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Episode 10: 10 Ham 10 Steak

It’s the tenth ham!! Thanks for sticking with us, friends!This week: PM travels unexpectedly with an unexpected window. Rose discovers the meteor situation is suspiciously well-organized. Hussie makes a Gushers joke but it’s in pretty bad taste. We warned you about stairs, bro. Pages 2770 to 2809. Also this week, but with bullet points:The ominous console Rose stumbles upon. Hypergothic architecture in a dark kingdom. In the cathedral rather than the eyeliner sense. [note: this link is lost to time] We go on, like, a ten-minute tangent about the attention spans and orthographic pragmatics of digital natives.Next week is Episode…

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26 – BearCity (2010)

We’re a week late, but this episode is great! Get buck naked and bust out the DDR mat! This time around, the guys take a trip down to the hirsute homosexual haven that is BearCity. Also, Juan laments gay culture while roasting the movie something fierce, while Derek manages to sneak in a reference to Blues Traveler frontman John Popper.This episode’s recommendations:RubberHeartbeats

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Episode 9: Guns, Germs, and Radiation

It’s a new episode in a new Act! 2 down, 4 to go. (This one’s Act 3.) Look alive!This week: It’s Jade! A bubbly oracle with a bent for remarkably dangerous hobbies. Meanwhile, Rose discovers a big pulsating underground server grid, Jade receives our first in-story trolling, and Dave gets wrecked by a literal puppet. Pages 2660 to 2769.Here’s a bunch of other stuff that comes up:Listen to Jade’s homemade music on page 2730.A YouTube upload of “[S] Jade: Play a hauntingly relaxing bassline.”Read the line “Jade is beginning to regret breaking the fourth wall for this ill advised escapade”…

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Episode 8: The One Without Journalistic Integrity

So, we actually finish Act 2 in this one.This week: We find out where WV really is, and who was there a long time before him (if you look carefully). Alien monuments do their thing. Pumpkins travel through time and space. Bro’s face is revealed, sort of. Curtains fall and we read a weird note. Pages 2624 through 2659.There’s also:The Squirtle whose shades Bro is absolutely ripping off.A YouTube upload of “[S] WV: Ascend.” You’re going to want to pause and scrub through this one!The song from “[S] WV: Ascend.” is “Explore” by George Buzinkai, arranged by Michael Guy Bowman.Next…

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25 – Aria (1987)

Bust out your Elvis costume and your dumbbells, it’s time for the healing gem ritual! This time around, the guys take a look at the unique, music-videos-for-opera omnibus film Aria. Also, Derek exposes himself as a high-culture dunce, while Juan debates the relative merits of buff dudes.This episode’s recommendations:The Man Who Fell to EarthThe Long Goodbye

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Episode 7: Bro Fist Hug Bump

It’s almost the end of Act 2!!This week: John does alchemy. Cantown is born. Carapace anatomy is confusing, GG is adorable, and the workflow of hypothetical postal workers is discussed at length. In other words, we read pages 2514 to 2623.In addition:YouTube upload of “[S] Dave: Ascend to the highest point in the building.” Scrub and freeze-frame to your heart’s content.The song from that flash is subtitled “Dave Owns”. Really. (It’s by Robert Blaker.)An awesome, level-headed (but vaguespoilery) biological discussion of carapace people by tumblr user luzerna.Next week, we finish Act 2! Our beloved Mayo[r] makes a paradox, names a…

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Episode 6: Set Foyer To The Rain

We’re back! Still reading Homestuck, which is still a big, sprawling, free-to-read multimedia comic-esque work of fiction by one Andrew Hussie.This week we read pages 2411 to 2513 – in which John apparently becomes a man, Rose writes a lovely poem about puppet dong, and a weird, protracted Saw parody begins.For your reference, entertainment and/or edification:The Buster Sword is preposterousSistertime PodcastPostgame of ThronesTwin Peaks Rewatch PodcastNext week: we read pages 2514 to 2659, in which John learns alchemy (for real this time, I checked), WV messes with some big weird science, and we reach the end of Act 2!Ask us…

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24 – Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2011)

We’re back from hibernation just in time to talk to our unborn children over Skype! This time around, the guys take a look at the featherweight parenting dramedy Small, Beautifully Moving Parts. Also, Juan makes an unexpected David Byrne reference, while Derek laments his crappy producing skills.This episode’s recommendations:White ReindeerSugar

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Episode 5: Solid Snake Drive

This is Episode 5 of the Hamsteak Podcast! We read and talk about Homestuck, a webcomic by Andrew Hussie, which you can read for free at www.mspaintadventures.com. (This one’s a little late – thanks for your patience!)This week we read pages 2306 to 2410 – in which we first meet Lil’ Cal (yikes), find out where where John and his house went (kind of), and finally learn the point of the game… almost.Other stuff from the ep:End of Ze World, an ancient treasure from the pre-Youtube Dark AgesWhat if Bro and Dave were horrifying quasi-vaporwave memes?The MSPA Wiki, a great…

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Episode 4: How To Read Homestuck and Maintain A Healthy Academic Life

Welcome to Episode 4 of Hamsteak Podcast! We read and talk about Homestuck, a webcomic by Andrew Hussie, which you can read for free at www.mspaintadventures.com.This week we read pages 2209 to 2305 – in which we finally meet TG, and the atrocity of a comic he’s created. And we answer our very first listener question!Other stuff from the ep:Aphrodite x Hephaestus OTP, fatally skewered by Wikipedia, always canon in Lydia’s heart.Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff #1 (introduced on page 2226)The Lalonde Refrigerator Arms Race (begins page 2265)Next week: we read pages 2306 to 2410 – in which Rose defiles…

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