Win Stupid Prizes

It's almost time to head Across The Spider-Verse and see what Spiders the Verse has to offer us, but before then we speculate on the Spider-Mans they should really have added to the movie.

Jamie wants to mix up the formula, Bear wants to mix up the lexicon, and Eddie wants to do a remix, all the while judge Pwal just wants to avoid getting mixed up in this multiversal nonsense. Warning for arachnophobes, this one does contain the word "spider" a lot.

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With the death of print media, our boy Kal-El is back in the job market. With a CV like Clark's, surely there's a better job for old Supes than whatever passes for a journalist these days?

Eddie deliberately ignores the question, Jamie utilises Superman's strengths, and Alex shoots for the moon, whilst Bear reveals some shocking secrets about his good friend Clark Kent. Surprisingly, nobody tries to take over the world in this one. Well not intentionally anyway.

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With the inevitable success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie just around the corner, there's never been a better time to yoink Mario out of existence and be forced to save Peach ourselves! But without the titula-me, Mario, around is saving a princess even possible?

With Eddie in the judge's seat, Pwal brings his aptitude for violence to the table, whilst Alex will do any amount of paperwork to avoid having to actually save a princess themself. Sometimes Bowser lives, sometimes he dies, but the world is almost always worse off than when our plans started.

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We did such a good job with our Football balance patch last year that we decided to have another crack at it but with Driving this time. Should cars be tubes? How about spheres? Should it be easier to gain points? Or perhaps driving backwards should make you exempt from the law?

Bear wants to take a technical approach to improving the game design, Eddie wants to change the shape of driving as we know it, and Alex thinks the biggest problem with driving is the cars. Meanwhile, Jamie just wants the premise of the episode to remain intact so we don't get sued by every government driving organisation.

Due to scheduling conflicts, Eddie and Alex were left to record an episode by themselves. Rather than solving one of the least asked for questions on the internet, they got distracted and ended up talking about the podcast of Win Stupid Prizes rather than actually trying to win a stupid prize.

Join us for this behind-the-scenes look at the effort that goes into an episode of Win Stupid Prizes! Including burning questions such as, how do we even record these things? What makes a good stupid answer? Can we afford a door? All this, and more, in this unique* episode of Win Stupid Prizes!

* unique at time of publishing

Last year we tried to do a better job than Santa, but that didn't work, so this year we're just outright stopping him. Can three mortal beings stop the seemingly omnipotent being that is Santa, or will he once again prove too much for us? And more importantly, will this mean we're all getting coal this Christmas?

AJ knows exactly what risks to take as Judge, Eddie probably ends up on the naughty list, Bear does the unthinkable and asks for help, and Pwal won't stop talking about Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for some reason.

Actors are a wild bunch, but wouldn't it be even wilder if they weren't actors? If every film an actor has been in was completely factually accurate, which actor would have led the craziest life?

Alex forgets what question they asked, Jamie sticks to his theme, Eddie doesn't understand friendship, and Bear gets married, as we all explore the Edward Scissorhands-verse and realise that every actor was Bruce Willis the whole time.

CW: Brief gore descriptions (Saw franchise)

It's only been a year but Britain's Evil Mastermind, Pwal, has decided to come out of retirement. As a result, he needs to know which horror antagonists can easily be defeated so he doesn't make their same mistakes.

Alex tries to avoid the problem once again, Bear uses his strengths to his advantage, and Eddie takes on the true villain of Hallowe'en, in an episode where we definitely stuck to the brief and didn't just pick any spooky story we wanted to talk about.

One DnD is upon us! Which means we only get to pick one class, so we better pick a good one. Eddie, Alex, and Jamie ignore both Dungeons and Dragons as Bear questions how their chosen class would actually be useful in the real world.

Eddie wants to be the most evil Lawful Good character you've ever seen, Alex wants to improve their lowest skills, and Jamie just wants to stay out of the sun. Unfortunately, Bear was railroading from the start and had pre-rolled the winner of this episode.

Have you ever been cursed by a witch and told you have to fight a poisoned goose or something in order to escape the curse? Well that definitely hasn't happened to us! That'd be ridiculous... haha...

In this surprisingly animal-orientated episode, Alex, Bear, and Jamie try to save Eddie from a terrible fate. Will any of them succeed, or are fairy-tales just that difficult to win?

As Disney gradually absorb more and more media franchises, the real question is which of these won't eventually be in a Kingdom Hearts game?

Our resident Kingdom Hearts expert, Alex, navigates the Realms as Eddie, Jamie, and Pwal try to come up with anything more ridiculous than the worlds Kingdom Hearts already has to offer.

Swearing, we all do it! Apart from a few movies doing their best to maintain a squeaky-clean rating, that is. But what if those polite films were made just a little ruder, and given the PG13 rating to match?

As Jamie attempts to win an argument with a friend, Eddie, AJ, and Alex get their effing and blinding on in what is our crassest episode to date!

AJ is terrified of the impending zombie apocalypse and desperately needs a survival plan. Thankfully, Alex, Eddie, and Pwal are on hand to suggest a slew of qualified teams which might help your average nerd survive such an event.

As AJ cowers in the corner, will Pwal's close-knit core, Alex's proven survivors, or Eddie's plucky teens prove the most likely to pull through a zombie apocalypse unscathed?

It is finally Time to Die for Daniel Craig's James Bond, and who better to decide who should replace him than the nerds at Hexagorgon?

Alex conducts the auditions whilst Jamie gets methodic, Eddie goes robotic, and Bear feels erotic as their pitches shoot, spy, sneak, speak, and shoot their way through various Bond tropes.

We're often told that you can choose your friends but not your family, but in the world of fiction anything is possible!

Eddie deals with the paperwork whilst Bear faces his fear of mushrooms, Pwal dodges an existential crisis, and Alex chooses how many legs they want, as they all vie to come up with the best family to be a part of.

We've all imagined ourselves as the main character of a movie from time to time. So, when Movie Master Bear gave AJ, Alex, and Eddie the chance to swap themselves into their favourite movies, they did not hold back.

Alex writes fan fiction, AJ gets a physical description, and Eddie gets in a fight, whilst Bear finally reveals the one movie he hasn't seen...

The Beautiful Game is about to get a whole lot more beautiful with its next balance patch! But what changes could possibly be made to Football?

Alex tries to represent the game's best interests whilst Bear, Eddie, and Jamie throw just about everything at the wall to see how many points they score.

Santa's monopoly on Christmas has gone too far. Fortunately he's being a good sport about it, and has allowed AJ to provide some competition this year. 

With only one item, one character, and one army of minions to help them, can Bear, Eddie, and Jamie come up with a plan to deliver presents to every house in the world in one night?

Through an unexplained process of witchcraft and veterinarian skills, Bear is going to gain the ability to transform into an animal. The catch? It's a forced transformation which lasts for one week of each month.

With the help of Eddie, Alex, and AJ, can Bear figure out the best animal for this scenario before his procedure tomorrow?

When Jamie discovered his new flat was haunted, he knew what to do. Unfortunately, the Ghostbusters aren't responding to his calls! What other characters can Bear, Eddie, and Pwal get hold of to help Jamie solve this spooky situation?

Eddie changes the rules, Bear plays into Jamie's interests, and Pwal tries to steal Jamie's flat.

There sure are a lot of items in video games! But if you could bring one video game item into the real world, which one would you choose?

Eddie asks some pointed questions whilst Bear tries to master, Pwal tries to barter, and AJ tries the butter.

From Mario to Mythra, there are a lot of characters in Super Smash Bros. But if they were fighting for real, who would come out on top?

Alex, Eddie, and Jamie knock their collective knowledge together to figure out who would be the Super Smash Champion.

Politics is a mess, and with Britain's Evil Mastermind approaching retirement, it's only going to get messier. Can Pwal find a suitably villainous replacement with the help of recruiters AJ, Alex, and Eddie?

AJ looks past first impressions, Eddie looks to the future, and Alex looks out for number one.

Thanos is one of the greatest threats of the modern era, and even an elite team of the worlds greatest superheroes almost failed to stop him. So can Alex, with the help of Eddie, Jamie, and Pwal come up with a fool-proof plan to stop the Mad Titan and save the universe?

Pwal is willing to make sacrifices, Jamie gives Thanos what he always needed, and Eddie looks for a sponsorship deal.

Imagine you were playing a video game, but instead of playing you were just sort of... there. Bear puts it to Alex, Eddie, and Pwal to come up with the best Video Game to be an NPC (Non-Playable Character) in!

Eddie flirts with a life of crime, Alex discovers existential dread, and Pwal makes some lewd decisions, in what can only be described as 3 games which definitely have NPCs.

Jamie already knows what the best Pokémon is, but what is the 2nd best Pokémon? AJ, Eddie, and Toby put their (2nd) best pitches, forward!

Toby takes a personal approach, AJ takes an impersonal approach, and Eddie takes an unpersonable approach.

The one where we’re trapped on a desert island, but we get to choose one fictional character to aid us on our quest for survival, escape, or perhaps something entirely different.

In this episode, Bear chops down a tree, Jamie attempts pottery, Alex rolls a die, and Eddie loudly judges them.