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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

IT LIVES! @therealgstoye.bsky.social stops by to talk Wolverine and we're going to need to see a doctor because the whiplash in quality between the X-Men Origins Wolverine movie and the tie in game is ridiculous. Promos from @mojoversepod.bsky.social and @dohmancedawn.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Episode Art for Play Comics looking at the tie in game for X-Men Origins Wolverine.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

IT LIVES! @followingfilms.com really had a tough challenge with this one. How hard should we look at a game that wasn't made for us based on a movie that wasn't made for us? And on an empty stomach too! Promos from @mattaarpg.bsky.social and @novaprimepage.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics where we looked at Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

IT LIVES! @chels725.bsky.social from @qdivisionpod.bsky.social and @acrosswhoniverse.bsky.social gets sucked back into the game. Which works perfectly thematically because we're looking at Digimon World 3. Promos from @infiniteearthsguide.com and @gimmickspod.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics looking at Digimon World 3

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Latest episode dropped yesterday, which means it's time to start working on the next one. The wonderful life of podcasting, having to think about so many episodes at a time because I'm doing all of the behind the scenes stuff by myself. Not complaining, I love it. And I'm a bit of a control freak.

Reaper has this cool pluging called ReaLauncher that gives you something better to open recent projects or templates or other things like that.

That's what this image is. And if you follow the highlights you can tell that the next episode is looking at Digimon World 3.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

IT LIVES! Josh Garvey returns to take a look at Link to the Past and I know that's backwards from what we usually do but I don't care. When a match this good exists, we can bend the rules a bit. Or write new ones. Like the game. Promos from @imagine2create.bsky.social and @iaytd.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics looking at Link to the Past

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

IT LIVES! George from @spawnography.bsky.social stops by trade the one big boot of Spawn for the one big fist of Hellboy. And dive into the crazy Nazi occultism that feeds into all of this. Promos from Mattie Paige and Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics that looks at Hellboy The Science of Evil

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

IT LIVES! @gnoisegenerator.bsky.social from @funandgamespod.bsky.social stops by to try to convince me that the Marvel Trading Card game was real. I'm not sure that I believe this. But I've been banned from physical cards. Promos from @damianthedm.bsky.social and @onceuponageek.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for the latest episode of Play Comics where we're looking at the Marvel Trading Card Game.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

IT LIVES! @derekbgayle.bsky.social stops by to talk about Garfield and lasagna and reluctant love. You might think I'm joking. I'm not at all. Much like Garfield, things get weird. Promos from Checkered Past and @nerdbestfriends.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Garfield and His Nine Lives is an episode of Play Comics that looks at the video game and not the animated special.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

IT LIVES! Merrilee from @fearcodedpod.bsky.social stops by to help shed some light onto Naruto. Why do we have so many? Why did this one get delayed so much? Can I play this instead of watching it? Promos from @kaijucomiccast.bsky.social and @anifieldguide.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics looking at Naruto Path of the Ninja

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What better way to celebrate Spider-Man Brand New Day than to release a Spidey episode? And what better person to do that with than @onlymanwhocan.bsky.social from @gamesonfilmpod.bsky.social even though it's not what they do? Promos from @patientrock.bsky.social and @glitterjaw.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Cover art for an episode of Play Comics looking at Spider-Man 3

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Did you ever want to hear The Gaming Anthropologist talk about Yu-Gi-Oh and how that silly card game can have such an impact on the world? I hope so because that's what's happening. Promos from @dohmancedawn.bsky.social and The Monsters that Made Us

Episode art for Play Comics where I'm looking at Yu-Gi-Oh Nightmare Troubadour

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

IT LIVES! @pelightning.bsky.social from @spawnography.bsky.social comes to teach us how Turtles plays in an ever changing comic publishing landscape, and what cool things can be obtained at your local library. Promos from @glitterjaw.bsky.social and Byrds Eye View Comics 🎧🔗👇

Cover art for an episode of Play Comics looking at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 Mutant Nightmare

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The news is out and I can finally tell people that I'm joining up with @adultswimcentral.com so let's see what new great things can start happening.

Spider-Gwen looking at her phone and saying "No way" a lot

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A question for @themonitortapes.com but also the world at large: which edition of the Crisis on Infinite Earths Omnibus should I read? I want to be prepared when I go back on The Monitor Tapes.

Screenshot of the 3 different Omnibus editions of Crisis on Infinite Earths available on whatever DC is calling their app today. Regular, 35th Anniversary Deluxe, and Paragon Rising Deluxe.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

IT LIVES! @ryanestrada.com had to finish off the trifecta of comics he's worked on. But did we finally get to talk about a good game? I can't pretend that there's hope. But it's a good conversation. Promos from @novaprimepage.bsky.social and @gabriellabuba.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for an episode of Play Comics looking at Flash Gordon Defenders of the Earth.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Be still my heart. @oni-press.bsky.social and @2000ad.bsky.social are bringing the heat. Despite the current heat wave this is a good thing.

Biker Mice From Mars. But they're Mega City One judges.

We're all going to die.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

IT LIVES @suprdee2.com stops by and all of a sudden Garfield is much more real to me than I ever thought possible. For real, who knew that Garfield could pull people out of such dark places? Promos from @gimmickspod.bsky.social and @distantechoespod.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics looking at Garfield's Nightmare and Garfield's Scary Scavenger Hunt.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

IT LIVES! @effectnotaffect.bsky.social returns to the show to talk about Superman Returns since this is the closest thing I can get to a Supergirl tie in without breaking my own timeline. We know the movie is maligned, but what about the tie in game? 🎧🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics, looking at the movie tie in game Superman Returns

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I know we won't get this Supergirl in the movie. But I really want to be her friend. Imagine all the cool stuff we could eat! From Supergirl (2025) #2 or 3, I can't remember. @mooncalfe1.bsky.social and @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social were super on point here.

Lana Lane questioning Kara Danvers's eating habits. I don't see what's wrong with a Mac & cheese sandwich.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

IT LIVES! @cbake.bsky.social twisted my arm to get me to look at a computer only game? That's right, and it gets stranger than I ever imagined. Also he makes me feel old and for that he's a monster. Promos from @gimmickspod.bsky.social and @infiniteearthsguide.com 🎧🔗👇

Cover art for an episode of Play Comics looking at The Multipath Adventures of Superman.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

IT LIVES! @themonitortapes.com let Doug escape and come talk to me about Justice League Chronicles. Does his view from the satellite give him some special insight into this game? How can he see the screen from up there? Promos from @theearth2podcast.bsky.social and @lastcomicshoppodcast.com 🔗👇

It's the cover art for an episode of Play Comics looking at Justice League Chronicles.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

IT LIVES! @fearcodedpod.bsky.social tar Merrilee stops by to take a look at something that's not very scary, The Flash. It might be a handheld spinoff of a console game, but we're not rushing through this one. Promos from @gabriellabuba.bsky.social and @themonitortapes.com 🔗👇

Is this Wally West Flash or Barry Allen Flash. Nobody knows because nobody cares.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

IT LIVES! @kaijucomiccast.bsky.social takes a break from giant monsters fighting to instead talk about aliens fighting. And androids. It's complicated, OK? All I know for sure is that there's fighting. Promos from @funandgamespod.bsky.social and @anifieldguide.bsky.social

Episode art for Play Comics episode 250, looking at Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

IT LIVES @anoriand.bsky.social stops by to explore the crazy world of Kinnikuman by diving into Galactic Wrestling Featuring Ultimate Muscle. Promos from Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge (via @glitterjaw.bsky.social) and @sean42az.bsky.social (via @fwpodcasts.bsky.social) 🔗👇

Episode art for an episode of Play Comics looking at Galactic Wrestling Featuring Ultimate Muscle.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

IT LIVES @convoswrob.bsky.social stops by the show to help dig into Lupin III Treasure of the Sorcerer King. Can we manage to sneak into this game and come away with a hidden gem? Promos from @steevenorrelse.bsky.social and Campus Comics Cast 🔗👇

Episode art for an episode of Play Comics looking at the game Lupin III Treasure of the Sorcerer King

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

YOU'RE LIKE 99% ESCAPED ALREADY SPIDEY JUST GET GOING ALREADY!

Spider-Man can't escape a plant based jail cell even though he's putting most of his body between the "bars" in order to shoot his webs at something.

He might be a fucking idiot.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

IT LIVES! We all know we'd do a lot for snacks. But would we invade an entire neighborhood and endanger an entire woodland population? @ickybooley.bsky.social stops by to help get all the best flavors. Promos from @carnivalofglee.bsky.social and @distantechoespod.bsky.social 🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics looking at Over the Hedge

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

HOW IS THIS REAL 😭😭😭

Scoreboard showing that the Atlanta Hawks are shitting the bed and rolling around in it

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

IT LIVES! @effectnotaffect.bsky.social and @xplainthexmen.bsky.social come by to help take a better dive into Uncanny X-Men than I was able to do by myself all those years ago. Will I have a change of heart on this one? Promos from @spawnography.bsky.social and @capesonthecouch.bsky.social 🔗👇

Cover for an episode of Play Comics looking at The Uncanny X-Men on NES. Yes I did it already. No I don't care. There are other people besides me this time.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

IT LIVES! @awkwardcomma.bsky.social stops by to help make some sense of Bartman Meets Radioactive Man. Will he be able keep his pants dry through all of the excitement? Will @derekbgayle.bsky.social find a way to show up? Promos from @glitterjaw.bsky.social and Gender Pop 🔗👇

Episode art for an episode of Play Comics looking at Bartman Meets Radioactive Man.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Things are going to be crazy over the next couple of weeks so I'm throwing this out a bit early. Next episode features @awkwardcomma.bsky.social from @distantechoespod.bsky.social stopped by to look at Bartman Meets Radioactive Man. Do YOU think this game is a good intro to Simpsons comics?

Episode art for Play Comics featuring Bartman Meets Radioactive Man.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

IT LIVES! @effectnotaffect.bsky.social comes by to help dig into the craziness of Dante's Inferno. Did you know there's a comic adaptation besides Mickey's Inferno? It's pretty good. The game is too. Do they line up? Promos from @kaijucomiccast.bsky.social and @anifieldguide.bsky.social 🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics looking at the game Dante's Inferno.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Working on editing now. This might be your last chance to get your thoughts in the show. Would YOU give this game to someone who wants to get into Dante's Inferno?

Cover art for an episode of Play Comics looking at the PS3 and Xbox 360 game Dante's Inferno.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Do you have thoughts on if the PS3 and Xbox 360 game Dante's Inferno is a good include for a primer course when looking at The Divine Comedy? Let me know and I might (as in I probably will) include in in the show!

Cover art for the PS3/Xbox 360 game Dante's Inferno. It's metal as fuck. Like for real I don't believe it and I can see it right now as I type this.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

IT LIVES! @sarahofmars.bsky.social stops by the show to help shed some light on The Darkness. Will I become some sort of Hell demon? Is there any chance this comic isn't from the 90s? What does Mike Patton have to do with any of this? Promos from @infiniteearthsguide.com and Gender Pop 🔗👇

Episode art for Play Comics looking at #241, the PS3 and Xbox 360 game The Darkness.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

IT LIVES! My friend Billy returns to the show to help take a look at the Catwoman movie from 2004 and the tie in game that goes with it. If you can even call it a Catwoman movie. Confused? Go watch it, you'll see. Promos from @popculturebasement.bsky.social and @lastcomicshoppodcast.com

Cover art for an episode of Play Comics looking at the Catwoman game from 2004 that ties in with the movie. If you even want to call it a Catwoman movie.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

@sarahofmars.bsky.social LOOK HOW OLD THIS VIDEO IS! I'm going to go fall into a pile of dust now.

CGRUndertow video looking at The Darkness. It's a PS3 game. How the fuck can the video be 14 years old? That's disgusting.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Coming tomorrow: @sewart.bsky.social refuses to call me a fake gamer or anything for my inability to play first person shooters. Oh yeah, we also talked about Robotech Invasion. I guess I was burying the lead there.

Cover of an episode of Play Comics that will be looking at Robotech Invasion.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Does it count as being worried if I've already begrudgingly advertising the fact that we'll become too involved in Venezuela? Because the use of "worry" implies that there's a chance we won't.

Headline from The Hill:

72 percent worried US will become too involved in Venezuela: Survey

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I wonder what @djstormageddon.com would say if I had the Zelda cart on display but also kept the Zelda screen in here

Lego Gameboy on a messy desk. There's the Link's Awakening screen in there because that's my favorite.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

IT LIVES! @comicbookclub.bsky.social stops by to take a look at X-Men the Official Game. Where does this one fit in with the movies? No, I'm really asking because it's pretty unclear. Promos from @nerdbestfriends.bsky.social and @mojoversepod.bsky.social playcomics.com/x-men-the-of...

Episode art for an episode of Play Comics looking at X-Men the Official Game

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Well I got proof that you're on too many podcasts. So there's that.

Doug is on so many podcasts that YouTube cut the episode title short

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Coming out tomorrow (well, today if you're the guest) is Rogue Trooper. Maybe the only Rogue Trooper game we'll ever look at. But @shelfdust.bsky.social made this a fun one.

Cover art for an episode of Play Comics that isn't out yet but it has Rogue Trooper on it twice and he's blue. Da be dee da ba di

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

@awkwardcomma.bsky.social and I did a very thorough analysis trying to decide if there's a bad show on @glitterjaw.bsky.social and I think our findings speak for themselves. Make sure to turn the sound on here.

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Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Nothing special here, I just really like this picture I got of a red wolf.

It's a red wolf from one of the local sites. Just looking all majestic as fuck.

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