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The Final Frontier

The Final Frontier

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist December 15, 2017

On the list of "worst possible scenarios", being stranded in the middle of nowhere on an unknown planet with damaged equipment and no memory of how you got there seems like it would be pretty high up,...

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Hunting in a Winter Wonderland

Hunting in a Winter Wonderland

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist December 1, 2017

Not too long before the final battle, the young huntress Aloy hears some interesting talk that catches her ear. Apparently, something is happening up north of the Grave Hoard, where the Banuk tribe reside....

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A Garden of Empty Boundaries

A Garden of Empty Boundaries

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 18, 2017

The Ryougi clan are a unique kind of family. Imbued with supernatural power, some members possess different personalities, a "male" side and a "female" side, that are both conscious and are essentially...

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When Just One Servant Isn't Enough

When Just One Servant Isn’t Enough

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 3, 2017

Within the Throne of Heroes lies the greatest and strongest individuals in the history of humanity, both past and future. Whether they be truly good people or are of the vengeance-fueled Avenger class,...

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Escape Will Make Me God

Escape Will Make Me God

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 20, 2017

It is a classic setup. A humble security officer of the UESC Marathon is off on shore leave while visiting the colony of Tau Ceti IV. Since he is a sci-fi video game protagonist, his Worst Day Ever™...

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When Humanity Wanes, Machines Shall Reign

When Humanity Wanes, Machines Shall Reign

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 6, 2017

Growing up as an outcast has made life difficult for young Aloy. Motherless and seen as a curse by the people of the Nora, all she wants is to learn about what happened to her mother and why she is shunned...

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A World Without Light? Not in My City

A World Without Light? Not in My City

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 22, 2017

Hey, remember that one time about two years ago when the Cabal sent a distress signal that was directed to the leader of the Cabal Empire? No, just me? Well, after giving Oryx the Taken King a severe case...

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Four Guys, a Car, and a New Recipe for Adventure

Four Guys, a Car, and a New Recipe for Adventure

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 8, 2017

An ominous premonition of the future paints a rather dire picture of Noctis Lucis Caelum, the crown prince of Lucis. Older, haggard, and barely holding himself together, he and his loyal friends are facing...

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Round Ten, FIGHT!

Round Ten, FIGHT!

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist June 1, 2017

The day that Raiden, guardian of Earthrealm, received a message from his future self, everything changed. In order to prevent Shao Kahn, emperor of Outworld, from ushering in Armageddon, Raiden tries...

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Whatsoever a Man Soweth...

Whatsoever a Man Soweth…

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist May 18, 2017

From battling the likes of every known species of monster in the world to fighting otherworldly threats such as the Wild Hunt, Geralt of Rivia tends to have his hands full with these matters, especially...

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A Prime Example of the Perfect Game

A Prime Example of the Perfect Game

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist May 4, 2017

Not much time has passed since the Space Pirates' plans on Zebes were stopped by renowned bounty hunter Samus Aran. With Mother Brain offline and their Metroid program grinding to a halt, several ships...

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Coming Full Circle at the End of the World

Coming Full Circle at the End of the World

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist April 18, 2017

Between hunting down the renegade Lords of Cinder, combating the forces of the Church of the Deep, braving unholy monstrosities that wander the land of Lothric, and having to race against time before...

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What if the Nazis Won?

What if the Nazis Won?

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist April 7, 2017

The year is 1946. The Führer, disappointed with how the Third Reich's research into the occult has fell flat on its face, turns around and finally gives the funding to Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse and...

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The Curious Adventure of the Scarlet Devil

The Curious Adventure of the Scarlet Devil

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist March 25, 2017

It pretty much starts off as a normal day/night for Remilia Scarlet, the infamous Scarlet Devil of Gensokyo. Bored out of her mind, she asks her loyal maid, Sakuya Izayoi, if ANYTHING interesting has...

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For the Glory of Mankind

For the Glory of Mankind

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist March 18, 2017

The end of the world began in 2003, when the Grotesquerie Queen appeared in the skies of Shinjuku, quickly followed by the warrior known as Caim and the red dragon Angelus. After a grueling battle, the...

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The Messed Up Sequel That's a Messed Up Prequel

The Messed Up Sequel That’s a Messed Up Prequel

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist March 2, 2017

Long ago, before Caim and Angelus defeated the Grotesquerie Queen over the skies of Shinjuku, dooming our world to White Chlorination Syndrome and paving the way for Project Gestalt and YoRHa, the world...

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It's Time to Digivolve for the Third Time

It’s Time to Digivolve for the Third Time

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist February 23, 2017

The lives of eight children were changed forever in the summer of 1999. Seven of them got sucked into the Digital World, met their partner Digimon, and helped save both worlds from the plans of evil Digimon,...

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The End of Fire

The End of Fire

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist February 14, 2017

In the beginning, the Bearers of the Lord Souls waged war against the Everlasting Stone Dragons, ending their reign and ushering forth the Age of Fire. When the First Flame began to fade and the corruption...

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Rip and Tear, Until it is Done

Rip and Tear, Until it is Done

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist February 6, 2017

A pretty horrifying way to start your day would be waking up on a stone slab, chained and stripped down, alarms blaring, the room covered in blood, and a zombie shambling its way towards you ready for...

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More Like Fate/Warriors, Am I Right?

More Like Fate/Warriors, Am I Right?

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist January 28, 2017

In an alternate universe in the future, the Holy Grail War is not fought in Fuyuki between seven Masters and their Servants. Instead, it takes place on the Moon within cyberspace and is fought between...

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Once More Unto the Cosmodrome, Dear Friends

Once More Unto the Cosmodrome, Dear Friends

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist January 20, 2017

Quite a bit has happened since Ghost restored your Guardian in the middle of Old Russia back in 2014. They set out on their adventure, culminating in not only invading the Black Garden, the home world/dimension...

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Immortals, Gangsters, and Immortal Gangsters

Immortals, Gangsters, and Immortal Gangsters

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist December 6, 2016

It is Prohibition-era America and quite a number of odd events are happening. To think that it all started when an alchemist somehow found the formula to the elixir of life, leading to a mess of events...

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Revenge of the British Space Nazis

Revenge of the British Space Nazis

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 19, 2016

Up on the podium, flanked by the flags of their nation, is Scolar Visari, the Autarch of their people and leader of the Helghast. There, he recalls the history of their people, remembering how they were...

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Fallout: Mother Russia Edition

Fallout: Mother Russia Edition

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 12, 2016

In 2013, the world's end is in the form of mass nuclear strikes. In order to escape the apocalypse, the denizens of Moscow descend into the city's metro stations, shutting themselves off from the surface...

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The Wheel of Fate is Turning

The Wheel of Fate is Turning

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 4, 2016

Many years ago, the world was almost completely destroyed by something called "The Black Beast". Leaking a toxic substance known as Seithr all over the globe, the Black Beast nearly drove humanity to extinction...

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Different Time Period, Different Art Style, Same Old Zero

Different Time Period, Different Art Style, Same Old Zero

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 27, 2016

Over 300 years have passed since the time of the original Blue Bomber's conflict against Dr. Albert Wily and only a little over 100 since his successor fought against Sigma and his Mavericks. The world...

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For Shovelry!

For Shovelry!

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 20, 2016

Once upon a time, there was a legendary duo of noble knights that traveled all over the land during their many adventures. These were the stout Shovel Knight and the unbreakable Shield Knight. Together,...

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How Do You Want to Do This?

How Do You Want to Do This?

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 13, 2016

When it comes to Dungeons & Dragons, anything goes. With whatever world the DM has constructed, the players are free to do as they please. Maybe they will go explore a dungeon in search of loot, fighting...

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Like Journey, but Underwater

Like Journey, but Underwater

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 6, 2016

There is so much life, beauty, and mystery in the Earth's oceans. Countless species both known and unknown call the varying depths their home and to see all of these different organisms together would...

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Silver for Monsters, Steel for Humans

Silver for Monsters, Steel for Humans

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 29, 2016

War is ravaging the Northern Realms. Riding through the conflict is a beautiful raven-haired sorceress, galloping at full speed as the armies of the North and Nilfgaard clash. She does not stop for anyone...

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The World Could Always Need More Heroes

The World Could Always Need More Heroes

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 22, 2016

In the 2040s, the Omnic Crisis ravaged the Earth. Originally created by the Omnica Corporation to bolster manufacturing and and economic equality worldwide by creating robots of different purposes, the...

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The Friendly RPG Where Nobody (or Everybody) Has to Die

The Friendly RPG Where Nobody (or Everybody) Has to Die

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 15, 2016

A long time ago, two races, Humans and Monsters, ruled over the Earth. One day, war between the two races broke out, but after a long fight, the humans prevailed over the monsters and the latter were sealed...

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Live, Die, and Reborn by the Blade

Live, Die, and Reborn by the Blade

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 8, 2016

Up within the throne room of the Temple of Lantimor, the God King waits, as he has always done for centuries. Riding up on the lift is a warrior, determined to slay the Deathless and end his tyranny....

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Prepare to Die

Prepare to Die

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 1, 2016

In the beginning, during the Age of Ancients, the world was barren. Only fog, grey crags, towering Archtrees, and the undisputed masters of the land, the Everlasting Stone Dragons, were what inhabited...

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It All Returns to Nothing

It All Returns to Nothing

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist April 28, 2016

On September 13, 2000, a cataclysmic explosion occurred in Antarctica, melting the polar ice caps and even altering the Earth's axis. On top of this were massive tsunamis, increase in the global sea level,...

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66 – Wow-Killer Killer

Gabriel Silvas, Producer April 19, 2016

This week on Plus INT, the gang celebrates Gabe's "One Year Closer to Death" (Otherwise known as a birthday) as they talk about Atlus' 30 anniversary, the April Update to Destiny, the new Mega Man cartoon,...

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Drifting Through the Wilderness

Drifting Through the Wilderness

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist April 14, 2016

Waking up from a horrible nightmare full of titanic monsters, countless dead bodies, and a monster of shadow, a lone individual makes their way to the nearest bit of civilization, sometimes pausing as...

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Just a Hero for Fun

Just a Hero for Fun

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist April 7, 2016

In an instant, an entire city is wiped out. A purple, humanoid creature that has a passing resemblance to a certain Namekian destroys all it can see, stopping a moment to crush a young girl in its hand....

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When SMT Meets a Different Kind of Monster

When SMT Meets a Different Kind of Monster

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist March 31, 2016

Welcome to EDEN, the all-purpose cyberspace of the new age. Developed by Kamishiro Enterprises, this new internet experience has revolutionized the industry and has enhanced the lives of numerous people...

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This Isn't Your Daddy's LEGO

This Isn’t Your Daddy’s LEGO

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist March 23, 2016

In the time before time, the Great Spirit, Mata Nui, was sent by the Great Beings to the Matoran people, bringing with him the Three Virtues: Unity, Duty, and Destiny. Enlightened by these virtues, the...

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Where Fate Began

Where Fate Began

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist February 25, 2016

Before the cataclysmic fire that forever changed Shirou Emiya's life, the city of Fuyuki was an untouched and relatively unremarkable locale in Japan in the mid 1990s. Before the Fifth Holy Grail War,...

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Put On a Trench Coat and Fight Some Conspiracies

Put On a Trench Coat and Fight Some Conspiracies

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist February 18, 2016

In the year 2052, the golden age of humanity has long since passed. A lethal plague called the Gray Death has ravaged the world, and the only "vaccine" to the disease, known as Ambrosia, is not only tightly...

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Digimon are the Champions

Digimon are the Champions

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist January 30, 2016

In the summer of 1999, things got weird. Natural disasters were happening all over the world and, at one particular summer camp in Japan, it started to snow in the middle of the day. For seven particular...

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Punching Grimdarkness With Your Space Magic Fists

Punching Grimdarkness With Your Space Magic Fists

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 19, 2015

Everything began with the discovery of the Traveler. With it, humanity entered a golden age of peace and prosperity, reaching out into space and colonizing the solar system, from Mercury to the Jovian...

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Taiyoh!

Taiyoh!

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 12, 2015

In a place not to far from here and now, the end of the world approaches. Immortals, beings removed from the cycle of life of death, carry out the undeadening of all life, annihilating them if they will...

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Don't Ask How it's Pronounced

Don’t Ask How it’s Pronounced

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 5, 2015

Here's a story for you. It takes place about 360,000 years ago. Or was it 14,000 years ago? Time is more like a funny suggestion than a law when you're Lucifel, the right hand of God. It's hard to say...

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You Ever Wonder Why We’re Here?

You Ever Wonder Why We’re Here?

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist November 3, 2015

Well, it’s one of life’s greatest mysteries, isn’t it? I mean, wouldn’t you think the same thing if you were stuck on one end of a boxed canyon with nothing to do? True, there are those OTHER guys...

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Plus INT Episode #60 Shownotes

Gabriel Silvas, Author October 29, 2015

  Want to listen to this episode? Click here! This episode was recorded on October 27, 2015. This episode is 60 MB. This episode is 1 hour and 6 minutes long. This episode was produced...

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Victory is in a Simple Soul

Victory is in a Simple Soul

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 29, 2015

In the world of Remnant, humanity was not at the top of the food chain. In the beginning, the physical manifestation of darkness, the Creatures of Grimm, nearly wiped out the fledgling humans, who were...

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Shrine Maidens, Youkai, and a Lot of Bullets

Shrine Maidens, Youkai, and a Lot of Bullets

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 27, 2015

In a realm cut off from the rest of the world, there is a magical land where humans and creatures called “Youkai” reside. This place is called Gensokyo, a place of refuge for spirits, demons, gods,...

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The Last Metroid is in Captivity. The Galaxy is at Peace

The Last Metroid is in Captivity. The Galaxy is at Peace

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 22, 2015

Who would have thought that a simple raid on some backwater colony in the middle of Nowhere, Space would end up creating “The Hunter”, the scourge of the Space Pirates? At the time, it seemed like...

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Law and Chaos and Neutrality, oh my!

Law and Chaos and Neutrality, oh my!

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 20, 2015

Imagine, if you will, a war that never ends. A war waged between the demons of Chaos and the forces of Law, with humanity stuck right in the middle. This conflict has been fought across the expanse of...

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Ladies and Gentlemen (?), it’s Showtime!

Ladies and Gentlemen (?), it’s Showtime!

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 15, 2015

There exists an ancient wish-granting device that will grant the desire of any woman. This artifact is known as the Skull Heart. However, much like the Holy Grail from Fate/Stay Night, the Skull Heart...

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From Nascence to Apotheosis, I Was Born for This

From Nascence to Apotheosis, I Was Born for This

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 13, 2015

There’s nothing but sand as far as the eye can see. An endless desert marked by countless tombstones and buried ruins. A lone, robed figure sits up in the vast wasteland, having no memories of how they...

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Another World Awaits

Another World Awaits

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 8, 2015

Who doesn’t want to find out that, one day, you’re capable of using magic like a wizard? Well, for young Oliver, it preferably would have been better to find that little tidbit out if his mother hadn’t...

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A Man, a Talking Book, a Hermaphrodite, and a Skeleton Walk Into a Bar…

A Man, a Talking Book, a Hermaphrodite, and a Skeleton Walk Into a Bar…

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist October 5, 2015

The Drakengard series is very, VERY weird. Really, anything that series creator Taro Yoko creates is bound to be way out there in its content and unique storytelling approach. Gameplay-wise, they aren’t...

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Bizarre in Every Sense of the Word

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 21, 2015

It all started off so simply. When he was just a baby, Jonathan Joestar lost his mother in a carriage accident. Thanks to some kind strangers, both he and his father survived and went on to live their...

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Excellent, Snake. Age hasn’t slowed you down one bit.

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist September 4, 2015

The year is 1995. The rogue state of Outer Heaven has been rumored to be developing and housing a weapon of mass destruction. The legendary soldier known as Big Boss, commander of the special operations...

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48 – Edgar Ruins Everything

Gabriel Silvas April 2, 2015

For show notes on this episode, click here! SPOILERS for Halo When Preston's away, things get out of control. This week on Plus INT, Gabe and Russ are joined by guest Randy and an old face: Edgar!...

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Truly, This Body was Made of Swords

Truly, This Body was Made of Swords

Gabriel Silvas, Columnist April 1, 2015

Shirou Emiya’s life could not get any weirder or more horrific. Already orphaned by a cataclysmic fire that happened a decade ago, his adoptive father, who outright said that he was a mage of all things,...

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47 – All Aboard the Hype Train

Gabriel Silvas March 26, 2015

For show notes on this episode, click here! SPOILERS for Bloodborne, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Plus INT is back from Spring Break and we're...

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44 – Flying Muffins and People Pie

Gabriel Silvas February 12, 2015

For show notes on this episode, click here! This week on Plus INT, PERSONA 5 PERSONA 5 PERSONA 5 PERSONA 5 PERSONA 5, Bioware's "Shadow Realms" has passed into the shadows, Bethesda's holding their...

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43 – RIP Monty Oum

Gabriel Silvas February 5, 2015

For show notes on this episode, click here! SPOILERS for Parks and Recreation On this special episode of Plus INT, the crew pays their respects to the late Monty Oum, famed animator and the mind behind...

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33 – Welcome to Fanfic Podcast

Gabriel Silvas September 18, 2014

For show notes on this episode, click here! SPOILERS for Attack on Titan! Bill Cosby is coming to Amarillo, Microsoft has bought Minecraft, and the new Super Smash Bros is being bought by gamers all...

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30 – Digimon Are The Champions

Gabriel Silvas March 20, 2014

For a detailed list of show notes on this episode, including a list of links, click here! SPOILERS for Digimon and Digimon 02! Back from Spring Break, Gabe and Georgia spend most of a slow news...

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27 – Very Punny

Gabriel Silvas February 13, 2014

Plus INT is back! This week we catch up on gaming news, recent anime releases, talk about our very first consoles and make way, way too many puns. SPOILERS for Persona 4! This episode was recorded...

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