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Monday May 08, 2017
Monday May 08, 2017
This week the Pals are tackling the tough questions! Like, where does geriatric superhero spawner Stan Lee get his clothes? We ask him! The boys review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Cale and Marco get in a fight! Plus: Shots fired? Random Question of the Week: Which Guardian do each of the Pals represent best? Which comic book villain would you hate to have as your boss? News: The First Defenders Trailer has Been Released!: https://goo.gl/d1M5WW Marvel Released a Press Statement About Secret Empire and Spoiled it!: https://goo.gl/JgRguI ABC Reveals First Look at the Inhumans Cast!: https://goo.gl/4fG4rF ABC Releases Inhumans Teaser Trailer!: https://goo.gl/fWZROH Rocket Raccoon Helps Creator Leave Nursing Home!: https://goo.gl/GqfgA6 Main Topic: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Review! Plugs: Slack N' Slash: goo.gl/gDiLz4 Panels Publishing: sellfy.com/panelspublishing 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/WoeisMarco_ Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Rocket Raccoon has the Pals talking about MvC: Infinite and GOTG: Vol. 2, THQ Nordic is getting the band back together for Darksiders III, and we've got information about the next Assassin's Creed! This week the Pals discuss Sony's E3 Prospects and debate how Assassin's Creed could win them back. RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What is the game you’re the saltiest you spent money on? DA NEWS: 1. Rocket Raccoon Confirmed for MVC: Infinite via Twitter promotion: https://twitter.com/marvelvscapcom/status/860509421222350848 2. THQ Nordic Officially Announces Darksiders III http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/05/02/darksiders-3-announced-a-ign-first 3. We have a release date for Emily is Away Too via the game’s official Twitter! https://twitter.com/emerz35/status/860540999034163200 4. PlayStation’s E3 plans have been confirmed: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/859836658551848962 5. Games Journalist Liam Robertson is reporting rumors on the next Assassin’s Creed for wwg.com http://wwg.com/2017/05/06/next-assassins-creed-is-named-origins/ Meat and Potatoes: What would an Assassin’s Creed game need to do to win you back? If you were a fan, how did they lose you? What are the things you’d need to hear to jump on the hype train? Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - http://www.soundcloud.com/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 Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire
Monday May 15, 2017
Monday May 15, 2017
This week the Pals ain't alone in their little slice of the internet. They're joined by special guest Christopher Sebela! They chat about his new project SHORT ORDER CROOKS, his history with comics, and a few more spicy details only revealed in THIS episode! And, are the Pals tired of superhero based media? Plus: Phil gets an ally? We got to interview Christopher Sebela about his upcoming Kickstarter comic SHORT ORDER CROOKS! Check it out here: https://goo.gl/FTkju7 Don't forget to check out the rest of his work on his website: http://www.christophersebela.com/ Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/xtop Apples and Origins News: Mike Mignola Announces A HELLBOY Reboot!: https://goo.gl/gpqL2E Maisie Williams is Announced in the NEW MUTANTS Series!: https://goo.gl/Q8B0EO Nightwing Vs. The World?!: https://goo.gl/03E6hj HydraCap lifts Thor's Hammer?!: https://goo.gl/R4k5nn Donald Glover is Working on a Deadpool Animated Series!: https://goo.gl/GHwkqo Fox is Producing Another X-men Series Titled THE GIFTED!: https://goo.gl/ui56UF BLACK LIGHTNING Moves to the CW!: https://goo.gl/WyQRO6 Long Awaited DREDD Sequel is Becoming a Television Series!: https://goo.gl/ptJ1SU Syfy Orders a Full Season of Grant Morrison's HAPPY!: https://goo.gl/qMA3CQ Main Topic: How close are we to comic book media burnout? With so many comic book films and television shows on the horizon, not to mention the bloated release slates for comic book publishers themselves, we talk about the possibility of fans growing tired of comic book related properties, and whether or not this is something the entertainment industry as a whole needs to be concerned with. Plugs: The Video Game Pals Episode 2: https://goo.gl/TlD7hP Panels Publishing: sellfy.com/panelspublishing 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/WoeisMarco_ Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
This week on The Video Games Pals, the pals are wildly speculating about some Nintendo rumors and jumping on Twitter trends week late by picking their GOTY for 2012-2016. What we’re playing? 1. Nintendo details E3 2017 plans via press release: https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/11/15622562/nintendo-e3-2017-livestream-time-date-super-mario-odyssey-treehouse-live 2. Is Retro Studios be working on the Metroid game we’ve been asking for? https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderBrandonMusic/ 3. Is a Pokemon Stars announcement imminent? https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/11/15623598/pokemon-direct-2017-pokemon-stars-reveal-rumors 4. We’re getting a hefty season pass for Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P63IrQ6bWM 5. BioWare’s new game delayed past March 2018 https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/9/15600638/bioware-new-ip-delay 6. Overwatch anniversary event, Game of the Year edition could be on the way https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/11/15615146/overwatch-game-of-the-year-edition-anniversary-update Random Question of the Week/Meat and Potatoes: https://twitter.com/PostMesmeric/status/856929211461894144 Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - http://www.soundcloud.com/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 Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire
Monday May 22, 2017
Monday May 22, 2017
The Pals are back in Jersey this week, hopped up on coffee and pancakes! They discuss more diversity in comics, how great it is that Geoff Johns is doing the DC/Watchmen crossover, and whether or not Venom should have a solo movie. After all that, the Pals take each other on in several ear shattering rounds of Injustice 2, but you'll have to watch that tomorrow on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18o1BfrxCMwks6-lTiJoSQ Plus: Cale's at his grumpiest! Man sues his date for the price of his Guardians of the Galaxy ticket: https://goo.gl/DdhhCA Random Question of the Week: Who's your favorite off brand superhero? Apples and Origins Listener Mail! This Week's Comic Picks: Batman #23 Flash #22 Injustice 2 #2 Invincible #136 Luke Cage #1 Mighty Thor #19 Secret Empire #2 News: Tyler Crook needs help!: https://goo.gl/daEq8Y Geoff Johns Reveals Doomsday Clock Teaser!: https://goo.gl/1mj6A0 Get hyped about the Doomsday Clock!: https://goo.gl/yXTfw5 DC celebrates Jack Kirby's birthday with a Month of One Shots!: https://goo.gl/3J2jMr Wonder Woman Day is June 3rd!: https://goo.gl/QuWEun Sam Raimi is on the Shortlist of Directors for The Flash!: https://goo.gl/eYdiJ9 Tom Hardy has been cast as Sony's Venom!: https://goo.gl/QGosTG Marvel is Cancelling Black Panther and the Crew!: https://goo.gl/aOfd92 Main Topic: We play Injustice 2 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18o1BfrxCMwks6-lTiJoSQ/featured! Plugs: The Video Game Pals Episode 3: https://goo.gl/RE0ddN Panels Publishing: sellfy.com/panelspublishing 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/WoeisMarco_ Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop
Tuesday May 23, 2017
Tuesday May 23, 2017
This week, the Pals have a ton of news to dive into: the Switch is killing it, Sega is reviving old IP and your Sonic OC can finally come face to face with the REAL Sonic. PLUS: Sean is horrified to learn about Sonic porn. Random Question of the week: What is the first video game you remember buying? 1. The Witcher is getting a Netflix series https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/17/15651948/the-witcher-netflix-series-platige-image 2. Ubisoft has announced Far Cry 5 and given a new release date for South Park: Fractured But Whole https://twitter.com/FarCrygame/status/864512744959160321 https://youtu.be/K0NMugoAVbU 3. The PC version of Destiny is coming to Blizzard’s Battle.net https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/18/15657886/destiny-2-blizzard-battle-net-pc-exclusive 4. Nintendo News: Nintendo Switch Was the Best-Selling Video Game System in April; Mario Kart 8 Deluxe the No. 1 Game http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170517005394/en/Nintendo-News-Nintendo-Switch-Best-Selling-Video-Game/ 5. Try out Arms for free later this month during a global ‘testpunch’ https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/17/15655858/arms-global-testpunch-beta-dates 6. Sega planning “revival of major IPs” http://gematsu.com/2017/05/sega-planning-revival-major-ips 7. In Sonic Forces, creepy fan OCs can finally become cannon https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/16/15646492/sonic-forces-hero-character-gameplay-trailer Meat and Potatoes: “Blank” the Hedgehog game: Andy The Hedgehog: https://scontent.fewr1-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p75x225/18557264_10154646526788437_7910407775542162616_n.jpg?oh=d840f61705b9e8b7dd8220009cbe1cfe&oe=59AC9004 Pete the Hedgehog: http://img13.deviantart.net/19f2/i/2013/295/0/b/___pete_the_hedgehog_refrence____by_rougethebad-d6r6srd.png Robert the Hedgehog: http://tmnt4evr.deviantart.com/art/Sonic-OC-Robert-the-Hedgehog-319460149 Sean the Hedgehog: http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/007/233/a2c.png Share your most cringeworthy discovery in the comments, or email them to thecomicspals@gmail.com! 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 Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire
Monday May 29, 2017
Monday May 29, 2017
This week the Pals are down Marco and Sean and Pete are sick! We did our best to get out all the gross sounds, but we had to leave Phil’s voice in there or the show wouldn’t make sense! The guys come down on jerks pretty hard this week but given the caliber of jerks it’s plenty deserved. And the boys have Wonder Woman on the brain this week as they begin a trio of episodes devoted to her! Plus: Cole Sprouse as Batman? Random question of the week: Will We Ever See a Batman Beyond Film? #PalsPulls: Wonder Woman #23 Beauty #15 Deadly Class #28 All New Wolverine #19 Captain America Steve Rogers #17 I Am Groot #1 Jean Grey #2 Venom #150 News: Zack Snyder Steps Down From Justice League Amid Family Tragedy: https://goo.gl/L0xJBw Justice League Dark Lost its Director!: https://goo.gl/Eg7oVb Ben Affleck Might Not Return for The Batman!: https://goo.gl/ATDtWE Enter the Venomverse!: https://goo.gl/STlI3K Silver Sable and Black Cat Film From Marvel Finds Director!: https://goo.gl/vQwrd1 X-Men New Mutants Will Be a Horror Movie!: https://goo.gl/XcMc7Y Rosario Dawson and Henry Zaga Are In Talks for New Mutants!: https://goo.gl/OhHuWZ Main Topic: Wonder Woman! We examine Wonder Woman: Earth One from Grant Morrison, Yannick Paquette and Nathan Fairbairn and The Circle from Gail Simone, Terry and Rachel Dodson and Ron Randall! 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/WoeisMarco_ Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop
Tuesday May 30, 2017
Tuesday May 30, 2017
The Pals learned more about Far Cry 5 this week and debate the evils of the game's $100 "Gold Edition." AND with so many video game adaptions in the news this week, the Pals wonder why video game movies are so hard to nail? PLUS: Sean declares we are not a Sonicsona podcast! -What we’re playing! -Reader Mail: Sonicsona callouts: 1. Cale: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154675209342339&set=p.10154675209342339&type=3&theater 2. Phil: https://twitter.com/TheComicsPals/status/868869444180869120 RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: 3DS recommendations! Mary's Quiz: https://www.buzzfeed.com/rohantherhino/build-an-ice-cream-sundae-and-well-reveal-which-p-2zfik?bfsource=bbf_enus&utm_term=.iiGYKMA7R#.jg59DvQjm DA NEWS: 1. As we called on the last episode, the Overwatch anniversary event is in full swing, and we LOVE the set of new skins. Get them while you can! https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/23/15680370/overwatch-anniversary-event-skins-maps-emotes-blizzard 2. We know more about Far Cry 5 & Andy SUPER called it. https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/26/15698430/far-cry-5-co-op-season-pass 3. Originally set to release this fall, Red Dead Redemption 2 has now been delayed to spring 2018 https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/22/15677376/red-dead-redemption-2-delay-release-date 4. A Bioware writer has confirmed a New Dragon Age game is in development http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-05-19-writing-the-next-dragon-age https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/22/15675002/dragon-age-new-game-bioware 5. ‘Resident Evil’ Film Franchise Set for a Reboot http://variety.com/2017/film/news/resident-evil-reboot-cannes-film-festival-1202439086/ 6. Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Tom Holland to play young Nathan Drake in Uncharted movie http://deadline.com/2017/05/tom-holland-uncharted-nathan-drake-movie-spider-man-homecoming-shawn-levy-1202099530/ https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/22/15675100/uncharted-movie-tom-holland-spider-man-homecoming 7. We got our first trailer for Netflix’s upcoming Castelvania show, debuting on July 7th! https://www.facebook.com/ign/videos/10154615473313870/ Meat and Potatoes: What’s the deal with video game adaptions? Why are they so hard to nail? Taking a look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games#International not one movie they have listed breaks even a 50% rating on either Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, so why do they keep making them? Do you think we’ll ever see them reach the same level of penetration as comic book movies or is this just another attempt at cashing in on youth culture and franchises? 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 Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire
Monday Jun 05, 2017
Monday Jun 05, 2017
This week, the Pals are in Philadelphia working the convention floor as Journalists! So instead of their normal cheery disposition from recording first thing in the morning, they're tired and snarky! What a change! This is 2 of 3 for the Wonder Woman episodes, and this week the Pals review the film! Plus: We accept your challenge Longbox. Hope you like losing. Wizard World Philly recap Random Question of the Week!: Who is your favorite artist? News: The Wonder Woman Sequel Will Not Be Set In WW2!: https://goo.gl/9Ro8W1 Director Patty Jenkins Tells Us Why Wonder Woman Kills!: https://goo.gl/R7M74m Wonder Woman is Breaking Records!: https://goo.gl/h5xdSa Main Topic: Our Review of Wonder Woman! 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/WoeisMarco_ Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop
Tuesday Jun 06, 2017
Tuesday Jun 06, 2017
This week on The Video Game Pals, Pete & Sean are off with the rest of the Pals covering Wizard World Philadelphia, so Andy and Thompson are holding down the fort and discussing leaks for MvC: Infinite, Super Smash Bros. for Switch and picking their all-time favorite video game sidekicks. PLUS: Pete makes a special appearance to defend his honor. What We're Playing RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What's the most you've ever spent on a free to play game? DA NEWS: 1. SQUARE ENIX PARTNERS WITH BULLETSTORM DEV FOR NEW, AAA GAME: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/01/square-enix-partners-with-bulletstorm-dev-for-new-aaa-game 2. Diablo’s Malthael joins Heroes of the Storm’s roster: https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/3/15734522/heroes-of-the-storm-malthael-characters 3. Pokémon’s next mobile game is a take on Pokémon Rumble: https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/31/15718950/pokemon-mobile-game-download-pokeland-android-ios 4. 'Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite' roster leaks, reveals 23 characters: http://mashable.com/2017/05/31/marvel-vs-capcom-infinite-leak/#uoO4KNDjA8qg 5. Rumor: Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Switch Images Leak: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/05/30/super-smash-bros-nintendo-switch-images-leak Meat and Potatoes: Favorite video game sidekicks! 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 Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire