The Dive Down

Shane's on vacation this week so Dave and Stan bring back friend of the show Jason (aka KilgoreTrout) to talk Control, Vampire Crawlers, Spider-Man, and dad stuff.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - On Following Shane's Rules

13:45 - Control

29:21 - Vampire Crawlers

38:22 - Spider Mans

51:10 - #dadlife

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On this week's episode, Dave and Shane first discuss their experiences with the critically acclaimed co-op game Big Walk, then massage their sore calves as they talk about seeing some music shows. Have Zoomers figured out how concerts should work? Finally, Shane shares his thoughts after a few days with the Retroid Pocket Nova, the latest in a series of "endgame" retro handhelds.

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Wisconsin 2: The Squeakquel

8:31 - This week's episode

9:10 - Big Walk with us

28:11 - Dave saw The Smashing Pumpkins

39:16 - Shane saw American Football

52:15 - The Retroid Pocket Nova

1:06:03 - Wrapping up

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On this week's show, Jason returns to talk about The Odyssey, the latest international blockbuster from the visionary mind of Christopher Nolan.

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Kilgore is back

6:28 - This week's episode

7:58 - Jason played... Magic? (and Stan did, too)

17:23 - Our Odyssey begins

22:10 - Our history with Nolan

30:24 - How we saw it

42:50 - IMAX and locking in

50:45 - The actual film

1:07:50 - The performances

1:18:40 - Our favorite scenes - SPOILERS HERE

1:20:54 - SPOILERS OVER - where does Nolan go from here?

1:24:28 - Our Nolan tier lists

1:29:51 - Wrapping up

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On this week's show, Dave and Shane talk about their sordid adventures in Cyberpunk, while Stan tries to save what's left of the western United States in Horizon Forbidden West.

Also Stan discovers and beats an apparently important indie game called Bastion. And Shane relives his high school years in Rock Star's Bully. We wrap with some public comments about fatherhood (and unclehood).

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Shane got caught having fun while old

6:18 - Dave's AI band name quiz

17:18 - The cold open is too warm

18:20 - Old Business: Shane dodged AI convo

20:21 - We decided to check out Cyberpunk 2077

38:14 - New Business: Stan is playing a lot of Horizon Forbidden West

47:07 - Stan beat Bastion

50:28 - Shane is playing Bully

55:20 - Public Comments: Dad memories

1:05:36 - Wrapping up

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On this week's show, we share a couple of our deepest spiritual awakenings, then rant for a while about our weird feelings on AI and LLMs. Then we manage to keep the mood lively with public comments about MTG's Universes Beyond.

We're not glazing AI. Don't be mad at us.

Timestamps:

0:23 — Dudes Rock

4:40 — Space Rocks

7:48 — Intro: We Had a Terrible Idea to Talk About AI

13:40 — A Little Background on Us

20:05 — Stuff We Hear About Every Day

24:17 — The Misgivings Begin

31:42 — New Kinds of Learning

34:42 — The Misgivings Continue

35:02 — Is AI the Source of Existential Enshittification?

42:33 — The Dunning Kruger Machine

48:52 — Thoughts on Future Work

50:05 — Could Some Good Outcomes Make It Worth It?

52:14 — Some Things We Actually Do

59:24 — Dreams of the Apocalypse

1:06:23 — Public Comment from The Stalk

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