Unlike most trilogies, this one nails it. Magic: the Gathering is a deep well of rich stories and gripping lore, so we're back at it again. Saddle up as we go all in on Phyrexians in this chapter of the story. Tune in to today's FLAVOR TEXT as we give updates on your favorite Planeswalking lion man, Ajani, while also introducing a full roster of Praetors to represent each mana color.

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-Still want more Magic: the Gathering content? Make sure to check out our Part 1 and Part 2 of the MtG flavor texts from Season 2 in 2019!

Special thanks to #buttthwompnation member "@zhakhix," who continues to give more and more reasons for Kyle to dive into Magic: the Gathering head first!

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What even is that title? It's just a bunch of letters? Anyway, this bonus episode is one from the Patreon vault! Last summer, we had a Summer 'O' Pilots on the DT! Premium feed. We ran four pilots to test out some formats for a new Patreon Show and we're about to let our Patrons vote on the best one. You may remember hearing a clip show on this feed last year which featured three of those four pilots. If not, it'll be linked below. Well today we present you with the fourth and final show, a show that the DT! crew has been workshopping for a while now using the most cumbersome title yet. This month, Todd leads us all in a monthly comic book club where we will dissect the first issue of Marvel's 8-issue Secret Invasion arc from 2008. It's got espionage, double-crosses, and a whooooole lotta butts.

Recommended Reading: "DLC EPISODE: Summer 'O' Pilots! Clip Show"

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Image Credit: Marvel Comics Secret Wars No 8 cover via Abebooks.com

Look, everyone knows if you don't get at least 1 Trillion downloads on your Season 6 Premier episode, you'll never make it in podcasting. With that in mind, we've decided to change our format up here a little bit at DT!HQ. As of right now, and probably definitely forever, we're a true crime podcast! We're excited to embark on this bold, new journey, but we also understand the value of staying in our lane. That's why we're kicking off our true crime journey by deciding what the best(?) video game crime to make a podcast about could be!

Our three debaters all cover a different major faction of true crime. Matt's White Collar Nation lived peacefully with Andrew's Murder Nation. But everything changed when Todd and the Cult Nation attacked!

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Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the listen. But, if you'd prefer to listen to our show without ads, you can listen to every DT! episode ad-free right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Patrons of all tiers get ad-free episodes, bonus content and access to our Patron-only discord server. Higher tiers unlock the DT! Extended Good Vibes Aftershow and tons more. Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

Properties we talked about this week: True Crime, Super Smash Bros., Persona 4, Persona 5, Earthbound, Mother, Mother 2, Mother 3, Wondery, Gizmodo, Wondery Plus.

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Image Credit: Reddit post of 3D modeled Evil Mani Mani Statue in r/earthbound from user u/wormsnet.

We're kicking off season 6 with a monumental task. Listen, we don't just say, "yes!" to everything that is asked of us here at ol' DT!HQ, but when your country comes a-callin', you must answer. IRL President Joey Bides dropped a line to the DT! Marketing Department to ask for help with the most patriotic of problems, the rebranding of America. That's right everyone, the Red, White, and Blue are so two thousand and late and Joey Bides wants us to pick a new color to usher forth a revitalized American Spirit. That said, he wants us to pick a color from a very specific list, the list of N64 controller colors. Welcome to the State of the DT!HQ. Set your DVR for C-SPAN as we answer the age old question, what color of N64 controller is the best.

Every debate needs its chump answer, and Kyle is here to tell you it's not Atomic Purple. Andrew yearns for the absolute radness of the 1990s while he reminisces about Extreme Green. Matt plants his flag with the 99% and gives the most accessible, albeit the most boring answer of the day.

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Are you listening to this episode thinking to yourself, "Man, I hate hearing ads on my favorite podcast! I didn't think Debate This! would ever sell out!" Well neither did we and honestly, we try pretty hard to make our ads funny and worth the listen. But, if you'd prefer to listen to our show without ads, you can listen to every DT! episode ad-free right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast! Patrons of all tiers get ad-free episodes, bonus content and access to our Patron-only discord server. Higher tiers unlock the DT! Extended Good Vibes Aftershow and tons more. Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

Properties we talked about this week: Mostly the N64 and its assorted controllers. We talked about the Flash movie and DC Studios for a while too. Brendan Frasier, George Clooney, Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey, Avata 2 The Way of Water, Titanic, Space Force, and Area 51 were also there.

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Image Credit: Box art for the Atomic Purple N64 bundle via judge.me

Happy New Year Nerds! As is tradition here at DT!HQ, we're taking this week off! The Season 6 premier will drop next Tuesday, and BOY is it a doozy. In lieu of a full episode this week, here's a little taste of what we have planned for 2023 as well as a special treat in the last 60 seconds ;-)

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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! This year, the Execs™ asked us to pivot our goals a bit when they informed us they've cancelled all of our Holiday Bonuses™. So, instead of our standard gift exchange, we're looking for the best video game peripheral to use as a company holiday gift™!

Enjoy some cold coffee and stale donuts at the Holiday DT! Exec Board Share Holders Meeting™ as Kyle introduces us to our most modern peripheral yet. Todd unlocks the wii-vault™ and brings out some really wild wii-mote attachements. Also, Matt does a capitalism™.

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You called us on our bluff and gave us more than 20 new reviews during Spooktacular Season! That means we forced Todd to stream Doki Doki Literature Club on our Twitch channel! The VODs are now available on our YouTube page. Head to youtube.com/@debatethiscast to relive the madness!

Properties we talked about this week: The Game Awards, Home Alone 5 The Holiday Heist, American Pie Presents The Naked Mile, Bring It On Fight to the Finish, Dragon Quest Slime Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, iConcepts Nintendo Wii Cooking Utencils, LJN Roll N Rocker, Hell's Kitchen, REM, Final Fantasy

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There are cultural touchstones we can all count on as nerds who grew up in the 90's. A closet full of Nintendo Power issues that we suckered our parents/grandparents into paying for is certainly one of them. Whether it was the monthly letters to the editor, or the deep dives into that month's featured game, Nintendo Power's impact on getting kids to read is second only to the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program.

Join for today's FLAVOR TEXT as Andrew and Kyle blast us right in our faces with a monthly paper 'zine subscription amount of nostalgia. Come for the walk down memory lane, stick around for the weird viral, Donkey Kong-themed marketing that Rare went all in on.

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In the earliest days of 2017, a new gaming style swept the nation as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds introduced the world to the Battle Royale. It wasn't long before every 10 year old had downloaded PUBG on their parents iPads and joined the hunt for that illusive winner winner chicken dinner. Battle Royale games pit 100 (or some other arbitrary number) players against each other to see who is the very best likeno one ever was. UNRELATED: A new Pokemon game just came out! Sure would be weird to combine those two ideas, right? Sure would be weird to ask the debaters to create the best possible Pokemon Battle Royale gam, right?

Matt strugles this week to determine the difference between day and night. Todd is the middleman this week as he answers the exact question that he was asked. Andrew makes a mistake, and the rest of the crew call him on it.

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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 daddy.

Properties we talked about this week: PUBG, Fortnite, H1Z1, Friday the 13th, Dead by Daylight, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and also Legends Arceus, Apex Legends, Tetris 99

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Image Source: Artist Yoon chul Choi via Artstation.

Every character has an origin story. May they have fallen into a vat of radioactive eels, fallen into a pit of radioactive sand, fallen into a vat of mind-twisting chemicals, fallen into a mess of hazardous materials, or fallen into a lightning bolt that struck a bunnch of chemicals and somehow created the speedforce, every character has an origin story.

Today's FLAVOR TEXT takes time to dive into the nerdy origin story of each co-host of Debate This! Come along with us as we discuss the games that made us, the nerd franchises that critically impacted our personalities well into our adult years, and how none of our origins involve falling into anything unless you count falling into the depression caused by the post-2008 job market.

Special thanks to the only blood relative of this podcast who supports the fruits of our efforts and also isn't Matt's mom, "Dr. Garlicbutter," for commissioning this introspective dive into our own nerdy backstories.

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Image Credit: This awesome picture of the four DT! hosts taken at PRGE 2022 by a GameBoy Camera provided by the Video Game History Foundation