Anime Sickos

Become the coolest guy on Letterboxed by using the Sickos' brand new objectively perfect 19-point checklist that determines a movie's quality with scientific precision. We display our incredible new system by applying it to the movie The Northman--will it pass muster? Listen and see homie

Joe spent a week in "da psych ward" in order to make his brain stop going nuts. The Sickos recount the ordeal which in retrospect had a lot more gags and goofs than you would have expected.

Writer, artist, and generally cool guy Zac Gorman goes guesto mode! We discuss the harrowing emptiness of being an artist, how Chuck E. Cheese's has a weird smell, and why it's so important to make bad dumb art that won't make you any money

It's another grab bag of goofs from the Sickos. We read a big long list of spooky skeletons, put the Fate wiki through Google Translate, and decide the Final Four of the Fruit Annihilation Tournament!

Tom wants to talk about Elden Ring and Inscryption so bad and Joe won't play them in order to prank Tom. The solution? Tom is just going to talk about them anyway.

The Devil is Real and posting is his sword. The Sickos articulate a long-held belief, that the Devil is a real red guy who does all the problems. We discuss how his works wrought the awful Texas trans law and started a war in Ukraine, and how with posting in his arsenal, his works are more powerful than ever. It's not enough to inflict pain and death, we must also see people post stupid fuckin tak...

Writer, performer, actor, and singer Gwynn Fulcher--star of Shuffle Quest and The Tragical History of Modesty City--goes guesto mode! We discuss the unique cog indignities of having to work with literal millionaires, prove that opera is anime, and celebrate games that do not make your brain go nuts and freak out (our favorite) but instead calm you down with cuteness and tranquility.

The Sickos talk about a bunch of video games we've been playing. No big concept or overarching theme, sometimes we need an easy one just for us. We discuss Donkey Kong '94, Castlevania Circle of the Moon, Breath of Fire, Xenogears, and Vampire Survivors. Gaming rules!

The Sickos do the unthinkable: not only do we talk about anime (!!), we talk about two different anime (!!!). We discuss the comically bleak teens-in-mechs anime 86, and the absolutely lovely Ranking of Kings, a show about a little guy who goes around. Turns out some of these cartoons are actually good to watch

Oops! Someone spilled something on the machine that makes sketches down at Sickos HQ and now it won't turn off!! Enjoy 50 minutes of extremely stupid sketches from your favorite boys of online!

Quinn Welsh-Wilson guest runs a one-shot game of the RPG Hard-Wired Island for the Sickos, as they take control of Tooltip and Paste Special, two average cogs working in Shin Sicko City who are about to learn more about this cyberpunk dystopia than they ever wanted to know. This one's silly, folks

The Sickos identify what it is that makes people connect with the show: it's because we're always fuckin complaining and whining, the objectively most fun thing to do, and something those in power really want to make illegal. Then, we return to the fruit tournament to determine the Elite Eight with some truly shocking bouts!

It's back to the zoo as the Sickos recount some of the funniest, stupidest, and confusingest posts ever. Yes, social media is a nightmare, but when you gather all of its gems into a fun little exhibit? Well it's still a nightmare but at least there's a sick thrill that comes with

The Sickos run through a truly awful Twitter thread claiming to contain the 20 best podcast episodes ever. Every single one is 4 hours of business tips by VC freaks and former Navy SEALs. This thread represents a pure distillation of Demon Mindset, the terminal brain disease you get when you start listening to podcasts about work during your free time, an activity that represents the Devil winning...

Professional comics-doer Evan Dahm (Rice Boy, Vattu, Island Book, etc) goes guesto mode! We discuss the transcendent perfection of the Dragonball manga, how playing JRPGs on bootleg Chinese consoles is fun and cool, and what it's like to make a living on art in a world that really seems to not want you to do that. Check it out!

The Sickos finally identify the Western version of anime: Prestige TV. Plus, we get a Kong Dog update, talk about the funniest parts of the 351Elec Discord, and debate whether shoot em ups are fun games to play or cruel punishments it's impossible to enjoy

The Sickos have been doing this for 100 episodes! We take a moment to reflect on how it's very hard to come up with episode ideas when you've already had to come up with 100 ideas and also the world provides you with no new stimulus. Then, we indulge in disgusting levels of smugness as we share words of congratulations from some of our closest sicko homies. Here's to 100 more!

The Sickos present a finely-honed slop experience. We introduce a new segment, "Anbernickos," in which we discuss the ways our Chinese Gameboys are solving all our problems, finally read some more user-submitted stories in Cog Talk, and welcome guesto Kevin Johnson back on the show for Cat Talk as we talk about how Kevin is fostering the best cat who ever lived.

Josh McVety is a goth king who makes music under the name Mellow Code. Josh discusses his origins as a doomed child born to a family of absolute anime sickos, shares how to become an electronic music sicko, tells a wild Cog Talk story about building music video sets for an insane man made of cocaine, and more. Check it out!

The Sickos finally address the burning topic that's been the talk of the gaming world for weeks: The Anbernic RG351V handheld retro emulation device. Yes, the Sickos purchased Chinese Gameboys in order to do game crime and it's the most alive they've felt in a decade. (We will do an Inscryption episode once Joe's shoulder feels good enough for him to finish playing it lol)

Being online is terrible! The Sickos moan about how the very structure of the internet requires every action you do on it (talk to people, order food, look up information) to suck mondo ass. Plus, we marvel at the audacity of an app-connected dick sleeve that sends your JO data to the cloud.

The Sickos discuss one of their favorite animes: Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson's Comedy Central sitcom Detroiters. Folks Detroiters is the funniest fuckin show. The Sickos are hootin in this one

Didn't NFTs already flame out? How come we still have people making wife posts about spending $8,000 on a jpg of a horny lion? The Sickos discuss how NFTs, dumb as they may be, are actually a totally predictable outcome of our horrible system, and how shit's only gonna get dumber from now on! Then, we finally return to the Fruit Annihilation Tournament for the first time in four months (lol) to de...

Joe is being forced to return to the office, despite a big virus that I guess his work hasn't heard of yet. The Sickos discuss the perverse tendency for managers to consider problems solved forever as soon as they are acknowledged in any way. Then, the Sickos bitch about the odious Netflix cartoon Chicago Party Aunt, and Tom yammers about Real for 20 minutes.

The excellent Rayne Klar goes guesto mode! Rayne is a podcaster (shameful), witch (cool), and person who knows how printing works (except for the glue that doesn't make sense). They join the sickos to discuss a childhood filled with anime sin, a long and difficult path to gaming nirvana, and how jobs suck ass.