This week, the boys discuss their busy weekends: Brandon caught up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer's fourth season (well over a decade late) and James saw four movies... and played Animal Crossing: New Leaf.  James is playing Animal Crossing right now.  That's not an exaggeration.

James' friend code is Leask: 2707-2008-3560.  You should be playing Animal Crossing with him.

Beyond that, the boys discuss the ambition and themes of Buffy Season 4, the smarts of the Brian K. Vaughan-produced CBS television series Under the Dome and the first three episodes of the iCarly spin-off, Sam & Cat.  And, extremely briefly, comics.  It turns out some of them are good!

This week, the boys sit down to talk about their busy weekends.  On Saturday, they attended a Summerween party (a Halloween party in the summer, based on the holiday in Gravity Falls’ episode of the same name), where they dressed up in costume , danced, made a jack-o-melon and ate saskatoon pie.  At different points on the weekend, each also saw Man of Steel, and here they unpack their thoughts on it, from what they didn’t like to the parts they did.

Surprise: James says some people are wrong about something!  Prepare your fainting couches.

Finally, the boys discuss the comics from the last week (and Astro City #1), from whether or not Superman Unchained #1 is worth its $5 price tag (probably) to how “The Enemy Within” crossover in Captain Marvel and Avengers Assemble is absolutely wonderful.

Also: Brandon announces a new sponsor and James gets upset with him for once.

This week, the boys sit down (with a knife between them; longtime listeners can explain this one to you) to talk about recent goings on, from their weekend activities (Pride festival!  New mattress!  Biscuits!) to Excused (featuring the greatest final three minutes of an Excused episode ever) to the latest news from comics' two biggest publishers.

Spoiler alert: Brandon and James are very, very disappointed in DC Comics.  Specifically, James brings up comments DiDio made about Vertigo in a New York Times article about Karen Berger's departure and how they bely a phenomenally unhealthy philosophy about publishing that actually, in hindsight... explains a lot.  They contrast this to certain things Marvel is doing (though the publisher still has room to improve), and end with a bit of hope, namely DC straight-up giving away copies of All-Star Superman #1 today in comic shops everywhere.

See?  It's not all bad.  Now where are those free promotional copies, Dan?

This week, the boys make their beefs (even more public).  First, James points out that he and Brandon got excluded from a recent nerd/geek-themed multi-guest podcast some "friends" (read: nemeses) were involved with, and refuses to acknowledge that they might have had a very good reason for doing it not entirely unrelated to the part later in the episode where he espouses to wear a t-shirt with his own face and the words "I WAS RIGHT" on it.  Next, they talk about some mistakes DC has made this week, from their belated and flawed acknowledgement of Superman's 75th anniversary to the Villains Month they just announced and the way it's going to confuse retailers and readers alike.

James also comes up with D20/RPG sex toys though, so it's not ALL negative.

Finally, the boys segue into much more positive topics, namely some comics released last week that they adored, from Uncanny X-Force and X-Men to Amala's Blade.  They also say a belated goodbye to Superman Family Adventures, since they pulled a DC and failed to acknowledge it when it was released.

"Whoops."  We went negative again.

Oh, and the boys talk about Excused!  We know what you all really want.