IC #10: The Dumbest Story of 2017

This episode features possibly the dumbest story of the year, the McDonald’s Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce debacle. Michael and Randolf also talk about how online communities celebrate Halloween and the games we’re interested in right now. In Good Internet, Bad Internet they discuss a $100 hamburger in the middle of nowhere, some hard truths … Continue reading IC #10: The Dumbest Story of 2017

This episode features possibly the dumbest story of the year, the McDonald’s Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce debacle. Michael and Randolf also talk about how online communities celebrate Halloween and the games we’re interested in right now. In Good Internet, Bad Internet they discuss a $100 hamburger in the middle of nowhere, some hard truths about cruise ships, and a very, very good dog.

Season 3 Episode 1 of Rick and Morty on IMDb

Article about Szechuan Sauce debacle (also here)

Justin Roiland sent a jug of sauce by McDonald’s employee

Justin Roiland says he wasn’t involved with promotion

Photos of McDonald’s Szechuan sauce promotional materials

Twitter Moment about McDonald’s running out of Szechuan sauce

r/rickandmorty “the fanbase reacting to the fanbase”

People on Twitter change their display names (via The Verge)

Gaming

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) on Steam

Halloween events on World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch

JasonR on Twitch

Fran Bow on Steam

Super Mario Odyssey

Edge Magazine gives Super Mario Odyssey a perfect score (via GamesRadar)

Super Mario RPG on SNES

Super Mario 64

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

GIBI

Randolf’s Good: Alaska guy’s documentary about the $100 hamburger in rural Alaska (found on this subreddit)

Randolf’s Bad: Cruise ship emissions are really, really bad.

Michael’s Bad: Sonoma CA Tubbs fire (map of fire spreading, #CAfires Twitter hashtag of stories about victims) (Hurricanes Irma and Maria on Wikipedia)

Michael’s Good: Smiley the Dog gets a 15/10 on WeRateDogs

Randolf’s Happily Never Equal podcast on iTunes

Review Internet Citizen on iTunes (Click on “View in iTunes” on desktop, or select “Reviews” tab on mobile)

Internet Citizen website: internetcitizenpodcast.com

Internet Citizen on Twitter: @theinternetpod

Sounds:

“2.wav” by steveygos93 is licensed under CC BY 3.0