Fanwidth (A Fanbyte Podcast) Episode 039: Son of Maclunkey

It’s one jam packed week of discussion on Fanwidth, folks! Merritt, Niki, and Steven are finally here to report on Death Stranding. It sounds like merritt and Niki enjoyed it, at least! Meanwhile, Niki alone enters the land of virtual reality… three years after everyone else. Will he choose to…

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The Fanwidth Podcast Episode 037: A Very Boomer Halloween

It’s (almost) Halloween and the gang is celebrating with another extra-long episode of Fanwidth: the Fanbyte podcast! Danielle, merritt, Niki, and Steven kick things off with a “live” viewing of the Death Stranding launch trailer, but things only get spookier from there, as we dig into Halloween themed events and…

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Don’t Expect Hideo Kojima’s Next Game Anytime Soon, Whatever It Is

Despite feeling like it came out several lifetimes ago, Kojima Productions’ bizarre meditation on Conan O’Brien known as Death Stranding isn’t even close to being a year old. But that doesn’t mean noted auteur and squishy-boobed action figure enthusiast Hideo Kojima has been sitting on his laurels in the meantime.…

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NEWS

RoboCop Is An All-Time Great Satire

RoboCop is fantastic. It’s a classic piece of satire, a phenomenal 80s sci-fi-action masterpiece, and one of Fernanda’s all time favorite movies. So, you can probably guess where it might end up on You Love To See It store shelves! As always, you can listen to the show in the…

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TV/FILM

I Ate Two Needle-Punctured Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Now I’m Extremely Powerful

Today at the Fanbyte offices, I grabbed several handfuls of Reese’s Peanut Butter cups and returned to my desk. In the morning, I opened my second cup to find it had a perfectly round and relatively deep puncture in the top. I asked Twitter if I should eat it and…

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Here’s What We Want in a Hideo Kojima Horror Game

Well, the news has broken. Now that Death Stranding is out, cinematic game director Hideo Kojima has tweeted that he wants to turn his talents back towards horror. It’s a hint, really, and an admission that he was watching The Eye while making P.T., but it hasn’t stopped me from…

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After Rumors Spread, Konami Confirms Silent Hills is Still Dead, Actually

Earlier this month, a prolific leaker of video game news said that Konami was actively working on a new game in the Silent Hill franchise, but the company has categorically debunked these rumors. At least, specifically as they were described in those leaks. The original leak came from horror site Rely…

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NEWS

Fanbyte Morning News April 21, 2020

You can download this episode directly right here. Otherwise, check out the player above, or head to iTunes and Spotify. While you’re there, consider rating us or leaving a review. It helps. Seriously!

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NEWS

Using Stan Lee’s Twitter to Post Trendy Hashtag-ridden Tweets After His Death: A Review

New Year resolution…Make it to the gym ✅ What are your New Year Resolutions? #newyear #newyearsresolution #thor #hulksmash pic.twitter.com/KyHZmGgS7m — Stan Lee (@TheRealStanLee) January 5, 2020

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MICROREVIEWS

In Order to Make Its Future, Professional Wrestling Needs to Forget Its Past

Everything good comes to an end. Actually, everything comes to an end, good and bad. The only constant is change. Yet in pro wrestling, there is a growing cottage industry devoted to fighting against that fact of life. More and more podcasts and Patreons are springing up, lead by disgruntled…

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WRESTLING

Warframe: The Duviri Paradox Hits a Roguelike Reset Button

Warframe: The Duviri Paradox came in like a dream. The game’s update trailers tend to do that. Warframe somehow seems to always add something you never thought possible in its biggest expansions — usually with a big, flashy debut at TennoCon, the game’s annual fan convention. The reality is often a lot…

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FEATURES

Late Lunch August 19, 2019: Norman’s Reenus

Gamescom 2019’s Opening Night stream is our focus with a super-sized watchalong and more pee jokes than you can possibly fathom. Late Lunch is Fanbyte’s live video podcast that airs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1pm PST on twitch.tv/fanbyte. We’ll put the VODs up on the site and the…

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