team are releasing more DLC characters for Smash Ultimate in 2020, everyone out there has been speculating who they think the next additions will be. We could certainly do that for you, but it takes a much bolder team of content creators to instead tell you who they think will NOT be the next DLC characters in Smash Ultimate. And God help us if they make fighters out of Longhorn from 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker, Bad Mr Frosty from ClayFighter, and Gooigi, an obvious pervert. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E36 · Tue, November 26, 2019
Ep. 43: Betrayal is the Free Space
During this year's Portland Retro Gaming Expo, we polled the crowd with a very important question: Which classic arcade game deserves a gritty modern-day RPG? The top 3 of the 4 choices we polled during the weekend are all in play, so it's totally not our fault that now you won't be able to stop thinking about breeding giant ostriches and hunting Q-Bert: The World Eater. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: The Official JRPG Trope Bingo Card
S2 E35 · Tue, November 19, 2019
FLAVOR TEXT: Marvel Secret Wars
Do you think the people at Marvel back in the 80s would ever have thought that their one-off concept of "make everyone fight each other on an alien planet" would go on to be the single most important thing to happen in the Marvel universe? And that this one storyline would be the thing that retconned, redefined, and completely undid multiple series more than 15 years in the making? This week's FLAVOR TEXT is giving you the entire Secret Wars saga, a notorious storyline that started as a flimsy excuse to sell more toys to being the actual most ambitious crossover event in Marvel history. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading A map of the 2015 Battleworld
S2 E34 · Tue, November 12, 2019
Ep. 42: Why is Muk So Horny? (ft Will Grant)
The release of Pokemon Sword and Shield is just days away. And, instead of adding to the controversy, we are doing what we usually do and avoid confrontation altogether. So instead, we decided to mash up the worlds of the WWE together with Pokemon to give you the all-new Professional Pokemon Wresting League. Ground Rules: No Legendaries and no Fighting Types. Special thanks to our guest, Will Grant, for joining in this Pokemon smack down! Will is one-half of Blasting Off Again, a Pokemon anime watch-along podcast by The Upford Network. Check them out at upfordnetwork.com . Keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. The King's walkout: Part 1 and Part 2 The Duke's walkout: Part 1 and Part 2 Goldmuck's walkout: Link Clefairy's walkout: Link
S2 E33 · Tue, October 29, 2019
Ep. 41: Snakes on the Plain
One half of our podcast really likes The Witcher and the other half is Matt and Kyle. So for our final stop on 2019's Spooktacular Express, we are going to explore the absolute horror that is living as a greasy villager in the Witcher universe. Andrew roleplays as the insufferable person who "read the books first," Kyle unleashes the hounds of hell, and Matt cobbles together puns on puns on puns. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E32 · Tue, October 22, 2019
FLAVOR TEXT: Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's. The Internet sensation that started as a simple game about creepy mascots and jump scares has spawned no less than 8 games, 3 novels, and an infinite amount of YouTube videos conjecturing its very complicated story. There are a lot of people out there digging through the games' code and trying to tie together every piece of dialog and bring meaning to every (seemingly) meaningless mini-game. Fortunately, Matt is one of those crazy people and our gift from him to you this Halloween season is to shove all this conjecture and supposition into your brain, much like one would forcibly shove a smelly night janitor into the rusted exoskeleton of an off-brand pizza mascot to acquire that sweet, sweet soul goo that lives inside all of us. Links to the Animatronics image gallery referenced during this episode. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E31 · Tue, October 15, 2019
Ep. 40: No Quid Pro Quos in Mephisto's Realm
Before Nic Cage donned the flaming skull of Ghost Rider, the Spirit of Vengeance has inhabited many bodies, dating all the way back to the Stone Age. Since we didn't want the goofiest iteration of Ghost Rider to be a boy on a wooly mammoth, we decided to mash this universe together with Mario Kart to bring you some flaming skulls with your red shells and your banana peels. Todd pitches a Parakoopa with a violent past, Kyle gets metal with a frowny-faced Lakitu, and Andrew holds a different argument with a Shy Guy on a pogo stick. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E30 · Tue, October 08, 2019
SIDEBAR: Video Game Creepypastas Vol. 3
CNN told us not to see Joker this weekend, so instead we're diving back into the spooky, scary well that is video game creepypastas! This year, we're bringing you two more stories curated from the best of amateur creative writing on the internet. First up is a story about a game called "Misfortune" hidden inside other classic Game Boy cartridges. After that, a tale about a Super Mario World rom hack that takes the player on a very dark mind trip. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E29 · Tue, October 01, 2019
Episode 39_Tom Nooks Strungle in the Jungle
For the first stop as part of this year's Spooktacular Express, we're going to visit the delightful and whimsical world of Animal Crossing, where everyone is always happy, smiling, and certainly not murdered. So imagine our surprise when our passengers' visit was cut short by the news that Mayor Tortimer's dead body was found floating in the river covered in stab wounds. And it's up to us to find the killer. Special thanks to our guest moderator, and all-around wonderful human Tom Zalatnai! Do you like an open discussion forum and improv comedy? Check out Up For Discussion. And there's no way you aren't gonna love Blasting Off Again, his Pokemon series watch-along. Ever feel the need to explore every single episode of Frasier? They're Calling Again is just that! You can listen to all of Tom's work at upfordnetwork.com , and wherever you download podcasts. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E28 · Tue, September 24, 2019
Episode 38: The Spirit of the Baltimore Ravens Is To Win
Metal Gear Solid is a very silly game. Please bear that in mind while we explain the premise of this week’s episode is that the military has decided that it’s somehow up to us to stop all the biggest, baddest bosses of the MGS series by unleashing a single Kirby to lead us to victory. So now instead of a flame crown or ice breath, Kirby is going to acquire psychic powers, four tentacle arms, and a really big gun. Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E27 · Tue, September 10, 2019
SIDEBAR: The MCU and the Multiverse of Madness
With Tony Stark gone, Captain America having Back-to-the-Future’d himself, and Spider-Man facing off against the villainy that is the Sony Pictures Legal department, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to undergo some massive changes. Following the recent announcements during San Diego Comic-Con and Disney’s D23 Expo, the boys felt it was time to regroup and talk about those reveals and what we see for the future of the franchise. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E26 · Tue, September 03, 2019
Ep. 37: How Many Yards Are In a Yeet?
Our boy Link has recovered a lot of equipment in the form of treasure throughout the years. From bombs to arrows to slingshots, his arsenal is a veritable tool belt for adventuring. So this week, we ask: What if you could take only one of Link’s items on a deserted island? Todd stands by the grabby/pointy Hookshot, Andrew builds a block-based economy with the Cane of Somaria, and Kyle fus-ro-dahs coconuts into the horizon with the Deku Leaf. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E25 · Tue, August 20, 2019
Ep. 36: You Merely Adopted Corporate Synergy, I Was Born Into It (ft Jeramy Kahle)
LinkedIn has told us that, as Millennials, we’re always looking for the next “big thing” in our career paths. The “thing” could be a bigger paycheck, more fulfilling work, or to follow in the footsteps of an enigmatic leader with an idealistic vision. But what if, instead of trolling Talent Management Managers on social media, we instead decided to hitch our proverbial wagons to the dynamic leaders among Batman’s rogues gallery of villains? Yeah...that might not have been the right call. Special thanks to Jeramy Kahle of Canned Air for joining us in this weird team interview process! If you like comics and pop culture (and we bet you do!), then check out their show at cannedairpodcast.com . Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E24 · Tue, August 13, 2019
FLAVOR TEXT: Neon Genesis Evangelion
NERV. The Evas. Human Instrumentality. ADAM. This week’s FLAVOR TEXT dives into the twisted psyche of one of the most influential anime series of all time, Neon Genesis Evangelion! Now that the complete series has re-dubbed for streaming on Netflix, we’re taking the opportunity to evangelize this masterpiece by shoving each and every psychosomatic plot beat down your collective brain-throats. Also there’s a penguin and his name is Pen-Pen. Links to the Angels image gallery and the Evangelion Units image gallery referenced during this episode. Full versions of this episode’s intro and outro music. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E23 · Tue, August 06, 2019
Episode 35: The Ballad of Sad Brent
Before Guitar Hero taught the world about Dragonforce and before Dance Dance Revolution brought us Darude, there was only one game series defined by its licensed music. And that series is Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Everyone has fond memories of grinding rails and doing siiick reverse indy nosebones skating to Goldfinger’s Superman. Or how about kickflipping a 520 ollie and wallplanting while Powerman 5000 blares in the background? A 360 shove it to a benihana and Primus is playing? Are these even words? What the hell were we all thinking back then? Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E22 · Tue, July 23, 2019
Episode 34: Oops! All Holy Wars
We’ve talked at length about many of the horrors implicated by the crazy-pants world of Pokémon. But one of the most horrifying implications is the idea that a 10-year-old child could hold the power to destroy the fabric of time and space itself literally in their pocket. These are literal gods who should be worshipped, not thrown in a box waiting to be taught Cut. So this week, our team of seasoned Poké-Theologists are presenting their bids for our new Pokémon God who isn’t Arceus...because Arceus is literally the Pokémon Christian God. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E21 · Tue, July 16, 2019
DLC EPISODE: The Antagonist Altercation (ft. David Flamm)
What’s up #bazinganation?! Your favorite The Big Bang Theory debate-themed podcast is back for what might be the last time! We recorded this episode days before the TBBT finale, so before we knew what actually happened we speculated on how Sheldon would finally bite the bullet. Will he be murdered for his insensitivity or just pulled back into the Gates of Hell to resolve the pact he made with the demon long ago? Thanks to David Flamm and the rest of our friends at Left Trigger Right Trigger for letting us be a part of the finale of their improvisational science-fiction audio drama, Fullmetal Bazinga . Every episode of this beautiful experiment is available now wherever you download podcasts. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E20 · Tue, July 09, 2019
SIDEBAR: Jon Favreau Is My Stepdad
**SPOILER WARNING FOR SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME** Todd and Andrew saw Spider-Man: Far From Home and oh my God now it’s time to geek out over it. Does Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio top Keaton’s Vulture? What is the future of the MCU now that the Avengers are gone? Could J.K. Simmons dethrone Rami Malek as our new God-King? It’s very possible all of these questions have answers. It’s also very possible we just spent 35 minutes talking about the now-very-real ship of Happy & Aunt May. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E19 · Tue, June 25, 2019
Ep. 33: Make America Gotta Go Fast...Again
Oh Sonic...our very fast boy with a very complicated past. He’s been a street fighter, an Olympic athlete, a zero gravity surfboard racer, and even a knight facing off against King Arthur. We decided to give everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog yet another second chance by fixing some of Sonic’s more pained gimmicks. Our crack team of armchair-quarterbacking game designers are proposing massive overhauls to Sonic and The Secret Rings, the Werehog, and the edgy ‘dark’ version of Sonic whose power is gun-having. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E18 · Tue, June 18, 2019
FLAVOR TEXT: Magic: The Gathering (Pt. 2)
On Part 2 of our journey through the lore of Magic: The Gathering, we cover everything after The Great Mending up to where the story stands today. Our main focus is the Gatewatch, the unlikely alliance of demi-gods that consists of an All-American quarterback, a lovestruck wizard, a goth necromancer, and one very swole cat. The art behind Magic is still really tight! Here’s this episode’s rad image album . Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E17 · Tue, June 11, 2019
Ep. 32: Please Stop Trying to Domesticate My Near-Sighted Son
Yeah, sure, your pet is your best friend because and they provide you with unrequited love and companionship, yada yada yada. But your dog would be waaay cooler if it could breathe fire. Hypothetical situations like this are what we here at Debate This! do best. And so, we’re taking some of Mario’s most iconic baddies and housebreaking them. Oh no, Chargin’ Chuck peed on the carpet again… Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E16 · Tue, May 28, 2019
Ep. 31: The Waaahmazing Whimsy of Wario and Waluigi
From Dinosaur Blade Runner to CG hedgehogs with real human teeth, we here at Debate This! unequivocally love when video games get adapted to other things. So this week, we’re asking what video game could be the next great cinematic masterpiece. Will it be the anime-esque adventures of Monster Hunter, the hilariously unoriginal space-pirate-ninja drama from Blood Wake, or the very smelly misadventures of Nintendo’s dirty boys Wario and Waluigi? Debate This! is going on the road...kind of! Come see us at CORGS-Con on Saturday, June 1, at the Makoy Center in Hilliard, OH. We’ll be hanging out and giving away free merch! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E15 · Tue, May 21, 2019
FLAVOR TEXT: Magic: The Gathering (Pt. 1)
On this month’s Flavor Text, we’re tapping all our mana to summon one of the biggest and most complex lore monsters out there today. That’s right nerds, we’ve unpacked the story behind Magic: The Gathering. And, what started as a strained recounting turned into one of the most fucking straight-up metal fantasy stories any of us has ever heard. The art behind Magic is tight! Here’s the album of all the artwork Kyle referenced . We’ve been nominated for the Columbus Podcast Awards for Best Comedy Show, and would love your support in helping us win! Visit http://bit.ly/DebateVote to vote for your favorite angry boiz. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E14 · Tue, May 14, 2019
Ep 30: Two Baldwins Deep (ft. Giovanni Colantonio)
The 1993 film Super Mario Bros is notorious for 1) being very bad, and 2) inadvertently creating a sub-genre of crappy movie adaptations of popular video games. So this week, we’re finally going to right this wrong and re-shoot the Mario Bros movie the right way. Problem is, we don’t actually create new concepts, we just steal from the likes of Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and...the dudes from Super Troopers. Thank God we brought in guest expert Giovanni Colantonio to help pen this masterpiece. You can listen to more of Giovanni talking about video games on Left Trigger Right Trigger , or check out Fullmetal Bazinga , an improvised science-fiction audio drama based on the final season of the Big Bang Theory! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E13 · Thu, May 02, 2019
SIDEBAR: Hulk Ruffalo and The Big Thorbowski
**HUGE MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME** The release of Avengers: Endgame marks the end of an 11-year saga. A saga which, quite frankly, many of us thought would never actually work out. But much like our 20s (excluding Matt), the Avengers saga is done, and we are now left only with one underlying question: What happens now? The boys spend their time sharing their thoughts about what’s next for the MCU, as well as impressions and hot takes after seeing the movie. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E12 · Tue, April 30, 2019
Ep. 29: In Between Pennywise Thighs
The Top Generals of the World’s Military need our help! The R&D department of Debate ThisI Corp. has been tasked with developing a new weaponized vehicle, so naturally we’re going to pull blueprints from games because that is a totally normal thing to do. Instead of boring old helicopters, how about the AV-49 Wasp from Halo? Why drive that tank when you could fire napalm from a reinforced ice cream truck? Bomber planes not providing the ummph you need? This warp star is guaranteed to provide much more explode-ier results! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: Sweet Tooth Laugh Twisted Metal 1 Sweet Tooth Ending
S2 E11 · Tue, April 16, 2019
Ep. 28: Agent Kirby’s Pillow Palace
DC’s Blackest Night arc in the mid-2000s finally accomplished the thing that 30 years of comics preceding it couldn’t—it finally made the Green Lantern cool by adding other Lanterns of different colors of the spectrum. So we decided to overlay some of our favorite Smash Bros characters onto these lesser-known Lanterns to make some truly unstoppable forces. We’ve got a zombified R.O.B. that worships death, an Incineroar with rage-induced bloodfire vomit, and everyone’s favorite eldritch horror, Kirby! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E10 · Tue, April 02, 2019
Ep. 27: Gyrados Jim’s Gyrados Gym for Gyra-Bros (ft. Tom Zalatnai)
A trainer’s first Pokemon is arguably the most important impact on how their fighting style develops and more importantly how they grow as a trainer and as a person. So naturally, the Pokemon that best map onto our personalities are a goopy snot dragon, a swole fish with large calves, and a metallic pangolin walled off from emotions. Fortunately, Tom Zalatnai from Up for Discussion and Blasting Off Again stopped by to remind us that there is good in the world, and that a Pokemon can be used to improve society and are not just for Instagram fan pages. You can check out Tom’s work and other shows on the Upford Network at upfordnetwork.com . Listen to more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: Mr. Fish: http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/04192010
S2 E9 · Tue, March 26, 2019
FLAVOR TEXT: The Eternals
Since no one asked for it, we went back to the lore well and drudged up another hot steaming pile of knowledge for the next edition of FLAVOR TEXT! Marvel has announced they will be releasing an Eternals movie in 2020. What the hell is an Eternal? Do they have anything to do with the mysterious, seemingly immortal beings we’ve already met? And what is the deal with that giant baby-god with the big head? Resident Marvel expert Todd Thomas answers these questions and more! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E8 · Tue, March 19, 2019
Ep. 26: Butt Thwomp Nation
Despite the fact that we’ve made it abundantly clear that we don’t know Science, our field team at Debate This Labs are studying the various colors of Yoshis to answer one very important question: Which color of Yoshi is the best? Is it the fire-breathing Red Yoshi, the flying Blue Yoshi, or the butt-thwomping Yellow Yoshi? There can only be one champion in the ensuing Yoshi Race Wars, because those are the imaginary stakes we’ve established today. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E7 · Tue, March 05, 2019
Ep. 25: Hold That Conference Call, I’m Jungling!
We here at Debate This Corp, LLC, want to make a game but we don’t really know anything about game development. But there is one thing we do know about, and that’s Corporate America. So we would like to present to you, dear listener, our pitch for a massively-multiplayer online RPG based in the world of 9-5 office jobs. You know how cool it is to shoot fireballs from your hands? Well what if instead of fireballs, those were witty social media posts and JIRA tickets? Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E6 · Tue, February 26, 2019
SIDEBAR: Meet the Fighters!
We’ve spent a lot of time debating, so let’s take off the punching gloves and put on our friendship pants to learn a bit more about our master debaters. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E5 · Mon, February 18, 2019
Ep. 24: Talkin' Tungsten
It is the year 20XX. Gigantic monsters have appeared from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to wreak havoc, and so our only option is to build larger robots largely themed around specific elements and/or animals to combat them. The only thing standing between us and absolute destruction is the combined power of Flash Man, Guts Man, and Armored Armadillo. We’re screwed. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: Guts Man’s Ass Quick Man is a Punk
S2 E4 · Tue, February 05, 2019
Ep. 23: Burt Belker, Regional Sales Manager and Master of Chaos
The poor DC Cinematic Universe just can’t catch a break. We thought there might be some momentum with Wonder Woman, but then Justice League and Batman vs. Superman happened. So it’s time to force a heel-turn. We’re going to recast some of the more iconic heroes that have had some less-than-stellar appearances at in the theater. Get ready for some new, hot takes on Superman, Green Lantern, and the world’s greatest detective...Man-Bat! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E3 · Mon, January 28, 2019
FLAVOR TEXT: Kingdom Hearts
Gel up your spiky hair and break out your magical key swords, because Kingdom Hearts III is here! As our inaugural episode of FLAVOR TEXT, we’re breaking from the normal format to have Andrew feed you and the rest of the guys the entirety of the Kingdom Hearts story so far. Everything is on the table, from mainline games to handheld mobile games, HD remixes, card battlers, interquel movies, arbitrary virtual simulations, and dreams within dreams. This is your last chance to turn back. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S2 E2 · Tue, January 22, 2019
Ep. 22: It Takes Two to Orangutango
War. War never changes. Except when the latest Fallout game gets bored with its lack of NPCs and decides to incorporate a hipster gorilla, malicious disembodied hands, and a delusional man shouting about “catching ‘em all.” In addition to our pitch for this new, unofficial DLC, we add to our pantheon of false actor gods. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: You Can’t Ignore His Girth Anyone Can Dance
S2 E1 · Tue, January 08, 2019
Ep. 21: The Actual Tripp Pants of Shia LaBeouf (ft. Alex Clark)
Kingdom Hearts is the unexpectedly glorious mashup of Disney characters and Final Fantasy. With the release of Kingdom Hearts III fast approaching, we’re going to try and capitalize on its success by creating our own mashups of two beloved franchises. These games have everything: sentient yoga pants, Pyramid Head’s warm apple pies, a sober Johnny Depp, and an uncomfortable amount of zippers. Special thanks to our guest, Alex Clark! You can check out all his work at youtube.com/itsalexclark and follow him @itsalexclark. Check out more incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf Simple and Clean
S1 E25 · Tue, December 25, 2018
Ep. 20: Enter the Vibration Dimension
It’s the holiday season, so that means it’s time to shower each other with good will and material love. The Debate This! boys are exchanging gifts in the form of crappy third-party gaming peripherals. Have you ever wanted to get kicked in the chest by Scorpion? How about firing a gun with your vocal cords? Santa wouldn't touch this garbage with a ten-foot pole. Suggested Reading The Aura Interactor: https://bsun.md/2BFRuz1 The Konami LaserScope: https://bit.ly/2Lx7zM7 The Gamecube Keyboard Controller: https://bit.ly/2CxUPlo Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S1 E23 · Tue, December 11, 2018
Ep. 19: Benny Shortarms’ 30-Year Fixed Mortgage
We’ve got a pitch for you: We follow a pair of couples around with cameras while they shop around for their dream home. We will present them with a series of different types of homes in different neighborhoods around their desired location and people can experience the kinds of things that go through their minds as they make the decision. Oh, that’s already a thing? Well, what if we put these houses in nightmare eldritch hellscapes? Cool. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S1 E22 · Sat, December 08, 2018
SIDEBAR: Undying Light
December 7, 2018 was a big freaking' day y'all. Not only did we get the release of Smash Ultimate, but we also got a reveal of the first Smash DLC character AND the Ultimate Alliance series returning from the grave AND the first trailer for Avengers 4! Since we were all gushing over it all day, we figured we'd get together and record some initial reactions. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S1 E21 · Tue, November 27, 2018
Ep. 18: Don’t Bring a Knife to a Glue Gun Fight
Michael Keaton’s Vulture is the latest of Spider-Man’s rogues gallery to get the “gritty reboot” treatment. With the rumors of Jake Gyllenhaal donning Mysterio’s fishbowl in “Far From Home,” we’d like to present you with updates to some of Spidey’s more goofier villains. The “Silly Sixties” strike back as we discuss classic villains like Paste-Pot Pete, Chameleon, and The Jackal. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S1 E22 · Tue, November 13, 2018
Ep. 17: David Schwimmer’s Furry Paradise
Gorons, Zora, Koroks, little kids with runny noses...if only The Legend of Zelda games could just be Link, Zelda, and Ganon. We’ve seen plenty of goofy side characters over the years, but there are a few that just stand out as especially awful. Between a codependent fish princess, a self-proclaimed bug monarch, and a straight-up racist uncle, we highlight the worst of the one-dimensional characters littered across Hyrule. In case you missed our livestream of Until Dawn, you can head over to twitch.tv/debatethiscast to watch Andrew inadvertently kill a gaggle of horny teens. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S1 E20 · Tue, October 30, 2018
SIDEBAR: Video Game Creepypastas Vol. 2
Part 2 of our super spooky creepypastas continues. This week, we are covering the black hole of misery that is Petscop and are digging up another classic Pokemon tale with even more murder! WARNING: Some of these stories touch on serious subject matters, such as suicide and child abuse. If you are sensitive to this kind of content, please check out our other episodes. In case you missed our livestream of Until Dawn, you can head over to twitch.tv/debatethiscast to watch Andrew inadvertently kill a gaggle of horny teens. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S1 E19 · Tue, October 23, 2018
SIDEBAR: Video Game Creepypastas Vol. 1
The idea of creepypastas was a weird mid-00s Internet phenomenon. A product of the message board era, creepypastas are ghost stories posted across a series of forum posts. Naturally, there are a ton of these out there based on video games, so we’re going to share some of our favorites. WARNING: Some of these stories touch on serious subject matters, such as suicide and child abuse. If you are sensitive to this kind of content, please check out our other episodes. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Or, head over to our brand new Twitch page at twitch.tv/debatethiscast. We’ll be streaming a playthrough of Until Dawn on Sunday, October 28 at 5pm ET.
S1 E18 · Tue, October 16, 2018
Ep. 16: Werewolves Don’t Always Wear Jorts
Spooktacular Express continues this as we talk about classic movie monsters. In the usual Debate This! flair, we ask ourselves what if old-timey movie monsters got their hands on a video game power-up. We’re serving up a ooky spooky potluck chock full of metal vampires, a Time Lord mummy, and werewolves who just gotta go fast. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S1 E17 · Tue, October 09, 2018
SIDEBAR: Scary Games Discussion
Here at Debate This! We love Halloween. So we’re bringing you a new episode each week during the month of October all focused on our favorite spooky content. This week, we’ll be taking off the boxing gloves to have a gentlemen’s discussion around horror in video games, and what truly makes a game scary. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.
S1 E16 · Tue, October 02, 2018
Ep. 15: How Many People Has Waluigi Killed?
To celebrate the release of Venom’s very own movie, we’re all about the black alien goop in today’s episode. The Debate This! boys are writing our own kickass treatments for Venom by pairing the Symbiote with a classic Nintendo character. Think of the nightmares come to life if Kirby had slimy tendrils or if Samus could dominate over the wills of her enemies. Or, Captain Falcon could, ummm...drive faster?
S1 E15 · Tue, September 25, 2018
Ep. 14: I'm Sexy When the Bones Go Away
Heroes and villains have long been given god-like powers haphazardly while mere mortals have prayed that the all-powerful beings around them don’t erase them from existence with laser eyes because they’re having a bad day. So today on Debate This! we talk about what superpowers would have the potential to be the most horrifying if they were real. Andrew plays mind games, Kyle investigates the chemical makeup of our blood, and Matt says “bone protrusions” more than anyone in the world ever has or should.
S1 E14 · Tue, September 11, 2018
Ep. 13: Why Is The Rock So Sweaty?
The Leader. The Muscle. The Charmer. The Wild Card. From the Beatles, to the Turtles, to The Fantastic Four, all of the best teams have these archetypes covered. But, does this setup apply to any characters? This week, we are creating our own A-Team out of NPCs from some of our favorite role-playing games. Todd flies on a rocket-powered bicep, Matt melts our brains with FNAF lore, and Andrew rides ze shoopuf.
S1 E13 · Tue, August 28, 2018
Ep. 12: Our Dragons Don’t Raise Taxes
The Triforce. Metal Gear. Power Pellets. So many games are built around these kinds of seemingly insignificant instruments of unstoppable power. This week’s episode is dedicated to some of our favorite video game McGuffins...that one thing that could either save or destroy the world. Matt digs up a dead horse to beat some more, while Todd ignites a pretend race war and Kyle sings karaoke with some dragons.
S1 E12 · Mon, August 13, 2018
Ep. 11: The Devil Went Down to My Potluck
Bible school, Sunday picnics, spaghetti dinners...we all have our own personal experiences with Religion, but thank Whatever-God-You-Believe-In that real religions aren’t like the ones in video games. In this episode, we unpack some bonkers religions found in video games. Andrew reps a giant whale, Todd flings peasants into the sunset, and Matt rocks out with his naughty bits out.
S1 E11 · Tue, July 31, 2018
Ep. 10: Please Ignore the Zangoose Pee
Let’s face it, we’ve all dreamt of being a Pokemon Master...exploring the countryside, making new friends, and murdering children’s pets along the way. We’ve also all had that moment one-hit-KO-ing Erika’s Vileplume where we think we can do better. This week, Debate This! asks the question, “What would your Pokemon Gym do differently?”
S1 E10 · Tue, July 17, 2018
Ep. 9: With Apologies to Vincent Diesel
Hollywood loves a good reboot. So that’s why we’ve decided to chase our dreams of being screenwriters and reboot our favorite classic sitcoms with video game characters. Todd whips out his extensive knowledge of Fallout, Andrew dredges up the worst Legend of Zelda sidekicks, and Kyle explores the interpersonal dynamic between Pokemon’s Red/Ash and Blue/Gary.
S1 E9 · Wed, July 04, 2018
Ep. 8: The Only Thing Worse Than Charmy Bee is Cardi B
Hoo boy, the Chaotix...the B-listers of the Sonic Extended Universe. Anyone remember these guys? No? Well, we dove deep and brought you way too much lore around Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon, and Mighty the Armadillo. But, who’s the best? It really doesn’t matter.
S1 E8 · Tue, June 19, 2018
Ep. 7: More Airtight Than Yoshi’s Butthole
Mario has had many sidekicks throughout his career. This week’s episode has us discussing which of his past partners is the best. A flu-addled Andrew goes toe-to-toe against a sleep-deprived Matt and things get...gross. Todd brings an old flame to the table.
S1 E7 · Tue, June 05, 2018
Ep. 6: Friends Don’t Let Friends Commit Domestic Terrorism
Everyone needs a partner, even superheroes. This week on Debate This!, we discuss the best comic book bromances. Kyle introduces us to the best hard-drinkin buddy cop duo imaginable and Matt shows us how DC Comics is trying to be progressive. Oh, and Todd gets all America on everyone’s ass.
S1 E6 · Wed, May 23, 2018
Ep. 5: Might, Magic, and Mario
In the last years of the SNES life cycle came a game that grew a whole new generation of RPG fans: Super Mario RPG . Fans are still clamoring for the sequel that never came. Instead, we received two new franchises as spiritual successors in the form of the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series. We discuss whether or not the new games successfully improved upon the original, but Todd instead focuses on why Mallow isn’t the most useless character.
S1 E5 · Tue, May 15, 2018
SIDEBAR: Infinity War Discussion
The boys take a break from arguing this week as we discuss the latest MCU phenomenon, Avengers: Infinity War. No yelling, no insults, just boring old amicable conversation.
S1 E4 · Tue, May 08, 2018
Ep. 4: Fear is the New Red Koopa
The Koopa Kids were introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3 as Bowser’s lieutenants, and have since acted as the world boss in many of the 2D Mario games. Only one of them can inherit the throne to the Koopa Monarchy, but who has the right to the crown? Kyle and Matt lay out a more democratic approach to leading the Koopa race, but Andrew leans in to the darker side.
S1 E3 · Mon, April 23, 2018
Episode 3: Ocarina, Schmockarina
This week’s Debate This! attempts to set the Internet on fire with our discussion of what is arguably the most beloved video game: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Is it truly a national treasure, or is it all hype? This might be a point of contention, but we can all agree the people who pronounce “Ocarina” with a hard ‘o’ (like joke) are all monsters.
S1 E2 · Tue, April 10, 2018
Ep. 2: Robot Beanpocalypse
In this week’s episode of Debate This!, we discuss whether or not any of Eggman’s death inventions could have been made legitimate. Does the Drill Tank have any utility as a mining tool? Could the Mean Bean Machine be re-engineered to solve world hunger? Will Metal Sonic be the one to save us all in the inevitable robot apocalypse?
S1 E1 · Tue, April 10, 2018
Ep. 1: Everybody Loves Beta-Ray
In our pilot episode, Debate This! hosts Andrew Henderson, Kyle Harper, Matt Cole, and Todd Thomas each represent an underrated Marvel hero in a free-for-all to determine who deserves more of the spotlight. Todd makes up a character and Matt gets passionate about Nic Cage.
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