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We all love playing games here at ADD. Phil has a particular passion for Indie developers so he wants to know who is our favorite developer or what is our favorite indie game. Charles gets an education as the other three readily have great games and creators to share. But to be fair Charles has no real concept of what is a huge developer and who is indie as he just plays games he likes. We Show So...

Mike is trying so hard to get some “good” stories out of us. So he comes up with a topic that can’t fail -Tell us About the Good Stuff! Well, he has underestimated all of us as he triggers sad stories immediately. We start off with the Pinewood derby and how it crushed our souls, but then good things do come out of it. We hear how Tony really is spiderman in Italy, how Charles did actually win som...

Phil is a man of many quirks, but it is Tony who asks “ Do you have any odd habits or rituals?” The things that we learn today are fascinating. There is an argument over hanging t-shirts vs folding them. We learn about how 2 minutes can ruin an entire day, and there is a compulsion to chew on things. The thing you won’t find here is guilt or shame. We own who we are and have no issues with it. Com...

We all have things that may surprise others about us. Charles asks today about “What Offbeat Thing Brings You Joy?” He has a large love of mash-ups, remixes, and cover songs. We hear about Yoyo’s, Xerox paper, and so many other awesome things! At the end of this episode, we discover Charles loves when packages arrive at his house. Turns out Phil had sent some things for Charles’s birthday that may...

In an attempt to herd cats Mike asks us “What Dystopian future are you the most afraid of?” somehow thinking none of it would relate back to 2020. He leads off with an example that should steer us in the right direction, but this is a dumpster fire and we do what we want! So you get everything from a handmaid's tale to Idiocracy. We do our best not to keep coming back to reality but it is what it...

Randy has submitted a topic for Phil. If you don’t know who Randy is then count yourself lucky. But Phil runs with it and asks us “What Experience Left You Wanting More (Good or Bad)?” All of the crew have some great answers and most of them revolve around music one way or another. There is some positivity as much as bad experiences. We Show Some Love: Phil has something awesome to love. So there...

Brian and Charles go way back and together they have done and left a few shows. So we thought it appropriate to talk about why, when, and how you should leave a show gracefully.  As we really get into the topic we find that Ibbott has a trend of separating from Charles which you know makes the trash pandas happy. Tony has had to retire/leave a show, and Phil has definitely done some moving ar...

Let's talk about theatres AGAIN. “Wonder Woman” is delayed again but did anyone go see “New Mutants”? Somehow “Tenet” is being promoted as “big movies are back”? With all of this going on Tony is asking is this a positive turn or a false hope. Brian Ibbott guests on the show tonight and he did see both “Tenet” and “New Mutants.” With the box office numbers, streaming revenue, and immunocompromised...

Money is the root of all limitations or something like that. We as creators push on even when the balance is off and Philip is no exception. Phil wants to know is “Having Unlimited Resources What Would You Do?” Man we all love questions like this and it was a great time talking about traveling, starting media companies, and establishing foundations to help the world. We Show Some Love: Phil has a...

Since the show is new we are still getting to know each other. Tony P. jumps right into the deep end and asks us “Who are You?” We hear a lot of interesting stories like how Mike discovered there is no snow in Spain, Charles’ first tv appearance, and how Tony and Phil bond over how they both used to be wedding videographers. There is a lot of cool new info here so give it a full listen! We Show So...

As is the tradition with DragonCon, Mike comes out of the weekend super energized and motivated. He wants to know what many of us want to know - "How do you keep your momentum post-con?" We get serious with how all of us have struggled with that moment, and what we have done about it. Staying focused on what you want is one step as is being realistic about what you can do right now. Lots of great...

Coming off of DragonCon Charles sat and watched every panel. While all of it was ultimately awesome not every piece of content was right up his alley. So he asks his co-hosts and all of you trash pandas “How do you open yourself up to new experiences?” While there is a bit of a back and forth (Phil hits with a hard no and then opens himself up to discussion) where Charles was surprised at some of...

With DragonCon, looming Charles has been working with a lot of different creators. He is challenging the crew with the question “Why do you Call Yourself a Pro?” With Bobby Blackwolf on board, all five of us consider ourselves professionals and we cover a lot of different reasons why. Then after the show, we found the quote that is on the cover art. “Professionalism is an Attitude - not a time com...

Phil is a wonderful human being who like most of us has pondered many a weird thought. So he asks us tonight "what fictional characters you wish you could have as a pet or sidekick?" There are so many answers ranging from the Kothalga to Snarf, to --- well you just need to listen in and find out where our brains went. We are happy to have Bobby Blackwolf on to help set this dumpster ablaze! Let us...

We are learning that Mike Ellison is a bit like a puppy. He looks good fuzzy, has great breath, and gets so excited he pees on the floor! So he asks us old dogs "How do you handle waiting for something exciting?" Phil buries himself in work, Tony P. finds ways to ignore it, and Charles just lives moment to moment. There obviously is so much more to this dumpster fire that we can't really describe...

Tony P. really shows us all what it means to have a professional rockstar type intro for your show. But in all sincerity, we use the dumpster fire as our logo for a reason. He wanted all of us to share our favorite DragonCon Memories so far as we get excited for DragonCon Goes Virtual 2020. Our guest tonight is Bobby Blackwolf of Vognetwork.com. He has been a friend of ours for a while and has att...

Mike Ellison jumped into this episode with his amazement of DC Movies that are upcoming. With all of the DC movie trailers that dropped. He asks us "Are DC Movies Getting Better?" Oddly enough Charles hasn't seen any of them. Phil had his commentary and Tony P brought in the humor as he does. He wanted to talk Marvel but we kept him on track.  It was a great discussion of past movies and the...

Phil jumps into his childhood with the question of what were the toys that you wanted but never got. It brought up some great memories of toys that we had forgotten. Names you know pop up like He-Man, Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, and the like. And we learn of toys we really weren't that familiar with. It was kind of like going to a toy fair. Then the tragedy hits. We hear of Charles's stories of crush...

Tony P. Henderson kicks us off with a question about gaming consoles. Specifically, he wants to know the stories of your first gaming system. Charles says he has a sad origin story and it throws Tony off. In general, we all have a unique story to tell of how we were introduced to gaming and what the first systems we owned were. And that's the key. Not the first system we played but the first one t...

Charles lives in his own universe and we all know this. Right now he is asking us "Who is Your Animation Alter Ego?" So even though we had to start out with Mike Ellison missing in action, Tony and Phil hold their own. So the game is this - first you get to say who you think you are in that animated universe and then the other hosts pick for you. And then we throw out the rules and simply start pi...

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