Anime Sickos

A podcast for geniuses about the four pillars of modern misery: anime, gaming, posting, & jobs. Starring Tom & Joe. New episodes every Wednesday.

207: The Deadwood Episode 11/20/2024

207: The Deadwood Episode The Sickos go nuts over HBO's Deadwood, a show in a league of its own. You have to watch Deadwood--this is not a request. /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/33950707

206: It Happened Again! 11/13/2024

206: It Happened Again! Folks, uh oh!! Once again we have experienced a mondo catastrophe! Trump won big time! The Sickos discuss their feelings (bad), criticize the Democrats (morons), and reminisce on how the day before the election they were in a fun live show that made them feel really good (sinful, Trump victory is their punishment) The live show we mention, The Skewer, was recorded for your listening and/or viewing pleasure. Find The Skewer Podcast here: Watch the video recording here: /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/33869597

205: Maslow's Hierarchy of Posting Needs 11/06/2024

205: Maslow's Hierarchy of Posting Needs It seems like every posting platform sucks. But what does it take for one to not suck? The Sickos answer by creating the Poster's Hierarchy of Needs, a pyramid of requirements that, if followed, will lead to Poster's Paradise. /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/33765922

204: The Sickos Rank Some More Game Mechanics on a Tier List 10/30/2024

204: The Sickos Rank Some More Game Mechanics on a Tier List The Sickos give the final word on a variety of classic game mechanics that all gamers know and love, such as "roll," "homing attack," "homing attack (Sonic version)," "When Dracula shoots 3 fireballs," and "The Wagon." If you disagree with our tier rankings, how dare you? /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/33674877

203: The Sickos Complain About that One Photo of John Lennon Where He's Walking Like an Idiot 10/23/2024

203: The Sickos Complain About that One Photo of John Lennon Where He's Walking Like an Idiot The Sickos briefly discuss a number of topics: meeting a guy in the West Loop who talked like a bugged NPC, how the Cybertruck is basically this decade's equivalent to the Nokia N-Gage, why moving to Bluesky feels like starting a new file on a 200 hour+ game, and most importantly, that the photo of John Lennon where he's walking like an idiot is not funny and in fact sucks /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/33537447

202: The Sickos Go To Gay Paris 10/09/2024

202: The Sickos Go To Gay Paris Tom went to Gay Paris, got Covid (no longer eligible for heaven), and got laid off! We yammer about my dumbass travel anecdotes. It's fun to listen to Anime Sickos Podcast! /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/33341962

201: The 201st Episode Spectacular! 09/04/2024

201: The 201st Episode Spectacular! OK, this time we're celebrating 200 episodes for real. We reflect on five years in Sicko Mode and bask in the praise and congratulations of our fans and homies. Anime Sickos Podcast forever /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/32869932

200: The 200th Episode Spectacular! 08/28/2024

200: The 200th Episode Spectacular! Incredible! We've been in Sicko Mode for 200 episodes! What better way to celebrate this incredible achievement than to discuss our favorite dusts and goops! What, you thought we were gonna read a bunch of kind words from fans? That's next episode! /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/32730697

199: Danette Chavez Goes Guesto Mode 08/21/2024

199: Danette Chavez Goes Guesto Mode Danette Chavez goes guesto mode! Danette is the new editor-in-chief of the AV Club, an icon of internet culture writing recently freed from a grim period of ownership by the truly boneheaded G/O Media group. We talk about the challenges facing writing online, the pitfalls so many business guys keep stumbling into, and what it takes for a publication to be sustainable and forge an identity. Sites mentioned: avclub.com pajiba.com hellgatenyc.com defector.com aftermath.site /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/32628532

198: More Podcasts About Buildings and Food 08/07/2024

198: More Podcasts About Buildings and Food The Sickos yammer. No topic! All minutia! We yap about eating burgers under the L tracks, Home Depot hot dogs, Joe's son getting spooked by the Roomba, Monster Train, and any number of dumb shit. It's fun to hang out with your Sicko homies /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/32464197

197: The Severance Episode 07/31/2024

197: The Severance Episode Unbelieveable! The Sickos discuss an actual anime: the 2022 Apple TV+ live action thriller Severance starring Adam Scott. This shit is so good. We basically just go nutty over how much we love this show. Some spoilers but we leave the finale and the big twists unrevealed. Also we got a fun sketch with the Worst of All Possible Worlds boys. It's a banger /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/32333702

196: The Sickos Get Laid Off 07/24/2024

196: The Sickos Get Laid Off The Sickos discuss Joe's recent layoff, and how getting laid off is fine, and it's easy to get a new job, and there WILL be a future, and you can depend on it, and it's easy and smart to feel confident in the future, and it's all going to be so normal. /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/32235237

195: A.J. Ditty Goes Guesto Mode 07/17/2024

195: A.J. Ditty Goes Guesto Mode A.J. Ditty from the Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast goes guesto mode! We learn how to act, why seeing your parents shot in the face would make you get all A's in acting school, visual novels, Elden Ring, and the joy of writing lore-heavy serialized interstitial skits to stick in the middle of your chat podcast. You can listen to Volume One of the Odyssey Commercials here: /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/32124157

194: The Sickos Examine the Perfect Pilot 07/03/2024

194: The Sickos Examine the Perfect Pilot Sitcom pilots tend to suck ass. They have to do boring exposition and the characters haven't settled into a rhythm yet. Well what if we told you there existed a perfect comedy pilot. There does: the pilot for the 2005 Comedy Central series Stella, an episode so good it could have come from season four. /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/31985347

193: Best in Slot Jokes 06/19/2024

193: Best in Slot Jokes Comedy is an endless playground of creativity and innovation, but some jokes are so good that nothing could ever be better in its niche. We call these "Best in Slot" jokes and most of them are from 30 Rock, The Simpsons, and Venture Bros. Listen to us talk about them! /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/31779662

192: Remy Siu Goes Guesto Mode 06/12/2024

192: Remy Siu Goes Guesto Mode Remy Siu, creative director of the excellent narrative game 1000xResist, goes guesto mode! We discuss how he & the game's writing staff put together a frankly staggering work that you WILL buy and play, how MMOs were more fun when they made zero concessions to the player, how to use lore for good instead of evil, why only geniuses appreciate Vinland Saga's farm arc, and generally jaw about art and process in a way that you will love. Buy 1000xResist on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1675830/1000xRESIST/ /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/31670587

191: The Sickos Read Cog Tales 06/05/2024

191: The Sickos Read Cog Tales The Sickos remembered that we have a form we shared a long time ago where people can submit horror stories from their workplaces, and we finally read some of them! Then, we discuss if Joe should get a Vespa so he can fit in with all the Italian guys. Submit your own cog tales here, perhaps we'll remember to read them one day: /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/31607467

190: The Sickos Shoot Da Breeze 05/29/2024

190: The Sickos Shoot Da Breeze We've had too many high-concept episodes lately that require lots of thought and prep, so we just turned the mic on and had an hour of organic jawing. Just two buds hanging out folks. I think I heard somewhere that people like this sort of thing. Well, I sure hope it's true. /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/31465277

189: The Sickos Complain About AI 05/15/2024

189: The Sickos Complain About AI This AI shit sucks so bad folks. We expand on what we found so distasteful about generative AI art and how much it would suck ass to see it expand into mainstream media. The joy of great art comes in contemplating the choices that went into it and what those choices represent. AI makes no choices and sucks ass. Listening to this episode is equivalent to a 4-year degree /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/31278172

188: Oops! All Sketches 2 04/24/2024

188: Oops! All Sketches 2 The Sickos come bearing eleven killer sketches that will make you hoot and laugh and go nuts. Join us as we travel through time, meet god, become Michelin reviewers, count cards, and more. If you don't listen to this, go to hell! Sketch Timestamps: Austin Powers - 00:00:58 G-Man #1 - 00:06:03 Square Enix Name Consultants - 00:11:28 G-Man #2 - 00:15:20 The Sickos Become Michelin Reviewers - 00:20:07 The Sickos Pray to God - 00:23:57 The Sickos Count Cards - 00:29:36 Peter Francis Geraci Sketch - 00:30:43 Tom Tells "The Aristocrats" - 00:33:32 The Tower of Babel - 00:38:03 The Sickos Go To Couples Therapy - 00:41:37 /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/30920123

187: The Sickos Do A Classic Posting Episode 04/10/2024

187: The Sickos Do A Classic Posting Episode Are you freaks happy? We come from the toilet battered and bloody bearing armfuls of insane and stupid posts that are very funny to think about. Come listen to us caper and howl. Is this not what you love? /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/30712278

186: Crawfish Comic Goes Guesto Mode 04/03/2024

186: Crawfish Comic Goes Guesto Mode Shevvy from the incredible comedy sensation Crawfish Comic goes guesto mode! We go nuts over how much we like Shevvy's work, and they explain the ethos and philosophy that leads to comics where a whale says "im a whale and even i think this is crasy." Culture today is a diseased mutant thing and Crawfish Comic is a beacon of purity and it kicks ass, this ep rules /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/30619778

185: Long Live Akira Toriyama 03/27/2024

185: Long Live Akira Toriyama The Sickos eulogize the best cartoonist to ever live, Akira Toriyama. Rest in peace king. Your art will live forever, and future generations will understand that it's cool when guys wear genie pants with curly shoes /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/30520648

184: Josh Boerman Goes Guesto Mode 03/13/2024

184: Josh Boerman Goes Guesto Mode We welcome Josh Boerman from the Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast. We discuss immersive sims, the value of good criticism, trying to make a living off creative work, and whether or not they still make Spree (the candy from Halloween). You can find The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast at https://www.worstpossible.world/ /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/30348278

183: The Sickos Do Two Segments 03/06/2024

183: The Sickos Do Two Segments The Sickos do a classic two-segment episode. First, we return to our tier list of Every Game Mechanic and rank a bunch of these suckers. Then, we return to our tier list of—wait that can't be right /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/30083178

182: The Sickos Become Literature Geniuses 02/28/2024

182: The Sickos Become Literature Geniuses Turns out books are not homework, but instead stuff a weirdo wrote down for fun. We go nuts about Moby Dick, Don Quixote, and the works of Don Barthelme. Whoever said this stuff was dry needs to shut up /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/30007063

181: Guys Who Fell Off 02/21/2024

181: Guys Who Fell Off The Sickos moan about guys who have fallen off. Some fear to do this. We have the courage to do what they won't. /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/30005158

180: Goblin Punks with Grant Howitt - An Anime Sickos Adventure 02/14/2024

180: Goblin Punks with Grant Howitt - An Anime Sickos Adventure Grant Howitt, a game designer who rules, joins the Sickos (plus Gwynn and Allie from Modesty City, Sicko Shock 2, and Shuffle Quest) for a one-shot game of GOBLIN PUNKS, an RPG where you are shitty goblin teens fucking around. Will we be able to disrupt the community car wash and become goth? Listen and see asshole You can get Goblin Punks here: /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/29895968

179: The Sickos Ponder Da Sludge 01/31/2024

179: The Sickos Ponder Da Sludge Everywhere you look someone's trying to sell you da sludge, and they usually succeed! AI? That's da sludge. Layoffs? Sludge. Airplanes where the walls fall off? Sludge. Some of these folks have replaced their hearts and brains with gray goop. Anyway enjoy the podcast /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/29723828

178: The Sickos Begin to Rank Every Game Mechanic 01/24/2024

178: The Sickos Begin to Rank Every Game Mechanic We unveil a classic new recurring segment in which the Sickos sort every single game mechanic into a tier list. This will definitely not take a long time and will result in a perfect tier list that will help future game designers make every game be flawless. Also, we discuss how we love our induction cooktops which are a type of cooking Anbernic. /episode/index/show/animesickos/id/29582008

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