I’m not even sure how to start this post. How do you try to summarize a man’s life who helped changed the comic industry in an effort to spread diversity? A man who put in the effort to give marginalized people someone they could see as a reflection of themselves in a medium that desperately needed those characters. This is Dwayne McDuffie. What was originally going to be a mix of various topics for Black History Month ended up turning into the Dwayne McDuffie month. Boiling down the life of thi...
Feb 06, 2021•1 hr 4 min
What's Up, Playa? We're back with another episode of The Player's Club Podcast, this time with a new intro and outro song! Be sure to let us know what you think of it, but we also have two new guests on this episode with Joe Wilson and Neil Rivera ! They're joining Emmett Watkins Jr to play a little game inspired by the recent stock market news around GameStop. They'll be playing a game where they figure out which gaming franchises have the biggest gap in popularity between their first releases ...
Feb 03, 2021•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 48
This Week On The VGU.TV Week In News Podcast: G4 Has A Concrete Return Window, Legal Drama Is Possibly In Store For Valve, and the Future of Life is Strange Is Clouded By the Dark Side! All That And More on W.I.N!
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 59 min
The event that re-started summer events for Marvel Comics. The event that would solidify the Scarlet Witch as one of the most terrifying and powerful characters in the Marvel Universe. Join Allan and Josh in the Hypertime as we run through what spawned the creation of this event along with the ramifications of it. This week, we discuss the Brian Michael Bendis classic, House of M.
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 32 min
What's Up, Playa? We are back again with, after 3 back-to-back GOTY episodes, another normal episode once again! Emmett Watkins Jr is back with returning guest, Hunter Davenport , for the first time in a long time to talk about our most anticipated games of 2021. There are plenty of big titles, in our lists, but plenty of unexpected smaller games as well. Come look toward the future with us! But first, in the what we're playing segment, Hunter talks about his time with Spider-Man: Miles Morales,...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 47
In this week's edition of the Week in News podcast: Graydon keeps dropping his sandwich, Raul is hyped for Godzilla vs Kong, and Allan is having none of it.
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 50 min
What's Up, Playa? It's finally time to wrap this up. This is Part 3, the final part, of our 2020 GOTY Deliberations. Emmett Watkins Jr , Allan Muir , Josh Miller , and Graydon Webb try to trim down and rank our list of the top 10 games of 2020. And I guarantee that you will not expect where it goes. Buckle up for one hell of a final fight! Stay tuned next week for a normal episode! VGU.TV's Official 2020 Game of the Year Awards Hypertime To Podcast Episode 7 - DC New Frontier: Part 2 VGU Plays: ...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 46
Before Avengers vs X-Men. Before Secret Invasion. Even before House of M; Brian Michael Bendis wrote a story that started the ball rolling to make massive changes to the Marvel Universe. That begins here with Avengers Disassembled. Join Josh and Allan in the Hypertime as we discuss a heavily criticized book that would ultimately lead to some of the biggest stories that the universe had ever seen.
Jan 18, 2021•57 min
What's Up, Playa? Welcome back to the show! Emmett Watkins Jr , Allan Muir , Josh Miller , and Graydon Webb are all here to go head to head over the best games of 2020...again! We have 15 total categories, but we'll only decide the next 7 in this episode (because 3.5 hours is long enough!) Each category, much like Giant Bomb's awards, gets one overall winner and two runners up. This episode's categories are: Best Online Game Best On The Go Game Best Narrative (Sponsored by The Last of Us Part II...
Jan 13, 2021•3 hr 23 min•Ep. 45
In this week's news podcast Allan and Graydon can't stay on the script and keep breaking off into tangents.
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 45 min
What's Up, Playa? Welcome back to the podcast! We've been gone for a while due to the holiday break, but we have one hell of an episode today. Emmett Watkins Jr , Allan Muir , Josh Miller , and Graydon Webb are all here to go head to head over the best games of 2020. We have 15 total categories, but we'll only decide the first 7 in this episode (because 3.5 hours is long enough!) Each category, much like Giant Bomb's awards, gets one overall winner and two runners up. This episode's categories a...
Jan 06, 2021•3 hr 24 min•Ep. 44
This week on W.I.N! - Cyberpunk 2077 Has Sold 13 million copies - Digital Extremes Says It Will Remain "Creatively Independent" After Tencent Takeover - January's PS+ Games Revealed - CDPR facing Class Action Lawsuit over Cyberpunk 2077 - Yoozoo Founder Killed Via Poison -Nintendo "Politely Declined" Collaboration With Kanye West In the Rumor Mill: - STALKER 2 To Be Microsoft Exclusive - Ubisoft+/GamePass Rumors Could Be True - Bully 2 Canceled For the Third Time - Elder Scrolls TV Series In The...
Jan 04, 2021•43 min
In 1941, the Justice Society of America saw their makeup change slightly with the introduction of two new characters onto the team. However, as wonderful as that is, it pales in comparison to what makes All-Star Comics #8 a classic comic. It is here that one of the most iconic female characters in the history of ANY medium was introduced to the world – Wonder Woman. Join us in the Hypertime as we discuss All-Star Comics #8 and the creation of the Amazonian princess herself, Wonder Woman....
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 29 min
HO HO HO! WELCOME INTO THE HYPERTIME! We can’t pass up a holiday episode on our first year now, can we? So pull up a chair, light a fire, drink some cocoa, and put on this podcast. In this audio-troubled bonus episode, Allan and Josh go through some holiday-themed DC stories. No special notes! Just us riffing on ten stories we enjoy that bring the holiday spirit. Plus, one book that Allan recommends that’s NOT DC-Centric. We here at VGU.tv wish you all a wonderful holiday. We hope you all stay s...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Happy Holidays, Playa. In this special episode of the Player's Club Podcast, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are joined by Raul Contreras to talk about every little detail of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales! That's right, if you haven't beaten the game, you might wanna save this episode, because we're talking about every plot twist and character deaths, including some from the original Spider-Man (2018) as well. Hopefully, you enjoy the show! Enjoy your holiday break and look forward to new ...
Dec 20, 2020•2 hr 16 min
In this special edition of W.I.N, the guys go over the announcements from The Game Awards. Allan gets real hyped about where Dragon Age 4 could be headed, Graydon gushes about Open Roads, then Raul and Allan have a lengthy discussion about where things could go with the Mass Effect sequel seemingly for both the Milky Way characters and those who are in Andromeda. For more, tune into https://vgu.tv/
Dec 18, 2020•2 hr 30 min
Welcome back for part 2 of DC: The New Frontier. If you haven’t checked out the first part, you can find that on your podcast service of choice, or check it out here on VGU.tv . We discuss the remainder of the story, the animated adaptation, the special issue that touched on missing parts of the story, and more. Take a listen!
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 18 min
*Eminem Voice* ReMeMbEr mE? That's right, it's about damn time I got back to finishing this show. This, of course, is Keepin' It 💯, the podcast where I, Emmett Watkins Jr , try to rank my top 100 games of all time. Way back in June of 2020, I finally finished that ranking and promised to come back and reveal the final ranked list. Well, it took way longer than I (expected thanks 2020), but I'm finally ready to reveal the final list in a special video episode! But before we do that, let's kick t...
Dec 11, 2020•3 hr 36 min
What's up everyone and welcome to another Week in News podcast! On this week's show, Allan tries to defend Greg Ellis but quickly says "to hell with that guy", Graydon talks about how good Kevin Perjure is, and Raul talks about Jack Frost in SMT and riles Allan and Graydon with his recommendation for the week in the last episode until 2021!
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 30 min
What's Up, Playa? Welcome back to the show! This week, in the final propper episode before our holiday break, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are back with another episode. This time, we predict some of the new game announcements we hope and expect to see at The Game Awards tomorrow. Will we finally get Titanfall 3 or The Wolf Among Us 2? Guess we'll find out, but we will hope for them in this episode! But first, we have a jam-packed What Were Playing segment to open the show. Al talks about hi...
Dec 09, 2020•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 43
DC: The New Frontier is a work of art. Not only because the art is amazing, but because Darwyn Cooke does such a great job with the storytelling. This episode of Hypertime to Podcast is our first two-part episode, with this first episode discussing the origins behind DC: The New Frontier and the first section of the story.
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 1 min
What's Up, Playa? We're back with yet another episode of the show, but this time Emmett Watkins Jr gave Al the day off in favor of being joined by two awesome guests: Kyle Stephenson & Eric Ginn ! In this episode, we go through (almost) all of the nominees for The Game Awards this year. We leave out the e-Sports stuff, but all of the big awards get discussed. It's lead to the biggest episode we've done in a long time, if not ever, so tune in and criticizes our picks! If you wanna see all of ...
Dec 02, 2020•3 hr 17 min•Ep. 42
The little podcast that could has made it to thirty episodes. In this week's episode Raul talks about procuring a PlayStation 5, Graydon's got to axe you a question, and Allan informs his co-hosts of Dong Dong Never Die.
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 56 min
What's Up, Playa? This week, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir have returned, this time, with their first impressions of next-generation hardware and features! All has got his hands on both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5, while Emmett has been playing Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, and some of the new titles added to Xbox Game Pass through EA Play. It's a big topic, and it's a big show because of it! But before we get to talking about the next generation, we start t...
Nov 26, 2020•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 41
WHAT!? What are we doing on our off week?! Well…recording a special podcast, that’s what. Allan had the itch to discuss the looming DC Omniverse concept that we should be seeing in the next few months, so we recorded something about it. Check it out! Please rate and review! Let us know how to get better! Follow the podcast on Twitter: @HypertimePod or send us an email at hypertime2podcast@gmail.com Follow Josh on Twitter: @jmille99 Follow Allan on Twitter: @TheAllanMuir Also, check us out on htt...
Nov 25, 2020•39 min
On this edition of W.I.N, Graydon, and Allan run down the week in releases, news, rumors, and more!
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 5 min
What's Up, Playa? This week, despite technical difficulties, is a special week. Not only is the next generation upon us, but this marks a full year since VGU.TV relaunched in its current form. To celebrate, we not only have Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir on as always but are also joined by Josh Miller and Graydon Webb . That's right, the entire VGU.TV cast is here, and it's a wonderful episode! In the special segment, we look back and reminisce on our favorite moments from the last year and pa...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 40
We all know the origins of Batman. However, in 1987, writer Frank Miller breathed life into a floundering Batman comic with the help of artist David Mazzucchelli. They did it by reinventing not only the Batman origin but also the Commissioner Gordon origin. What may be considered one of the greatest origin stories in comics, we discuss Batman: Year One with special guest, Graydon Webb!
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Before he had America’s rump or we all muttered to each other “Hail Hydra”; Captain America was almost lost to history. That is until Stan Lee and Jack Kirby brought him back during the Silver Age. So join us in the Hypertime to discuss Avengers #4 from 1964, where Captain America makes his Silver Age debut!
Nov 17, 2020•41 min
We can think of many teams out there in the superhero world. The Justice League. The Avengers. The Legion of Superheroes. But one team started them all. We’re here to discuss them in this episode – The Justice Society of America.
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 19 min
