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Laser Time is a show featuring folks in the video games industry, although not necessarily about video games. It’s a hyper-silly, multimedia-infused look at film, TV, comics, music, pop culture, and nostalgia from the perspective of people who game for a living. Obviously, their opinions are their o…

Laser Time


    • Oct 26, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 34m AVG DURATION
    • 440 EPISODES

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    The Summer of 1982 – Laser Time #436

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022


    THE GREATEST YEAR FOR MOVIES EVER. 40 years ago, the greatest year in movie releases went down. Gods were toppled, genres were forged, franchise filmmaking became a thing. For better or for worse, 1982 changed your cinematic world… DOWNLOAD

    The Best TV of 2021 – Laser Time #435

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022


    With another year of indoor doldrums, at least we had the warm glow of great television to keep us moderately sane. From 90s plane crashes, sloppy steaks, and squid games, these are our very favorite TV shows of the year!... Read more

    The Best Movies of 2021 – Laser Time #434

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022


    Pigs and Spiders at the Vista Del Mar! Hope that’s not giving anything away, since Laser Time’s annual tardy tradition of chiming in on the year’s best cinematic offerings has finally arrived! Listen, watch, chat, Patreon, etc. DOWNLOAD SPONSOR: This episode... Read more

    Christmas Shame – Laser Time #433

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021


    It’s that time of year again, so this season we’re taking the time to reveal all the personally embarrassing little pop culture traditions we’ve accumulated throughout the Holidays. Sappy songs, irredeemable movies, and unspeakable Christmas specials abound! Have a happy... Read more

    Live-Action Anime Adaptations – Laser Time #432

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021


    With Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop out in the wild, we’re rounding up the handful of previous anime adaptations to see how they stack up. (The WESTERN adaptations. If we tried to talk about live-action anime films made in Japan we’d be... Read more

    Introducing Operator – A New Miniseries from Wondery and Topic Studios

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021


    SPONSORED: During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex. American Telnet was an empire founded by the man who called himself “The Telephone Pimp.” He ran the company “like General Motors”... Read more

    SNL's Greatest Halloween Moments – Laser Time #431

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021


    It’s a star-studded show as we break down some of our favorite moments from the spookiest season on television’s longest-running comedic institution. Get ready for some classic Halloween sketches, Saturday Night Live fans. If we missed any of your favorite’s... Read more

    Laser Time – RIP Norm Macdonald

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021


    Norm Macdonald 1950-1961. We lost one of our most gifted, inimitable comedians recently, and it's difficult to deal with. But before Norm departed our mortal coil, he left us this wonderful audio journey through his whole dang career. Yes, this... Read more

    Comedic Duos – Laser Time #429

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021


    Great things come in pairs, and comedy is no exception! We’re talking about our favorite hilarious duos, and it’s all leading up to a wonderful discussion on the greatest movie you’ve never seen. Eat it with your ears! DOWNLOAD

    Channel Drift – Laser Time #428

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021


    What’s on TV tonight? Does it matter?! Television shows remain great, while TV itself seems in an unstoppable cycle of decay. Have you noticed your favorite Nature or Music channel look alarmingly similar these days, when you need them most?... Read more

    Saturday Night Live's One Season Wonders – Laser Time #427

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 103:47


    When it comes to cast members who spring boarded from Saturday Night Live into super stardom, there are almost too many names to mention. That’s why we’re talking about we’re talking about kinda the opposite this week! We’re looking back... Read more

    Oscar Time 2021 – Laser Time #426

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 191:48


    Continuing our annual tradition, we’ve once again watched all the movies nominated for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards so you don’t have to! A global pandemic has obviously made a giant mess of the Oscars this year, but... Read more

    What Ever Happened to Erotic Thrillers? – Laser Time #425

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021


    We love ourselves some long lost subgenres, and film subgenres don’t get much deader than the Erotic Thriller. As premium cable mainstays of the 80s and 90s, many of us grew up with sneaky late night HBO screenings as our... Read more

    The Best TV of 2020 – Laser Time #424

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021


    It’s a little late, but just in time for the Golden Globes, Laser Time’s annual TV wrap up is back for another year-end wrap-up. Life outside took a big hit, but streaming services thrived as everyone became of the Scrooge... Read more

    The Best Movies of 2020 – Laser Time #423

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021


    Better late than never, our annual tradition of picking out the best films of the year has arrived, if not without a COVID shaped caveat. But a pandemic can’t keep cinema down, even if is keeping cinemas closed. There was... Read more

    The New Meaning of Christmas – Laser Time #422

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020


    Are you a hardened atheist or Holiday cynic who sees no value in Christmas? Well, what about your favorite Christmas movies, specials and TV episodes?! That’s what we’re here to help with this week, in Laser Time’s one billionth annual... Read more

    Introducing Jacked: Rise of The New Jack Swing hosted by Taraji P. Henson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020


    SPONSORED: Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, Wondery (Dr. Death, Dirty John, The Shrink Next Door) and Universal Music Group present Jacked: Rise of the New Jack Sound… DOWNLOAD The story begins with a keyboard player in the heart of Harlem:... Read more

    The Worst of Stephen King – Laser Time #421

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020


    At this point, our second of two episodes, we should probably clarify that we’re talking about The Best/Worst of Stephen King ADAPTATIONS. But whatever, the guy is one of the few living authors that’s a household name, he’s made hundreds... Read more

    The Best of Stephen King – Laser Time #420

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020


    Stephen King’s obviously one of pop culture’s most famous authors, but for our October movie marathoning purposes, he’s also generated billions of dollars of box office revenue with dozens of film and TV adaptations. We’ve scoured box office reports, reviews,... Read more

    The Golden Age of Horror Anthologies – Laser Time #419

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020


    Still trying to watch a horror movie for every day in October? Well, have we got a cheat for you! The lost majesty of the horror anthology movie is an easy and wonderful way to ingest multiple stories within a... Read more

    Lost in Games – Laser Time #418

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020


    What happens when your favorite show gets canceled, or your favorite performer dies? Well, it turns out the medium of video games can offer you one last, and typically lost, appearance! We went and dug up some of our favorite... Read more

    Fictional Characters, Real Legal Battles – Laser Time #417

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020


    Some of your most beloved, adorable, indelible comic, movie, and video game stars have been quietly kneecapped by forgettable suits? Oh yes, never underestimate old people when it comes to making money by doing very little, because we’re digging into... Read more

    Upbeat Songs About the End of the World – Laser Time #416

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020


    The world’s having a bit of a rough go right now, so feel free to take solace wherever you can. A great place to hide from the darkness is in your favorite music, which is exactly what we’re doing in... Read more

    The Post-Credits Quiz! – Laser Time #415

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020


    Mount up, original bingers! We have got another fantabulous quizdown this week, and it’s guaranteed to activate something in the back of any TV-obsessed brain. There’s a little something at the end of every TV show that’s slowly dying out... Read more

    CGI: Does It Suck? – Laser Time #414

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020


    Computer… Generated… Imagery. IT’S TERRIBLE. Except when it isn’t? Which is kind of a miracle given production schedules, budgets, and a… general respect for animation. Obviously, CG can be easily taken for granted, but its ubiquity has become commonplace enough... Read more

    Introducing Truth vs Hollywood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020


    Introducing the newest Audioboom original podcast, Truth vs Hollywood. Join Film lovers David Chen and Joanna Robinson as they do a deep dive into well known films and discuss how similar they are to the actual story.  Truth vs Hollywood premieres 6/12.... Read more

    A Casual History of the Parody Song – Laser Time #413

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020


    Laser Time’s favorite parodist, Dan Amrich of Palette-Swap Ninja, has a new superhero-inspired project to chat about called Hero Falls, so we’re using that as a springboard to talk about the history of the song parody! It’s a musical journey... Read more

    Saturday Night Live’s Weirdest Moments – Laser Time #412

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020


    As a television institution that’s kept chugging along for almost half a century now, Saturday Night Live has little choice but to be a reflection of our own abnormalities. So with SNL recently tapping out of socially distance sketch comedy... Read more

    Laser Time #411 – Bottle Episodes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020


    Since we’re all stuck at home and mostly away from work, let’s have a little chat at the emotional turmoil that can erupt when we’re all trapped in the same room, with the same people, with little to no hope... Read more

    That Dog is Dead – Laser Time #410

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020


    No, we’re NOT talking about acts of animal cruelty, although we should warn the faint of heart, we will be talking about how entertainment uses the death of innocent animals to either tug on our hearts strings and/or the first... Read more

    Forgotten Movie Adaptations – Laser Time #409

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020


    Even though we are practically overwhelmed with adaptions of our favorite books, comics, and games these days, getting the Hollywood treatment remains a massive accomplishment. Which is why it’s strange that sometimes, whether good or bad, your favorite thing will... Read more

    How the Coronavirus is Impacting the Entertainment Industry – Laser Time #408

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020


    Movies, TV, video games, comics, sports and more. While not the most important things in the world right now, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into how all of that is produced and/or distributed. In this special episode, we’re... Read more

    What’s Your Favorite Movie Made BEFORE You Were Born? – Laser Time #407

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020


    Modern media distribution has brought us untold accessibility… but has it come at the cost of discoverability? Streaming, digital rentals, and On Demand tend to favor the shiny, the new, the recently licensed exclusive or remake (and so do most... Read more

    Lost Media – Laser Time #406

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020


    Children of the 80s had VHS. Kids of the 90s grew up with the internet. So how is it possible for any movie, TV show, or video game to completely disappear in a digital era? Turns out the missing media... Read more

    The Tyler Perry/Shonda Rhimes Power Hour – Laser Time #405

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020


    Since we almost never mention anything they’ve done on the show, it’s high time Laser Time get an introduction to two of the most prolific creators in modern media! Special guest, TL Foster join Chris and Sarah in order to... Read more

    Planet X – Laser Time #404

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020


    A classic sci-fi locale, an unknown variable, a mythic heavenly body or the foretold destruction of us all?! Whether your kidnapping Godzilla or peddling a dubious doomsday prophecy, Planet X means a lot of different things to a lot of... Read more

    The Worst Fictional Presidents – Laser Time #403

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020


    In times of political unrest, it’s nice to be able to laugh at grotesque caricatures of our elected officials… or at least it used to be? As we look back on our favorite/worst politicians throughout popculture history in a fun... Read more

    Just Add Lightning – Laser Time #402

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020


    As one of the most dangerous and unpredictable forces in our natural world, lightning is not to be trifled with. Unless you’re making a movie! Then lightning can raise the dead, transfer souls, cause machines to malfunction, grant sentience, bestow... Read more

    Digging Through The Disney Graveyard – Laser Time #401

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020


    So Uncle Mickey unlocked the vault and unleashed EVERYTHING onto the Disney+ streaming service? Obviously not, but most of us were too blinded by The Mandalorian to care in those first few weeks. Certain titles are missing there because of... Read more

    Oscar Time 2020 – Laser Time #400

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020


    It’s that time again! We’ve watched all the Oscar Nominees for Best Picture so you don’t have to! More so than other years, there’s certainly not a lot to hate about this years Academy Awards winner’s circle, but there’s still... Read more

    Long Dead Mascots – Laser Time #399

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020


    Get ready to learn more than you ever wanted to know about Bing Crosby bears, phallic camels, cookie crooks, greasy clowns and the absolute spokes-slut that is… Snoopy. Yes, this episode of Laser Time is tackling our favorite gone-but-not-forgotten product... Read more

    Pop Culture Through a Nintendo Lens – Laser Time #398

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020


    What’s the oldest source material for a video game that you ever played? Don’t answer yet, because Laser Time’s prepared an 8-bit extravaganza for you this week, all courtesy of some of the worst licensed Nintendo games ever made! It’s... Read more

    The Best TV of 2019 – Laser Time #397

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020


    With the great movie debate all settled, it’s time to turn our attention to the small screen… where things have gotten weirdly bigger! Skywalker-less Star Wars, scumbag superheroes, Bojack Birds, Canadian rednecks, and unexpected rise of Hulu. Oh yes, it’s... Read more

    The Best Movies of 2019 – Laser Time #396

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020


    2019’s almost a distant memory, but we’ve narrowed down its greatest cinematic achievements into a legacy that’ll live in your hearts forever! Fake pimps, dead superheroes, suburban subterfuge and failed stuntmen abound. Oh, a we’ve tried to keep the spoilers... Read more

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