Fear not! That doesn’t mean that Sean and the gang are gone forever! You still can find them all on Twitter (individual links in the sidebar) and appearing regularly on other podcasts like Mating Habits of the Modern Geek and Whiskey Thursday. And of course there’s always the secret blog…

Episode 150: “Sometimes The Last Show Sucks, Too”

This is it. The 150th episode of Alpha Counter! It’s also the last episode of Alpha Counter. I feel I’ve come far sholdering this podcast and there are so many places I wanted to take it…but alas, I can go no further.

Among the people I thanked in the podcast, I’d like to include Sarah Straub (who designed our website’s background) and frequent tweeter Robbie Polanco. And of course, thanks to all of you for listening and taking part in the comments!

More Method to Madness to come; hopefully soon.

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Episode 160: “Fist Full of Condements”

We’re about 12 years too late to enjoy Gun Sword. And I feel I have to reinforce that it’s not a bad show. This just isn’t the time for it.

Kevin and I are in that awkward age where everything at Hot Topic is based on our generation’s nostalgia…but it’s meant to be sold to the next generation. Possibly as something ironic or retro chic. But hey… I dig me some Nickelodeon Punk style, so I ain’t gonna knock it.

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Episode 149: “Buckle Up, Buckaroos!”

You PC, bro?

I fell I don’t praise South Park enough. In this episode of the podcast and in general. I commonly hear, “Ugh, is that show still around?” What those people usually have in common is that they stopped watching around the third or fourth season…and I can’t blame them. Those few few years haven’t aged well (except maybe the movie), but they’ve been spinning gold for at least the last decade. Most of it’s free to stream, so what do you have to lose?

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Episode 148: “TAR3DIS”

Funny how Wheaton’s Law doesn’t seem to apply to Wil Wheaton. Andrew Bartlett from Room 173 is on the pod, so that means we’re nerding it up with talk about Doctor Who and Star Wars.

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Episode 147: “Quiet, Men Are Talking”

If you ever find an arepa–I don’t care if it’s on the ground–you shove it into your mouth immediately.

It doesn’t take long to figure out why I’m excited about Mario Maker. I’m eager to see all the fan-made levels based on dick shapes. They’ve gotta be out there…and they’re waiting for me. So far, sadly but not disappointing, I’ve only seen Mario sprite re-enactments of 9/11.

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Episode 146: “Alpha Counter Beta”

This isn’t the first Alpha Counter… Many years ago, I posted an Omake that shared the “Best Of” episode of the previous incarnation. Now, almost a decade later, “Krafty” Matt “Harlock” Kraft sit down and finally air our grievances (and good times) of our run on the Team Sportscast Network.

I could write an entire series of blogs on all the lessons I learned from that experience…and some day, I just might. The most important, of course: Bros before shows. Also, if you have the talent and the audience, the network needs you more than you need them. And lastly, for now, exposure is nice…but if money is being made off your work and your content, you should see some of it.

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Episode 145: “August Again, Already?”

It’s strange. In the past year since the last podcasts I’ve recorded about #GamerGate, I’ve done a lot of reading and a lot of thinking. I understand the movement more now and even find sympathy with it. However, I continue to reach many of the same conclusions, as I express in this podcast.

But it’s not all about the ethics of games journalism… David F Smith returns to share more anecdotes from working in games media back in the day.

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Episode 144: “Gave Up the Ghost”

Between random on-air shootings, Donald Trump polling well in the presidential race, and inappropriate sex books for children, there’s a lot of mental scarring to go around.

For some reason, whenever I’ve told someone that I’ve picked up Punch-Out!! for the Wii, they assume I mean the original with Mike Tyson. No, not that one…the new one.

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Episode 143: “Alien Life Form”

If they’d just raise the minimum wage, maybe we could afford to watch Sesame Street. Come to think of it, that might be cheaper than to hire an actual babysitter to occupy our children. Especially if that babysitter demands to be paid the new minimum wage.

We’ll all just be replaced by robots and hand ourselves over to SkyNet. Thanks, Obama!

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Episode 142: “Herman’s Headmates”

It’s been a few years since the last time we examined some historical hotties, but now I have Andrew Bartlett from Room 173 to compare notes with. Here’s the idea: What woman (or man; let’s be inclusive) of what year would you go back in time to bang? Drop your names and years in the comments below!

While editing this podcast, I winced at the sound of my own voice actually uttering the word “gozongas”. But then I heard Andrew had unironically said “gams” and felt a little better about myself.

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Sean’s Picks:

Andrew’s Picks:

Among honorable mentions:

Dishonorable mention:

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Episode 159: “Nut Bladder”

Electromagnetic Girlfriend reminds us of the serious mental health problem in Japan. Mostly because Japanese Kevin seems to have nothing better to do than troll us.

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Episode 018: “Whatever, Game. Just Whatever.”

Kevin and Sean warm up for Method to Madness by poking fun at the tinfoil hat crowd and some of their silliest conspiracies. Then we get into the usual batch of pre-show outtakes with Chuck, “Krafty” Matt, M, Kelley, and Andrew. The entire gang in one pod!

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Episode 141: “Plot Holes”

Pretty chill this week. “Krafty” Matt Kraft joins me this round to break down the events of EVO 2015, with some interesting thoughts on Street Fighter V.

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Episode 140: “Wolverine, Time Lord”

Our heroes are letting us down. Bill Cosby is apparently all about the puddin’. That is, puddin’ his dick in unwanted places. X-Men: Apocalypse looks like a big-budget cosplay party. And Heroes: Reborn looks like it’s been dragged out of intensive care to be given another beating by its masters.

And if we aren’t petty enough, fuckin’ fast food drive-thru, amiright??

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Episode 158: “Boys Rule, Girls Drool”

We’re back! I know we say that a lot lately, but this time we might mean it. This episode was in fact not sponsored by one of our Indiegogo contributors… Some may say this is just a regular episode of the podcast. I prefer to think of it as a bonus episode amongst our sponsored shows.

Mysterious Girlfriend X seemed as though it was more than just what it looked like on the surface. Then it became exactly what it looked like on the surface. I suppose it wins bonus points…? For…originality?

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Episode 139: “Tanks, but No Tanks”

Dammit, Arkham Knight, I love you so much but you make me so mad! Kelley of Mating Habits of the Modern Geek shares my frustrations with the Batmobile.

We also take a look at some of the trailers that came from San Diego Comic Con. We’re still pretty skeptical about DC/WB’s upcoming movies, but Ash Vs. The Evil Dead looks pretty fun!

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Episode 138: “Father Baby”

M shares with us her reports on what’s going on in her neck of South Carolina. Cuz, holy damn, that place needs to chill out.

Meanwhile, I’m left alone to my own devices trying to figure out Sia.

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Episode 137: “DON’T STEAL DADDY’S CAR!”

I’m not mad…just disappointed. Disappointed with the craftsmanship of my apartment’s hanydman. Disappointed in Adam Carolla’s crowdfunded film, Road Hard. Disappointed in how folks who pre-ordered Batman: Arkham Knight have been boned.

Didn’t stop me from contributing to the Shenmue III Kickstarter. Will I ever learn?

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Episode 136: “Don’t Stop Believin'”

E3 2015 took us by surprise by making wishes come true! Final Fantasy VII remake, Shenmue III, and even The Last Guardian. The only thing missing was Half-Life 3. Maybe next year. Or whatever.

Microsoft had a lot to show this year, but the few things Sony brought proved to be much more exciting. HoloLens looks cool, though.

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Episode 017: “Sometimes Kosher”

While I’m moving into my new digs, here’s a batch of outtakes from our recent episodes of the podcast, featuring Kelley, M, Matt, and Andrew.

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Episode 135: “Stop Hiring Damon Lindelof!”

E3 is almost here, so I dug up our resident game guru, Chuck, to make some calls on what we might expect at the show this year. Will Microsoft get their shit together? Will Sony be able to keep up the hype? Will Nintendo…do anything interesting?

Chuck mentions the trailer for the new Point Break remake. I saw it. Yeah, it looks terrible. Not just in the sense of the plot or homage to the original… I mean as a visual art piece. Compare the video below to the original film’s trailer and you’ll notice that above all else, the most significant thing missing in the remake is color.

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Episode 134: “Beach Bums”

I know I’m a little late to this Harry Potter craze… But now I have some time to indulge and see what everyone is so excited about. I think I get it… But it ain’t no Pratchett!

Kelley from Mating Habits joins me to guide me through this experiment, as well as breaking down the Mad Men finale.

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Episode 133: “Social Justice Road Warrior”

Mad Max: Fury Road is in fact a feminist movie… However, it is also a fucking metal badass movie and you should see it. In theaters. Many times, so that they make more movies like this. We need them.

Also in this podcast, I recount some of my adventures at Animazement 2015 and the season finale of The Flash.

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Episode 132: “Paul Blart: Cop Out”

Andrew’s back and happy to join me in bitching about more things that ail us. Things like roundabouts, paying by check, and of course the constant outcry of clownbabies crying on social media about the dangerous television they just can’t stop watching.

Pro Tip: If a show is too fucked up for you, stop watching. And quit spoiling it for me.

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Episode 131: “I Will Survive”

My entertainment consumption lately has been reduced to Netflix background noise. Mostly documentaries, but also the occasional feature, like 2013’s Oldboy. That Western remake is watchable, but is useless to you if you’ve already seen the original Korean version. Well, it does have one thing going for it…more on that in the podcast.

Kelley from Mating Habits joins me this week to talk about our upcoming semi-presence at Animazement 2015, but also kinky documentaries, more Daredevil, and the current revolution in television.

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Episode 130: “Jokallo”

Alright, The Internet, chill the fuck out. Rachel Bryk didn’t commit suicide cuz 4chan told her to. Joss Whedon didn’t quit Twitter because of feminist criticism. Cyber-bullies are terrible people, okay. But if you’re sharp enough to know what prima nocta means, how about you also look up corpus delicti?

This week, “Krafty” Matt and I do our usual rounds of comic book talk. Of course, this means Avengers: Age of Ultron, but also Netflix’s Daredevil, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad.

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Episode 129: “Retail Me Not”

While Agents of SHIELD has been nice filler to satisfy my MCU appetite between films, Daredevil has provided actual nourishment.

This week, Andrew Bartlett joins me to exchange some war stories from the front lines of retail. It’s a field that can be good, honest work… But it’s also where you can see humanity at its worst. Maybe not as much as law enforcement, though that world at least sees the products of our pandemic destitution. Retail seems to bring out the elitism, entitlement, and depravity of otherwise decent human beings. All of which, I’ve learned to turn into comedy at their expense.

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20 years later, strangely still accurate.

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Episode 157: “Glee, but with Pools”

Of all the shows we’ve watched for Method to Madness–especially the ones commissioned by our Indigogo campaign–it’s surprisingly Free! that’s given me the most trouble. So much that we opted to include M in this recording.

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Episode 128: “Everbody Hates Superman”

It’s not even summer yet but movie studios already want to remind us that there are other movies coming out after Avengers 2. Some even daring us not to see them, like Terminator: Genisys.

But nothing has me more hyped than Kung Fury.

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Episode 127: “Took ya 20 years to come up with THAT, huh?”

This one’s short and bitter. I don’t know how to describe this episode other than this:

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Episode 126: “Fail Cake II”

Veronika Decides to Die is an interesting take on depression and how our perceptions of life influence our motivation. But it also reminds us that if you’re the new hot girl and the cutest boy in the ward is out of his mind, there’s only one way to reel him back in. Oh, Pumpkin…

M’s with me this week so of course we’re talking about the Walking Dead finale!

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Behold: FAIL CAKE

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Episode 125: “Let’s Do Some Good”

Terry Pratchett, upon his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, has been a very public supporter for assisted suicide. But he always made sure to emphasize “assisted”; with a preference of a doctor’s care and by appointment. He wouldn’t have endorsed the spontaneous taking life by one’s own hands, nor counted the casualties of trapped passengers as assisting like the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525.

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Episode 016: “Fuck It, I’m Smoking”

Shit happens. Things come up. We weren’t able to arrange a recording this week, so here’s some cool pre-show shenanigans that were cut, but not discarded.

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Episode 124: “You Have Reached the End of Cake”

The pillars of modern nerddom are falling like dominoes. First Leonard Nimoy, now Terry Pratchett; author of the Discworld series. Andrew Bartlett of the Two Loose Screws podcast mourns with me.

But first, let’s get to know Andrew with the return of One, True, Three!

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Episode 123: “S’ALL GOOD, MAN, CORAL!”

“Krafty” Matt Kraft is settling down in his new home after escaping his old job. In the process, he unearth ancient tomes of forgotten RPGs and romantic prose. For this podcast, Matt recalls some of his RPG experiences and together we dork out about Bubblegum Crisis.

After the break, it’s TV time! We compare notes on Danger 5, The Walking Dead, and Better Call Saul.

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Episode 156: “It’s so…GUN.”

Stratos 4 is pretty straight forward: Armageddon, but with teenage girls. Possibly also a monkey. It makes about as much sense when it comes to defending all life on Earth from an extinction event or alien invasion.

Meanwhile, the music video for ME!ME!ME! by TeddyLoid is almost a Rorschach test; especially since Kevin and I saw different things in it.

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Episode 122: “The Most…Human.”

This week, I finally, FINALLY get around to addressing the iTunes reviews left by you, our listeners!

What’s old becomes new… Everything we grew up with is getting a reboot. Power Rangers, Powerpuff Girls, and now Duck Tales. Whether or not that’s a good thing; it’s our own fault. We stopped buying it. But now it’s our children’s turn to carry these old torches…that is, if we let them.

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Episode 121: “Three Oh!”

The weather in NC is still keeping us at bay; burrowed inside our homes with little to do but watch movies and play some video games. It’s a good time for home video, too, with John Wick and Chef just being released. Meanwhile, M’s braved the winter to catch Kingsmen and The Guest.

Oh, and Better Call Saul is exceeding expectations.

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Episode 155: “Not ‘Legacy’…the OTHER One.”

I almost feel like I’ve broken a promise. The rules for our Indiegogo perk was pretty straight forward. For a certain donation tier, I would commit to watching an entire season of a show. The beginning, the middle, all the way through to the end.

Apparently, the makers of Sol Bianca couldn’t keep up with me. There is no ending; they just kinda stopped making it. Which is too bad…cuz I was kinda digging it.

Speaking of Dustin Kopplin and the Anime of Yesteryear podcast, they’re currently running an Indiegogo campaign to help unite their co-hosts for special shows at Animazement 2015!

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Episode 120: “Hearts of Ice”

The new Thundercats was good. The original Thundercats…arguably better. The ‘cats we grew up with were strangers in a strange land; refugees trying to survive and learning life lessons through encountering the natives of Third Earth.

You millennials’ interpretation depicts the Thundercats becoming the same oppressive, elitist dickholes that they–for one brief shining moment–fought to overthrow in the name of freedom. Their sudden turn toward humility and benevolence comes from facing their only given alternative: Extinction.

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Episode 119: “In-Game Dick Pic”

I don’t know what makes me laugh most in video game selfies–the inappropriate cheesy smile or the vapid nonplussed stare into the camera lens.

While I didn’t make it into RISK!, I did enjoy the show. It reminded me of why I transported myself to this Portlandian village. And I was reminded of the successful lifestyle changes I made before I became spoiled by the comforts of the newlywed. Commence the Rocky montage music!

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Episode 015: “Spank Banks”

How was your Superbowl weekend? Mine was more like Superbowel weekend. As a result, I had to postpone some recordings; a mighty special one at that. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, here’s a special collection of outtakes! Half of these come from a somewhat “lost” episode that I recorded with M shortly after the Legend of Korra finale. Then when “Korrasami” became legit, well, we had to call a do-over.

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Episode 154: “Gingham Check”

The ICE OVA has everything that I know Kevin will respond to for this podcast: Post apocalypse, 90s-style animation, female dismemberment, and gun swords. Oh, and an origin stemming from a teenage J-pop idol group. And with dialog almost as incomprehensible as the action sequences in Taken 3.

The story that Kevin mentions in this podcast is actually The Screwfly Solution, which was also adapted to film. And while we’re talking about Tumblr, go to ours to read the Indiegogo-funded fanfic by M!

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