FLAVOR TEXT: Apex Legends

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A space marine gets marooned on a distant planet after a catastrophic spacecraft explosion and discovers a weapon based on ancient alien technology that has the ability to decimate planets. Together with his new A.I. buddy, this physically enchanced "super soldier" race against an army of space zealots to secure control of the superweapon.

No, we already *did* Halo. This is Titanfall, and it's totally different because it leads in to the real "combat evolved"...the Mad Max-esque bloodsport that is Apex Legends! Soldiers, murderers, mercenaries, thieves, and friendly robots alike emerge from across the universe to compete in a 30th century gladiator-like arena, full of guns, explosions, and--most importantly--a whole lot of cooldowns.

You can find the imgur gallery here: https://bit.ly/3BDAs4E.

Special thanks to #buttthwompnation's own Space Legend, "@zhakix" for commissioning today's episode. If you're interested in comissioning your own FLAVOR TEXT, come check out our patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

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FLAVOR TEXT: League of Legends

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You know when you get that big ol' 1,200+ calorie burrito bowl from Chipotle and you see all the different colorful ingredient layers? And then you just mash your plastic fork and slosh everything around and the guac turns the whole thing into a murky greenish-brown protein slurry? And then you ladle on hot sauce overtop like gravy on instant potatoes? That's kind of like the story of League of Legends--it's a burrito bowl chock full of knights and wizards, a generous helping of demons, a sprinkle of pirates, and all topped off with a few dashes of Lovecraftian horror. All these things that we enjoy individually somehow come together in one big goopy mess of fun, fantasy nonsense.

There is A LOT to unpack here, so we're focusing on setting up the setting and the world of Runeterra, which is the center of Riot's rebooted lore back in 2014. We're also highlighting a few choice characters and how each of their backstories connect back to the hub world.

Imgur album link: https://imgur.com/a/uIJMpc8

Link to Riot's full League character roster: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/champions/

This episode was commissioned by "zhakhix," #butthwompnation's resident League of Legends aficionado. If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast!

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FLAVOR TEXT: Overwatch

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Follow along the episode with our Overwatch image gallery.

Even if you've never played Overwatch, you've most definitely heard of it. You've watched it played on TV, you've seen the constant feed of YouTube content, and you've heard your nephew talking about it incessantly before they were "Dabbing a Fortnite". Even though the game is 4 years old, Blizzard's Overwatch is a staple of the eSports community, and is the undeniable king of team shooters.

But even if you play this game competitively, chances are you've never heard of the complex story that lives behind all of the emo skeletons and sassy mech drivers. For some reason, Blizzard decided to create a deep and compelling backstory of a robot uprising (naturally), an Avengers-esque team of superheroes, a second robot uprising after the robots realized humanity is flawed (classic), and a talking Science-Gorilla who eats a lot of sandwiches.

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Episode 25: Hold That Conference Call, I’m Jungling!

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We here at Debate This Corp, LLC, want to make a game but we don’t really know anything about game development. But there is one thing we do know about, and that’s Corporate America. So we would like to present to you, dear listener, our pitch for a massively-multiplayer online RPG based in the world of 9-5 office jobs. You know how cool it is to shoot fireballs from your hands? Well what if instead of fireballs, those were witty social media posts and JIRA tickets?

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