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**SPOILER WARNING FOR SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME** Todd and Andrew saw Spider-Man: Far From Home and oh my God now it's time to geek out over it. Does Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio top Keaton's Vulture? What is the future of the MCU now that the Avengers are gone? Could J.K. Simmons dethrone Rami Malek as our new God-King? It's very possible all of these questions have answers. It's also very possible we just spent 35 minutes talking about the now-very-real ship of Happy & Aunt May. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Oh Sonic...our very fast boy with a very complicated past. He's been a street fighter, an Olympic athlete, a zero gravity surfboard racer, and even a knight facing off against King Arthur. We decided to give everyone's favorite blue hedgehog yet another second chance by fixing some of Sonic's more pained gimmicks. Our crack team of armchair-quarterbacking game designers are proposing massive overhauls to Sonic and The Secret Rings, the Werehog, and the edgy 'dark' version of Sonic whose power is gun-having. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

On Part 2 of our journey through the lore of Magic: The Gathering, we cover everything after The Great Mending up to where the story stands today. Our main focus is the Gatewatch, the unlikely alliance of demi-gods that consists of an All-American quarterback, a lovestruck wizard, a goth necromancer, and one very swole cat. The art behind Magic is still really tight! Here's this episode's rad image album. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Yeah, sure, your pet is your best friend because and they provide you with unrequited love and companionship, yada yada yada. But your dog would be waaay cooler if it could breathe fire. Hypothetical situations like this are what we here at Debate This! do best. And so, we're taking some of Mario's most iconic baddies and housebreaking them. Oh no, Chargin' Chuck peed on the carpet again… Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

From Dinosaur Blade Runner to CG hedgehogs with real human teeth, we here at Debate This! unequivocally love when video games get adapted to other things. So this week, we're asking what video game could be the next great cinematic masterpiece. Will it be the anime-esque adventures of Monster Hunter, the hilariously unoriginal space-pirate-ninja drama from Blood Wake, or the very smelly misadventures of Nintendo's dirty boys Wario and Waluigi? Debate This! is going on the road...kind of! Come see us at CORGS-Con on Saturday, June 1, at the Makoy Center in Hilliard, OH. We'll be hanging out and giving away free merch! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

On this month's Flavor Text, we're tapping all our mana to summon one of the biggest and most complex lore monsters out there today. That's right nerds, we've unpacked the story behind Magic: The Gathering. And, what started as a strained recounting turned into one of the most fucking straight-up metal fantasy stories any of us has ever heard. The art behind Magic is tight! Here's the album of all the artwork Kyle referenced. We've been nominated for the Columbus Podcast Awards for Best Comedy Show, and would love your support in helping us win! Visit http://bit.ly/DebateVote to vote for your favorite angry boiz. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

The 1993 film Super Mario Bros is notorious for 1) being very bad, and 2) inadvertently creating a sub-genre of crappy movie adaptations of popular video games. So this week, we're finally going to right this wrong and re-shoot the Mario Bros movie the right way. Problem is, we don't actually create new concepts, we just steal from the likes of Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and...the dudes from Super Troopers. Thank God we brought in guest expert Giovanni Colantonio to help pen this masterpiece. You can listen to more of Giovanni talking about video games on Left Trigger Right Trigger, or check out Fullmetal Bazinga, an improvised science-fiction audio drama based on the final season of the Big Bang Theory! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

**HUGE MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME** The release of Avengers: Endgame marks the end of an 11-year saga. A saga which, quite frankly, many of us thought would never actually work out. But much like our 20s (excluding Matt), the Avengers saga is done, and we are now left only with one underlying question: What happens now? The boys spend their time sharing their thoughts about what's next for the MCU, as well as impressions and hot takes after seeing the movie. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

The Top Generals of the World's Military need our help! The R&D department of Debate ThisI Corp. has been tasked with developing a new weaponized vehicle, so naturally we're going to pull blueprints from games because that is a totally normal thing to do. Instead of boring old helicopters, how about the AV-49 Wasp from Halo? Why drive that tank when you could fire napalm from a reinforced ice cream truck? Bomber planes not providing the ummph you need? This warp star is guaranteed to provide much more explode-ier results! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: Sweet Tooth Laugh Twisted Metal 1 Sweet Tooth Ending

DC's Blackest Night arc in the mid-2000s finally accomplished the thing that 30 years of comics preceding it couldn't—it finally made the Green Lantern cool by adding other Lanterns of different colors of the spectrum. So we decided to overlay some of our favorite Smash Bros characters onto these lesser-known Lanterns to make some truly unstoppable forces. We've got a zombified R.O.B. that worships death, an Incineroar with rage-induced bloodfire vomit, and everyone's favorite eldritch horror, Kirby! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

A trainer's first Pokemon is arguably the most important impact on how their fighting style develops and more importantly how they grow as a trainer and as a person. So naturally, the Pokemon that best map onto our personalities are a goopy snot dragon, a swole fish with large calves, and a metallic pangolin walled off from emotions. Fortunately, Tom Zalatnai from Up for Discussion and Blasting Off Again stopped by to remind us that there is good in the world, and that a Pokemon can be used to improve society and are not just for Instagram fan pages. You can check out Tom's work and other shows on the Upford Network at upfordnetwork.com. Listen to more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: Mr. Fish: http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/04192010

Since no one asked for it, we went back to the lore well and drudged up another hot steaming pile of knowledge for the next edition of FLAVOR TEXT! Marvel has announced they will be releasing an Eternals movie in 2020. What the hell is an Eternal? Do they have anything to do with the mysterious, seemingly immortal beings we've already met? And what is the deal with that giant baby-god with the big head? Resident Marvel expert Todd Thomas answers these questions and more! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Despite the fact that we've made it abundantly clear that we don't know Science, our field team at Debate This Labs are studying the various colors of Yoshis to answer one very important question: Which color of Yoshi is the best? Is it the fire-breathing Red Yoshi, the flying Blue Yoshi, or the butt-thwomping Yellow Yoshi? There can only be one champion in the ensuing Yoshi Race Wars, because those are the imaginary stakes we've established today. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

We here at Debate This Corp, LLC, want to make a game but we don't really know anything about game development. But there is one thing we do know about, and that's Corporate America. So we would like to present to you, dear listener, our pitch for a massively-multiplayer online RPG based in the world of 9-5 office jobs. You know how cool it is to shoot fireballs from your hands? Well what if instead of fireballs, those were witty social media posts and JIRA tickets? Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

We've spent a lot of time debating, so let's take off the punching gloves and put on our friendship pants to learn a bit more about our master debaters. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

It is the year 20XX. Gigantic monsters have appeared from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to wreak havoc, and so our only option is to build larger robots largely themed around specific elements and/or animals to combat them. The only thing standing between us and absolute destruction is the combined power of Flash Man, Guts Man, and Armored Armadillo. We're screwed. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: Guts Man's Ass Quick Man is a Punk

The poor DC Cinematic Universe just can't catch a break. We thought there might be some momentum with Wonder Woman, but then Justice League and Batman vs. Superman happened. So it's time to force a heel-turn. We're going to recast some of the more iconic heroes that have had some less-than-stellar appearances at in the theater. Get ready for some new, hot takes on Superman, Green Lantern, and the world's greatest detective...Man-Bat! Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Gel up your spiky hair and break out your magical key swords, because Kingdom Hearts III is here! As our inaugural episode of FLAVOR TEXT, we're breaking from the normal format to have Andrew feed you and the rest of the guys the entirety of the Kingdom Hearts story so far. Everything is on the table, from mainline games to handheld mobile games, HD remixes, card battlers, interquel movies, arbitrary virtual simulations, and dreams within dreams. This is your last chance to turn back. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

War. War never changes. Except when the latest Fallout game gets bored with its lack of NPCs and decides to incorporate a hipster gorilla, malicious disembodied hands, and a delusional man shouting about "catching 'em all." In addition to our pitch for this new, unofficial DLC, we add to our pantheon of false actor gods. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading: You Can't Ignore His Girth Anyone Can Dance

Kingdom Hearts is the unexpectedly glorious mashup of Disney characters and Final Fantasy. With the release of Kingdom Hearts III fast approaching, we're going to try and capitalize on its success by creating our own mashups of two beloved franchises. These games have everything: sentient yoga pants, Pyramid Head's warm apple pies, a sober Johnny Depp, and an uncomfortable amount of zippers. Special thanks to our guest, Alex Clark! You can check out all his work at youtube.com/itsalexclark and follow him @itsalexclark. Check out more incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Suggested Reading Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf Simple and Clean

It's the holiday season, so that means it's time to shower each other with good will and material love. The Debate This! boys are exchanging gifts in the form of crappy third-party gaming peripherals. Have you ever wanted to get kicked in the chest by Scorpion? How about firing a gun with your vocal cords? Santa wouldn't touch this garbage with a ten-foot pole. Suggested Reading The Aura Interactor: https://bsun.md/2BFRuz1 The Konami LaserScope: https://bit.ly/2Lx7zM7 The Gamecube Keyboard Controller: https://bit.ly/2CxUPlo Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

We've got a pitch for you: We follow a pair of couples around with cameras while they shop around for their dream home. We will present them with a series of different types of homes in different neighborhoods around their desired location and people can experience the kinds of things that go through their minds as they make the decision. Oh, that's already a thing? Well, what if we put these houses in nightmare eldritch hellscapes? Cool. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

December 7, 2018 was a big freaking' day y'all. Not only did we get the release of Smash Ultimate, but we also got a reveal of the first Smash DLC character AND the Ultimate Alliance series returning from the grave AND the first trailer for Avengers 4! Since we were all gushing over it all day, we figured we'd get together and record some initial reactions. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Michael Keaton's Vulture is the latest of Spider-Man's rogues gallery to get the "gritty reboot" treatment. With the rumors of Jake Gyllenhaal donning Mysterio's fishbowl in "Far From Home," we'd like to present you with updates to some of Spidey's more goofier villains. The "Silly Sixties" strike back as we discuss classic villains like Paste-Pot Pete, Chameleon, and The Jackal. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Gorons, Zora, Koroks, little kids with runny noses...if only The Legend of Zelda games could just be Link, Zelda, and Ganon. We've seen plenty of goofy side characters over the years, but there are a few that just stand out as especially awful. Between a codependent fish princess, a self-proclaimed bug monarch, and a straight-up racist uncle, we highlight the worst of the one-dimensional characters littered across Hyrule. In case you missed our livestream of Until Dawn, you can head over to twitch.tv/debatethiscast to watch Andrew inadvertently kill a gaggle of horny teens. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Part 2 of our super spooky creepypastas continues. This week, we are covering the black hole of misery that is Petscop and are digging up another classic Pokemon tale with even more murder! WARNING: Some of these stories touch on serious subject matters, such as suicide and child abuse. If you are sensitive to this kind of content, please check out our other episodes. In case you missed our livestream of Until Dawn, you can head over to twitch.tv/debatethiscast to watch Andrew inadvertently kill a gaggle of horny teens. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

The idea of creepypastas was a weird mid-00s Internet phenomenon. A product of the message board era, creepypastas are ghost stories posted across a series of forum posts. Naturally, there are a ton of these out there based on video games, so we're going to share some of our favorites. WARNING: Some of these stories touch on serious subject matters, such as suicide and child abuse. If you are sensitive to this kind of content, please check out our other episodes. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast. Or, head over to our brand new Twitch page at twitch.tv/debatethiscast. We'll be streaming a playthrough of Until Dawn on Sunday, October 28 at 5pm ET.

Spooktacular Express continues this as we talk about classic movie monsters. In the usual Debate This! flair, we ask ourselves what if old-timey movie monsters got their hands on a video game power-up. We're serving up a ooky spooky potluck chock full of metal vampires, a Time Lord mummy, and werewolves who just gotta go fast. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Here at Debate This! We love Halloween. So we're bringing you a new episode each week during the month of October all focused on our favorite spooky content. This week, we'll be taking off the boxing gloves to have a gentlemen's discussion around horror in video games, and what truly makes a game scary. Check out more incessant arguments at www.debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

To celebrate the release of Venom's very own movie, we're all about the black alien goop in today's episode. The Debate This! boys are writing our own kickass treatments for Venom by pairing the Symbiote with a classic Nintendo character. Think of the nightmares come to life if Kirby had slimy tendrils or if Samus could dominate over the wills of her enemies. Or, Captain Falcon could, ummm...drive faster?

Heroes and villains have long been given god-like powers haphazardly while mere mortals have prayed that the all-powerful beings around them don't erase them from existence with laser eyes because they're having a bad day. So today on Debate This! we talk about what superpowers would have the potential to be the most horrifying if they were real. Andrew plays mind games, Kyle investigates the chemical makeup of our blood, and Matt says "bone protrusions" more than anyone in the world ever has or should.

The Leader. The Muscle. The Charmer. The Wild Card. From the Beatles, to the Turtles, to The Fantastic Four, all of the best teams have these archetypes covered. But, does this setup apply to any characters? This week, we are creating our own A-Team out of NPCs from some of our favorite role-playing games. Todd flies on a rocket-powered bicep, Matt melts our brains with FNAF lore, and Andrew rides ze shoopuf.

The Triforce. Metal Gear. Power Pellets. So many games are built around these kinds of seemingly insignificant instruments of unstoppable power. This week's episode is dedicated to some of our favorite video game McGuffins...that one thing that could either save or destroy the world. Matt digs up a dead horse to beat some more, while Todd ignites a pretend race war and Kyle sings karaoke with some dragons.

Bible school, Sunday picnics, spaghetti dinners...we all have our own personal experiences with Religion, but thank Whatever-God-You-Believe-In that real religions aren't like the ones in video games. In this episode, we unpack some bonkers religions found in video games. Andrew reps a giant whale, Todd flings peasants into the sunset, and Matt rocks out with his naughty bits out.

Let's face it, we've all dreamt of being a Pokemon Master...exploring the countryside, making new friends, and murdering children's pets along the way. We've also all had that moment one-hit-KO-ing Erika's Vileplume where we think we can do better. This week, Debate This! asks the question, "What would your Pokemon Gym do differently?"

Hollywood loves a good reboot. So that's why we've decided to chase our dreams of being screenwriters and reboot our favorite classic sitcoms with video game characters. Todd whips out his extensive knowledge of Fallout, Andrew dredges up the worst Legend of Zelda sidekicks, and Kyle explores the interpersonal dynamic between Pokemon's Red/Ash and Blue/Gary.

Hoo boy, the Chaotix...the B-listers of the Sonic Extended Universe. Anyone remember these guys? No? Well, we dove deep and brought you way too much lore around Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon, and Mighty the Armadillo. But, who's the best? It really doesn't matter.

Mario has had many sidekicks throughout his career. This week's episode has us discussing which of his past partners is the best. A flu-addled Andrew goes toe-to-toe against a sleep-deprived Matt and things get...gross. Todd brings an old flame to the table.

Everyone needs a partner, even superheroes. This week on Debate This!, we discuss the best comic book bromances. Kyle introduces us to the best hard-drinkin buddy cop duo imaginable and Matt shows us how DC Comics is trying to be progressive. Oh, and Todd gets all America on everyone's ass.

In the last years of the SNES life cycle came a game that grew a whole new generation of RPG fans: Super Mario RPG. Fans are still clamoring for the sequel that never came. Instead, we received two new franchises as spiritual successors in the form of the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series. We discuss whether or not the new games successfully improved upon the original, but Todd instead focuses on why Mallow isn't the most useless character.

The boys take a break from arguing this week as we discuss the latest MCU phenomenon, Avengers: Infinity War. No yelling, no insults, just boring old amicable conversation.

The Koopa Kids were introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3 as Bowser's lieutenants, and have since acted as the world boss in many of the 2D Mario games. Only one of them can inherit the throne to the Koopa Monarchy, but who has the right to the crown? Kyle and Matt lay out a more democratic approach to leading the Koopa race, but Andrew leans in to the darker side.

This week's Debate This! attempts to set the Internet on fire with our discussion of what is arguably the most beloved video game: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Is it truly a national treasure, or is it all hype? This might be a point of contention, but we can all agree the people who pronounce "Ocarina" with a hard 'o' (like joke) are all monsters.

In this week's episode of Debate This!, we discuss whether or not any of Eggman's death inventions could have been made legitimate. Does the Drill Tank have any utility as a mining tool? Could the Mean Bean Machine be re-engineered to solve world hunger? Will Metal Sonic be the one to save us all in the inevitable robot apocalypse?

In our pilot episode, Debate This! hosts Andrew Henderson, Kyle Harper, Matt Cole, and Todd Thomas each represent an underrated Marvel hero in a free-for-all to determine who deserves more of the spotlight. Todd makes up a character and Matt gets passionate about Nic Cage.