we plot an uprising against the robots, complain about Blizzard, text "hiiiii" to our favorite Hades characters, and wonder what a Dexter return could possibly mean.
2020-10-16 01:56:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 21. After checking in with Buzzfeed to see how they're handling Harry Potter clickbait these days, we finally learn all about the Tale of the Three Brothers: a wizarding world story so common, why, everyone knows of it! We also learn about a bunch of aphorisms and other cultural artifacts that surely anyone would recognize, because they've been part of the wizarding worl...
2020-10-09 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about spam phone calls, Hades, Star Wars Squadrons, and what they're doing to Lord of the Rings over in prestige TV world
2020-10-08 23:59:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 20. We catch up with Eddie Redmayne and the WB Game Studios statements on Rowling before making our way through an absolutely dire chapter where all of our heroes are unrecognizable, even by the shifting standards of book 7. Arguing about what 'rook' means, having youth pastor chats, and holding extremely strong opinions about the role of the press for teenagers--that so...
2020-10-03 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We catch up with Blackmilk, chat about strategy guides, and talk about the first episode of the new Higurashi anime! (spoilers included)
2020-10-02 23:36:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 19. We chat about JKR's t-shirt and the dogshit TERF-etsy she is boosting, contemplate the impending (perhaps already complete?) merger between radfems and the far right, and wonder if WB will ever actually do anything (they won't, but it's fun to think about). Then we go long on a chapter that feels like a story reaching its climax, but with all of the buildup completel...
2020-09-25 14:00:39 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a Nintendo-heavy episode this week as we chat about the Mario collection we got suckered into buying, Zelda censorship, and playing Undertale in handheld mode with a busted drifting joycon, as well as more general Gamer Chat.
2020-09-25 02:05:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 18. We discuss *inhales* the Vancouver billboard, the initial Troubled Blood review that got things kicking off this week, the continued Troubled Blood reviews from The Guardian (very helpful, thanks!), the apparent pile of pre-existing Known Stuff about the Strike series, the misogyny and transmisogyny common in crime fiction &...
2020-09-18 14:48:58 +0000 UTC View Post
We report to you live from inside the little orange filter to bring you updates on living in smoke hell, adventuring with brittle equipment in Breath of the Wild, what makes a fun villain in Higurashi, and... Undertale!?
If you've not played Undertale and don't want spoilers, skip to 26 minutes in to head into BotW talk. The usual Higurashi/Umineko spoiler warnings apply for later!
2020-09-18 01:59:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 17. Oh my god, an actually good chapter? It sounds too good to be true, but we had a blast reading this oddly self-contained story that starts as a spooky horror movie and ends with an outrageous and strangely endearing Voldemort sequence. We also learn all about The Butterbeer Bosses, engage with a listicle trying its best to navigate Harry Potter clickbait in a post-ma...
2020-09-11 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We brave the orange skies and smoke to bring you a rowdy Chaos Episode: movies, clowns, hot disney villains, zelda games, and more!
2020-09-11 02:36:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 16. We have a heaping helping of news to catch up on, including some Fantastic Beasts production news that sends us down a rabbit hole of cursed movie plot and casting speculation. Our chapter this week is strange, combining some irritating worldbuilding and plot problems with a surprisingly affecting personal drama that ends up making for an overall better experience th...
2020-09-04 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We invent new wizard bevvies, grouse about 3D Mario, discuss the intricacies of medieval land ownership, and catch up with a little bit of the goings on in Hinamizawa (spoilers, as always, for the whole When They Cry series) as our Twilight mission looms on the horizon...
2020-09-04 00:17:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 15. On this powerful mega-episode, we immerse ourselves in an Audio Experience, watch the Snyder Cut trailer, check in on JK Rowling's favorite new Epic Win Gentleman twitter guys--and that's all before we get to the chapter! This week's camping adventure sees Ron going Boromir Mode, so naturally we talk about Lord of the Rings for a while as well as more Wizarding relig...
2020-08-28 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about beverages, Ring Fit Adventure, The Witcher TV series (spoilers!), the batshit history of Call of Duty (also spoilers, if literally anyone in the universe cares!), Donnie Darko (no spoilers just darkoposting) spy fiction, Batman, and just a little bit of Higurashi (spoilers for the series and Umineko)
2020-08-28 01:50:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 14. It's the beginning of the god damn camping sequence, but that's okay: we've got a rowdy news segment and a pepe-silvia conspiracy to weave about the original chapter order of this book to spice things up! Plus, our continued adventures on Reddit as we shore up our karma stocks as we prepare to select a House to apply to.
UPDATE! Thank you to listener Brynn ...
2020-08-22 07:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about painting miniature Dobbies and enhancing our water with vitamins and minerals before an impromptu deep dive on chapter 5 of Higurashi! Mion is like Dobby and Shion is like Kreacher, i won't be expanding upon this but i'm right
(Hard spoiler warning for Higurashi and light thematic spoilers/discussion of Umineko, and content warning for a lot of gore chat)
2020-08-22 01:11:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 13. We're back from our week off, which was in no way timed to coincide with a certain author's superyacht cruise! We discuss Jo's pilgrimage to the infinite money trousers (maskless, natch) and a few bits and pieces we missed last week before completing the Ministry Heist we left off in the middle of last episode. Hermione performs the Oblivion item duping glitch, Harry...
2020-08-14 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back! And we've got the Midnight Sun playlist to catch up on, Twilight reading plans to draw up, reminiscing about After to get to, and lots of murder in Hinamizawa to ponder.
(Big spoilers for Higurashi (and Umineko) once the discussion starts)
2020-08-14 01:18:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 124: KD/A With a break in the news cycle, we take a look at Funko pops and imagine a world where GRRM and JKR swapped places. Then we examine 'Magic is Might', a chapter that turns book 7 into a heist movie all of a sudden, simultaneously becoming the most entertaining and most baffling chapter so far. We even have a conspiracy theory to share about its origins... finally, we don our ow...
2020-07-31 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat at length about lavender beverages and vampire club tracks, as well as folklore's chances of getting a track on the Midnight Sun playlist alongside... Aphex Twin?? Then we head over to Hinamizawa to muddle through the low point of the series.
BIG content warning for discussion beyond the sound effect at 40:13 or so for emotional abuse and a lot of...
2020-07-31 02:36:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 11. We discuss expensive Zoom calls and the mysteries of faith, and then pick apart our relatively complex feelings on a chapter that has some of the best moments of the book so far, but also some of the worst. Finally, we explore some more old pre-book 7 ending predictions, and discover one so powerful it derails the entire segment.
2020-07-24 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about vampires and their taste in classical music, gush about how good The Order is again, and catch up with the mysterious goings on in Hinamizawa.
Fairly open spoiler chat for both Higurashi and Umineko starting at the ominous sound effect when we enter the segment!
2020-07-24 01:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 10. We predicted TWO things that came true in this week's news segment, which is a spooky way to start a mega-length episode! Cormoran Strike's naming conventions, Muggle posters, spell utility, and, uh, slavery in the Wizarding World are all on the docket this week, along with much much more--including some more classic ending predictions from 2007!
2020-07-17 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
With a week of catching up to do, we go long on a double helping of Midnight Sun teaser quotes, 24, and the highs and lows of the first impressions of Higurashi!
Spoiler warning (in depth) for the first two episodes of Higurashi and some vaguer spoilers for the series as a whole, and some brief discussion of latter-game Umineko themes (not really spoiler spoilers, but I want to...
2020-07-17 02:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 9. We sort through this week's massive pile of news--J.K's garbage tweets, the Harper's letter, the Harry Potter at Home program, and more--before discussing a chapter so bad it threatens to rattle the entire book apart not even a quarter of the way in. Why is there a grenade spell now? Why is Hermione's character now "mom"? Why does Moody think a tongue twister curse wo...
2020-07-09 23:36:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 8. We catch up with J.K's latest Twitter drama with Stephen King and discuss the feelings of mutiny apparently brewing among the developers of the still-yet-to-actually-be-announced AAA Harry Potter video game. Then we take a trip to a wedding that's just as excruciatingly boring as a Muggle wedding, only some stuff floats I guess. We talk a lot about the meaning of chai...
2020-07-03 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
we brush up on some more boat words before making the rounds from Forks, WA (to check in on some new teaser quotes) to Rokkenjima (for some thoughts on the ending of Umineko-big spoilers ahead!).
2020-07-03 00:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 7. We speculate who could be called in as a celebrity ringer for the troubled Harry Potter At Home audiobook series and tear into a chapter that has it all. PUA books! Convenient plot dreams! Teen drama! Flesh memories!? This chapter isn't good, but it's certainly interesting. Finally, we take another trip in our time machine to 2007 to read some hilarious ending p...
2020-06-26 15:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post
We sip some bevs and ponder bygone sodas of the past before checking in on Forks, WA's latest Twilight saucy quote care package. After that, we head back to the mysterious island of Rokkenjima to chat about the first half or so of Umineko's final chapter! (no strong content warning this week)
2020-06-26 00:12:15 +0000 UTC View Post