The boys Immortal Storm and Nick are back, this time joined with a good old friend, Jose. The trio discus at length about video games vintage and current gen, artificial intelligence, and embarrassing childhood stories about inappropriate things.

0:00 Nick’s Superman hair

3:38 - The town we grew up in; scary parts of town

7:15 - Sparking Zero; PC gaming setup

10:44 - Nick & Jose have bought Storm games and he still hasn’t played them; Star Wars: Outlaws; Game Informer shuts down after 33 years

14:10 - Porn stories; VHS tapes, magazines, finding dad’s stash

16:48 - Gaming magazines; Game Informer, Nintendo Power, Pong, Atari, PS3 releasing at $700

23:44 - PS5 Pro; graphics, frames, waste of money, physical games; games changing with patches

29:13 - Memory cards for games back in the day, remastered games, Horizon, Breath of the Wild, Bloodborne

34:56 - Sequels to stories that finished, stories that don’t end, unsatisfying endings to shows, My Hero Academia, Jiu-Jitsu Kaisen, High School DXD

38:36 - Hating things you’re a fan of, writing MCU humor into everything

43:48 - Kids shows today are all loud brain rot, quality kids shows we grew up on; Elsa Gate, Cocomelon, Bluey

50:41 Vine ruined everyone’s attention span, the TikTok platform formula

55:09 The Simpsons’ latest season premiere; Tesla robots and ai taking over; Detroit: Become Human, Ex Machina; narrative decision based games

1:01:38 Ai2U, a game where you talk to an ai girlfriend

1:08:50 Nick thinks Storm should stream on Twitch; Streaming culture, Storm hates IRL streamers, playing a character to people

1:13:38 Vince McMahon documentary, brief mention; Storm is still fascinated by the whole Chris Benoit situation

1:20:32 Walking to Jose’s house to play games as a kid; customer controllers; Switch technology

1:29:49 The Wii and its best games to playing with the motion controller; Call of Duty, Spiderman, Resident Evil, Wii Sports; throwing the Wii remote at the tv

1:34:46 Storm wouldn’t go to Jose’s house because he didn’t have an HD tv; TVs with antennas, black and white; Sparking Zero

This episode was recorded back when Akira Toriyama passed away. We discuss growing up watching Dragon Ball Z, how does the character of Goku compare in popularity to other heroes in western media, and DBZ's influence on the world. We also share memories playing old Pokemon games, and pro-wrestling training.

Chapters:

0:36 Nick’s girl made him breakfast, while Storm woke up with the bubble guts; Storm has had bad bowels lately

4:36 Storm talks Pro-Wrestling Workout class; endless squats; Coach Danny attacks Storm at the end of class

12:35 Storm shows his grandpa his first practice match

15:33 Growing up watching Dragon Ball Z; watching Toonami

20:03 Akira Toriyama’s legacy; action figures

25:43 Toriyama’s characters; Stan Lee’s characters; Goku’s popularity in the western world vs. American superheroes; most popular characters in pop culture; Goku, Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Pikachu

31:24 Nerds & thugs bonding over DBZ and Pokémon; fighting Pokémon and losing money

37:43 The time Storm tried flying

41:48 Dragon Ball Z video games; Kakarot, Xenoverse

48:57 Fortnite

It's back to the future as we discuss the latest in rap and wrestling while reminiscing on the best of both worlds. We review Eminem's latest album "The Death of Slim Shady," and critique the worst albums from our favorite artists. John Cena announced he is retiring, so we share our first memories from when we started watching him wrestle. Finally, we run through Apple's list of the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time.

2024 seems to be The Year of Hate. We cover the entire timeline of the HipHop beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Myself, Immortal Storm, and my friend Nick share our thoughts on every diss song between the two artists as they released. We discuss what impressed us, how invested we were, and break down everything track by track. The conversation eventually transitions to a dialogue with my friends Meelz & J5 examining the growing popularity of pro-wrestling.