No Crisis Yet!

2020. Yoked ladies. Character arcs. Brutality. 2020.

Jon can’t stop participating in the humanitarian disaster that is DayZ and Ben is moving corpses across the country.

Ben and Jon compare and contrast their approaches to the POWER struggle *wink* on Outer Worlds’ first planet.

Jon and Ben dive into the grimy, gritty Scorsese simulacrum and come away pleasantly surprised.

Jon and Ben are completely smitten with Nordic paranormal shooter Control.

Tarantino’s latest film is ripe for discussion, and Ben and Jon dive in head first.

Ben and Jon speculate on how off-the-rails Tarantino will go in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, debate Leonardo DiCaprio’s acting skills, and our dark, Disney future.

Jon and Ben wax philosophic on the direction of the industry, storefronts, Epic exclusivity, and other industry gossip.

Ben and Jon break down the brilliance of HBO’s Chernobyl and espouse their love for Jared Harris.

Jon dishes on life as a cult leader while Ben relays tales from Outer Wilds.

Randy Pitchford, gaming world cultures, and old Half-Life servers are on tap in this episode.

Sekiro is good. Sekiro is great. Ben and Jon love Sekiro and it is good and great.

Jon takes a deep dive into Paradox’s Hearts of Iron IV and Ben talks up his return to Colombia and Rapture as he replays Bioshock Infinite.

Riverdale is one of the trashiest, shameless, inane, and plot-free experiences in television. And we love it.

Ben and Jon take a long, hard look at the games they played in 2018.

We came, we saw, we played through an eight hour epilogue. Jon and Ben discuss their experiences finishing one of the largest video game projects of all time. SPOILERS.

The game of the year has finally arrived in all of its cow-punching, cigar munching glory.

The boys discuss Rockstar crunch, old CRPGs (again), and the quality of life for game developers. Also Red Dead Redemption 2 hype.

Red Dead Redemption 2 hype runs high while Ben and Jon discuss modern CRPGs and how accurately Rockstar will model horse testes.

The boys discuss the shortcomings of Castle Rock and Jimmy’s descent into the underworld in Better Call Saul. Also Mission Impossible: Fallout.