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The Main Menu Podcast

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Welcome welcome back to the Main Menu! Tune in with us to catch a group of college friends playing their favorite zombie-themed sessions of their Z&D homebrew virtual tabletop game! Be sure to catch the "Under the Table (UTT)" sessions where we let loose to talk about anything and everything. Not sure where to start? Each season is marked with an emoji and numbered. If any share the same continuity, they'll use the same emoji. We have over 16 seasons worth of content to explore with many one-shots and three-part series, so look for the emojis to start listening! Recommended ages 18+

Episodes

🎲Z&D 4.04 (2023 Enhanced)

After Robert's getaway, the party tries to track him down but is immediately faced with adversity when moths close in from all angles. Trying to find a way out of the situation, many moths are slain and the players begin to suffer from fatigue and new injuries. Robert's location is surprising and the party prepares for a big fight with marauders.

Sep 05, 20192 hr 30 minSeason 4Ep. 4

🎲Z&D 4.03 (2023 Enhanced)

The now trio (with Jeremiah incapacitated) embarks back outside the walls of Haven after taking up a mission from Marv the Shopkeeper to make some better melee weapons. They meet a mysterious stranger who accompanies them for a mutual scavenging mission where things take a turn for the worst. Someone else gets bit, things explode, someone gets shot, and a lot of moths get harmed in the making of this episode of Z&D!

Sep 05, 20192 hr 33 minSeason 4Ep. 3

🎲Z&D 4.02 (2023 Enhanced)

The guys encounter the story exploding into unexpected twists and turns. Their main quest amid the apocalypse becomes clear when our cast ventures outside the isolated City of Haven with Scavenger Leader Meyers and face a sudden threat. Our characters begin to search the surrounding landscapes and get a feel for their surroundings, kill some enemies, and one of the group gets severely wounded! The group meets the Baron of Haven along with a familiar face as the story ramps up and stakes are made...

Sep 05, 20192 hr 40 minSeason 4Ep. 2

🎲Z&D 4.01 (2023 Enhanced)

It's been 25 years since the world fell into a worldwide zombie pandemic. Now the zombies are forgotten about. The dust has settled and a new era has begun. Our young characters have aged and have become seasoned in combat and settled into the city of Haven for 10-15 years now. Finally becoming part of the Scavengers, a division that gets to venture outside the isolated city's walls, the players get accustomed to the new world setting, newly enhanced combat system, and their unfolding mystery of...

Sep 05, 20191 hr 6 minSeason 4Ep. 1

Loot Boxes and Space Physics

The guys talk about GamesCon which showed more Dying Light 2, the Marvel's Avenger's game, Dan plays the new Modern Warfare 2v2 Alpha and loved it, the politics of the old Modern Warfare 2, big news for Star Wars Episode IX with theories and expectations, news for the Mandelorian show coming to Disney+, 2K2020 going full-gambling on their new loot box system where real money goes into a virtual slot machine, problems with Loot Boxes and them being illegal in certain states. in weird news: the fi...

Sep 01, 20192 hr 34 min

Mechanophilia, r/AITA, and the Downfall of Horror Games

The crew talks about Joe's weird McDonald's encounter, people attracted to technology, an opening of the Reddit vault to answer questions about “Am I the A-Hole?” (AITA), the downfall of horror games, what they used to be, and similar trends, a foreshadowing of the next season of Z&D, a comeback further brought to us by No Man's Sky, other games beginning to finally fix major issues, other games we wished were fixed, and more!

Aug 16, 20192 hr 31 min

Accidental Russian Circumcision

The boys gather together again to talk about the rise of politicians saying video games cause shootings and their reasons for calling them out, a man wearing full tactical gear and carrying a rifle casually strolling through Walmart and what they'd do faced with that situation, an 89 year old man visiting Russia getting a circumcision by accident, a Russian man arrested for stealing an entire road, an update on the Biological Resource Center in Arizona getting caught selling a donated body to th...

Aug 10, 20191 hr 23 min

The Walking Chicken

Sharing some weird news across the world these days, the boys discuss the Biological Research Center in Arizona getting caught with buckets of penises and heads sewn on bodies, a missing guy from ten years ago found behind a grocery store cooler, a piece of raw chicken that literally crawls off someones plate at a restaurant and more! plus in nerd news the future of Marvel has been revealed, an overviewing hype of the DCeased comic, a review of The Boys series on Amazon Prime, and more!

Jul 31, 20191 hr 24 min

Stranger Things 3 and Wrench Boy

The boys are back to talk about Stranger Things season 3 hitting it big among the podcast and everyone else, Spider-Man Far from Home and it's VR counterpart being fun but buggy, Marvel's plans for their next movie phase, the Nintendo Switch Lite, a crazy weird news story about a naked woman claiming to be the devil getting stabbed in the neck, a 15 kid who cut his friend's head off, and more!

Jul 13, 20191 hr 18 min

Post E3 2019 and Momma Jim

The crew talks a lot about E3 2019 including Microsoft's new console and more of their desire to crossplay with Playstation, Watch Dogs 3 and playing any NPC, Ghost Recon Breakpoint and how different it will be than Wildlands, Jedi: Fallen Order being not as violent as people want but still looking amazing, Bethesda adding a Battle Royale to Fallout 76 even though no one asked for it, some more failures at Bethesda's E3, Rainbow 6 Quarantine and how Joe's excited for it, The Avengers game and mo...

Jun 22, 20191 hr 9 min

Looking Back on the Year

The Main Menu Podcast talks about their first year on the podcast and their favorite and most hilarious segments, their hopes and dreams about the upcoming 2019 E3 including Death Stranding, some sad news of Anthem's dead player base, Re: Call of Duty Modern Warfare and the franchise possibly finally coming to an end, the No Russian mission looking like "a Pixar movie" compared to news of next Call of Duty, speculation on the upcoming Ghost Recon game and more

Jun 09, 20191 hr 25 min

Larry's Leg Recooked: 1st Year Anniversary Special

After their first year on the air, the Main Menu crew recooks their favorite episode yet with improved audio and snappier introduction! Shout us out on social media @mainpodcast for a chance to win a free Main Menu Podcast, Larry's Leg, or Free Geek Republic T-Shirt on us! Winners will be chosen from anyone using #mainmenupodcast in any post

Jun 03, 20191 hr 23 min

Nice Celebs and the BADwoman Trailer

Joe, Dan, and Xander talk with Z&D former Doomsday Master Bob about an assortment of nerd topics like the Lord of the Rings TV show in production, A Conan show coming to Amazon Prime, the Lucifer show being picked up again by Netflix and given a new season, a new show with Daniel Radcliff and Steve Bushemi and how nice he and other celebs can be, Nicolas Cage's infamous angry Purple Rain karaoke show recently, Joe going off on Gordon Ramsey again, everyone picking apart the new Batwoman trailer,...

May 22, 20191 hr 10 min

Rage 2 and Unwanted Sequels

The crew reunites to talk about the podcast recording for almost a year now, Anthem maybe becoming entirely free to play, Splinter Cell rumored to be coming on the horizon, Rage 2 being similar to Doom, Metro Exodus getting new content, Avengers Endgame surpassing records but still not beating out profit for certain movies when adjusted for inflation, new TV spots recently entirely spoiling Endgame, Avatar getting a bunch of sequels and how no one wants them, Thor's role in future in the MCU, Ne...

May 21, 20191 hr 17 min

Endgame Spoilers and Other Stuff

The guys get together again to unravel Avengers Endgame from scene to scene with all their favorite parts things they've been wanting to point out. They also discuss some news with Sony's new State of Play, a new Spider-Man movie trailer, It Chapter 2 trailer, and some thoughts on Days Gone so far.

May 11, 20192 hr 34 min

World War Z and the Notre Dame Cathedral

The Main Menu crew talks about Dead or Alive 6's $1000 DLC set which is basically only a season pass, argue about prostate doctors, Alex and Joe get hacked, a couple of the guys pick up World War Z and share initial thoughts, Dan shares the dumb reason why Anthem bombed, a US state wanting to ban loot boxes in games, Assassin's Creed Unity being used to help reconstruct the destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral, Spider-Man 4 with Toby Macguire rumors, Joe's experience with Nintendo's server crash, the ...

Apr 20, 20192 hr 31 min

Z&D Afterhours: End of Season 3 and Exclusive Shazam Review

The Main Menu gathers together again with Mr. Master to explain how the end of Z&D Season 3 has already happened last episode as Joe begins to take over Doomsday Mastership for Season 4. The gang continues to talk a range of other topics including Alex seeing Shazam in theatres before it officially was released everywhere, how James Gunn could fix the DCU, the future of virtual reality and augmented reality and what could make them mainstream, zombie virtual reality, their takes on texting a...

Apr 04, 20192 hr 54 min

Parallel Universe Stories and Captain Marvel Review

Joe and Dan talk about Joe's viewing of Captain Marvel and what he thought of the movie, Dan's impressions on the Division 2 which is mostly positive, some Ubisoft actions recently, Disney giving Star Wars games rights back to a different studio and away from EA, and some creepy stories about parallel universes that make you question your existence, and more!

Apr 03, 20192 hr 37 min

Z&D After Hours - Good Devs Releasing Bad Games

While the doomsday master for Z&D recovers from illness the crew talks randomocity topics. They talk about Devil May Cry and its live action trailer, other live action game trailers, how people play and enjoy games that are reviewed as genuinely bad, the Arrow show being cancelled, and some issues The Walking Dead faces, and more!

Mar 17, 201957 min

Interview with a Real PC Gamer

The guys have Sam on the show to talk all about PC Gaming versus consoles in terms of popularity, ease of use, installation, gameplay experience, the financial aspect and more. The group also all discusses YouTube demonetization, the real-life light sabers being invented (sort of) and more!

Mar 16, 20191 hr 25 min

The Real Deal with Anthem

The guys discuss Rockstar's problem with Red Dead Online, some guy smuggling 80 something chicken nuggets in his rectum, Danny's honest extensive review of Anthem, some problems the Division 2 is already facing, some beef people have with certain actors playing certain roles and more!

Mar 16, 20192 hr 35 min

Z&D 3.08 (Finale) (2023 Enhanced)

The zombie plague takes on a whole new level with a new discovery of experiments in the town while our heroes continue to learn their new abilities.

Mar 16, 20191 hr 15 min

Metro Exodus and Zombie Deer

The guys talk about Joe's review of Metro Exodus, some news of the oncoming zombie plague, Some more ranting on bad games, Overkill canceling the Walking Dead game on PlayStation, some more Marvel shows cancelled and Alex upset about it.

Mar 16, 20192 hr 31 min

Anthem Review and Wolverine Campaign

Alex talks about his goal for becoming Disney's pick for the next Wolverine (Follow @lifting_pygmy), Danny shares the workplace injury that happened at his job, their thoughts on Anthem so far (it wasn't released at the time of recording), Apex Legends taking off, and some news on Avengers Endgame

Feb 23, 20191 hr 26 min

Greedy Blizzard Activision and Real Super Heroes

the boys announce their imaginary band from the 80's, Joe looks forward to Metro Exodus, Dan is excited for the live action Anthem trailer directed  by the guy who did District 9, Blizzard Activision CEOs going on vacation and getting big money while the company stocks fall, and a guy in Washington who is a real life superhero

Feb 23, 20191 hr 28 min

Z&D 3.07 (2023 Enhanced)

The next installment of Z&D where our heroes capture and interrogate the main antagonist. The innocent middle school kids begin to transform into hardened survivalists

Feb 17, 20191 hr 21 min

Nintendo Being Cool and Old Call of Duties

The guys talk about Nintendo's recent success and Alex and Joe getting back into an old Call of Duty title and how the whole player base changes overtime

Feb 07, 20191 hr 20 min

Black Ops 4 Free Weekend and Game Soundtracks

The guys discuss their experience with Blackout's free weekend while Dan discusses his favor with the new Ace Combat game and get into game soundtracks and how they play a big role in video games

Jan 31, 20191 hr 16 min

Z&D After Hours 4 - Back Remedies and Harassment

While the boys wait for Alex to join the Z&D party later in the episode, the rest of the crew talks about a guy in Ireland who used his own semen injected in his arm to cure his back problems and some celebrities caught in the Me Too allegations

Jan 31, 20191 hr 24 min

Resident Evil 2 Demo and Anti-Ninja

Danny and Joe talk about their play of the Resident Evil 2 1-Shot Demo and their thoughts on the game so far. Joe gets his knickers in a twist about popular video game streamer "Ninja" and his success. The boys are already cynical of the free Black Ops 4 Blackout mode that will be free for a limited time, and someone has a fantastic idea about being a Youtuber!

Jan 22, 20192 hr 36 min