Best Canonically Incorrect Podcasts (2025)

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GC Podcast #192: Creature Creators 1:04:02

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On this episode of The GameCola Podcast, Joseph Martin and Blu Ryder go deep in the paint on Creature Creators and the Creature Collector and Monster Taming videogames they make. If you can see the thumbnail for this episode, you'll see my attempts at my own Creature Creation, so you can judge for yourself if I have a right to speak on this topic, …

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GC Podcast #191: If You Had a Chance to Save Your State, Would You? 1:28:38

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This podcast serves as a checkpoint, if you don't think that's cheating anyway. Join Joseph Martin, Blu Ryder, and Alex Jedraszczak as they save more than just states on this episode of The GameCola Podcast! Topics include:- Is there anything more videogames than save states?- Videogame dialog options and their various videogame effects, or lack th…

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GC Podcast #190: The Canonical Sonic Mainline 1:13:23

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Welcome to the Mainline GameCola Podcast! This is the real deal you guys, not one of those weird spin-off episodes. Featuring your Very Mainline Cast of Anna Bryniarski, James Pelster, Joseph Martin, and Blu Ryder, we’re here to tell you all about what videogames deserve the honor of being part of their Mainline series, and what videogame topics de…

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GC Podcast #189: The True Cost of Videogames 1:26:26

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The price of videogames is going up, and your GameCola Podcast friends Joseph Martin, Blu Ryder, and James Pelster are here to guide you through these tumultuous times for your wallet. And don't worry, this one's on the house!- How do you feel about $80 Mario Kart?- Some theories as to why games are getting more expensive now- Is it tariffs? It's p…

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GC Podcast #188: Virtual Podcast Card 1:14:20

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Never before could a podcast be shared with friends digitally, but now it can! Join Joseph Martin, James Pelster, and John Rizzi as they discuss this and other technological marvels such as:- Trying to figure out Nintendo's Virtual Game Card- Digital games don't have limited supply- Mario Party 3 controls on Nintendo Switch Online are inscrutable -…

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GC Podcast 187: Blu vs Warner Bros. 1:16:14

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A battle of the titans! Join Joseph Martin and James Pelster as they witness the colossal battle between Blu Ryder and the fiend responsible for the destruction of so many DC superhero games! Pay no attention to the 3rd discussion in a row about the Nintendo Switch 2... there are plenty of other topics like:- The new Pokémon Presents shows us who a…

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GC Podcast 186: Now There are Two of Them! 1:17:05

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We tried to warn you! After talking about our Nintendo Switch 2 predictions, we got the Nintendo Switch 2! Join Joseph Martin, Blu Ryder, Alex Jedraszczak, and John Rizzi as they discuss Nintendo's latest successor and what that means for videos and games.- The Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer- Generative AI has taken over indie game storefronts- W…

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GC Podcast #185: New Year Plus 1:15:07

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It's a New Year, and a New Switch! Well, hopefully not a "New Switch" in the way we had a "New 3DS." Look, just listen to the podcast and you'll understand what I mean. Anna Bryniarski, James Pelster, Blu Ryder, and Joseph Martin have all the details on the upcoming year, up-to-and-including:- Last call for theories, hopes and dreams for the upcomi…

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Kingdom Hearts RPGCast – Part 1: Grandpa Ex Machina 1:50:44

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Welcome to Blu's premiere as GM for this brand new GameCola RPG adventure! Join as he guides GameCola members you love in the roles of characters you know on an epic journey across multiple videogame worlds. This ragtag group of players consists of James Pelster as Samus Aran (from Metroid), John Rizzi as Obi-Wan Kenobi (from Star Wars) and Leaf as…

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GC Podcast #184: Playing Videogames Incorrectly 1:02:21

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No goody-two-shoes allowed, this time we're breaking all the rules! Join Joseph Martin, Blu Ryder, and John Rizzi as they discuss all the ways you can do videogames in ways that aren't the ways people think videogames should be done by people who do videogames for fun. These incorrect ways of videogames include- Playing videogames too fast- It suck…

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GC Podcast #183: The Dragon Quarrior of the Near West 1:27:09

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Long ago in a distant land, one Quarrior set out Questerdly to achieve heroics of great repute. His legacy is documented in this very podcast, by Questern Questorians Quoseph Quartin (Joseph Martin), Quohn Quizzi (John Rizzi), and Quames Queslster (James Pelster). Join us on this very special episode of the QuameQuola QuodQuast including such topic…

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GC Podcast #182: Patently Absurd 1:41:46

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You've been served! On this session of the GameCola Podcast, we deliberate upon many trials and tribulations facing crimes in the videogame community. Join Chief Prosecutor Blu Ryder, Primary Council James Pelster, and The Honorable Judge Joseph Martin Presiding as they argue their cases on the following topics:- Nintendo is taking Palworld to cour…

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GC Podcast #181: Sun Tzu's Art of Tactical Videogames 1:31:04

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Sun Tzu said: "On this episode of the GameCola Podcast, we spend a significant amount of time discussing the subject of "tactics" games. Follow along with Joseph Martin, Alex Jedraszczak, John Rizzi, and Blu Ryder as they discuss their experiences with the genre and more!"Historians have been baffled by the meaning of this passage UNTIL TODAY.- Uh-…

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GC Podcast #180: Mario and Sonic at the NOlympic Games 1:00:36

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Where are all the videogames? Did the Olympics steal them? Join Joseph Martin, John Rizzi, and Blu Ryder as they investigate this mystery and others including:- The conversation immediately turns to Mega Man- Waiting for Big Game Season- Do people care enough about Star Wars now to play a videogame?- Will Marvel Rivals be the one to finally supplan…

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GC Podcast #179: Your Most Anticipated Game Will Be Terrible 1:32:05

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Excited about videogames? Too bad! On this month's episode of The GameCola Podcast, John Rizzi, Joseph Martin, Blu Ryder, James Pelster, and Alex Jedraszczak all tell you why each and every videogame you want to play will be terrible. These subjects are included but not limited to:- Why Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will be terrible- Why Mario & Luigi: B…

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GC Podcast #178: What if Zelda was a Girl? 1:29:37

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By popular demand, it's the Gay-meCola podcast! Join Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, Blu Ryder, and Leaf as they discuss all things gay in videogames! This includes such prideful topics as:- How The Sims is gay- How Paper Mario is gay- How various other Mario characters are gay- What the HECK is going on with Peachette????- How Mega Man is gay- Wha…

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Episode 121: When Hiccup Got Hot! (w/mb3) 1:00:59

1y ago1:00:59

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Fanfiction author mb3 (Meet Me At The Halfway Point⁠⁠, ⁠I Remember You⁠, and ⁠⁠A Christmas Wish) joins Sydney to discuss the Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons fandom, having a difficult time choosing which Pedro Pascal-centric fandom to write fanfiction for next, wanting to transition from strictly fluff to angst, and how to balance writing and lif…

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GC Podcast #177: Nueva San Nuevo Fran Mumbattokyork 1:28:19

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GameCola enters the city of dreams! Join Joseph Martin, James Pelster, Blu Ryder, and John Rizzi as they explore all the videogame world has to offer neatly combined into one megaopolis by some sort of multiple timeline shinanigans. Reality breaking, mixing and mashing topics include:- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is an interesting throwback to th…

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Episode 120: Sleeping Arrangements 49:49

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When there's trouble, you know who to call! From their tower, they can see it all! All the way from 2003, Maya has resurrected a fandom that has been quietly creating content in their small corner of the internet. But where most people would ship Raven and Beastboy or Starfire and Robin, Maya has taken the sapphic route to give us the perfect bubbl…

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Episode 119: Wattpad - The Good, The Bad, and The Fanfiction 1:16:04

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Wattpad... we all know it, we all have our opinions about it (good or bad), but there's one thing that we can't stop talking about and that is its fanfiction. From reading the worst Wattpad fanfiction to criticizing the highly popular book and movie series After, which is also fanfiction, anyone on the outside would think Wattpad is a sight similar…

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GC Podcast #J4: Pizza Time 27:18

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That’s right everyone. The J-Cast is BACK! And this time John Rizzi is taking the reins to talk about whatever he can. With no interruptions or setbacks whatsoever. Especially not by our very own Blu Ryder. Listen to a wide variety of filler topics such as…- Pizza- Secret Wars- More Pizza- Doctor Doom Character Study- Deep Dish Pizza- Spider-Man sa…

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Space Quest AdventureCast - Part 3: Explosive Finale 1:16:35

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Greetings, carbon-based lifeforms! The Space Quest Adventurecast has reached its exciting conclusion, but we hope you've enjoyed it! In this episode you'll be treated to:- Droole trying desperately to befriend a water buffalo- The crew eliminating the remaining Sequel Policeman in spectacular fashion- Roger and Cliffy abusing the ability to "save" …

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Episode 118: Being in the Right Place At the Right Time (w/MarvellKya17) 1:00:41

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Fanfiction author MarvellKya17 (An Unfortunate Romance, Text You Later, and If You Love Me, Don’t Let Go) joins Sydney to discuss the value of writing the right fanfiction at the right time, gaining comfortability in writing smut, taking over a fanfiction from another author, and the reality of not writing an unfinished fanfiction. Plus, MarvellKya…

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Episode 117: Flashes of Fire 35:04

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The reboots, remakes, and sequels of Avatar: The Last Airbender only reminds us that people love the animated television show and the characters who reside in the world. Out of all of the main and beloved characters (Aang, Katara, Sooka, Toph, Zuko) people either know or have headcannoned their futures as adults, couples, and parents. But there has…

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GC Podcast #176: Decide Thine Own Journey 1:25:37

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This episode of the GameCola Podcast is up to you! Select any one of our fabulous hosts as your companion, Joseph Martin, Blu Ryder, John Rizzi, or James Pelster. Then, turn to the page with your favorite topic!- Joe had a 12.5% beverage and no plan- The gang learns to decide their own paths in life- We could get so much great stuff if we could jus…

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Episode 116: palm split with a flower with a flame 1:04:03

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There's always one trope or Alternate Universe that every fanfiction reader never touches. It might be arranged marriage or accidental pregnancy or anything explicit, but for Sydney it's Hanahaki Disease. She has never read a Hanahaki fic, never wanted to read a Hanahaki fic, until the day a lone listener sent her a recommendation for a Hanahaki fi…

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Episode 115: The Value of Doing Things Poorly (w/lavenderhatchet13) 1:06:50

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Fanfiction author lavenderhatchet13 (a love song in an empty room, Show Me Where It Hurts, and i wanna grab both your shoulders and shake, baby) joins Sydney to discuss the value of chilling out when writing, how fanfiction has gained her the confidence to write her own original work, her undying love of a zombie apocalypse alternate universe, and …

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Episode 114: G(et) T(he) F(uck) O(ut) 1:02:22

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Our very own certified lore whore is back to lore dump on us once again. But she is back to promote and hope (fingers crossed) that you play one of her favorite indie games of the last few years. Chockful of sci-fi elements, horrifying gore, a very purposefully confusing plot line, and a hard as fuck survival system, GTFO has everything Maya could …

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GC Podcast #175: Palgorithmically Generated 1:14:55

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Hey, Pals! It's time for GameCola to wade into the latest Gaming Controversy and settle things once and for all! Note: Things will most likely continue to be unsettled indefinitely. Join Joseph Martin, Alex Jedraszczak, James Pelster, and Blu Ryder as they cement their palship by discussing such topics as:- Man, folks are really worked up about thi…

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Episode 113: More Views. More Money. 1:05:13

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DISCLAIMER: Before we begin today's episode, we'd like to kindly ask everyone 17 and under to not listen. This episode is full of NSFW content not suitable for minors. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but we will be back next with another episode suitable for all. Do you all remember a certain chest that Sydney has stored under her bed? Do you re…

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Episode 112: Keeping Fandom and Work Separate (w/MildManneredMuse) 1:18:39

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Fanfiction author MildManneredMuse (Loving You Black & Blue) joins Sydney to discuss rejoining fandom after years of being away, how fanfiction is created for the sake of being created, the realities of needing to keep her fanfiction far away from her working professional life, and why Muse loves writing smut from a narrative and character driven p…

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Space Quest AdventureCast - Part 2: Eventual Ingenuity 55:49

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We're back, spacefarers, with another zany episode of the Space Quest Adventurecast! The journey continues as the crew of the debris field formerly known as the S.C.S. Goliath (and S.C.S. Eureka) search the strange and wacky halls of this strange water-based... museum? Aquarium? Research facility?Whatever the heck it is, the crew certainly isn't go…

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Episode 111: Pencil Pushers 42:46

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Is Overwatch maybe a red flag game? Possibly. Is that going to stop Maya's streak of playing the game and reading their fanfiction? Absolutely not. She hasn't stopped for eight years, and she isn't stopping now. And out of all of the characters that you could play (Maybe I'll be Tracer/I'm already Tracer, What about Widowmaker?/I'm already Widowmak…

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Episode 110: The Request Revolution 47:01

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We are in the very middle of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians television show, a show Sydney has been waiting for practically since she picked up The Lightening Thief at the age of 10. In tandem with watching the show as it comes out, she also finished reading the new Percy Jackson book, The Chalice of the Gods. And as soon as she opened those p…

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GC Podcast #174: The Canonical Mario Timeline 1:29:08

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Everyone always says "It's-a Mario Time!", but when exactly is that? In order to solve this conundrum as well as many other temporal challenges throughout videogames, we gathered Joseph Martin, Blu Ryder, James Pelster, Dan the Leaf, Anna Bryniarski, and Alex Jedraszczak to discuss this and many other topics including:- What is the Canonical Mario …

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Space Quest AdventureCast - Part 1: Marooned Morons 59:15

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What's this?! A new GameCola RPGcast? Nay, I say! This...is something a bit different. Join me, James Pelster, as the narrator, and fellow GameCola staff, alumni, and superfans as the player characters: John Rizzi as Roger Wilco, Nathaniel Hoover as Beatrice Wankmeister, Leaf as Rumproast Droole, Alex Jedraszczak as Flo, Blu Ryder as W-D40, and Jos…

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Episode 109: The Muppet Episode 53:48

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We all have our Christmas traditions. Caroling, picking out the perfect tree, baking cookies. Maya's traditions just happen to involved The Muppets. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Rizzo the Rat, Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear have always been there to keep her company during the holiday season, and now today, we welcome them to keep you company this episode.…

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Episode 108: Operation Secret Santa 1:13:06

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It's a very merry Gleemas at Canonically Incorrect this holiday season! As always, send us your fic recommendations, or reach out if you are a fic author who would like to be interviewed in the future, at [email protected] Support the author and give them a kudos over on AO3: ⁠Operation Secret Santa⁠ by ⁠chasingkerouac⁠ Thank you to…

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GC Podcast #173: Polished Garbage 1:11:31

1+ y ago1:11:31

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Gotta admit folks, the energy on this one is a little weird. Nevertheless! Join Joseph Martin, Bly Ryder, and Dana Dan the Leaf as they explore some of gaming's best polished-glass-in-garbage-can metaphors on this month's episode of the GCPC, featuring such discussions as- Remember, we're not doing the videogames awards yet- Leaf gives us the Paral…

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Episode 107: Sapphic, Feral, and Loose in a Fantasy World (w/top_me_daenerys) 1:15:10

2y ago1:15:10

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Fanfiction author top_me_daenerys (Marriage of Convience, wednesday’s children are full of woe, and The ghosts that we knew will flicker from view) joins Sydney to discuss how fanfiction, fandom, and sexuality intermix; the differences of being a F/F fanfiction writer and a M/M fanfiction writer; the joys of building upon and writing for an establi…

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Episode 106: The 2023 Game Awards 59:50

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Sydney is a certified word girl. Fanfiction, traditionally published, self-published. However the words come to her, she'll take it, but Maya has always been, will always be a video game girlie. And we are getting close to the end of the year, which means The Game Awards are upon us. To commemorate the awards and Maya's love for gaming, she is taki…

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GC Podcast #172: Alan Reality Game 1:12:19

2y ago1:12:19

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It's Alan Wake, and there's two of him! Or maybe three? Come untangle this mystery with Dana "Leaf" Cohen, Blu "Red Passenger" Ryder, and Joseph "Very Confused" Martin as they attempt to resolve many of gaming's most confusing conundrums, including:- Alan Wake II is a videogame and that's about all Joe can piece together over the course of 20 minut…

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Episode 105: Peeta's Games 1:32:04

2y ago1:32:04

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Welcome to The Hunger Games renaissance! With the newest movie in The Hunger Games universe almost upon us, you would be a fool if you didn't Sydney was going to use this as a chance to talk to you about this beloved set of characters for as long as she can. And while she is eager to watch A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in theaters with the rest …

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Episode 104: Mystery at the Mansion — A Canonically Incorrect Whodunit 48:16

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Amidst the secluded ambiance of a New York mansion in the 1940s, a group of eclectic individuals gather for a mysterious party. However, the tranquil evening takes a dark turn when the host is found dead under mysterious circumstances. Through a series of investigations, chases, and revelations, Sydney, Maya, and their cast of characters will piece…

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Episode 103: Baldur's Gate 3 Dating Game 46:59

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Baldur's Gate 3 has completely taken over Maya's time and her heart, and as the very best friend and cohost, she must make sure that Sydney knows who she would be most compatible with if she were to ever pick up the game and share in the hyperfixation. After several hours, and a lot of watching thirst edits of specific characters, she has brought T…

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Episode 102: Pokémon Creepypastas to Tell in the Dark 1:12:51

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Pokémon has become a staple in every generation of child, but underneath that façade of cute, family-friendly content there's always been a dark and creepy underbelly. From disturbing Pokédex entries to Easter Eggs of ghosts and ghouls purposefully placed in game by game designers, the world of Pokémon has become ripe for horror lovers and fans of …

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GC Podcast #171: Unity Grr Cry 1:18:53

2y ago1:18:53

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Unity has made us upset. #grr #cry. Join Joseph Martin, John Rizzi, Alex Jedraszczak, and Blu Ryder as they lament their woes thrust upon the gaming industry and also make social media posts on the Tamagotchi Tamaverse. Two very related things. Some other related things include:- Unity wants to charge per game install. Most people have considered t…

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Episode 101: Girls Just Want to Write Smut (w/MrsAckermanX) 1:06:39

2y ago1:06:39

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Fanfiction author MrsAckermanX (July, Experiment, Fable) joins Sydney to discuss the complexities and community of writing Y/N fanfiction, how fanfiction blew-up on social media during the pandemic and the impact that trend had on MrsAckerman, what women can learn about themselves from reading erotica, and the different communities that you find wh…

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Episode 100: A Tribute to AO3 51:22

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Well... we've made it. Our 100th episode is finally here, and, of course, we're going to go all out. We wouldn't be here as fanfiction and fandom podcasters, as fanfiction readers and writers, or even as friends if not for one little site you may have heard of... Archive of Our Own. This site has given us so much, so it seems fitting to commemorate…

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Episode 99: Maya's Big Skyrim Storytime 25:01

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In a slightly different episode than what we normally do, Maya is taking the reins all on her own today to dive into the wonder world of Skyrim, specifically the books inside this action RPG. I hope you all sit back, relax, and let Maya's voice (as she does her best to add voices and immerse you into these stories) lull you into joining her in her …