Banter Banter

This week, the Banter Boys take another trip to the Trailer Park and set eyes on the new D&D movie 'Honor Among Thieves'. Aaron gets nostalgic about his early tabletop gaming days and checks in with Manny and Mike about the different products from D&D they interacted with in their earlier days. Mike replaces all the toilet paper he pick-pocketed from Aaron before reality attacks via Hasbro...

Forget the trappings of old.  Nostalgia comes in as a substitute for creative substance.  Less and less original content is presented to us as crossovers, but in exchange, we give up any of the trappings that would give a context of reason for it to happen.  Join Mike and Manny as they try untangle this mess. Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://www.youtube...

The Banter Banter Boys decide to drive two cars into the Trailer Park and leave donuts for everyone to see. Instead of spending time at the corner of Nostalgia and Reality, we watched the Thank You for Smoking trailer and take a peek at product marketing in movies and video games. Sometimes the product placement does the trick and hooks you. While driving home to our corner, we swerve back to the...

The banter gents talk about the influence of media in our world views.  Is our choice in media indicative of the values we hold, or are we at the whimms of what shows, films, books, and games we partake in? Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-8T. .. Miracle of Sound - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfo. .. This season's cover art is by...

Banter Banter has a booger to pick with you. And maybe add it to your booger collection to increase its value! What creates the value of collectibles? Is it all a corporate trick to cause fake rarity, or has the commercial brainwashing finally taken hold? Mike tries to appraise the value of this podcast while Aaron recants a tale of having FOMO for rare console only to fall for a scam. Beanie Babi...

Getting into the thick of collection culture, our hoarders in chief, Aaron, Mike and Manny get to talking.  Both stuff they're into and things they aren't, everything is on the table, ready to be graded and marked up as a one-of-a-kind limited edition. Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-8T. .. Miracle of Sound - https://www.youtube.com/ch...

Aaron gets patched back into this episode and downloads some updates to remember talking about speed runs. Mike ties speed running to the Rubik's Cube and seeks knowledge about other physical types of speed runs that are not video game related. Manny mentions Cup Stacking, in both solo and team competitions as another niche physical speed run where there is a league to help confirm/validate time r...

The hosts of Banter Banter try their hand at running through the obstacles of their podcast, giving their thoughts on the precursors of speed running and its place in the landscape of hobbies. From high scores to doing tricks to spaz out Mario Kart, we race to come up with a call on this craft. Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-8T. ..  M...

Mike and Manny chat about finished products that was released back before the internet and post internet, and how patches are easier to provide constant updates and upgrades. Has the ability to release games without cleaning most of the bugs and glitches and just patch the game after release created a bad environment for the gaming community or the gaming industry? Do gamers see a benefit in helpi...

What happens when publishers get too obsessed with making changes to previously released media, it isn't always pretty.  Our hosts are quick to point this out and bring up some thoughts on just what was wrong with these releases and whether  its worth keeping your old media. Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-8T... Miracle of Sound -...

While sitting at the corner of Reality and Nostalgia, the Banter Boys check out many things that culminated in the gamer term 'Bethesda Broken'. Manny gives a light skim of some games that were released by this company which caused them to earn the negative moniker for a bad game and/or a bad game release.  As a bit of a gaming outsider, Mike wonders how the gaming industry as a whole has started...

The host of Banter Banter take time to sift through some of the examples of franchise that took a turn for the worst.  From films like The Fast & the Furious, James Bond and Resident Evil; to RE's games and publishers like Bethesda and CD Projekt Red; we slog through a lot of stinkers for the sake of some quality entertainment. Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https:...

Join Mike as Arron and Manny run him through some of their favorite talking points about the Blue Blur, namely when did it go wrong.  All the while, Mike gets some prickly questions answered.  Going from the Master System, 32X, Sega CD, Dreamcast and beyond, the Banter-ers will talk about Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik's highs and lows.  Alleging Game Theory Episode about Sonic...

Let loose the juice with the Banter-ers as they examine the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog film.  Is this depiction of the Blue Blur worth him making him come out on theaters? Help them find the soul in this souless cash in. Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-8T... Miracle of Sound - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfo... This season's cover art is...

This week Banter Banter sits down at the corner of Reality and Nostalgia with trends and their afterlife. Mike kicks off this episode by taking the Ghostbusters: Afterlife teaser down to the Trailer Park. Calling upon Rmember Berries, the three hosts weave through the discussion of this teaser trailer and into the resurrection of trends. Mike asks Aaron and Manny which trends they want to come bac...

Like the hula hoop and the pet rock, things fall out of style all the time, but like a current meme, you can always count on Banter to go on about it endlessly.  Whether looking to get a boomerang or make funny bold font images, Banter Banter is into fads past and present.  Can Mike explain his way out of this one? Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://www.youtub...

After getting into gift refund money season, the hosts of Banter Banter start buying up all the memes. Aaron, Manny, and Mike peel open a light conversation about memes. From the historical creation of, the current definition of, and the popularization of memes across the internet. With every time the Banter Boys get together, you will get a handful of tangent dragons including buffalos, Sean Conn...

The Banter podders work on getting up to date with some of the new internet lingo.  From talking about terms that no one in their right mind would use now, to the hip new words everyone is using in the web 4-ums. Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-8TDe5s-E Miracle of Sound - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfoxYTlCPFfglckBLrjpsA This se...

With the passing of 2021, the hosts of Banter Banter decide to turn around and look into the past yet again. Manny finds 2021 Guilty before the trio dives into their feelings and thoughts in the look back. The mixed bag of last year spills out over the mic as the hosts accept the fact that they are already the Boomers of 2022. So sit down and listen to these old men talk about walking through 10 m...

To start season 4 off with a big hit, we at Banter Studios decided to dive into Disney's rendition of Hercules' life. We drop a fast recap of the movie before digging into all sorts of aspects of the movie. From our favorite scenes to the historical inaccuracies, the Banter Banter Boys goof their way through another tale with our favorite Greek Demigod, Hercules! Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle...

Pull up a chair and listen to our sponsors for season 4 of Banter Banter:  Banter Banter! Cover art is provided by  Bobbins & Goblins: https://www.facebook.com/BobbinsnGoblins/ @Bobbin_Goblins on Twitter This season's theme music is "Friends" by Miracle of Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-8TDe5s-E

The happiest of holidays from all of us at Studio Banter!  Before you do your present opening and your gift wrapper toss, we invite you to hear the best of season 2.  It's our annual clip episode of Banter Banter's yesteryears.  We hope that you have a great holiday and we'll see you in season 4! Cover art is provided by @easylouisy (based on art by @Bobbin_Goblins on Twitter) The m...

Mike & Manny chat about the many commercial pitfalls of the incoming holiday season.  Jangle it up as they discuss fomo, the supply chain issues scalping, and some positive suggestions to avoid the rush! Cover art is provided by @easylouisy (based on art by @Bobbin_Goblins on Twitter)

Arron, Manny and Mike get together again on another Scott themed Pilgrimage, but this time they take it back to the roots.  Taking the time to read the graphic novel by Brian Lee O'Malley, the Banter-ers look at where this story originated. Cover art is provided by Pepper Troopa: linktr.ee/peppertroopa

Rolling ourselves into November, Manny and Mike check out the menagerie of floats that transport people and minds during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as well as tidbits of history surrounding the parade and its origin. The Banter boys also take a time out from the goofs and gags during the holiday season to mention some things they are personally thankful for. Mike finally takes us on a tri...