Talk Over Me

Would you Rather and Comic Books

Isaac Michael — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 07:20:08 +0000

We play a social game for youngsters and talk about the good and not so good when it comes to comic books.

full shownotes with fun links here: (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yGooanb5Pjm_JAeKvgeXFep3-tAB_XXRFsdMMJU59mY/edit?usp=sharing)

Collections and Cover Shooters

Isaac Michael — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:24:18 +0000

We talk about our nerdy collections (except Carter). We also whine about YouTuber, TurboButton, and his take on cover shooters being an agent of the Devil.

Full show notes can be found here (fun links included): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_cHoOTL7mCVIc9zicq7y2Z3deWwscftwMB0yWFOAed4/edit?usp=sharing

Concerts and Fantasy Races

Isaac Michael — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:27:12 +0000

We are pretty lame when it comes to leaving the house and concerts aren't any exception. Also, we are pretty tired of fantasy race tropes. They've got some deep issues and deserve to be revisited.

You can find full shownotes with some fun links here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_cHoOTL7mCVIc9zicq7y2Z3deWwscftwMB0yWFOAed4/edit?usp=sharing

Fighting Games and Black Mirror's First Season

Isaac Michael — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:25:14 +0000

Topics
Favorite and Least Favorite Fighting Games?
Nathaniel’s fav: Tekken 7; least fav: Marvel vs Capcom
Isaac’s fav: Guilty Gear; least fav: Injustice
Carter’s fav: King of Fighters ‘98; least fav: Street Fighter
Seth’s fav: Soul Calibur 3; least fav: Super Smash Bros Melee
What are your favorites? Which ones have you always hated?
Black Mirror: We discuss the episodes in Season 1
“National Anthem” underrated episode. It’s easy to discredit this episode because it was shocking, but we think it is important to appreciate it despite the discomfort. We found lots to love in this episode.
“15 Million Merits” another amazing episode. An incredibly in-depth dystopia with broad implications and many layers of meaning. There is social, relational, moral, and political meanings and each is a penetrating discourse.
“The Entire History of You” A fantastic ending to season 1. More of a character drama exploring obsession, narrative bias, and depression.
References
We can’t do an intro
Dinosaur farts began global warming. Not in the episode, just a fun fact.
top-to-bottom™
When tall dark and handsome men like Nathaniel get diabetes
Carter makes a great remark and everyone ignores it #1: “black lung in his fingers”
In case you have had a nightmare about your teeth falling out: here’s some help
Nathaniel: “I’m doing a lot of experimentation”
Blazblue
“Uh, English Please?!” classic cliche
Event Horizon: a movie with some obvious flaws but a pretty strong and disturbing core
Carter make a great remark and everyone ignores it #2: Unbreakable
Injustice: The Michael Bay of Fighting Games™
Power Stone: This one is very nostalgic for the Michael boys
N64 controller: made for a more evolved human being.
Pork benefits
Meritocracy
Robert Downey Jr.’s “Team Downey”

E3 Video Game Hype

Isaac Michael — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:47:45 +0000

Topic
What Seth is excited about: Ghost of Tsushima
What Nathaniel is excited about: The Division 2
What Isaac is excited about: Cyberpunk 2077
What Carter is excited about: Sekiro, Death Stranding
What recent video game announcements have got you in a tizzy? What do you think of video game hype in general?
References
The in-between of that™
Happy Death Day
Hereditary: Seriously, it was amazing.
Ari Aster Interview
A24 Marketing Plan
Man of Steel: We’ll talk about this movie someday
Gotta Love the Theatre
Room vs The Room
Cinephiles
Actual footage of Isaac punching someone in a theatre
Carter: “What listeners?™”
Ready Player One
Brink… just kidding we were talking about this Brink
Android: Netrunner
A decent analysis of death stranding theory based on trailers
Elder Scrolls VI. Prescription.
References from the Music Section
Sonic Youth
Noise Rock
Roots Revival
Feist vs A Fine Frenzy
Carter’s prediction of Isaac’s choice: Bullet for My Valentine. Classic.
Music
“Monkey 23” by The Kills (“Like a bluesier version of Sonic Youth, but not as New York noise rocky”)
“Oom Sha La La” by Haley Heynderickx
“Exhumed” by Zola Jesus (Neo-Gregorian™)
“Curse the Weather” by Mo Lowda and the Humble

Kickstarter and Crime Dramas

Isaac Michael — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:52:30 +0000

Topics:

For the first topic we talk about Kickstarter.

Have you kickstarted anything? What were your experiences? What is your impression of the trend?

Next is “Crime Dramas: What the Crap is up with Those Guys?”

What are your favorites? What do you think of the genre at large?

References:

BattleCon: Fate of the Indines

Ellen Page

X-Men: Last Stand. Also, I feel compelled to explain that when Carter said X-Men: Origins, I was thinking of X-Men: First Class, hence my eager defense of the film. Don’t think less of me.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

“Iceman”

Piccolo fusing with Nail: what a horrible scene. It makes the reference all the better though.

Firefly playing cards: back front

Firefly: the tv show

Fireflies: the “music”

Ice-T: Constant New Guy on the Job

NCIS: oh how we hate thee. Reason 1. Reason 2. Reason 3. Reason 4. We could keep going.