Show Notes
Separate children, Jamie and Chris, de-schism to become a single mass with opinions on lying down, class-traitor sandwich praxis, the tragic dynamics of a friendship defined by Sonic/Batman, the Steam Deck, Hi-Fi RUSH, Burnhouse Lane and Marvel Snap.
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Why not pair The Sonic Movie with the lavish mediocrity of Death on the Nile? There are many reasons. So many.
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X-Men: the full-fat theatre kids of Marvel.
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Hi-Fi RUSH is a rhythm-action combo-brawler that has dropped out of nowhere from Evil Within developer, Tango Gameworks.
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Elite Beat Agents is a beloved rhythm game of yore.
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Thumper: also a brilliant rhythm action game, with a darker narcotic vibe.
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Burnhouse Lane is a dark psychological horror point-n-click by Harvester Games.
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The Cat Lady is a previous and similarly bleak game by Harvester Games.
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Uh oh! There’s been a discourse!
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“Sometimes its dramaturgy is- woah, here we go!”
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Mike Flanagan’s brilliant Netflix show Midnight Mass and our pod about it. Flanagan followed up with The Midnight Club.
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The other side of the darkness sandwich: Marvel Snap, a machine-cut slice of perfectly square American bread.
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