The crew is back with an almost-full-isode to talk about Joe's teeth getting ripped out by Dan and Alex, China's oppression on their people causing Blizzard-Activision to ban a tournament winner because he said "free Hong Kong," the Chinese President looks like Winnie the Pooh and he doesn't like it, some news on the PS5 as to what it will do with game downloads, the new controllers, and backwards compatibility. A couple of the guys saw the Joker and sort out their thoughts on it basically not b...
Oct 12, 2019•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast SPIDERMAN is back in the MCU! The guys are excited about this as well as the announcement of the the release date for the Last of Us Part II, share their theories about the game, the lack of factions multiplayer and more details on that, the area 51 raid that happened already and people that got arrested, and more!
Sep 29, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode the guys talk about how their experiences with the Modern Warfare beta, how Ghost Recon feels more like The division and more useless superpowers and more.
Sep 25, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dan, Joe, and Alex gather together again to talk about news on Last of Us Part 2's release date, a theory suggesting Kojima was working on Death Stranding way back before he left Konami, Nintendo Directs' news including Banjo/Kazooie's release for Smash and MORE DLC fighters being released AFTER the current fighter pass, Danny playing the new Plants vs Zombies game Alpha as well as Ghost Recon Breakpoint Beta and what that was like, getting hands on with Control and how the game feels, the Joker...
Sep 08, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast The conclusion of Season 4 approaches as the players journey to Oakland City to oppose the new threat and confront the man behind all of the chaos, as well as find other questionable motives from someone else!
Sep 06, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast The group finally emerges from T's compound, knowing his true identity and respond to an urgent call from Jeremiah back at Haven to what sounds like an all-out war. They are faced combating a new enemy inside Haven's walls and look toward a new motive and begin putting the puzzle pieces together to reveal an unexpected villain.
Sep 06, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this installment of Z&D, the party begins unraveling the mystery of the season thus far. They encounter marauders on the road and use brand new weapons found, one of the party gets shot in the head, they meet the leader of all the local marauders: T. His true identity is a surprise and a puzzling betrayal forces the players to think everything as they know it all over again and more!
Sep 05, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast The players pursue Robert, a mysterious man who tricked the group last time into thinking he had good intentions, only to find out his malicious intent and hostility towards Haven. The players get outfitted with new clothes, obtain some new armaments, and prepare for an assault on the marauder compound that Robert is known to be at. More mystery unfolds when infiltrated and the players are given more clues to pursue "T" the man behind the curtain pulling the strings to bring war on Haven.
Sep 05, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 54 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
