Game Over Man! - XCOM Chimera Squad

Combining the speed of an serpent, the toughness of a goat, and the courage of a lion, we Real Human Bings have emerged stronger than ever with this new strategy game!

XCOM Chimera Squad is a surprise sequel to the XCOM franchise which amps up the action, cuts down the tediousness, and characterizes your heretofore faceless soldiers. What did RHB Jacob think of this game? Well you just have listen now don’t you?

Endnotes:
Sid Meier gives his thoughts - https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/28/21238666/xcom-chimera-squad-sid-meier-prototype
More City 31 Commercials - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dARQbHbeCTM

Episode 36 - A PG Rated Episode (3/22/10)

PG stands for Prince George, the subject of this episode, and Parental Guidance, which you need to listen to this episode. Did you get your permission slip signed young man?

Yes, it’s a Field Trip for Jacob up to visit fellow RHBs Aulden, Julie, and the nearly silent co-host Tilda! During the time, the world shut down due to Covid19, so all they had to do for days on end was talk to each other.

Impressions of Prince George aren’t the only thing you’ll get to hear. We also have our newest segment, “Pitch it or Ditch it” where we pitch movie ideas based on randomly selected subjects. And of course, we have our Picks of the Week! Praise the Algorithim!

Endnotes:
Micheal Bay is an auteur? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyx7YRU4trs&t=1243s
For football nerds and people who like games - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/213129/Pen--Paper-Football
The Farewell was like a look into living in China again for me - https://a24films.com/films/the-farewell
Honeyland captures drama that even fiction pieces don’t come close to - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/11/honeyland-review-beekeeping-bees-north-macedonia-documentary
Taran Wanderer is a beautiful book and a great series - https://www.vox.com/2015/8/18/9166631/chronicles-prydain-alexander
Babylon Berlin is pulpy noire goodness in a show - https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/babylon-berlin-season-3-review-please-watch.html

The Bingchlor - S24 - Bonus

It’s time for everyone’s favorite part of any series, the Bonus stuff! Not necessary to follow the main plot, but fun if you like the show, those are my favorite parts anyway.

Get ready for 30 odd minutes of random bits that didn’t exactly fit in with the rest of the episodes including but not limited to: Instagram telling us who our S24 Bachelor counterparts are, an introduction to the new Bachelorette, and new book recommendations.

Won’t you please accept this final rose and go once more into the breach with us? Kk, thanks!

End notes:
Maybe we should have done this quiz instead to determine our true counterparts. (I got Victoria F D:) https://www.buzzfeed.com/sydrobinson1/which-bachelor-contestant-are-you-season-24
Someone tell me if it’s good. (Although Idk who I know who would actually watch it… Ppl already find it weird that I watch the Bachelor lol) - https://abc.com/shows/the-bachelor-presents-listen-to-your-heart
Colton’s ghostwriter’s new book where he explains his boner code. Cool dude. - https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/colton-underwood-memoir-bachelor-boner-protocol.html

The Bingchlor - S24, E11-12 - Finally Finale Time

It’s finally finale time and not a moment too soon! The only thing worse that Covid-19 is realizing you wasted two months of your life on a meaningless show!

Ready for the most pointless finale ever? One where the lead gaslights a girl into accepting a proposal, then flip flops to a different girl his mother has a bloodfeud with, THEN he breaks up with that second girl after three days?? Me neither, but that’s the season we got!

More so than that, Peter’s journey is finally at an end! Or at least we can stop caring about it. And that’s the truest gift of all. Thanks for listening folks.

End Notes:
Take what you can from this season. Try to learn from it. Somehow... - https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21152628/the-bachelor-season-finale-peter-weber-madison-hannah-ann

The Bingchlor - S24, E9-10 - Women Tell All Whirlwind

It’s fantasy suite time! And one of the remaining women really can’t handle it. Does she leave? Listen to find out!

In the beautiful country Down Under, Peter makes his decision about the final three women after the oh so fun fantasy suite. Having to chose between three petite dark haired beauties sure is tough!

Also, the women of S24 spill all the tea all over everyone’s laps and it was hot tea so we all have burned groins now. Not really, but the metaphor is an accurate representation of my emotions now. Thanks Bachelor S24!

Endnotes:
Peter also had a back tattoo! There’s the connection with VF we’ve been searching for!- https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-bachelor-peter-weber-matching-tattoos-girl-hed-been-dating-15-days.html/

The Bingchlor - S24, E7-8 - Pete Wants Crazy

Is this Bachelor season the Darkest Timeline? Or can any show this stupid really be considered “dark” if it’s only exposing the shallowness underneath?

For observations like this and more, check out this episode the the Bingchlor! Melanie and Jacob break down the pre-hometown and hometown dates and try to figure out where it all went wrong. Other questions like: Why does Peter like crazy? How does it feel to stomp grapes in winter? Who would be a good bachelorette? Is Peter good at basketball? (Answer to that last one is no.) It’s pretty good stuff.

Endnotes:
For me, this NakeyJakey video hits home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn4mueJ9wHs

The Bingchlor - S24, E5-6 - Cougars and GILFS

Double Barrel Blast of Bachelor episode recaps and reactions headed your way this episode of the Bingchlor!

Melanie and Jacob break down episodes 5 and 6 that featured plenty of drama, lots of crying, even more yelling, and we’re not even talking about the TV show yet! And what is a GILF anyway? (Don’t google it)

Endnotes:
Get everything you’ve ever needed to know about telenovelas here - https://www.funnyordie.com/telenovelas-are-hell

The Bingchlor - S24, E2-4 - Fun Times in Cleveland

New episode of the Bingchlor and this one is jam packed tighter than a Browns backfield!

Does that football metaphor make sense? Probably not! But the important thing is that episode 4 takes place in the “Mistake by the Lake” Cleveland! Also champagne stealing, country star ex boyfriends, and a grandmother with a teddy bear!

Endnotes:
Cleveland is great but only fellow rustbelters can make fun of it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY

Game Over Man! - Crusader Kings 2

“Game Over Man!” gets a medieval makeover this time with Crusader Kings 2.

This Paradox Interactive classic is a deeply intricate strategy game where you sound like a sociopath when describing gameplay. The Bings talk about their experiences, RPGing with no external input, and what defines “winning” with no clear goal.

Endnotes:
CKIII baby! (It says coming 2020 and no more date info… uh oh) - https://www.crusaderkings.com/
Jacob mostly agrees with this guy about RPGing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNUlw_KG6BA

The Bingchlor - S24, E1 - Cats and Rats

Hey fellow Rosebuds! Are you ready for some hot Bachelor action? Cuz we are!

Real Human Bing Melanie and Jacob are finding the answers to this year’s Bachelor, Peter, in the only way they know how… Poorly! After night one, who are the sure bets and the sure messes? Who is a Cat and who is a Rat? And who came up with that awesome phrase? Listen to find out!

Endnotes:
Cats and Rats CAN get along people! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2spkG_wm8o