D/REZZED: A Clownfish TV Podcast

Video game news roundup for 7/12/24. Palworld, Sony, and Aniplex are teaming up to take on Nintendo and Pokemon. Terraria has surpassed Super Mario Bros. in sales. Stellar Blad dev Shift Up goes public -- did they sell out? And things are tough all over for indie game devs. 

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Western animation is in serious trouble. Cartoon Network has all but collapsed, and it seems that streamers aren't greenlighting new shows from the "Tumblr generation" of showrunners. Instead, they're greenlighting preschool shows, importing anime, or moving on from animation altogether. We talk with animation industry veteran "Fresher Luke" about why he thinks the Western animation scene is in the condition it's in, as well as his...

Can the Western comic book direct market be saved, or is it beyond repair at this point? With Marvel and DC sales in the toilet, shops closing, and constant internet drama around creators and fans, is comics as we've known it even WORTH saving? We talk about Marvel's Ultimate line, DC's upcoming Scott Snyder line, the success of the Energon Universe, X-Men '97, and more.

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Spielberg is reportedly working on a new movie about UFOs, so this week, we're discussing the rumors that Close Encounters of the Third Kind was based on actual events. Spielberg has done numerous movies and shows about UFOs including E.T., Taken, War of the Worlds and more. He's CLEARLY interested in the subject. Then we talk about the UFO mania that swept the country last year... only to disappear. And then our conversation shift...

Originally recorded in 2020. We talk with John Celestri, an animation industry veteran who was the primary animator of Boba Fett in the Star Wars Holiday Special (which inspired The Mandalorian) and TONS of other animated classics like Dragon's Lair, Rock & Rule, She-Ra, He-Man and many, many more! John talks about breaking into the animation industry and how the animation industry has changed since he broke in. Want to break into ...

X-Men '97 drops on Disney+ today, and we're talking with one of the X-Men comic book artists from the 1990s era of X-Men, Art Thibert. We talk about X-Men in the '90s, the original animated series, the impact it had on pop culture back then, and what it was like working on those books during the peak of the franchise's popularity. Maybe we'll even share some thoughts on the current state of the X-Men comics from Marvel Comics and t...

Let's talk about the rapid advancements in AI and whether or not something like ChatGPT could ever achieve consciousness. Then, we talk about how quickly AI is changing the landscape of creative industries, OpenAI, the singularity, and more. This week's guest is Grummz, the former team leader of World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment.

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Geeks gone wild! Let's talk about the change in "the culture wars" with pop culture journalist Peter Pischke. We talk about how it seems like the era of nerd antagonism that began with fiascos like Gamergate, Ghostbusters 2016 and The Last Jedi finally seems to be running out of steam. Then we talk about the rapid decline in pop culture journalism as many digital media outlets have been laying off or shutting down entirely.

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Let’s talk about video games with Grummz (Mark Kern), the former team lead of the original World of Warcraft. Not limited to Blizzard, we’ll talk about AAA games vs. indie games, Baldur’s Gate 3, social media, and more. Co-hosted by Michael Hovermale (GraphPaper Architect.)

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Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles, Clownfish TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary channel that covers Pop Culture from a c...

YouTube animator Eagan Tilghman has had one heck of week. The young, self-taught animator posted an amazing Scooby-Doo x Five Nights at Freddy's fan animation online, only to find himself in the crosshairs of some professionals in the LA animation scene over the use of A.I. voices. Jinkies! We talk with Eagan about the short 'Scooby Doo, Where Are You? In… Springtrapped!' and how it came about, as well as the technique used to crea...

Former Hogwarts Legacy Senior Producer Troy Leavitt sits down with us to talk about his work on the game, Disney Infinity, the modern video game industry, and, yes, the utter state of video game journalism (including Kotaku). Fabulous secrets revealed -- you won't want to miss this one! About Clownfish TV: Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles, Clownfish TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary channel that covers Pop Cul...