Some of My Friends Read Comics 035 – Damage Control by Dwayne McDuffie

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Nobody ever thinks about the little guys, the ones who have to clean up after all the superheroes. Nobody but Dwayne McDuffie, that is!

He wrote a few miniseries for Marvel called Damage Control with artist Ernie Colon and together they tackled the comedic world of work orders and bureaucracy.

Join us as we read the 2nd Damage Control miniseries “Acts of Vengeance” from 1989!

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All My Friends Have Left Here 005 – F-Zero X: Death Race

Vince returns to his one of his favorite games of all time to play his favorite mode of all time – the F-Zero X Death Race!!  In this mode, Vince will destroy all 29 other racers on the track in as quick a time as possible!!

Along with the way, Vince comes to terms with the fact he’ll never be as good at videogames as he was when he was when he was younger.

All My Friends Are Right Here 069 – The Bachelor/ette

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All My Friends Are Right Here for the Right Reasons this week, because we’re talking about the holy trinity of reality dating competitions – The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise!

Newcomer Sara and Shay join Vince, Kia, and Kimberly as they explore everything about these series, including how would you behave if you were a contestant on the show, what the different contestants’ LinkedIn and Match.com profiles look like, and what’s so genuinely appealing about trashy reality television!

Even if you’re not a fan of the Bachelor trilogy, you will be after this episode!

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That Was a Game 018 – Izzy’s Quest for the Olympic Rings

The Summer Olympics are happening right now, which means it’s time to look at the weirdest Olympic game we can find.

So are we talking about a sports game?  Heck no!  We found an Olympic-themed 2D sidescroller!  We’re talking about Izzy’s Quest for the Olympic Rings for the Super Nintendo!  Because if you don’t remember, the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta had a mascot and for no good reason at all, that mascot was given a generic 2D platformer.

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Some of My Friends Read Comics 034 – Paper Girls

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And the Eisner for Best New Series goes to… PAPER GIRLS by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang!

We took a look at the first story arc in issues 1-5 and tried to piece together what we could from this bizarre time travel story. The room was pretty split as we tried to make the case for and against their Eisner win.

#SquirrelGirlForever #NotMyEisners

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All My Friends Have Left Here 004 – F-Zero X

We’re playing one of Vince’s favorite racing games on today’s episode of ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE LEFT HERE!  It’s F-Zero X, the finest extreme racing game to grace this galaxy!

Join Vince as he races at speeds over 1000 km/h through loop-de-loops, inner tubes, and mega jumps!

All My Friends Are Right Here 068 – International Space Station Movie Draft

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Recently, Gizmodo made a Freedom of Information Request to find out what movies were aboard the International Space Station.  The full list contains a bonkers mix of recent Best Picture winners, blockbusters, Christmas movies, and forgotten romantic comedies.

On this episode: Kia, Dylan, and Vince imagine themselves as astronauts part of the Space Station’s movie planning committee.  What movie are they watching for the first night?  What movie are they watching when the Russians come to visit?  And what movie franchise or TV series are they totally binge-watching?

Also, the boys discover who’s the best ghost writer in all of Hollywood!

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That Was a Game 017 – Disney Extreme Skate Adventure (Gamecube)

Have you ever felt like Toy Story is good and all, but what I really want to do is skateboard around Andy’s Room? Or that the perfect Lion King game would feature The Lion King’s Rafiki doing lip tricks on a dried up lakebed to the sweet dulcet tones of Ted Leo music?

Join us as we look at the most logical of skateboarding games – Disney Extreme Skate Adventure!

Here’s a game that puts three completely unrelated Disney properties into one game — Tarzan, Lion King, and Toy Story — and embeds them in a skateboarding game using the Tony Hawk 4 engine and developed by the creators of Skylanders (Toys for Bob)!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 033 – Past Eisner Award Winners

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It’s our 2016 Eisner Pre-Show Spectacular! As we gear up for the awards, we take a look at three past winners of the “Best Single Issue” award. Astro City #4 from 1996, Tom Strong #1 from 2000, and Hawkeye #11 from 2014.

We also read one of this year’s nominees, Silver Surfer #11, and we would have read them all but indie comics can be hard to find sometimes!

We talk about all four of these very different stories and decide if they were indeed worthy of the coveted Eisner award. And we don’t agree!

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All My Friends Have Left Here 003 – Star Fox 64: The Independence Day Level

20 years ago, Independence Day rocked the US box office and moviegoers everywhere with a tale about giant city-sized spaceships with single lasers that could level an entire building. A year later, Star Fox 64 shamelessly ripped Independence Day off for its Katina level, known better as “the Independence Day level.”

On ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE LEFT HERE, Vince plays through Star Fox 64 to get to the Independence Day level, taking you on a tour of Corneria and Sector Y before arriving at Katina. Does the Independence Day level hold up?

Yes, Independence Day: Resurgence came out almost a month ago, so I’m a little late on this one, but don’t worry about it!