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Papal Bull: Resurrection 5 - The Taking of the...
This week on Papal Bull: Resurrection, hosts merritt k and Eric Thurm are joined by none other than Fanbyte Head of media and EIC John Warren! In looking at episode five, they discuss Marilyn Manson vs. Sharon Stone, celebrity Papal visits, and much,...
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(Bonus) Papal Bull: Resurrection Interview with...
We have a special treat for all The Young/New Pope fans! It's an exclusive interview with Javier Cámara, who portrays Cardinal Bernardo Gutierrez on the show. Hosts merritt k and Eric Thurm (Fanbyte’s own Chief Liturgical Correspondent!) spoke with...
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You Love To See It Episode 010: The Thing (1982)
You know what we truly love to see around these parts? A good horror movie! And this week merritt, Steven, and Danielle are discussing one of the best. The trio tackles John Carpenter's 1982 creature feature The Thing. It was critically derided at the...
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Episode 049: Thank You Nort
You know things are off to a good start when we talk about candy bars, 90s sitcoms, and the Microsoft Zune for like 45 straight minutes before we even get to video game chat! That's exactly what happens on this week's episode, as EIC John Warren sits...
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Papal Bull: Resurrection 4 - Four-Dimensional V...
As our special guest this week, writer , mentions, some episodes of a show move things forward, and some line things up. This was more of a line-up episode, but it certainly had some highlights, including the appearance of one Marilyn Manson, direct...
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You Love To See It Episode 009: The Circle
It's our very first episode of You Love to See It featuring a TV show this week! Did we check out Watchmen? The Mandalorian? The Witcher? Nope! Niki and guides editor Dillon Skiffington brought the The Circle into our lives this week, for a discussion...
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Episode 048: Fish Chicken and Other Chicken
The gang is watching Gargoyles, baby! Oh wait sorry no they're just reading the descriptions of every episode. They're also chatting about Skylanders, Pokemon, Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE, and Danielle's recent dive into Prey: Mooncrash. There is also an...
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Papal Bull: Resurrection 3 - Social Linking Wit...
This week, we welcome Chris Wade and Molly O’Brien of the And Introducing, podcast to the Papal Bull, to talk John Malkovich’s Papality, Catholic backgrounds, Meghan Markle and much more. There’s finally… wait for it… a new pope in this...
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You Love To See It Episode 008: Knives Out
The knives may be out, but the hosts are most assuredly in this week! On this episode of You Love to See It, the gang convenes to discuss the 2019 whodunnit Knives Out. The star-studded feature from director Rian Johnson (Looper, The Last Jedi) takes...
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Fanbyte's Dynamite Control Spoilercast
We've got the whole town lightin' up dynamite with our latest look at a Fanbyte favorite. Control really captured the hearts and minds of most of our editors last year, so we decided to get a few of us together and discuss (i.e. spoil the hell out of)...
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Episode 047: Cruelty Free Witcher Games
The gang continues to shake things up this week with a very nice appearance from Fanbyte Editor-in-Chief John Warren! The former game developer joins the crew to discuss the dreaded crunch: that period towards the end of any creative endeavor where...
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Papal Bull: Resurrection 2 - Italian Political ...
Political intrigue and millennial moods abound in this latest episode of Papal Bull: Resurrection. Join your hosts, plus surprise guest Virgil Texas of Chapo Trap House, on another ride through the woolly world of the fictional Vatican. Also there...
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You Love To See It Episode 007: Popstar: Never ...
Way back in 2016, The Lonely Island fueled mockumentary Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping became a true commercial flop. Even so, the musical comedy received fairly strong reviews and became near and dear to at least one Fanbyte editor. Niki,...
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Episode 046: Rated M for Meaty
Danielle, Niki, and Steven try to fill the void left by an empty fourth chair this week with lots of winter talk! There's still not much new in games out, so the gang chooses to go over what we play during the winter months instead. There's also a...
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Papal Bull: Resurrection 1 - Back in the Cassock
Who's the pope now? That's the question on everyone's minds in The New Pope! Welcome to Papal Bull: Resurrection, a podcast mini-series companion to The New Pope. Join co-hosts merritt k and Eric Thurm as they recap each new episode of the HBO sequel...
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You Love to See It Episode 006: Snowpiercer
You truly do love to see it on this week's episode. Danielle, Merritt, and Steven all gather round the wood-burning stove to talk about Snowpiercer, the 2013 South Korean-Czech co-production directed by Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Parasite). Snowpiercer...
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Episode 045: Breaking Into 2020
This January is pretty dry of new releases, but that doesn't mean our podcast isn't extra juicy this week. The gang's all here after a long rest and ready to look forward into all the new releases currently scheduled for 2020! Before that, though, we...
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You Love to See It Episode 005: Unedited Footag...
Danielle, merritt, and Steven kick off 2020 with another episode of You Love To See It. This week, the gang watched Unedited Footage of a Bear: the surreal horror-comedy from Adult Swim and experimental filmmaker Alan Resnick. The short originally...
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Fanwidth Interviews: Control's Threshold Kids w...
Control's Narrative Lead, Anna Megill, talks puppets.
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Fanbyte's Game of the Year 2019 Awards
Another difficult year in the world was met with another year's worth of great games. Fanbyte's Game of the Year 2019 awards are here to celebrate the ones that challenged us to think about that world, made us laugh, made us cry, or simply filled a...
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Fanbyte's Games of the Decade 16-1
We're in the home stretch, counting down the final 16 games of Fanbyte's Top 50 Games of the Decade. D you agree with our number one selection? Is your favorite on our list? Listen to the whole crew's breakdown of our top 16!
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You Love to See It Episode 004: Krampus
You better not shout, cry, or otherwise show any dissatisfaction with the holidays this year. Otherwise the Krampus might arbitrarily torture your family for reasons that aren't completely obvious! This week on You Love to See It, Danielle leads...
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Fanbyte's Games of the Decade 50-17
We made it, folks. Three grueling podcast days of deliberation have led to this: Fanbyte's Top 50 Games of the Decade. In today's episode, we go through 50-17. Why 17? We're just mysterious. Does your favorite crack the countdown?
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Fanbyte's Games of the Decade: Day 3
The ultimate Games of the Decade list is finally starting to take shape! The Fanbye podcast crew already made some hard decisions about what had to go and what got to say. But what's the order of this thing ultimately going to look like? Find out on...
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Fanbyte's Games of the Decade: Day 2
Things are heating up on another explosive episode of the Fanbyte Games of the Decade discussion! The crew may have bitten off more than it can chew, as it attempts to whittle down one enormous list into something manageable. There are fights, tears,...
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