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November 1, 2026November 1, 2026

Episode 966: Fall 2026 Previews #4

This week on Anime Pulse we got wheelchair assassins, disappointing Halloween, and the best families in anime. Up first IRL news with Andrew gearing up for his great marathon, and Joseph is being the worst person possible in a fan Pokemon game. Industry news is still mostly empty save for Miss. Goku turning 90, so previews come early. Joseph goes totally comatose and needs his sister to keep trying to kill him to wake up, and Andrew goes on a grand adventure to collects scary things and fight an evil queen.

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026

VG Pulse 443: Squaring the Circle

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This week on VG Pulse, happy spookums season!! We start off with side notes of work and life, before diving into the regular news where we discuss the sad but not unexpected closing of BioWare, Microsoft racking up L’s in a few different ways, Factorio reaching its final form, and Steam taking a bold stance on AI clone games. After the news we go over the discord discussions, and have a rather lengthy discussion about Silent Hill: Townfall and the future of Silent Hill as we know it! We finish off with talk of anime! All this and more up next on VGP 443!!! -Aki

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026

Popcorn Pulse 274: Oak Soul

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Robots. Think on that for a minute, won’t you? See, we too can write Black Mirror episodes. Also, what about cameras? What if there was one inside your bidet water supply? And it possessed the memories of Winston Churchill? Scary, right? On that note, we have Soulm8te[2026].

October 25, 2026October 25, 2026

Episode 965: Fall 2026 Previews #3

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This week on Anime Pulse we got horny priests, a late Andrew, and the best and worst of horror. Up first IRL news has Andrew leaving Joseph waiting around for an hour, and Joseph is super boring so he uses pass. No industry news either, but they do talk about some anime that were the best and the worst of what horror has to offer. And thus we reach yet another previews round as Joseph summons a short dark stack with a bloody nose so they can explore magical things in the bedroom, and a Certain Andrew is abandoned by his fiancé after he lost all his saving in the stock market.

October 19, 2026October 19, 2026

Manga Pulse 569: Again?

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Did you know there’s a new Resident Evil movie out? And it’s directed by Zach Cregger who did the movie Weapons! So you know what that means. We’re doing two manga so that’s entirely unrelated. Unless maybe you count the fact we’re doing revisits which is kind of like rising from the grave. Yeah, so it’s like zombie manga. That’s the connection. We can make it all come around on a long enough timeline.

October 18, 2026October 18, 2026

Episode 964: Fall 2026 Previews #2

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This week on Anime Pulse we got new beds, the best worst isekai crossovers, and the horny horny goblins. Up first IRL news sees Andrew refused to wear the M. Bison outfit to the new Street Fighter movie, and Joseph is slipping and sliding all across his new bed. Then in the industry news , there is none! Lastly more previews close things out as Joseph awakens to find himself as a horny short blue monster in a powerful spaceship with a useless goddess, and Andrew makes a love potion for a cold blooded killer so they can play woman’s basketball together.

October 17, 2026October 17, 2026

VG Pulse 442: Floppy Mike

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This week on VG Pulse, happy spooky season! We start off with side notes of work and life, before diving into the regular news where we discuss Microsoft really wanting to shove ads into video games, Discord getting hacked again to no ones surprise, Satisfactory cats, and a wild situation over a used CPU! After the news, Millennium gives his review of Dead Island 2, and we finish off with talk of anime! All this and more up next on VGP 442!! -Aki

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026

Popcorn Pulse 273: Palm River

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Have you ever had to do your homework on the school bus on Monday morning? That’s what we had to do for a movie. I no small part because we’re bery professional. So we grabbed a nineties movie off the virtual shelf because Kevin Bacon is in it. It’s supposed to star Meryl Streep but we’re there for the Bacon.

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026

Episode 963: Fall 2026 Previews #1

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This week on Anime Pulse we got dimly lit games, anime cults, and our first round of previews for the Fall season. Up first IRL news has Andrew going over his IRyS concert, and Joseph finished his time as a French priest. Then in the industry news Sinder the vtuber gets a very late apology from the one who started all the drama last year. Finally we end off with the previews where in Joseph gets laid-off from his magic loan company for losing all his levels, and Andrew makes a bet with his secret merciless saint names Nia.

October 5, 2026October 5, 2026

Manga Pulse 567: Popular Balls

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It’s officially Fall. It’s still pretty warm around us, hitting the high eighties and low nineties. But we’re seeing the leaves change and hoodies come out of storage. Which can only mean we need to be on the look out for the pumpkin spiced liquor of some kind. As is our tradition. Worst case we get pumpkin spice vodka and have fall shots. In the meanwhile, we have a pair of manga.