Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge: A Simpsons Gaming Podcast

We started our journey playing every officially licensed Simpsons game with a "speculative" tier list, and we're ending our journey with the official, 100% correct "Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge Definitive Simpsons Gaming Tier List."In all seriousness, this is simply our way to reflect on all of the terrible and great games we experienced over these past two years. We did our best to sort through these based on our enjoyment, but most importantly how well we think they represent The Simpsons as tie-in games.As for the podcast: Don't worry - we may have completed our original goal, but we're not done... yet. Be sure to listen in to see what we have in store for the future. -Derek's Other Projects-Gimmicks:Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠Walloping Websnappers:Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠-Tommy's Other Projects-Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast: Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠-Theme Music: Max Power!-Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠All audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

It's the end of an era as the Carvallo Boys tackle—or more accurately tap—the final game (at release) in the Simpsons Gaming pantheon that stars the titular family. So be sure to connect your credit card in preparation for all the juicy microtransactions to come as we take on The Simpsons: Tapped Out!To help discuss this monumental moment, the Carvallo Boys are joined by comic book author, writer, pop-culture expert, and Simpsons superfan, Lan Pitts! -Where to find Lan-Follow Lanon Bluesky: @lanpitts.bsky.socialPick up a copy of Beat Every 1-Up-Derek's Other Projects-Gimmicks:Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠Walloping Websnappers:Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠-Tommy's Other Projects-Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast: Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠-Theme Music: Max Power!-Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠Sources and extended show notesAll audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

Do we hear the sound of BUTTING in? It's gotta be little Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge answering the questions OUR LISTENERS did ask! That's right, we put down the controllers this month so we could answer your questions! We tackled everything from our favorite vehicles from Hit & Run to which characters we'd like to see in Super Smash Bros. to which Simpsons beverage is the best. (Spoiler: That last one gets contentious.)-Derek's Other Projects-Gimmicks:Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠Walloping Websnappers:Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠-Tommy's Other Projects-Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast: Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠-Theme Music: Max Power!-Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠Sources and extended show notesAll audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

Did you know that before EA produced the popular iOS and Android title The Simpsons: Tapped Out (and before tapping out of making Simpsons games forever) the company produced two J2ME Mobile titles just two years apart?The Carvallo boys take on 2007's The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown and 2008's The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Land and try not to meltdown as they discuss a brief history of EA.- Take our collective-wide survey - Survey Link: bit.ly/GlitterjawPodSurvey-Derek's Other Projects-Gimmicks:Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠Walloping Websnappers:Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠-Tommy's Other Projects-Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast: Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠-Theme Music: Max Power!-Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠Sources and extended show notesAll audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

What do Dance Dance Revolution, Medal of Honor, Futurama, Will Shakespeare, Hillary Clinton, Pokémon, ironic racism, Will Wright (creator of SimCity and The Sims) and God all have in common? If you guessed they all make cameos in 2007's The Simpsons Game ... you're wrong! They're actually integral plot elements, characters, or thematic backdrops for stages in what can only be described as the most self-referential, metatextual, and culturally aware Simpsons game to date.The Carvallo boys take a look at the last two-thirds of this game that lives and dies on it's awareness that it is a game. Plus, come with us on a nostalgic stroll through one of the best year's in gaming history.-Derek's Other Projects-Gimmicks:Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠Walloping Websnappers:Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠-Tommy's Other Projects-Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast: Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠-Theme Music: Max Power!-Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠Sources and extended show notesAll audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.