The One with the Dead Rat

It’s all NYCCC talk in this one. Matt, Pat, and Nick take you through their day at NYC Comic Con ‘26, and how it compared to prior Cons. I bet you wondering if Pat got his revenge on the Cabbage Man? Well LISTEN and find out!!!

Matt, Nick, and Pat talk about the endings and beginnings of things. Mostly the endings of things that we love (like Marathon and Halo) and the beginnings of…well we’ll just have to see, won’t we? But hey, we’re gonna be at Comic Con next week!

Matt finds a surprise in his garage. Steven Dispatches flowcharts. Nick declenses Latin roots. And Pat read... TWO BOOKS! How do you name a bass guitar? Are you the kind of guy who laughs at a (rat) funeral? Plus, the biggest Pony Island 2 news YET!

It's the end of our summer break, and the basement-dwelling boys of summer are back! We're all big talk while playing Big Walk (until proximity chat comes along!), grinding pavement on our boards while listening to something called a "CD" in Mixtape,  and Pony Island 2 gets the biggest update yet! You won't want to get soft-locked out of this fine episode!

TiC agents Matt and Pat are here for king and country to deliver the full intelligence (and full spoiler) report on IO Interactive's 007: First Light.

Matt and Pat spoil their way through Resident Evil: Requiem (and some minor parts of 007: First Light, but only for like five seconds or so towards the end!) We talk about our favorite moments and experiences from Capcom's latest action/horror title, nostalgia from the previous games in the franchise, how far we want to go with the postgame content and upcoming DLC, and wonder where Leon had his wedding reception.

The arrival of Summer Games Fest '26 brings a new seasons of Marathon, Fortnite, and hope. Remember hope? We talk about all the new announcements from the show floor, the Sony State of Play, and Microsoft Xbox showcase. But who cares about all that? We finally get an update for SAND!!!

It's May Madness! A lot of things have been announced this week, and we have little time to prepare for it, but we start up the conversation on Nintendo's Star Fox and RGG's Stranger Than Heaven. But before that, we prepare to dive into Subnautica 2 (Releasing May 14), and spy on 007: First Light (May 27). Also we share our forays into Fortnite's Star Wars Islands, once again save the PAX East wrap-up for another day, and find out Steven has been playing ARC with OTHER PEOPLE!!?? WHY, STEVEN? WHYYYYYYYY....Also, the best and worst Fortnite crossovers you can imagine...trust me, just - just listen to what we came up with. (That's your first CLUE.)

With April almost over, and Nick and John both away, PAX talk has to wait another week. But in the meantime, Pat’s been playing with robot dolls on the Moon, Steven gets ready to slay the spire, and Matt reveals he has ulterior motives with all these podcasts and streams. Plus, tips on how to manage your overloaded ARC inventory the Marie Kondo (throw EVERYTHING OUT if it does not spark joy!), Marathon, video game movie adaptations, regular-game movie adaptations, and the best Shonen tournament ever. PLUS: The Gang Makes Another Book Club Commitment. 

Would you drink milk from ticks? No? (Ok, that's one branding idea down...) We talk about the latest extraction shooter extravaganza with Marathon, and compare/contrast it with ARC Raiders. Meanwhile, Pat's been playing a little game called Resident Evil: Requiem, Steven's a Bohemian in Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Nick is waiting for that Obsidian Mirror release while he continues being a god in Age of Mythology for Xbox, and Matt is now an official Nuzlocker in Pokémon Leaf Green on Switch. Plus we talk about the news surrounding Phil SPENCER's departure from Microsoft, the rise of a new era helmed by Asha Sharma, Sony's shuttering of Bluepoint Games, the sudden and impending shuttering of the Highguard servers, and all the horrors of Pokopia (how DOES Ditto do its...Ditto business?)