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[@IbunWest]

I like that Kathleen playing Marvel Snap is the equivalent if Beej playing MTG Puzzle Quest.

[@princephantom1294]

I have never felt whiplash more clearly than when graham said that chicken thing was in COD. Wonderful misdirect, brb getting treatment for this sore neck.

[@outistynnanyt5153]

6:06 as a polyam who doesn't play Sims, this is going to be the best thing to happen to my community since Google Calendars

[@miramosa7768]

Queer TTRPG groups also doing wonders for us.

[@SpiffyTrev]

Instructions unclear… currently filling Beej’s house with ham.

[@somehow_a_wizard]

The nugget gun is horrifying and 1000% someone's fetish.

[@jamescampbell2353]

Terrible truths shock the body and brain

[@skywise001]

They need a word for anti fettish

[@hughcaldwell1034]

@@skywise001 I would suggest phobia as contrasting with philia, but those two labels can apply to the same thing. Like me with Graham's Lecter noises.

[@LexYeen]

​@@skywise001the word you may be looking for is "squick"

[@skywise001]

@@hughcaldwell1034 Yea any time they try that stupid ASMR stuff its like nails on a chalkboard to me.

[@DCMarvel485]

Ham is way better use of brain space compared to remembering a disgraced Twitch streamer.

[@PantherAssaultCannon]

*adds prosciutto to grocery list*

[@HbombandFriends]

“He’s a hamillionaire!” Graham, you did not disappoint in your take on Dr. D. Also, I’m glad to see you used the NASCAR story I sent you on Mastodon (although you probably found it elsewhere). I played the track. It’s… fine. And its placement in the game is really hard to find unless you’re specifically looking for it, so it’s a kind of waste of a promotional effort for their Chicago street race this weekend. Oh, and we haven’t seen Beej lately. Is he ok? (“Am Beej ok?”) Another great show this week, folks.

[@LRRVG]

I got it from you specifically!! Thank you!

[@HbombandFriends]

@@LRRVG Thank you. Glad to help!

[@ssgtmole8610]

For all beneficial values of "Beej ok."

[@mightygregdoge]

@Hbombandfriends Never stop making Feed Dump refs.

[@BluWoolify]

Notice they did not tell you that Beej is ok...

[@stevenkempf869]

if that stupid thing is not called a "nug gun" then what are we even doing?

[@HbombandFriends]

And when did Ben leave and take a job with Activision? ;)

[@mightygregdoge]

If we call it a Nug gun, there is no way Bengineering won't want one.

[@octochan]

Where does the honey mussie come in?

[@mightygregdoge]

@octochan There's an underbarrel that dispenses it, like a grenade launcher.

[@mocliamtoh573]

Amusingly, the mechanics and systems for Marvel Snap were developed before it was pitched and then themed to be Marvel. So it really could have been skinned with something else

[@ssgtmole8610]

Wandering game developers in search of an IP... 👀

[@whoisbatman]

Ham?

[@Splungified]

...I mean, people may say that the chicken gun is influenced by Fortnite, but that sure looks like a winner's chicken dinner to me.

[@ConvincingPeople]

Wow, this episode with the Dr Disrespect segment dropping nearly at the exact same time as the “Not Like Us” music video feels serendipitous.

[@foxmar2344]

When I heard about the Dr. D story I was not surprised. Not surprised at all.

[@Haights]

Respect for priorities on HAM

[@SonicSlicer]

After the second win, it's FINNISH HAM

[@ssgtmole8610]

@@SonicSlicer Buy ham from Finland and then finish it. 😋

[@GGCrono]

Ham?

[@azninja888]

@@GGCrono *Godfather theme plays* Yes, please

[@SonicSlicer]

​@@GGCronoALL THE HAM, NO EXCEPTIONS

[@Groovebot3k]

I can only presume that the reason the Gundam skins for CoD weren't also brought up because Ian and Beej weren't around to have opinions.

[@duckrutt]

...like the characters or the mobile suits?

[@Groovebot3k]

@@duckrutt Oh you didn't hear? The RX-78, Char's Zaku II, and Aerial Gundam from Witch from Mercury are also skins alongside the fried chicken operator... you can slash a dude with a beam saber or heat tomahawk and have them explode like they're a mobile suit, lmao.

[@heyy13]

Holy shit. Thankyou for that. ​@@Groovebot3k

[@duckrutt]

I don't play shooters. The last Call of Duty game I played was the first one. Anyway on the one hand there are like a billion series so it makes sense from a licensing perspective. Great bang for your buck gg. On the other hand why in a CoD game would you do this. Battlefield is the one doing the future thing? I dunno if they have two dimes to rub together but it makes more sense to me.

[@Groovebot3k]

@@duckrutt Oh trust me, I only found out about this because I follow a bunch of artists who draw military and sci-fi stuff. And let's not kid ourselves, this is absolutely a Fortnite-ification of a franchise: Tone and theme be damned, let Timmy spend his vbucks on all the wacky skins he wants if it gets him to use his step dad's credit card to pad our quarterly earnings... we don't have to worry about getting the belt after he finds out where all those charges came from!

[@leeshajoi]

You'd think the nugget gun would be either a) a fast-food restaurant tie-in item or b) a PUBG mode. PUBG is still going, right?

[@mightygregdoge]

I want to be clear: if we Can get to Beej's house, would he let us look at all his rewards?

[@EternalDensity]

No he would require it.

[@JorgeLopez-qj8pu]

He has slide shows 🎞📽

[@WFierce]

@@EternalDensity *locks door* "Want to look at my Nintendo Club rewards?"

[@wraithleader012]

@@WFierceI understood that reference

[@mightygregdoge]

@@WFierce Everything is fine!

[@michaelturner2806]

Seeing the Sega logo I immediately heard Beej's voice in my head proclaiming that it's Sonic's 30th Anniversary.

[@binks5215]

Another great Checkpoint, glad to see it back. I admire Graham's commitment to HAM. :P

[@Natedogg2]

1:38 Fun fact - Ratchet and Clank did have a gun that turned your enemies into chickens - the Morph-o-Ray

[@ownerofawhitesedan7511]

My 3 cats associate the word Ham with treats, they appreciate the mention and passion Graham

[@daveclarke1990]

These City Hams can't tell me what to think!

[@thehittite6982]

If there's anything NASCAR has "always" been about it's alcoholism.

[@HbombandFriends]

You’re not wrong. A lot of the early NASCAR drivers ran moonshine and souped up their cars to outrun the cops. NASCAR just became something else to do with those cars.

[@leeshajoi]

Didn't NASCAR literally evolve from people ferrying bootleg liquor during Prohibition?

[@HbombandFriends]

@@leeshajoi I already said that.

[@Tfin]

Not banning things IS pushing the boundary of "how long can we keep allowing this?"

[@Rocketboy1313]

I have said that the ultimate symbol of our time must embody the dull, flavorless, artless lump that anyone can consume and not be offended by. The chicken nugget was what my friends concluded was the ticket. The idea of that gun in that game is making my soul hurt.

[@miramosa7768]

The like follow and subscribe spiel at the end reminds me every time of the end Beej did recently (ish) where he went on a monologue about the evils of corporate culture and the destructive pervasiveness of greed or whatever, then segued seamlessly into plugging the Patreon and it was amazing.

[@AdamDrew]

I'm always late to these things, but Graham's sudden interest in looking up different hams online hs excellent "nerd in his 40s" energy.

[@wavesofbabies]

To give some context on how anticipated Arishem was in Marvel Snap: on the day he came out, he was in *70%* of decks being played. He is *so much fun* and easily the most hotly anticipated card in the game's history, despite largely making the game into a battle of "random bullshit go!" (Also helps that they launched him last in a 5 week season (1 card releases each week and cards are only announced when a new season (roughly a month) starts), enough time for pretty much anyone playing the game to get the currency needed to guarantee unlock him)

[@bobdole1105]

Well it's because he starts a new deck style all by himself. We've had a long time of good cards and useful cards, but the last new deck type card was released was Annihilus.

[@wavesofbabies]

@@bobdole1105 It's true. We've got a lot of good role players in the last few months, but this is different. This is a new deck archetype and one that it seems like a LOT of people want to play around with.

[@EricChoiniere]

It being the end of the season also means a lot more players have made it to the top rank of the season, meaning they can play Arishem without any repercussions on the ladder.

[@Quiltfish]

>One card is key to an absurdly large percentage of player's decks Oh, right, almost forgot this was a Ben Brode product.

[@wavesofbabies]

@@Quiltfish As opposed to Magic, which just saw Nadu being played in 60% of decks in Modern. Or Yu-Gi-Oh, where 95% of decks have Ash Blossom and the same 5-10 cards in the extra deck.

[@Obstreperous_Octopus]

A guy calling himself "Dr Disrespect" was involved in... (checks notes) a shouting match on twitter, a twitch ban, a scandal involving a minor, and an NFT scam. (Insert sarcastic surprised Kirk meme here)

[@lilyoftheveil666]

And also filmed people in the bathroom at TwitchCon! (Unclear if this is the same TwitchCon where everything else happened)

[@donaldtNS]

@@lilyoftheveil666 And the last E3!

[@valeriedure2341]

im picturing graham doing ham facts like sojiro's coffee facts

[@specialagentdavecooper9605]

telling me to listen to Ixnay on the Hombre was a direct shot to my heart. I have rarely been so precision attacked.

[@icky46111]

The nugget gun just looks like what white phosphorus does to people, but somehow more horrifying with cannibalistic leanings. A straight up warcrime.

[@Oakinwode]

Had a tricky work day emotionally and Graham saying Ham has made it better

[@kimh9736]

It's LRR' 20 year anniversary! and we are looking forward to the sub-athon.

[@lostmarble540]

the ham discussion reminded me of an icarly episode where spencer accidentally went to canada and bought canadian bacon but was outraged canadian bacon was actually just ham

[@ub4hn00b]

50% of Graham is ham, so it makes sense he needs brain space for it.

[@Ahrpigi]

0:27 KNIFE TIME! Maybe my favorite Feed Dump episode. 😆

[@octochan]

That episode was pure gold, I'm going to go watch it right now

[@sneakyskunk1]

Graham's voice was dripping with so much contempt during that Dr. Disrespect segment that I'm fairly sure they are going to have to have the chair he was sitting on (and the carpet underneath it) steam cleaned.

[@michaelturner2806]

Speaking of creeps whose name I already forgot, I still love the Internet Ham skit from the Peter Serafinowicz Show. Instead of buying ham at the supermarket, a couple is shown buying a scratch off card and inputting the code online. It's short and simple but I like it.

[@ladsworld]

People are down on it but the Crazy Taxi idea does have some theoretical blueprints in games like Burnout Paradise. Out of any dormant Sega franchise to revive as an open world multiplayer game, theres certainly worse options.

[@snvhill]

I could see it, there's some sense there... I DOUBT they'll do it, and I think Graham's point on ridiculously overly ambitious expectations is dead on, but I can actually see the possibilies.

[@RekkinOnTheInternet]

I wonder if a Crazy Taxi MMO could fill the Drift City shaped hole in my heart

[@betterthanyouish]

Kathleen is correct, Arishem is a lot of fun. Jeff Hoogland is a good resource for snap decks if you're looking. He used to do mtg stuff but is now full-time on snap.

[@DeaconofPlague]

Joke's on you, I'm listening to this WHILE getting killed in the Elden Ring DLC.

[@wolf_izzy]

It's official! Graham is a cat. No thoughts, just ham. 😼

[@Celestrum]

I will once against state the reason club nintendo was terminated so quickly and only in the NOA region at the time. It was an excel file. A very complex and password protected excel file. Which one person, was managing for years as a side project. Their termination was done with no thought to club nintendo or that management had no one with excel knowledge or the password.

[@LRRVG]

I would love to know more about this???

[@mathewbeaudoin3747]

oh i didnt expect you to cover the disrespect news

[@zacox]

Trader Joes has rosemary ham cold cuts that are surprisingly good.

[@madmanatw]

Arishem + Loki + Blob. Having fun and trying to decide if this is finally the deck I try to run Adam Warlock in.

[@EricChoiniere]

Adam Warlock has been pretty good! Maybe I'm biased because I have a really pretty variant of him

[@simonteesdale9752]

So philisphical ham Pedantry: Technically, it could be considered a processed vegetable, depending on the diet of the pig.

[@fbdd5]

Am I seriously supposed to believe that the first realistic shooter that got a gun that literally turns your enemies into a chicken dinner is Call of Duty, not PUBG?

[@blaketreleaven1993]

Graham makes a good point about why the algorithm boosts what it does. Why not some weight for longevity? Consistency? Howabout checking channel subscribers retention? I cannot imagine someone subbing to LRR and ever leaving.

[@DrMcCoy]

Yeah, that Offspring album shout-out went right into my nostalgia. And it feels like heaven's so far away.

[@tehPete]

My snark-o-meter broke with the first two stories 😂... also, great coverage on the Dr situation. I remember when people were complaining about having their 'childhoods destroyed' when the news came out in the UK about Saville, Harris, Glitter and the like - and now the Dr and others are bringing that.. joy... to a whole new generation. 🤮 It makes you wonder - why didn't Twitch just hand the evidence over to the Police and let them do their job in the first place? By remaining silent on the reason for the ban, they allowed him to continue & as long as it's not on Twitch, they don't care? I have a feeling this story will be coming back at some point.

[@stevethepocket]

It really needs to be the law that if you're aware of sexual misconduct and don't _personally_ report what you know to law enforcement, you're considered an accomplice with all that implies. I suppose it's also possible that Twitch _did_ report it to the cops, and the cops are just so stupid, incompetent, or apathetic that nothing ever came of it. I'm not sure what they should be obligated to do in that event.

[@TheMaddestHatter234]

⁠@@stevethepocketI understand the frustration that your point is coming from, but that effectively criminalizes not reporting one’s own assault. There is a mandated reporter system, it’s not perfect, but it does exist.

[@ahrenstarr6273]

Still Snapping too. I like Blob + Absorbing Man in Arishem.

[@twinnieonse1466]

-Thanos -Taskmaster +Arishem +Absorbing Man

[@n8rhymeswith]

blob + mystique also works

[@KustarKnight]

I liked the quick Bingo Brawlers call out for Elden Ring. Those races are amazing

[@Jim-ee6du]

Ham is important!

[@TheCrosshare]

Heritage ham is from "Heritage breed pigs - like the famous Berkshire hog - are the traditional breeds that were the norm before the industrialization of farming. Slow-growing and unsuited to conventional farming, many heritage breeds came close to extinction.", as per a site i found. More of a source of the ham, while HH can be made in many ways. Just had to find out cause the line was left open :D

[@BurleyBoar]

Be still my heart - a Ratchet and Clank reference 1:38 in. Thank you for another excellent checkpoint.

[@TotemSP2]

But does Beej have that Wii remote holder, that I just... keep random junk in... which is currently a sum total 3 AA rechargeable batteries, with room to spare!

[@cliftonchurch6039]

Oddly enough I have a movie idea for Crazy Taxi that I think isn't complete crap, but it's worth shit if they release that open world version they have brewing in their minds.

[@TwistedBananaProductions]

Thank you for summing up the Dr Disrespect situation in a straightforward and organized manner.

[@jack0slack]

I really expected the outro to be just Graham listing hams.

[@etheraelespeon1986]

oh god it is NOT the year of our lord 2024 that i finally learn what that ixnae on the orb-way joke was about in that episode of commodore hustle where ian fears his meatuses may become immobilized in the open position

[@LRRVG]

Not really a direct reference, just both using pig latin.

[@Dark3y3]

Speaking of Elden Ring, I need to get back to it.

[@jackmattingly9390]

Three week break and this was such a hilarious episode that did not disappoint. Really “hamming” it up there at the end!

[@Maxislithium]

I would like to book a trip through the Beej Museum of Nintendo

[@hunterking87]

Honestly, I can see how an open world Crazy Taxi. Mainly because they could just do something similar to that Simsons driving game. They could also tackle extremely topical things like Uber stealing their job.

[@Natedogg2]

And for fun, don't forget to add M'Baku to your Arishem deck.

[@Arduran]

Well now I want to know more about Heritage Hams

[@Explodingcube]

Always a bright spot to the end of the week

[@monanarts3726]

I liked the movie Arishem showed up in... so yeah couldn't help but think "OP OP OP!" when you revealed that card. XD

[@TheCrosshare]

Arishem, thanos, wong + blob, pixie, mister negative, lockjaw, yeloow jacket and wasp, just to make things even more random and weird :D Contemplating on throwing Agatha in there just to not even play XD

[@Carlos-vn4ec]

absolutely baffled and kinda grossed out by the chicken gun. Ill have to give that nintendo club rewards book a look

[@harrow9389]

GraHam becoming gollem like over the Elden Ring Dlc makes so much sense. I kinda wonder if he could do a Andy Serkis impression

[@charlesmayes7020]

I anxiously await the debut of the Graham's Ham Jam bonus stream.

[@EricChoiniere]

Arishem is a blast and makes me want a Draft mode even more.

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

Heritage hams are made from house hippos.

[@thewonderdoc2999]

That COD story has a winner winner chicken dinner joke in it somewhere but I‘m too lazy to find it

[@thanosofdeath]

Brb reassigning space in my brain to devote it to ham

[@jwhutch4]

In the current arishem filled meta the best arishem deck I've found so dar is quinjet, mystique, rogue, agent coulson, loki, darkhawk, sera, leech, mockingbird, blob, alioth, arishem. darkhawk is the mirror winner since it will have 30+ power and you can copy it with mystique. rogue can steal your opponents darkhawks and if you have priority your alioth can kill their darkhawk before they even get it's effect off. the other heavy hitter in the deck is blob since he will always have plenty to eat. another thing to note is that if mystique copies blob's ongoing can't move effect it will copy the whole card and she will also eat until she has at least 15 power, the same goes for rogueing an enemy blob. the other thing that you could try to fit in is shang chi because he is really good in the meta right now. also don't be afraid to loki only 2-3 cards in your hand if they are unplayable. you aren't a loki deck but it does give you a soft mulligan halfway thru the game.

[@Triggerhappy938]

Graham: Let me tell you about Hamsteak.

[@atreidhd]

I honestly had no idea there was a Crazy Taxi 3. I knew there was a 2, I still my copy for Dreamcast, but 3 completely flew under my radar.

[@TheMNWolf]

This whole Fried Chicken thing sounds like someone in the marketing department discovered Russian Badgers Channel and decided hey, I'll bet we can get him to make a video for us.

[@EyalBrown]

I don't think ths phrase "what in thr Kentucky-Fried Fuck" has ever been more appropriate Also, when Graham said he was clearing his brain for more important things, I'd assumed it would be "Messmer's moveset".

[@teslabolts9904]

Glad I watched this earlier in the morning as all the talk about chicken nugget explosions and ham would have definitely made me very hungry later in the day

[@BismuthBorealis]

hey! I can totally manage my polyam relationship irl! ... The rest of the list, on the other hand...

[@Dracoape]

I'm really enjoying Blob and Colson in Arishem lists. White Queen and Doc Oc are also pretty good in my experience. Overall super fun card!

[@Krendar]

Ham is so much more worth remembering.

[@xerofelix7090]

To be fair, my cat is a big fan of the ham. 🤣

[@Jacqui_Lantern234]

i, too, keep a lot of space in my brain for ham. Black Forest Ham, Honey Smoked Ham, graHAM Stark :P

[@Geyser39]

Oh, the pork product? I thought you meant the evolution of prehistoric lophotrochozoans!

[@aaronbraegen8651]

Glad to have ye back.

[@nathanielleon4163]

After he said the ham thing, I was like... "Wait a minute. For real, name six." then I thought. "Wait, can I name six." The answer is yes, but just barely. I stalled out for a while there.

[@Programmerman]

Ham vlog when? Also I have the Mario hat from one of those Nintendo loyalty programs. Great item for the web cam backdrop, my coworkers finally saw it after four years working from home 😅

[@CaptainDangero]

'Better Hams & Gardens'

[@EinsteinsQuandry]

I use Arishem with Thanos, throw in Mockingbird and Blob with Loki and Quinjet and you'll have a good time. SO MANY CARDS IN DECK.

[@eleanorking2971]

For a minute I thought Graham was storing literal slices of ham in his brain

[@misterdoctor9693]

Breaks my heart that no one even uttered the words "Rocket league" "Octane" or "Dominus"

[@Argumentable]

Lots of people are doing more cards and oops all answers Arishem, but I was liking a buff deck with stuff like Blue Marvel, Iron Man, and Mystique to just generally have my stuff be better. Also really liking the Kitty Angela Hope package too, might even throw in Elsa

[@paultuck]

I vaguely remember Dr Disrespect as some kind of sketchy seeming guy who left Twitch and went to founded a sketchy seeming games company using NFT. That KFC gun and the whole costume is wild for CoD.

[@Grimlocksmith]

I burst out laughing at the GRR Martin punchline.