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GEA - SAG Episode 484: Ranking Every Mortal Kombat Kharacter Part 1

There are a LOT of Mortal Kombat Characters, err kharacaters

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The spooky season is upon us, and to celebrate, Dan and Kris have kompiled a list of every Mortal Kombat kharacter! Why? To rank them, of course! In part 1 of this 2-part ranking extravaganza, they’ll be dissecting every playable fighter working backwards from Mortal Kombat 11 back to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. And boy, are there some stinkers on the rosters of these games. But how exactly does one rank a joke character like Mokap? How will the Game Boy Advance-exclusive Sareena fare? IS there any character dumber than Kobra? Let’s find out.

At the top of the show, Dan and Kris finally dive into Sea of Stars spoiler territory, discussing all the things they love about the game, and all the things they don’t. There be major spoilers ahead, so have that fast forward button handy if you want to avoid learning about what happens in the game. Dan also tells a harrowing story about his recent trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles that’s so completely insane it has to be heard to be believed. Enjoy!

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GEA - DC's Amazing Movie Time - Uncle Buck

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We are reviewing Uncle Buck, the John Hughes classic with John Candy as highly competent screw up who is very into teenage torture. Also a film that shows what would happen when leaving Macaulay Culkin at home without supervision....

GEA - SAG Episode 483: Wii U Starter Kit

If you had 100 to start a Wii U collection, what games would you get?

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Dan and Kris bring you the Nintendo Wii U Starter Kit! If you had $100 to start a physical Wii U collection, which games should you get? The Wii U is an interesting system because while some of its games have become fairly expensive already, many of its best titles are still shockingly affordable. But with many of those games also existing on Switch, often times in even better form, are they still worth playing on Wii U? Will Dan actually put a Mario platformer on his list? Will Kris manage to get his favorite game of all time in the budget? Let’s find out!

At the top of the show, Dan and Kris go over some preliminary non-spoilery Sea of Stars talk. Dan has completed the game, but Kris isn’t quite there yet. Expect a spoilercast next week! After that though, they get into a rather in-depth discussion about a couple of nasty things happening in the world of video games. Specifically how Atooi has been handling their Chicken Wiggle/Hatch Tales Kickstarter campaign, and their differing opinions on what the company should be doing for their investors/backers. Buckle up, this is a long one!

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GEA - WaveBack 167: Akumajo Dracula (Sharp X68000)

An overlooked Castlevania Classic with some killer tunes

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As has become tradition around here at the WaveBack podcast, every October Matt and Kris focus on the music of a different Castlevania game in chronological order. This time they’re cracking their whips at an often overlooked entry in Konami’s classic vampire killing franchise, and one that didn’t find its way to North America until well after its initial release overseas. Watch out for trees being struck by lightning because tonight they listen to the music of Akumajo Dracula for the Sharp X68000.

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  • Various songs from the PlayStation version of Castlevania Chronicles

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GEA - Sparkcast 080 - TV 26 - Enter The Nightbird

The most powerful transformer of all time is a female ninja robot with multiple weapons created by humans in the name of peace.

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2 Kronoforms Commercials, including 1 rap commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiwcOVGPpOw

Kronoform: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kronoform

Time Warrior: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Time_Warrior_(G1)#Toys

GEA - SAG Episode 482: They Just Won’t Shut Up

The Genesis has a heck of a month is the September 10 20 30 40

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This week, Dan and Kris bring you the September 10 20 30 40, where they break down notable game releases from 10, 20, 30, and 40 years ago. This month was all over the map. Despite Metacritic changing their site and making it nigh unusable for the purposes of finding games by release date, they managed to find the info they needed! Some big games came out for Wii U, PlayStation 2, and more, but the big winners this month went to the 16-bit hardware, especially the Sega Genesis with what was easily the most popular home port of the original Mortal Kombat on top of another bunch of great titles. At the top of the show, Kris looks back on a recent concert-going experience where he got to see Jenny Lewis from the movie The Wizard on stage, which was a pleasant surprise all around! Dan caught us all up on his Sea of Stars progress and surprisingly didn’t mention PAD or Marvel Snap the entire time. Clearly something has gone terribly wrong and we should be concerned. And speaking of concerns, Kris laments the nigh-unplayable state of Horizon Chase 2 on Switch, and his hopes for its eventual patching. But wait, there’s more! What more? You’ll have to listen to find out because honestly, we’ve forgotten.

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GEA - This Week’s Episode Ep. 269: Boyd Crowder Would Never

Sports Night - Rebecca (S01E14)

On this week’s episode of This Week’s Episode, Kris leads the gang on a trip to the sports desk with Sports Night. Angie fights the devil while heading down Firefly Lane, Karen gets Olyphant-ed, Evan watches the car wreck that is Scientology and Kris gushes over Ahsoka. All this and so much more!

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GEA - SAG Episode 481: It Looks Very Expensive

Nintendo Direct AND State of Play? What is this, E3?

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This week, Dan and Kris dive into the double feature of the September Nintendo Direct and State of Play showcases that Nintendo and Sony dropped on the same day for some reason. In State of Play, Sony showed off a small handful of games we already know about, while ignoring a large swath of upcoming games that we know for a fact are coming to PalyStation. Why? Nobody knows for sure. Is Baby Steps a game about Dan’s life? Did the new Final Fantasy VII footage impress? Then in the Nintendo Direct, Nintendo dropped a number of bombs directly on Kris’s head. Kris lost his mind over Horizon Chase 2, F-Zero 99 brings back the fan favorite series in an extremely unusual way, Trombone Champ makes everyone laugh, and Dave the Diver is surprisingly fantastic. What did they think of their other reveals? Let’s find out! Plus, Dan’s been under the weather and unable to do much of anything beyond watch Ahsoka, Kris finally beat Ring Fit Adventure at the cost of using his legs for a day, Sea of Stars continues to be awesome, and more!

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GEA - ATNY 32: Asteroid City

Maybe Not Anderson's Finest Work

Show Notes This time in A Theater Near You, Paul, Sean, and Kris watch the Wes Andreson movie Asteroid City. Sean’s never been a fan of Anderson’s films, but will this weird story about… something… turn him around?

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GEA - Sparkcast 079 - TV 25 - Day Of The Machines

The (non-sentient) machines are under an AI's control, who is also under Megatron's control!

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Optimus gets all the glory and screentime this episode.  Listen as we deal with the anti-climatic use of Earth’s brilliant super computer, Thomas can’t stop calling said super computer Krang, and we get a hilarious spot of racism at the episodes’ end.  Plus, a look an 11 in 1 transforming toy that houses items you would use to go camping.

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YouTube Video Of The Tech Specometer 11. Look at all the possible tools this can be! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM7qi4kbI2w

A picture identified all 11 parts of the Tech Specometer 11. https://lmb3.net/2015/04/23/blog-875-transformers-artifact-of-the-week-1984-transformers-tech-specometer-eleven/