Pixel Lit

The Good Kinda Dumb (Primal Rage: The Avatars - Part 1)

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This book is really stupid, in many ways but also we are here for it?https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod a...

In Water Ending (Return to Silent Hill - Part 3)

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The author of this book was in a tough spot. I'll admit that right here. Still this is NOT going on my recommeded summer reading list.https://nogamesf...

More like Benny Hill Am I right? (Return to Silent Hill - Part 2)

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For the number of pages there isn't a whole lot going on in this book.We are in the adaptation endgame now.https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials ...

More like Benny Hill Am I right? (Return to Silent Hill - Part 2)

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For the number of pages there isn't a whole lot going on in this book.We are in the adaptation endgame now.https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials ...

The Book of the Movie of the Game (Return to Silent Hill - Part 1)

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We are in the adaptation endgame now.https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue S...

Oh it's Bioshock (Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon - Part 3)

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

With the eugenics and the Ayn Rand of it all. Honestly they don't reference Rand, that would probably make it more clever.https://nogamesforgenocide.c...

Oh it's Bioshock (Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon - Part 3)

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

With the eugenics and the Ayn Rand of it all. Honestly they don't reference Rand, that would probably make it more clever.https://nogamesforgenocide.c...

William C. Dietz: In Memoriam

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

One of our earliest author interviews was with William C. Dietz author of Halo: The Flood and a number of other video game novelizations as well as a ...

Tex Smells Terrible (Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon - Part 2)

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Right? He has to smell terrible.https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue Sky: h...

Tex Avery Under a Bugs Bunny Moon (Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon - Part 1)

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We've had bad luck with FMV to Book games. Is this one better?(No.)https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and...

Nothing Bad Happens to the Kid(Metro 2033 - Part 4)

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

That's right, nothing bad is gonna happen to the kid. Nothing at all. I mean what kid? There's no kid here.https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials ...

Equipping Plot Armor (Metro 2033 - Part 3)

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Artyom gets a little high and realizes that he might have plot armor. This happens! And you know what? It's kinda awesome.https://nogamesforgenocide.c...

Through the Metro Glass (Metro 2033: Part - 2)

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I don't think I got any better at saying the names in this episode, but I gave it a try.https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials Follow us at patreo...

Kevin Tries to say Russian Names, Badly ( Metro 2033 - Part 1)

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Listen, I thought I had them down before the show and then whew they just kept getting caught in the ol mouth hole. 

Daybreak of War: The End (Warhammer 40000:Dawn of War - Part 3)

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The war ended just after dawn so the Space Marines could drink their juice boxes and have healthy snacks.Book SynopsisThe Bone Ravens, Space Marine wa...

Star Warshammer 4000 (Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War Book 1 - Part 2)

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Little too much Star Wars in this chunk. And like not the good kind. Does that make sense?Book SynopsisThe Bone Ravens, Space Marine warriors with nea...

Not Your Daddy's Alpha Legion (Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War Book 1 - Part 1)

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We are back to start the new year! First up is Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War by CS Goto. It's got Space Marines, and Orks and Eldar! I think there was an...

Game of the Year 2025!

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We did it! We got to 2026! Hooray!https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue Sky:...

Droven! (Driver: Nemesis - Part 3)

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well that's over. Or drover. I'm feeling punchy as I write this.  Happy Christmas you crazy kids.https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials Follo...

You're not my DAD! (Driver: Nemesis - Part 2)

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Julia Jaybird reminds us twice that Tanner is in fact not her father.https://nogamesforgenocide.comOur Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod a...

He's a CAWP (Driver: Nemesis - Part 1)

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hey we are back with a brand new book. This time it's Driver: Nemesis by Alex Sharp. Who is Alex Sharp? No idea, couldn't find any information on them...

Goodbye Horses (and Halo?)

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we discuss some CONTROVERSY. It's piping hot tea! And also we talk at length about what we are playing. New book next week!https://nogamesforgen...

Louisiana Pie (Crimson Skies - Part 3)

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We finish with the third of three stories and it's also the third of three in terms of quality. Can't win them all!Our Socials Follow us at patreon.c...

KAAAAHNNN (Crimson Skies - Part 2)

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We move on to the second story in the book, The Manchurian Gambit written by Michael B. Lee! This one has it all, kidnappings, kidnappings, double cro...

To Adventure! (Crimson Skies: Paladin Blake and the Case of the Phantom Prototype)

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I'm a sucker for these kinds of pure adventure stories so we are having a good time with this one. In this episode we read the novella by Eric Nylund ...

Give Me Back My BB (Death Stranding Vol. 1 - Part 3)

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We wrap Vol. 1 of Death Stranding! We will get to Vol. 2 eventually but hope ya'll had fun listening to us discuss Kojima's reading of American expans...

Featuring RFK Jr (Death Stranding Vol. 1 - Part 2)

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Phil was ill while we recorded this episode! So enjoy while he hacks his way through with a scratchy voice like everyone's least favorite science deny...

Bootleg Bridge Babies (Death Stranding Vol. 1 - Part 1)

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Norman Reedus and the Amazing Fetus is here to save the world from the hugs of the undead! Let's get into it!Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pix...

Bases Loaded II with Jesse Cox!

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Cox (Chilluminati, Cox n' Crendor, YouTube, so much) joins us to discuss the amazing work of art that is Bases Loaded II: Second Season!Our Soci...

Soul Farts (Elder Scrolls: Infernal City - Part 3)

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

21 grams of pure unadulterated soul... gas. That's right, we finished Elder Scrolls Infernal City. There's a part 2 apparently. Kevin didn't know what...

Her? (Elder Scrolls: The Infernal City - Part 2)

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She likes to put a hard boiled egg in her mouth and then squeeze mayonaise into it. She calls it a mayonegg. Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixe...

Glim Garry Glim Lost (Elder Scrolls: Infernal City - Part 1)

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We read 100 pages and 50 of them were pretty good. So that's something!   Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Disco...

In Water (Silent Hill 2: Part 3)

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We reach the end of James Sunderland's delightful trip to Silent Hill. Beautiful resort town, 10 out of 10.   Our Socials Follow us at patreon.co...

They Call Him Jimmy Red Flags (Silent Hill 2: Part 2)

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

James doesn't give tender, merciful partner does he? Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue Sky: https://bsky...

Our Special Place (Silent Hill 2: Part 1)

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We James Sunderland boys now. That's right we are diving into the Japanese novelization of Silent Hill 2 to see what motives we can glean from the man...

Road Rash with Alex Faciane!

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We welcome Alex Faciane from Beard Bros and the Chilluminati podcast to discuss Road Rash! Which might be one of the worst stories we've ever read som...

Helicopter Parenting (Star Wars: Fatal Alliance - Part 3)

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes you can be such a helicopter parent that you make the sith look good. Wild right? Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop i...

You Are Not My Supervisor! (Star Wars: Fatal Alliance - Part 2)

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

These droids have a real libertarian streak don't they?   Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue Sky: ht...

The Jedi Kinda Suck (Star Wars: Fatal Alliance - Part 1)

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Right? They are all repressed and everything? I mean I'm no Sith fan myself but you gotta be able to deal with your emotions better than shoving them ...

Stupid Sexy Laser Cannon (RE: Nemesis Part 3)

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What takes out a giant tentacle monster? A big long shafted laser cannon. Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! B...

Stupid Sexy Carlos (RE: Nemesis - Part 2)

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Okay but Carlos though, right? He's got something going for him.   Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blu...

Stupid Sexy Nemesis (RE: Nemesis - Part 1)

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nemesis, with is height and tentacles. He's got it going on. Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue Sky: http...

Blaster Master with Mathas from Chilluminati!

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Martin aka Mathas from the Chilluminati Podcast joins us today to talk Worlds of Power Blaster Master! Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixel...

Wishmaster (Witcher: The Last Wish - Part 3)

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have one more story to go! In this episode it's Geralt, Dandelion and Yennefer facing off against a nasty genie who seems, just mean. Our Socials F...

Law of Surprise (Witcher: The Last Wish - Part 2)

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We got SURPRISES in this episode, but they are really awkward and probably problematic in any civil society. Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixe...

A Very Witcher Clip Show (Witcher: The Last Wish Part 1)

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for Witcher: The Last Wish! In this episode we cover the first three short stories in The Last Wish. Also holy heck it's our 200th episode! ...

Diggy Hole (The Dig: Part 3)

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The End! We are wrapped on The Dig and moving onto The Witcher: The Last Wish next! Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our ...

Dante's Inferno (The Dig: Part 2)

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Dante's Inferno reference? In MY LucasArts Game Novelization? That's RIGHT! Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discor...

Dig Dug (The Dig: Part 1)

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 1 of The Dig! By Alan Dean Foster. This is an adaptation of the Lucas Arts game of the same name that was kicked off by Stephen Spielberg in 1...

Interview with Jeremy Patenaude, the Author of Halo: Empty Throne

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We got to sit down with Jeremy Patenaude to talk about his career and his new novel, Halo: Empty Throne! Note: we interviewed him before we read the b...

One Day From Retirement (Halo: Empty Throne - Part 4)

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We lay thee thicc book down to rest. Coming up next, The Dig! Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue Sky: htt...

DUMMY THICC BOOK (Halo: Empty Throne - Part 3)

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This book keeps going doesn't it? Not that we are complaning. This thighs save lives. Or thick binding in this case.   Our Socials Follow us at p...

Jack Reacher in Space (Halo: The Empty Throne - Part 2)

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we realize that one of the characters is basically Jack Reacher, but in space. Space Reacher. But he prefers just going by Reacher. Yo...

The Book Version of Luca Brasi (Halo: Empty Throne - Part 1)

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New Halo Book! And dang it's good. We will be covering this one for four parts because it is a massive tome but after part 1 we are enjoying ourselves...

Doom 3 now with 95% Less Doom (Doom 3: Worlds on Fire - Part 3)

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well we got to the end! And there wasn't much Doom in the Doom book. We liked it regardless. Well we liked the gore at least.   Our Socials Follo...

Letters from The Front (Doom 3: Worlds on Fire - Part 2)

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's a cold day in Fredericksburg and we are marching to the front, where we shall encounter glory, or DOOM! I don't know where this bit is going. Our...

Rocky Movie Montage(Doom 3: Worlds on Fire - Part 1)

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hearrrts on fiiireee stong deeeesiiireee yeah baby that's gonna be ALL of these episodes and maybe just a bit that goes for ever. How about them apple...

It's Better than the Game? (7th Guest: Part 3)

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe? At least the death scenes are kinda cool.   Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue Sky: https://b...

I Met a Man on the Way to Seven Ives (7th Guest: Part 2)

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Soo something happened with my mic? I guess? Sounds bad in this episode. Good thing this is a Phil episode!   Our Socials Follow us at patreon.co...

7 Minutes in Guest (7th Guest: Part 1)

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Heyyyyy who wants novelizations of early 90s point and click horror FMV game 7th Guest? Get them RIGHT here RRRREEEEED hot. Our Socials Follow us at p...

We're Here, We're Nier, Get Used To It (Nier Automata: Long Story Short Part 3)

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We wrap up this book! It's not great, but it does its job of making us actually want to play the game. It's like 10 pounds of story in a 1 pound bag. ...

Nier We Go Again (Nier: Automata - Long Story Short Part 2)

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are BACK baby! Will 2B or not 2B? I 9S the question?   Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and hop into our Discord! Blue Sky: ht...

Nier-er My Android to Thee (Nier Automata: Long Story Short Part 1)

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two dudes who have relatively little experience with the Nier franchise decide to jump into the franchise by reading a book! How poorly could this go?...

The 2024 GAME OF THE YEAR Episode!

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Phil and Kevin talk about their GAMES of the YEAR! And instead of pitting these bad b*tches against each other we decided to steal something from the ...

2024 in Bonuses!

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is all the bounes episodes that were Patreon only at the time of release! There's a WHOPPING amount of content most of you folks haven't ...

Don't Fear the Graphic Novel (Returnal: Fallen Asteria)

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This book is less of an adaptation and more of a tie-in/follow up for those that have played Returnal. Yar thar be spoilers abound. Also my mic sounds...

Ifrit? I hardly know it! (King's Quest: Kingdom of Sorrow Part 3)

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whew tough crowd. Anyway. THE END OF THE BOOK IS NIGH. We liked this one what can I say.   Our Socials Follow us at patreon.com/pixellitpod and h...

Dunstan Checks In (King's Quest: Kingdom of Sorrow Part 2)

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There's a GIANT and his name is Dunstan! So that means I gotta make the one reference that I know for the name Dunstan. This is what happens when you ...

King Graham Married Out of His League (King's Quest: Kingdom of Sorrow Part 1)

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If there is one thing we learn about King Graham in this King's Quest adventure is that his Queen, Valanice, is so hot that even the faerie folk are j...

Stolen Catalyst Converters (Dead Space Catalyst Part 3)

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Oh boy. Phil didn't even finish reading the book and Kevin nearly defenestrated himself finishing it. Book is bad folks. Real bad. Anyway, tight episo...

MacGuffins 'r' Us! (Dead Space: Catalyst Part 2)

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This has to be it. The low point right? There is nothing remotely interesting about this book aside from the anger that it stirs inside of me like sma...

Horror Roundtable: Silent Hill 2 Remake Discussion

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We take a break from our REGULAR PROGRAMMING to bring you a special horror rountable, featuring HotCyder (he/him), Pim from Pim's Crypt (they/them), S...

Dead Space Catalyst (Now With 50% Less Dead Space)

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We back in the Dead Space universe. Member how we didn't like Dead Space Martyr? Well we are reading Dead Space Catalyst thinking, hey... maybe it wil...

A Perfectly Cromulent Child (FNAF The Fourth Closet Part 3)

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wow this one ended with a bang! And like full on 1970s Stephen King adaptation ending with like vaseline on the lens of the film camera. Just weird an...

FNAF The Fourth Closet? More Like The First Best Book in the Series! (Part 2)

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

That's right, I'm saying it, with 2/3 of the book done I'm calling it, this is the best book. Of the FNAF trilogy. To be clear, it's like a good book ...

Five Nights at Freddy's! Let's Open the FOURTH CLOSET

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the END of the FNAF Series written by Kira Breed-Wrisley and so far it's the best of the trilogy! Will that energy stay gold? We shall see Pon...

Final Fantasy Three: Both Sides Are the Same, Actually

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The far left (light) and far right (darkness) are the same actually! This is not a takeaway I had during the episode but one I had while editing the e...

Final Fantasy 2: Chocobo Drift

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Final Fantasy 2! Yeah that's right int's in the book that we are reading, Memory of Heroes, keep up will ya? Did you know gaming that Final Fantasy 2 ...

Whaddya Playing (Extended Jam Session)

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay! So we had an interview lined up for this week that ended up getting cancelled and it was too late notice for me to read the next part of Final F...

Final Fantasy 1 - The Bookening!

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As part of Final Fantasy's 25th Anniversary Square released a book called Final Fantasy I II II: Memory of Heroes. It contains three, novellas/short s...

Mortal Kombat: The Movie (1995) w/ HotCyder!

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Phil was TRAPPED in South Dakota for a bit so I pulled in James aka HotCyder to talk about Paul W.S. Anderson's Mortal Kombat (1995). Check out HotCyd...

Dishonored: The Corroded Man - Part 3

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We WRAP Dishonored: The Corroded Man this week. Will Corvo and Emily stop Zhukov in time? Will Wyman wake up from his nap? Will Kevin make it through ...

Dishonored: The Corroded Man - Part 2

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I keep waiting for the dish on red but Morgan Freeman's character from Shawshank Redemption is nowhere to be found in this book. Smh. Our Socials Foll...

Dishonored: The Corroded Man - Part 1

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We take our talents to Dunwall and follow a story that takes place one year before Dishonored 2. Dishonored: The Corroded Man is written Adam Christop...

Borderlands: The Fallen - Part 3

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We finish Borderlands: The Fallen! What will happen to the family? Will Vance return? Will Trump fire JD Vance? Will Marla become a better written cha...

Borderlands: The Fallen - Part 2

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay so things get a little WEIRD with Marla's storyline this episode, I'm not gonna lie folks. We continue reading through Borderlands: The Fallen! O...

Borderlands: The Fallen - Part 1

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hey look it's a book by friend of the pod John Shirley! Let's take a look-see! Are Phil and I the biggest Borderlands fans? Absolutely not! So this co...

Minecraft: The Island - Part 3

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The last third of this adventure seemingly is more of an adventure than the other two thirds of the book, but it's way too little too late for Max Bro...

Minecraft: The Island - Part 2

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay this book mayyyy be one of the most boring that we have ever read? I'm not sure where it's going, there's not a TON of stuff happening, there's n...

Minecraft: The Island - Part 1

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Look at us! Reading a book for those Gen Z cats! Or Gen Alpha? Anyway, we are reading Minecraft: The Island written by Max Brooks, author of World War...

Resident Evil: Underworld - Part 3

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We finished this dang Underworld book and not one appearance by Kate Beckinsale, what gives? I am being told that that is the wrong underworld. ANYWAY...

Resident Evil: Underworld - Part 2

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Look Upon my Goo Ye Mighty and Despair!" - Percy Shelley, wrote this, I believe in his chart topping hit Ozymandias, which was about the Watchmen cha...

Resident Evil: Underworld - Part 1

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A NEW S.D. Perry Resident Evil book and you know what that means?? We are starting YEAR FOUR of Pixel Lit! That's wild. Thank you ALL for being here a...

Metal Gear Solid - Part 3

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Yeeah Kevin came out of the rail cannon on this one. This book actually affected his enjoyment of Metal Gear Solid. That's wild right? Our Socials Fol...

Re-Read: Mega Man 2 with Scott Niswander

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin is sick this week and thus we must do a re-run for the first time in forever. Le sigh. All good streaks must come to an end.   Our Socials ...

Metal Gear Solid - Part 2

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Phil and Kevin dust off the cobwebs after a few weeks away from the recording booth to talk about the most boring possible recounting of this game hum...

Metal Gear Solid - Part 1

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Phil and Kevin are packing warm to take a trip to the Fox Archipeligo and spy on METAL GEAR?! That's right, today we start on Raymond Benson's adaptat...

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest with Mikel Reparaz from Vidjagame Apocalypse

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mikel joins Kevin to talk about the Worlds of Power version of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest! The book makes some wild decisions regarding framing of ...

Fable: Edge of the World - Part 3

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We let the cat out of the bag early on in this episode that we did NOT like this book. Honestly though we let that particular cat out at the 1/3 mark ...

Fable: Edge of the World - Part 2

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Phil and Kevin continue with the book, Fable: Edge of the World, because they started it and there wouldn't be a show if they stopped reading every bo...