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Is Fruiosa good...or is it a drawn-out bore of a movie? Ubisoft wasn't happy with the controversy it already created, so they are proud to add more. Lawtube streamer Nick Rekieta had a horrible week and it seems like everyone is covering it, we talk about the coverage. At the end we finish with 90s Rock music trivia vol. 1.

Lil' Chad offers his review of the new Ryan Reynolds film IF...is it just a Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends rip-off? Fallout's second week of ratings have been revealed and it is dominating. After lots of gaming news this week, Slender has determined we need a Game Club, and the first rule is we talk about it.

Lil' Chad brings everyone his review of "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes". Slender shares the newest fail for dungeons and dragons, Wizards of the Coast, and Hasbro. After we cover whatever else comes up, we finish with music trivia...hits of 2005.

The CFO of Games Workshop bailed on the business, sold stock, and quit...is this a sign of things to come? Fallout games are seeing a resurgence after the TV show, but not 76. Rebel Moon 2 was terrible and Lil' Chad is so upset he watched the whole thing. In a change from the regular end of the show with music trivia, we will madfap police body cam videos with @madchismo.

Henry Cavill and Guy Ritchie reteam for the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and we have a review. Zack Snyder is back promoting Rebel Moon Part 2, but he said what could be the dumbest thing he has said in his whole career. X-Men 97' dropped another episode and is still good. This week we are joined by Jeff from WCBS.

As featured on a live stream of the Ascendant Art podcast, can you guess the one-hit wonder? 30 songs from the 80s,90s, and 00s for you to test your music knowledge. #triviagames

Lil' Chad has seen "Civil War" and will share his thoughts about the movie. Fallout season 1 has dropped on Amazon Prime, is it good? X-Men 97 is on its 5th Episode and it was crazy...is this show worth watching? And, per viewer request, we have a one-hit-wonder music trivia quiz ready to play to end the show.

As featured on a live stream of the Ascendant Art podcast, this quiz counts down the top 30 songs from 1995, according to Billboard. How many can you get right? #90s #triviaquiz

As featured on a live stream of the Ascendant Art podcast, this quiz counts down the top 30 songs from 1985 according to Billboard. How many can you get right? #80s #triviagames

This week we give our thoughts on the Winter Anime season that has just wrapped up and look at the Spring 2024 anime lineup starting up. Did Slender finish 3 Body Problem Season 1 on Netflix? We have a non Lil' Chad-made music trivia so we can all play...this time we play movie music trivia.

Lil' Chad shares his review of Godzilla x Kong. We continue our review of the 3 Body Problem on Netflix...have Slender and Mad watched it now? And of course, music trivia to close things out...this time from 1985.

We have our spoiler-free and spoiler reviews of Ghostbusters Frozen Empire...was it good? 3 Body problem season one has dropped on Netflix and we will discuss episodes 1 and 2. And as is our new tradition, we will close out the night with music trivia. This week we look back at the top songs of 1995.

Gamergate 2 is fully operational, and it just seems to keep getting bigger. Slender will offer a recap of Gamergate's history and what is happening now. The showrunner for X-Men 97' (the sequel to X-Men the Animated Series) was mysteriously fired this week and has scrubbed his social media...what happened? We will also be debuting our first in-house produced Music Trivia video; we hope you all enjoy it!

Zaslov ordered that Rooster Teeth be put out of its misery and news of its official shutdown came out this week. The creator of Dragon Ball Z Akira Toriyama passed away and we look back at his legacy. A dev working on Hell Divers 2 got in trouble for trolling gamers after they nerfed the game's only option for taking on the highest levels. And as is the new tradition, we close the show with music trivia.

Slender and Lil' Chad saw Dune 2 and will share our thoughts followed by a box office prediction for the movie. Is Hell Divers 2 still a fun game worth getting? Lastly, we will finish strong with our audience's favorite segment, music trivia.

If you have been with the show for a while, you know we have been discussing streaming ratings for a long time, and this week everyone else started saying the same thing we have been for years...victory lap time. Slender and Lil' Chad picked up Helldivers 2 and we will share our initial thoughts on the game and server problems. Dune 2 opens next week and initial reactions are in (right in time for Lil' Chad to have watched David Lynch's Dune in a theatre). And we will wrap up with a new favorite segment, music trivia.

We knew Madame Web would be a dumpster fire...and it was even more of an inferno than we expected. This was a big week for lawfare with the rebels striking against the evil Disney empire. At the end of the show we will bring back a really fun segment we started last week with classic music trivia.

With Funimation rolling completely into Crunchyroll, we found out this week that all the money you may have spent on digital copies was worthless because you don't get to keep your purchases. Gina Carano is suing Disney and has a better case than you might think. The Super Bowl is this Sunday and when this comes up on the show, I'm sure Slender will take his smoke break.

Slender still has things to say about Palworld with visual aides he is excited to share since we didn't get to them last week. Lil' Chad has seen Argyle and will share his review. If Mad joins the show we will probably talk a bit of football and possibly preview the SuperBowl. Lastly, we will talk about whatever else we feel like.

Palworld is setting records and Bethesda and the rest of main stream gaming is laying off thousands...what does this tell us? Lil' Chad watch all 5 episodes of Masters of the Universe Revolutions and will share his review. Our new weekly sports segment may return...and slender will take a smoke break.

Ubisoft is telling gamers they need to be ready to never own a game...are all games going to be part of a subscription? If Brahamabull joins we may revisit the Beekeeper a week out from our initial watch of the movie. The proxy war for Disney has started and Peltz is going for Iger's throat.

SAG-AFTRA has sold out voice actors in video games by making the AI deal they went on strike to avoid in movies and television. Lil' Chad saw Beekeeper and will share his thoughts on the new Jason Statham movie. Lastly, the updates on Deadpool 3 keep coming and we discuss what that means for the next MCU release.

Localizers and translators for manga and anime in the West are upset they are being replaced by AI and are getting criticized for putting their messages and politics into anime and manga. Will AI save Manga and Anime as a result of putting these people out of work? Lil' Chad saw Iron Claw and will offer his review of the movie.

It's our 100th episode and New Year's weekend! We have special guests to come to the ultimate fun hangout. We will touch on the best movies of 2023, the worst movies of 2023, the end of ad-free streaming (Amazon Prime announced ads are coming in January), and anything else that comes up.

Gamers have noticed some inclusions in Sony Playstation terms of service that could end console gaming as we know it. Jiarad the Completionist is facing extensive fraud allegations and not just for being on the new G4 with Frosk. Aquaman 2 is opening and no one seems interested or to like it. It's the weekend before Christmas and who knows what else we will talk about.