Did you know there's only one official Marvel Cinematic Universe slated for a 2024 release? That number jumps to three if you include the Sony Venom-Verse movies, but the once mighty MCU is down to a single cinematic release this year. Whether you've kept up with Phases 4 and 5 or not, you're probably aware that Marvel Studios seems to lack direction. Somewhere between a glut of Disney+ content and the conviction of their planned francise villain, Kevin Feigie et al. seem to have lost their way. That's why the Marvel Team has turned to us here at DT!HQ to help determine: What should be the new direction for the MCU?

Todd is going to tell you about the Dark Avengers and you're going to like it. Kyle is going to tell you about House of M and you're going to like it. Andrew's going to tell you about Separation Anxiety and you're going to hate it.

Recommended Reading:
An article about the Jonathan Majors situation if you're unaware: https://shorturl.at/ijIX1

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Do you like it when we talk about comics? Do you like it when we say comic words into your lil ears? Would you like more content that includes us saying comic words into your lil ears? If you begrudgingly answered yes to any of those questions, check out our sister show, Avenge This! where ever you get your podcasts!

Properties we talked about this week: Dark Avengers, Dark Reign, House of M, Separation Anxiety, Venom (2018), Avengers Secret Wars, Avengers Kang Dynasty, Just like, the whole fuggin MCU.

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Image Credit: The cover for Venom: Absolute Carnage - Separation Anxiety #1 via Marvel.

Ten years ago, purveyor of the human condition and scion of the future Mike Judge created another hit series as a follow up to the likes of Office Space, Idiocracy, and King of the Hill. This series would go on to shine a now-familiar light on the silliness and cartoonishly villainous behavior of the wacky tech moguls of the San Francisco Bay Area. Silicon Valley made careers out of Kumail Nanjiani, Thomas Middleditch, and Jimmy O. Yang, and helped put T.J. Miller's career in the grave. Join us this month as we break down all 6 seasons of this iconic HBO series.

Special thanks to friend of the show and #buttthwompnation member Deb for commissioning today's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

Link to the Imgur folder for this episode: https://imgur.com/a/MhH8Mjc

Recommended Reading

• Opening scene from pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYI957ge4c

• The greatest dick joke of our generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex1JuIN0eaA

• Making the world a better place cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8C5sjjhsso 

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It's season premier episode time nerds! And, as this is the premier of Season 7, we've decided to leave everything related to the number 6 in the past. That might not seem like much, but it means that we're throwing away all the 6-sided dice in the world. You read that correctly, all the d6's are going away forever and we here at DT!HQ are in charge of replacing them. Join us as we kick off DT! Season 7 and decide, "Which dice is the best dice?"

Kyle makes a shockingly weak pitch for the d10. Todd makes a shockingly strong pitch for the d4. Matt makes a shocking pitch. Who will stand victorious amongst the battlefields of the Dice Wars?

The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! That said, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast!

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MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page.

Properties we talked about this week: Baulder's Gate 3, Liar's Dice, Dungeons and Dragons, Yahtzee, The Metric System, Chipotle, Fazoli's, American Football, Craps

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

Image Credit: This absolutely insane and upsetting human flesh dice made by Masataka Shishido, better known as @doooo_cds on Instagram. Image via says.com.

Happy New Year Nerds! It's our podcast house-rule that we always take the first week of the year off. So, instead of a regular episode, here's a trailer for Debate This! Season 7 and what we have on the calendar for this year.

See everyone? It's a trailer! You can start here! You don't have to go back and listen to episode 1. Please don't go back and listen to episode 1.

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Early last year, we took stock of all the FLAVOR TEXT episodes we had recorded by that time and sorted them all in a tier list, which resulted in The Witcher being our most favorite and Kingdom Hearts our least. Now with 20+ more under our belt, we're doing that all over again by both ranking this new batch separately and then together with the first batch.

The second batch of FTs ranked: https://imgur.com/a/ULWskUE

All FTs up-to-date ranked: https://imgur.com/a/1DuNCIt

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Properties we talked about this week: Just, like, a whole bunch of stuff. 

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Happy Winter Season of Non-Denominational Holiday Celebration™ to all of you who celebrate non-denominationaly! Happy Tuesday™ to those of you who don't! It's time for our final debate of the year and our annual shitty peripheral gift exchange! Unfortunately, DT!HQ is a little short on budget this year, so we decided to exchange gifts with the local pawn shop as opposed to each other. So today we've gathered together to decide on the best video game peripheral to sell to a pawn shop?

Matt brought a plank of wood. Andrew brought a slice of Pizza. Todd brought an oldie that is most certainly also a goodie.

Recommended reading:
Atari Stick Station write up: https://rb.gy/pfi4cj
TMNT Controller Press Release: https://rb.gy/9yc7uv

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Hey you! Were we on your Spotify Wrapped this year? Or on any other non-Spotify end of year list? If so, we'd love to know about it! Share that proof to social media and tag one of the accounts above. If you do, you'll be our favorite listener and we may even send you something. Or don't, I'm not your dad.

Properties we talked about this week: Panera Charged Lemonade, The Atari Stick Station, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem, Pizza Scented Xbox Controller, Armor3 NuType Wired Keyboard, Phantasy Star Online, Pawn Stars, Nintendo Speedboard

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

Image Credit: Woman sniffing pizza controller from the previously mentioned Xbox press release.

We make the joke all the time that the most common trope of any anime, JRPG, or many other Japanese-created media is to ultimately kill God with the Power of FriendshipTM. But, why is that? Thanks to #buttthwompnation member "@Sharkbait" we present to you a liberal college-level course that answers that question with 2,000+ years of real-world Japanese history!

Link to the Imgur library: https://imgur.com/a/HAaNlGV

Recommended Reading:

• Moon Channel's video essay that served as the major framework for this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEUqLL8J4gI&t=1888s

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The weather outside is getting frightful, but the fire is getting oh so delightful...Or that's how these show notes would have started if we actually recorded a holiday episode. Instead, we recorded an episode about Made-For-TV-Movies and what it would be like if we made those into video games. Just to be clear, no one picked the Made-For-TV-Movie you wanted them to. Nope, not even that one.

Kyle is created the worst (best?) ever modern farming sim. Andrew wrote a script. Todd's main character has a lot of names and that's really all there is to remember about his answer.

The title of this week's episode was NOT selected by our Patrons in our Discord Community because we didn't want to spoil the bit! That said, if you want to help us choose the next one, join our discord, and/or get some bonus content, become part of #ButtThwompNation at patreon.com/debatethiscast

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Hey you! Were we on your Spotify Wrapped this year? Or on any other non-Spotify end of year list? If so, we'd love to know about it! Share that proof to social media and tag one of the accounts above. If you do, you'll be our favorite listener and we may even send you something. Or don't, I'm not your dad.

Properties we talked about this week: Lifetime movies, The Last Prostitute, Stardew Valley, Deadly Daycare, Cadet Kelly, Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2, Murder She Wrote, Who is Clark Rockefeller?, Uncharted, Phoenix Wright

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

Image Credit: Took it from this A+E network website.

Welcome, brave adventurers, to Mythic Quest! Here you will find office shenanigans, disregarded player feedback, and the most infuriating way to pronounce "Ian" you can think of. Join us today as we take a deep dive into the Apple+ show Mythic Quest: Ravens Banquet, a brainchild of Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, and Rob McElhenney. If you love Silicon Valley, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and dunking on failed videogame industry tropes, then we have a show (and FLAVORTEXT) for you!

Thanks to friend of the show, Deb, for allowing us the opportunity to talk about this very fun show and for making Matt inject multiples seasons of an Apple+ show into is life over the course of a long weekend. And no, Season 4 hasn't been announced yet.

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It's not required reading, but here's that article about F. Murray Abraham getting fired: https://www.vulture.com/2023/04/f-murray-abraham-mythic-quest-misconduct.html

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MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page.

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Image Credit: Mythic Quest promotional poster taken from TV Tropes.

Two and a half years ago, we created a bit in which Todd, Kyle and Matt act as Andrew's collective dads in a Final Fantasy world. Then, a year and a half ago, we revisited this concept a second time. WELL, everyone knows you can't have a trilogy without a third entry. So today we welcome back Sad Dad, Bad Dad and Rad Dad for another Final Fantasy episode! This time we're asking the age old questions, which Final Fantasy location would be the best place to retire?

Matt introduces the family to his entrepreneurial dreams. Todd discusses the dad-tastic urge to visit historical battlefields. Kyle makes the required Heavensward joke.

Recommended reading:
Debate This! Ep. 80: My Man-Sized Step-Wolf
Debate This! Ep. 60: My Thirteen Dads

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Hey you! Are you listening to this podcast on Spotify? Our analytics say it's likely that you are and we're definitely not watching from inside your home... Well if you haven't heard, Spotify is now allowing listeners to rate podcasts! If you have a spare second, consider leaving us a 5-star rating on this new validation platform. Or don't. I'm not your dad. (Because I'm Andrew's dad.)

Properties we talked about this week: Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy XVI, Fortnite, Hard Rock Cafe and Casino

Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!

Image Credit: I photoshopped a picture of the San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf Hard Rock Café over a picture of Macalania Woods from Final Fantasy X