Episodes

  • Cool New Yu-Gi-Oh Structure Deck! Stop Killing Games, Microsoft!
    Jul 10 2025

    Let's talk about the new Yu-Gi-Oh Structure Deck, the unfortunate Microsoft layoffs, and the Stop Killing Games movement.

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Yu-Gi-Oh Anime is Good! New MTG Commander Format! Ironheart Review Bombing
    Jun 26 2025

    We talk about the new Yu-Gi-Oh Chronicles Albaz story, the latest Shadow Duelist reveal, MTG's 2 new Commander formats, and we talk

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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • Konami Backpedals, Shadowverse Controversy, Solo Leveling, and ChatGPT Destroying Our Brains
    Jun 20 2025

    Konami changed back the controversial Yu-Gi-Oh retro rules, Shadowverse World Beyond launches with predatory monetization, and ChatGPT is definitely destroying our brains.

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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Konami Has Changed Retro Yu-Gi-Oh Forever
    Jun 12 2025

    Paul and Alec discuss the highly controversial changes Konami has issued around Yu-Gi-Oh Time Wizard formats, the difficulties in obtaining the new Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy products, exciting announcements around Riftbound (the League of Legends TCG), the successful launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, the upcoming Xbox ROG Ally, the new Marvel Fighters game, and a huge lawsuit from Disney and Universal against Midjourney for AI copyright infringement. Oh, and we finally tackle that negative listener review!

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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Paul's MCU Journey? Expedition 33 vs Final Fantasy! And Our Awful Fanfiction Stories
    Jun 5 2025

    Paul and Alec are answering a bunch of listener questions, both Yu-Gi-Oh and otherwise, in this episode of "Emptying the Pot"

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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • Surprising New Yu-Gi-Oh Promos, Anime Awards, HBO Harry Potter Cast
    May 29 2025

    Welcome back for another week! Let's talk Yu-Gi-Oh WCS announcements, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the new HBO Harry Potter cast, and more.

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    1 hr and 57 mins
  • Why Doesn't Yu-Gi-Oh Have a New Anime Right?
    May 22 2025

    We discuss some exciting new Yu-Gi-Oh product announcements like Retro Pack 2, Pokemon TCG chaos at Gamestop, and give our takes on Google I/O, where they showed some interest AI products.

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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Why Do People REALLY Quit Yu-Gi-Oh? Is It the Game or YOU?
    May 15 2025

    This week is a rapid fire series of stories and headlines for Paul and Alec to discuss. There's also a great viewer question: when people quit games like Yu-Gi-Oh, is it because of the game or themselves?

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    1 hr and 51 mins