The Weekly Stuff Podcast #239 – E3 2018 Day 1: Microsoft, EA, and Bethesda Analysis

It’s time for another episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, a weekly audio show that explores the worlds of film, television, and video games. You can subscribe for free in iTunes by following this link. 

It’s that time of the year again: E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, has kicked off in Los Angeles, and we’re doing daily podcasts this week to catch up on all the news, announcements, gaffes, demos, and reveals from each of the major press conferences. This weekend saw EA, Microsoft, and Bethesda each take their turn at bat, and they’re the focus of our Day 1 podcast. EA saw our first in-depth look at Bioware’s Anthem, Microsoft demonstrated future investment in the Xbox brand and showed off a truck full of third-party games, and Bethesda delivered a warm, funny show that effectively sold us on two seemingly unnecessary games – Rage 2 andFallout 76 – before dropping the mic several times in a row with the first official confirmation of Starfield and Elder Scrolls VI. We talk about all of that and much more in our customary depth, and will be back tomorrow to discuss Square Enix, Ubisoft, and Sony’s big shows. 

Enjoy! 

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:10:18

Movie News: 0:10:18 – 0:22:00

Pre-E3 Video Game News: 0:22:00 – 0:44:20

EA Showcase: 0:44:20 – 1:40:13

Microsoft Showcase: 1:40:13 – 2:58:30

Bethesda Showcase: 2:58:30 – 3:29:37 

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The Weekly Stuff Podcast #238 – Pre-E3 2018 Predictions and Reviewing Persona 3 & 5 Dancing Games

It’s time for another episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, a weekly audio show that explores the worlds of film, television, and video games. You can subscribe for free in iTunes by following this link. 

With E3 2018 just around the corner, we check in on what we’re expecting from all the major players – Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, and Bethesda – before next week’s big show. This has been one of the leakiest E3’s ever, but there’s a lot left to speculate about in what seems like it’s going to be an eventful convention. We also review the new Persona Dancing games from Japan – Persona 3 Dancing Moon Nightand Persona 5 Dancing Star Night – in greater depth, gushing over all the best songs, dances, costumes, and more, and Jonathan tries to explain some very bad Yu-Gi-Oh filler in a segment that quickly goes off the rails. 

Enjoy! 

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:02:56

Stuff: 0:02:56 – 0:26:52

Pre-E3 News & Predictions: 0:26:52 – 2:35:30

Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night & Persona 5 Dancing Star NightReviews: 2:35:30 – 3:25:02

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The Weekly Stuff Podcast #237 – Reviewing Solo: A Star Wars Story, Talking Persona 3 & 5 Dancing, and more!

It’s time for another episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, a weekly audio show that explores the worlds of film, television, and video games. You can subscribe for free in iTunes by following this link. 

After just 5 months, Star Wars is back in theaters with Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, and we have complicated feelings about it! We both like the film to varying degrees, but what both its content and tepid box-office performance say about the current state and confusing future of the franchise gives us an awful lot to talk about. We also discuss the Japanese releases of Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night, the latest spin-off rhythm games from our favorite franchise. Jonathan asks Sean for help with Dark Souls Remastered, we ponder the news of an in-development Boba Fett movie, and much more! 

Enjoy! 

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:03:57

Persona 3 and Persona 5 Dancing Games: 0:03:57 – 0:28:28

Dark Souls Remastered: 0:28:28 – 0:36:32

News: 0:36:32 – 1:24:03

Solo: A Star Wars Story Review: 1:24:03 – 3:23:50 

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The Weekly Stuff Bonus #9 – Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight (Big Finish #29, 2002)

It’s time for another monthly bonus episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, where we will be discussing serials from classic Doctor Who history.

This month, we reach the end of our journey through Doctor Who history – for now, at least – by diving into the audio adventures of the series’ least well-known but paradoxically most prolific Doctor: Paul McGann, the 8^th Doctor, who debuted in a poorly-received TV film in 1996, but went on to star in a broad swath on ancillary material up to and beyond the show’s return to BBC in 2005. For this episode, we discuss one of the 8^th Doctor’s earliest adventures, the 2002 Big Finish audio drama “The Chimes of Midnight,” by Robert Shearman, a haunted house mystery that has a lot more going on than one might expect at first blush. It is undoubtedly one of the boldest, most experimental, and most gripping Doctor Who stories ever produced, and proof that the franchise can work just as well in the form of an audio drama as it does on television. 

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The Weekly Stuff Podcast #236 – Deadpool 2 Review, E3 Leaks, and more!

It’s time for another episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, a weekly audio show that explores the worlds of film, television, and video games. You can subscribe for free in iTunes by following this link. 

This week, we got another major superhero film in Deadpool 2, a surprisingly excellent sequel that is funnier, zanier, and weirdly more heartfelt than the first film, fueled by great performances and excellent direction from David Leitch. We talk about the film in depth, and before that, cover a few recent pieces of news, including a spate of E3 leaks and rumors like Nintendo’s strange potential Pokemon project, while Jonathan gives first impressions on Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux for 3DS and Sean continues his adventures in the literary world of Norse mythology by reading some mythological poetry by J.R.R. Tolkien. 

Enjoy! 

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:03:06

Stuff: 0:03:06 – 0:22:32

News, including E3 leaks: 0:22:32 – 1:02:17

Deadpool 2 Review: 1:02:17 – 1:56:01 

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The Weekly Stuff Podcast #235 – Revisiting Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope

It’s time for another episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, a weekly audio show that explores the worlds of film, television, and video games. You can subscribe for free in iTunes by following this link. 

This week, we return to a galaxy far, far away for our next in-depth Star Wars discussion, and after going through all three prequels in previous episodes, we finally arrive at the film that started it all: Star Wars, also known as Episode IV: A New Hope. Unlike the prequels, this film neither demands nor requires a critical reevaluation – it’s great, it’s always been great, and most people who have ever seen a movie agree with that – but there are still plenty of avenues to follow in discussing what makes this such a joyous, singular, perfectly imperfect cinematic revelation, and it makes for a fun chat about one of our favorite movies. Jonathan also talks about his recent trip to Iowa, Sean talks a little more Norse mythology, and we go over some recent Nintendo and Xbox news to round out the episode. 

Enjoy! 

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:03:22

Stuff: 0:03:22 – 0:27:38

News: 0:27:38 – 0:52:13

Revisiting Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 0:52:13 – 2:54:16

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The Weekly Stuff Podcast #234 – God of War Discussion & Donkey Kong Country Retrospective

It’s time for another episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, a weekly audio show that explores the worlds of film, television, and video games. You can subscribe for free in iTunes by following this link. 

After giving general spoiler-free impressions last week, we dive deep with the new God of War, discussing the story, characters, themes, and gameplay in a wide-ranging discussion that reveals just how much this game has to offer, intellectually, emotionally, and as a major technical achievement. Jonathan also talks about his recent experiences playing through all of the Donkey Kong Country games, from the Super NES games by Rare to Retro Studio’s 2010 reboot, in anticipation of this week’s release of Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze for the Nintendo Switch. Further adventures with the original Japanese version of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Sean’s deep dive into Norse mythology round out the episode. 

Enjoy! 

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:04:56

Stuff: 0:04:56 – 0:21:46

Donkey Kong Country: 0:21:46 – 1:03:23

God of War Spoiler Discussion: 1:03:23 – 2:47:08

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