IMPOSSIBLE COIN

Big Sach stops by and we speculate about Todd MacFarlane's Legend Of Zelda. Octopus gets used as a verb. America is going wild for chicken sandwiches and there is a preview of All Out and Royal Quest. All this and Tegan brings you your legally mandated amount of Nintendo stanning.

Rocky exposes the cold, hard truth of running a raid group in these trying times. Nintendo does not understand how YouTube works. Tegan is double exhausted by Call of Duty. Brian launches an effort to get Tegan on the Stardom train.

We talk about the ESA data leak and the trashbag Gamergater who did it, platform holders smarten up on loot boxes, Wal-Mart finds a strawman for guns in video games. Tegan and Brian tumble back into bad habits. The Red Bull party is bad and there is Fire Emblem. We got what 12 year olds want RIGHT NOW!

Rocky, Tegan and Brian settle in for another watchalong. (Slow news week you nerds.) This time, they watch an episode of the Vice series 'The Wrestlers' focusing on the Japanese promotion Stardom. Join us on this mission of idol culture and choke holds.

Brian is overwhelmed by Thwomps. Twitter, wrestling and Zelda make for a spicy and spirited debate. Rocky is playing that game with strategy and thirst. (Fire Emblem: Three Thirsts) Joycons are bad.  Amit Raizada is bad. The Joker is good but Sigma is bad. No, not that Sigma. THESE ARE VIDEO GAMES.

Look, Brian's not in the office today. He literally threw his back out at a funeral. THAT HAPPENED. What you get is Rocky and Tegan talking Splatoon, Fortnite, FFXIV and those clowns at Hitrecord. And grab your finest fight stick, bar of soap and dread of a community that lacks accountability. It's time to talk EVO!

If this episode was a cat you would gaze upon it and say "Oh lawd, he comin'." Strap in for 3 hours and 44 minutes of content. YOU CAN LISTEN TO US AT THE GYM FOUR TIMES YOU NERDS. We got video games, we got anime, we got bad mobile games, we got G2A scum bag action, we got trademark infringement lawsuits and of course we got your "What came out on Steam today" We gonna keep your NOURISHED.

So apparently we didn't screw up last time as Dave Lang actually agreed to come back for our second annual check-in. We talk about ethical labor management in the game industry, unions, the possibility of an IG buyout, who Lang finds intimidating and for all of you hardcore Lang fans we also talk the wine fridge situation and you get the first sex in the Prius update in six months.

We watched Ready Player One. It is bad. We talk about it being bad. Like really bad. I was going to call the movie a crime against humanity. I, Brian, normally use this space to make jokes about the content of an episode and invite the listener to play along. It's fun. But I struggle to joke about something being a crime against humanity when there are people in cages on our border. So maybe liste...

The gang discuss mouthbreathers' total lack of understanding of boobs and bras. Brian is anime now so the natural order is completely upset and EA, Randy Pitchford and Elon Musk all do what they do best this week. Please hang out in our weird Pokemon gym and use our waffle maker. Spooky neckbeards need not apply.

Rocky, Tegan and Brian perform an E3 post-mortem. They don't agree on the cause of death. Heck, they don't even agree if the patient is dead! Rocky and Tegan think Brian is wrong about Nintendo and crowds. We discover that Earth has always been a battle royale and there are new video games even though it is hot, gross summer. Pull up a chair there's Bahama Mamas for everybody.

This is kind of a sealed envelope podcast. Brian and Tegan circled up on Saturday for their last look at the world prior to E3 2019 popping off. They talk Pokemon (British), lawsuits (Apple) and Musk (Elon). Of course Impossible Coin's premier Call of Duty correspondent is here to tell you where to put the boots. Time to smoke weed, eat pizza and play CoD!

Rocky, Tegan and Brian happily limp across the finish line of press conferences and Nintendo is here to give them electrolyte enhanced sports drinks, bananas and a protein bar. Nintendo presents a conference which is NOT a deep dive of various sound effects in Smash. They find time to troll us, surprise and provide us with some new desired details. Press F for new back compat titles on Xbox One.

Here's what you need to know; Tegan had hard cider. Rocky had a lot of red wine and Brian had craft beer. E3 marches on! First the team argues about the Ikumi Nakamura and Twitter. Then Ubisoft has two bangers with a dog in between. Square-Enix mostly does well. Everyone and their body pillows is GONNA LOVE IT.

The gang convenes an emergency meeting to dig through the carnage of the opening of E3 and the Google conference. EA impresses no one, Ikumi Nakamura impresses everybody and Rocky calls Brian a corporate Stan for Microsoft. Come with us on a journey with twists and turns and lots of Devolver Digital lore. Free Nina Struthers.

Incredible fire episode here folks. We got Big Sach in the house. However, we do not have Karen Troutfisher. The gang discusses perpetual disappointment engine Rockstar and walking calamity Randy Pitchford. We also got feet pics, horny Digimon, an amazing wrestling pay-per-view and a whole rack of lamb. THIS IS VIDEO GAMES.

RIP Brian's Xbox One. (Kind of.) Rocky gets that discount sushi. (For the Switch.) Tegan lies to her mother. (About this podcast.) Folks, you can get more than a mattress from a loot box now. You can also get crankable video game consoles, potentially ineffective legislation, Chris JERWRECKO and cereal to murder people with. Video games!

What happens when you warm Rocky, Tegan and Brian's heart? You congratulate yourself for making the Detective Pikachu movie! The gang takes a trip to Spoiler Town and reviews our thoughts and feels on the movie. (including appreciated similarity to some other films.) Join us friends and do the mental health version of doing stuff.

Rocky, Tegan and Brian dig into what they are expecting at E3 this year. Will Sony drop a video closer to the show? Does Nintendo want to show off the baby Switch? Will Microsoft deliver on all the anticipation? Who will crap the bed harder, Bethesda or Square-Enix? What's next in Devolver Digital lore? Grab a Ham Duet! It's E3 prediction time!

I'm pretty sure I've used the 'the episode has everything schtick' before but hey, THIS EPISODE HAS EVERYTHING. We got an update on the shed, Scorpion versus a Boeing Jet in this year's hottest cross tag battle game, unwashed legs and hindquarters, upside-down England, Steam bullshit, Randy Pitchford and of course unfair labor practices. THESE ARE VIDEO GAMES.

Brian returns from being sick. He is, however, sick of his dad's crap. (The shed is explained.) Tegan and Rocky accuse Brian of gatekeeping a blue hedgehog. He calls them out on the malarky. You might want to unbuckle your pants for Kickstarter's next big hit and you can leave them unbuckled for Call of Duty. The crew salutes Solitaire before colliding with a bat to destroy the bat.

Join us gentle listeners as Rocky and Tegan throw the purple bad man with the oven mitt into the mountain of doom in order to restore the power of anime and friendship. Rocky also does a Fortnite and a Fortnite Taco Shop while doing an Apex Legends on YouTube! (Lean in real close nerds. I was sick last weekend and have been busy all week. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THIS EPISODE. Let's pretend that...

This show has everything you expect from a video game podcast. We deep-dive the romantic comedy genre and identify those responsible for the rom-com crash (Kate Hudson and Dane Cook). We discuss the phenomenon of shipping real people (including ourselves). Rocky reveals a conspiracy theory to Brian which he doesn't have the strength for. Tegan doesn't have the strength for much. By trying to show...

Come with me into the ketchup filled ball pit as the crew savors the new Star Wars trailer. Video game companies are still very bad. Labo VR is for more than looking up a chicken's butt. I guess the FTC is putting on LootBoxCon 2019. Can't wait to see the cosplay contest. Hopefully someone wears a copper banana hammock.

Gather round friends! You are invited to the cookout. It's a different kind of cookout. It's one earned by defeating the Aztec Deadmaus with the best grandma ever. Rocky, Tegan and Brian present a cautionary tale of ever pretending to be somebody's boyfriend.