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Patrons Choice Variety Stream for Friday, March 18th

Hey folks, here's the first poll for which variety stream y'all would like to see us do the most! I took these from our own ideas and what some folks suggested in the patron channel in the discord, so if there is more ideas you have, feel free to reach out and let me know!

VOD Channel Links!

Hey everybody, hope the rest of your weekend was great, and thanks to all who were able to attend our Saturday stream, it was a blast! Here's the first dump of links for the VOD channel we promised. Moving forward my idea is to have this be a weekly update post, but if folks would like it to be u...

Patreon Announcement!

Hey Folks, we’re gonna talk about it more during the stream, but today we’re making some changes to the patreon, which includes adding new tiers and rewards.

• First off, we’ve finally made a VOD channel(!) which will backup all of our streams on youtube forever, so going forward,...
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Zak Hosts a Chaos Jeopardy FOR REVENGE

We Did an Escape Room!

We sat down with the new indie game, Escape Simulator, which is all about escape rooms! We had a ton of fun, so I hope you'll enjoy!

Community Games Poll for February

This Saturday, Feb 26th we're gonna be doing a big stream from 1 pm - midnight EST, including several hours of community games with y'all! The First block of community stuff is from 1-3 (EST) and we'll play again from 6-7:30 (EST). Let us know which games you'd like to see us play!

What Games Should We Play for the Community Stream?

Whoops, forgot to put the poll out! What should we play for our community stream tomorrow 1/29 3 pm EST?

Pupperazzi with an Actual Dog!

We sat down with our local dog expert, Magnus to play Kit fox Games' Pupperazzi! Come see his top tips on taking cute pictures of dogs!

Sonic '06 with an Actual Sonic OC

We're back again with Sonic '06, and if you want to see Goggles rage quit a game, then have we got the video for you!

Rollercoaster Tycoon with an Actual Sociopath

This was one of the funniest streams we've ever done and a ton of work got put into editing it, so we hope you'll enjoy this Rollercoaster Tycoon multiplayer stream where one of us betrays the others and destroys our park.

The WIERDEST Pokemon Fan Game! 3,800+ Pokemon, Over 50 types! | Pokemon Wack

We checked out the infamous Pokemon Fan Game, "Pokemon Wack." Welcome to the insanity folks.

Sonic '06 with an Actual Sonic Character part 2!

In case you missed it, we returned to Sonic '06 yesterday with our pal Goggles! The game was... less than cooperative, but it made it all the better! Enjoy!

The Garbo Boys

Here's a fun, edited video of a one off bit we did, trying to take an underwhelming team into competitive Pokemon Showdown! Enjoy everyone's favorite heroes, the Garbo Boys.

So we Did an Escape Room in Minecraft...

Here's another excerpt from our Extralife stream! Rob loaded up some Minecraft modules and this was an edited highlight video from that segment. Also, this marks a new editor on one of our videos, which was Rob's younger brother! Let us know what you think about his work!

Fire Emblem: Save Data Saga Part 2!

During Extralife we finally got to finish the rest of Jason's custom Fire Emblem game featuring us as playable characters! This stream was an absolute blast, and the VOD has amazing edits by Karl, so check it out!

Sonic '06 with an actual Sonic OC

Hey folks, I'm trying to get better with also remembering to post our content on our Patreon, so bear with me posting some of our stuff from last week, but in case you missed it...

We did something pretty crazy and commissioned (from Nezz no less!) a Vtube rig of a Sonic the Hedgehog OC, s...

October 30th Community Stream Poll!

We'll be hosting October's community stream on Saturday, the 30th this month from 3-7 pm EST! The plan is to try and make these games as Halloweeny (lol) as possible! Here are your options for games you'd like play with us, and if there is another game you'd like to see added, please let me know ...

What game(s) should we play for our community stream this month (September 26th)

We'll be hosting Augusts community stream on Sunday, September the 26th this month from 3-7 pm EST! We might only get to two of these, since we'll be playing a round of chaos jeopardy around 5 pm (which is not to be missed!) Here are your options for games you'd like play with us, and if there is...

What game(s) should we play for our community stream this month (September 4th)

My apologies again for this being delayed into next month, but moving is the worst. We'll be hosting Augusts community stream on Saturday, September the 4th this month from 3-7 pm EST! Here are your options for games you'd like play with us, and if there is another game you'd like to see added, p...

What Game(s) should we play for our community stream this month? (July 31st)

Wow this month flew by! Sorry for the late posting on this, y'all! We'll be hosting July's community stream on Saturday the 31st this month from 3-7 pm EST! I asked patrons in the discord what they'd like to see us play and I wanted limit it down to a poll! I figure we'll do about 3 of these, so ...

What Game(s) should we play for our community stream this month? (June 26th)

It's nearly that time again! We'll be hosting June's community stream on Saturday the 26th this month from 3-7 pm EST! I asked patrons in the discord what they'd like to see us play and I wanted limit it down to a poll! I figure we'll do about 3 of these, so I'll try and make time for the top 3 a...

We're Making Our Own Pokemon Game, and We Want Your Help (Yes, Really!)

We are making our very own, custom Pokemon game and we want you to be the NPC's and Trainers who populate the world. We are making this game to be full of in-jokes from our community, and want to celebrate all you've done to help us so far! The plan is to have Zak play it on stream as a Nuzlocke ...

What Game(s) should we play for our community stream this month?

If you missed the message in the discord, we are committing to adding a stream to the last weekend of every month that will be focused on playing games with the community! Currently we are planning to host the first one this Sunday, May 30th. And we want feedback from our patrons on which games &...

Why are there so many Environmental Themes in Nintendo Games?

Environmentalism is a common theme in Nintendo games. From the man vs. machine story of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, to Pikmin's warning of unchecked depletion of resources, to Mario Sunshine's simple anti-pollution story, Nintendo games often feature Environmental Themes. But why? What has lead Ni...

Video Essay Vote for April

Hey folks, Just getting out the list of video essay topics that I can work on in May (it's wild it's almost here already!). "The environmentalism in Nintendo games," that won last months poll is nearing completion (probably be out by the end of the month), and then I'm gonna work on another Zelda...

What Would Happen if Super Smash Bros Characters Were Drafted into Real World Sports?

Look sports can sometimes be boring, but it's not sports' fault, it's the players. So today we set out to fix sports the same way we fixed fighting games- by adding Nintendo characters to them. We're gonna take the entire roster of super smash bros ultimate and draft them into real life sports te...

Why Stone Tower Temple's Music in Majora's Mask is so Iconic

BONUS POLL! What video should Chris make while unemployed?

Chris lost his job this week, so he has a bunch of time to work on more chaotic video essays. What do you want to see him do from his list of ideas?