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Too Many Vocaloids

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Hello and welcome to another great week at the AKOP house with Shawn and Earl. How great? you ask. Well, how about 69 great? That’s right sex fans it’s our 69th episode, and in honour of our sexy achievement we are going to talk about: Porn, anime, anime porn, video games and you guessed it…sex, but not sex. We also delve into the mind of madness with Adult Swim’s Too Many Cooks, electronic fiances, and about 50 more tangents.

So strap yourself in, or strap one on, and get ready for the sexiest All Kinds of Philler yet. What kind of filler? The kind you fill your mouth with…you know like food. Don’t be a pervert.

Let it begin… the show now!

What we’ve been checking out:
Shawn: Marvel’s Original Sin, COD: Advanced Warfare
Earl: Big Hero 6

Audio notes: (1hr. 19min. runtime)
0:02:10 – Shawn’s girlfriend is a Vocaloid
0:11:40 – Earl high schools Shawn on anime and manga
0:26:35 – The nostalgia factor and what we want from video games
0:39:30 – S1mone starring Al Pacino, 2G1C, and Too Many Cooks
0:55:45 – Influential culture artifacts from childhood, and our perfect films
1:10:05 – What’s everyone checking out?

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Storytelling, Ghosts, & Pop Culture Wormholes

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On this episode, Earl and Shawn hang out with Keith McNally before he ships out for the Maritimes! They fall down the pop culture rabbit hole of ’80s TV shows, cancelled series, movie novelizations, and Keith was up to in ye olden days of the internet. They also get into storytelling, how it works in video games, branching storylines, and rag on Bioshock Infinite a lot. And along the way, Keith reveals his wrestling magazine knowledge, Shawn wants to start a Josie and the Pussycats tumblr, and Earl invokes the vengeful spirit of Roger Ebert.

Guest:
Keith McNally (@keithmcnally) – Host of The Vinyl Countdown

What we’ve been checking out:
Keith: High Maintenance (Webseries)
Shawn: Summer Games Done Quick (Speedrun videos)
Earl: Rectify (TV)

Audio notes: (1hr. 16min. runtime)
0:00:50 – Introducing Keith, olden days of the internet, Roger Ebert, and movie novelizations
0:09:50 – Firefly, cancelled shows, Quantum Leap, Sliders, The A-Team, and TV finales
0:18:35 – Books on games, Worlds of Power, working at a comic book shop, travelling, and stories in games
0:29:00 – Mass Effect, GTA, multiple endings, branching stories, and voices in Stanley Parable & Gone Home
0:41:05 – Bioshock series, travelling through space and time, comparing to The Last of Us, and Ghost of the Year
0:54:25 – Kentucky Route Zero, David Cage & Heavy Rain, playing hard games, and indie games
1:09:55 – What’s everyone checking out?

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