Today we’re ranking out personal top five favorite video game soundtracks. Join us as we go to outer space, the depths of hell, a big blue ocean, a haunted mansion, and many more!

Also, why we hate radio station genres. (Recorded March 21st, 2022.)

This week we’re reviewing the critically acclaimed Netflix movie Marriage Story. We go through the movie and discuss the excellent acting, the deep and varied characters, and ponder why the son is named after one of our hosts.

Also, why we hate the IMDb page for Marriage Story (and IMDb in general). (Recorded July 26th, 2021.)

Today on the pod, we go back an look at 2017 and discuss some of the best and worst things about this year. The good things? We got a lot of great movies and video games. Plus, our podcast got professional. The bad things? Basically everything else.

Also, why we hate the new table tennis table. 

Today we continue our Review Review series, where we take a look at all the stuff we’ve reviewed in the past and rank order it for no reason at all. And this time, we’re taking a look at books. There are robotics teams! Nuclear fallouts! Demons! Cats and dogs living together!

Here’s the list thus far (spoilers!)

The Bartimaeus Trilogy 

The Hobbit

The Book Thief 

Wolf in White Van

Gone

Gregor the Overlander

The Great Gatsby

Variant 

Rot & Ruin

True Grit

The Hunger Games

Insignia

Ender’s Game

Percy Jackson

Lunatics

Everlost

Lost in the River of Grass

The Name of This Book Is Secret 

Unstoppable

After the Bomb

Ungifted

This week, Henry and Samuel cover the ultra-violent western film Django Unchained. We cover the well-cast and well-written characters, complain about a lack of substance, and try to define what an “artsy” movie is.

Also, why we hate technological blight.

Join Henry and Samuel as we talk about our favorite movie of 2015, The Big Short. We talk about how well this movie handles its confusing plot, praise the “artsy” editing style, and wish the characters were fleshed out a little more.

Also, why we hate broken traffic lights. 

SPECIAL EPISODE #23, wherein Henry and Samuel discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We talk about the pros and cons of all of these movies being interconnected, the quality of said movies, and rank our favorites and least-favorites. 

Also, why we hate Spiderman. 

Join Henry and Samuel as we rave about a game that isn’t even out yet, Overwatch. We go over the unique and diverse characters, point out all the little things this game does right, and figure out why all multiplayer games aren’t quite this fun right off the bat.

Also, why we hate dew.

SPECIAL EPISODE #6. Henry and Samuel have both prepared lists of their top five characters from popular media. So join us as we go through that list, argue a bunch, then spend far too long talking about some honorable mentions.

Also, why we hate most t-shirts that have references.

Join Henry in Samuel in critiquing and over thinking Christopher Nolan's latest (but not greatest), Interstellar.

Also, why we hate battery life.

Henry and Samuel were both big fans of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Does the new one for the Wii U live up to their lofty expectations?

Also, why we hate plastic figures for video games.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the young-adult survival book, Lost in the River of Grass.

Also, why we hate New Year's Resolutions.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a grumpy night. Join us in our 5th Special Episode as we discuss everything Christmas, including music, traditions, shopping, mall Santas, and more.

Also, why we hate sequels.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the Gamecube classic, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. A game Henry likes far more then Samuel. For good reason.

Also, why we hate people misinterpreting song meanings.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the insane, hilarious, unpredictable, and also really really offensive book that is Lunatics.

Also, why we hate poorly made erasers.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the unpredictable thriller movie, A Simple Plan.

Also, why we hate yippie dogs.

SPECIAL EPISODE #4. For this one, Henry and Samuel each chose an album for the other to listen to and talk about here. Samuel chose Boston's "Boston," and Henry chose Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea." Join us as we talk about each album track by track and come up with theories about everything. (Apologies for the poor audio quality this week, it won't happen again.)

Also, why we hate coming up with things to review.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the clearly horror series, Gone. (Spoilers ahead!)

Also, why we hate people who cannot fathom picky eaters.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the Gamecube classic, Super Mario Sunshine.

Also, why we hate ambiguous answers in political campaigns.

Join Henry and Samuel in (finally) talking about the latest Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy.

Also, why we hate repeating commercials.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about LEGO Star Wars, and the LEGO video game series in general.

Also, why we hate when people compare different varieties of media (e.g. movies are better than books).

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about John Darnielle's debut novel, Wolf in White Van.

Also, why we hate the shrinking size of instructional manuals in modern video games.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the 1992 "comic heist action thing", Sneakers.

Also, why we hate people who say realistic graphics in video games are more important than aesthetics.

SPECIAL EPISODE #3. In this one, we play through the entirety of Journey, a game Henry loves, and one Samuel is pretty sure he'll hate.

Also, why we hate sand (again).

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the peak of Luigi's existence, Luigi's Mansion.

Also, why we hate Random Rants.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the Robin Williams movie, Good Morning, Vietnam.

Also, why we hate unconditional brand loyalty.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about Unstoppable by Tim Green, a book that practically drowns in its own stereotypes.

Also, why we hate horoscopes.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the bizarre little darling, Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi.

Also, why we hate people that refer to this year as "Two-Thousand-and-Fourteen".

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the 2011 superhero movie, Captain America.

Also, why we hate purses, and their complex relationship with pockets.

In this episode, Henry and Samuel talk about Samuel's all-time favorite book series, The Bartimaeus Trilogy.

Also, why we hate people in online games that refuse to surrender.

In honor of our second special podcast, we talk about the ups and downs of the Harry Potter franchise, from the movies to the books to the cult following.

Also, why we (mostly Henry) hate fiddling.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the classic 90s movie, Groundhog Day.

Also, why we hate pop music. (Part 4: Shock Value.)  

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the sic-fi thriller, Variant.

Also, why we hate pop music. (Part 3: Radio Stations.)

Join Henry and Samuel in reminiscing about the very bizarre DS game, Ninjatown.

Also, why we hate pop music. (Part 2: Repetitive.)

Join Henry and Samuel this week in talking about the awful Michael Bay movie, Transformers.

Also, why we it when people say pop music is relatable.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the zombie apocalypse book, Rot & Ruin. (WARNING: In this one, we spoil a lot plot-wise. If you want to read this book, do NOT listen.)

Also, why we hate it when people say eSports isn't a sport.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the classic Nintendo game, Metroid Prime.

Also, why we hate headphones and earbuds.

We've decided every seventh episode is going to be a special episode where we don't talk about and review any particular piece of media, we just talk about our opinions and views on a certain subject. So today, join Henry and Samuel in talking about Nintendo multiplayer, specifically Mario Party, Mario Kart, and DS Download Play, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Also, why we hate modern art.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the great World War II era book, The Book Thief.

Also, why we hate Life.

Also also, sorry we didn't upload this on Sunday, we had some technical issues.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the sci-fi puzzle video games series, Portal.

Also, why we hate time estimates on loading bars.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the classic Sonic game Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, which even with nostalgia for it, it's rough by today's standards.

Also, why we hate sand.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the awful, awful book that is Ungifted, by Gordon Korman.

Also, why we hate books with weird fonts.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking about the 1999 action movie The Matrix.

Also, why we hate Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.

Join Henry and Samuel in talking  about what we like and dislike about the 1994 movie Forrest Gump.

Also, why we hate birds.