Melonmancy Podcast

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GAMERS, is your favorite fan service game at risk? Can Marathon afford to settle for 2nd place? Is anybody really surprised Highguard is shutting down? Also what the hell are LADS fans doing? All this and more in episode 121.

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Marathon art references, Skooma sent these to Dielan & Vic while we were talking about Marathon

Plz join my Steam group (and try Valour)

GAMERS, this isn't the first time we've commented on a Discord exodus, but with some luck it may be the last. @Dielan@shitposter.world actually spent a while looking into the state of Discord alternatives, three of which we will go into some depth in this episode.

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THE FOSS ALTERNATIVES:

Notice how Gaben isn't in the files

GAMERS, welcome to MP#119, where the tangents were many and it is essentially unchapterable. We did attempt to but a few chapters together for the upload but trust that this episode is all over the place, in the most positive way possible. Turns out a 3rd and 4th Concord-like (as in commercial failure) is on the way and @Dielan@shitposter.world reacts to the trailer in the recording. We also spend some time talking about the audacity of it all that Highguard even has a roadmap. All this an more...

We are so back

GAMERS, Happy new year! It's time to talk about the best games of 2025. Be it drama surrounding the industry shows such as The Game Awards, as well as our own nominations. Here's how the Melonmancy Podcast awards game of the year: since it's unrealistic to always be playing new games at full price, unless you're some paid off corpo journalist, each member of our cast will award the best new game they played this year, be it new or old. It must only be new TO YOU. Please send us boostagrams or post...

SEE YOU IN 2026

GAMERS, This is our last episode until we return in January 2026. With the Golden Joysticks behind us there's plenty to talk about, also @Dielan@shitposter.world has some first impressions of Expedition 33. Join us for one more episode! We'll be back next year.

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THE GABECUBE IS REAL

GAMERS, is Valve about to do the bare minimum again and win by default? What the hell is up with that squid girl? Should Warframe players try out Duet Night Abyss? Tune in and find out!

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Does Omarchy rhyme with Monarchy or with Archie?

GAMERS, once again free and open source drama has broken containment. Today Dielan will be your guide at the FOSS Zoo. Please do not feed the animals.

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Plz forgive the static background noise, I am not a robot

GAMERS, after a crazy success like Megabonk I don't know if the AAA C-suite will ever recover. They really don't understand what we want anymore do they? Come listen while we shoot the shit like always in episode 114!

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Randy Pitchford threatens to release another game!

GAMERS, pour out a cold one for ComicK and join us while we ramble on about video games. It's a slow couple of weeks for news it's almost like everybody is talking about something else.

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Sorry we're late, I had dick surgery

GAMERS, @Dielan@shitposter.world lives! So much has happened since our last episode I don't think we could possibly cover it all, so we'll just talk about whatever we want.

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I've known this man for 15 years and we just met in person for the first time

GAMERS, the Canada trip was a huge success! Tennocon was dope and we have quite the story to tell about it. Also what the heck is happing with Visa and Mastercard???

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Unedited, unhinged, hitting it raw

GAMERS, we accidentally our mumble server so we recorded this one on Jitsi. Since that only gives us a single track of audio we are giving you the raw, unedited audio. No chapters, no mercy. Just like you were in the room with us or something.

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I don't think it's a grift, that dude is just an asshole

GAMERS, join us for a shorter episode for a change. Sometimes the universe is kind and people you called out months ago actually face the consequences of their actions for a change. The taste is delicious.

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Dielan try not to get tipsy talking about anime tiddies challenge: IMPOSSIBLE

GAMERS, we're back in the virtual studio for another sophisticated and gentlemanly discussion on the most important topic in the media landscape: huge anime tiddies on the best and baddest Bodytype Bs you've ever seen. I think the VA strike ended too or something.

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What did you think we meant when we called him a People Programmer?

GAMERS, Join us for a vicless episode where we talk about AI for a change and how it has been impacting our lives. I promise it's video games related.

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I'll take my vindication in a bag to go please

Finally some good news. Good new games, worthwhile remakes, and bloggers facing the consequences of their actions. Gaming is healing. Let's talk about it!

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Do you think those Marathon robots might be fully functional and anatomically correct? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

It's our podcast and we'll talk about whatever we want. Welcome to a return to normalcy where we cover a variety of subjects instead of just a couple of really long ones. Crack open a beer and chill with us. We're gonna talk about the Galaxy showcase, Marathon, Skyblivion & the leaked Oblivion remake, and a whole bunch more.

In the opening of the episode we get Vic's reaction to a really specific trailer, if you want to follow along, this is the link t...

It's time to buy a Steam Deck

The promised Nintendo direct has come and there is a LOT to say about it. If you ever wondered how such a reveal would be taken differently by a dad, a NEET, and a people programmer this is the episode for you! Also those SAG bootlickers are getting uppity again. All of that and more!

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Finally, asscreed criticism from someone who actually played the previous games (but not this new pice of shit)

A few days ago, on March 20th 2025 one of the most important releases of the year in video games has taken place - Xenoblade Chronicles X! A few other games came out too and we'll talk about those this time while @Dielan@shitposter.world has time to get through the new Xenoblade.

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BACK IN MY DAY WE HAD A LIMITED NUMBER OF WHETSTONES

It's time for the obligatory Monster Hunter episode. Some of the audio is a little messed up towards the end of the episode, sorry about that.

Minus a few relevant tangents this episode is almost entirely about Monster Hunter, I was being serious.

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This is not a grass touching competition we can win boys

Listeners rejoice as we are joined today by @ironee212@shitposter.world

Another major videogame release happened since we last recorded and it looks like a big stinker, or is it? All that and more in today's episode.

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It's that time of the year. The obligatory political episode

Promise this isn't normal. It would be disingenuous to not bring it up.

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Wait, it's all just pandering? Always has been.

A second video game award show has hit the south tower. Also if you have topic ideas feel free to sign up on our forum we decided to not restrict any posts on the idea threads.

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People of the internet, lend me your ears!

Did you miss us? It's that wonderful time of the year where we shit on the yearly awards and give out some of our own!

We're going all in on longer, broader chapters to help segment the show. If you have a suggestion go let us know on our forum

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This is the last episode in 2024! See you all next year!

GAMERS! We were running late again so this episode won't have as much editing nor chapters, please bear with us. Come chill with us as we shit on Bluesky, obnoxious twitter users, and some guy named Drew.

Don't 5get to sign up on our forum https://melonmancy.cafe to chat with us while we're out. This forum is an investment in the future, we aren't using it much yet, but we WILL see you when you post and it's a great way to keep...

Today you're getting it raw and wriggling (the audio that is)

GAMERS! We're running a little behind so here's an episode with almost no editing and no chapters. There's lots to cover from the Tokyo Games Show, so relax and give us about two hours of your time.

They unironically called it PSSR omfg

GAMERS! The war on pandering continues with another episode of the Melonmancy Podcast! Join us as we chronicle the trainwreck of Sony and Microsoft racing to the bottom, plus more!

We did this episode stone cold sober

GAMERS we are FEASTING over here. Western bloggers are losing their minds over games they wanted to succeed failing, and games they wanted to fail succeeding. It is delicious. This episode is a long one but that's because we are covering some of the details surrounding Concord, Dustborn, Star Wars Outlaws, Soulash 2, and Black Myth Wukong all in one episode. There was a lot to say about it!

We promised to deliver hopium and the 2nd half of this episode is all hopium

We're Vicless in this episode but with him a speedy recovery from the Irish Flu or whatever it's called. Today we turn a new leaf and focus on good news for a change. Besides, most of the bad news in gaming spreads like wildfire are you really hearing about those stories from us first? Let me tell you instead about how cool Evercade is. That and more in MP#93!

Put your satoshis where your mouth is! Nobody is coming to save you.

50% of the Sats received by this episode will be sent to Freakoverse who is creating DEG Mods! DEG Mods is on Geyser Fund, click here to see the page and give your support!

Welcome to Melonmancy Podcast Episode 92! Keeping a light agenda today talking about the Second Wind drama, Bungie layoffs, our own backlogs, and more!

If Yasuke's history was really fanfiction all along what else have they lied about?

Episode 91 is here and we've come to shit on Ubisoft once again. Also come hear Vic's first impressions for the latest slot machi..I MEAN Gacha game!

WE BACK (from vacation)

Everybody and their mother had a video game showcase since we last recorded and it warrants a chinwag (he he). Somehow Nintendo came out on top? News and hot takes found within.

We had to record this twice

Hydroking in the house! We asked Hydro to finally join us since our previous attempt to record episode 89 didn't save right. Expect coverage of Sony State of Cringe, The oral history of the Destiny franchise with Hydro, and more!

I think it's long past time for a complete Ubisoft boycott for all games past, present, and future.

The horrors won't end! Sony and Microsoft compete for worst decisions in gaming, meanwhile Ubisoft might have them both beat. All of this and more in our episode!

We totally wrapped recording this one JUST before the big Helldivers 2 account linking news dropped. Oh well.

In today's episode Stellar Blade first impressions! Is the story really as predictable as the bloggers say? Dielan gives his predictions based on being 10 hours in. Find out in the episode after this if he was right.

Remember kids, merit based employment also means merit based performance evaluation!

News concerning DEI in videogames has been winding down lately but content creators who agreed with us seem to be dragging it out on purpose. Is it grift? We'll discuss that and more on today's Episode!

Special thanks to @sun@shitposter.world (formerly @moon@shitposter.club) for joining us!

Shitposter Club has been reborn as Shitposter World! In today's episode SPW owner & administrator @sun@shitposter.world joins us to give the full scoop on WTF happened and how did we get here.

Additionally, everybody pour out a cold one for Nier 3. What a game. Hear our exhaustive recap towards the end of the episode!

The $70 you were going to spend on FF7 Rebirth would be better spent on boosting our podcast! Trust me ;)

@dielan@shitposter.club finally beat FF7 Rebirth and has a lot to say, most of which is not good. After that, we have so many updates on gaming news, from Kotaku's death knells to the latest drama surrounding microtransactions. Grab a beer this one is long.

At this rate I'm going to need more moonshine.

FF7 Rebirth First Impressions! Helldivers 2 elitists on suicide watch after a single nerf patch! Rooster Teeth is finally Dead! WTF is an SBI?

All of that and more in today's episode.

We referenced an interview when we were reading out the boosts from last episode, this is a link to that

Thoughts, prayers, and positive energy to Shitposter Club's full recovery!

Until SPC is back up, you can follow Dielan at @dielan@post.ebin.club btw

To everybody's surprise, Helldivers 2 has the world in an absolute chokehold. So we're going to talk about it. This episode is the first episode of the Melonmancy Podcast that uses CHAPTERS! Let us know what you think of the chapters, are they too long? too short? Send feedback to the forum. If your podcast player doesn't show chapters it might be time to get a new one.