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The median American read two books in 2025. You can outdo them with a copy of Curious George and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and then that Joe Pera book about being stuck in the bathroom. In the meantime, we wanted to talk about how nice it's been to just sit down and read. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES These are the books Nicco read. These aren't affiliate links, for disclosure. If we were better at what we did these would be, but they aren't: 'Verity' by Colleen Hoover: https://www.colleenhoover.com/products/verity 'The Silent Patient' by Alex Michaelides https://www.alexmichaelides.com/silentpatient 'The Night of the Storm' by Nishita Parekh https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722885/the-night-of-the-storm-by-nishita-parekh/ TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Cassandra: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool CHAPTERS 00:00 Heartwarming: This man read book 04:42 Heart more warmed: It was three books 06:03 What Nicco has been learning bout himself 08:46 The first book Nicco read 15:08 What commonly happens when someone returns to reading 21:45 What got Cass wanting to read again 26:02 Just read anything, please 30:28 It's okay to leave some things unexplained in media 36:23 The acceptance of uncertainty 42:14 Second-person perspectives and The Life of Pi 50:50 Cass finished Twin Peaks (watchcast coming soon) 56:29 What seemingly unremarkable things shaped us? (TheCrazyEven) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Today we just wanted to talk about how fans can unintentionally shape perception of how video games are received. Case in point? Xenoblade games aren't inherently these massive 200-hour commitments. They CAN be...but they aren't if you just want to see the story. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES Here's that blog about Xenoblade that Chris mentions around 11 minutes in: https://hiddengem.player.gg/posts/xenoblade-chronicles-broke-me-then-fixed-me TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Justin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9 Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt CHAPTERS 00:00 XENOBLADE HOT TAKE 06:23 How core fans might unintentionally shape perception to outsiders 11:46 How much of this stuff do people actually see? 14:47 On Xenoblade 2's art direction and weird opening hours 23:31 Xenoblade 3's cast doesn't stand out quite as much though 26:17 Some very timely Fire Emblem predictions 32:27 Why is Kevin so fast at video games 37:17 Tokyo Mirage Sessions mentioned 40:56 The prices of these dang Wii U to Switch ports 45:55 Some more timely Fortune's Weave speculation 52:41 What would we replace iconic video game buildings with? (AutieOdyssey) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Game provided to The Golden Bolt by PlayStation. Your #1 source of Wolverine podcasts, and possibly your only source of Wolverine podcasts MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Cassandra: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg CHAPTERS 00:00 Crub's Marvel's Wolverine's Podcast 1:15:35 What would you change if you were god? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We have the freshest takes on that newfangled Ocarina of Time remake. Don't listen to anyone else about it, we're right. Plus, why you shouldn't buy things while not sober. And, speaking of, why and how YouTube sponsors work. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES If you have a LEGO Watto that you want to donate to Kevin, join our Discord and let us know. TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Cassandra: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun CHAPTERS 00:00 You'll find out why this podcast has no subtitle 02:20 Initial impressions of the footage 06:51 Going in fresh as someone who hasn't played the OG 10:57 On the "realistic" look 15:03 How each individual will view a remake, and is Link the right shade of green? 19:11 Sheik and general online reactions 24:41 Don't worry, we talk Zelda timeline too 31:57 Well...physical or digital? 36:37 Get high and buy swords 44:34 What will Epona smell like in the remake...? 46:08 THIS PERSON TOOK A SPONSOR!!! 49:15 Balancing journalism and access to media creatives 56:59 How sponsors actually works on YouTube 1:11:36 Why YouTube changed how views work recently 1:18:59 We put Watto in a jar, here's what happened ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In a time of ever-increasing stimulation and attention span wrangling from every conceivable angle, we plopped down to talk about disconnecting and enjoying things again. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES That Dragon Ball watchalong we mention (Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins): https://www.patreon.com/crub/posts/surprise-dragon-102529771 TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun CHAPTERS 00:00 Taking back our enjoyment 07:55 On separating the art from the artist, and the tube from the tuber 12:11 The Costco Guys cinematic universe, and how they can't live normal lives 17:36 How "content brain" seeps into everything 23:53 The Rizzler is NOT Dr. Doom. 26:39 What if everything was monetized? (patreon dot com slash crub) 34:03 On going "viral" and realizing it doesn't matter 39:50 We just want to watch more live action DBZ movies tbh 43:36 Talking more Tokon and ArcSys 53:19 Can a trailer spoil too much of a game? (Atraske) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★