Perfect Brainstorm

We review our best (and worst) ideas of the first year of the podcast and try to figure out if any of them have a future--either on the show or off. Obviously we're very into our ideas for Chaonica and Pokemon Legacy  and will be building off of them in future episodes...but what about our other ideas? Who knows?!

Coronavirus is here to stay for a while and we've decided to make the best of it by inventing a sport that is inherently safe for the times we live in. We may not be the most sporty of spices, but we cooked up a pretty spicy sport here. Between recording and releasing this episode, we actually almost went out to play it. Almost.

So...Jake has a big ol' tree in his backyard and he claims he's going to build a treehouse in it, despite not knowing how to build stuff. So we turn to our old friend Minecraft to help us plan it out and bring it to life. Houston doesn't help because he's sick and also doesn't play Minecraft like the cool kids. Also, we take a trip North to Shelley, Idaho for that classic segment, Stories From Shelley where we learn about his dad's weird taco-related hobby. If you end up liking this episode, we're also working on getting the video version up to YouTube where you can actually see Bryan building the treehouse in Minecraft as they discuss it.

Editor's Note: We went through several difficult technical issues when trying to record this episode and the final product had some weird audio issue. We salvaged as much as we could, but the audio is still a bit messy. Editor's Note #2: I, Houston Bodily, solemly declare the wrong winner of this episode was selected and will continue to argue this point until Bryan and Jake are exhausted from the debate, give up, and let one of my character ideas be the winner. Help me wear them down by voicing your opinion with #Perfectbrainstormsmashcharactershouldhavebeeneithereeveeormajorasmasklinkbecausebothhaveveryuniqueplaystyleswhicharefundamentaltothesmashultimatedlccharactersaremoreiconicandfranklyyouwouldreallylovetoplayaswhereashornetisnteventhemaincharacterofitsowngamesoyouneedtointroducetheactualhollowknightitselfbeforeintroducinghornetorelseitsacompleteshambesideshollowknightisstillarelativelyindiegameandsomepeoplewillbepleasedtohornetbutmostpeoplewillcomplainabouthowsupersmashbrosultimateforthemostpartonlypicksdownloadablecharactersfromobscuregamesandwhatthepeoplereallywantissomethingthatsfamiliarandiconicbesideseeveeisabsolutelyadorableandsomemanypeoplewouldflocktowardsplayingaseeveealsoeeveehasbeenaroundlongerandweshouldrespectitslegacysinceitsarguablyoneofthetop10mosticonicpokemonandiwouldpersonallythoughthiscouldbedebatedbutpersonallyiwouldarguethatthetop50mosticonicpokemonaremoreiconicthanhornetandaslomajorasmaskiswhenofthemostcriminallyunderratedgamesofalltimesandletsberealwecouldthrowanotherlinkechocharacteronthecharacterselectionandyouwouldstillplayitmorethanhornetalsothemasktransformationsetupshouldberewardedforitscreativity

Wait what's this!? Another homemade Quibi style remake of an untouchable classic film? That's right we giving the Homemade treatment recently given to Princess Bride and now turn it to the Bill Murray 1993 hit movie Groundhog's Day. Join as we discover how to over work Bill Murray and find out he has a 1-800 number as an agent.

We're sell outs everyone. We just want to get rich with this podcast. So we decided to focus making the next hot App. Fortunately, if the Yot Club (TM TM TM) app doesn't work out, we basically found a new way to view "Malls" and maybe we can trick people into thinking it was our own idea.

This is part 2 of the Pokemon Legacy Bonus Series. The gang fends off a group of Grookeys, adds a new beat to their group, and finds the Team Rocket knock offs of Swatu. The first sign of trouble from the Conquista comes at the expense of finding a destroyed fire temple with yet more mysteries to resolve.

This is the next chapter in building the world of the The Practicians (Practioners? It's very unclear). Join us as we move on to the next step of this universe and design the Magic System.  Although it's not required to listen, it may be insightful to listen to Ep. 15A - The Practicians and Ep. 15B The Prakticians (Character Design).

In a move that SEO experts call "the opposite of optimization", we decided to do an episode about made-up words. Bryan has had this made-up phrase in his head since he was little and he's never known why or what it could possibly mean, so we trawl the internet looking for meaning and eventually settle on an extremely boring, practical solution. But Bryan is finally at peace.

This episode is so dumb and the timing of releasing this type of dumb content is terrible because there are much more important conversations happening, but we felt like maybe people may need a break and need to listen to some silliness. But we hope you also consider learning about and donating to these organizations that could use your help right now. We considered making a donation as a podcast, but collectively, as a podcast, we have negative money. But we’ve made individual donations and hope you can too. I’ve made some movie posters to go along with this episode, and I’ll share those down below. ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/ DONATE: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_...  ABOUT COLOR OF CHANGE: https://colorofchange.org/about/ DONATE: https://act.colorofchange.org/donate/...  ABOUT THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND: https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/ DONATE: https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6857/p/s...  ABOUT THE ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/about/aclu-history DONATE: https://action.aclu.org/give/now

The Perfect Brainstorm Crew dream up the perfect island headquarters. Then Houston carries out a heist and steals the episode.

And so we begin our side project of creating and playing a Pokemon 5e variation RPG based off the world we created in the 2nd episode of Perfect Brainstorm. Our heroes gather together to determine a plan necessary to fend off the invading Alien Race, the Quista. The Professor and his Golett travel back in time to bring the party together so that they may prevent the dictatorial reign of the Quista. Unfortunately, our party doesn't seem to take him completely serious yet. Terrance, a native Dragonborn, brought on for his power prestige, is already getting himself both figuratively and literally lost due to his overconfidence. Zef, a defector from the Quista race, is hoping to bring a good name to some of the non conquering Quista, but first needs to need to conquer his own fears. Maybe, a master spy and archaeologist, is already too sneaky and smart for her own good. It looks like they all have their work cut out for them if they want to save the Swatu Region!

This is a relaunch of a previous set up episode for our Pokemon Legacy RPG Campaign. We figured it would be worth relaunching in case anyone needed a refresher. After trying and failing to turn our ideas for a Pokemon region into a video game, we decide to play D&D with some Pokemon rules so we can tell our story without having to know how to make a video game. In this episode, we set the stage for the game, further flesh out the Swatu region from episode 2, and introduce our characters we'll be playing in this ongoing series. If this one isn't your thing, don't worry. we'll just be releasing these episodes when something happens with our regularly scheduled episodes. If there is MORE interest than we anticipate, let us know and we may split it into its own feed.

Have you ever heard of a Dulcimer before? If you have, you're probably a nerd. However, you don't have to be one in order to enjoy the fun music and entertainment of this episode. Houston got a Dulcimer for his birthday and wants to compile a list of songs that can be turned into a sweet Dulcimer Cover Album. This album has everything from Country Roads by John Denver to When You Were Young by the Killers. Sit back and enjoy as we weave a narrative thread selecting the quintessial songs to transpose to a Dulcimer.

Are you dying of boredom during the quarantine of Covid-19? We are here to help. This episode provides 13 useful ways to negate boredom.... or more realistically, see how crazy we have already become.

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH MISSING PODCAST EPISODES?! Okay, so it’s been a few weeks since we’ve released an episode. Can we just blame Covid-19 and move on? On this episode, we bring on stand-up comedy veteran Matt Hamblin to help Bryan write a set to try out at an open mic night. After Bryan takes a vulnerable look at a previous romantic relationship, we then discover that Houston wasn’t the person we thought he was this whole time. For Bryan's infamous mixtape in playlist form: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qFvt4kfOQA3wBe71AWFwJ?si=vZ51o9veTgm69grTClwbmg  For the...other playlist that comes up on this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/11D2405DB6FzanU2RyPH9W?si=UyWAKnNQSCSD33TKjaHfcg

Well, just when you thought we couldn't have more Pokemon ideas, we did. We make our own personality test that tries to provide some resemblence of merit while making it exciting and fun. We start creating a personality test that allows you to pick your spirit Pokemon or create your own. All that is important though is that Tom Delong is the Sensu Style Oricorio.

In a fit of late-night insanity, we attempt to create a sequel to an eternal video game. Did you know it just passed Tetris as the highest-selling video game of all time? We didn't. We really lost control of things on this episode, to be honest. Just be aware of that. And, um, yeah. I'm not sure we ever solidified our ideas into an actual game, but we had some great recommendations for the good folks of Mojang and Microsoft to maybe take their game up a notch. 

Jake was missing in action this week so Bryan and Houston decided to make an impromptu D&D character creation episode based off characters they would like to see in their "Prakticians" novel (see episode 15).  Due to technical difficulties this episode is coming out late, but we will still have our Minecraft 2 episode coming out tomorrow.

In a surprising turn of events, Houston hijacks Bryan’s Super Bowl-themed episode to talk about football. Jake and Bryan learn more than they ever wanted to know about the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49-ers in preparation for the big game this  Sunday. But in the process, we come up with a really exciting lineup for all of the networks who don’t have the luck to be broadcasting the Super Bowl…including Twitch, I guess? Also some great content for non-football fans to enjoy this Sunday.