2 players and a podcast by FlibbityFlam and GeneralAndrews

For our season finale this year 3lleBelle joins us to talk about how not all illness' are front and center. She explains just how it effects her and the relationships she has with content creation.

Stepping into something new can be scary but luckily for us there's StephofAnime to help you through it. She joins us along with insaneintherain who talks about his experience getting to know the anime community from a musician's perspective.

Back for his 5th appearance and General and my 100th Episode we deep dive straight into the power of words. Dr Mick takes us on a journey through his discipline tackling some very intriguing thoughts on the words we use every day that prevent us from becoming better people.

We revisit an earlier topic to check our time management skills and see the fruits of our labor as we begin to round out the year. There are always things you can do to maximize your time and really make an impact in what you aim to accomplish.

From the same era and play style as Doom another game stood out enough to net its own franchise off of it's controversy. Wolfenstein has an interesting history along with having one of the best reboots boasting high scores by many magazines.

Point and Click is where our journey takes us this week with THEE most controversial one of it's genre. It inspired a whole new generation of "naughty" games for the public to be upset about.

You can't talk controversy without bringing up Mortal Kombat. This game made it all the way to congress for it's absolutely brutal finishing moves. It spawned an entire franchise and is still going strong to this day. Let's look into what spun this game and how it survived.

One of my favorite series of all time is also one of my favorite games I've played in the past few years. South Park has always been known as the guys who don't pull punches and because of that they've built quite a reputation for being controversial. Time to dive deep into what this game meant for people and how South Park pushed the envelope yet again.

Sometimes you have to learn to cut loose, to let that inner demon fly it's flag high. That's what Postal 2 was all about and boy were people split when this game released. From glowing reviews to golden showers, this game had all of that and Gary Coleman. Tune in to find out what it all means.

This game hits a personal spot for FlibbityFlam, an early adopter of this title, dressed in a motorcycle helmet and goggles, it was a main staple of content in the beginning that really had no substance at all. We've all heard the stories, one of thee worst games on release BUT also has quite the redemption arc.

We continue our controversial series with Carmageddon. Originally for MS-Dos this game took the scene by storm by offering the players points for running over pedestrians. See how many points we give it and the inherent backlash people rushed to give it at the time.

This game is a throw back for both of us. In the new age era of video games having an "Adult Only" rating basically destroyed your chances of being a successful game. Except for Manhunt. Prepare the soap because this one gets dirty fast as we deep dive into why this game became one of the most infamous even by todays standards.

As we continue our series of controversies we dive into our first video game one. Treasure Quest had a very unique marketing ploy of offering anyone who bought the game and BEAT it that they would win one million bucks. Did someone win or was it all just a ploy to get people to buy their game? Tune in to find out.

We fall down the conspiracy hole on this one for hopefully a mini series based around different controversies that were "covered up". Disney had a full fledged water park, one that lasted for 20+ years in fact. Don't remember it? Neither did we so in this episode we dive into the mystery of this water parks premature closure.

There are a ton of apps out there and being in this industry we get the opportunity sometimes to be the early adopters of these. We always hope that they'll blow up but so far it's yet to be seen and clubhouse is no different. You all remember clubhouse right? RIGHT?! Oh, well lets talk about it then.

What better way to wrap up our hidden gems series than with one of the biggest hidden gem consoles out there. These consoles had such a plethora of great games it's hard to choose which ones people may have actually missed so join us on the finale and see which ones we chose to show off.

Our 2nd to last episode in the hidden gem series! We cover the Genesis and the Game gear in this action packed episode of games thrown to the wayside. These consoles were power houses in their day and had extensive libraries to go through so let us do some of the work for ya.

Oh dear sweet polygons, how the first iterations of your glory still have such a special place in our hearts. These two consoles have EXTENSIVE libraries of some of the best games around. They still hold up to this day in our eyes and we go over some of the ones you probably didn't hear about.

The greatest console ever to exist and General and myself are here to cover it. No it's not the dreamcast (but that will come later). We TEAR into this "gaming" console and go over a ton of the "games" that were released and our experiences with them.

We finish out the hidden gem series of Nintendo with our picks for the Wii then dive immediately into OLD OLD school with our favorites from MSDOS. This episode is so filled with nostalgia it's difficult to even DESCRIBE it so just go LISTEN to it instead.

We're going mobile this week checking out the power houses of the handheld gaming field. We look at the original Game Boy and the Game Boy Advance to explore their library and reminisce on some of our favorites as a kid.

Our series continues looking for those delicious gems you may have seen but never played. This time with the Nintendo 64 and the Gamecube. We get introspective dream diving then straight into sticky controllers of determent towards the end.

General and I return to our retro roots to look at games that you may have overlooked or not had access to as a kid. We'll be going through the Nintendo line of consoles picking a game that wasn't in the limelight and may have been put in the vault a lil too soon. Welcome to our new series simply titled "Hidden Gems"

Our society almost PRIDES itself on stretching yourself too thin. Work 50 hours? check. Hobby turned also into a job for another 30 hours? Double check. This is not sustainable and sometimes you have to learn to hit the pause button and do a self check to make sure YOU are doing OK and not spinning in circles.

The very illustrious DrMick joins us once again for this doozy of an episode. We discuss the rather profound thought of how social media quantifies peoples opinions. Even if they aren't exactly based in fact or truth.

We all want to break free from the monotony out there. It's a sea of same when it comes to content creation and many aspects of life. Here's how we aim to break out of the norms and help you with that as well.

The world is full of opinions. No really, everyone has an opinion and want YOU to hear about it whether you want to or not. In this episode we cover some of the talking points of how social media is used by some and abused by others.

8BitDee joins us today and inspires and awes us with her incredible Final Fantasy knowledge. Her knowledge doesn't end there though and educates us further on the mystery that is Lupus. She is quite the inspiring caster so don't miss this one.

We don't normally cover recent events but when something this SPICY happens we can't help ourselves. We're only human at the end of the day and a deep dive in analyzing what happened at the Oscars was something we couldn't pass up. Is it real? Or was it faked?

General and myself discuss the importance of valuing ones time as a creator. From companies to developers you as a creator should be compensated for your time no matter HOW large your community is. We give insightful tips on how we've overcome this hurtle and continue to for future projects to come.

The punches keep on rolling going through the latter episodes of the series. With the shining star of them all and the worse of the worse. Tune in to find out with our special guest StephOfAnime in Part 2 !

StephOfAnime joins us once again in these doozy of a pair of podcasts to proliferate those ears. We go episode by episode comparing our thoughts and feelings on what worked and what didn't when it comes to this live action adaptation of an anime that's very near and dear to our hearts.

There are many trails to blaze but the one that is always the hardest is your own. Andy Field known for his fantastic versatility in the voice acting world including Five Night at Freddie's joins us and tells us how he went from humble middle school teacher to touring cons and becoming a full time voice actor.

This weeks it's all about engagement and the many ways we've tackled "breaking the ice" when chatting with new communities and casters alike. We go through some of the pitfalls and how to avoid them whilst giving our perspective on what genuine engagement looks and feels like.

Internet anonymity for a lot of people has blurred the lines of boundaries when it comes to viewer to caster. From over aggressive TTS donations to extremely off color "jokes" we go into the different lines people try to cross and the experiences we've had with them.

Sometimes you can have the best of schedules but still feel very very off. Why is that? In this episode we discuss the very distinct difference between a schedule and the flow of your daily activities. While related they have some very different aspects to them.

Spazee_Mcgee joins us today to reminisce on when we first met each other and decided to become Co-Owners of the 8-Bit Dojo and ESN. The ups and downs were many but one thing was apparent, accountability of ourselves AND each other kept us steering the ship of what we wanted to build.

Get your notebooks out because this one is a doozy of information. We go into how the circadian rhythm of your body is effected by not JUST sleep but many factors. How sleep is so vitally important to your health on top of diet, exercise, and your mental fortitude.

General and I dive into our tool box and reflect on the types of skills that each of us as individuals bring to the table that is content creation. We talk about how different creators try so hard to develop skills that they don't necessarily NEED to learn instead of amplifying the ones they already have.

This HOT debate has been around the speedrunning community for awhile and now General and I take it head on discussing the health of it, how it effects different games, and the scope of the community at large and it's feelings on it.

The season finale has us reflecting back on the year and the progress we've made. Lots of discussions on how we both tailor our fitness routines to work with us and not against us as well as many, many tangents. Thanks to everyone who listened to Season 3 and we'll be back for a ROCKING Season 4 after break <3

As purveyors of hardcore nostalgia we dive into the history of Cartoon Network. Discussing some of our favorite shows and how just the tone changed slowly over the years into something way different than what it once was. Time to go back to the past in this really fun episode.

DrMick joins us for his big third appearance on the cast to send us his overflowing insight on fear and how mankind has used that fear as a motivator for better or for worse in our daily lives today. We also discuss his move to YouTube and the fear behind such a big switch in platforms even with the same content.

A very special episode for all of our listener's this fine Wednesday evening! Chuck Huber, Voice Actor, Actor, Teacher, with more than 250+ credits to his name including Android 17, Garlic Jr, Havel from Trinity Blood, Ashe in Black Butler, the list just goes on and on. General and I pick his brain on what it means to be an entertainer and how his perspective has changed from the different work he's done.

General and myself have done a lot of retro content in our streaming careers so it only made sense to have AshSaidHi a Twitch Ambassador, Game Show Participant, and overall super cozy streamer to join us and talk about the power of nostalgia and the escapism it can provide.

What is value when it comes to the average consumer? Sometimes a glass of water may not be perceived as a high value item but in the midst of a desert it could mean life or death. General and I go over the perceived value and perspectives we've had when it comes to the "value" of our content and what may be worth to some and not to others.

A rather large data leak happened on Twitch recently. So obviously General and myself have to discuss what kind of implications this could have for the platform as a whole going forward.

We full on tangent at the beginning going down the hole of college's past but it is on topic with them good ol side hustle's. Sometimes you got to do what you have to do to do what you want to do. Come delve into the depths of our side hustles and ORDER A BEANIE FROM FLIB FOR HECKS SAKE.

Twitch is trying to start a new thing called "boosting" by taking YOUR hard earned cash and putting it in their pockets and not the casters. Let's talk about how they keep gating the front page and growth on this episode.

Being a caster on Twitch can be absolutely great, the communities, the live events, the PB's, but sometimes it can feel like yelling in an empty gymnasium trying to fill the seats. Here's why it's hard to grow on Twitch with GeneralAndrews and FlibbityFlam

Ever been uncomfortable? Well, it's not as bad of a thing as you might think. Today we discuss the uncomfortable situations we've encountered in our lives and how those so called "bad" situations have actually helped us to grow and now flourish as the people we are today.

General and I go over what he helped me with at the beginning of the year and the journey that's taken place since then. It's been a wild ride but hopefully our experiences and knowledge can help out someone else out there who's been thinking about taking the jump into their own healthy habits.

Voyaging from the 2D realm into the 3D realm, especially for things conceived in the 2D, can be tricky to say the least. StephOfAnime joins us yet again to help us with the conundrum on the announcement of the new LIVE Bebop adaptation. Find her here, she's kinda super fantastic https://www.twitch.tv/stephofanime

This time a listener by the name of Sideshow Tom came to General with a very good question of how to stay motivated when you don't hit your goals. Speedrunning you're always trying to save that frame, get that PB, and push the games further so how does it feel when you come up just short?

General and I get real introspective this episode and reflect on podcasting as a whole and go over our journey to date. Lots of bumps, bruises of early podcasting, trying it live instead of curated, to how we do things now.

Aw, the crisp smell of antiques and old carts. There's just something to that wonderful retro feel of things and General and myself can't get enough of it. Join us as we go on a nostalgia trip and explain why retro games hold so near and dear to our hearts.

The world's most recognizable intellectual property has just put their hat in the moba ring, one of the most popular gaming genres out there, and we're here to talk about it. Is it fun? What's the staying power of something like this? Are they putting ALL the pokemon in it? Tune in to find out.

General and I put on our best educator's caps and go about the definition of speedrunning. From the erroneous names of categories to what even CAN be speedran. Strap on those thinking noggins and lets dive deep this week.

Diving more so into our niche of speedrunning we reminisce and fantasize about our favorite runs. Some of them might surprise you while others are such a classic to us we'll never let them leave the number one spot.

After many episodes and so many amazing guests we get back to our roots here on the channel and discuss how we both approach our speedruns. Let me just say, we have had VASTLY differing ideas of what is good and what is best but in the end we both found what works for us.

It's a very interesting space streaming. I brought a quote to General which inspired this episode on the "why" we do what we do. A lot of times when we spend effort and time on something in content creation it gets met with tumbleweeds and diving into shit posting and drama gets all the attention. It can be exhausting, listen in to see how we deal with this conundrum.

Recording on a day we normally don't record, what a great way to show how much your own head space matters and that even a super small thing like a day change can throw a wrench into anyone's plans. It's about adjusting and figuring out what is normal for YOU and how YOU can protect it better.

Respect can be perceived in many different ways but most can agree it should never be demanded. For the second time DrMickLive comes in and discusses with us respect and how different types of people go about earning/showing/displaying/demanding that respect from their peers and in a lot of cases their children. Be sure to follow DrMickLive over on Twitch/Twitter/Instagram/TikTok at DrMickLive on all those platforms.

The joys of being around people again, it's on the horizon for all of us now as we crawl out of our hobbit holes to be thrust into the arms of the outside again. LordCuddleBear joins General and I to discuss what we've missed most about live events. Congregating with other collaborators was something we grew to love and can't wait to get back to. You can find LordCuddleBear at that tag on just about everywhere : twitch.tv/lordcuddlebear @lordcuddlebear on twitter

No matter what you do to pay the bills balance is an essential part of anyone's life. General and I discuss the more specific problems with balance that streamers have to deal with. Sitting or standing too much of ANYTHING can be bad. Come on in and get cozy because we're going in deep.

From coffee, to sports casting, to college, and now General and myself take a long look at the places and jobs we've had in the past. From what we would hope we would do when we started college to broadcasting as entertainers full time now it's quite the unexpected journey.

There are several ways to go about life but what if we as individuals want to do something different? Shake things up, get out of the comfort zones, this episode we reminisce on when we've hit our walls and had to go out and try something different.

Time to take the field and discuss some of the dirty things in the industry around content creation. Sometimes you're wrong, other times you can be very wrong but play it off like you were right. We go through what has aged well and not so well when it comes to "good" advice.

Feelings run wild as we all share our experiences on how anime has effected us emotionally. StephOfAnime joins us again for this fantastic episode filled with joy, sadness, and learning a bit about each other we didn't before. Find Steph over on Twitch for streams and tons of fun. Oh and anime don't forget that.

General and myself reminisce over the classy and the bridge loomers, the sophisticated to the idiotic, yes we're talking trolls. And chat interaction in general WITH General so it works out all right.

JareOnAir is a national treasure. This was a super fun one to do. Lots of talk on growth as individuals and as partners. Also always finding a way to get anime in there. We talk about what it's like to support people through their journey's on Twitch even though you yourself might not be that into it. Lots of fun to be had in this extended episode. DISCLAIMER: it says 11 in the intro, it's 10. I totally didn't edit the wrong episode, lose it twice whilst editing, just to realize that the episode for this week is already right there.

Back again but this time with a twist! General and I discuss our experiences with the competitive gaming scene. We always challenge ourselves on the daily but that doesn't mean we can't challenge ourselves in other aspects of gaming right?

Monster, Corsair, Century Link, all graphics we've seen on streamers screens yet are they actually paying you to have that space? General and I go DEEP into the evolution of how our streams have looked and what we've seen on the platform. From what works, to what doesn't, there's a little bit of information for everyone in this episode.

It's a dangerous landscape out there for content creation. Whether it's company's or people everyone's looking to make a quick buck off of you and your content. Today we talk about our experiences with it and how you can tell the good from the bad.

We are joined by our very good friend ROTFLandmines to discuss the essences of time management and the like. After all is said at the end of the day we all get the same 24 hours and how you use that can either make you incredibly efficient or running on the edge of burn out. You can catch ROTFLandmines over on https://www.twitch.tv/rotflandmines where he will be starting his new morning show called Mines in the Morning!

We take a trip down memory lane by talking about all the different marathons we've been a part of. We discuss the differences between online only and in person marathons and go into our own marathon we put on with the "Dream Races". WHICH IS COMING UP SOON. Details at the end of the cast.

DrMickLive joins the General and myself for some super awesome fantastical goodness. Our topic is "You Matter" going into the feelings of one's self worth in this crazy world we live in. DrMickLive brings some incredible insight in how he helps his community out giving everyone the general knowledge in how to succeed and improve as an individual. You can find him over at https://www.twitch.tv/drmicklive for his awesome shows and knowledge he gives out every day.

Something that always comes up to us is how do you stay focused while still having a balanced life? It's not easy we can tell ya that much but it is very rewarding. Today we go through some of our experiences with maintaining our focus and balancing our hectic business' and lives.

We dive into the understanding that we've both come to as content creators and knowing ourselves and knowing what we are worth not only as people but as entertainers in our own right.

A new year is ahead of us and that means MORE podcasts with GeneralAndrews and FlibbityFlam. So what truly makes your stream special? How does it set you apart from others? How can you go about finding that "niche" that makes people come back time and time again? We discuss what we've done to break the typical mold and give some tips and tricks with how you can do it yourself.

It has been a hell of a year, a hell of a season for the podcast, and a hell of a time on twitch for everyone. Things get heated as we discuss the recent laws coming in to pass that could wreck the landscape that is streaming. We pull no punches and lay it all on the table for our last episode of season 2. Thank you all for a wonderful reception and we'll see you in late January for season 3!

StephOfAnime joins us once again as our first returning guest and what a fitting episode to have her on. This ones all about My Hero Academia, how the show has effected us, first impressions, but most importantly what kind of quirk we would want and what we would have right now if it were a thing. Many tangents to be had but SPOILERS beware.

DANCE FOR ME, DO A FLIP, TELL ME A JOKE FUNNY MAN. Things as streamers we've all heard on multiple different occasions in multiple situations. We vent on the many ways people try to control YOUR stream either content wise or fiscally. Hold onto your hats we're going in.

It's no question about it, people are mad, including General and myself about all this DMCA stuff. With no solutions on the horizon what can content creators do to combat it? Is it time to jump ship or just mute everything to continue the meme.

There are a lot of opinions out there, A LOT. Out of all those which ones do you identify with most? Is it friends, family, co-workers, athletes, famous people? Do you take their opinion as fact or do you squabble with it to form your own? Well two guys with microphones definitely have opinions ON these opinions.

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On this VERY special cast we are joined by the one and only Ceddy to discuss his new single PWRFUL (available on Spotify) and get to know how he looks at things as a business. We go all the way from the single, to future endeavors, to learning how to just take a break and chill to admire your hard work you've put in to avoid burnout.

Everyone can get possessive over their community but should you? Time to go into the intricacies of our communities and how they function for us trying not to let jealousy take over when they are in a different pool so to speak. Also we discuss how quarantine has increased our community interaction.

We dive DEEP into our motivations behind streaming and what it means to create your own luck and putting yourself in a position to thrive without compromising one's values. Buckle up buttercup because we're diving into the thick of it.

Delving into the deeper aspects of content creation with this one. Fear is an extremely strong emotion and can dictate a lot of what you do as a person and as a content creator. It can also hold you back from reaching your true potential. We dive into the recess' of our minds on what drives us out of our comfort zones and why we even became content creators in the first place.

After I slept through our podcast time one night General and I both thought it was a very good topic to discuss. Is sleep truly "for the weak" as they say or does more sleep/rest actually make you more productive in your day to day? The answer may not shock you but our own experiences with sleep depravity and how it effects your brain/body might.

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll question what it means to be a hero and are villains really that terrible? We were joined by StephOfAnime to drop our top two respectively of heroes/villains and boy was it a doozy. We had a ton of fun going into the details of why we chose each of our picks and the choices were interesting showing us that not all heroes wear capes.

Today we are joined by one of our dear friends of old Spazee_Mcgee to discuss fitness and how it's helped influence his life and gotten him back on track. We all go into how fitness has really helped us be the big brain individuals we are and express the different ways we all go about it.

We delve into the underbelly of the twitch communities of Follow 4 Follow and all it's iterations. Going deeply into what it really means to "Fake it to make it" and how to use it to it's full potential and not it's short term gain ugly stepmother.

We reconvene after our week break to discuss some of the convoluted categories out there on the speedrunning boards. Anywhere from ones that make sense to the sillier ones like Dank%. Yes, that's an actual category description. Next we talk about time management and how we both use our time to our advantage to get everything we need done while also still having enough mental breaks to keep us fresh for our streams.

This one was incredibly fun, we go into the intricacies of tournaments in the video game field and other places. Explaining our experiences with them then we cut to the meat and potatoes of this one by going into our 3 favorite villains and heroes. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and enjoy.

This week we go into our journey of learning to love ourselves and the struggles it's been being full time casters. We then take a turn to discuss what loot boxes have done to the state of video games and how they've affected it negatively AND positively.

We're BACK with a doozy of an episode here. General and myself go into detail on why co-op speedruns are fun for us, our experiences with it, and how it effects the overall "funness" of speedrunning. We then delve into my favorite part of speedrunning, the learning portion. How do you learn runs? Is it by watching, doing, a combination of the two? We tackle it all this week.

Welcome back Dreamers and Flamily, this week we have a very special guest on with us in AngelicaL0Dico (that's L with a zero Dico) as she share's with us how quarantine is going for her and her brand new baby! We talk about positive things to do in your downtime and shift the focus onto why play games for an audience of people. Strap on you're brushes for some happy tree time with the crew.

Welcome back Dreamers and Flamily for our third installment. This time we return to gatekeeping of a different variety, the speedrun community. How it's effected us and how it stifles and can demotivate new runners. But don't worry we also talk about that wonderful thing called MUSIC and how it can fuel us up and GIVE us the necessary motivation to continue on.