Lan "Tensai Gamer" M
@lanskeets.bsky.social
Head vacant, 0 thoughts
I was betrayed many times over the course of this game.
Unintended comedy in going from one of our shortest episodes in months to one of our longest episodes ever within a week
Unintended comedy in going from one of our shortest episodes in months to one of our longest episodes ever within a week
We made a game! We played a game!
Keigen, Lan, Dave, Brason, and Gui played The Comics Industry is Fucked, a fantasy draft simulator where you build a publisher after an economic apocalypse in the comic industry.
The Kickstarter is still a while off.
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Keigen, Lan, Dave, Brason, and Gui played The Comics Industry is Fucked, a fantasy draft simulator where you build a publisher after an economic apocalypse in the comic industry.
The Kickstarter is still a while off.
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147. MGA Draft 2025
Podcast Episode · Midnight Grappler Animals · 11/19/2025 · 3h 9m
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November 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I was betrayed many times over the course of this game.
Unintended comedy in going from one of our shortest episodes in months to one of our longest episodes ever within a week
Unintended comedy in going from one of our shortest episodes in months to one of our longest episodes ever within a week
Four episodes in, and we've already hit the end of one era, the Showa era
What better way to see it off than with Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX? Keigen's probably gonna agree that this is a load-bearing episode for the show.
What better way to see it off than with Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX? Keigen's probably gonna agree that this is a load-bearing episode for the show.
📣 New Podcast! "4. Kamen Rider Black v. Kamen Rider Black RX" on @Spreaker #kamenridealong #kamenrider #kamenriderblack #kamenriderblackrx
4. Kamen Rider Black v. Kamen Rider Black RX
The Showa era comes to a close, with Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX fighting for their chance to move onto the next round. But that's not all! This episode, we choose our Showa era champion by pitting today's winner against the winners of the previous three episodes. Will Black or Black RX go up against the rest of the Showa era? Keigen decides!
For a playlist of every first episode of Kamen Rider, we've uploaded a playlist full of all the publicly available ones here:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6K8Vd1KCCV8pnNlqWka_GQBzjsgRH6l&si=pCPsXO--VfncnFhU
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November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Four episodes in, and we've already hit the end of one era, the Showa era
What better way to see it off than with Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX? Keigen's probably gonna agree that this is a load-bearing episode for the show.
What better way to see it off than with Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX? Keigen's probably gonna agree that this is a load-bearing episode for the show.
Thanks to the Americans on the podcast, I was able to learn a lot about JB Pritzker
Now for something different. Frank Miller’s 2008 directorial feature Will Eisner’s The Spirit is a work that echoes forward and backward across MGAs history, truly a canonical work for this leftist podcast that needed to be covered.
It’s an awful experience. Enjoy.
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It’s an awful experience. Enjoy.
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146. Spirtually Miller-y
Podcast Episode · Midnight Grappler Animals · 11/15/2025 · 49m
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November 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Thanks to the Americans on the podcast, I was able to learn a lot about JB Pritzker
Maybe everyone is overreacting to the Metroid Prime 4 preview
Maybe
Maybe
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Maybe everyone is overreacting to the Metroid Prime 4 preview
Maybe
Maybe
This is why we need Dark Woke
Happy flubbin Friday, grapplers! Last night we uploaded what is now our most viewed episode on YouTube, and now we’re telling you to go watch it. How do the boys respond to another lib-brained comic?
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145. Tr2th N2ke
Podcast Episode · Midnight Grappler Animals · 11/13/2025 · 2h 8m
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November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is why we need Dark Woke
Anti-Dark Woke platform fr
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Anti-Dark Woke platform fr
Oh fuck, Tatsuya Nakadai died
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Oh fuck, Tatsuya Nakadai died
I haven't read a mainline Batman comic since around 2018, then Keigen made Salt and I read this
I had thoughts, including "what?"
I had thoughts, including "what?"
When Keigen read Chip Zdarsky’s Batman vol 5, his first thought was “I need my friends to read this.”
And so, here we are. An episode covering a book that’s as definitively What Were They Thinking as maybe any other in existence. Welcome back, flubbers, and enjoy.
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And so, here we are. An episode covering a book that’s as definitively What Were They Thinking as maybe any other in existence. Welcome back, flubbers, and enjoy.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I haven't read a mainline Batman comic since around 2018, then Keigen made Salt and I read this
I had thoughts, including "what?"
I had thoughts, including "what?"
If it's any consolation to us, the Mariners weren't gonna make it to a Game 7 anyway
I feel like a Mariners fan right now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
If it's any consolation to us, the Mariners weren't gonna make it to a Game 7 anyway
I wish no ill upon America, for it is already afflicted by every ill I could ever wish upon it
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I wish no ill upon America, for it is already afflicted by every ill I could ever wish upon it
This game evoking the same emotions in me as the Final Slam Dunk, man
What a fuckin narrative
What a fuckin narrative
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This game evoking the same emotions in me as the Final Slam Dunk, man
What a fuckin narrative
What a fuckin narrative
It's funny that the automation adds all the tags I add to the episode, I should start adding more batshit insane tags
📣 New Podcast! "3. Kamen Rider Stronger v. Kamen Rider Skyrider v. Kamen Rider Super-1" on @Spreaker #kamen #kamenrider #kamenriderskyrider #kamenriderstronger #kamenridersuper1 #newkamenrider #shinkamenrider #skyrider #stronger #super_1 #super1
3. Kamen Rider Stronger v. Kamen Rider Skyrider v. Kamen Rider Super-1
This week, it's three shows fighting to make it out of this bracket, as we pit Kamen Rider Stronger, Kamen Rider Skyrider, and Kamen Rider Super-1 against each other to see which one Keigen vibes with the most. How will the start of an era of Kamen Rider shows fare against the ends of two respective eras of Kamen Rider? Will we get our first No out of Keigen?
For a playlist of every first episode of Kamen Rider, we've uploaded a playlist full of all the publicly available ones here:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6K8Vd1KCCV8pnNlqWka_GQBzjsgRH6l&si=pCPsXO--VfncnFhU
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November 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It's funny that the automation adds all the tags I add to the episode, I should start adding more batshit insane tags
Incredibly important shot
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Incredibly important shot
Bald kind Cypher said it best when he said “ignorance is bliss” so I have no idea what this is about but give it a listen if you wanna hear Keigen and Salt fire off some manga takes AND movie takes
For our second drop of today, Salt got really into Chainsaw Man and shortly thereafter started a Mice War in his home. We promise that all matters to this episode.
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139. Of Mice and Chainsaw Men: The Reze Arc Review
Podcast Episode · Midnight Grappler Animals · 10/28/2025 · 1h 18m
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October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Bald kind Cypher said it best when he said “ignorance is bliss” so I have no idea what this is about but give it a listen if you wanna hear Keigen and Salt fire off some manga takes AND movie takes
I love newsletters so much guys, I love reading comics in newsletters guys, I love how much newsletters have revolutionized reading comi
Our longest episode in a bit! Keigen finally found an excuse to talk about Substack’s concept universe 3W3M, & he even found a way to get Lan to navigate a newsletter archive to join in on the “fun”. While you listen, try to imagine how mad Salt would be on this ep
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138. 3 Problems But a World Ain't One
Podcast Episode · Midnight Grappler Animals · 10/28/2025 · 2h 17m
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October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I love newsletters so much guys, I love reading comics in newsletters guys, I love how much newsletters have revolutionized reading comi
Reposted by Lan "Tensai Gamer" M
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Bonus episode 41 hit the Midnight Grappler Animals Patreon feed! The Killer is a movie that John Woo made twice. How do Salt, Keigen, and Lan feel about that? Find out now for $5!
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B41. KillerxKiller | Midnight Grappler Animals
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October 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Bonus episode 41 hit the Midnight Grappler Animals Patreon feed! The Killer is a movie that John Woo made twice. How do Salt, Keigen, and Lan feel about that? Find out now for $5!
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Arguably one of our funniest episodes in months, with an even funnier b-side being posted to our Patreon later today
Like great comic writers, Keigen looked at the concept of Kamen Ride Along and went “we can milk this for all it’s worth”
So, he pitched Ultimate Ride Along to bring Salt into the new Ultimate universe. Can Salt read a whole comic? Will he read X-men? Find out now!
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So, he pitched Ultimate Ride Along to bring Salt into the new Ultimate universe. Can Salt read a whole comic? Will he read X-men? Find out now!
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137. Ultimate Ride Along
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October 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Arguably one of our funniest episodes in months, with an even funnier b-side being posted to our Patreon later today
NEVER KILL YOURSELF
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
NEVER KILL YOURSELF
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We did an episode on @mgapod.bsky.social about Neil Gaiman and his carefully manicured image as presented thru a decade-old obscure documentary. This one felt like exorcising some kind of curse.
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136. Canceled Comics Cavalcade: Neil Gaiman | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In an episode that is either a one-off or the start of a new series, Salt and Keigen examine the legacy of a comics creator whose once sterling public image has been tarnished by bad behavior. In the ...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We did an episode on @mgapod.bsky.social about Neil Gaiman and his carefully manicured image as presented thru a decade-old obscure documentary. This one felt like exorcising some kind of curse.
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rss.com/podcasts/mid...
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🚨New Episode drop🚨
This might be a new periodic series, or maybe we just needed an idea and this was available on Tubi?
Salt and Keigen got together to talk about the Neil Gaiman documentary Dream Dangerously and how insane of a thing it is to watch in 2025.
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This might be a new periodic series, or maybe we just needed an idea and this was available on Tubi?
Salt and Keigen got together to talk about the Neil Gaiman documentary Dream Dangerously and how insane of a thing it is to watch in 2025.
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136. Canceled Comics Cavalcade: Neil Gaiman
Podcast Episode · Midnight Grappler Animals · 10/17/2025 · 1h 40m
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October 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🚨New Episode drop🚨
This might be a new periodic series, or maybe we just needed an idea and this was available on Tubi?
Salt and Keigen got together to talk about the Neil Gaiman documentary Dream Dangerously and how insane of a thing it is to watch in 2025.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
This might be a new periodic series, or maybe we just needed an idea and this was available on Tubi?
Salt and Keigen got together to talk about the Neil Gaiman documentary Dream Dangerously and how insane of a thing it is to watch in 2025.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
At least 750 000 of those were from the Greater Toronto Area
One Battle After Another has just joined the Letterboxd One Million Watched Club 🎥
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
At least 750 000 of those were from the Greater Toronto Area
People will say "oh but they made Kill Your Boyfriend!", as though KYB wasn't borne of this same mindset, just in the past
This was brutal to read, but I have to ask: why? I think it’s that our comic book heroes are old now, when once they were youthful, counterculture, rebellious. That rarely lasts forever. Even Frank Miller made an NFT. We have to be our own heroes now. No one is coming to save us.
October 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
People will say "oh but they made Kill Your Boyfriend!", as though KYB wasn't borne of this same mindset, just in the past
FOR THE RECORD:
October 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
FOR THE RECORD:
Listen, I got the 4k release so my takes in this episode are all valid
While you all celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday, we dropped an episode! @mooncalfe1.bsky.social returns to the pod to once again talk about Godzilla Minus-One and how rewatches have changed her opinion on it.
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133. Godzilla Minus-One, Round 2 (feat. Sophie Campbell)
Podcast Episode · Midnight Grappler Animals · 10/13/2025 · 1h 32m
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October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Listen, I got the 4k release so my takes in this episode are all valid