The Comic Shack

Jeff and Christian welcome Miles Dompier from Windows Central to the show this week to discuss the megaton news of Microsoft's intention to acquire Activision Blizzard King. So much to unpack! Plus, Raven Software employees start a union! The Playlist: Nobody Saves the World, Rainbow Six Extraction, Olli Olli World, Windjammers 2 Parting Gifts! Christian's daughters are selling Girl Scout Cookies! Buy some from them by going to https://www.gsdigitalcookie.com/code Then enter either: Estelle’s code: QR2CNZ2Y Claire’s code: YWDVJ74N

This week the boys talk about all the good stuff coming our way! Dan news, and more! Plus we get a note from our friend Christian. Hosted by: Keith Ruckus Co-host: Dan Richardson Venmo: @KeithRuckus - Give us a buck and we'll tell someone "F*ck You"

Jeff and Christian welcome Kahlief Adams from Spawn On Me back to the show this week to discuss the right length for single player video games, the value of Zynga to Take-Two, the last of the Xbox Ones, and nominees for GotY for DICE and GDC, and more! The Playlist: God of War (PC), League of Legends, Outer Wilds Echoes of the Eye VR Talk: Song in the Smoke Parting Gifts!

Dan definitely has a bug in his water. Movie news by the cruise ship full. And all the other ricketa-racketa. Hosted by: Keith Ruckus Co-host: Dan Richardson Venmo: @KeithRuckus - Give us a buck and we'll tell someone "F*ck You"

We avoid COVID.

DISCUSSED: Memories of Super Dave; KEYnote by LockPickingLawyer; Dan gets conspiracy theory-curious; the tapestry of entertainment by cults; Dan helps Merlin understand Git; and Merlin gets a new hub. Links for this episode: LockPickingLawyer - YouTube Keynote - LockPickingLawyer - YouTube The Super Bob Einstein Movie (HBO) "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Palestinian Chicken (TV Episode 2011) - Reference View - IMDb Superdave Osborne on Letterman, 1990 - YouTube Super Dave - King Of The Road - YouTube Entertainment Made By Cults - YouTube So... YOU can't hear auto tune? No problem, NOW YOU CAN SEE IT!!! - YouTube Fixing Led Zeppelin with Autotune - YouTube That Mitchell and Webb Look - "Corner Shop" - YouTube Eleventy, a simpler static site generator. Git and GitHub for Poets - YouTube What can Avengers: Endgame teach us about Git? Chemtrails,SA Geoengineering,Morgellons. The Dark Agenda of Synthetic Biology.Full Power point - YouTube

Jeff and Christian welcome Daanish Syed from Respawn back to the show this week to discuss the announcement of Playstation VR2 at CES, another year of no E3, a new video card from NVIDIA, and more! The Playlist: Wordle! RE8 Village, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap, Outer Wilds Echoes of the Eye, Death’s Door VR Talk: Stride, Facebook Horizon Beta, Project Cars 2, Dagon Parting Gifts!

Less covid - MORE NEWS. Dan talks about trailers, Keith loves Andrew Garfield and Chris Evans. Hosted by: Keith Ruckus Co-host: Dan Richardson Venmo: @KeithRuckus - Give us a buck and we'll tell someone "F*ck You"

Taskapalooza begins. Rock me, Joseph Alberto Santiago. Links for this episode: Kiss - "Love Gun" - YouTube Why 70% Isopropyl Alcohol Is a Better Disinfectant Than 99% Isopropyl Alcohol - Mun Global Calm Calendar TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac Pixies - "Wave of Mutilation" - YouTube Dan does not like the guitar bends on this song. Pixies - "Gigantic" (Live, 1988) - YouTube Meat Puppets - "Up on the Sun" - YouTube Wings - "Listen to What the Man Said" - YouTube

Jeff and Christian celebrate 8 full years of DLC, and kick of their 9th by looking back at their predictions from last year and Reckoning with the results, as well as looking forward to all the big games of 2022, including Starfield, Horizon Forbidden West, Metroid Prime 4, God of War Ragnarok, Breath of the Wild 2, Gotham Knights, and so many more! Then, they step back out on the limb for their BOLD and COOL RANCH predictions for 2022!

A tortoise encrusted with jewels. Links for this episode: Desperate Lives - Wikipedia

A very Covid Post-Christmas. Some news and such, but mostly Covid. Hosted by: Keith Ruckus Co-host: Dan Richardson Venmo: @KeithRuckus - Give us a buck and we'll tell someone "F*ck You"

Wrapping up the year with thoughts on unearned Covid optimism, defining "normal," Roomba training, Microsoft Visual Studio, plus a new (and decidedly more positive) reframing for New Year's resolutions. Links for this episode: @thesunnypodcast | Linktree The Always Sunny Podcast on Apple Podcasts The Gang Goes Jihad — The Always Sunny Podcast — Overcast This Is How Michael Caine Speaks - The Trip - BBC Two - YouTube Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon in The Trip - James Bond & Liam Neeson - YouTube The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma: van der Kolk M.D., Bessel: 9780143127741: Amazon.com: Books VSCodium - Open Source Binaries of VSCode Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.: 9780143127741 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year - YouTube The Kinks - Better Things (Audio) - YouTube Smart Maps and Map Editing Getting Started with Imprint™ Smart Maps Adding New Areas/Rooms To My Map (My Map Doesn’t Look Like My Cleaning Area) Random impressions - YouTube 5by5 | Back to Work #371: Avocado People Also, your hosts finally (finally!) address a listener's excellent and very difficult question about her millennial employee's use of social media. Lot of levels! 5by5 | Back to Work #372: Hole That Rabbit In extensive follow-up, your hosts talk about the listener who was having trouble with addressing employees and social media use. This goes lots of interesting places. (1) Robbie Collin on Twitter: "Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Michael Winterbottom have literally done this four times" / Twitter Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Michael Winterbottom have literally done this four times Alan Partridge - Sports reporter, 1994. Part 1 of 2. - YouTube Sold out every day! The hamburger that won the 1st place in the US Best Burger Awards 3 times! DUKTIG Play kitchen, birch, 28 3/8x15 3/4x42 7/8" - IKEA

As is the yearly tradition, Jeff and Christian welcome their friend Anthony Taormina from Gamerant.com to the show to talk through the biggest news stories of the year that was, and then share their personal Top 5 List of Favorites. What will be the Official DLC Game of 2021? Brought to you by: Truebill (Don’t fall for subscription scams. Start cancelling today at Truebill.com/DLC - it could save you THOUSANDS a year.).

God Bless, Looter!

Just "Spider-man: No Way Home" reviews. And spoilers. And nit-picking. ...Do a flip!

Talking Spider-Man and phones for kids. Links for this episode: Magneto | Marvel Database | Fandom Dimensions | Into the Spider-Verse Wiki | Fandom Griffin Explains Electro's Origins in Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Blank Check with Griffin and David - YouTube Merlin's Wisdom Project (Draft)

Jeff and Christian welcome Senior Animator at Riot Games, Lana Bachynski back to the show to discuss the surging popularity of Final Fantasy XIV, Roblox problematic bushiness model, a Splinter Cell remake, and Nintendo's newest Indie Showcase! The Playlist: Halo Infinite, Outer Wilds Echos of the Eye, Analogue Pocket, The Gunk Parting Gifts!

Firmware updates.

We got your news! We got your Dan News! We got Box office numbers! But we have little to no good Spider-man info until next episode! Hosted by: Keith Ruckus Co-host: Dan Richardson Venmo: @KeithRuckus - Give us a buck and we'll tell someone "F*ck You"