Own the Zone™ and Raise the Flag™, media masochists! It's Anime Quarantine time again, and Murphy and Alex focus on the blessedly non-ecchi card battle genre! "Duel Masters" teaches us that you can't spell "cheating" without "chi", but how many timelines does a show need to truly explore a Magic: The Gathering ripoff? "Future Card Buddyfight" asks us to "luminize", but should that 10 foot tall dinosaur really have a crush on that 12-year-old? And should a 13-year-old really be entrusted with a flaming chainsaw sword the size of Tokyo Tower? All this plus two bonus rounds: The Amnesia Report and the dreaded Dishonorable Mention! Who would win in a duel: Gatling Skyterror or Jackknife Dragon? Let us know at [email protected]! See the research that drove Murphy mad: behold The Appendices! https://docs.google.com/document/d/12-ICgVjnNukPIGEEmrdYteZaJROYkX9rnWzaoto-QSg/edit?usp=sharing The Demi Dozen, our Scion 2nd Edition TTRPG actual play show, is now available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IrMYVRN7w&list=PLOyF_FU-q9cI1AVNnZOQ9tf4sjpq1s0Ba Edited by Michael T. Coleman. Check out his work at https://www.facebook.com/cometocoleman

How did Rex Cloud unlock the powers of the Daddy Sue Archetype? Will our trio of magical alien princesses discover the truth about sundials? What are bees doing outside? Would I come up with something this dumb? Find out as your favorite media masochists discuss episodes 2 - 5 of the straight-to-streaming Tales of Morrissa! Drop us a line at [email protected]! See Rachel in gender-swapped script readings thanks to The Hawkeye Initiative! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTyJJrdZs7sBDm6l1KkXE42KA6xKxmpW See our faces AND hear our voices on The Demi Dozen, a Scion Second Edition TTRPG show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IrMYVRN7w&list=PLOyF_FU-q9cI1AVNnZOQ9tf4sjpq1s0Ba Rachel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sknowite Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1 Edited by Michael T. Coleman. Check out his work at https://www.facebook.com/cometocoleman

The independent, direct-to-streaming series Tales of Morrissa purports to be about young ladies with superpowers attempting to unearth their mysterious origins… but it’s actually countless scenes of people sitting and talking inside suburban homes! But what is Rachel’s mysterious connection to the show, and is it enough to avoid the title of the Absolute Worst? See Rachel in gender-swapped script readings thanks to The Hawkeye Initiative! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTyJJrdZs7sBDm6l1KkXE42KA6xKxmpW See our faces AND hear our voices on The Demi Dozen, a Scion Second Edition TTRPG show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IrMYVRN7w&list=PLOyF_FU-q9cI1AVNnZOQ9tf4sjpq1s0Ba Drop us a line at [email protected]! Rachel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sknowite Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1 Edited by Michael T. Coleman. Check out his work at https://www.facebook.com/cometocoleman

Jack the Ripper steals H.G. Wells' REAL time machine and escapes to modern New York City. Wells gives chase, and wacky hijinks ensue... at least they would, if this were a film starring Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen! Instead, "Time After Time" is an hour-long drama from 2017 starring Freddie Stroma as Wells and Josh Bowman as Jack that aired on ABC for all of 5 episodes. Will our intrepid media masochists be able to withstand the mind-straightening dullness of a time travel show that refuses to time travel, or will this finally be the timeline where they discover the Absolute Worst? Plus, an email from two listeners who drove through the entirety of Van-Pires and lived to tell about it! Drop us a line at [email protected]! See Rachel in gender-swapped script readings thanks to The Hawkeye Initiative! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTyJJrdZs7sBDm6l1KkXE42KA6xKxmpW See our faces AND hear our voices on The Demi Dozen, a Scion Second Edition TTRPG show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IrMYVRN7w&list=PLOyF_FU-q9cI1AVNnZOQ9tf4sjpq1s0Ba Rachel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sknowite Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1 Edited by Michael T. Coleman. Check out his work at https://www.facebook.com/cometocoleman

Just in time for Purim it’s our Chanukah special, and comedian Adam Feuerberg guest stars on a VERY special episode! What happens when you combine the problematic “hidden Jew” trope with a standard Hallmark Channel movie from 2019, and add a dash of Bruce Boxleitner? Something the whole family can’t enjoy — but we sure do make the best of it! Drop us a line at [email protected]! Adam’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamfeuerberg Adam’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamfeuerberg Adam’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/adamfeuerberg Adam’s Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adamplayseasy See Rachel in gender-swapped script readings care of The Hawkeye Initiative! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTyJJrdZs7sBDm6l1KkXE42KA6xKxmpW Rachel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sknowite Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1 Edited by Michael T. Coleman. Check out his work at https://www.facebook.com/cometocoleman Special thanks to Carrie Nelson!

The 90s were awash with shows designed to sell action figures to kids, but 1997's Van-Pires is the only one that may secretly feature an A-list celebrity! This CG/live action hybrid monstrosity was meant to roll out a whole line of toys... but did they ever deliver? Join Alex, Murphy, Rachel, and welcome back Tocci the Human IMDB to find out! Drop us a line at [email protected]! Rachel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sknowite Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1

The Bunco Squad returns to the scene of the crime by watching two more eps of 1976's "Homles & Yoyo". They were charmed by novelty before... but has the show's "secret police robot" premise started to rust? Plus, reader mail and another letter from Tocci the Human IMDB! Drop us a line at [email protected]! Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1 "Fife and Drum", "Spring Thaw", "Thinking Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Don't you hate it when you get trapped in your favorite video game? You usually end up surrounded by beautiful people who are mystified by your otherwise totally average self! Join Alex and Murphy as they explore the worst the "isekai" genre of anime has to offer. Will "Seven Senses of the Re'Union" (2018) leave them senseless? Will battling with "The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar" (2018) grant them entry to Valhalla? And which is worse?!? Plus, another letter from Tocci, the Human IMDB! Drop us a line at [email protected]. Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1 "Crowd Hammer", "Funeral March for Brass" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week's terrible TV fare is 1976's "Holmes & Yoyo"! Starring character actor Richard B. Schull as Holmes and slightly more successful character actor John Schuck as the secret android Gregory "Yoyo" Yoyonovich, this series landed on TV Guide's list of the 50 Worst Shows of All time at number 33. Does it deserve the shame it gets? Alex, Murphy and Rachel find out, plus another letter from Tocci the Human IMDB! Drop us a line at [email protected]. Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1 Please forgive us for having a cricket in the recording space. We couldn't find the damn thing and had to march on like it wasn't there. "Feather Waltz", "Olde Timey", "Thinking Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Alex and Murphy explore the cringe-inducing anime genre of "harem", where bland protagonists are surrounded by hot members of the opposite sex who are inexplicably attracted to them. But what are worse: male-centric harems or so-called "reverse" harems that are female centric? To find out, our intrepid hosts soldiered through "Rosario + Vampire" on the male side and "Amnesia" on the female side. Could they have possibly been charmed by these trashy romantic fantasies? Plus, another letter from Tocci the Human IMDB! Drop us a line at [email protected]. Tocci's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltocci1 "Crowd Hammer", "Pepper's Theme", "Spring Thaw" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/