TV Roundtable #1: The Good Place S1 / 2017 Predictions (and Complaints)
The Gang tackles NBC's wonderful high-concept sitcom and looks ahead to 2017's delights (and likely horrors).The post TV Roundtable #1: The Good Place S1 / 2017 Predictions (and Complaints) appeared...
View ArticleGame Boys, Ep. 52: No Honor
The Earth's history has been riddled with wars, the Thousand-Year War, the Revolutionary War, WWI, the Console War, but what happens when three of history's most notable warrior cultures come to a...
View ArticleNXpress Nintendo Podcast 84: Hands On The Nintendo Switch
Nintendo is promoting the Switch, its next gaming console, across North America this month, and one of those events was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto this past weekend where we...
View ArticleRandom Encounters, Ep. 53: Forgotten Gems Pt. 2 + ‘Bioshock HD’ and ‘Stardew...
This week on Random Encounters we're talking a few more of our favorite forgotten gems. Making appearances in the conversation are Super Paper Mario, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay,...
View ArticleNXpress Nintendo Podcast 84: ‘Donkey Kong Country’ / Nintendo Switch
In 1994, Rare recast a classic Nintendo villain as the titular hero Donkey Kong Country and gave him a unique set […]The post NXpress Nintendo Podcast 84: ‘Donkey Kong Country’ / Nintendo Switch...
View ArticleRandom Encounters, Ep. 54: Sex in Gaming + ‘Ni-oh’ and ‘New Super Mario Bros. 2’
Good day! We open things up this week with some talk of the latest Souls-like, Ni-oh. Is it just “samurai souls” or […]The post Random Encounters, Ep. 54: Sex in Gaming + ‘Ni-oh’ and ‘New Super Mario...
View ArticleSordid Cinema Podcast #506: ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ and the Socio-Political...
This week, the topic is John Wick Chapter 2, the Keanu Reeves-led sequel to the 2014 sleeper hit. Discussed: gun-fu choreography, set design, Buster Keaton, the socio-political landscape, The Matrix,...
View ArticleGame Boys, Ep. 53: Lover Boys
The Game Boys Podcast is officially a year old! To celebrate, Tim and Ryan share what are in their opinions the best cooperative video games of all time. In time for Valentine's Day, here are some...
View ArticleRandom Encounters, Ep.55: ‘Ni-oh’, ‘Resident Evil VII’ and Telltale ‘Batman’...
This week on Random Encounters we start things off with more Ni-oh talk. How does the game compete with Bloodborne and Dark Souls now that it's been out long enough for folks to have finished it?...
View ArticleThe Lodgers | A Twin Peaks Podcast: Episode One, “Pilot”
On the first episode of our dedicated Twin Peaks podcast, we time warp to 1990 to consider how the original run was viewed and interpreted.The post The Lodgers | A Twin Peaks Podcast: Episode One,...
View ArticleGame Boys, Ep. 54: A Samurai, Knight, and Viking Walk into a Game
Today's Game Boys episode is all about conquest and capturing both land and monsters. The post Game Boys, Ep. 54: A Samurai, Knight, and Viking Walk into a Game appeared first on Goomba Stomp.
View ArticleSordid Cinema Podcast #507: ‘A Cure for Wellness’ And Was It All Just A Dream?
The Sordid Cinema Podcast is back again, this time with a look at Gore Verbinski's strange new psychological horror/thriller, A Cure for Wellness.The post Sordid Cinema Podcast #507: ‘A Cure for...
View ArticleNXpress Nintendo Podcast 86: ‘Castlevania’ TV Series, ‘Pokemon Go’ and...
This week the guys discuss the 'Castlevania' TV series possibilities, 'Pokemon Go' and Nintendo's mobile games, and 'Breath of the Wild' DLC.The post NXpress Nintendo Podcast 86: ‘Castlevania’ TV...
View ArticleThe Lodgers | A Twin Peaks Podcast, Episode 2: A Fish in the Percolator
Justine Smith joins us to tackle the first two post-pilot episodes, Twin Peaks as an entry in the "woman's series" genus, the origins of surrealism, the "right way" to watch, and much more.The post The...
View ArticleRandom Encounters, Ep. 56: ‘Uncharted 2’, ‘Civilization Revolutions II’ and...
Another week, another episode. This week on Random Encounters, we start things off by being remarkably shocked by just how […]The post Random Encounters, Ep. 56: ‘Uncharted 2’, ‘Civilization...
View ArticleSordid Cinema Podcast #508: ‘Get Out’– horror turns black comedy
Get Out is an overtly political movie, one that evokes current racial tensions both to make the story more relevant and to make it more frightening.The post Sordid Cinema Podcast #508: ‘Get Out’ –...
View ArticleNXpress Nintendo Podcast 87: Drugs, Dreams, Nightmares, Virtual Reality,...
This week, we continue our Donkey Kong retrospective with the sequel to Rare's spectacular hit Donkey Kong Country and let you know if we think Diddy's Kong Quest exceeds the standard set by its...
View ArticleThe Lodgers | A Twin Peaks Podcast, Episode 3: There Are A Lot Of Birds
On dueling planes of reality, criminality, representation, and political realities. And also birds.The post The Lodgers | A Twin Peaks Podcast, Episode 3: There Are A Lot Of Birds appeared first on...
View ArticleRandom Encounters, Ep. 57: ‘Catlateral Damage’, ‘Pokemon Go’ and Nintendo...
With the launch of the Nintendo Switch right around the corner, we look at our final thoughts on the upcoming system, and go over the last bit of information that's come out leading up to it. Is this...
View ArticleSordid Cinema Podcast #509: The Sounds and Sights of ‘Moonlight’
Told in three chapters over the course of about 16 years, Moonlight (adapted from playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s short theater piece, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue) explores the plight of a...
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