You’d be forgiven if you assumed Scanline Media was made by more then just three people, given our output. Well, that’s not quite true. Scanline Media is built by more then just Six, Jennifer, and Kyrie. They are joined by many wonderful friends and colleagues, and together we build a place of entertainment and critique. 2023 was a long year in many respects, but looking back on it, it’s hard not to be proud of what was accomplished. So, let’s be a little self indulgent, and recap what Scanline Media released last year.
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Articles
Our site started with writing, and though we’ve become more podcast-focused in the time since, articles will always be an important part of our work. The opportunity to carefully and methodically craft an argument is a gift we’re not willing to give up, and we posted some work we’re really proud of in 2023.
Writers: Jen, Six
Jen’s Articles: Baldur’s Gate 3 Journal #1: My Dark Passenger and #2: Out, Damned Spot!, Dead Space (2023) Review: A Beautiful Remake That Shouldn’t Exist, Four Fresh Frights: Indie Horror Games Are Killing It, Sonic Superstars Review: Classic Platforming at an Audacious Price, The Talos Principle II Review: Brave New World
Six’s Articles: Cook Serve Forever Leaves “Delicious” Behind, For Good and For Bad, The Oldtype’s Guide to Gundam Battle Operation 2,WoW Classic Might Be Out of Time
Bald Gun Guy Podcast
Our Hitman play-through podcast had life happen to it, as a whole lot of living meant we only got one episode out last year. In 2024, we’re gonna make it through Hitman 3. Just watch =)
Hosts: Matthew, Six, Tai
Episode: Haven Island
Bottle Crow Reborn
You can be your own slice of life comedy! Bottle Crow’s 2023 was a year of leaning into the bit, and serving episodes on fast food, cooking, the concept of having a physical body, impromptu game shows, and more.
Hosts: Nick, Six
Guests This Year: Allen, Dilweed89, MistaBlue, Sam
Regular Episodes:166 – Erbivveruss Moto, 167 – Chatter and Flesh, 168 – pEEr pressure, 169 – Extra Nice w/MistaBlue and Sam, 170 – Who’s Jerry?, 171 – A Fine Cracker-Crumb Mist, 172 – Colovin, 173 – It’s All So Good on the Pontoon w/Allen, 174 – Dis or Dat w/Dilweed89, 175 – The Little Touch That Means So Much, 176 – I’m Just Using Words, And I Regret It, 177 – Whoa Really Quite Kinda Wee Bit, 178 – Oh No, Mommy, 179 – The Shatter That Matters, 180 – Eeyore’s Moping Moods, 181 – Hot Whiskey Stones, 182 – Modderz Rule, 183 – [P]odcast
Irregular Episodes: Special Report – Yeah The Boys w/Allen, Jacky’s Chow 8 – Don Quicksoaty & The Conversation About Gouda, You are Meat 1 Part 1 – A Normal Podcast?!? and Part 2 – The Poets of Pixar,
Patch Specials: 7.32E and its (Turbo Mode), 7.33
*Episode 169 is a goof where we uploaded an episode of We Like Dota, a Dota 2 podcast that we are friends with. This was done with their permission.
The Creature Quorum
Creatures come in all shapes, sizes, and from different franchises. We covered a wide spread of every manner of beastie, with some good friends to help us along the way.
Hosts: Allen, Six
Guests This Year: Crasspants, Minovsky, Nick
The Hunter’s Quorum: Monster Hunter World Iceborne, Monster Hunter Rise Part 1 and Part 2
The Johto Quorum: The Paldean Pokedex 13-30, 935-952, 953-966, 967-982, 983-1000, 1001-1010
The Quorum That Never Was: Kingdom Hearts Part 1 and Part 2 w/Nick
The Garnet Wager
We thought it was over, but the summary-defying Garnet Wager returned for another season. Korean game show companion pod, Actual Play, radio play, and more combine in the latest from our strangest show.
Hosts: Allen, Nick, Six
Episodes: 65 – One Communal Shampoo (SG1E1), 66 – The Terrible Salisbury Truth (SG1E2), 67 – Nothing Happened (SG1E3)
The Gimmick Awards 2022
Scanline Media celebrated a 10 year anniversary, and we celebrated with tons of awards, guest articles, and lots of discussion as we looked back at 2021.
Hosts: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Guests This Year: Allen
Guest Writers This Year: Boocanan, Danny, Matthew, Ultima
Awards: Best Surprise Podcast and Winners, Biggest Disappointment Podcast and Winners and Recount, Best Movelist Podcast and Winners, Best Anime Character Podcast and Winners, That’s My Jam Podcast and Winners, Anime Song of the Year Podcast and Winners, Iris In Audio Award Podcast and Winners, Anime of the Year Podcast and Winners, Game of a Decade Ago Podcast and Winners, Best Game Character Podcast and Winners, Best Moment Podcast and Winners, Best Creature Podcast w/Allen and Winners, Game of the Year Podcast and Winners
Lists: THE 2022 BOOCANAN PICKS by Boocanan, Allen’s Top TV Shows of 2022 by Allen, Top 5 Games of 2022, for a New Dad by Danny, Six’s Top Ten Games of 2022 by Six, Game Over: Infinite Rewind’s 2022 by Matthew, Jennifer’s 2022 Games of the Year by Jen, Kyrie’s 2022 Games of the Year by Kyrie, Ultima’s Top 5 Games of 2022 by Ultima
Mechanista in G
Mechanista’s vision of diving deep on the design of the mecha of Gundam was already complicated by other mecha series, and then non-mecha entirely. Cars, tanks, spaceships, kaiju… 2023 was a busy year for us!
Hosts: Dylan, Six
UC Gundam Episodes: AMS-129 Geara Zulu, AMX-015 Geymalk, F71 G-Cannon, F91 Gundam F91, MA-06 Val Walo, Me02R Messer, Metatron Grab Bag, MS-19 Dolmel, MS-21C Dra-C, MSN-001X Gundam Delta Kai, MWS-19051G D Gundam First, ORX-005 Gaplant Part 1 and Part 2, RGM-79 GM (Thunderbolt Ver.), RMS-117 Galbaldy β, RX-78GP03S Gundam “Stamen”, RX-81 G-Line, RX-105 Ξ Gundam, XM-X2 Crossbone Gundam X-2
Non-UC Gundam Episodes: AEU-09 AEU Enact, ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris, Concept-X 6-1-2 Turn X, FLAT-L06D FLAT, Frozen Teardrop Grab Bag, G-M1F Bandit/XM-0754 Bandai, GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam, GN-003 Gundam Kyrios Video and Podcast, GN-005 Gundam Virtue, HU-45p Prodoros, IPP-66305 Hugo, OZ-02MD Virgo, OZ-07AMS Aries, OZ-13MSX1 Vayeate & OZ-13MSX2 Mercurius, TAF-M9 Eagail, TMF/A-802 BuCUE, VGMM-Gf10 Gundam G-Lucifer, World Heroes Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4, X207 Blitz Gundam, xvm-dgc Khronos, ZGMF-X13A Providence Gundam, ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam
Non-Gundam Mecha Episodes: The Big O, Emerald Weapon Part 1 and Part 2, MBV-04-G Temjin, WOX-Type01 Alexander
Cleanup Episodes: June 2023 Cleanup
Other Episodes: Crab Tank, GTF Ships, Honda Civic, M4 Sherman, Mazda RX-7, Pontiac Firebird, Saturn L-Series, Porsche 911 Part 1 and Part 2
Neutral Game
Your Newbie Friendly Fighting Game Podcast made a return in 2023 with a new cohost! The show fell off because cohost and friend of the site Miodrag’s life circumstances made the time commitment untenable, but with their blessing, Kyrie has joined Six to start the engine back up.
Hosts: Kyrie, Six
Episodes: Street Fighter 6 Part 1 and Part 2
On Her Majesty’s Secret Playlist
In 2023, we managed to produce our episode on THE Bond game of record, but the combination of our Novel Not New schedule and all the other responsibilities meant Her Majesty largely took a backseat to other concerns.
Hosts: Jen, Six
Episode: Goldeneye 007
Patreon Updates
Every first Friday of the month, the Scanline Crew take some time to reflect on what’s been on their mind in media, while also recapping what we accomplished as a site that last month.
Writers: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Posts: 1/12/23, 2/3/23, 3/3/23, 4/15/23, 5/5/2023, 6/2/2023, 7/7/23, 8/4/23, 9/1/23, 10/8/23, 11/3/23, 12/1/23
Scanline Tabletop
A new adventure in space awaited listeners in The Wayward Line as managed by Six in a familiar ruleset. Meanwhile, the story continued on Midorishima in Embers Of War as managed by Kyrie.
Embers of War GM: Kyrie
Embers of War Players: Jen, June, Six
The Wayward Line GM: Six
The Wayward Line Players: Andrea, June, Nick
Embers of War: 6 – Waning Moonlight, 7 – Yuri’s Log Vol. 1, 8 – Specter of the Past, 09 – Wounded Soul, 10 – Strained Bonds, 11 – Aching Scars, 12 – Shifting Sands, 13 – Flickering Light
The Wayward Line: Worldbuilding 1 – The Tragedy of Side Dorsum Sardailles, Worldbuilding 2 – Library, Briefcase, Bullet, 1 – Samsonite Agonistes, 2 – I’m Gonna Wreck It, 3 – Giants Fall, One and All
Scanline Talks
For all the podcasts we do, sometimes we have even more to say. This is our feed of one-off pods, or just talking about what’s been on our minds.
Refresh Rate Hosts: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Oops More Anime Hosts: Allen, Six
Guests This Year: Danny, Harri, Rose
Refresh Rate: 3/10/23, 4/26/23, Talk of the Kingdom, Not-E3 2023 Roundup, 8/3/23, 11/21/23,
Oops More Anime: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Ep. 12, Cour 2 Check-in, and Finale, Kaguya-sama: The First Kiss That Never Ends w/Harri
Other Episodes: The Belt Number w/Kyrie and Six, Game Of The Generation – 5th Gen w/Jen, Kyrie, and Six, Racing Line Season 5 Episode 1 – Will Buxton PsyOp w/Allen, Harri, and Rose, Starfield Roundtable w/Jen and Six, The Winning Number w/Kyrie and Six,
Ultimate Despair Reprise
The Despair Gang managed to finish up the Danganronpa 3 anime, while taking time to listen in on the Danganronpa 2 stage play with a special guest! Keep a lookout in 2024 as they tackle the final game in the series.
Hosts: Jackie, Jen, Kyrie
Guests This Year: Pullahoko
Episodes: 32 – Normal Cereal Opinions, 33 – Elemental Yaoi, 34 – No Grease, 35 – A Whole Guy w/Pullahoko, Episode 36 – Frequent Tummyaches
Videos
Can you believe Scanline Media puts out videos? It’s true! In 2023 we experimented and hosted some great streams, along with some original videos for good measure.
Hosts: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Guests: Allen, Dylan, Em, Jackson, June, Nick, Ultima
Guest Editors: Ultima
Stream Archives: No Body Wins: A Mario Party Stream, Scanline Funding Drive 2023 Stream Archive, Shoutouts To Volition, Spinning A Wheel of PS1/PS2/GC Patron Requests!, The Winning Number Grand Finals
Standalone Videos: Azeroth & Eorzea Geoguessr with Six and Allen, Learning Go: Six vs Jen, Learning Go: Six vs Kyrie, Novel Not New: Metal Gear Solid 2 Teaser
Patron Exclusives
Battle Crow
The worst podcast idea ever somehow continues to function. Deliberately creating an environment where it’s hard to focus on podcasting shouldn’t work. Often, it doesn’t! But even when it doesn’t work, it’s somehow compelling.
Hosts: Nick, Six
Guest This Year: Allen
Episodes: 11 – Mental Stun, 12 – GET OFF THE ROAD, 13 – The Oreo Endgame, 14 – Carbon Neutral Apex Status, 15 – The Taco Truck Next Door, 16 – Now Recording, 17 – Kombuchacal Misery Tour, 18 – It Tastes A Lot, 19 – You Don’t Have a Choice, Mini – I’m a Ghost, and I Can Spit Video and Podcast, 21 – I Hate Joy, 22 – We Didn’t Start the Fire(s) Video and Podcast, 23 – Nothing, 24 – I Had A Clown Horn! w/Allen Video and Podcast
Iris In Audio
What started as a joke about anime has become a full fledged movie critique podcast. This year has less movies because of the SAG-AFTRA strike requesting podcasters refrain from movie coverage, but we still got some great episodes out of 2023.
Hosts: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Episodes: Catch Me If You Can, D3 The Mighty Ducks, The Genius, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, Johnny Mnemonic, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Long Good Friday, Ocean’s Eleven, Stray Dog
Novel Not New
Our narrative game book club podcast caught up with its own dreams this year, and we put out a ton of episodes covering cult classics, true classics, games that get ignored, games that deserve the attention they get plus more… really our best year for fantastic episodes yet, with a lot of great guests to boot.
Hosts: Jen, Six
Guests This Year: Allen, Chris, Dylan, Em, Emily, Grace, Kim, Kyrie, Niamh
Episodes: Metal Gear Solid w/Allen, Disco Elysium w/Grace, The Way of the Tiger: Avenger! w/Emily, Yo-Jin-Bo: The Bodyguards w/Kyrie, Library of Ruina w/Kim, Private Eye Dol w/Em, Tron: Identity & A Summer’s End: Hong Kong 1986, Butterfly Soup 2 Video and Podcast, Judgment w/Dylan, Final Fantasy XV w/Chris, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask w/Kyrie, Metal Gear Solid 2 w/Allen, Mystic Messenger w/Niamh
Oops All Anime
Our flagship show, our journey through all of anime one cel at a time, continued strong with a ton of episodes as always. Great guest episodes, spoilercasts, old classics, old whiffs, new gems, new whiffs… we had it all in 2023.
Hosts: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Guests This Year: Crasspants, Dauragon, Harri, Jackie, Nick
Regular Episodes: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You, , BLUELOCK, Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Full Metal Panic!, Giant Gorg, Gintama, Girly Air Force, Gungrave, Gunslinger Girl, Hellsing Ultimate, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Lupin the Third Part 1, Lycoris Recoil, Ninja Scroll (1993), Oshi no Ko, Record of Lodoss War, Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World, The Rose of Versailles, Tengoku Daimakyou, Tiger Mask W, To Be Hero, , Trigun & Trigun Stampede
Guest Episodes: Armored Trooper VOTOMs Finale w/Crasspants (spoilercast), Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War w/Harri, Call of the Night w/Dauragon (spoilercast), Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway w/Nick (spoilercast)
Double Features: Beyblade & Beyblade Burst Sparking, Pokémon & Digimon, Tenchi Universe & Slayers, Yowamushi Pedal & Free! Iwatobi Swim Club, Tokyo Mew Mew & Tokyo Mew Mew New
Spoilercasts: Iria: Zeiram the Animation, Gunbuster, , Pluto, Project A-Ko 1 & 2 and 3: Cinderella Rhapsody & 4: Final, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off w/Jackie, Space Adventure Cobra, Summer Wars
Mini Episode: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Video and Podcast
Oops All Manga
The journey through all of manga one frame at a time is going… a bit slower. Still, we really hit every end of the spectrum in 2023: webcomics, influential classics, the new hotness, and oddities that time forgot.
Hosts: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Guests This Year: Allen, Harri
Episodes: Ashita no Joe, Astro Boy, Black Jack, Bleach, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Hikaru No Go, Lagoon Engine Einsatz, The Legend of Black Heaven, Megatokyo, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes w/Allen and Harri, The Red Ranger Who Becomes An Adventurer In Another World, Teppu, That Time I Reincarnated as Yamcha / Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
Patron Requests
Some of our patrons are given the right to request that we record a pod on a piece of media. We call those episodes Request Episodes, and this year our patrons let us revisit favorites, pushed us to check out shows on our to-do list, and even presented us with things we’ve have never seen on our own… for good and for ill.
Hosts: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Guest This Year: Fen
Episodes: The Angry Red Planet & Hyouge Mono, Barakamon & The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, D.Gray-Man & Vinland Saga, Gankutsuou & Tokyo Godfathers, The Garden of Sinners, Land of the Lustrous w/Fen, Mechanical Violator Hakaider & Garzey’s Wing, New Getter Robo & Brain Powerd, Run Away With Me, Girl & Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Six-String Samurai & Princess Jellyfish, The Warriors & TRON
You Can Always Go Back
As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes hit their stride, we decided to spin up a new show to fill the absent Iris In Audio slot during the strikes. What we came up with was a show about revisiting media from before you were a critic, and seeing what it means to you now.
Hosts: Jen, Kyrie, Six
Episodes: Auto Modellista, A Barrel Of Laughs, A Vale of Tears, Brave Fencer Musashi, Night Watch
*All host and guest names are links to their Twitter profiles when possible, an alternate link when requested, or no link when requested
