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On February 5th of the year 2020, President Donald Trump was acquitted on two articles of impeachment.  And although it may have seemed like a decade ago, this impeachment actually began on December 18th of 2019.  Emperor Helix, Jimbo Slash, and Cimarron join us to discuss the reactions to the impeachment. Replica's Facebook: http://bit.ly/31XiKoL Replica's Twitter: http://bit.ly/2nwA30Y Replica's Instagram: http://bit.ly/311O4l2

We previously discussed SoulBrandon's origins into gaming and touched on how the VGA group came into existence, and in this episode I was fortunate enough to talk to SB and 4 other of the founders of the VGA group to find out what their favorite games are, more about their video game streaming work on Twitch, and their thoughts on all of the games that have come out over the past few years.   VGA Twitter: https://twitter.com/vgamateurs VGA Discord: https://discord.gg/8gtBP3s VGA Twitch: https://twitch.tv/vgamateurs Replica's Facebook: http://bit.ly/31XiKoL Replica's Twitter: http://bit.ly/2nwA30Y Replica's Instagram: http://bit.ly/311O4l2

SoulBrandon is an IT professional, an entreprenure, and a gaming enthusiast and living and working in New York City. He has worked in IT for over ten years, runs an IT consulting firm which resolves major technical issues for both large and small businesses, he is the founder of PretendLabs which is a content studio focusing to push the boundaries of Virtual Reality in our world, and he is now currently developing a new gaming community in New York called the Video Game Amatuers. The VGA streams gaming content all throughout the week so follow them on Twitch, Twitter, and Discord and join in on the gaming community.  VGA Twitter: https://twitter.com/vgamateurs VGA Discord: https://discord.gg/8gtBP3s VGA Twitch: https://twitch.tv/vgamateurs Replica's Facebook: http://bit.ly/31XiKoL Replica's Twitter: http://bit.ly/2nwA30Y Replica's Instagram: http://bit.ly/311O4l2

Whether you love them or hate them, villians can either make or break a narrative for an entire story so we got together to discuss some of our favorite villians and discuss  why we like them. No villians are off limits here so whether they're from movies, or comics, or video games, or books, all villains from all genres and media are fair game. Replica's Facebook: http://bit.ly/31XiKoL Replica's Twitter: http://bit.ly/2nwA30Y Replica's Instagram: http://bit.ly/311O4l2

This week's topic may be a bit controversial as we'll be talking a lot about drug use, harm reduction, and needle exchange programs. DJ Samrock has been in the human services field for about 25 years, and 22 of those years have been specifically working in New York City as a harm reduction specialist. In case you are unfamiliar with the term, harm reduction refers to policies, programs, and practices that aim to minimize negative health, social, and legal impacts, associated with drug use. Harm reduction also seeks to focus on working with people, without judgement, coersion, discrimination, or requiring that they stop using drugs as a precondition of support. Harm reduction specialists do this in order to bring about positive changes in the lives of the participants and positive changes within the communities in which we all live. In his time working as a harm reduction specialist, DJ Samrock has worked with well over 7 thousand individuals who have sought out assistance.

This episode we'll be trying something different. Normally I'll have one or two guests on to discuss a topic, however, this time around I'll have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven guests in the room. The topic we'll be discussing this week is the rivalry between DC Comics and Marvel Comics. Replica's Facebook: http://bit.ly/31XiKoL Replica's Twitter: http://bit.ly/2nwA30Y Replica's Instagram: http://bit.ly/311O4l2

I'm joined on this podcast by returning guest GunslingerZero and this week's subject is a sensitive one as we'll be discussing the court decision determined in the case of the Murder of Botham Jean. To summarize the case for those of you who are unfamiliar with the scenario, this case was regarding a Dallas Texas police officer named Amber Guyger, who entered an apartment believing it was her own. She shot Botham Jean believing he was a burglar, when it fact it was actually his own apartment. Replica's Facebook: http://bit.ly/31XiKoL Replica's Twitter: http://bit.ly/2nwA30Y Replica's Instagram: http://bit.ly/311O4l2 ***Link to Articles Discussed*** Wiki page for the case of the murder of Botham Jean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Guyger News summary of the case of the murder of Botham Jean: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amber-guyger-found-guilty-murder-trial-fatal-shooting-neighbor-botham-n1060506 Police and Teachers in Long Island controversey of making $200,000 in pension: https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/nearly-8-000-state-workers-earn-pensions-of-more-than-100-000-a-year-1.10043516 The Soviet Lieutenant Colonel that prevented global nuclear war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov ***Link to Articles Discussed - GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING*** Daniel Shaver news coverage in Mesa, Arizona hotel hallway:  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mesa-police-shooting-daniel-shaver-seen-crawling-begging-in-disturbing-video/ Philando Castile traffic stop police dashcam: https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/us/philando-castile-shooting-dashcam/index.html 

Joined by returning guest GunslingerZero, we discuss the people we look up to, as well as the government's role in our lives. Replica's Facebook: http://bit.ly/2LTNlxK Replica's Twitter: http://bit.ly/31VFC89 Replica's Instagram: http://bit.ly/2LSR7Ya

Visiting us in New York from all the way out in Chicago, Bonks is now celebrating her 10th year of working as a writer in the gaming industry writing dialogue for games such as Mutant Football League, Injustice 2, and Mortal Kombat X. She is also the Creative Director for Tango Comics, the Editor-in-Chief for SugarGamers.com, and she is the creator and writer for the sci-fi comic book series Warshiners, and the writer for the free webcomic Shero and Vex. ===================================================== -Link to OSNYC:   http://bit.ly/2mjpDRG -Link to Shero and Vex:    http://bit.ly/2mbIBJM -Link to Tango Comics:    http://bit.ly/2nOY0Ap -Link to Lunchbox wiki:   http://bit.ly/2oAbnVt -Link to SugargGamers.com:   http://bit.ly/2oLQGWH -Link to SugarGamers Article on Ninja:   http://bit.ly/2mfOBkV -credit to Sharkhanatic for the Injustice clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRx65v8ZQ2k

MusikalSpade, PassionFruit, and Jimbo Slash try their hand at the Question Hat.

AmIWright, EmperorHelix, and JimboSlash recall their favorite fighting games, tournament stories from back in the day, system link parties, and the learning curves surrounding fighting games.

DandelionSaucer stops by to cover the bombshell announcement of Terry Bogard and Sans being in Smash!!  .... also Xenoblade.  But mostly Smash.

EmperorHelix elaborates on some of his favorite bad guys... and/or goes in on Bethesda and BioWare

JimboSlash Interviews ReplicaRepost on A.I. and talk about going off the grid and plans for the end times.

Long time FPS fan  BrooklynYankee chimes in on the best parts of the games and how they stack up against the fighting game community

Bringing JimboSlash to the stage, we discuss government coverups, UFOs, and whats going on with the Moon.

This discussion came about from the two most recently revealed characters for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate which were Banjo Kazooie and The Hero from Dragon Quest. These reveals sparked discussions online which got Dandelion wondering why certain people and audiences favored one over the other.

 Submariner and Navy veteran Emperor Helix lists his favorite metal bands explains his thoughts on genetic engineering and life in the military.

Dandelion and Nekuro chime in on E3 2019, the great news from Nintendo and Square, and the surprises from Microsoft.

A long time Destiny player details his experiences with the game as well as more recent experience with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.