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GEA - ATNY 24: The Untouchables

Is that Sean Connery eating a sausage?

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This time in A Theater Near You, Sean, Paul, and Kris watch The Untouchables. A movie where a small child explodes, a dude gets beat to death with a baseball bat, Kevin Costner plays Kevin Costner, and Sean Connery eats a sausage like an apple.                         

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GEA - Sparkcast 072 - Sticker Book - Revenge Of The Decepticons

The Autobots have to find their missing oil, all while you put stickers on them!

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How is this simple story from a 16 page stickerbook? What can be told, colored, and stickered in that amount of space? Plus, The very first line is of Cliffjumper being trigger-happy, which only supports everything Thomas believes about him. Shawn's worst Autobots, Gears and Huffer, show up with...gasp...dialogue! It's the worst Transformers in a story about the mystery of the stolen oil.

Plus, we try to find out if one Autobot is Optimus Prime, despite the fact that he left already; is it a Clone? A mix of Gears and Optimus due to having to learn so many characters? Let's find out!

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GEA - WaveBack Bonus Episode: Best of 2022

The WaveBack Awards that weren't...

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Well, here's the original WaveBack awards for 2022. It was a fun episode, but we wanted to do more. Instead of it going to waste though, we decided to give it to you here. Enjoy!

GEA - SAG Episode 450: Couples Colonoscopies

Breaking down the latest Nintendo Direct

Show Notes

Dan and Kris break down all the announcements in the latest Nintendo Direct, including lots of hype for Pikmin 4, Sea of Stars, and Metroid Prime. There’s also a bunch of JRPGs they don’t care about. Plus, Dan gets old, Kris almost works at Atari, Daily Dadish begins, and more!

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GEA - WaveBack 159: 2022 WaveBack Awards

The best in VGM from 2022

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Matt and Kris proudly present the return of the WaveBack Awards, featuring the best of the best in VGM from 2022. 

The intro music for this episode was Cyclic Oscillations from Super Mega Zero by DDRKirby. Our team tragically overlooked this game until it was too late, so it unfortunately wasn’t given any considerations for this year’s awards. It’s a phenomenal soundtrack though, so we’ve linked to it here. Super Mega Zero by DDRKirby

And the nominees are: 

Best Menu/Map Music Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - Menu Theme by Bob Baffy Atari Mania - Museum Theme by Pascal Lamarche Nintendo Switch Sports - Menu Theme by Haruko Torii and Takuhiro Honda Vampire Survivors - Dust Elementals by Daniele Zandara Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Iris Network by Manami Kiyota 

Best Game Opener Blossom Tales II - Title Screen by Josie Brechner Donut Dodo - Funhouse Fiasco by by Sean Bialo Infernax - A Good Day to Be Alive by Olivier Couillard Tunic - Memories of Memories by Lifeformed and Janice Kwan Yars Recharged - An Army of One by Megan McDuffee 

Best Stage/Area Music Atelier Sophie 2 - Distant Lightning by Kazuki Yanagawa, Daisuke Achiwa, Tatsuya Yano, and Ryudai Abe Donut Dodo - Construction Site Chaos by Sean Bialo  TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Mutants Over Broadway by Tee Lopes featuring Anton Corazza Vampire Survivors - Forest Night Fever by Filippo Vicarelli  Yars Recharged - Zorlon Cannon by Megan McDuffee

Best Cinematic/Event Music Blossom Tales 2 - Story by the Campfire by Josie Brechner God of War: Ragnarok - Gjallarhorn (With His Sound) by Bear McCreary Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Kirby and the Mysterious Vortex Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - A Life Sent On (Unison) by Yasunori Mitsuda Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Weight of Life by Yasunori Mitsuda, arrangement by Kenji Hiramatsu 

Best Shop Music Blossom Tales 2 - Shopping! by Josie Brechner Cuphead DLC - Porkrinds Provisions by Kristofer Maddigan Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Waddle Dee's Weapons Shop by Hirokazu Ando Return to Monkey Island - Fish Shop by Michael Z. Land, Peter McConnell, and Clint Bajakian Shovel Knight Dig - Overground (Hoofman's Shop Layer) by Jake Kaufman 

Best Boss Music Cuphead DLC: Bouree on the Board by Kristofer Maddigan Infernax - Test Your Might by Jason Letourneau  Shovel Knight Dig - The Forger by Jake Kaufman TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Clash of the Outcasts by Tee Lopes Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Mobius Battle by TOMOri Kudo 

Best Soundtrack from a Remake or Remaster Chrono Cross by Yasunori Mitsuda Crisis Core FF7 Reunion by Takeharu Ishimoto Live a Live by Yoko Shimomura Sonic Origins by Sonic Team Turrican Anthology by Chris Huelsbeck

Best Original Song Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - Menu Theme by Bob Baffy Kirby and the Forgotten Land - A Trip to Alivel Mall by Hirokazu Ando Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Jubilife Village by Go Ichinose, Hitomi Sato, and Hiromitsu Maeba Shovel Knight Dig - Spore Judgement by Jake Kaufman Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Weight of Life by Yasunori Mitsuda, arrangement by Kenji Hiramatsu

Best Original Soundtrack Infernax by Jason Létourneau, Jules Conroy, and Olivier Couillard  Shovel Knight Dig by Jake Kaufman TMNT: Shredder's Revenge by Tee Lopes Tunic by Lifeformed and Janice Kwan Xenoblade Chronicles 3 by Yasunori Mitsuda, Et al

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GEA - SAG Episode 449: Stone Age Starter Kit: Xbox

If you had $100 to start a physical Xbox collection, which games should you get?

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Dan and Kris tackle the Stone Age Starter Kit for the original Xbox. If you had $100 to start an Xbox collection, which games should you get? Plus, more Onion Assault impressions, Vampire Survivors goodness, and… Crossword puzzles?

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GEA - Turning Tracks 6: Johnny Cash

All About the Man in black

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For Matt’s pick this month, he gave Kris a proper education on the music of the legendary Johnny Cash.      

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GEA - Sparkcast 071 - TV 24 - Atlantis, Arise

Megatron and Subatlanticans join forces to take over Washington, DC, and then, the world!

Episode Notes

Thomas tries to figure out the Subatlantican's process of communicating based on the animation. Shawn wonders how Spike went underwater in a car with multiple costume changes, how Bumblebee emptied water from his car while underwater, and why Spike has a regular snorkle that should drown him, yet also has an air tank on his back not connected to anything. Madness only in this episode of fish psychics. Plus, a look at 2 cool official Transformers toys from 1984 and 1985, a Race Car Set and a Train Set!

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GEA - DC's Amazing Movie Time - Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

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What happens when a man spends his life's savings on movie rights to an old Kung Fu film, greenscreen himself into it while inventing the Youtube Poop format and then somehow getting theaters across the world to screen it?

Well, you end up with Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. Andy and Ryan breakdown this early 00s comedy oddity.