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Hosted by Michael Underscore, ShadoSpartan, and Jon Powell · EN-US · 46 episodes
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The Time Pals are four geeky dads squandering their mid-life crises by diving headfirst into the best, worst, and weirdest corners of geek culture. Twice a month show hosts, Mike Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Nickell, and Jon Powell dust off old VHS tapes, blow into vintage game cartridges, and try to out-“Well, actually…” each other over the nerdy media they all pretend to love.If you're into pixelated graphics, ridiculous plot holes, AI-fueled adventures, and a hearty dose of chaotic humor—congratulations, you’ve just found your new Pals.
Michael Underscore, ShadoSpartan, and Jon Powell hosts Time Pals, a leisure show with 46 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail NEW EPISODE: Point-and-Clickbait w/ Daniel Clark (Disney/Pixar Artist & Creator of The Dragon Blossom ) This week, the Time Pals revisit some of the best, worst, and weirdest point-and-click adventure ga
Send us Fan Mail 🦸♂️ Free Comic Book Day is May 2, 2026! 🦸♂️ This week, the Time Pals sit down with Free Comic Book Day founder Joe Field to talk about the origins of one of comics’ biggest annual events, how Flying
Send us Fan Mail A Spartan Takes on a Pirate! This week’s mini episode features co-host ShadoSpartan’s take on the rise and fall of one of his former favorite online personalities, PirateSoftware. So why devote an entire
Send us Fan Mail This week, co-host Jon Powell throws out a deceptively simple question: “Who is your ultimate ‘Hey, it’s that guy!’ actor?” What follows isn’t chaos (okay, not just chaos)—it’s a full-on celebration of t
Send us Fan Mail It’s MAR10 Day and Time Pals chose chaos! This week, co-hosts Jon Powell and Mike Underscore promise zero level breakdowns, not a single discussion about gameplay mechanics, and absolutely no tier lists.
Send us Fan Mail Time Pals co-host Jon Powell spun the roulette wheel and chose chaos. This week, the Time Pals present “Jon’s Genre Smash: Bad Games from Good Developers.” For every legendary studio with wall-to-wall hi
Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder how a $400 million game can flop harder than a broken joystick? This week, Underscore, Jon Powell, and ShadoSpartan dive headfirst into the most infamous, unhinged, and spectacularly bad vide
Send us Fan Mail This week, co-host Nickell attempts to get the Time Pals into the holiday spirit—launching them on a nostalgic, chaotic, music-filled sleigh ride. From quitting a job for Cake, discovering their inner po
Send us Fan Mail The Time Pals return with a mini-blast from post-apocalyptic Boston: “Fallout 4: Nukes, Nonsense, and Another Settlement Needs Your Help!” 💥 Join ShadoSpartan and Underscore as they dive into the chaos
Send us Fan Mail This week, Time Pals co-host ShadoSpartan brings back Mini-Episodes and takes hilarious dive into the world of pro wrestling botches — from debut disasters to matches that went completely off the rails.
Send us Fan Mail This week, co-host Jon shatters his fellow Time Pals’ fragile egos with a brutal truth bomb: “Your Favorite TV Character SUCKS!” 💥 Join your Pals in chaos as they rant about: Is JD from Scrubs worse tha
Send us Fan Mail This Tuesday, the Time Pals Podcast presents Hobby Hype! , featuring special guest Norell (aka The Hobby Box Hunter)! 🎙️ Your Pals dive into our shared love of geek collectibles, his creative crossover
Send us Fan Mail This week, ShadoSpartan wants you to know that not every hard game is hard for the right reasons—some were tough just because of clunky design or straight-up bad programming, not because they were really
Send us Fan Mail This week the Time Pal return from their summer break and are immediately captured by ADHD addled co-host Nickell who turned the Time Pals studio into his own twisted game show. It’s Time Pal vs Time Pal
Send us Fan Mail This week, the Time Pals celebrate our first year as a geek dad team—just in time for our month-long summer break (and, regrettably, to give Underscore a reprieve from producing our unique brand of chaos
Send us Fan Mail This week, the Time Pals bring their flashlights and emotional support wine as they dig up the creepiest, weirdest, and most nightmare-inducing moments from the kids' shows we grew up with. Too scared to
Send us Fan Mail The Time Pals celebrate Star Wars Day and the re-release of “Revenge of the Sith” by going on a dungeon adventure set in the Star Wars universe. This time your Pals attempt to break the artificial intell
Send us Fan Mail This week, the Time Pals get into a roundtable discussion and delve into Naughty Dog's acclaimed game, The Last of Us, and its recent adaptation into a television series. Joining us is author/writer, fil
Send us Fan Mail This week the Time Pals finally did it—We finished fixing the rest of the Academy’s gross mistakes—and for the surprisingly competitive decade of 2010 to 2020. We discuss the films that deservedly had a
Send us Fan Mail The Time Pals wrap up their retrospective on the early 2000’s Best Picture winners and should-have-won-ers with special guest “Hollywood Fringe Legend” Veronica Matthews. The fight to correct past Academ
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Time Pals is hosted by Michael Underscore, ShadoSpartan, and Jon Powell. The show is categorised under leisure (games) and has published 46 episodes.
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