FLAVOR TEXT: Dungeons & Dragons

November 15, 2022 by Andrew Henderson in comedy, comic, comics, D&D

You enter a room, extinguished candles smolder upon sconces that fill the dark alcoves all around you. Your vision is limited unless you have darkvision. Do any of you have darkvision? Oh you do? Oh you all do? Nevermind, you see everything just fine but in greyscale. Also, the door was actually a mimic. The carpet is a mimic too. Roll initiative.

We gather in this nameless tavern today to dive into the history, deep lore, and fun knolwedge bits of Dungeons & Dragons. Join us as we discuss the origin of the world's greatest roleplaying game, the differences in prior editions, a discussion into just how fantastic of a character the Raven Queen is, and ending with a fun game of "Is it a D&D Adventure Module or is it a Quest from a Video Game?"

Special thanks to our favorite 20-sided dice rolling agent of chaos, "@whomstrodomus" 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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Episode 103: Come and Funge It

July 05, 2022 by Andrew Henderson in comedy, video games, comics

Here at Debate This! Capital Partners, LLC, we are disrupting the fintech market with our strategic approach to innovation. We are innovating approaches to future-proof propriety Web3 technology that will break down the walls of how people view innovative digital decentralized currencies. Our apes? Bored as heck. Our cats? Cooler than yours.

Want to know how we are changing the world through cloud-based blockchain technologies? Invest now in your very own cryptocurrencies inspired by collectables from video games, and you too can go :rocketship :rocketship :rocketship to the moon! Your future investment portfolio could include the likes of a very manly coin inspired by Duke Nukem, a color-coded token economy inspired by Donkey Kong 64, and a community-driven, audio-themed NFT inspired by Super Mario Galaxy.

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Thanks to podvoices.help for providing this list of abortion links and resources:

https://abortion.cafe/ - this is a collection of abortion resources
shoutyourabortion.com - this is a campaign to normalize abortion
https://donations4abortion.com/ - donate to support abortion funds by state
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds)
https://usow.org/repro/volunteer/ - this is a list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers
https://dontbanequality.com/ - this is language for companies to use to stand against the ruling
https://plancpills.org/ambassadors - here are early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinet
https://prochoice.org/ - this is an abortion access hotline
https://natalist.com/products/early-pregnancy-test-strips - buy early pregnancy test strips
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control - get info on types of birth control
https://choice.crd.co/ - this is a collection of these above links and more. Managed by @starplanes - DM them on twitter to add more
https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe - abortion policy by state as of June 1, 2022
More in-depth version: https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy

Properties we talked about this week: Duke Nukem, Donkey Kong 64, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Galaxy, Guns n' Roses' Chinese Democracy, Arctic Monkeys, Morbius, Final Fantasy XIV, Microsoft PowerPoint

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FLAVOR TEXT: Gender in Comics

June 28, 2022 by Andrew Henderson in comedy, comic, comics, anime and manga

CONTENT WARNING: at 1 hour 38 minutes we discuss sexual assault in comic books.

Last year we discussed Social Justice in Comics (Season 4, Episode 21) which covered an entire spectrum of social justice issues that comics sometimes handled alright, but often times missed the mark. This week, thanks to continued support of Patrons like Sharkbait, we're dialing in to focus on Gender in Comics. Join us today as we talk demographics, representation, and the artists behind the characters. If you hadn't become familiarized with the terrible history of "fridging" then you will be after today.

We did our homework:
"The Golden Age of Comic Books" - Mark Kelley, Marquette University - https://bit.ly/3brN2JH
"Punch a Nazi: 15 Times Superheroes Fought Fascism" - https://bit.ly/3bvNZAP
"The History Behind Captain America Punching Hitler" - https://bit.ly/3HWNhbU
"NYCC Insider Sessions Powered by ICV2: A Demographic Snapshot of Comics Buyers" - https://bit.ly/3uamIud
"Women in Refrigerators" - https://bit.ly/3Otnafj
"Pink Kryptonite" - https://bit.ly/3OLxorc

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FLAVOR TEXT: Flavor Text Wrap Up

January 25, 2022 by Andrew Henderson in anime and manga, comedy, comic

Deep lore, little known facts, and other nuggets of knowledge. For years DT! has been doing deep dives into your favorite properties through our FLAVOR TEXT episodes. To celebrate the start of our 5th(!) season and 30th(!) FLAVOR TEXT, we are bringing you a comprehensive ranking of the lore from those properties!

Which property's lore did we rank the highest? The lowest? Does the fact that there are a billion Bomberman games still blow our minds? Do we mix up the plotlines of Ys and NieR regularly? Does Andrew owe us an apology for the Kingdom Hearts episide? These answers and more in our FLAVOR TEXT of all FLAVOR TEXTS today!

Special thanks to you, our beloved members of #buttthwompnation, for commissioning all the episodes that helped make today's show special! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

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Videogame Creepypastas Vol. 5

October 26, 2021 by Andrew Henderson in comedy, podcasts, videogames, halloween

The spooky tradition continues into its fourth year in this installment of Debate This! hosts reading some of their favorite Creepy Pastas from the far reaches of the internet. Minecraft horrors, a creepy Luigi theory, a napkin-based mystery, and whatever weird shit Andrew brought are all on the spooky menu this year! Tune in to one of our favorite reoccuring spooky bits on the Spooktacular Express 2021!

A quick reminder of the changes to our Patreon tiers! You can join right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast:

Tier 1, Buttthwomp Nation, $5 -Discord access -Debate This! Premium feed including The Office Drones and this years Halloween 1 Shot -Live recordings of The Ploose is Loose

Tier 2, Filibuster Sword, $10 -All perks of previous tier -New Debate This! Directors Commentary for all DT! Episodes -Access to our show notes for all recordings

Tier 3, Master Debater, $25 -All perks of previous tiers -Movie Night watchalongs with the Debaters -Ability to commission a Flavor Text after 3 months of membership

Spooktacular Bonus! -All Patrons will receive a DT! Logo and Buttthwomp Nation sticker at the end of October -Anyone who joins or bumps up a tier will also receive a limited edition, Halloween version of the DT! Logo sticker

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FLAVOR TEXT: Amory Wars

August 17, 2021 by Andrew Henderson in comedy, comic, comics, podcasts, music

Remember that song by Coheed and Cambria called "A Favor House Atlantic" that had that video where the members of the band went around hitting on women like in an early '00s raunchy comedy that didn't age well? Well, you might not know that song, and just about every other song the band has recorded in their 20-year career, is actually about a science fiction comic series featuring space wizards, zombie monks, mutant dragonflies, and child murder that also...didn't age very well. Welcome to The Amory Wars, Claudio Sanchez's career-defining comic book that looks all too similar to an edgier Star Wars.

You NEED to check out this art, y'all: https://imgur.com/a/juZfcYs

Today's episode was commissioned by "Matt S," one of the elite IRO-bots of the #buttthwompnation resistance movement. If you want to join our crusade, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast, and join the ranks for only $5 a month. **Please note, we are pausing Flavor Text commissions for the next couple of months until we can catch up on the backlog. We will let you know when those are back live again soon!**

Ep. 76: Forged In A Ding Dang Hellfire

April 13, 2021 by Andrew Henderson in comedy, comics, podcasts, video games

The suits at Discovery Ploose were so jealous that we were the only podcast talking about the Disney+ shows that they approached us to record an exclusive videogame-themed episode of History Channel's Forged in Fire. Don't ask them, just trust us. It's totally legit and definitely part of the FiF canon. Definitely.

Speaking of premium streaming services, how about those MCU shows? There's so gosh darned many of them coming out that you'd need to take a part-time job learning all of the through-lines. Well fear no more dear listener, the crew at Debate This! is here for you with a weekly recap podcast breaking down every character and mysterious Easter eggs. Check out The Ploose Is Loose! available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcatcher apps.