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A Smash of Brothers: Ranking the DLC Characters of Super Smash Brothers Ultimate

Super Smash Brothers has had a long and storied history, with each game introducing at least one character that made most of its fans fairly confused. In Super Smash Brothers, Ness filled that role. Melee saw not only the Ice Climbers but also Doctor Mario and Mister Game & Watch. Brawl introduced characters from otherContinue reading “A Smash of Brothers: Ranking the DLC Characters of Super Smash Brothers Ultimate”

Steve from Minecraft: History’s Greatest Monster?

Steve from Minecraft was announced as a character in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate earlier today and since I am on record as being against his inclusion I felt it only fitting that I say a few words about my feelings on the matter. In short, were 2020 not an atypically horrible span of time whichContinue reading “Steve from Minecraft: History’s Greatest Monster?”

Fictochat: The Byleth Issue

Lord Mikenificent: Hello, I’m Lord Mikenificent Randall Malus: And I’m Randall Malus. We’re here today to talk about the 5th Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter’s Pass DLC character. LM: Earlier today, Sakurai manged to make a lot of ripples with his announcement and not the good kind of ripples like a flower petal lighting gentlyContinue reading “Fictochat: The Byleth Issue”

The Fictocast #002: Not Everyone is Here

Here’s the second episode of our podcast! You can listen to it here or just play the video below: RATED M FOR MATURE In this edition of the Fictocast, we discuss characters we’d like to see come to Super Smash Brothers Ultimate and characters we’re likely to see. You can hear detailed explanations and discussionsContinue reading “The Fictocast #002: Not Everyone is Here”

The Fictocast #001: The All-New All-Same Fictocast!

Here’s the first episode of our podcast! You can listen to it here, or just play the video below: Jeffrey Holloway, Randall Malus, and Mikenificent discuss what they’ve been up to since the last podcast, and they manage to cajole Trevor Thomson into joining them as well. They then discuss the upcoming Showa Gojira CriterionContinue reading “The Fictocast #001: The All-New All-Same Fictocast!”

From Hero to Zero: Australian Smash Bros. Tourneys Ban Use of the Character Due to Whining

South Australia(n), to be exact. As of August 14, 2019, South Australia Smash Central (SASC) decided to ban use of the character Hero (of Dragon Quest fame) during SASC-sponsored Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments. Their reasons for the ban are listed in a special SASC tweet, but really boil down to two major complaints: HeroContinue reading “From Hero to Zero: Australian Smash Bros. Tourneys Ban Use of the Character Due to Whining”

A Defense of Chaos

Imagine, for a moment, that you’re playing a video game. Barring glitches, it’s a world with rules and while sometimes those rules get broken it’s always in ways you’re prepared for. The controls get reversed, your character becomes inhibited, things like that. It’s not a world where chaos is welcome and most games even prideContinue reading “A Defense of Chaos”

Banjo-Kazooie: Traitors to Nintendo

Banjo-Kazooie may be announced for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. By the time you read this, that nightmare scenario may have already occurred. There’s also the chance that we have avoided such a terrible fate but people seemed awfully sure that the traitorous bear and bird would make their return to the Nintendo fold, and soContinue reading “Banjo-Kazooie: Traitors to Nintendo”