I Love Mess || CheckPoint 553 

I like that Kathleen playing Marvel Snap is the equivalent if Beej playing MTG Puzzle Quest.

6:06 as a polyam who doesn't play Sims, this is going to be the best thing to happen to my community since Google Calendars

I have never felt whiplash more clearly than when graham said that chicken thing was in COD. Wonderful misdirect, brb getting treatment for this sore neck.

Instructions unclear… currently filling Beej’s house with ham.

The nugget gun is horrifying and 1000% someone's fetish.

“He’s a hamillionaire!” Graham, you did not disappoint in your take on Dr. D. Also, I’m glad to see you used the NASCAR story I sent you on Mastodon (although you probably found it elsewhere). I played the track. It’s… fine. And its placement in the game is really hard to find unless you’re specifically looking for it, so it’s a kind of waste of a promotional effort for their Chicago street race this weekend. Oh, and we haven’t seen Beej lately. Is he ok? (“Am Beej ok?”) Another great show this week, folks.

*adds prosciutto to grocery list*

Ham is way better use of brain space compared to remembering a disgraced Twitch streamer.

if that stupid thing is not called a "nug gun" then what are we even doing?

...I mean, people may say that the chicken gun is influenced by Fortnite, but that sure looks like a winner's chicken dinner to me.

Amusingly, the mechanics and systems for Marvel Snap were developed before it was pitched and then themed to be Marvel. So it really could have been skinned with something else

Respect for priorities on HAM

When I heard about the Dr. D story I was not surprised. Not surprised at all.

Wow, this episode with the Dr Disrespect segment dropping nearly at the exact same time as the “Not Like Us” music video feels serendipitous.

Another great Checkpoint, glad to see it back. I admire Graham's commitment to HAM. :P

I can only presume that the reason the Gundam skins for CoD weren't also brought up because Ian and Beej weren't around to have opinions.

A guy calling himself "Dr Disrespect" was involved in... (checks notes) a shouting match on twitter, a twitch ban, a scandal involving a minor, and an NFT scam. (Insert sarcastic surprised Kirk meme here)

My 3 cats associate the word Ham with treats, they appreciate the mention and passion Graham

You'd think the nugget gun would be either a) a fast-food restaurant tie-in item or b) a PUBG mode. PUBG is still going, right?

Seeing the Sega logo I immediately heard Beej's voice in my head proclaiming that it's Sonic's 30th Anniversary.

I want to be clear: if we Can get to Beej's house, would he let us look at all his rewards?

If there's anything NASCAR has "always" been about it's alcoholism.

These City Hams can't tell me what to think!

1:38 Fun fact - Ratchet and Clank did have a gun that turned your enemies into chickens - the Morph-o-Ray

I have said that the ultimate symbol of our time must embody the dull, flavorless, artless lump that anyone can consume and not be offended by. The chicken nugget was what my friends concluded was the ticket. The idea of that gun in that game is making my soul hurt.

im picturing graham doing ham facts like sojiro's coffee facts

the ham discussion reminded me of an icarly episode where spencer accidentally went to canada and bought canadian bacon but was outraged canadian bacon was actually just ham

I'm always late to these things, but Graham's sudden interest in looking up different hams online hs excellent "nerd in his 40s" energy.

50% of Graham is ham, so it makes sense he needs brain space for it.

Not banning things IS pushing the boundary of "how long can we keep allowing this?"

Had a tricky work day emotionally and Graham saying Ham has made it better

To give some context on how anticipated Arishem was in Marvel Snap: on the day he came out, he was in *70%* of decks being played. He is *so much fun* and easily the most hotly anticipated card in the game's history, despite largely making the game into a battle of "random bullshit go!" (Also helps that they launched him last in a 5 week season (1 card releases each week and cards are only announced when a new season (roughly a month) starts), enough time for pretty much anyone playing the game to get the currency needed to guarantee unlock him)

The like follow and subscribe spiel at the end reminds me every time of the end Beej did recently (ish) where he went on a monologue about the evils of corporate culture and the destructive pervasiveness of greed or whatever, then segued seamlessly into plugging the Patreon and it was amazing.

The nugget gun just looks like what white phosphorus does to people, but somehow more horrifying with cannibalistic leanings. A straight up warcrime.

Joke's on you, I'm listening to this WHILE getting killed in the Elden Ring DLC.

It's LRR' 20 year anniversary! and we are looking forward to the sub-athon.

telling me to listen to Ixnay on the Hombre was a direct shot to my heart. I have rarely been so precision attacked.

0:27 KNIFE TIME! Maybe my favorite Feed Dump episode. 😆

oh i didnt expect you to cover the disrespect news

It's official! Graham is a cat. No thoughts, just ham. 😼

Speaking of creeps whose name I already forgot, I still love the Internet Ham skit from the Peter Serafinowicz Show. Instead of buying ham at the supermarket, a couple is shown buying a scratch off card and inputting the code online. It's short and simple but I like it.

Graham's voice was dripping with so much contempt during that Dr. Disrespect segment that I'm fairly sure they are going to have to have the chair he was sitting on (and the carpet underneath it) steam cleaned.

Am I seriously supposed to believe that the first realistic shooter that got a gun that literally turns your enemies into a chicken dinner is Call of Duty, not PUBG?

Graham makes a good point about why the algorithm boosts what it does. Why not some weight for longevity? Consistency? Howabout checking channel subscribers retention? I cannot imagine someone subbing to LRR and ever leaving.

People are down on it but the Crazy Taxi idea does have some theoretical blueprints in games like Burnout Paradise. Out of any dormant Sega franchise to revive as an open world multiplayer game, theres certainly worse options.

Arishem + Loki + Blob. Having fun and trying to decide if this is finally the deck I try to run Adam Warlock in.

Trader Joes has rosemary ham cold cuts that are surprisingly good.

I will once against state the reason club nintendo was terminated so quickly and only in the NOA region at the time. It was an excel file. A very complex and password protected excel file. Which one person, was managing for years as a side project. Their termination was done with no thought to club nintendo or that management had no one with excel knowledge or the password.

My snark-o-meter broke with the first two stories 😂... also, great coverage on the Dr situation. I remember when people were complaining about having their 'childhoods destroyed' when the news came out in the UK about Saville, Harris, Glitter and the like - and now the Dr and others are bringing that.. joy... to a whole new generation. 🤮 It makes you wonder - why didn't Twitch just hand the evidence over to the Police and let them do their job in the first place? By remaining silent on the reason for the ban, they allowed him to continue & as long as it's not on Twitch, they don't care? I have a feeling this story will be coming back at some point.

Kathleen is correct, Arishem is a lot of fun. Jeff Hoogland is a good resource for snap decks if you're looking. He used to do mtg stuff but is now full-time on snap.

Still Snapping too. I like Blob + Absorbing Man in Arishem.

Ham is important!

But does Beej have that Wii remote holder, that I just... keep random junk in... which is currently a sum total 3 AA rechargeable batteries, with room to spare!

Yeah, that Offspring album shout-out went right into my nostalgia. And it feels like heaven's so far away.

Three week break and this was such a hilarious episode that did not disappoint. Really “hamming” it up there at the end!

I liked the quick Bingo Brawlers call out for Elden Ring. Those races are amazing

Be still my heart - a Ratchet and Clank reference 1:38 in. Thank you for another excellent checkpoint.

oh god it is NOT the year of our lord 2024 that i finally learn what that ixnae on the orb-way joke was about in that episode of commodore hustle where ian fears his meatuses may become immobilized in the open position

Thank you for summing up the Dr Disrespect situation in a straightforward and organized manner.

So philisphical ham Pedantry: Technically, it could be considered a processed vegetable, depending on the diet of the pig.

I really expected the outro to be just Graham listing hams.

Always a bright spot to the end of the week

Oddly enough I have a movie idea for Crazy Taxi that I think isn't complete crap, but it's worth shit if they release that open world version they have brewing in their minds.

Heritage ham is from "Heritage breed pigs - like the famous Berkshire hog - are the traditional breeds that were the norm before the industrialization of farming. Slow-growing and unsuited to conventional farming, many heritage breeds came close to extinction.", as per a site i found. More of a source of the ham, while HH can be made in many ways. Just had to find out cause the line was left open :D

Speaking of Elden Ring, I need to get back to it.

absolutely baffled and kinda grossed out by the chicken gun. Ill have to give that nintendo club rewards book a look

I liked the movie Arishem showed up in... so yeah couldn't help but think "OP OP OP!" when you revealed that card. XD

I would like to book a trip through the Beej Museum of Nintendo

Well now I want to know more about Heritage Hams

Arishem, thanos, wong + blob, pixie, mister negative, lockjaw, yeloow jacket and wasp, just to make things even more random and weird :D Contemplating on throwing Agatha in there just to not even play XD

Glad I watched this earlier in the morning as all the talk about chicken nugget explosions and ham would have definitely made me very hungry later in the day

Honestly, I can see how an open world Crazy Taxi. Mainly because they could just do something similar to that Simsons driving game. They could also tackle extremely topical things like Uber stealing their job.

Glad to have ye back.

And for fun, don't forget to add M'Baku to your Arishem deck.

This whole Fried Chicken thing sounds like someone in the marketing department discovered Russian Badgers Channel and decided hey, I'll bet we can get him to make a video for us.

hey! I can totally manage my polyam relationship irl! ... The rest of the list, on the other hand...

I anxiously await the debut of the Graham's Ham Jam bonus stream.

After he said the ham thing, I was like... "Wait a minute. For real, name six." then I thought. "Wait, can I name six." The answer is yes, but just barely. I stalled out for a while there.

Arishem is a blast and makes me want a Draft mode even more.

Oh, the pork product? I thought you meant the evolution of prehistoric lophotrochozoans!

GraHam becoming gollem like over the Elden Ring Dlc makes so much sense. I kinda wonder if he could do a Andy Serkis impression

Brb reassigning space in my brain to devote it to ham

That Square Enix joke was golden. 🤣

In the current arishem filled meta the best arishem deck I've found so dar is quinjet, mystique, rogue, agent coulson, loki, darkhawk, sera, leech, mockingbird, blob, alioth, arishem. darkhawk is the mirror winner since it will have 30+ power and you can copy it with mystique. rogue can steal your opponents darkhawks and if you have priority your alioth can kill their darkhawk before they even get it's effect off. the other heavy hitter in the deck is blob since he will always have plenty to eat. another thing to note is that if mystique copies blob's ongoing can't move effect it will copy the whole card and she will also eat until she has at least 15 power, the same goes for rogueing an enemy blob. the other thing that you could try to fit in is shang chi because he is really good in the meta right now. also don't be afraid to loki only 2-3 cards in your hand if they are unplayable. you aren't a loki deck but it does give you a soft mulligan halfway thru the game.

I don't think ths phrase "what in thr Kentucky-Fried Fuck" has ever been more appropriate Also, when Graham said he was clearing his brain for more important things, I'd assumed it would be "Messmer's moveset".

To be fair, my cat is a big fan of the ham. 🤣

Heritage hams are made from house hippos.

i, too, keep a lot of space in my brain for ham. Black Forest Ham, Honey Smoked Ham, graHAM Stark :P

Arse-Ham the Judgmental sounds like he's wreaking havoc on the meta. Also welcome back, we missed you. I did anyway. Also I kinda want ham now. One of the dry-smoked ones. In a hot sandwich. With mustard and onions. Pickle on the side maybe.

Graham: Let me tell you about Hamsteak.

I honestly had no idea there was a Crazy Taxi 3. I knew there was a 2, I still my copy for Dreamcast, but 3 completely flew under my radar.

I burst out laughing at the GRR Martin punchline.

Ham is so much more worth remembering.

Ooh, ham facts!

I'm really enjoying Blob and Colson in Arishem lists. White Queen and Doc Oc are also pretty good in my experience. Overall super fun card!

Ham vlog when? Also I have the Mario hat from one of those Nintendo loyalty programs. Great item for the web cam backdrop, my coworkers finally saw it after four years working from home 😅

Great episode as always

That COD story has a winner winner chicken dinner joke in it somewhere but I‘m too lazy to find it

welcome to ham point!

'Better Hams & Gardens'