# Games with weird fanbases

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Podcast: [Crubcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crubcast-6399476)
Published: 2026-06-22T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/fde21ede
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## Resource

Fanbases are great! Passionate, kind, lovely people showing their support and loyalty to the things they enjoy. However...a lot of the weird, toxic, strange, offputting, and detestable stuff tends to rise to the top. Today, we honor the latter. While also finally giving the official Super Drunkey Ball rules. That matters more. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES Our Nintendo ragebait episode: https://youtu.be/8MR2nseow_U If the "AAA Focus, M" mention at 20:45 went over your head... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMh_APo2Xss Shoutout to minimme, who has played minigolf: https://www.youtube.com/@minimme Here's the NBA game we mention around 55 minutes in (if it helps, it's actually only $30): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2866670/NBA_THE_RUN/ And here is the latest Rate Is Great episode: https://youtu.be/0Slz8TK-VIY TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Justin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9 Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun CHAPTERS 00:00 You already knew Smash was going to be here 04:36 Time to Persona mention 07:00 Attaching identity to fandom 14:15 Splatoon moment 17:21 Sonic and meeting a fanbase where it's at 24:22 Licensing NES cartridges 29:02 Opening a cold one for Yoshi 31:08 Daisy is dying…

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