It’s time for a Star Wars Holiday Special as we discuss:
- The new Disney+ streaming service
- The Mandalorian TV show
- Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
- Will the prequels be looked upon more kindly in the future?
- and finally… Emperor Palpatine’s Sex Life
Enjoy!
Jones is back! In this episode we discuss:
- Parker re-watches the Star Wars
Prequels – we discuss!
- Octopath Traveler and the Nintendo Switch.
- What’s the deal with people watching games on YouTube more than they actually play them? Are we guilty of this?
- Bad Company 2 memories.
- Jones finally builds a new PC after 8 years… and gets a new smart phone after 5 years – he’s the King of Old Tech!
- Do iPhones autocorrect differently than other phones?
- Movie Pass – the end is near?
Enjoy!
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There is only 1 topic this month: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI!
MEGA SPOILER WARNING – we spoil everything about this movie.
Fun drinking game: Take a drink every time we mention Star Trek, Titanic or Thrawn.
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Welcome to fall! This month’s topics include:
- Amazon package delivery and Cabs Vs Uber.
- Jones needs a new computer! Ben and Parker offer advice.
- New Tomb Raider movie – is it going to be any good?
- What made Indiana Jones good vs modern “adventure” films AKA the death of straightforward, simple plots.
- Ben discusses Cuphead.
- Parker brings up Duke Nukem Forever as he does on every podcast.
- Discussing Ghost Squad 2 – our 2017 Halloween YouTube Special.
- Our movie predictions always come true – we discuss!
- In the movie Blade Runner, examples of why Deckard was terrible at his job of being a Blade Runner.
- I try to convince Jones to watch Black Mirror.
- Dead Space memories.
Enjoy!
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We’re back after a two month hiatus! It was a busy summer. This month’s topics include:
- Star Wars Burnout – Does releasing a movie every year make it no longer special?
- What is going on over at Warner Bros. with the DC movie universe? Also Ben has finally seen Suicide Squad, the movie in which nothing happens – we discuss!
- Jones finally watched Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
- Castlevania the Very Short Netflix Series!
- What are the Best TV Shows Ever?
- Ben plays his first Call of Duty game in 8 years – Infinite Warfare! Jones explains Overwatch to Ben.
- Discussing the imbalance of Battlefield 1.
- Box office inflation, and why TV/streaming is beating theaters. Why the death of arcades should serve as a warning.
Enjoy!
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We finally made it to 100 episodes, and have a super-sized episode to celebrate!
Joining us once again is Parker Dillmann from Macrofab!
Topics include:
- Are R-rated movies coming back?
- John Wick and Logan do well, while PG-13 Ghost in the Shell flops.
- Are people finally tired of PG-13?
- The lack of finality in modern movies, and why this is emotionally bad.
- How does the Galactic Senate work in Star Wars? Were the Gungans properly represented?
- Nintendo Switch Impressions Now That It’s Out
- Right analog stick is awful – why?
- Load times are worse on cartridge than SD card – huh?
- Parker gives his impressions of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
- The first Zelda game with DLC?
- Difficult games – old school fun or a waste of time in a busy world?
- Open World Gaming – What Is it?
- Jones and Parker discuss World and Warcraft and Ben falls asleep.
- PS4 Pro / 4K gaming
- Is it worth it?
- Jones gets an OLED TV!
- Console Gaming is becoming more like PC gaming – our thoughts!
- Why Ben and Jones won’t play old games.
- Parker and Jones discuss why they didn’t buy Mass Effect Andromeda.
- Movie Talk!
- Ben complains about theater projection.
- Is the theater becoming an exclusive event experience instead of cheap entertainment?
- What movies should Disney make live-action remakes of next? (They’ll do them all, but in what order?”
- Is anyone going to care about Avatar 2 when it eventually comes out?
Enjoy!
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We’re back after missing a month in November 🙁 To make up for this, this final podcast of 2016 is extra-long and has a guest star Parker Dillmann from Macrofab!
You can check out Parker’s own podcast by clicking here.
Our extra-rambling podcast topics today are:
- Star Wars: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Jones and Parker liked it a lot, Ben didn’t. We argue about the movie’s flaws and merits.
- What did they change with the reshoots?
- Would the Empire actually put a data center on a tropical paradise planet? What Star Wars planet might be a better choice?
- Thoughts on the Movie Going Experience
- Regular theaters VS Alamo Drafthouse
- Movie reel splicing.
- Are the prices too insane for families?
- Home TV keep getting better and cheaper – how is this affecting theater attendance?
- Will there ever be new-release movies streamed straight to the home?
- New services can destroy old ones (Uber)
- Jones’ family owned a Betamax player – never before heard story!
- Do Texans really carry guns everywhere?
- Discussing the Nintendo Switch with a Nintendo fan
- Jones and Ben are well-known Nintendo critics. For an outside perspective, we discuss the Switch with Parker, who still likes Nintendo.
- Can it succeed? Will 3rd parties port to it?
- Should Nintendo just go 3rd party themselves?
- What videogames could make good movies? (Apparently not Assassin’s Creed…)
- Jones and Parker try to convince Ben to buy the Mass Effect Trilogy.
Enjoy!
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Prequels – we discuss!