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Join John and Chris on weekly discussions and ramblings about cartoons, movies & TV, video games, and all things geek culture.

#49: PlayStation 2 Retrospective/Chad Muska Documentary (ft. Felipe Diaz-Vera) 12/20/2022

#48-B: Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy (ft. Mia Mcauley) 11/13/2022

#48-A: Cyberpunk 2077/Skyrim Mods (ft. Mia Mcauley) 10/18/2022

#47: Robot Carnival/More Arcane Talk (ft. Chris Wade & Squawks the Parrot) 06/19/2022

#46-B: Arcane (ft. Ben Reynolds) 05/08/2022

#46-A: Astro Boy 2003/Dragon's Heaven (ft. Ben Reynolds) 04/08/2022

#45: Dial Code Santa Claus AKA Deadly Games/Dexter: New Blood/Final Fantasy VII (ft. Dave Roberts) 03/12/2022

#44: Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoilercast (ft. Patrick Fleury) 01/18/2022

#43: Marvel Disney+ Shows/Shang-Chi (ft. Mia Mcauley) 10/15/2021

#42-B: Masters of the Universe: Revelation (ft. Dave Roberts) 10/01/2021

#42-A: The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles/Anime Grab Bag (ft. Dave Roberts) 08/24/2021

#41-B: Aladdin (1992) [ft. Patrick Fleury] 08/06/2021

#41-A: Black Widow/Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (ft. Patrick & Kaelan Fleury) 07/23/2021

#40: Steven Universe Retrospective/Who Framed Roger Rabbit/Personal Projects Revisited (ft. Chris Wade) 04/30/2021

#39: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!/Soul (ft. Ben Reynolds) 01/17/2021

#38: Back to the Future Retrospective/Bill & Ted Face the Music (ft. Tyler Moliterno)) 10/29/2020

#37-B: Donkey Kong Retrospective Pt. 2/DC Fandome (ft. Patrick Fleury) 09/12/2020

#37-A: Donkey Kong Retrospective Pt. 1/Ghost of Tsushima (ft. Patrick Fleury) 08/28/2020

#36-B: Mortal Kombat Retrospective/Avengers: Endgame Final Thoughts (ft. Chris Wade) 09/01/2019

#36-B: Mortal Kombat Retrospective/Avengers: Endgame Final Thoughts (ft. Chris Wade) Kingdom Hearts III isn't the only thing we're putting a bow on. Chris finally gets to give his opinion on the show regarding Avengers: Endgame. From character arcs he was satisfied with, to others that felt mishandled, where his feelings on Tony Stark now stand, and the continuation of feeling for Thor. (This was recorded before the Marvel/Sony bombshell dropped; we would have brought it up otherwise.) Afterwards, inspired by the recent release of its latest entry, we talk all things Mortal Kombat. From its early days of spooking politicians to discussing how its approach to characters and storytelling has evolved, to the renaissance it's experienced from its ninth entry onward, and even stuff like its history with movie adaptations past and future, John's subconscious mission to connect everything and everyone to Bobobo-bo bo-bobo, and yes, favorite Fatalities, it's enough talk to shake a D'Vorah and Waspinator pairing at. Also, stay tuned to the end both for brief thoughts on other recent movies and TV series as well as an important announcement regarding the show. We all need to recharge sometimes. Timestamps: 0:12 - Chris's Avengers: Endgame review (Spoilers) 27:02 - Mortal Kombat series retrospective (Spoilers) 1:14:42 - Brief, spoiler-free thoughts on other media (Spider-Man: Far From Home/Toy Story 4/Detective Pikachu/Love, Death + Robots/Hilda/Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling/Metal Wolf Chaos XD/Cannon Busters) Midpoint song: The Immortals - Mortal Kombat Techno Syndrome Closing song: Freakazoid Final Scene - We'll Meet Again John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BehonArt Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CWadeTheSequel John's Reanimated collab for WarioWare Gold's cutscenes: https://twitter.com/WarioReAnimated Show email (Send feedback and requests here): [email protected] Show Twitter (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://twitter.com/sketchwatchplay Show Facebook (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://www.facebook.com/sketchwatchplay Show homepage: http://sketchwatchplay.blogspot.com/ /episode/index/show/sketchwatchplay/id/11077505

#36-A: Kingdom Hearts III Final Thoughts/Summer 2019 Recap (ft. Chris Wade) 08/24/2019

#35: Futurama Retrospective/Oculus VR (ft. Keith and Andy) 05/31/2019

#35: Futurama Retrospective/Oculus VR (ft. Keith and Andy) We close out May with a first - new guests met through Twitter! Keith and Andy, cohosts of the animation throwback podcast Toon in Pod, join John to talk all sorts of media. After introductions and various retellings of nostalgic cartoon experiences, John finally gives some in-depth thoughts on the Oculus Rift after owning one since February, particularly how useful it's been in making exercise fun, the new life it's given one of his favorite genres via Beat Saber and several other titles, and why he should never use it when his parrot's around. For the main discussion, all three discuss one of the most iconic sci-fi cartoons out there with a gargantuan look back at Matt Groening's Futurama. From memories on where the show initially fit into their lives and the glory days of DVD boxsets, to fun facts regarding behind the scenes strife and the voice cast, to discussion of our personal favorite episodes, to the reasons behind the surprisingly smart concepts, and even to some Star Trek memories by proxy of it being a sci-fi show (and one particular guest-packed episode). Make some Bachelor Chow and hunker down for, as we put it, one of the most binge-able shows out there. Timestamps: 1:00 - Toon in Pod introduction & various cartoon discussion 17:18 - Oculus Rift discussion (Beat Saber/Dance Central/General thoughts) 43:23 - Futurama discussion (Spoilers for various episodes) Next time: Mortal Kombat with Chris Toon in Pod: https://twitter.com/ToonInPod Show Twitter (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://twitter.com/sketchwatchplay Show Facebook (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://www.facebook.com/sketchwatchplay Show homepage: John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Behonkiss John's art account: https://www.instagram.com/behonart/ John's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Behonkiss /episode/index/show/sketchwatchplay/id/10001984

BONUS: Avengers: Endgame Spoilercast (ft. Tyler Moliterno) 05/01/2019

#34: Legend of Zelda Retrospective/Alita: Battle Angel (ft. Bianca Torres) 04/01/2019

#33-B: Kingdom Hearts Retrospective/KH3 Initial Thoughts (ft. Chris & Serena Wade) 02/19/2019

#33-B: Kingdom Hearts Retrospective/KH3 Initial Thoughts (ft. Chris & Serena Wade) With the release of Kingdom Hearts 3 marking one of the craziest waits in video game history, now felt like a good time for John and Chris to sit and talk their thoughts on the series as a whole after briefly teasing it way back in the first episode. And boy, does it get heated, especially on Chris's side of things. Highlights include our mutual opinions on why the first game's narrative remains the strongest, Why John generally loves the series bar some iffy portable entries while Chris is more apprehensive, why everyone in Organization XIII can go jump off a cliff as far as Chris is concerned, what needs to change as far as writing and cutscene direction, and the awkward stuff you have to bring up any time someone mentions "Best Girl" for the series. We also give our initial thoughts on KH3 so far (Chris had only finished the first world and John was maybe 2/3 through when we recorded this) and try to remain light on spoilers while critiquing the writing and gameplay. (Also, this might have my favorite end-of-episode stinger yet.) Next episode: Legend of Zelda series retrospective Opening music: Simple & Clean (Planitb Remix) Closing music: Face My Fears cover by Volaire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2U1Vn5eb9g John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Behonkiss Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CWadeTheSequel John's art Twitter: https://twitter.com/BehonArt Check out the Kirby Reanimated collab, with Chris's shot at the 2:29 mark: https://twitter.com/kirbyreanimated Check out John's in-progress Reanimated collab for WarioWare Gold's cutscenes: https://twitter.com/WarioReAnimated Show email (Send feedback and requests here): [email protected] Show Twitter (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://twitter.com/sketchwatchplay Show Facebook (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://www.facebook.com/sketchwatchplay Show homepage: http://sketchwatchplay.blogspot.com/ /episode/index/show/sketchwatchplay/id/8706593

#33-A: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse/Reanimate Collabs (ft. Chris & Serena Wade) 02/08/2019

#33-A: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse/Reanimate Collabs (ft. Chris & Serena Wade) Well, we've been gone a while. Time to settle back into our podcasting groove with a doozy of a two-part comeback episode. Recorded directly from Chris's abode rather than Discord, John, Chris, and occasionally Serena "Rabbit" Wade catch everyone up on their busy last few months, how their holidays and recent convention visit went, employment shakeups, and how not fun the flu is. Once that's done, we praise the recent Kirby collab that Chris participated in and further discuss John's still-ongoing Wario collab. (Expect ALL the Escargoon impressions.) But the meat of this episode goes to our long-overdue discussion on the first theatrical animated Spider-Man film. Not even gonna try and hide the verdict: We all adored it. Discussions include praise for both Miles and the supporting cast, the like-nothing-else animation style, the beautiful soundtrack, why the movie made John cry three times within the span of 10 minutes, why Serena is now hot for Doc Ock and Aunt May but confused by Kingpin, and why Spider-Man Noir would fit right in on Twitter. Plus a bonus non sequitur video viewing to make up for how much more editing our massive Kingdom Hearts talk will require. Timestamps: 0:08 - Intro (Catching up/Work/Holidays/MAGFest) 12:05 - Kirby Reanimated/WarioWare Gold Reanimated 24:08 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse review & discussion (Spoilers) Next episode: Kingdom Hearts retrospective John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Behonkiss Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CWadeTheSequel Serena's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Omnomsenzubean Check out the Kirby Reanimated collab, with Chris's shot at the 2:29 mark: https://twitter.com/kirbyreanimated Check out John's in-progress Reanimated collab for WarioWare Gold's cutscenes: https://twitter.com/WarioReAnimated Show email (Send feedback and requests here): [email protected] Show Twitter (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://twitter.com/sketchwatchplay Show Facebook (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://www.facebook.com/sketchwatchplay Show homepage: http://sketchwatchplay.blogspot.com/ /episode/index/show/sketchwatchplay/id/8522885

#32: The Simpsons Retrospective/Red Dead Redemption 2 (ft. Alan Denton & Chris Wade) 11/07/2018

#32: The Simpsons Retrospective/Red Dead Redemption 2 (ft. Alan Denton & Chris Wade) Wow, did this end up being a jam-packed episode to make up for a longer-than-usual wait since the TMNT talk. Not only is Chris back on as a guest for the first time, not only is TV editor and writer Alan Denton (Sonic Boom/Sunny Day) making his show debut, and not only does the opening contain talk of pets and how John's Anime USA 2018 experience was the most linked to prior show topics by pure chance, but we also tackle maybe the biggest game of the year and maybe the biggest TV cartoon of all time. All for the low low price of absolutely nothing. (Cue Bart's "If anything, you owe them" argument but not really.) As the sole Rockstar Games enthusiast of the three, John dishes out his thoughts on what he's played so far of Red Dead Redemption 2, discussing why he thinks it's destined to go down as a divisive game while praising its writing, depth, and ideas. But the fun really begins when everyone takes a look back at Matt Groening's dysfunctional yellow-tinted family who changed the face of TV animation as we know it, as we take an overarching look at The Simpsons. Specific episode discussions mostly focus in the Season 1 to 10 era, but we also discuss topics like the movie, both what inspired the show and what later shows were influenced by it, differing experiences in how we were introduced to it as kids, various opinions on why we don't tune in as regularly any more, Mr. Burns tickling the Pillsbury Doughboy, Batman being a scientist, Kevin Spacey dying on the way back to his home planet, and so, so much more (That all makes sense when you listen, we promise). And yes, we do talk Apu a bit as well. Timestamps: 2:18 - Intro (Alan introduction, catching up with Chris, Anime USA 2018) 14:41 - Red Dead Redemption 2 (Light spoilers for first few hours) 34:23 - The Simpsons retrospective John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Behonkiss Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CWadeTheSequel Alan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlanTheWriter Check out John's in-progress Reanimated collab for WarioWare Gold's cutscenes: https://twitter.com/WarioReAnimated Show email (Send feedback and requests here): [email protected] Show Twitter (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://twitter.com/sketchwatchplay Show Facebook (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://www.facebook.com/sketchwatchplay Show homepage: http://sketchwatchplay.blogspot.com/ /episode/index/show/sketchwatchplay/id/7468706

#31: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Retrospective/Spider-Man PS4 (ft. Patrick Fleury) 09/29/2018

#31: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Retrospective/Spider-Man PS4 (ft. Patrick Fleury) Patrick Fleury makes his now-annual appearance on the show, which ended up revolving around New York City-based superheroes entirely by chance. He and John give their spoiler-free thoughts on Insomniac's stellar PlayStation-exclusive take on Spider-Man (And some extra thoughts on existing Spidey movies and TV series), with the expected Arkham gameplay comparisons, appreciation of the game's storytelling and character focus, and addictions to web swinging. But the bulk of the episode is focused on another nostalgia-heavy retrospective, only while Chris and Tyrone were Transformers kids growing up (Go listen to Episode 12), the Fleury boys had more experience with a quartet of radical, pizza-loving reptiles, so we set out to discuss every film and TV iteration of the Ninja Turtles. Opinions and highlights include what makes our shared favorite movies stick out the most, what makes our picks for the worst movie and show particularly grating, Patrick's unexpected choice for favorite turtle, brief praise for the Turtles in Time game, and John surprising Patrick between entries with some....interesting and little-known clips from less respected TMNT videos. All while we eat pizza, wax nostalgia, and make plenty of funnies. Timestamps: 5:10 - Spider-Man (2018 PlayStation 4 game) 27:13 - Ninja Turtles origins and memories 34:00 - Ninja Turtles movies (1/Secret of the Ooze/3/TMNT/reboot/Out of the Shadows) 1:04:34 - Ninja Turtles TV series (Original/Next Mutation/4Kids/2012/Rise) John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Behonkiss Patrick's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fleuryp Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CWadeTheSequel Check out John's video review of WarioWare Gold: https://youtu.be/zX_va_ptdOA Check out John's in-progress Reanimated collab for WarioWare Gold's cutscenes: https://twitter.com/WarioReAnimated Show email (Send feedback and requests here): [email protected] Show Twitter (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://twitter.com/sketchwatchplay Show Facebook (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://www.facebook.com/sketchwatchplay Show homepage: http://sketchwatchplay.blogspot.com/ /episode/index/show/sketchwatchplay/id/7105284

#30: Record of Lodoss War/Ant-Man and the Wasp/Mega Man X Legacy Collection (ft. Ben Reynolds) 08/29/2018

#29: Death Parade/Detroit: Become Human/Arrowverse (ft. Dave Roberts) 07/16/2018

#29: Death Parade/Detroit: Become Human/Arrowverse (ft. Dave Roberts) The guest co-host train keeps on truckin' as podcasting veteran Dave Roberts talks in-depth with John about a diverse variety of topics. John gives his overall thoughts on the recent PS4 hit Detroit: Become Human (Hint: They involve Walking Dead comparisons, observations on David Cage's recurring flaws and strengths, remembering when games came with more cheats and extras, and Clancy Brown's buddy cop subplot stealing the show), while Dave gives his mixed opinions on the current state of the shows that make up DC's Arrowverse (Hint: They also involve Walking Dead comparisons, which show sticks out as the weak link, and Trevor from GTA 5). For the main topic, John takes advantage of Chris being absent and picks a show dear to him that the Wades have a shared disinterest in - the 2015 anime sleeper hit Death Parade. We dissect the show's unique themes and concepts, its standout episodes and moments, its slick visuals and emotional power, and somehow fit in discussions on automated grocery store checkouts and the Christopher Robin movie. And yes, we discuss THAT character cameo. (Good news: Episode 30 will almost definitely feature Patrick from the Pokemon and Batman episodes and be a Ninja Turtles retrospective. Bad news: John's taking a cross-country trip for the remainder of July, so please bear with us since we probably won't record until he's back in the States.) Timestamps: 05:11 - Detroit: Become Human review (Mild spoilers) 24:54 - Arrow/Flash/Supergirl/Legends of Tomorrow thoughts (Mild spoilers) 40:17 - Death Parade review and discussion (Heavy spoilers) John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Behonkiss Dave's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealDaveRoberts Dave's podcast: http://fanoffmedia.com/shows/gen/ Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CWadeTheSequel Show email (Send feedback and requests here): [email protected] Show Twitter (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://twitter.com/sketchwatchplay Show Facebook (Follow for updates, and send feedback and requests): https://www.facebook.com/sketchwatchplay Show homepage: http://sketchwatchplay.blogspot.com/ /episode/index/show/sketchwatchplay/id/6814307

#28-B: Rhythm Games Retrospective (ft. Felipe Diaz-Vera) 06/29/2018

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