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How Should Pokemon Transition to Home Consoles? | The Video Game Pals Episode 56

Pete & Sean are away for Wizard World Philadelphia so Andy, Thompson and Peggy are here to discuss Boss Key’s shutting down, the next Call of Duty, Kingdom Hearts III! DA News: Boss Key shuts down: 5:52 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/radical-heights-dev-boss-key-shuts-down-one-month-/1100-6458930/ Microsoft announces adaptive controller: 10:47 https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-05-20-how-gamers-with-disabilities-shaped-the-microsoft-adaptive-controller Rumors about a Prey Moon DLC: 17:15 https://www.pcgamer.com/prey-2-dlc-teases-continue-to-point-toward-a-trip-to-the-moon/ Paradox Interactive announces expansions and board games at a convention they apparently have: 25:45 https://www.strategygamer.com/articles/paradox-interactive-board-games-announcement/ Call of Duty Announcement: 29:05 https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/18/17368166/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-battle-royale-single-player-cod Hands on with Kingdom Hearts 3: 32:20 https://kotaku.com/hands-on-with-kingdom-hearts-iii-finally-1826128679 Pokémon leaks/rumors: 40:07 https://kotaku.com/fans-are-buzzing-about-a-possible-pokemon-switch-leak-1826076581 Meat & Potatoes: 47:47 How should Pokémon handle a transition to home consoles? Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW

Huge News About HBO's WATCHMEN Revealed! | The Comics Pals Episode 83

This week on The Comics Pals, we talk about the news surrounding Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 and the rumors of Jake Gyllenhaal playing Mysterio, the potential of Donald Glover playing a role in Black Panther 2, what comic book characters we’d name our children after, and MUCH more! We have a WINNER!- 03:47 Listener Mail- 05:07 Pals Pulls: 25:14 Cale - Mech Cadet Yu Vol 1, Black Lightning Hong Kong Phooey Special #1, Void Trip TP Marco - Barrier 5, Blackwood 1 Pete - Doomsday #5, Saga #52, Amazing Spider-Man #800 Phil - Superman by Mark Millar TPB, Doomsday Clock #5 Sean - Doomsday Clock #5, Amazing Spider-Man #800 News: Jake Gyllenhaal in Talks to Play Mysterio: 36:31 http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/05/21/spider-man-sequel-jake-gyllenhaal-mysterio-villain-rumors/ Donald Glover in Talks for Villain Role in Black Panther 2: 43:46 http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/05/23/black-panther-2-michael-b-jordan-donald-glover/ Fans Are Livid Over Death in Deadpool 2: 50:17 http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/05/22/deadpool-2-fridging-vanessa-death-controversy/ Marvel Characters Baby Names: 1:00:33 http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/05/24/marvel-characters-baby-name-most-popular-2017/ Gerry Duggan's Analog Coming to Film: 1:11:16 http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/05/23/analog-comic-movie-image-duggan-chad-stahelski/ Post Justice League Zack Snyder Plans for DCU Revealed: 1:18:05 http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/05/25/report-zack-snyders-fifth-dc-comics-movie-after-justice-league-2/ Main Topic: 1:28:39 HBO's Watchmen to take place in the modern era? With Damon Lindelof finally pulling back the curtain on his upcoming Watchmen series for HBO, including the fact that it would take place in the present day and be a completely original story set in that universe, we discuss whether or not we think that can work, and what a Watchmen series needs to be today to be as impactful as it was when it debuted. http://deadline.com/2018/05/damon-lindelof-watchmen-open-letter-hbo-series-1202396090/ The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Cale: twitter.com/Totointow Marco: twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

Snotgirl Book Club | The Comics Pals

For this month's book club, the Pals read one of Pete & Marco's favorite books of the last few years: Snotgirl! Written by Scott Pilgrim writer Bryan Lee O'Malley and drawn by the incredible Leslie Hung, the book is one of the most unique titles on the shelves today! Leave us a comment letting us know what book YOU’D like to see us choose next for our book club, and don’t forget to like and subscribe while you’re here! The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Cale: twitter.com/Totointow Marco: twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

The Future of Playstation | The Video Game Pals Episode 57

Sony’s new CEO had a lot to say about the future of Playstation this week so the Pals are putting on their thinking caps to explore what they’d like to see from Sony in the next console generation. PLUS: EVERYTHING IS A BUMMER. RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What is your least favorite genre?- 5:33 DA NEWS: 19:35 1. Fuckboys are mad that women are in a game, so let’s drag them: 20:05 https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/24/17388414/battlefield-v-fans-game-women-world-war-2-history 2. Cliff Bleszinski shows off potential Boss Key Productions games: 29:17 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/05/16/cliff-bleszinski-shows-three-games-that-could-have-been/ 3. RIP John “Totalbiscuit” Bain: 39:48 https://kotaku.com/game-critic-totalbiscuit-has-died-1826310517 4. The 3 gamers involved in last year’s major swatting story around the death of 28-year-old father Andrew Finch: 44:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sGbJY3hlbU https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/3-charged-in-fatal-kansas-swatting-attack/ 5. Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference is going to be two hours long: 51:23 https://www.xbox.com/en-US/e3 https://wccftech.com/microsofts-xbox-e3-2018-briefing/ 6. Nintendo has announced plans to release a dockless switch bundle in Japan: 57:45 http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/23/nintendo-announces-dockless-switch-bundle-for-japan 7. The Vita may be dead, but Sony’s future in handheld gaming may not be dead: 1:03:12 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-23-portable-gaming-shouldnt-be-separate-from-consoles-playstation-head 8. PS4 entering the end of its lifecycle: 1:15:09 https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/23/17384050/ps5-release-date-sony https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/22/17379880/ps4-life-cycle-ending-psn-psvr Main Topic: What do you want to see from Sony after the PS4? Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW

ASM #800, Man of Steel #1 & Doomsday Clock #5 Reviews | The Comics Pals Episode 84

This week, the Pals talk about the biggest news of the week, including Jamie Foxx being officially announced to play Spawn, Andrew Lincoln leaving The Walking Dead and what that could mean for the show, the Penguin being rumored to be the villain for Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ film, and much more! PLUS: We review the three biggest comic book releases of the week: Amazing Spider-Man #800, Man of Steel #1 and Doomsday Clock #5. Would You Rather Game- 03:38 Pals Pulls: 09:15 Marco - Archie #31 Cale - Go Go Power Rangers #10, Justice League #1, Immortal Hulk #1 Pete - Walking Dead 180 Phil - Dark Knights Metal Deluxe HC Sean - Man of Steel #2, Justice League #1 News: Jamie Foxx is Spawn: 16:39 http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/05/29/spawn-movie-jamie-foxx-lead-confirmed-todd-mcfarlane/ Andrew Lincoln Exiting The Walking Dead: 25:42 http://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2018/05/29/the-walking-dead-andrew-lincoln-exit-season-9/ Netflix Releases Trailer For The Magic Order Comic: 33:37 http://comicbook.com/comics/2018/06/01/netflix-the-magic-order-comic-book-mark-millar-trailer/ Penguin Reportedly Top Choice For Villain in The Batman: 43:52 http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/05/30/the-batman-movie-villain-penguin-birds-prey/ Silver and Black Removed From Sony Schedule: 53:57 http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/06/01/spider-man-spinoff-silver-black-removed-from-sonys-schedule/ New Details About Morbius Solo Movie Emerge: 58:44 http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/05/26/morbius-movie-plot-details/ Police Called to Stan Lee's Home: 1:03:07 http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/06/01/police-stan-lee-hollywood-home-two-gunmen-attack/ Stuart Immonen Not (Quite) Retired: 1:11:24 https://www.newsarama.com/40139-immonen-elaborates-on-comics-retirement.html Main Topic: We review the three biggest comic book releases of the week: Amazing Spider-Man #800 (1:15:50), Man of Steel #1 (1:40:32) and Doomsday Clock #5 (1:58:51). You don’t want to miss our takes on these monumental comics! The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Cale: twitter.com/Totointow Marco: twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

The Future of Pokemon | The Video Game Pals Episode 58

Game Freak had some Pokebombs to drop on us this week, and the Pals are divided on how to feel! PLUS: ALL. THE. NEW. GAMES. What we're playing- 4:07 Random Question of the Week- 17:33 Da News: Fallout: 76 - 26:15 https://kotaku.com/sources-fallout-76-is-an-online-survival-rpg-1826425333 Team Sonic Racing- 40:28 http://segabits.com/blog/2018/05/30/wal-mart-leaks-team-sonic-racing-on-nintendo-switch-early-includes-first-screenshots-and-info/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKmDVWsSeO0&feature=youtu.be Assassin's Creed Odyssey-44:40 https://kotaku.com/new-leak-reveals-assassins-creed-odyssey-set-in-ancien-1826454752 Runescape is Dead- 49:00 http://services.runescape.com/m=news/runescape-classic-farewell?oldschool=1 https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/23/17384066/runescape-classic-shutting-down-jagex Ataribox- 56:37 https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/31/17412946/atari-console-pre-order-crowdfunding-campaign-successful Pokemon Gold Beta- 1:07:55 https://kotaku.com/old-pokemon-gold-and-silver-demo-shows-features-that-n-1826459725 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B5epMdm1Wcvh33qFABpw-SO76uZt6WNSl0UsD5yq_dI/htmlview https://tcrf.net/Proto:Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver Pokemon Let's Go- 1:16:13 http://comicbook.com/gaming/amp/2018/05/30/pokemon-switch-lets-go-release-date/ https://twitter.com/eurogamer/status/1001641226993418240?s=19 https://pokemonletsgo.pokemon.com/en-us/ https://twitter.com/ynakamura56/status/1001648651406462977?s=19 https://twitter.com/pokemon/status/1001636250158223360?s=21 Meat and Potatoes: The PROBLEM with Pokemon Let's Go & The Future of Pokemon. Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW

Chapter Thirty Five: Brave New World (S2E22)| The Riverdale Review

The booth is packed for a very special finale episode of The Riverdale Review all about the (exciting?) conclusion to Season 2 of Riverdale! Follow Our Guests: Gabby: Twitter: @gvanwelie Instagram: @gabriellevw The Nerd League: @thenerdleague / https://thenerdleague.com Jeremy: Twitter: @RodriguezJeremy Instagram: @RodriguezJeremy_ Olivia: Twitter: @missoliviahicks Instagram: @lassomagicarescarte The Riverdale Review is a weekly conversational review of The CW's Riverdale! The Pals: Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Marco: twitter.com/MrMarcoAnimoto Cale: twitter.com/Totointow

Will Amazon Take Over the Comic Book Industry? | The Comics Pals 85

This week, the Pals talk about the amazing Spider-Man: Into the Shadows trailer, the announced Joker movie starring Jared Leto, the return of Vertigo and all the fantastic books announced under the imprint, and we review more comics! Random Question of the Week- 03:58 Pals Pulls: 08:45 Marco - Weatherman #1, Stellar #1 Cale - Plastic Man #1, Nancy Drew #1, Kaijumax Season 4 #1 Phil - Mister Miracle #9, Infinite Crisis Omnibus HC, New Super-Man TPB Vol 03 Pete - New Super-Man and the Justice League of China #24 Sean - Mister Miracle #9, Plastic Man #1 Comic book reviews: Justice League #1- 22:46 Man of Steel #2- 32:55 News: Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse Second Trailer Wows: 50:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Hbz2jLxvQ Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Graphic Novel Coming: 59:31 http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/06/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-graphic-novel-revealed/ Diane Nelson Steps Down From Role as President of DC: 1:03:51 http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/06/dc-entertainment-president-diane-nelson-leaves-warner-bros/ Joker Solo Movie Starring Jared Leto Announced: 1:11:10 https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/5/17431720/jared-leto-joker-movie-batman-suicide-squad-harley-quinn DC Announces Return of Vertigo, Several Launch Series: 1:16:43 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/vertigo-comics-dc-relaunching-imprint-7-titles-1117894 Gamestop to Begin Selling Comics: 1:35:38 http://comicbook.com/comics/2018/06/06/gamestop-selling-comic-books-soon/ Main Topic: 1:43:28 Amazon Launching Several Creator Owned Comics Through Comixology: http://comicbook.com/comics/2018/06/02/comixology-originals-amazon-comics/ Does Amazon entering the space of self-publishing comics in a real way by offering creator owned comics with some top talent attached to them present a viable third (or fourth) option in the comic book world? Is there potential for this to have even further, possibly negative implications on the industry? We break down the announcement and present our takes! https://www.newsarama.com/40191-fantagraphics-associate-publisher-warns-of-amazon-s-new-comixology-originals.html The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Cale: twitter.com/Totointow Marco: twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

E3 Special Part 1 (EA, Square Enix, Ubisoft & Bethesda) REUPLOAD | The Video Game Pals Episode 59

The Pals are here for part one of our E3 2018 coverage with our thoughts on all of the third party publisher's press conferences and announcements! Tune in to Episode 60 of The Video Game Pals for our thoughts on Microsoft, PlayStation & Nintendo! Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions

Highs and Lows of DC's Big Week | The Comics Pals Episode 86

In a massive week of news for DC Comics, the Pals talk about the upcoming event ‘Heroes in Crisis’ by Tom King, new details about the DC Universe streaming service and if they make it more enticing, the huge burst of information about both the Aquaman film and Wonder Woman 1984, and much more! Random Question of the Week- 05:41 Pals Pulls: 15:48 Marco - Space Riders: Galaxy of Brutality vol. 2 Pete - Amazing Spider-Man #801 Sean - Justice League #2,Tony Stark Iron Man #1 Comic Reviews: Man of Steel #3- 19:50 Magic Order #1- 35:03 News: Tom King Reveals 'Heroes in Crisis', DC's Next Event: 44:12 http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/13/batman-writer-tom-king-reveals-new-comic-heroes-in-crisis Huge Shakeups Coming to Power Rangers: 56:30 http://comicbook.com/powerrangers/2018/06/15/power-rangers-new-team-beyond-the-grid/ Keya Morgan Arrested, Guardian Assigned to Stan Lee: 1:04:39 https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/06/13/emergency-orders-keya-morgan-stan-lee-legal-guardian/ New Details Emerge About DC Universe Streaming Service: 1:09:50 https://www.newsarama.com/40294-dc-universe-streaming-service-planned-launch-month-revealed.html New Images Released From Aquaman Film, Trailer Date Revealed: 1:17:44 http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/14/aquaman-black-manta-costume-photo/ http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/14/aquaman-movie-2018-mera-costume-amber-heard/ The Batman Film to Focus on Younger Bruce Wayne: http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/13/batman-matt-reeves-focusing-on-younger-bruce-wayne/ News Emerges About Wonder Woman 1984: http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/06/13/wonder-woman-1984-cheetah-kristen-wiig-details/ Geoff Johns Out as Exec at DC, Shifts Focus: 1:24:53 https://deadline.com/2018/06/geoff-johns-exit-dc-chief-creative-officer-warner-bros-producing-deal-1202407811/ Main Topic: 1:40:52 Massive shifts and announcements came about this week for DC, and now that we've analyzed and dissected them all, the question is which of these announcements we're most excited about, which we think don't look good for DC, and how this changes the way we're looking at DC Entertainment right now. The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Cale: twitter.com/Totointow Marco: twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop