Andrew joins Ben this week to talk about something which thanks to pop culture is turtle adjacent and thanks to an obscure martial arts publication is also peach adjacent… weird eh?  They catch up on what has been going on in their lives—lots of writing for each! Andrew has been working on his ADHD focused book, and Ben has been playing Edge of Sanity for game review material on Substack. They explore an assortment of topics before moving to video games including the following: the Insane Clown Posse, the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, household appliances, motorcycles, the movie You Only Live Twice, G.I. Joe toys and comics, the Community episode “G.I. Jeff,” The Tick, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja (Hero) Turtles franchise. In closing, Ben and Andrew talk about some of their favorite ninja themed arcade games and the PC games they would play in their youth. *** 00:00:21 - The intersection of life stuff and writing stuff, lots of stickers, and a fleet of snails00:03:44 - Andrew’s “Attention Dragons” mini-zine, a new Ko-Fi page, and shuttering Patreon00:06:33 - Taxes, staying out of Etsy jail, a flu fighter, the plural of ninja, and asking a Juggalo 00:09:33 - Learning on a bus, the quintessential alcoholic clown movie, and the 2VP Substack00:12:05 - H.P. Lovecraft, separating art and artist, the Cthulhu-verse, and “The Cats of Ulthar"00:16:18 - Ben’s preliminary thoughts on Edge of Sanity, the madness meter, and Xenophobe  Check out Ben’s full review of Edge of Sanity on Substack!https://substack.com/home/post/p-150996029 Check out Andrew’s reference to the song “Night Boat to Cairo” by Madness! https://youtu.be/lLLL1KxpYMA?si=b5eoHuDOmllJKNeP 00:19:20 - It literally means spy, food processors, motorcycle names, and You Only Live Twice00:22:46 - From blenders to Snake Eyes, comic loopholes, and “PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!!!”00:26:50 - Complicated personalities, the government issue Jeff episode, and the original Joes00:29:12 - A surrounding hedge, straight outta Birnam Wood, ninja parody, and TMNT or TMHT 00:35:41 - Adventures with Chicago weapon vendors, finality of death, and parodying parodies 00:36:57 - Cheap 80s and 90s newsprint, cashing in on trends, arcade remakes, and The Tick00:39:07 - Bitch or ninja, czars in government, subreddits, Ninja Mind Control, and fruit theft  00:42:52 - Memorable ninja arcade games, 28 quarters, Arcade Archives, and Mystic Warriors00:45:32 - Telling stories in shortened arcade experiences, and Andrew briefly checks out00:48:20 - Sinistar’s backstory, board games, and Andrew ponders if he likes “story” games00:50:30 - His name was Richard Garriott, remembering Tabula Rasa, and Ultima with Andrew’s00:53:02 - Games of the college days, Ben remembers Strider, and a Vancouver microbrewery 00:56:00 - Strange beers, brewing, the flavor of the day, juice pouch problems, and apologies00:58:05 - Andrew remembering the Juggalo lore and Ben remembering a Patton Oswalt bit *** Follow Andrew / Partly Robot Industries on…His website: https://partlyrobot.com/On Instagram: https://instagram.com/partlyrobotOn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@partlyrobotOn Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/partlyrobotAnd his TREE o’ LINKS: http://linktr.ee/partlyrobot Follow Two Vague on…Our website: https://www.twovaguepodcast.comOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/two_vague_podcastOn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@twovaguepodcastOn Substack: https://substack.com/@twovaguepodcast For show appearance and other inquiries, contact us at: twovaguepodcast@gmail.com-AND- …for all of your PRI and 2VP merch check out the Partly Robot Industries store at TEEPUBLIC!https://www.teepublic.com/user/partly-robot-industries *** References, Links, and Tags Episode 122 Show Notes - https://substack.com/home/post/p-151404155 The Edge of Sanity Linktree page - https://linktr.ee/Edge_Of_SanityVixa Games - https://vixagames.com/Daedalic Entertainment - https://www.daedalic.com/ #Podbean #DIYPodcast #ApplePodcast #VideoGames #Trivia #Comedy #Talk