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Dice ExploderDice ExploderBlaseball with Chris GreenbriarTranscriptIn the year of our lord two thousand and twenty, many things occurred. But one of those things was the cultural event known as Blaseball.Blaseball was, more or less, a simulated baseball league that ran one game an hour, one season a week, that players could bet on and then use their winnings to vote for global rules changes. It got... weirder from there. And bigger. And memeier. It became nothing less than a lifestyle.And then, this past summer of 2023, it ended.What made it such a phenomenon...2023-09-2845 minInfinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballHow do I Explain That Something Very Important To Me Has Ended?Blaseball will not be returning. In a lot of ways, this isn't different than a month ago - we didn't have Blaseball then, and we still don't have Blaseball now. Our last regular season episode was thirty-nine. But in more meaningful ways, the world is a little less cool. Even though we gave up talking about blaseball a while ago, this still sucks. Join us as we figure out if there's anything left to say, and keep watch with us as we look forward to a new beginning. In this episode: the final m...2023-06-1634 minInfinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballHow Much Does It Cost For A Big Bucket?We're really struggling to come up with content during the non-video game book club weeks, but that's not gonna stop us! This week, we're talking about our ideas for a Blaseball LARP! What's this game look like? How do we play it? Does wearing a Mike Trout jersey mean you're cosplaying?   in this episode: please imagine finger guns, 1v1 blaseball, playing real baseball, will is predisposed to kanjamming, tarps are expensive, the price is right, nobody can say tarp target, turning fantasy baseball into a fanfic generator, please dont ship real people, recinded s...2023-04-051h 25Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhat If Blaseball Was Just A Set of Patch Notes We Talked About On A Podcast?blaseball is sleepy and so is icb, but don't worry, we'll never stop podcasting. we dont know how!    in this episode: we're not doing blaseball this week, ping role, the most sickos shitposters of the taco stand, the definitely real one hundred percent authentic shrek season, the nuances of being fully illegal, a gullible person with a tiny brain, blaseball has patch notes now, something fun and exciting, cheesy will, taco de mayo, the hero's journey of blaseball, it's important to belong to a place, what to do while blaseball is sleepy, even baseball has pa...2023-03-081h 19Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballAre We Doing Blaseball Today?The siesta is still ongoing, and frankly ICB isn't sure what we have to talk about. Video Game Book Club will continue next week with CrossCode. in this episode: blaseball? ~shoutouts zone~ Blaseball CrossCode  Our theme music comes from the wonderful Hokuto. Want to shout about the episode? Join us at the Taco Stand Discord - it's open to everyone, not just Tacos! Each episode is discussed in the #podco-truck channel.. Our twitter is @CitiesPod, and if you want to link to us, you can...2023-03-0701 minInfinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballIs Shrek 2 Better Than Shrek 1?Blaseball is back, but it's Shrek themed again? Didn't we do this already? Can we like, stop doing this? (Actually no, please keep being weird Blaseball, we love you)   in this episode:  hero characters return, dvd extras, we need to talk about blaseball, shrek histories, the potion wiggler, the big button, the dronkeys, yeet prince charming, shoe thieves finally steal some shoes, single season buffs, a very speedy capri-sun,  drury lane, shrek is the best player on the mills, manipulative nobility shit, leaving the shrekiverse    ~shoutout zone~ shrek...2023-02-221h 22Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballIsn't Armored Core Also On Siesta?ICB has come down bad with a case of giant robot fever! But honestly, now's a pretty good time to be obsessed with anything besides Blaseball. It all comes down to the question - what are we going to do in yet another siesta? In this episode: Blaseball is gone again, predictions and dates, deeply irresponsible speculation, what are we gonna do, Will explains how cool mecha are purely through onomatopoeia, armored core, even more armored core, we're (not) sorry half this episode is about giant robots, what even is ICB, Feather is a hipster, Zuko is...2023-02-151h 21Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWe're All Just Holding Handsyou're still here? really? after all this time? what's wrong with you? go home. enjoy blaseball. tell the other podcasts how much better than us they are. we'll still be the longest running blaseball pod whether you listen or not (affectionate [begrudgingly]). in this episode:  we don't need blaseball, you merely adopted the siesta, the most icb guest, let players steal first, blasecon real!?, chorby short is a gift and a blessing, drops of jupiter, beams.txt, postmortem snackrifice ganda, the geographic epicenter of blaseball fandom, one time guest, one time listener, the community is h...2023-02-081h 57Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballHow Many Pokemon Have You Wasted Listening to ICB?The first off-season of the Coronation Era is behind us, and we find ourselves in a strange limbo. The book: tantalizing, but mostly useless. We've analyzed mysterious press releases before, but not like this! Join us as we get distracted from our reading by talking about the recent tacos lore jams, then get doubly distracted and maybe dip into a few new podcasts? In this episode: fandom, off-week considerations, welcome to Fun Fungi a podcast within a podcast, judgement, 32 across: the kind of job a comissioner is doing (5 letters starts with "g"), god shoes, fundamental blaseball philosophy...2023-01-251h 11Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhat If You Went Back In Time And Gave A Medieval Podcast One Hot Cheeto?we're back! blaseball is back! elections are back! it's back! ahhhhhh!!!   in this episode: blaseball's back babyyy, rule 5 violations, bring on the umps, blaseball avatar, knight shifts, escher's western, the shoe thieves heel arc, the return of the old gods, elections, new modifiers, cosplaying binky, bring back peanuts, the monitor is on tiktok now, feather's fun puns, we have to go backwards, the firefighters got worse, it's british but like in a way that evokes villainy    shoutouts:  ump pics shrimp and snail pics the shoe thieves' golden record inte...2023-01-181h 20Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB LIVE! Is This 'The Force Awakens'?Blaseball is BACK babeyyyy let's talk about it! There's actual, honest to god fielding! The monitor is freaky 3d! And... uh... yeah. Yepppp. Maybe it's okay that there isn't a lot of features. Seren Moss pitched a shutout! In the end, isn't that enough? This is a recording of our Monday live episode. It has been edited for clarity and brevity, because we love you. In this episode: It's blaseball! Feather is a turncoat, but that turncoat is rad plaid now, Feather isn't done talking about defense, everything else is terrible, a serious...2023-01-121h 15Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB vs Jazz Hands! Are You Ready For the Hype Train?we've made it to the end. the world tour is finally concluding with the most musical theater team in blaseball, the jazz hands. this week, we're joined by elliot (she/they) and rainbow (she/her) while the tower looms overhead   in this episode: a fake musical theater person, historical blaseball teams, give the sun a team, theater kids, the tower always looms, the tower is us and we are the tower, towering is not exclusive to one team in the time of panic, the cycles of tragedy, thursday blues, open mic night, fall ball, melon t...2022-12-211h 32Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB vs The Garages! How Is Jimi Hendrix From Here?ICB is back and we've got another world tour episode. this time we're cutting off the music to talk with the wonderful folks who keep the big garage going!    in this episode: not like super fancy, music recs, the protagonists of blaseball, loving your freaks and blorbos, pierages real, alaynabella hollywood, one of the greatest skateboarders in blaseball,  the most garage band way to do it, the band is not here and you can not reach them here, garages game gnights, it's actually a three hour and fourty minute sports documentary, feather, the seattle freeze, tel...2022-11-301h 48Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhy Aren't You Making Fifteen Thousand Email Accounts?Blaseball* is** back***, baby!**** Let's get HYPED!***** * Kinda ** Depends on definition *** See above **** Meant colloquially in good humor, this show isn't for kids, which I mention only so the babies out there etc. etc. etc. ***** Please moderate your hype responsibly. In fact, it's probably best if you didn't hype at all. We apologize for the inconvenience.  In this episode: the best kranch, account goals, calibrating excitation, victoria 3, relative salt, struggling to explain the baseball hall of fame's veterans committee, february******, expand game band, indiana jones at universal s...2022-11-091h 00Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhat's Your Incineration Ringtone?We're going to be taking a bit of a detour from the world tour, and our first stop is this TechCrunch article. It's not a lot of news, but it's a small bit of warmth in this barren, frozen, newsless wasteland. Join us around the discussion fire as we feed this news ember with speculation, theories, stories, and enough dumb nonsense to scare away any sign of respectability we might have had.  In this episode: are you on our hitlist? rolling the tape, social features, discoverability, the gang monetizes a podcast, each season of blaseball one whale b...2022-09-2857 minInfinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballAre You Enough of a Sicko?the full icb crew is back this week (i'ma hype it up despite feather not thinking we should) to take a  break from the world tour content and talk about the creative side of the community. we've got avery and jun from the blaseball zine jam, and there are 56 zines to go through so uhhh dont expect us to do them all but we get close!   in this episode: the fabled surprise questions, feather's vanilla slander rebuttal, historical zine memories, feather's sick rhymes (feather had a lot to say for her come back it turns ou...2022-09-141h 35Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB vs Thieves! What Are You, A Cop?The paths of the Tacos and the Charleston Shoe Thieves crossed once, back in the early times, and it shattered our world. We finally reunited in the desert - somehow alive and thriving. Step beside our desert bonfire as we catch up with two of the Shoe Thieves' finest representatives, Paradox (he/they) and Quail (they/them)!  In this episode: quail (the bird and also the person), what is a shoe thief, why shoes, feather attempts to be off-topic but fails miserably, sunken charleston, the Gunther O'Brianing, small jorn, party 'till we die, RGSOTS. ~shoutouts z...2022-09-071h 31Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB vs Hades? Are You Sure You Want to Tame the Tigers?We're continuing our world tour this week by venturing into the depths of Hades. Krow and Dentenstein were kind enough to guide us through the labyrinthian structures of the underworld, so long as we promised to never look back. In this episode: pluto pride, a little bit of blood sacrifice never hurt (when there was wine involved), what happens when you die, what happens when you die again?, everything should be a little bit inconvenient, maincord vibes, the grand elder dent, it always comes back to waypoint, tlik-tok, anti-rivalries, taming the tigers ~shoutouts...2022-08-311h 50Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballHow Big Does Blaseball Need to Get?It's already been another week, and the ICB gang is continuing their break from the world tour. This week, we're discussing the big maincord announcement, and we're once again making bold predictions about things we hope to see from the upcoming era.    in this episode: we forgot to clap, feather's hubris, the discord announcement, liquid friend got his doctorate, not everyone can be cliff, sustainability math, mobile blaseball, fantasy blaseball, top dog griot, taco tres mayo, postulating the future, coldness not real, blaseball nfts, buying one scuttle,  ~shoutouts zone~ the discord ann...2022-08-091h 08Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB vs Flowers! Are All The Flowers Like This?The Flowers are, unfortunately, a blaseball team. Despite being one of the smaller teams, they have had more than their fair share of blaseball-related turmoil and tragedy - but also way, way, way more games of Among Us. Flowers reps Spider (she/her) and May (he/she/they) sit down with us to try to figure out: was all this a skill issue? Or just cope? What's the among us room code? And lastly: super auto pets sunday every sunday at 7PM eastern in the flowers side server the garden super auto pets private lobbies grab the ping role...2022-07-131h 26Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWill Anyone Care About Test 01 Bobson?We've got a bit of a filler episode this week, with Feather, Karp, and Gary catching up on how the siesta is going! in this episode: hobby drama, inclusivity in the blaseball community, evaporative cooling, the return of the prediction stone, the playtest realm, the world tour, The Voice of Blaseball, graphics, tony hawk's pro sklater ~shoutouts zone~ Blaseball Hobby Drama Have a Nice Trip, See You This Fall PTR Application Our theme music comes from the wonderful Hokuto. Want to shout about the episode? J...2022-06-211h 31Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB vs Millennials! Is Jerry Seinfeld a Good Blaseball Name?After the week long subway ride from Mexico City to the heart of Manhattan, The New York Millenials are here as the ICB World tour continues in seemingly entirely random order. We are joined by the wonderful Rudy (he/they) and EDVA (he/they) AKA Dave, who came to talk about mills and instead ended up on 15 minute tangents the entire time.   In this episode: The Mills have come on to talk about their team and their charity project just in time to watch as, Feather enters a bodega for the first time, Hoop2 becomes the one t...2022-06-151h 34Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB vs Firefighters! Why Is Mr Mime In The DILF Bracket?Our second stop on our world tour takes us to lovely Chicago... except we've been in Chicago the entire time? Chicago lore is strange, yall. Even more strange: the Chicago Firefighters themselves! Our tour guides: Stara (xe/ze/hir) and Laser (she/her)! They're both Firefighters captains (like every firefighter), and Firefighters Twitter posters (also like every firefighter), so (like every firefighter) they're more than qualified to show us around! cw: extended food discussion from 1:15:00 to 1:32:30   In this episode: american chain restaurants, blaseball hall of fame, uncountably many bits, fuck peanuts, fuck suns, chiclawgo, 2022-05-171h 52Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballSo What Are We Doing?Blaseball isn't going to be back for a while, which leaves us and the fandom in a strange, spooky liminal space. Will Blaseball be okay? (yes) Is ICB ready? (no) Note: as we discuss in the top of the episode, we're going to take a few weeks of siesta ourselves to get our bearings and adjust our schedule. Thanks for standing by! In this episode: fandoms on hiatus, fic metrics, maybe what we all need is a shipping war, reports of Blaseball's death are greatly exaggerated, killing BACO is just a warmup for our final...2022-02-1644 minInfinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhat's the Sadder Choice?We're back! Sort of! There's still no new blaseball, so we're doing our own thing for the next couple of weeks. Feather, Will, and Gary are joined by frequent guest and BACo host Theremin to play Feather's most recent rpg "We Found Each Other in the Bottom of the Ninth." This episode contains the first half of our game (give or take).   content warnings: This game includes death, abandonment, trauma, and romantic relationships   in this episode: our appreciation for You (you know who you are), january is weird, shadow tacos, individual pi...2022-01-112h 21Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballDoes It Have To Be Scuttles Again?The Tacos recently delved into the dark corners of Los Angeli lore, working to expand the details of our lovely cross-dimensional home. To help us navigate, we continue the streak of Shelled One's Podcasts crossovers! Can AU help us navigate new angles, or will they get waylaid by the impossibly off-topic Infinite Cities? (It's the latter) In this episode: tea that makes your mug explode, ewoks, life in the endless city, blaseball family implications, what even is blaseball time, yeah I might have gotten sucked into Knife Angeles and been stabbed eight thousand times but...2022-01-051h 25Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICBACo: Are the Steaks in Philadelphia?Before the Live episode, Will and Feather were joined by Griot and Thermin from BACo for a network crossover, we talk about what changes we would make to blaseball as a whole In this episode: Increasing the peanut rate, bath pizza (again), bevan wise, baseball talk, trade deals in blaseball, game balance, the efficacy of the hall of flame, blaseball retirement, the next blaseball arc, blaseball pitch names, stealing first, steve jobs dying from ligma SHOUTOUTS: ICB LIVE ep 55 Umpire failed call 2010 Bobby Bonilla Day Note: Will talks about...2021-12-281h 32Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballAre We Tired of Short Circuits?we've finally made it through the second short circuit, and with at least one more on the horizon, our hosts are feeling a little sleepy. can we overcome our siesta blues? in this episode: time for the clown tournament, enhanced party time, star inflation, two week seasons, we're starving out here, the scifi of blaseball, who are these mans?, magical furry jet pilot girl, filler arcs vs spinoffs, blaseball isn't a passive game, world building week ~shoutouts zone~ gob's incredible angel swiff Youth Advocates for Climate Action Phillippines  2021-12-211h 05Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhich AU are the Boston Beaneaters From?Short Circuits 1 has grounded out, and outside of a few brave souls chosen to charge the mic, our friends from the last two weeks are now lost to history. What did it all mean? Are we different people, now that we have been touched by the many fingers of Ashton Tardigrade and the pure soul of Apollo Coen? And speaking of fingers, why are the Boston Beaneaters so mad at the Giants? In this episode: Alternate Cities Blaseball, blaseball happened we guess 🤷, 🚀 BUY $TACO 🚀🌙, 🕯️🌊🕯️SUMMON ELEANOR HILL🕯️🌊🕯️, people really don't talk about the philosophical implications of Sigmund Castillo enough, the 1886 Boston Beane...2021-11-161h 18Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhy Does Ashton Tardigrade Still Only Have Ten Fingers?Blaseball just wrapped up the first Short Circuit season, and in recognition this episode is also light, breezy, and about two-thirds as long as normal! It's all good, Blaseball is back to basics and we're all having a good time with it! cw: discussion of food from one minute to about three minutes in In this episode: whoopie pies, who is scraeming "STOP PREDICTING BLASEBALL" at my house. show yourself, coward we will never stop predicting blaseball, mic theories, crabs forever, being biscuity, working a shift in the betting mines,  ~shoutouts zone~ 2021-11-0954 minI Love This Thing So Fricking MuchI Love This Thing So Fricking MuchS1E80: Megan Loves Blaseball!This week, we spoke with Megan, who loves Blaseball - a fascinatingly bizarre fantasy baseball game! We recorded this episode during a Blaseball hiatus, as Megan mentions, but the game has now returned and can be found at https://www.blaseball.com/. You can find our guest Megan on Twitter @MegWegenke. Don't forget to use #LoveThisThingCast to tell us about the things you love! Follow us @throuthewindow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr to stay up-to-date on our projects!2021-11-0411 minInfinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWho Cares About the Overdogs?Blaseball is back and that means it's time for another ICB LIVE! WOO! We gathered together rather late on Monday evening to talk about Short Circuits and betting and all the new nonsense on the website, and now we're bringing it directly to your podcast feed. We began early, but had to wait for Karp for the true episode, so if you *just* want the podcast, it beings at 42:02! In this episode: the potentiality for gold, movies from 1957, carrots, short circuit zero, nominative determinism, incineration predictions, throwing down about betting, just blaseball, watching more games, elections, the...2021-11-041h 45Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhy Is This Fandom So Cool?It's episode 50, our very special one year anniversary, and after months of shouting about snagging someone from The Game Band, we've finally done it. We've always been a podcast about the community at large, so we got the Community Director herself, Slugger Croms, to chat with us about moderating Blaseball, being a fan of the game, and dank memes. In this episode: mlafia, midnight mass, the heat magnet, the return of bath pizza, pirating academic articles, the end of the expansion era, managing community emotions, reminder bots, the wife rule, pro mod tips, blaseball man elijah wood...2021-10-261h 44Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhen Are You Becoming A Crab?Of all the teams in Blaseball, the Baltimore Crabs might have had the most Blaseball happen. Whether Crabs good or Crabs bad, they're almost always at the center of whatever's happening, both in and out of game. And yet all this is achieved while living far off in the strange world of the Crabitat. To look inside the shell, we've brought on fantastic artist and radical crabtain Gob, who's incredible art has helped create the look and feel of one of the most storied of teams. Content warnings: food from 2:43 to 4:21, carcinization (body horror / transformation / crustacean anatomy...2021-10-191h 30Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB LIVE: What's The True Horror Of Blaseball?Happy Taco-ween! We went live as part of the Tacoween livestream, and keeping with the season we broke down the scariest, spookiest moments in Blaseball, as well as just what makes it such an effective horror game! In this episode: RIB Karp, "Blaseball is a horror game", when will we learn our actions have consequences, falling in love with a player so their death hurts more, blaseball as teen titans go, wherever Dovenpart is I hope it's not scary, redactions are peak creepy, the horror of a game that never ends. ~shoutouts zone~ ...2021-10-121h 04Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhat If It Was Pronounced SIBR?The blaseball fandom is notoriously high output to a fault, but there are few individuals who have done more than this week's guest, Astrid! For those who aren't in the know (seriously, what are you even doing?), Astrid is the data witch behind Reblase, the creator of PluralKit, a songwriter for The Garages, a rep for the Core Mechanics, and is probably responsible for a lot of other things we *didn't* get to in this episode. In this episode: yet another return of surprise questions, peak wyatt brain, has it really always been monreal?, mints culture, SIBR...2021-09-281h 28Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballIs 'Mike Townsend Is A Disappointment' the Garages' 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies'?When Blaseball ended the first time, I was listening to the garages kill the gods. When Blaseball ended the second time, I was listening to storm's here. The Garages have been a fixture of Blaseball for a very long time, and to celebrate their 1 year anniversary they released a new live show - RIV.  To celebrate their celebration, we brought a few of them on! We finally sit down with LambMower (aka INOM), the producer for RIV, and longtime taco Cliff, who was one of several(!) drummers on the project! In this episode: the return o...2021-09-141h 22Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhat's This Era's GPA?Damn, expansion era got hands. After failing to grade just one aspect of the Expansion Era, we line up for round two - and do a much better job of it. Perhaps fittingly, there's a lot to cover! Was the coin a mistake? What actually happened in season 17? Perhaps most importantly, did anything we did ever mean anything? Really, Blaseball is a horror game! In this episode: rated "G" for "Gamer", blaseball fans these days etc etc, Quitter hot takes, precise levels of spook, fighting about fighting about MVPs, please give us more legendary items my york...2021-09-071h 25Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballIs Blaseball an Ogre?It's been a few weeks, which means it's time for our Expansion Era retrospective! It's a long one in which we talk about life, the universe, and everything. In this episode: do blaseball games matter, why blaseball teams want to win, Will's Wills, the path bug wasn't a bug, mod temperature checks ~~~ Our theme music comes from the wonderful @HokutoHero. We get something wrong, or just have something to add? Send your questions / comments / corrections to InfiniteCitiesPodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on twitter at @CitiesPod, or come say hi to...2021-08-311h 39Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhat's a Baseball?Blaseball is sleeping, and we're scrambling to fill anything to fill that splort-shaped hole in our lives. Including... just maybe... "going outside?" ICB (sans Karp - we miss you Karp 2021-08-1753 minDid You Reddit?Did You Reddit?197: r/blaseball, how sports fandoms work, and why something this confusing is so funListen, we love splorts on this pod, as you may have noticed by now, and there's no better splort than the galaxy's interdimensional pastime, Blaseball. You may have heard us briefly talk about Blaseball on a recent FPR, totally ignorant to the profound nature of this sport, but after spending a few days fully invested, we decided to spend the full episode trying to break down what it is exactly that we love so much about this bizarre Internet phenomenon. So, this episode we talk about how Blaseball started, the basic rules, and our POV on what makes this...2021-08-101h 20Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballHow Will You Face The End?Everything has come to an end in the incredible final act of the Expansion Era - rules, teams, blaseball itself, SIBR tools, and even maybe parts of our podcast? But we'll be here, broadcasting from the void, telling anyone who's listening just how cool getting to fly a spaceship into the coin really was. In this episode: a handful of glitter away from death, the crabs can have a little incineration (as a treat), navigating by vibes, Elf Danny is in fact named "Strive", rest in piss phantom thieves guild, they are the ambush, cold equations, snack...2021-08-031h 27Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB Live! Does That Mean "Incinerated Cities Blaseball"?Look me dead and the eyes and tell me magic's 11 run home run didn't fill you with joy. What about the thought of b e c o m i n g   c r a b? Who is going to get Glover to idol board position 14, steal him from the vault, and do EVEN MORE SURGERIES? It's the beginning of the end, and the end of anything making sense! Join us now, while there's still time! In this episode: Ascending beyond the illusion of control, angy catharsis, squiddish considerations, blaseball 2 is DOWN, zig expectations, I am legally obligated to...2021-07-211h 26This Week in BlaseballThis Week in BlaseballThe Blaseball Anniversary Special (with Cat Stlats)Blaseball News Network editor-in-chief Cat Stlats sits down with Beck (@anacrusisnt) and Giovanni (@MarioPrime) to celebrate one year of Blaseball by reading and discussing listener submissions of their most beloved blaseball moments. CONTACT US: @WeekinBlaseball on twitter, or thisweekinblaseball@gmail.com. SUPPORT US: ko-fi.com/thisweekinblaseball. 2021-07-191h 29Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballHow Do I Put A Fish In The Library?Throwback Thursday has come and gone, and in its wake is chaos, lore, and four very excited hosts! Was this the best day in blaseball? Is it even possible to have more Blaseball per Blaseball? How do you even explain everything that happened all at once? We’re not sure if it’s possible, but we’re dang well going to try. cw: swearing right at the top of the episode, and also sprinkled all throughout. In this episode: the ONE ring, the Fifth Base wasn’t done yet, why do they call it Chorby's Soul whe...2021-06-292h 00Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB LIVE! Did You Expect This Story To Make You Look Good?A couple of us returned from siesta directly into our Monday night lives how, and by heck are our brains still in partytime! For a single day of Blaseball, we sure had a ton to talk about - even if we're really pushing the bounds of "on topic" and also had take a few passes at this whole "podcast" thing. Don't adjust your podcatcher, everything is working as intended - anything that might appear to be a mistake is flipped back to positives in the warm light of podcast^2! In this episode: creative editing, sticky pitches and...2021-06-161h 55Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWas Blaseball A Mistake?Steven Wiki is no more, consumed by the fires of burnout - but emerging from the pyre like a phoenix is Steven Ex-Wiki! And as part of the resurrection ritual, he returns to the Infinite Cities to talk about his decision to retire and what life is like on the other side - turns out, Blaseball doesn't have a monopoly on strangeness. Now, more than ever, we really want to know: "how are you feeling?" In this episode: getting hot goss, please just be chill, paying for labor, salt, footnotes, the sublime joy of quitting...2021-06-081h 43Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballAre Dunks the Pinnacle of Splorts?The Reader has spoken, a new Deal is struck, and the ILB is upside down! It's been a full week, and we've got a lot to discuss in this season 19 recap. In this episode: blaseball has been funded!, TGB is hiring a mobile developer, who at TGB would eat the bath pizza?, dunks real!, the ILB is upside down, SIBR is wrong, extended siesta, dunkbot is dunkbot, data witches commit crimes, it's hot fish summer, Tacos are having elections! ~shoutouts zone~ TGB has funding! TGB is hiring! sibr app...2021-05-251h 35Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballWhat If It Were A Beeg Yoshi Kind Of Championship?TACOS WIN THE ILB CHAMPIONSHIP!!! Tacos are supreme as we grab our first championship ring, secure lime blood, and get all kinds of excited about the upcoming Taco de Mayo charity stream! Even the loss of two of our favorite players can't keep us down? Prepare the confetti, it's the season 17 recap! cw: explicit language Be sure to join us for our 24 hour marathon livestream, May 1st - May 2nd, 3 pm to 3pm pacific time! We're going to be raising funds for the Southern California Immigration Project and celebrating Cinco De Mayo with a ton o...2021-04-271h 41Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballAre Lootboxes Plot?Lōotcrates has bestowed upon us wondrous items, such as… ordinary bats! Shoes that are also irons? And a “skate board”! But is there a podcast in that item archive of his? Crack this one open and find out! Possible drops include a very special and exciting event (SR++ super rare), S16 season recap (4* rare), election mysteries (uncommon), and extra balmy vibes (common)! The LA Unlimited Tacos and Infinite Cities Blaseball are hosting a Taco de Mayo celebration May 1st - May 2nd! We'll be livestreaming for 24 hours with a ton of guests and friends, all to raise m...2021-04-201h 22Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballICB Live! How Accurate Is The Prophecy Stone?In what might be a new tradition, we mark the return of blaseball with another live episode! To celebrate, we dug up the Prophecy Stone to grade our past predictions! Plus: an exploration of everything new in Season 15, and our live reactions as we are forced to deal with blaseball happening. Content warning: alcohol from 1:40:00 to 1:47:00, strong language throughout. In this episode: “All You Can Eat” really feels more like a diet, Chorby sharkbait, positive wills changes, good vibes, imposter five layer strategy burritos, beeg bets, upnuts, Game Band if you’re listening tweet us, can we...2021-04-072h 08Infinite Cities BlaseballInfinite Cities BlaseballHave We Been On Siesta Too Long?Season 14’s shadow is cast so far that it has eclipsed the concept of “siesta” and continues to generate news deep into the following week. Join us as we try to make sense of “strategic fluting”, the tacos playoff run, and the season 14 elections. In this episode: games besides blaseball, we fall into crabscourse, our season 14 playoff run was identical to the season 13 playoff run and thus less exciting but far more funny, sharks and swedish lessons, everything going according to plan (including losing Val), Vito has a great sales pitch, voting to maximize tragedy, the Crabs have all o...2021-03-301h 13Some Patches RequiredSome Patches RequiredOpen World Games, Blaseball Banter, and the Naming Of a ToiletToday we celebrate an astronomical achievement. It's the first time we've managed to post an episode that's under an hour. But fear not, dear listener. We still dive into the nitty-gritty of a topic that's on the tip of everyone's proverbial tongues — are open world games inherently shallow?In the process, Aaron makes a "joke" about setting pubic hair on fire,  Zak teaches his incompetent cohost about the phenomenon that is Blaseball, and Aaron provides a flawless synopsis of "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift." We also name an angry toilet. And yes...2021-03-2659 min