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This is a defeated man right here. At this time, my mother had suffered a series of heart attacks. I didn't have enough energy to do a whole big thing, thus the lazy first part of this. Not lazy, I suppose, but this might be one of the signs of the show disolving. I'm desparately casting about for ways to promote the show, I'm name checking cross promotional stuff, etc. My plugs song never was chosen, sadly, nor my Jukebox Jury entry. Oh well!
The song in the middle is som...
2013-01-28 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about arcades, Kentucky Route Zero, and Cart Life.
THE BRIEF
- Steam Box is updatable.
- Blockbuster closes 300 stores.
- The Cave is a thing that exists.
- Metal Gear Rising Revengeance demo released.
THE GRIND
- Ben: The Pinball Hall of Fame.
- Dennis: Darksiders. Mega Man 9.
- David: Dead Island. Planetside 2.
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2013-01-25 19:00:00 +0000 UTC
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If you're playing along, we cover everything from the Aqueduct to the Bridge (you'll know it when you get there, trust me).
The next episode will cover the Undead Parish and the Lower Burg. If you hit the sewers, you went too far!
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Kid Kool is here to teach you the ways of love, as he begins our long and fruitful affair with bad NES platformers. Have you been good? If you died today, would you go to Jump Heaven or Speed Hell? We will all be judged, abjectly.
2013-01-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross crack open Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island.
Well, this game is delightful. It looks and sounds awesome, and is some of the best platforming to come out of the Mario series. Oh, and throwing eggs is great, too.
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It used to be food or drink? Why not finally enjoy food and drink?
2013-01-23 17:06:00 +0000 UTC
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Kris and Kole talk about cinema, fantasies, and catharsis.
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS:
Hot air. No podcasts in LA. Wrong names for shows. Cagney and Spacey. Combuxtable Huxtable. Kole is shockingly underprepared. Pubic facts. Horse burgers. Magic McConnaughey. Robertson's Soul Saving QVC Sex. Rage Room. Wrinkly fingers. iPotty. Ladies of Manure.
2013-01-22 23:00:00 +0000 UTC
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What a disappointment!
I'm a pretty big fan of this episode! Some ear wormy nonsense about "houses" in the beginning, a little bit called You Know What I Fuckin' Hate? that was going to be a recurring segment but never got repeated.
Then we have the first hot hot hit from The Metroids, a song called Make Way For The Nextmen.
Then, finally, a 3 part segment I did with my buddy Zak about love, romance and relationships! I sort of want to turn this into an actual show but...
2013-01-21 14:32:00 +0000 UTC
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Dennis and Ben recorded an episode of the Level while Kole was away, traveling for work. You just might enjoy the result.
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2013-01-18 19:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about comics, Dino Crisis, Spec Ops: The Line, and a little bit about Parasite Eve.
WARNING: WE SPOIL THE SHIT OUT OF NEW X-MEN.
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Look, we at The Pitch old a few truths to be self-evident:
- You never know when Pepsi is around.
- Pepsi should be polite.
Try Pepsi Excuse Me!
2013-01-16 19:54:00 +0000 UTC
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Oh! The place of many indignities! Jupiter's Thunder!
I'm balancing some serious and some silly here.
The first part is me recounting my experience with the NIU School Shooting a few years back, both in story form and in a song I wrote about it. I expand a bit about evil in the world, etc. High minded stuff for a podcast that later features a song called Pussystorm USA. That song is my favorite that a band I played with called The Midnite Snax. It's all about tension and release.<...
2013-01-14 17:27:00 +0000 UTC
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Kole Ross, Dennis Furia, and Tyler Crumrine talk about the Pokemon X and Y announcement, Far Cry 3, and speedrunning against cancer.
THE BRIEF
- Tyler: Pokemon X and Y announced. Animaniguchi announced their second full length album "Endless Fantasy".
- Kole: Steam box officially announced, detailed.
- Dennis: Don't burn games.
THE GRIND
- Tyler: Dark Sou...
2013-01-11 19:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Lordran. There's some stuff you should know.
This is it, the first episode of a podcast dedicated entirely to Dark Souls, and other Souls games. We encourage you to play along, and this will be a great starting point for Dark Souls veterans and newcomers along. We discuss the history of the game, the basic tennets of survival, and take you on a tour through the Undead Asylum and Firelink Shrine.
The next episode will be all about the Undead Burg, up through the Hellkite...
2013-01-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Living it up while you're going down? Picture Steven Tyler making a series of tuna fish sandwiches, while you're suffering through a pretty crappy light gun game. That's Revolution X. Gary and Kole aren't pleased, but we quickly get off the topic of this game, glowing green skulls and all.
2013-01-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take a microscope to Parasite Eve.
Organelles have run amok on New York City! It’s up to you to kill an actress who is possessed by your younger sister or an ancient woman from Africa or something! Squaresoft got really, really ambitious when they made this RPG/Survival Horror game. It was almost one of the best games we played, but it fell apart spectacularly toward the end. So it goes.
LINKS OF NOTE:
- [Parasite Eve]
- The 3rd Bi...
2013-01-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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A happy accident resulting from exactly how repugnant The ECA-pal sounds, it's The E.C.O. Pal! Use it to tell everyone about everything today!
2013-01-09 17:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Kris and Kole talk about nomenclature, motivational speakers, and disappointment.
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS:
Patty Melt. The Etymology of Frosh. I'm Dan Davis, Captain of the Football Team! The Lieutenant Dan Band. Modern art weapons. One Pound Fish. Throw your bad thoughts away. Men Gone Mad. Easy Bake Ovens for boys, and Crazy Dames. Paris Syndrome. Chocolate mind robot. Attempted motorboat murder.
2013-01-08 21:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Frightful biology.
Probably a below average episode. The first half has a little pop screen nonsense and then something that can't really be construed as anything other than agism. But you know, ehhhhhh.
The song is probably the oldest thing I have recorded from one of my earliest bands, HiLo. There is a LOT of HiLo that went unrecorded, which breaks my heart.
And then the disgusting finale of Taint Misbehavin' which ends in exactly the way it has to, really.
2013-01-08 08:35:55 +0000 UTC
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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Journey's grammy nomination, Hotline: Miami, and the Perfect Banana Slicer.
THE GRIND
- Kole: Hotline: Miami. The Binding of Isaac.
- Ben: Hitman: Absolution. Dark Souls.
- Denis: Double Dragon Neon. Little Big Planet 2. Wario Ware Smooth Moves. Bit.Trip Runner.
- David: FTL. Dead Island.
THE MULTIPLAYER
- 201...
2013-01-04 19:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about ice levels in games, GameStop woes, and HollywoodIsCalling.com.
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Familiarity breeds CONTEMPT! Not content! That's why we need The Sandman Sleep Attack Happy Nap Concept!
2013-01-02 17:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Kris and Kole talk about relationship advice, atrocities, and our hundredth episode.
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS:
Melancholy. Episode 100, sometimes funny. Strictly Platonic Butt Stuff. Healthy neuroticism. The world needs psychopaths. Vintage atrocities. Cathartic gun firing. Will Smith's crimes. Jonathan Lee Riches and Newtown. The poop sock and sharking. PotentialPrositutes.com. Almighty God and the Mayan apocalypse. Houdini himself couldn't do that.
2013-01-01 21:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Careful! She's right there!
This is one of my favorite things I've ever done. My favorite things I ever did with the show were to fuck with the show. This, the Slenderman arc in the beginning of season 2, the finale, all stuff I'm really proud of.
So, the first part I consider to be pretty impeccable.
The song in the middle is the first track on the last Metroids album, which again, I'm really into.
Then we have the 2nd part of Taint Misbehaving, which I do like...
2012-12-31 17:00:00 +0000 UTC
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If you meet someone wearing this shirt, unmeet them.
Fun episode!
As a porn enthusiast, I notice a lot of things about it. Like how it's god damned ridiculous. The first part is about that.
I threw in a song from my song-a-day project from February 2008 that eventually made it to my short lived but well loved band Joystick Joy.
Finally, we have the first of a three part bit wherein I interview my friend Steve about a ghastly experience he had. Trivia! This wasn't...
2012-12-28 06:11:00 +0000 UTC
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross learn the true name of Shadowrun (SNES).
You’re Jake Armitage, but you don’t know that. You wake up dead in a city crawling with people who want you to be even deader. You point and click and shoot your way to answers about who you are, and who killed you. This is a weird, weird game, but we kind of liked it.
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- Shadowrun (SNES): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun_(…stem_video_game)
- Isometric Perspective: en.wikipe...
2012-12-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Kris and Kole talk about hydration, the void, and eugenics.
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS:
Dan Rather and the News Squad. Delicious water. The construction of a Kris Ross joke. Wherein Kris doesn't know what crumping is. Wurther's Original, defined. Your journal prompt: What's your suicide note? The Chinese strike weird. Assault and battery with a penis. Sentenced to church. Eugenics? Praying away the gay?
2012-12-26 20:00:00 +0000 UTC
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You know what's a bummer? Planning a New Years Eve party. You know what the solution is? The New Years Eve Party Party!
2012-12-26 17:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about video game cease fires, games that can't decide if they're bad or good, and our games of the year.
THE BRIEF
- Cease Fire for Sandy Hook.
- Lt. Grossman: Games train to kill, and he might have a point.
- EA opens up voting for NCAA Football Cover.
- Gladdos in Pacific Rim.
THE GRIND
- David: World of Warcraft.
- Kole: Resident Evil 6.
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2012-12-21 19:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about unacceptable living spaces, media fidelity, and a little bit about the last half of Fallout.
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