The money I depend on to do things like pay my bills and feed myself has not deposited itself in a timely fashion and my attempts to contact my bank have not thus far been successful in finding out what the fuck! I have bills due within 24 hours at the earliest and by Monday at the latest, so I throw myself to the mercy of the internet!
Our goal is 650$ to cover all my bills and buy groceries. Thank you so much, I'm sorry.
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for everyone who’s excited about obsidian dragging bethesda this isn’t just about how fucking trash garbage 76 is, this is about how obsidian was shafted by bethesda when fallout new vegas came out.
heres the thing, obsidian used to work on a weird kind of business model where they would make games on a budget for certain companies and if they met a certain review quota they would get a bonus.
new vegas missed the quota by 1 point.
1 point because bethesda didn’t give them enough money to make one of, if not the best game in the franchise, and rushed them continuously through production
this isn’t new drama
this is obsidian finally getting its vindication after bethesda robbed them and almost sent them into financial ruin
THIS WEEK: The trio introduce Gel-Shocker, who are… about as competent as the old Shocker, but with more ruthlessness added to the mix. In addition, we have an honest and earnest discussion of the differences between Nazi ideology and general-purpose fascism; Gel-Shocker’s combatmen work off college rules; Alexa loses her shit over monster names; we get to see Ishinomori’s personal hand directing the show, and take note: Show up at the fight quarry in thirty minutes if you want an ass-kicking!
(Note: We are still relying on Craigbot this week, with some unavoidable clicking due to connectivity issues. We’ll return to microphone recording as soon as we can.)
THIS WEEK: Shocker is dismantled and gone forever! Or are they??? (Spoiler: No they’re not.) Van and Sven talk about the end of Ambassador Hell’s arc as the show revisits some older concepts. In addition, our tabletop past briefly comes to haunt us; the show briefly remembers Hongo’s actual occupation; eight-year-olds go around unsupervised; one of Taki’s disguises actually works, and do you remember what today is, Jack?
THIS WEEK: Van and Sven rant about time travel and bad parenting. Guess which topic is going to make them angrier! In this stretch, we’re introduced to a new antagonistic quartet; we discuss the origins of the word “cyborg”; we get corrections coming from inside the podcast; Ivan Whisky is stone fucking cold; and the hosts betray each other just as much as the 00-cyborgs dump on Jet.
Minor correction: “2222” and “2020” are mentioned as the year Rina comes from, the correct one is 2222. Nuclear devastation is not actually coming in two years. Hopefully.
Content warning: There’s some rather frank (and heated) discussion about parental abuse and the tactics abusers use at the end of our coverage, the bulk of it from 1:44:24 to 1:50:10 .
TOPICS:
Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier (2001) S2E13-S2E16
Kline & Clynes’ Astronautics article
The Mutant Warriors (Rina, Phil, Cain, Mii/Mai)
Cain and Mai’s manga counterparts
“FOX…DIE!” (pt. 2)
Dr. Gamo Whisky (Asimov?)
Ending themes
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Time labyrinths
Clap your hands if you believe in the sync warp
The terrible no-good very bad future
Jet & Francoise’s friendship
Joe’s breakdown
Van desperately tries to find a silver lining
Dr. Gamo vs Dr. Gilmore
Having faith & losing faith
Walkbacks and backdowns
MUSIC:
“Fight! Seven Riders!! Showa Rider Taisen” – Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Megamax
“Kagerou Days” – Jin ft. Shouichi Taguchi – Mekakucity Actors
“The War Still Rages Within” – Jamie Christopherson – Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
I’m not a radiologist or a geologist but I’m pretty sure neither is anyone else working on this show.
THIS WEEK: Ambassador Hell is so very desperate to jump the gun and announce that his underlings have killed Kamen Rider. He’s wrong every time. Also, Sven wants you to know headscissor takedowns are NOT hurricanranas. We contemplate the similarities between Showa Riders and Geralt of Rivia and discuss the evolution of the show; Rider nearly falls prey to his greatest weakness once again; Dr. A. Cula comes back to sabotage his replacement; Hayato might be slacking on the job offscreen; Sven hates X-Ray plots; and don’t forget to sign the Shocker yearbook!!
THIS WEEK: Sven and Van reach the midpoint of Season 2 of Cyborg Soldier, encountering ethical dilemmas and time-cops along the way. In addition, we discuss how we would restructure the second season; Joe Shimamura continues to gently disengage from reality; Dr. Gilmore doesn’t know thermodynamics as well as he knows robotics; things get lost in translation; Black Ghost finally returns (again) (for the umpteenth time); the crew rants about Black Ghost not understanding teamwork, and Sven’s G.B. impression could really use some work.
TOPICS:
Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier (2001) S2E9-S2E12
Midseason review
Our second glimpse into 007/G.B.’s past
Sand sirens & colonialism
Japanese-translated Shakespeare strikes again
Ancient Incan space-time technology
snek
Sven gets mad about glaciers
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Tanabata!
Joe’s wish
The historians talk time travel
The old (young) Isaac Gilmore
Black Ghost’s cyborg soldier program
Co-host betrayal (pt.2)
Gamo Whisky’s mutant warrior project
002 & 004’s original dynamic (manga vs. anime)
The advent of Gilmore’s conscience
MUSIC:
“Fight! Seven Riders!! Showa Rider Taisen” – Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Megamax
Chiaki Ishikawa – “Taga Tame Ni”
NEXT WEEK: Ambassador Hell: a reign defined by incompetence.
Doctor Ivan “Shinigami” Tawanovitch: Clearly just a fucking wizard.
I still think OPERATION: MOUNTAIN TIDE is a better name than OPERATION: SNOW, keep in touch, Shocker! I have reasonable consultation fees!
THIS WEEK: The Historians put the focus on “strangeness” of their mission statement with this stretch of Rider ’71. In addition, we are treated to a myriad of extremely stupid callbacks; someone’s been playing too much Monster Hunter; Taki is a jealous boyfriend; Shocker’s running out of warm bodies for their evil science; unicorns aren’t real; Sven wants to push The Rider’s New Groove; and Dr. Shinigami has a PhD in ABJECT WIZARDRY.