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Fanbyte’s weekly flagship video game game show, hosted by merritt k, that puts Fanbyte staffers (and friends) through a gauntlet of challenges for your amusement. Join the Fanbyte Discord: https://fanbyte.casa/

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Fanbyte's Games of the Decade: Day 1
Welcome to the first-ever Games of the Decade discussion podcast from Fanbyte! We're here to talk about our very favorite games from between the years 2010 to 2019. And by "talk about," we of course mean "argue incessantly." It's a fun ride between...
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You Love to See It Episode 003: Ratatoing
Welcome back to our latest and... definitely not greatest episode of You Love to See It: the Fanbyte rewatch podcast. This week, merritt, John, and Danielle decided to watch the 45-minute mockbuster called "Ratatoing." It's a complete ripoff of the...
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Episode 044: The Minions Breeding Pits
Danielle is out sick this week, leaving Niki, merritt, and Steven to their own devices. Things naturally go off the rails almost immediately as merritt explains the timeline of The Young Pope and the upcoming New Pope. Thankfully, Niki finally beat...
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Fanwidth Interviews: The Outer Worlds Art Direc...
Danielle interviews Daniel Alpert, Art Director on Obsidian's Fallout-style RPG The Outer Worlds. They talk world design, branding for fake corporations, and the need for every great game to have fancy hats.
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Episode 043: This Is Just a Bionicle
Welcome back to the wonderful world of Fanwidth, the Fanbyte video game podcast. merritt takes over hosting duties these week, and the conversation predictably turns towards Pokemon as a result. That's not all, though! Niki and Danielle have finally...
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You Love to See It Episode 002: Spider-Man: Int...
Just before the one-year anniversary of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, three members of the Fanbyte crew team up to discuss the movie that critics say "rules" and "is tremendous." Put another way, it's the first time Danielle has ever genuinely...
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You Love to See It Episode 001: Super Mario Bro...
Welcome to You Love to See It, a movie and TV rewatch podcast from your friends at Fanbyte! In our very first episode, Danielle, John, merritt, and Steven tackle the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. film. It was a critical and commercial flop in its...
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Episode 042: Mono-game-ogamy
As one holiday ends, another quickly approaches. But we don't miss a beat in between! This week Danielle, Steven, merritt, and Niki kick things off by discussing their Thanksgiving vacations (merritt held a sword). We've also got your weekly...
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Episode 041: Jeff Baseball's Pizza Reckoning
Even pleasure planet full of mandroid sex bots couldn't keep Fanwidth away this week! We're coming out you live (to tape) with the latest video game podcast goodness. Merritt finally played Disco Elysium! Danielle is deep in the interactive fiction...
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Episode 040: Captain Rigor's Slam Squad
You never know where the conversation will take you on Fanwidth! Well, actually, you can probably guess we'll talk about bad 90s movies and Pokemon. Danielle, merritt, Niki, and Steven go over all that and more in a very video game focused episode of...
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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...
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Episode 038: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Ditto
Niki is out this week, so Danielle, merritt, and Steven dive deep on games! Disco Elysium is the topic du jour. Although we also go over The Outer Worlds (now that Danielle has played a lot more) and the games we'd like to hit before the end of 2019....
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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...
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Episode 036: Here Comes a New Challenger
This week, we have ourselves an incredibly special, incredibly long episode featuring a brand-new co-host. It's time for Danielle Riendeau, the new Senior Editor of Fanbyte, to enter the ring! She surprises no one by bringing some fantastic energy and...
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Episode 035: Maybe I'll Play Outer Wilds Again
Steven and Niki get together for a quick episode this week, as merritt deals with some dental issues. Don't worry, though! Steven also has some bad teeth what need drilling. So... Everyone is just super happy. Niki brings our spirits back up, though,...
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Episode 034: Skins for Your Grenades
It's another exciting week in video games this week! Destiny 2: Shadowkeep and John Wick Hex are wonderful new releases that have captivated the entire staff. Naturally, we don't start by talking about either game, but go into Call of Duty Mobile...
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Episode 033: The Tremors Cinematic Universe
The council of Merritt, Niki, and Steven convene this week to talk about the problem all three of them are facing: the Destiny 2 servers are down. At least they were when we recorded this podcast. We ruminate on that, how we feel about the new...
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Episode 032: Chewy Gatorade
We get straight to the point on this week's episode of Fanwidth, the Fanbyte podcast. It's time to talk about edible Gatorade... Seriously, though, NBA 2K20 continues to sound like the wildest game of all time. Niki takes Steven and merritt...
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Episode 031: Basketball Magic on Planet Moon
Niki, merritt, and Steven all get together this week to discuss the hottest new releases in games. No, really! It's a jam-packed episode of discussion about Borderlands 3, Control, Daemon X Machina, NBA 2K20, and... Well, the new DuckTales show isn't...
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Episode 030a: The Iceborne Cometh
We're taking another week off as we prepare for cool new stuff in the future and hosts recuperate from illnesses. However, we couldn't let a week go by without at least something to listen to! That's why Steven stopped in to talk about Monster Hunter:...
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Episode 030: Lebron James' Unregistered Arsenal
There is no podcast like a video game podcast, because a video game podcast don't stop... talking about video games. We really mean that this week! Our special co-host, John Warren, is here to talk about Final Fantasy 8 Remastered. Meanwhile, Niki is...
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Episode 29a: Assuming Direct Control
Steven gives it their all this week with a solid 30-minute "check-in" episode. Niki and merritt are unfortunately on airplanes this today, on their way to Seattle for PAX West 2019. But don't fret! They will actually be back later this week with their...
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Episode 029: Enter the Expanded Universe
Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Fanwidth: the Fanbyte podcast! It's your home for meaningless conversation about video games. This week, we dig especially deep on the expanded Matrix universe and its impact on video games... sorta....
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Episode 028a: The Internet is Bad
We're sorry to say that we don't have a new, real episode this week! Technical issues kept Niki and merritt from joining Steven to discuss Monster Hunter and other things. But we'll be back next Wednesday with plenty to discuss. Until then, thanks for...
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Episode 028: EVO-lution
You probably didn't need an excuse to listen to another episode of Fanwidth. We know you already love it! But if you did, here's the rundown. merritt and Steven dig into the latest news out of EVO 2019 (including a new Guilty Gear game) after dealing...
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