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Our guiding light is away this week, leaving Niki, merritt, and Steven to talk about their usual brands of bullshit. It's not all Sonic the Hedgehog lore and talk about dubious Satellaview games, though! The trio begins this week's episode with a very good discussion about cooperative games, what we like about them, and what we don't. Stay tuned for all that and more on another episode of Fanwidth! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on our journey through The New Pope, usual hosts merritt k and Eric Thurm are joined by Sarah Jones, writer and critic from New York Magazine. This episode has some high-key drama, high-stakes action, and some serious questions about the nature of morality for everyone to chew on. And yes, there’s a Hatsune Miku mention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Senior Editor Danielle Riendeau and Features and Trending Editor merritt k — aka, the Brooklyn Bureau of Fanbyte — have been inspired by our good friends in the LA office to do our own version of Office Hours. In our pilot episode, merritt brings up a piece she edited on the failures of religious games, we talk religious content on the site (courtesy also of Papal Bull: Resurrection), and we chat further about You Love to See It and horror movies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a short and sweet episode of You Love to See It this week! Steven and Danielle team up to produce a cozy, two-person episode about a "whip-smart" screwball comedy from 1938. Starring Katherine Hepburn and Carey Grant, the film nearly tanked Hepburn's career... but has since become revered as a screwball comedy classic. Hepburn holds all the cards with a sharp mind and a lot of agency, as she courts the stuffy Grant and chases a Connecticut leopard. How does it all hold up? Surprisingly well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somehow, some way, the gang has made it to 50 full episodes of Fanwidth! We celebrate with a "special guest," but are otherwise pretty low-key (partially thanks to some illnesses spreading through the editorial staff). Despite our flagging energy, though, we manage to put out one heckuva good show! Join us to hear about E3 celebrity appearances and Hollywood advertisements. Would you like to know more? Then just go ahead and download! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Cámara about faith, life on the set, art, and love — and, of course — hopes and dreams for a new season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 time, but has since gained a tremendous following as one of the all-time great examples of the genre. What makes it so special, though? Find out our thoughts on this week's episode of You Love to See It! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 in for Danielle Riendeau for a very special discussion. Have y'all ever heard of a Nut Goodie? Well, you're about to, whether you like it or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As our special guest this week, writer Sean T Collins, 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 action by nuns, and more papal drama than you can shake a silver hammer at. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 about Netflix's streaming reality show. Did everyone enjoy it? Also nope! But you can find out why on this week's episode of You Love to See It. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 earth-shattering sneeze, courtesy of Niki. It's a beefy one, folks! The episode and the sneeze! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 some twists and turns. But it always finds its way back to a heart of gold... even if some of the details along the way don't always make sense. Can our hosts tell a real knife from a prop in this analysis of the hit mystery? Find out on You Love to See It! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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) Remedy Entertainment's supernatural action thriller. Be warned! If it still wasn't clear, this bonus episode will contain spoilers for the main plot and some side quests of Control. If you're okay with that, join us on this journey through the Oldest House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 employers are often forced to work unreasonable hours at the end of a production cycle. We go into the pitfalls of turning this term into a buzzword and how it often blinds us to the bigger picture. Then we wrap things up with game talk and... mascots. Yeah... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 might be a ghost this time. Maybe...? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, merritt, and Danielle work together to parse what worked and what didn't in this Andy Samberg vehicle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 good deal of "food" discussion. By which we mean Lunchables and things that are kinda Lunchables become a major point of contention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 series to the... honestly completely deranged series The Young Pope. It features an out of this world John Malkovich in incredible eyeliner. Get ready for one wild papal bull ride! And be sure to listen to the original Papal Bull to catch up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices