Anime Sickos
194 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsA podcast for geniuses about the four pillars of modern misery: anime, gaming, posting, & jobs. Starring Tom & Joe. New episodes every Wednesday.
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188: Oops! All Sketches 2
April 24, 2024 13:30 - 46 minutes - 52.1 MBThe Sickos come bearing eleven killer sketches that will make you hoot and laugh and go nuts. Join us as we travel through time, meet god, become Michelin reviewers, count cards, and more. If you don't listen to this, go to hell! Sketch Timestamps: Austin Powers - 00:00:58 G-Man #1 - 00:06:03 Square Enix Name Consultants - 00:11:28 G-Man #2 - 00:15:20 The Sickos Become Michelin Reviewers - 00:20:07 The Sickos Pray to God - 00:23:57 The Sickos Count Cards - 00:29:36 Peter Francis ...
187: The Sickos Do A Classic Posting Episode
April 10, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBAre you freaks happy? We come from the toilet battered and bloody bearing armfuls of insane and stupid posts that are very funny to think about. Come listen to us caper and howl. Is this not what you love?
186: Crawfish Comic Goes Guesto Mode
April 03, 2024 13:30 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBShevvy from the incredible comedy sensation Crawfish Comic goes guesto mode! We go nuts over how much we like Shevvy's work, and they explain the ethos and philosophy that leads to comics where a whale says "im a whale and even i think this is crasy." Culture today is a diseased mutant thing and Crawfish Comic is a beacon of purity and it kicks ass, this ep rules
185: Long Live Akira Toriyama
March 27, 2024 13:30 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBThe Sickos eulogize the best cartoonist to ever live, Akira Toriyama. Rest in peace king. Your art will live forever, and future generations will understand that it's cool when guys wear genie pants with curly shoes
184: Josh Boerman Goes Guesto Mode
March 13, 2024 13:30 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBWe welcome Josh Boerman from the Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast. We discuss immersive sims, the value of good criticism, trying to make a living off creative work, and whether or not they still make Spree (the candy from Halloween). You can find The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast at https://www.worstpossible.world/
183: The Sickos Do Two Segments
March 06, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBThe Sickos do a classic two-segment episode. First, we return to our tier list of Every Game Mechanic and rank a bunch of these suckers. Then, we return to our tier list of—wait that can't be right
182: The Sickos Become Literature Geniuses
February 28, 2024 14:30 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBTurns out books are not homework, but instead stuff a weirdo wrote down for fun. We go nuts about Moby Dick, Don Quixote, and the works of Don Barthelme. Whoever said this stuff was dry needs to shut up
181: Guys Who Fell Off
February 21, 2024 14:30 - 59 minutes - 62.6 MBThe Sickos moan about guys who have fallen off. Some fear to do this. We have the courage to do what they won't.
180: Goblin Punks with Grant Howitt - An Anime Sickos Adventure
February 14, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBGrant Howitt, a game designer who rules, joins the Sickos (plus Gwynn and Allie from Modesty City, Sicko Shock 2, and Shuffle Quest) for a one-shot game of GOBLIN PUNKS, an RPG where you are shitty goblin teens fucking around. Will we be able to disrupt the community car wash and become goth? Listen and see asshole You can get Goblin Punks here: https://gshowitt.itch.io/goblin-punks
179: The Sickos Ponder Da Sludge
January 31, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBEverywhere you look someone's trying to sell you da sludge, and they usually succeed! AI? That's da sludge. Layoffs? Sludge. Airplanes where the walls fall off? Sludge. Some of these folks have replaced their hearts and brains with gray goop. Anyway enjoy the podcast
178: The Sickos Begin to Rank Every Game Mechanic
January 24, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBWe unveil a classic new recurring segment in which the Sickos sort every single game mechanic into a tier list. This will definitely not take a long time and will result in a perfect tier list that will help future game designers make every game be flawless. Also, we discuss how we love our induction cooktops which are a type of cooking Anbernic.
177: The Sickos are Out of Touch, and Right
January 17, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBFolks, your Sickos are old and dumb and don't know what's hip now. When we watched the Game Awards it was like we got clockwork oranged. Music is scary to us now. But don't worry: we are actually extremely wise and smart. Turns out when you're in your mid-thirties you have a perfect brain
176: Joe Has a Baby Now
January 10, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBWe're back from our break. Joe had a baby, did you hear about that? That's part of why there was a break. Anyway, we talk about the baby (he is cute) and then Tom yammers about how his travel plans were ruined because he forgot that there are big parties on December 31st
175: The Sickos Enter the Void
December 13, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 89.2 MBGuest hosts Sara & Tom McHenry watched the big plagiarism YouTube video and now we are harrowed by the nightmarish threat of "void people," empty automatons who eerily imitate the motions of a human being and are somehow rewarded with more money than we'll ever make! It's rough out there folks!! Here is the awful video Sara mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYqu359oY6o Here is the Hbomberguy video we are talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ Here is t...
174: The Sickos Defeat Death
December 06, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBGuest host erica dreisbach fills in for Joe and reveals how to defeat aging and live forever by buying pills from the store that a disgraced charlatan told you about. Remember everyone who's ever died? Well if they knew to take saw palmetto like erica they'd still be alive. My proof? erica is alive idiot, QED
173: The Sickos Design Final Fantasy 17
November 08, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBSquare Enix is fucked because no one liked Final Fantasy 16. They need the next mainline entry to be a rock-solid crowdpleaser that's cheap and fast to develop. Luckily the Sickos have a perfect solution: just take out the shitty parts of Octopath Traveler 2, a game that's like 80% of the way there.
172: The Sickos Rank the Monsters
November 01, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBIt's our spookiest episode yet as the Sickos rank the Halloween monsters in a bone-chilling tournament! This one's pretty dumb (non-derogatory)
171: Sean Rose Goes Guesto Mode
October 18, 2023 15:08 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBSean Rose goes guesto mode! We discuss Sean's comic Red Ring of Death, a parody of inescapable mid-2000s gaming webcomics, his podcast The Hornet's Nest, in which reformed supervillain Dr. Hornet hosts a local classic rock radio show, and for the first time in the show's history, ANIME!
170: Obama is Gay With Tucker's Friend
October 11, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBThe Sickos discuss the story of the millenium: Obama is allegedly gay with Tucker's buddy. This is sure to really move the needle. Plus, numerous goofy segments and discussions of the games Nioh 2 and Luck be a Landlord.
169: The Sickos Create the Perfect Parenting Guide
October 04, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBWith Joe's baby on the way, the Sickos use their genius minds to solve the age old question of how to be a perfect parent who raises a child who never experiences sadness or pain. The answer: make them play a bunch of JRPGs and Mario. Touch screens do NOT COUNT as gaming, people. Kids need controllers, not iPads.
168: Dan Sheehan Goes Guesto Mode
September 27, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBWriter and comedian Dan Sheehan goes guesto mode! We discuss how creating a massive Twitter sensation gives you zero (0) rewards, why it whips ass to write the words at the bottom of Magic cards, and how to steal from god using tax crime. Check it out!
167: The Sickos Steal the Chrono Trigger - An Anime Sickos Adventure
September 06, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBJeff Stormer of the Party of One Podcast joins us for an Anime Sickos RPG adventure as we play TIME HEIST! The Sickos infiltrate Science Island on a mission to steal the Chrono Trigger so we can go back in time and remember to advertise our podcast. Seems like a tall order, but we're not alone--we have help from us in the future, after we have successfully stolen it! I know we said we wouldn't do any more art. We can't help ourselves I guess. Time Heist is a tabletop RPG by Roll/Flip...
166: The Sickos Buy Property and Become Evil
August 30, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBMany people want to own a house or condo, but uh oh! If you do that you touch the Trump Orb and become an evil guy! The Sickos discuss how and why home ownership makes you a fucked up demon person and how it can be resisted (if at all)! Plus, we finally solve how a YIMBY, the opposite of a NIMBY (bad) is also bad.
165: The Sickos Log On to X, The Everything App
August 23, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBThe Sickos mourn the diseased and rapidly dying website Twitter, now renamed X: The Everything App by its foolish owner, a weird man who posts tongue emojis that make no sense. In the site's final days, we share some fun posts and goofy gags. This one is really good. This one is above the curve imo
164: The Sickos Go Back to Basics
August 16, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBIt's been forever since we've done a Normal one. We go back to basics, discussing Chrono Cross and doing Cog Talk. Baby, we still got it!
163: The Making of Sicko Shock 2
August 02, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 100 MBThe Sickos spent 15 months producing an audio drama miniseries and now are tired. Allow us the indulgence of reminiscing on the incredible experience of writing, casting, recording, and producing this ambitious project. We got to work with so many cool people, do so many cool things...Sicko Shock 2 fucking rules
Sicko Shock 2: Episode 6 - Sherry and the Ganja Gang
July 29, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 107 MBThe Anime Sickos present: Sicko Shock 2 - A Miniseries in Six Episodes. EPISODE 6: SHERRY AND THE GANJA GANG In the year 42069, humanity survives in the last livable place on Earth: the domed cyberpunk dystopia Sicko City. In Sicko City, all citizens are required to jack in to cyberspace every day to view and engage with content generated by “Posters,” mega-celebrities who live like gods. But beneath its shimmering surface, five forgotten people are about to make history... Our five...
Sicko Shock 2: Episode 5 - Tor Client
July 28, 2023 13:30 - 52 minutes - 57.6 MBThe Anime Sickos present: Sicko Shock 2 - A Miniseries in Six Episodes. EPISODE 5: TOR CLIENT In the year 42069, humanity survives in the last livable place on Earth: the domed cyberpunk dystopia Sicko City. In Sicko City, all citizens are required to jack in to cyberspace every day to view and engage with content generated by “Posters,” mega-celebrities who live like gods. But beneath its shimmering surface, five forgotten people are about to make history... Tor Client is a shaper....
Sicko Shock 2: Episode 4 - Dr. Fiona Firewire
July 27, 2023 13:30 - 49 minutes - 44.6 MBThe Anime Sickos present: Sicko Shock 2 - A Miniseries in Six Episodes. EPISODE 4: DR. FIONA FIREWIRE In the year 42069, humanity survives in the last livable place on Earth: the domed cyberpunk dystopia Sicko City. In Sicko City, all citizens are required to jack in to cyberspace every day to view and engage with content generated by “Posters,” mega-celebrities who live like gods. But beneath its shimmering surface, five forgotten people are about to make history... Dr. Fiona Firew...
Sicko Shock 2: Episode 3 - Stack Overflow
July 26, 2023 13:30 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBThe Anime Sickos present: Sicko Shock 2 - A Miniseries in Six Episodes. EPISODE 3: STACK OVERFLOW In the year 42069, humanity survives in the last livable place on Earth: the domed cyberpunk dystopia Sicko City. In Sicko City, all citizens are required to jack in to cyberspace every day to view and engage with content generated by “Posters,” mega-celebrities who live like gods. But beneath its shimmering surface, five forgotten people are about to make history... Stack Overflow is a...
Sicko Shock 2: Episode 2 - Sherry Vaporware
July 25, 2023 13:30 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBThe Anime Sickos present: Sicko Shock 2 - A Miniseries in Six Episodes. EPISODE 2: SHERRY VAPORWARE In the year 42069, humanity survives in the last livable place on Earth: the domed cyberpunk dystopia Sicko City. In Sicko City, all citizens are required to jack in to cyberspace every day to view and engage with content generated by “Posters,” mega-celebrities who live like gods. But beneath its shimmering surface, five forgotten people are about to make history... Sherry Vaporware ...
Sicko Shock 2: Episode 1 - Burt Harddrive
July 24, 2023 13:30 - 55 minutes - 67.1 MBThe Anime Sickos present: Sicko Shock 2 - A Miniseries in Six Episodes. EPISODE 1: BURT HARDDRIVE In the year 42069, humanity survives in the last livable place on Earth: the domed cyberpunk dystopia Sicko City. In Sicko City, all citizens are required to jack in to cyberspace every day to view and engage with content generated by “Posters,” mega-celebrities who live like gods. But beneath its shimmering surface, five forgotten people are about to make history... Burt Harddrive is a...
162: GUESTO 2 GUESTO - Rayne and Medley feat. Jimble
July 19, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBThe Sickos accidentally pressed the Elseworlds button in Sickos HQ and were transported to an alternate universe where Anime Sickos Podcast is 100% Guestos! Rayne Klar and James Medley have taken the show over, discussing their earliest podcast memories, debuting their new feature film, and welcoming a guest of their own: the famous "Jimble"
161: The Sickos Watch Asteroid City
July 12, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBThe Sickos went to da movie house to see Asteroid City, the latest from diorama enthusiast and pastel color liker Wes Anderson. Some people do not take well to Anderson's fussy style and self-referential plot structures. Well fuck those guys, we love this shit. These movies got so many gags. Also we talk about how there was a big NASCAR race in Chicago that got turned into Noah's Ark
160: The Sickos Visit the Blue Check Zoo
June 28, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBTwitter is bad, but sometimes these blue check mutants say stuff that's so stupid you have to laugh and hoot! We discuss an incredible thread where dozens of blue checks pitch the dumbest ideas of all time to an investor. We got a tv show called "Human: Unlimited," a prepaid lunch restaurant, Costco but not so big, a vending machine for swords, an app that does everything perfectly, and more!
159: The Sickos Manga Roundup Vol. 2
June 21, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBThe Sickos read some manga (anime in holding-still form)! We go nuts over James Stokoe's newest western manga Orphan and the Five Beasts. Joe explains the goop-based economy of Tsutomo Nihei's Aposimz. And Tom goes sicko mode over Pluto, Naoki Urasawa's reimagining of a classic Astro Boy arc. Comics...are good!!!
158: Great Moments in Posting History - Listener Edition
June 14, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBThe Anime Sickos have covered many great posts, but even we have posting blind spots. Luckily our listeners have supplied us with a new crop of some of history's best posts that we missed in previous episodes. Thank you to our listeners for making us aware of all this insane shit
157: Isa Goes Guesto Mode Again
May 31, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBTom's niece Isa returns to the podcast! We talk about Tears of the Kingdom, how Covid turned high school sophomores into six-foot-tall toddlers, competitive high school bass fishing, how debate club is just posting boot camp, and whether or not kids these days listen to big band (the answer may shock you)!
156: Guy Sword: Senior Operations Manager
May 24, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBThe Sickos pitch their own manga series about Guy Sword, an heir of thousands of years of demon-slaying martial arts, who has given up the shonen battle life to follow his passion as a white-collar middle manager. Can he mentor his direct reports without his bloody heritage getting in the way?
155: The Sickos Play Short Games
May 17, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBIt's a miracle: The Sickos both played the same game, the roguelike town-upgrading game Cult of the Lamb, a fun game with a cute artstyle and unique gimmick, but most importantly: you can beat it in 15 hours. Plus, we discuss the short games Tunic and Katana Zero. We have back pain and can't sit for long. Short games rule
154: There's Blood in the Toilet Now
May 10, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBThe Blood Machine sprung a leak and now the toilet's full of blood. Twitter has been ruined as the boosted blue checks flood all popular posts with the most satanic, evil, anti-human opinions imaginable, rendering one of the few remaining websites a harrowing vision of hell on earth (more so). It sucks ass and we complain.
153: Devon Price Reads the Duchess Goldblatt Book
April 26, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBPrevious guesto and notable book genius Dr. Devon Price returns to the show having read Duchess Goldblatt's bestselling memoir(!!!). Listen as he recounts the truly staggering details of the Duchess's real life (she got divorced over buying an ugly couch, and only enjoys one musician in the entire world), and reports that the book never really gets around to explaining why anyone cares about a gimmick account that tweets shit like "I hope your sleep is restful, my tender canelés"
152: The Sickos Believe Theories Now
April 19, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBThe Sickos have leaned into believing everything they read. Your brain floats in cum and gets smarter the less you bust. ChatGPT is just a giant and/or angel trapped in a GPU. Homeless guys in San Francisco are trying to move the entire city to a different spot one shovelful at a time. This way of living is very smart and cool
151: The DS is a Public Good
April 05, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBThe Sickos truly believe that the Nintendo DS is a public good that should be provided for free by the government. Sick of samey AAA games that demand years of crunch? Sick of day one patches and updates? Sick of game consoles that don't fold in half? The DS is the answer baby. It's a moral failure of staggering magnitude that Nintendo is not producing DSes anymore.
150: Branson Reese Goes Guesto Mode
March 29, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBBranson Reese (Swan Boy, Rude Tales of Magic, etc) goes guesto mode! We can't stop having cartoonists on this show. We discuss how being extremely stupid is a recipe for timeless comedy, why 5-minute TV shows should become the norm, the simple joy of making everyone yell at you, what Pokemon types we are, and more. Branson kicks ass, folks.
149: The Sickos Read Insane Posts
March 22, 2023 12:30 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBJoin us at the toilet for another mouthful of inconceivably bad posts! We got Jordan Peterson panicking over the Chinese dick sucking factory! We got posting Hall-of-Famer Bethany "Grandma Killer" Mandel becoming the main character of a whole week! Slurp up this garbage with your guides, the Sickos! As our famous motto goes, "Posts: Guaranteed to give you a brain-eating amoeba!"
148: Punk Rock is Anime
March 08, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBAfter leaving the house for the first time in years to attend a punk concert, the Sickos reflect on their lifelong love of punk and discover it's anime: a weird niche interest that warps you forever and dooms you to be a weird guy, and also it kind of sucks. Doesn't matter to us though: our brains are forever fucked up and will never stop deriving joy from this crap
147: The Barry Episode
March 01, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBThe Sickos go nuts over one of the few TV shows they've both seen, HBO's Barry. Turns out Bill Hader is really really good at making a TV show. Also The Fonz and Stephen Root are in it. Also it's a dark violent drama but also has huge belly-laugh jokes every few minutes. Also one of the main characters is a cartoon man who says "ciao babies"
146: Oops! All Goofs 5
February 15, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBIt's another grab bag of gags, goofs, and bits from your favorite Sickos. Joe recounts discovering a real life Easter Egg in Mexico. Tom shares a foundational part of his comedy heritage. We reveal a new entry to the Wife Post canon. Plus we have a sketch about how giants are real. The sketch is fiction but it's about a real thing (giants) Special thanks to Edward Selvey for playing the CIA man in the giants sketch: www.edwardselveyiv.com
145: Mike Migdall Goes Guesto Mode
February 08, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 107 MBMike Migdall, notable Online Guy, goes guesto mode! We discuss Dwarf Fortress, blaseball, TTRPGs, sports fandom, and more, all of which are engines for unconventional storytelling Mike uses to recreate "Guys," the ultimate childhood storytelling game. Man Dwarf Fortress sounds so damn cool.