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Get Played

Get Played[1] (formerly How Did This Get Played?) is an audio podcast that follows Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger and Matt Apodaca as they discuss and review video games, with early episodes focusing on weird or bad games. In January 2022, the podcast changed formats to shift away from intentionally playing bad games, in part to improve the experience for guests and the hosts.[2]

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GenreComedy
LanguageEnglish
UpdatesWeekly
Length60–120 minutes
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ProductionMatt Apodaca
Audio formatMP3
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Original releaseJune 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)
ProviderEarwolf (2019-2023)
Headgum (2023-present)
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Overview

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Every episode either focuses on a particular game or features general discussion about gaming. The former usually includes one or more guests, often people involved in comedy who also have an interest in video games. The hosts and guests play the game ahead of the episode, then talk about the experience, the community, and the context surrounding the game. The hosts and guests give their reviews of the game, and read contrary and often comedic reviews of the game found online.

The show initially took the same tone of discussion as podcast network Earwolf's How Did This Get Made?, a podcast celebrating bad movies, and was originally perceived as a spin-off.[3][4] The show was originally conceived of as a Star Wars podcast, and a pilot episode on that theme was recorded, before it was decided to focus on video games instead.[5] Apodaca was originally brought in solely as the show's producer, but ended up factoring into discussions so much that he was eventually made a co-host.

After the format change the podcast introduced a number of recurring episode themes such as The Game Was Better, which focuses on film and television adaptations of video games, We Play, You Play, which invites listeners to play along with a nominated game, and Triforce of, in which the hosts match elements from video games, such as musical themes or player weapons, to the three qualities of the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda series. Discussion of bad games has also continued sporadically under the Game Slop theme.

Format

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Introduction

Most episodes begin with a short comedy sketch featuring the hosts (and occasionally their guest) which parodies aspects of the episode's chosen game or subject. After the introduction of the episode's subject, during the Earwolf episodes a remix of the show's main theme music (originally composed by engineer Devon Torrey Bryant) mixed with music of the game from that week's episode leads into the hosts' introduction. After the move to Headgum, a new theme by Ben Prunty was introduced.

Prior to the show's change of format, the hosts introduced themselves with a string of catchphrases that developed from several video game encounters and humorous inside jokes. Apodaca would begin by simply saying "hello, everyone," with Campbell dramatically repeating the phrase afterwards before welcoming the listeners. After playing Wattam and being tickled by the phrase "Welcome Back Bucket," Campbell decided it was too wholesome not to repeat it at the top of the show. During an episode with Shaun Diston and Scott Aukerman, Diston brought up his previous appearance for the game Catherine and how the game will yell "edge!" during the puzzle portions of the game; Shaun subsequently suggested this should be Wiger's catchphrase, which Wiger then adopted. After the change of format in 2022, with the exception of Apodaca's welcome the catchphrases have mostly been dropped, with Campbell deciding to save "Welcome Back Bucket" for special occasions.

Segments

The show has several recurring featured segments, which include:

  • What Are You Playing?, formerly 70 Seconds in Video Game Heaven, where the hosts and their guest report on what video games they have been playing during the past week.[6] In later episodes the question would be posed by the merchant from Resident Evil 4, voiced by Campbell.
  • Review Crew, where the hosts and guests each take turns sharing a positive comment about the game, as well as their own verbal review summary, and a numerical score on a scale from zero to 1 million. An offshoot, Ryu Crew, solicits reviews of the game from listeners in We Play, You Play episodes.
  • Maybe We Were Wrong, where the hosts take turns reading reviews opposite of their own opinions.
  • The Question Block, where the hosts read questions submitted by listeners and give their answers, inviting the guest to answer as well.
  • Heather's Hole, in which Heather Anne Campbell reaches into "the deep, gaping maw that is her video game collection", and retrieves a lesser known title, gaming system or piece of gaming memorabilia to discuss.

Most episodes conclude with the hosts and their guest playing a quiz or a guessing game, or responding to messages sent in by listeners.

Episode list

2019

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1"Sonic '06 with Jordan Morris"not a number value
2"Superman 64 with Adam Conover"not a number value
3"Hatoful Boyfriend with Mano Agapion and Betsy Sodaro"not a number value
4"Dragon's Lair (w/ Magic Tavern)"not a number value
5"Vroom in the Night Sky with Ify Nwadiwe"not a number value
6"Michael Jackson's Moonwalker with Zach Reino and Jessica McKenna"not a number value
7"Series: Your Story Universe: Vanderpump Rules with Sean Clements"not a number value
8"Night Trap with Christine Nangle"not a number value
9"Technocop with Arin Hanson"not a number value
10"Leisure Suit Larry with Eva Anderson"not a number value
11"Quest 64 with The Go Off Kings"not a number value
12"Seaman with Jon Gabrus"not a number value
13"Duke Nukem Forever with Colton Dunn"not a number value
14"Mass Effect: Andromeda (w/ Mark Rennie)"not a number value
15"Zork with Lindsay Katai and Kelly Nugent"not a number value
16"Friday the 13th (w/ Matt Gourley)"not a number value
17"Back in 1995 (w/ Oscar Montoya)"not a number value
18"The Typing of the Dead (w/ Haley Mancini)"not a number value
19"Eternal Champions: Developer's Commentary (w/ William Kier)"not a number value
20"Untitled Goose Game (w/ John Hodgman)"not a number value
21"Shaq Fu (w/ Jason Concepcion)"not a number value
22"My Horse Prince (w/ Erin Whitehead)"not a number value
23"Custer's Revenge (w/ Joey Clift)"not a number value
24"Blues Brothers 2000 (w/ Zac Oyama)"not a number value
25"Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast (w/ Cirocco Dunlap)"not a number value
26"Mutant League Football (w/ Carl Tart)"not a number value
27"Christmas Nights (w/ Ashley Esqueda)"not a number value
28"WarioWare Inc. (w/ Alex Berg)"not a number value
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2020

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29"Minecraft: Story Mode (w/ Dan Harmon)"not a number value
30"Death Stranding"not a number value
31"Shadow the Hedgehog (w/ Jordan Morris)"not a number value
32"Katamari Damacy (w/ Shauna Baker)"not a number value
33"Catherine (w/ Shaun Diston)"not a number value
34"Postal (w/ Jacob Wysocki)"not a number value
35"Kitten Squad (w/ Siobhan Thompson)"not a number value
36"Surgeon Simulator (w/ Will Hines)"not a number value
37"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (w/ Paul Rust)"not a number value
38"Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) (w/ Eva Anderson)"not a number value
39"Garfield Kart (w/ Joey Clift)"not a number value
40"Panty Party (w/ Ify Nwadiwe)"not a number value
41"The Stanley Parable"not a number value
42"Ace of Seafood (w/ Cirocco Dunlap)"not a number value
43"Waterworld"not a number value
44"Everything (w/ Jon Gabrus)"not a number value
45"Animal Crossing: New Horizons (w/ Zach Reino)"not a number value
46"Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (w/ Sodapoppin)"not a number value
47"Doki Doki Literature Club (w/ Mary Laws)"not a number value
48"Bart vs the Space Mutants (w/ Bob Mackey & Henry Gilbert)"not a number value
49"Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (w/ Dave Schilling)"not a number value
50"Street Fighter: The Movie (w/ Jason Mantzoukas & Paul Scheer)"not a number value
51"Inside"not a number value
52"Maneater"not a number value
53"Wattam (w/ Anne Lane)"not a number value
54"The Last of Us: Left Behind"not a number value
55"Hardcore Mecha (w/ Brodie Reed and Cody Ziglar)"not a number value
56"The Last of Us Part II"not a number value
57"Star Wars Episode I: Racer (w/ Lauren Lapkus)"not a number value
58"James Pond: Underwater Agent (w/ Matt Gourley)"not a number value
59"Return of the Obra Dinn (w/ Eva Anderson)"not a number value
60"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (w/ Shaun Diston and Scott Aukerman)"not a number value
61"Undertale (w/ Zac Oyama)"not a number value
62"Deadly Premonition (w/ Oscar Montoya)"not a number value
63"Fall Guys (w/ Jon Mackey)"not a number value
64"Battletoads (w/ Jordan Morris)"not a number value
65"Zombies Ate My Neighbors (w/ Adam Stein)"not a number value
66"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2"not a number value
67"Ring Fit Adventure (w/ Mary Laws)"not a number value
68"The Twilight Zone (w/ Win Rosenfeld)"not a number value
69"Maniac Mansion (w/ Kelly Nugent)"not a number value
70"Carrion (w/ Arnie Niekamp)"not a number value
71"Among Us (w/ Nick Rutherford)"not a number value
72"Hideo Kojember – Metal Gear"not a number value
73"Hideo Kojember – Snatcher"not a number value
74"Hideo Kojember – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (w/ Jacquis Neal)"not a number value
75"Hideo Kojember – P.T."not a number value
76"Hideo Kojember – Death Stranding (Part 2) with Gene Park"not a number value
77"Frog Fractions with Mano Agapion & Betsy Sodaro"not a number value
78"Hypnospace Outlaw with Sonja Reid & Aaron Bleyaert"not a number value
79"Bible Adventures with Paul F. Tompkins"not a number value
80"The 2020 How Did This Get Played Game of the Year Awards"not a number value
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2021

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81"Yo! Noid with Danielle Radford"not a number value
82"Super Meat Boy with Alex Berg"not a number value
83"What Remains of Edith Finch with Will Hines"not a number value
84"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven"not a number value
85"Who Framed Roger Rabbit with Joan Ford"not a number value
86"Cyberpunk 2077"not a number value
87"Day of the Tentacle with Hayes Davenport"not a number value
88"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 2"not a number value
89"Psychonauts with Ashley Esqueda"not a number value
90"Coffee Talk with Siobhan Thompson"not a number value
91"Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball with Jason Concepcion"not a number value
92"Star Wars: Yoda Stories with Mark Rennie"not a number value
93"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 3"not a number value
94"Goat Simulator with Raj Ramayya"not a number value
95"Kuukiyomi: Consider It with Mike Drucker"not a number value
96"Mortal Kombat with Nathan Barnatt"not a number value
97"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 4"not a number value
98"Super Mayrio – Hotel Mario with Eva Anderson"not a number value
99"Super Mayrio – Mario is Missing with Jason Schreier"not a number value
100"Super Mayrio – Super Mario 64"not a number value
101"Super Mayrio – Super Mario Bros. 2"not a number value
102"Super Mayrio – 70 Minutes in Mario Heaven"not a number value
103"Revolution X with Zane Carney"not a number value
104"Crazy Taxi with Bridger Winegar"not a number value
105"Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion"not a number value
106"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 6"not a number value
107"American Truck Simulator with Jack Allison"not a number value
108"Contra: Rogue Corps with Colton Dunn"not a number value
109"Cool Spot with Mike Mitchell"not a number value
110"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 7"not a number value
111"Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist"not a number value
112"Yakuza 0"not a number value
113"Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney with Lindsay Katai and Kelly Nugent"not a number value
114"Her Story"not a number value
115"70 Minutes in Gaming Heaven 8"not a number value
116"12 Minutes"not a number value
117"The Back Clog"not a number value
118"Portal"not a number value
119"Let's Get First Personal"not a number value
120"A Nightmare on Elm Street with David Sims"not a number value
121"The 7th Guest with Mary Laws"not a number value
122"Silent Hill 2 with Mike Drucker"not a number value
123"70 Minutes in Gaming HELL – Spooky Tunes"not a number value
124"Hideo Kojember – Policenauts"not a number value
125"Hideo Kojember – Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand"not a number value
126"Hideo Kojember – Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater with Gene Park"not a number value
127"Hideo Kojember – Death Stranding Director's Cut with Kirk Hamilton"not a number value
128"Hideo Kojember – 70 Minutes in Outer Heaven"not a number value
129"How Did This Get VRayed?"not a number value
130"Gaming with Heather's Mom"not a number value
131"Balan Wonderworld with Jordan Morris"not a number value
132"The 2021 How Did This Get Played Game of the Year Awards"not a number value
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2022

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133"Welcome to Get Played: Gaming Resolutions"not a number value
134"The Matrix Awakens"not a number value
135"What We Played On Our Winter Vacation"not a number value
136"Game and Tell: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike"not a number value
137"Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City with Oscar Montoya"not a number value
138"Game Slop: Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit!"not a number value
139"Game Pass or Fail?"not a number value
140"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Main Title Themes"not a number value
141"We Play, You Play: Disco Elysium"not a number value
142"Triforce of NPCs"not a number value
143"Grand Theft Pod-O"not a number value
144"The Game Was Better – Pixels with Mary Laws"not a number value
145"We Play, You Play: Elden Ring with Jordan Morris"not a number value
146"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Boss Themes"not a number value
147"Heather's Hole Presents: Virtual Boy!"not a number value
148"The Game Was Better: The Cuphead Show! with Griffin Newman"not a number value
149"We Play, You Play: Sonic the Hedgehog 2"not a number value
150"PokéMay – Game and Tell: The Pokémon Series"not a number value
151"PokéMay – Pokémon Spin-Off Games with Jake Sprague"not a number value
152"PokéMay – Pokémon GO"not a number value
153"PokéMay – Pokémon Detective Pikachu with Zach Reino"not a number value
154"PokéMay – We Play, You Play: Pokémon Gold and Silver"not a number value
155"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: End Credit Themes"not a number value
156"Game Slop: Top Gun with Leslie Lee III"not a number value
157"Pac-Man Museum + with Maddy Myers"not a number value
158"We Play, You Play: NORCO"not a number value
159"Game and Tell: Diablo"not a number value
160"Music Theory of Donkey Kong Country with Zane Carney"not a number value
161"The Game Was Better: Uncharted"not a number value
162"We Play, You Play: Super Mario Sunshine"not a number value
163"Triforce of Weapons"not a number value
164"Summer Vacation Games"not a number value
165"Game Slop: Mighty No. 9"not a number value
166"The Game Was Better: Tron with David Sims"not a number value
167"We Stray, You Stray LIVE on Twitch!"not a number value
168"Triforce of Sound Effects"not a number value
169"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Character Select Themes"not a number value
170"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners with Cody Ziglar"not a number value
171"We Play, You Play: The Last of Us Part I with Mary Laws"not a number value
172"UGHtober- Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry"not a number value
173"UGHtober- Fortnite"not a number value
174"UGHtober- Blair Witch VR"not a number value
175"UGHtober: The Game Was Better - Silent Hill (2006)"not a number value
176"UGHtober: We Play, You Play - Vampire Survivors"not a number value
177"Game and Tell - God of War"not a number value
178"Tri-Force of Mounts"not a number value
179"Speedruns with Yusong Liu"not a number value
180"Marvel Snap & Deck-Building Games"not a number value
181"Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration"not a number value
182"The Get Played Game of the Spectacular Year Awards 2022 LIVE on Twitch"not a number value
183"We Play, You Play: Persona 5 Royal"not a number value
184"Get Played Presents: Oops All Intros Part 1"not a number value
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2023

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185"Get Played Presents: Oops All Intros Part 2"not a number value
186"Games of 2023"not a number value
187"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Music From What We're Playin"not a number value
188"Famous Firsts"not a number value
189"We Play, You Play: Sonic Frontiers with Jordan Morris"not a number value
190"Console Draft: Nintendo 64"not a number value
191"Licensed Video Games"not a number value
192"Remasterpiece Theater"not a number value
193"We Play, You Play: GoldenEye 007"not a number value
194"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Battle Themes"not a number value
195"Tri-Force of Cubes"not a number value
196"The Game Was Better: Resident Evil"not a number value
197"We Play, You Play: Metroid Prime Remastered"not a number value
198"Console Draft: Nintendo GameCube"not a number value
199"The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog"not a number value
200"Tetris"not a number value
201"We Play, You Play: Resident Evil 4 with Cody Ziglar"not a number value
202"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Tiers of the Kingdom with Mike Mitchell"not a number value
203"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Music Theory of Zelda with Zane Carney"not a number value
204"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Game Slop: Zelda Philips CD-i games with Eva Anderson"not a number value
205"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Item Draft with Libby Watson"not a number value
206"The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: We Play, You Play: Tears of the Kingdom"not a number value
207"Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie"not a number value
208"Summer Games Fest 2023"not a number value
209"Diablo IV with Jon Gabrus"not a number value
210"We Play, You Play: Street Fighter 6 with Stephen Fu"not a number value
211"Tiers of the Kingdom: Final Fantasy"not a number value
212"The Game Was Better: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within"not a number value
213"Voice Acting with Ray Chase"not a number value
214"Game and Tell: Super Mario RPG with Django Gold"not a number value
215"We Play, You Play: Final Fantasy XVI"not a number value
216"Pokémon Sleep"not a number value
217"Dialogue Tree: Character Creation"not a number value
218"Game and Tell: Resident Evil with Taran Killam"not a number value
219"We Play, You Play: Dredge with Oscar Montoya"not a number value
220"Console Draft: PlayStation 2"not a number value
221"GPR: World Warrior with Dr. Joost Vervoort"not a number value
222"Dialogue Tree: Open World Games"not a number value
223"We Play, You Play: Shadow of the Colossus"not a number value
224"Tiers of the Kingdom: Controllers"not a number value
225"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Cozy Edition"not a number value
226"Dialogue Tree: Too Many Games!"not a number value
227"Game and Tell: Guitar Hero with Zane Carney"not a number value
228"We Play, You Play: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty with Shaun Diston"not a number value
229"Tiers of the Kingdom: 2D Mario Games"not a number value
230"The Game Was Better: Five Nights at Freddy's"not a number value
231"NBA Jam with Amir Blumenfeld"not a number value
232"We Play, You Play: Super Mario Bros 3"not a number value
233"Dave the Diver with Jon Gabrus"not a number value
234"Now That's What I Call Video Game Music: Ice Stage Music"not a number value
235"The Get Played 2023 Games of This Year Awards"not a number value
236"UNLOCKED: Duke Nukem Forever with Colton Dunn"not a number value
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2024

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237"UNLOCKED: Get Anime'd: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Episodes 1 & 2"not a number value
238"Games of 2024: A Look Ahead"not a number value
239"Our Top Ten Games of All Time"not a number value
240"Cloud Gaming"not a number value
241"Driving Games with Marika Brownlee & Casey Donahue"not a number value
242"Palworld"not a number value
243"Great Part Two's with Ashley Esqueda"not a number value
244"The Game Was Better: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete"not a number value
245"We Play, You Play: Baldur's Gate 3"not a number value
246"Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds"not a number value
247"Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV"not a number value
248"Console Draft: Nintendo Switch"not a number value
249"We Play, You Play: Helldivers 2 with Craig Lee Thomas"not a number value
250"Food in Video Games"not a number value
251"Sonic with Grant Pardee"not a number value
252"Get Played's Most Iconic Video Game Character List"not a number value
253"Tier of the Kingdom: Gimmick Peripherals"not a number value
254"Soulsborne Games with Sam Brown"not a number value
255"Tri-Force of Trilogies"not a number value
256"Hades, Hades 2, and Roguelikes"not a number value
257"Animal Well"not a number value
258"Fallout the TV Series with Mary Laws"not a number value
259"Games That Time Forgot"not a number value
260"Neopets with Sierra Katow"not a number value
261"Kingdom Hearts"not a number value
263"The Case of the Golden Idol with Eva Anderson"not a number value
264"Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree with Jordan Morris"not a number value
265"Games of 2024 Part 2"not a number value
266"Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition"not a number value
267"Console Aesthetics Tier List Part 1"not a number value
268"Console Aesthetics Tier List Part 2"not a number value
269"Studio Viddy on the Sunset Strip: Capcom"not a number value
270"We Play, You Play: Chrono Trigger"not a number value
271"Telltale's The Walking Dead with Scott Seiss"not a number value
272"25 Years of the Sega Dreamcast"not a number value
273"Papers, Please with James Adomian"not a number value
274"Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance with Brendan James"not a number value
275"We Play, You Play: Astro Bot"not a number value
276"Video Game Journalism with Jason Schreier"not a number value
277"Star Wars Games"not a number value
278"Sega Genesis vs Super Nintendo: Revengeance"not a number value
279"Vampire Games with LB Hunktears"not a number value
280"Tiers of the Kingdom: Rare with Bridger Winegar"not a number value
281"Viking Games with "The Viking Professor" Terri Barnes"not a number value
282"Handheld Gaming"not a number value
283"Tiers of the Kingdom: Sony First Party Games"not a number value
284"We Play, You Play: Metaphor: ReFantazio"not a number value
285"Holiday Draft"not a number value
286"The 2024 Get Played Games of This Year Awards"not a number value
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2025

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287"Games of 2025: A Look Ahead"not a number value
288"Chill Music"not a number value
289"Nintendo Switch 2 Revealed + Tri-Force of Kongs"not a number value
290"Game and Tell: 32X"not a number value
291"Backlog Thunderdome"not a number value
292"Candy Crush Saga"not a number value
293"Tiers of the Kingdom: Video Game Film Adaptations"not a number value
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Reception

Dan Jakes of The A.V. Club said that the hosts of the show "find a good balance of reviews and riffs."[7] Mark Kramer of Vulture said the hosts of the show "have turned what was once an enjoyable hobby into a masochistic burden."[3]

A 2019 Thanksgiving episode with comedian Joey Clift reviewing Custer's Revenge led to a discussion on how the hosts had tokenized Clift.[8][9][10][11]

References

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