Plotty Time

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch drop and plop thought knowledge in regards to the first entry of one the most entertaining balls outingest video game franchises in history with the dependable despot dictator destroying d...handsome guy Rico Rodriquez with the explosive PS2 era classic Just Cause!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch talk about a videogame that tells the story of a major network television show that evolves it's nuanced story over 20 different 42 minute episodes and turns it into a prison fetch quest sim with clunky fighting, a ridiculous premise, and more QTEs than RE4. Yes, really.... It's Prison Break: The Conspiracy! 

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch talk about a game where there is a mission that contains an ATF agent who is storming a Montana Militia Compound when the NSA arrives dressed as the FBI and proceed to mow down both sides. Our hero who works for a black ops collective called "The Agency" (but not THE Agency as is the NSA) goes undercover as an NSA agent faking as an FBI agent......

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch cleared their schedules to talk about one of the industries heaviest hitting developers on one of the titles that got them to be so popular and powerful that they don't even feel the need to make any news games anymore! No it's not Valve, but that's a good guess! We're talking about Rockstar and the seminal classic Grand Theft Auto: Vice City!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch use a fine tooth comb to go over probably the best demon possessed mob hitman video game that doesn't have trophies and is voiced by the front man from Faith no More. Obviously we are talking about the venom like comic book adaptation The Darkness!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch get sciency this week when they put down their mint juleps and met in the front parlor to gab on and on about the inscrutable Sci-Fi Therapist dead spacey murder guy savior complex classic Afterfall: InSanity!  

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch want to ask you what do you get when you combine terribly tasteless product placement with an aging NBA star, outdated pop culture references, and a whole bunch of insensitive barrage of jokes from 2002?  It has to be Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn!   

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch spin a few yarns about an underrated vampire western with steampunk trains, double crosses, TNT plungers, DOUBLE double crosses, demons, banshees, and old west power dynamic shenanigans. It couldn't be anything other than Darkwatch: Curse of the West!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch use their Mind Goblin to jump into a taut psychological thriller involving some time travel, psychic beefs, child experimentation, and a healthy use of the mind brain. It can only be the PS2 Classic Second Sight!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch took 157 episodes before they had the courage to tackle one of the most visually impressive and technically impressive achievements in gaming (at the time) with the PS3 FPS classic Killzone 2! of course, this is all about the story so none of that technical mumbo jumbo matters at all...Enjoy! 

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch drop in to give you yet another "A Very Special Episode" because Scheduling conflicts are real and we ARE NOT MISSING A WEEK. Anywhoodles, we recorded right when we got back from a month long break in January and we talked about all the games we played and all the shit we watched. This is a chatty one, so if you don't like that kind of stuff, com...

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch talk about a game that paved the way for unarguably THE most epic western game franchise of ALL TIME. Get your wired in PS2 controller and fire up a heaving bowl of hot lead called Red Dead Revolver!.. and yeah, it was all about the money.

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch jump head first into the gnarly Xbox exclusive that taught us all how to kill a horde of zombies should they ever take over our local malls Dawn of the Dead Style with the unforgettable Dead Rising!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch mix it up a bit and talk about a videogame that was adapted from a movie. This is totally different from last week when we talked about a videogame that was adapted from a TV show. Totally different thing…. Anyways, hold onto your shorts when we talk about the video game adaptation of Fight Club! We swear it’s real!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch reel in their first big shark of the year with one of the largest entries in one of the biggest franchises in history with ...wait....that's not correct...really?...jesus...um... yeah it's The Soprano's: Road to Respect!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch are right back at it in season 4 with one of the most popular point and click games of the 90s! one of the forefathers of the genre! No, not Leisure Suit Larry (yet?)... It's Day of the Tentacle! 

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch step up to the table with a videogame based on a TV show property that fought its way back from cancellation, created a sustained spin off series, and captured a lot of hearts along the way to slaying all those crazy otherworld creatures. We are of course talking about the beloved Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds! 

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch come correct with the first game of season 4 being a real banger! Ah heavy hitter! A two time champ! It's finally Bioshock Infinite! 

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch kick off the new season with another format breaking episode where they reminisce about a genre everyone loves and also hates playing online -> Fighting Games! Get on in here and have a listen!

Poppascotch and Chump Slap wrap up Mortal Kombat week talking about the newest entry into the franchise with the 2021 reboot, and I'm not giving away any episode spoilers in this entry! Listen to hear what these two idiots think about it!

Poppascotch and Chump Slap continue with Mortal Kombat movie week as they discuss the second installment of the Mortal Kombat film franchise with Mortal Kombat Annihilation! It's pretty terrible and they have a good time listing all the reasons why it's terrible. Do you agree with them? The only way to know is to listen to this episode!

Plotty Time never stops giving! We're starting off Mortal Kombat week with Chump Slap and Poppascotch discussing the first Mortal Kombat movie way back in 1995 when studios had no idea how to make movies based on video games! Give this one a listen!

To close out Season 3 with the second part of the best of 2021 stories Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch will run down the games in the #2 and #1 slots for the entirety of 2021! We also talk about the bottom 5 video game stories of 2021, so you won't want to miss this one! Get in here! 

Season 3 is coming to a close and with that, Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch go over the top five stories they've reviewed this year on the podcast! In the first part of The Best of 2021 they discuss the entries in the #5, #4, and #3 slots so get on in here and see if your favorite episode made the cut!

This week Dr. Syintist, Chump Slap, and Poppascotch have a extremely civil and totes casu discussion about their favorite games they played throughout 2021!