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Join us on the first episode of 2025 as we dive into the Game Awards 2024 highlights and announcements! We break down the big winners, discuss our top five most anticipated reveals, and provide an in-depth review of Dragon Age Veilguard. Plus, we catch up on what we've been playing and watching over the holiday season. From indie gems to AAA blockbusters, here's everything you need to know: Slay the Spire 2, Helldivers 2, Metaphor, and so much more. Don't miss out!00:00 Welcome to the Grown Up Gaming Podcast 202500:36 Introducing the Gang01:13 Movie Marathons and Mob Films02:27 Episode Overview and Game Awards02:56 Sock Beer Tradition and Dragon Age Review04:11 Games at a Glance: Steam Sales and Backlogs06:48 The Witcher 3 and Gaming Strategies10:23 Indie Love: Mini Shoot Adventures14:36 Path of Exile 2: A Deep Dive22:38 Dead Island 2 and Other Games34:57 Introduction to Infinity Nikki35:55 Gameplay Mechanics and Features37:12 Daily Activities and Customization42:03 Gacha Game Explanation49:11 Dragon Age Veilguard Review50:20 Controversies and Criticisms55:11 Gameplay and Mechanics Analysis01:16:04 Final Thoughts and Ratings01:18:01 The Disappointment of Dragon Age01:18:31 Objective and Angry Gamer Scores01:19:46 Mixed Feelings on Gameplay01:20:46 Character Development in RPGs01:21:52 Metacritic Scores and Wokeness01:24:52 Expectations vs Reality01:25:30 Final Thoughts on Dragon Age01:26:53 2024 Game Awards Introduction01:28:37 Most Anticipated Games01:30:34 Best Multiplayer Game01:31:30 Best Adaptation and Other Categories01:34:42 Best RPG and Action Adventure01:38:21 Best Action and Mobile Games01:40:41 Best Indie and Ongoing Games01:43:00 Innovation and Accessibility01:44:29 Best Audio and Music01:46:37 Best Art Direction and Narrative01:48:14 Best Game Direction01:49:57 Game of the Year 202401:52:32 Astro Bot: A Joyful Experience01:54:03 Game of the Year Debate01:57:17 Final Fantasy 7 and Replayability02:00:57 Top 5 Game Announcements02:02:34 Slay the Spire 2 and Indie Games02:04:05 Dying Light and Zombie Games02:09:38 Anticipation for Borderlands 402:16:14 Naughty Dog's New Game: Intergalactic The Heretic Prophet02:21:10 Witcher 4: Medieval Fantasy Returns02:25:02 Ninja Gaiden Metroidvania and Honorable Mentions02:27:14 Wrapping Up and Final Thoughts

Game Awards 2024 Breakdown & Dragon Age Veilguard Review | Grown Up Gaming PodcastJoin us on the first episode of 2025 as we dive into the Game Awards 2024 highlights and announcements! We break down the big winners, discuss our top five most anticipated reveals, and provide an in-depth review of Dragon Age Veilguard. Plus, we catch up on what we've been playing and watching over the holiday season. From indie gems to AAA blockbusters, here's everything you need to know: Slay the Spire 2, Helldivers 2, Metaphor, and so much more. Don't miss out!00:00 Welcome to the Grown Up Gaming Podcast 202500:36 Introducing the Gang01:13 Movie Marathons and Mob Films02:27 Episode Overview and Game Awards02:56 Sock Beer Tradition and Dragon Age Review04:11 Games at a Glance: Steam Sales and Backlogs06:48 The Witcher 3 and Gaming Strategies10:23 Indie Love: Mini Shoot Adventures14:36 Path of Exile 2: A Deep Dive22:38 Dead Island 2 and Other Games34:57 Introduction to Infinity Nikki35:55 Gameplay Mechanics and Features37:12 Daily Activities and Customization42:03 Gacha Game Explanation49:11 Dragon Age Veilguard Review50:20 Controversies and Criticisms55:11 Gameplay and Mechanics Analysis01:16:04 Final Thoughts and Ratings01:18:01 The Disappointment of Dragon Age01:18:31 Objective and Angry Gamer Scores01:19:46 Mixed Feelings on Gameplay01:20:46 Character Development in RPGs01:21:52 Metacritic Scores and Wokeness01:24:52 Expectations vs Reality01:25:30 Final Thoughts on Dragon Age01:26:53 2024 Game Awards Introduction01:28:37 Most Anticipated Games01:30:34 Best Multiplayer Game01:31:30 Best Adaptation and Other Categories01:34:42 Best RPG and Action Adventure01:38:21 Best Action and Mobile Games01:40:41 Best Indie and Ongoing Games01:43:00 Innovation and Accessibility01:44:29 Best Audio and Music01:46:37 Best Art Direction and Narrative01:48:14 Best Game Direction01:49:57 Game of the Year 202401:52:32 Astro Bot: A Joyful Experience01:54:03 Game of the Year Debate01:57:17 Final Fantasy 7 and Replayability02:00:57 Top 5 Game Announcements02:02:34 Slay the Spire 2 and Indie Games02:04:05 Dying Light and Zombie Games02:09:38 Anticipation for Borderlands 402:16:14 Naughty Dog's New Game: Intergalactic The Heretic Prophet02:21:10 Witcher 4: Medieval Fantasy Returns02:25:02 Ninja Gaiden Metroidvania and Honorable Mentions02:27:14 Wrapping Up and Final Thoughts

Jeff keeps the tradition alive and joins Jon and Tyler to discuss the best games of 2024 while breaking the record for the longest episode of Couch Company.CHAPTERS:(00:05:44) "Kept You Waiting" Award(00:20:01) "The One That Got Away" Award(00:27:04) Best Ongoing Game(00:37:12) Best Expansion/DLC/Early Access Game(00:48:00) "OMG, That's Right!" Award(00:52:08) "Total Rockstars" Award(01:01:00) "WhatKilledJeff" Award(01:03:59) Best Narrative(01:20:44) "WTF?!" Award(01:33:37) Best Character Dialogue(01:43:46) "White Hat Award"(01:54:31) "Black Hat Award"(02:04:16) "Engine Calibrator Award"(02:15:33) "Can I Pet that Dog?" Award(02:20:21) Best Worldbuilding/Lore(02:30:00) "Everyone is High" Award(03:04:47) "Lick Your Lips" Award(03:08:48) Best Art Direction(03:17:09) Best Style(03:25:11) "This Guy Gets It" Award(03:31:27) "The Good Ol' Days" Award(03:39:06) Best Music(03:47:51) Best Sound Design(03:50:44) "You Had Me at Hello" Award(03:57:01) Best Gameplay Loop(04:03:17) "Well, That's Just Cool" Award(04:12:10) "Downtime" Award(04:18:21) Best Indie Game(04:20:16) "PLEASE STOP" Award(04:26:52) "Game Pusher" Award(04:31:47) "Diamond in the Rough" Award(04:37:10) Best Multiplayer Game(04:41:41) "With the Boys" Award(04:49:02) Best Shooter(04:51:11) "Found My Main" Award(04:56:39) Best Strategy Game(05:00:19) "Book Cover Judge" Award(05:05:26) Best RPG(05:07:50) Best Action Adventure Game(05:10:34) "That's a Jon-Ass Game" Award(05:14:49) "That's a Tyler-Ass Game" Award(05:18:08) "That's a Jeff-Ass Game" Award(05:26:26) "I'm Not Crying, YOU'RE Crying" Award(05:36:12) "Wow, Wow, WOW!" Award(05:46:44) Game of the Year(05:56:23) Most Anticipated Game of Next YearSUBSCRIBE:Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Spotify This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.couchcompany.games

Awaken! It's finally time to talk about acclaimed fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio and how good it REALLY is. Winner of Best RPG, Best Art Direction, and Best Narrative at The Game Awards 2024, is this the best RPG that Atlus has ever created? Joining KC to discuss the game are Persona super fan, Lewis Cox, of The Dreamcast Junkyard, and Persona/Megaten expert Peky, of Persona Spain. This is a spoiler-free conversation that both veteran Atlus fans, and newcomers to the genre will enjoy. Find The Dreamcast Junkyard at https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/ Check out the Persona Spain website: https://personaspain.es/   Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva Follow The SEGA Lounge on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thesegalounge.com Follow us on X-Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesegalounge Find our video content on YouTube (https://youtube.com/@thesegalounge) and watch our livestreams on Twitch (https://twitch.tv/thesegalounge)   Chapters: (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:27) Metaphor: ReFantazio Discussion (02:12:31) Outro

From developer Studio Zero and publisher Atlus (creators of the beloved Persona series) comes Metaphor: ReFantazio, the developer's first foray into the fantasy genre -- with a sprawling epic RPG that imagines a utopic new world and fights to make it real. Built upon radical ideas from as far back as 1516, Metaphor brings them to life for a new generation to draw strength from as the fight for liberation and equality across our real world continues. The game was nominated for Game of the Year at this year's Game Awards, where it won Best RPG, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction. Whether you're an art history nerd like Spencer or love little bat guys like Jamie, this rich tapestry of a game has something for everyone. What are you waiting for?! FANTASY IS ALIVE!1:43 - Patreon shoutouts6:43 - Our trip to New Orleans12:50 - Metaphor ReFantazio conversation beginsSide Questtinyurl.com/opolivebranchOperation Olive Branch is a grassroots collective effort to amplify Palestinian voices and their GoFundMes – visit the link to learn more or visit their Instagram page at @operationolivebranch.Watch the live recording of this episode on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/zBu6hd3SypYAbout Pixel TherapyWe're a podcast queering and transcending video games for all kinds of gamers and those who love them--get cozy with us! If you like what you hear, please take a moment to rate us, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (or your listening app of choice) and subscribe! Want more? Join for free or unlock monthly bonus episodes for $2/mo at patreon.com/pixeltherapypod

You ready for this, Playa? Welcome back to the club! This week, Al and Emmett are Joined by Graydon to predict the winners for (most of) the categories for The Game Awards! Will Nintendo finally lose the Best Family Game Award? Why didn't Dragon Age get nominated for best RPG? Which one of the hosts would now like to be referred to as The Big Sexy? We discuss all of these questions and more in this mega-sized episode of the podcast! Timestamps: Start: 00:00 TotS: Game Awards Predictions    8:48 Most Anticipated    15:37 Best Adaptation    22:22 Best Multiplayer    30:45 Best Sports/Racing    38:44 Best Sim/Strategy    47:16 Best Family    53:38 Best Fighting Game    1:07:40 Best RPG    1:15:06 Best Action/Adventure    1:22:53 Best Action Game    1:32:02 Best VR/AR    1:37:17 Best Mobile Game    1:47:27 Best Debut Indie    2:02:07 Best Independent Game    2:07:42 Best Community Support    2:11:38 Best Ongoing Game    2:16:40 Games for Impact    2:21:46 Innovation in Accessibility    2:30:05 Best Performance    2:34:54 Best Audio Design    2:42:25 Best Score & Music    2:45:23 Best Art Direction    2:47:52 Best Narrative    2:49:26 Best Game Direction    2:54:52 Game of the Year    2:58:27 Housekeeping    3:07:41 Housekeeping: Onee Chambara Origin | VGU Test Drive Project Tower | VGU Test Drive This Was Supposed To Be an Astro Bot Review. It's Not Anymore. - Emmett's 30 for 30 Platinum Marathon Stream! Welcome to the Thing: It's taking everything in my being to not call this episode Mustard  VGU.tv's Starter Pack  Check out YouTube Channel here!⁠ ⁠Follow us on Bluesky, @vgu.bsky.social!⁠ ⁠Like us on Facebook!⁠ ⁠Follow us on Instagram!

In this episode of Game Pass Grab Bag Side Quest, join your hosts, Andrew and Keith, as they navigate the latest in gaming news and updates. Dive into the controversial new Xbox ad campaign, "This is an Xbox," and its implications on the future of consoles and cloud gaming. Andrew and Keith explore the public's reaction and the ongoing evolution of gaming platforms. The discussion doesn't stop there, as the hosts tackle the latest Game of the Year nominations. Questioning the inclusion of 'Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree' and rallying for 'Balatro,' they engage in a debate about what truly makes a game outstanding. The episode also highlights some games that missed the spotlight and offers a critique on why certain games may have been overlooked. Furthermore, Andrew and Keith delve into audience-favorite titles and provide their personal picks, including their thoughts on the surprising absence of 'Hellblade 2' in the Best Art Direction category. With a sprinkle of humor and candid insights, this episode offers a well-rounded view of the current gaming landscape.

On episode 252 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello and AwardsWatch contributors Karen Peterson and Josh Parham to go back 50 years to take a look at the 47th Academy Awards, celebrating the films of 1974. Fifty years ago, the Academy Awards gave out the Best Picture Oscar to the first sequel in their history by awarding The Godfather Part II their highest award, as well as Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction and Best Original Dramatic Score. 1974 not only featured one of the greatest sequels of all time, but multiple masterpieces like Chinatown, The Conversation, Young Frankenstein, and many more. The Best Picture lineup, as well as the nominees, showcased a pretty stacked, diverse year at the movies, with comedies, ensemble action films, costume dramas being represented alongside prestige crime dramas that spoke to the moment. In their in-depth discussion, the AW team talked about the film year of 1974, briefly discuss talk about The Godfather Part II as a Best Picture winner, do an extensive conversation over the below the line categories and nominees for the year, and then the new version of the AW Shoulda Woulda Coulda game, where instead of individual replacements, they must decide as a group who the nominees and winners should be in the top eight categories. The rules of the game state they can only replace two of the nominees that year from each category, except in Best Picture, where the group could replace up to three films to make up the final set of five nominated films. Like past retrospective episodes, it was a fascinating, fun conversation including spirited debates, alliances, vote swinging, celebrating various movies, performances that aren't normally talked about and more that we all hope you enjoy. You can listen to The AwardsWatch Podcast wherever you stream podcasts, from iTunes, iHeartRadio, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music and more. This podcast runs 3h17m. We will be back next week to do discuss the latest film release, The Substance. Music: “Modern Fashion” from AShamaleuvmusic (intro), “B-3” from BoxCat Games Nameless: The Hackers RPG Soundtrack (outro).

Our Period Princess continues with Rob Marshall's Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house. Directed by Rob and produced by a whole bunch of the white guys, Memoirs of a Geisha started out as a smash hit bestseller, also written by a white guy, Arthur Golden. This adaptation was criticized for casting non-Japanese actors in lead roles but was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three,  Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. So is this memoir something worth opening or was it a story "that should never be told" as the opening narration states?

We're talking romance all month! Samantha kicks it off with the novel Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Alison Rose Greenberg, Indy has the epic French war romance A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles), and we preview next week's big watch One True Loves.   I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa   A Very Long Engagement (French: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, "A long Sunday of engagement") is a 2004 French-American romantic war drama film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Marion Cotillard. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed during World War I. It was based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot. The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the 77th Academy Awards. Marion Cotillard won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and Gaspard Ulliel won the César Award for Most Promising Actor.   Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Alison Rose Greenberg : https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250791627/maybeoncemaybetwice   One True Loves is a 2023 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Andy Fickman as an adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The film stars Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey. One True Loves was released in the United States on April 7, 2023.

If you would like to give us feedback on how were doing follow us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/cd6sNqvnav⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://beacons.ai/senornerdpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/senornerdpodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @senornerdpod on Twitter. Inception is a 2010 science fiction action film[4][5][6] written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced the film with Emma Thomas, his wife. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. He is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.[7] The ensemble cast includes Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page,[a] Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao, and Michael Caine. After the 2002 completion of Insomnia, Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment for a horror film envisioning "dream stealers," based on lucid dreaming.[8] Deciding he needed more experience before tackling a production of this magnitude and complexity, Nolan shelved the project and instead worked on 2005's Batman Begins, 2006's The Prestige, and 2008's The Dark Knight.[9] The treatment was revised over six months and was purchased by Warner in February 2009.[10] Inception was filmed in six countries, beginning in Tokyo on June 19 and ending in Canada on November 22.[11] Its official budget was $160 million, split between Warner Bros. and Legendary.[12] Nolan's reputation and success with The Dark Knight helped secure the film's US$100 million in advertising expenditure. Inception's premiere was held in London on July 8, 2010; it was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters beginning on July 16, 2010.[13][14] Inception grossed over $837 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2010. Considered one of the best films of the 2010s,[15] Inception won four Oscars (Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects) and was nominated for four more (Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score) at the 83rd Academy Awards.

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticAs the curtain falls on 2023's epic gaming adventure, Analytic Dreamz dives deep into the crowning of champions at The Game Awards. This wasn't just a night of future glimpses and flashy reveals; it was a vibrant tapestry woven from the threads of the past year's gaming tapestry.Prepare to relive the night's most dazzling moments as we dissect the triumphs, from the behemoth's roar – Baldur's Gate 3's reign over the coveted Game of the Year, silencing whispers of "what ifs" and sealing its dominance - to the community-championed shadow drop of its Xbox version. Witness Larian Studios bask in the glory of multiple accolades, including Best Community Support, Best RPG, and the coveted Player's Voice.But the spotlight wasn't solely on Baldur's Gate's grandeur. Alan Wake 2 emerged from the shadows, its gripping narrative and masterful artistry recognized with awards for Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction.Delve into the complete victors list below, each name etched in gaming history. And if you crave more than just echoes of glory, revisit our comprehensive analysis of The Game Awards' most jaw-dropping reveals. Buckle up, Mass Effect crew, it's time to rewind the year's final boss battle and savor the victories of The Game Awards 2023.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Alan Wake 2 hat sehr gute Kritikerwertungen abgeräumt und sogar drei Game Awards abgeräumt (Best Narrative, Best Game Direction, Best Art Direction). Dennoch bleiben die Verkaufszahlen hinter den Erwartungen. Ist Alan Wake 2 ein Meisterwerk unter dem Radar? Wir haben uns den lieben Paul Frenke (mittlerweile Stammgast bei Radio Raccoon) eingeladen, um über dieses außergewöhnliche Spiel zu plauschen. RADIO RACCOON erscheint im 14-tägigen Rhythmus, immer freitags um 00:01 Uhr! Folge Paul auf Instagram: Klicke Hier! Hier geht's zu Pat's ALAN WAKE II Review: Klicke Hier! Für eine gelungene Party: Die Radio Raccoon Musik-Playlist!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Klicke hier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Unsere Homepage: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Klicke hier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! RadioRaccoonTV - Live auf Twitch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Klicke hier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Radio Raccoon auf YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Klicke hier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Folge uns auf Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Klicke hier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Zeig, dass du ein Coonie bist, mit stylischem 'Radio Raccoon' Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Klicke hier⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Welcome one and all to this year's IndieQuest game of the year extravaganza! We are here to celebrate the smaller independent games that brought us joy, moved us with its soundtrack, and more. Each Host picks there own answers for all of the prompts, we reveal them together and discuss. Stick around to the very end for the very fun debates! Timestamps:6:43 - Indiest Indie Game 17:06 - Best Older Indie Game You Played for the 1st Time in 2023 28:42 - Best Indie Game Soundtrack of 2023 44:02 - Best Art Direction of 2023 55:28 - Host's Choice! 1:06:55 - Best Indie Game Released in 2023 (Individual)1:30:13 - IndieQuest's Game Of the Year! (group)We have categories, we have awards, we have good vibes, letttssss do this! -------------Games talked about in the show (contains spoilers for the episode):-------------A Space for the unbound, cocoon, jusant, meg's monster, sea of stars, bloody hell, viewfinder, superliminal, daily observer, dreams, karma zoo---------------------------------------------Leave us questions, comments, concerns, or feedback of any kind at our email indiequestpod@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @indiequestpod!If you want to see the Quest Log go to bit.ly/questlog! This will be updated as episodes are released, be wary though because it may contain spoilers for the episode!Follow our Hosts here:Steve on twitch - twitch.tv/BlinkoomJosh on Twitter - @FranticSocietySeth on Twitter - @captaindrachmaYou want to comment on something we talk about on a podcast?! Check out the network's reddit!https://www.reddit.com/r/polymedia/Special thanks to the intro music artist CrossFrog and the cover artist for the show @d3ltari on Instagram.Support the show - We're a proud part of the Polymedia Network!www.polymedianetwork.com

Im Dezember wurde das Videospiel Alan Wake an den Game Awards ausgezeichnet für Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction. Dies ist nicht zuletzt auch die Errungenschaft des Game-Auteur-Autors Sam Lake, welcher sagt, dass es besser sei, Fragen zu stellen, anstatt Antworten zu liefern. von Mirco Kaempf

In this episode, AJ and Kristie discuss all the big horror announcements that dropped during The Game Awards 2023 as well the horror winners! Announcements - Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 - The Casting of Frank Stone - OD - Jurassic Park Survival - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Marvel's Blade Winners Alan Wake 2 - Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Game Direction Resident Evil Village VR - Best VR/AR Game Be sure to connect with us on Tik Tok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Visit our website: inlovewithhorror.com and shop our merch! 

It's the most wonderful time of the year - no, we aren't talking about the Holidays, we are talking about the VIDEO GAME AWARDS!! Join us as we go through the nominees of the 2023 Game Awards as we cast our vote for each category. Be sure to check the poll to give your vote on the 2023 GOTY! ----------------------- [2:37] - Most Anticipated Game [8:49] - Best Multiplayer [15:06] - Best Sports Game [15:43] - Best Sim & Strategy [18:37] - Best Family [19:58] - Best Fighting [23:14] - Best RPG [24:47] - Best Action Adventure [30:23] - Best Action Game [33:14] - Best VR/AR [33:44] - Best Mobile Game [34:53] - Best Debut Indie Game [36:56] - Best Independent Game [43:23] - Best Community Support [46:57] - Best Ongoing [48:08] - Games For Impact [49:58] - Innovation in Accessibility [51:42] - Best Performance [54:49] - Best Audio Design [57:01] - Best Score & Music [58:01] - Best Art Direction [58:37] - Best Narrative [01:01:41] - Best Game Direction [01:02:35] - GAME OF THE YEAR [01:16:32] - Our Bets [01:20:03] - Loser has to do what?! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/growinupgaming/message

You ready for this, playa? Welcome back to the club! This episode has Emmett and Al joined by Graydon to discuss our predictions for the 2023 Game Awards. Will Zelda or Baulder's Gate 3 sweep the whole show? Was 2023 even a good year for video games? Is Dave the Diver even an indie game? Well, no, but the answers to those first 2 questions will be given in this show!  Timestamps: Content Creator of the Year    00:16:45                               Most Anticipated Game    00:23:57                               Best Adaptation    00:29:27                               Best Multiplayer    00:33:03                               Best Sports/Racing    00:37:36                               Best Sim/Stratagey    00:41:07                               Best Family Game    00:44:30                               Best Fighting Game    00:51:38                              Best RPG    01:00:21                               Best Action/Adventure    01:05:13                               Best Action Game    01:14:43                               Best VR/AR Game    01:19:49                               Best Mobile Game    01:23:22                               Best Debut Indie Game    01:26:52                               Best Indie Game    01:31:31                               Best Community Support    01:39:51                               Best Ongoing Game    01:45:14                              Games for Impact    01:50:31                               Innovation in Accessibility    01:55:37                              Best Performance    02:02:27                               Best Audio Design    02:03:39                               Best Score & Music    02:05:13                               Best Art Direction    02:07:05                               Best Narrative    02:08:39                               Best Game Direction    02:10:00                               Game of the Year    02:16:35                               Housekeeping    02:24:06 Housekeeping: Second Wind's Rise from the Ashes w/ Nick Calandra   Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!

With The Game Awards 2023 approaching in just a couple of weeks, we got together to give our picks for the categories in addition to predicting what will win the Keighleys. Let us know what you think will take the win! MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOur Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.youtube.com/@CrubOfficial/live every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Bird App ► https://twitter.com/crubofficialPodcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.orgTODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTSBrody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROXKevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBoltMoriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycoolTrav: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuyCHAPTERS00:00 Intro and check-ins (help)03:31 Setting up the topic05:49 "Best Game Direction"18:13 "Best Narrative"26:07 "Best Art Direction"32:59 "Best Score & Music"37:03 "Best Audio Design"40:53 "Best (Voice) Performance"46:04 "Innovation & accessibility"50:19 "Games For Impact"52:08 "Best Ongoing Game" and "Best Community Support"55:08 "Best Independent Game" and "Best Debut Indie Game"57:18 Rapidfire categories58:30 "Best Action Game"1:01:18 "Best Action Adventure Game"1:02:17 "Best RPG"1:03:42 "Best Fighting Game"1:05:05 "Best Family Game" and "Best Sim/Strategy Game"1:08:25 "Best Sports/Racing Game"1:09:30 "Best Mutliplayer Game (Presented by Discord)"1:13:43 "Best Adaptation"1:16:16 eSports Chat1:19:57 "Most Anticipated Game"1:22:41 "GAME OF THE YEAR"

We talk about the nominations for the 2023 Game Awards! Will our predictions come true?!   Time Stamps: (00:00) Intro (03:20) The Game Awards reveals? (07:27) Most Anticipated Game (14:20) Best Adaptation (21:48) Best RPG (30:10) Best Action Adventure (38:28) Best Action (42:40) Best Independent (48:45) Best Art Direction (52:49) Best Narrative (58:48) Best Game Direction (01:05:20) Game of the Year (01:15:00) Outro   Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast Music: Grandmaster Doug

We are looking at the favourite of many 90s teen goths; Interview With The Vampire, including the performances, casting choices, Brad Pitt's body odor, annoying mimes, and burning down all of your problems.   Interview With the Vampire Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCmYN6TLd8A&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa Interview with the Vampire is a 1994 American gothic horror film directed by Neil Jordan, based on Anne Rice's 1976 novel of the same name, and starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. It focuses on Lestat (Cruise) and Louis (Pitt), beginning with Louis's transformation into a vampire by Lestat in 1791. The film chronicles their time together, and their turning of ten-year-old Claudia (Kirsten Dunst) into a vampire. The narrative is framed by a present-day interview, in which Louis tells his story to a San Francisco reporter (Christian Slater). The supporting cast features Antonio Banderas and Stephen Rea. The film was released in November 1994 to generally positive reviews and was a commercial success. It received two Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Original Score. Kirsten Dunst was additionally nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. A stand-alone sequel, Queen of the Damned, was released in 2002, with Stuart Townsend replacing Cruise as Lestat.

Guti, Ismael, and Ron put on their tuxedos and walk the red carpet to have a spoiler free discussion about several movies nominated for the 65th Ariel Awards, presented by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences: BARDO, Falsa cronica de unas cuantas verdades [BARDO, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths] - Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, Best Costume Design, and Best Visual Effects. Available on Netflix. El norte sobre el vacio [Northern Skies Over Empty Space] - Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, Best Costume Design, and Best Special Effects. Available on Prime Video. Huesera: The Bone Woman - Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, Best Costume Design, Best Special Effects, Best Visual Effects, and Best First Work. Available on Shudder. La caida [DIVE] - Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Special Effects. Available on Prime Video. La civil - Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Editing, and Best Makeup. Available to rent. Ruido [Noise] - Nominated for Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. Available on Netflix. Follow @reellatinos on social media.

We discuss art direction in video games today on Between 2 Gamers! We list some of our favorites and dive into contenders for this year's Best Art Direction for 2023. What are some of your favorites?Between 2 Gamers is a weekly video game podcast where we discuss a wide variety of topics in the gaming industry. Every Wednesday we host our weekly topic where we discuss video game recaps and reviews, tier lists, and some whacky stuff in between! Every Friday we host our weekly video game news and rumors show called The Buzz Between to tell you what's going on in the industry. Both shows are on the same feed! We don't limit our discussion to one platform, so if you're a Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, or PC gamer, then we've got something for you!Enjoying the show? Here is where you can find Between 2 Gamers, Frewy, and Liv's accounts:Between 2 Gamers: https://linktr.ee/Between2GamersPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/Between2Gamers

Book Vs. Movie:The Red ShoesThe Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tale vs. the 1948 Classic FilmThe Margos (and a special guest star!) put on their dancing shoes with the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “The Red Shoes” along with the 1948 adaptation that is considered a ballet/film classic with some of the most beautiful sequences along with a meditation on “art versus life.” Published in 1845, The Red Shoes appears in “New Fairy Tales” and tells the story of Karen, a vain and selfish girl who has a particular pair of red shoes that causes her to dance with frenzy. Apparently, the author used his own sister's name for the horrible lead and his father being a proud shoe cobbler who demanded to be treated with respect from even his wealthiest clients. The movie is a technicolor masterpiece filled with renowned dancers and is the coloration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (following the successful 1947 film Black Narcissus.) It's considered one of the best British films ever and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction. What are the main differences between the short story and the film? Which version did the Margos like better? Have a listen!Our special guest is Dale Bridges, author of The Mean Reds, available from Stephen J. Austin University Press. You can follow his artwork at https://www.dalebridgesart.com/ and on Instagram @Bridges.writer In this ep, the Margos discuss:The original fairy taleThe history of the movieThe cast of the 1948 film: Anton Walbrook (Boris Lermontov,) Marius Goring (Julian Craster,) Moira Shearer (Victoria Page,) Robert Helpmann (Ivan Boleslawsky,) Leonide Massine (Grischa Ljubov,) Albert Bassermann (Sergei Ratov,) Ludmilla Tchernia (Irinia Boronskaya,) and Esmond Knight as Livingstone “Livy” Montague.Clips used:Victoria Page meets Boris LermontovThe Red Shoes 1948 trailerThe crowd enters the theatreLermontov picks his dancersGrischa Ljubov meets Victoria PageThe last dance sceneMusic by Brian EasdaleBook Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page “Book Vs. Movie podcast”You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast GroupFollow us on Twitter @bookversusmovieInstagram: Book Versus Movie https://www.instagram.com/bookversusmovie/Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. Twitter @BrooklynMargo Margo D's Blog www.brooklynfitchick.com Margo D's Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”Margo D's TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@margodonohuebrooklynfitchick@gmail.comYou can buy your copy of Filmed in Brooklyn here! Margo P. Twitter @ShesNachoMamaMargo P's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shesnachomama/Margo P's Blog https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5406542/advertisement

Book Vs. Movie:The Red ShoesThe Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tale vs. the 1948 Classic FilmThe Margos (and a special guest star!) put on their dancing shoes with the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “The Red Shoes” along with the 1948 adaptation that is considered a ballet/film classic with some of the most beautiful sequences along with a meditation on “art versus life.” Published in 1845, The Red Shoes appears in “New Fairy Tales” and tells the story of Karen, a vain and selfish girl who has a particular pair of red shoes that causes her to dance with frenzy. Apparently, the author used his own sister's name for the horrible lead and his father being a proud shoe cobbler who demanded to be treated with respect from even his wealthiest clients. The movie is a technicolor masterpiece filled with renowned dancers and is the coloration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (following the successful 1947 film Black Narcissus.) It's considered one of the best British films ever and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction. What are the main differences between the short story and the film? Which version did the Margos like better? Have a listen!Our special guest is Dale Bridges, author of The Mean Reds, available from Stephen J. Austin University Press. You can follow his artwork at https://www.dalebridgesart.com/ and on Instagram @Bridges.writer In this ep, the Margos discuss:The original fairy taleThe history of the movieThe cast of the 1948 film: Anton Walbrook (Boris Lermontov,) Marius Goring (Julian Craster,) Moira Shearer (Victoria Page,) Robert Helpmann (Ivan Boleslawsky,) Leonide Massine (Grischa Ljubov,) Albert Bassermann (Sergei Ratov,) Ludmilla Tchernia (Irinia Boronskaya,) and Esmond Knight as Livingstone “Livy” Montague.Clips used:Victoria Page meets Boris LermontovThe Red Shoes 1948 trailerThe crowd enters the theatreLermontov picks his dancersGrischa Ljubov meets Victoria PageThe last dance sceneMusic by Brian EasdaleBook Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page “Book Vs. Movie podcast”You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast GroupFollow us on Twitter @bookversusmovieInstagram: Book Versus Movie https://www.instagram.com/bookversusmovie/Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. Twitter @BrooklynMargo Margo D's Blog www.brooklynfitchick.com Margo D's Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”Margo D's TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@margodonohuebrooklynfitchick@gmail.comYou can buy your copy of Filmed in Brooklyn here! Margo P. Twitter @ShesNachoMamaMargo P's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shesnachomama/Margo P's Blog https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here for the April installment of their monthly movie retrospectives. This time they're talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey for its 55th anniversary. 2001: A Space Odyssey is an epic science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, who co-wrote the film with Arthur C. Clarke. It opened in theaters on April 3, 1968. In the film the principal characters, astronaut Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and artificial intelligence HAL 9000 (Douglas Rain), travel to Jupiter in search of extraterrestrial life. Though initial reactions to the film were mixed, it received Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Art Direction, and won for Best Visual Effects. Popular but expensive, the movie only become profitable upon rerelease. In 2022 a poll of 480 directors voted it the Greatest Film of All Time in Sight & Sound magazine.   Aaron and Josh discuss the plot of the film, its effects, and its slow pace. They also briefly chat about Arthur C. Clarke's book series and the film 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Capping things off is a look at space travel and A.I. today. For more ‘60s cinema, you can listen to Josh and Aaron's podcast on The Birds. For another Kubrick film, listen to their podcast on The Shining.2001: A Space Odyssey is streaming on HBO Max.

Gäst i studion hos Johar Bendjelloull: Anna Asp, som satt tonen för hur vi svenskar vill ha vår jul en Fanny och Alexander-jul! Hon är scenografen som dessutom var den första kvinna någonsin som vann en Oscar för Best Art Direction ( 1984, för Fanny och Alexander) 

You ready for this, Playa? It's Game Awards time! Sadly Al is out this week, so instead Emmett Watkins Jr is joined by Elijah Miller of Easy Achievers to predict all of the winners of the big show. It's a MASSIVE episode so grab a snack, maybe boot up a mindless video game, and strap in for one epic discussion of some of the year's best video games. And if it really is too long, that's what the timestamps are for! And right at the end, only for a few moments, Elijah talks about his time with Callisto Protocol and Emmett talks about his time with Hell Pie. Timestamps: Most Anticipated Game 4:33 Best Adaptation 16:59 Best Debut Indie 23:06 Content Creator of the Year 28:19 Best Multiplayer 36:38 Best Sports/Racing 42:15 Best Sim/Strategy 46:38 Best Family Game 48:41 Best Fighting Game 52:59 Best RPG 1:02:55 Best Action Adventure 1:09:40 Best Action Game 1:15:06 Best VR/AR 1:22:32 Innovation in Accessibility 1:28:53 Best Community Support 1:35:37 Best Mobile Game 1:48:17 Best Indie 1:53:39 Best Ongoing Game 1:58:40 Games for Impact 2:04:00 Best Performance 2:07:36 Best Audio Design 2:15:54 Best Score/Music 2:21:14 Best Art Direction 2:29:38 Best Narrative 2:38:06 Best Game Direction 2:48:50 Game of the Year 2:59:47 Housekeeping 3:17:29 Housekeeping: The World Cup | Spoonful Podcast Ep.8 recAPP Epic Heroes Time To Go To Classes! - VGU Plays: Pokemon Violet The MultiVersus Roster Showdown: Match 13 - VGU.TV The Walking Dead Finale - Rage Quit - VGU.TV FromSoftware facing low pay and crunch allegations?? | Easy Achievers Podcast Ep. 145 www.vgu.tv/extralife

The 2022 Game Awards are coming up! The crew discusses which games will win in their categories.   (00:00) Intro (04:00) Best Adaptation (14:19) Most Anticipated Game (22:42) Best Family Game (29:33) Best Role Playing Game (33:15) Best Action/Adventure Game (37:48) Best Action Game (42:53) Best Debut Indie Game (46:17) Best Indie Game (52:56) Best Art Direction (59:07) Best Narrative (01:03:42) Best Game Direction (01:03:42) Game of the Year (01:17:04) Outro   Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast Music: Grandmaster Doug

Follow The Trophy Room Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BadBit Discord: https://discord.gg/wPNp3kC Twitter: https://twitter.com/PSTrophyRoom This week on The Trophy Room - A PlayStation Podcast hosts Joseph and Kyle celebrate American Thanksgiving by sharing their predictions for Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards 2022 from who will take Game of the Year, Best Direction, Best Performance, Best Art Direction, and Best Indie games for this year. God of War Ragnarok going to to toe with Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West, and Stray.. yeah the Best PlayStation games are playing a huge role in this years show. As well as Microsoft isnt planning on making Call of Duty and exclusive anytime soon. As Microsoft is offering the to sign COD to a ten year extenstion to PlayStation in order to get the Activision Blizzard deal worth almost 69 billion dollars and so much more!

In this week's episode the Brothers are back in the Room to place their bets on who will win the Race and swoop up the Awards at this year's Game Awards! From Most Anticipated Game to Best Performance and the almighty Game of the Year - find out which games we would pick and which ones we think are going to win! Be sure to share your own picks & predictions by getting in touch and if you enjoyed this episode consider following our Podcast and leaving us a review! Chapters; 0:00 Intro 3:14 Esports Categories 3:57 Most Anticipated Game 9:23 Best Adaptation 19:12 Best Debut Indie 24:31 Best Multiplayer 29:51 Best Family Game 33:13 Best Fighting Game 37:20 Best Role Playing Game 43:32 Best Action Adventure 47:30 Best Action Game 50:42 Innovation in Accessibility 54:08 Best Performance 59:59 Best Audio Design 1:02:37 Best Score & Music 1:07:03 Best Art Direction 1:09:03 Best Narrative 1:13:54 Best Game Direction 1:15:29 Game of the Year 1:26:50 Outro If you prefer to watch Podcasts on Youtube then you can find links to our Youtube Channel, as well as our Social Media pages, on our Link Tree Page : https://linktr.ee/TheBrothersTake Thanks for Listening!

On episode 84 of the Play To Win Podcast, we're talking all about The Game Awards 2022. Who do we think the winners will be? What game announcements and reveals do we think will happen? We share it all in this packed episode! Timestamps: 0:00 - Opening 5:00 - The Game Awards Predictions (Start) 7:30 - Most Anticipated Game 13:19 - Best Adaptation 15:17 - Best Debut Indie 20:52 - Content Creator of the Year 22:55 - Best Multiplayer 27:08 - Best Family Game 29:42 - Best Fighting Game 32:18 - Best RPG 37:30 - Best Action/Adventure 43:28 - Best Action 46:28 - Innovation in Accessibility 48:20 - Best Community Support 49:31 - Best Mobile Game 50:20 - Best Indie Game 52:21 - Best Ongoing Game 54:37 - Games for Impact 56:16 - Best Performance 1:00:33 - Best Audio Design 1:02:41 - Best Score/Music 1:03:58 - Best Art Direction 1:09:55 - Best Narrative 1:12:56 - Best Game Direction 1:18:23 - Game of the Year 1:27:35 - Announcement Predictions 1:43:37 - Brief Mentions 1:47:00 - What We've Been Playing 1:49:32 - Closing This is Play To Win, a gaming outlet hoping to deepen your knowledge of the gaming industry through a weekly podcast discussing that week's gaming news. We also upload a video every Friday which could be a review, an opinion piece, or something else related to gaming. Hosted by Tyler Miller and Tyler from Good Game, We Lost. Be sure to like the video, subscribe, and turn on notifications to be the first to know when new videos are uploaded! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXUARbQ9urj2TtaF9IpEFIA?sub_confirmation=1 Also, we officially have a website now! If you wanna check it out, head over to https://playtowingames.wordpress.com/ Follow us! Tyler - https://twitter.com/tylermiller2496 Play To Win - https://twitter.com/playtowingame Good Game, We Lost (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCAIJpjf3YH-DXzRgW5Cb9Q/featured Game Game, We Lost (TikTok) - https://www.tiktok.com/@goodgamewelost

Today we review all of the nominees for The Game Awards. Let us know who you think will win Game of the Year and why it'll either be Elden Ring or God of War Ragnarök. Plz vote for Stray though 0:00 - Intro 1:04 - Most Anticipated Game 1:50 - Best Adaptation 2:32 - Best Indie Debut 3:25 - Content Creator of the Year 4:14 - Best Multiplayer 5:24 - Best Sports / Racing 5:50 - Best SIM / Strategy 6:06 - Best Family 7:00 - Best Fighting 8:14 - Best Role Playing 8:48 - Best Action / Adventure 9:14 - Best Action Game 9:57 - Best VR / AR 10:24 - Innovation in Accessibility 12:10 - Best Community Support 13:42 - Best Mobile Game 14:14 - Best Indie 14:58 - Best Ongoing 15:42 - Games for Impact 16:18 - Best Performance 16:55 - Best Audio Design 17:54 - Best Score and Music 19:08 - Best Art Direction 20:45 - Best Narrative 21:48 - Best Game Design 22:56 - GAME OF THE YEAR 27:23 - Outro YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@permanentdetour Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4akxfYT5Xniavc7zev2vvE Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possibly-a-podcast/id1516526898?uo=4 Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjFjYjRhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/84b1c430-9902-4263-9346-e74c8fe12cdc/permanent-detour Anchor Website: https://anchor.fm/permanentdetour Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/permanentdetour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/permanentdetour TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@permanentdetourpodcast The Game Awards Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7LnF5LnVgg Patchy the Pirate Meme: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/REZdj5zuKXM Outro Music: Floating by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/floating-smith-the-mister Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/noTLm16pyRA

You ready for this, Playa? Welcome back to the club! This week, Emmett Watkins Jr and Allan Muir are joined this time by Graydon Webb to (pretty poorly) guess the nominees for The Game Awards on the eve of their reveal. By the time you hear this, the actual nominees are out, so listen along and be entertained by how wrong we ended up being! Timestamps: TOTS: Predicting The Game Awards Nominees 3:50 Best Indie 7:17 Best Ongoing Game 22:33 Best Performance 38:07 Best Multiplayer 53:07 Games for Impact 1:00:26 Best Narrative 1:16:52 Best Art Direction 1:37:00 Best Score/Music 1:49:15 Best Family Game 1:56:45 Game of the Year 2:02:59 Housekeeping 2:14:05 Housekeeping: recAPP - Cookie Run: Kingdom When the Eterna Forest Theme plays in Legends Arceus Hypertime to Podcast - IDW Infestation - VGU.TV The Multiversus Ultimate Roster Showdown: FINAL BOSS - VGU.TV Check out YouTube Channel here! Follow us on Twitter @VGU_TV!

The Worthy boys exchange keys as we're heading to Jack Lemmon's apartment for a wild night! The Apartment won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing. The film received five additional nominations, including Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon for Best Leading Actress and Actor.  Billy Wilder even became the first person to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. We discuss the gender politics brought up in the film and how they pushed the boundaries of cinema and workplace etiquette. We also chat about how this was the last Black and White film to win Best Picture at The Academy Awards until The Artist in 2011. Shut up and deal!  Is The Apartment worthy of the Best Picture award of 1960? Tell us how we're wrong at worthysubmissions@gmail.com

Calum and Chris discuss the 1953 nominees for Best Art Direction (Black and White), which were Julius Caesar, Martin Luther, The President's Lady, Roman Holiday, and Titanic. Martin Luther: 03:05 - 17:14 The President's Lady: 17:14 - 30:17 Roman Holiday: 30:17 - 45:37 Titanic: 45:37 - 58:57 Julius Caesar: 58:57 - 1:11:02 Conclusions/Ranking: 1:11:02 - 1:20:45 Intro Music: Original Score of Julius Caesar Exit music: Original Score of Roman Holiday

Dan and Luis gush about their favorite games from last year (plus a few backlog titles they caught up with) and react to the latest Nintendo Direct. 00:00 - Intro 04:29 - Nintendo Direct Roundup via IGN Nintendo not interested in purchasing large companies via MyNintendoNews 37:05 - Game of the Year 2021 42:15 - Dan's Honorable Mentions 45:15 - Luis' Disappointment Award 47:30 - Dan's Best Game Made By One Person 53:17 - Luis' Most Time And Money Sank Award & Next Gen Moment Award 56:30 - Dan's Best Sports/Racing Game & Best Party Game 59:51 - Luis' I Wish I Played This Award & Dan's Best Dialogue, Characters & Performances Award 1:04:20 - Luis' Best Game I Didn't Finish Award 1:08:18 - Dan's Best Puzzle Game & Best Art Direction 1:10:18 - Luis' Backlog Award & Dan's Best Game I Played This Year Not From This Year 1:14:13 - Luis' Gaming Memories Award & Best Smash Mod/Fangame Award 1:20:40 - Dan's Best Spooky Game 1:24:06 - Luis' Brought To You By LV1 Gaming Award 1:27:10 - Dan's Best Multiplayer Game 1:30:10 - Luis' Seal Of Approval 1:34:25 - Ready Press Play's Game Of The Year 2021 1:38:16 - Extra News #1 - Sony interested in making Bungie movies via IGN #2 - Sony will spend $1B on employee retention at Bungie via VGC #3 - Platinum's new CEO wants to make larger games; + Scalebound coming back? via VGC #4 - GTA 6 officially confirmed via Polygon; + GTA Remaster Trilogy shipped 10M copies via VGC #5 - Activision Blizzard losing active users, Square Enix gaining them via Eurogamer #6 - Google deprioritised Stadia via Eurogamer #7 - Saudi Arabia's wealth fund investing in CAPCOM and Nexon via Bloomberg #8 - Smaller Assassin's Creed game coming soon via Bloomberg #9 - Hideo Kojima has launched his own podcast via Gamespot #10 - Jak and Daxter movie in the works via DigitalTrends #11 - Phil Spencer wants to make Starfield Bethesda's most-played game via VGC #12 - Microsoft wants Call of Duty on Switch via VGC 1:43:06 - Out This Week 1:47:10 - RPP's List of Best Games of All Time 1:52:54 - Recommendations - Peacemaker (HBO Max) and Ink Master (Netflix) 1:56:30 - Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez Every Friday, Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that's new and exciting in the world of video games. Please subscribe to the feed so you can get every new show directly to your device as soon as it posts, and if you like it, please leave us a nice review. If you like our intro and would like to support the artist, go check out Waz on Spotify and Bandcamp. Thank you!

AvatarWelcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences. **READ APPLE REVIEWS/Fan Mail**Mention Twitter DM group - like pinned tweetRead emailsTwitter Poll Avatar Written, Directed, and Produced by: James Cameron Starring:  Sam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaStephen LangMichelle RodriguezSigourney Weaver Released: Dec 18, 2009 Budget: $237M ($208M in 2021) Box Office: $2.847B ($3.7B in 2021) Ratings:   IMDb 7.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes 74%Metacritic 50% Google Users 91% Adjusted for inflation, Avatar is the second highest-grossing movie of all time after Gone with the Wind with a total of more than $3 billion. It also became the first film to gross more than $2 billion. Nominated for nine Academy Awards and won three, for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects.  First time you saw the movie? Plot:We start flying through a jungle, with a voice over about flying in dream, and waking up. We see Sam Worthingtons Jake. He's waking up from 6 years in Cryo. We learn his twin brother was killed before shipping out, but that he's a dumb grunt. Jake arrives at Pandora. A fresh start on a new world, as he watches his brother get cremated. The ship approaches to land, we see how the jungle planet is being strip mined. We learn Jake is an ex-Marine, in a wheelchair, he says that spines can be fixed, but you'd need money. "You're not in Kansas anymore" we hear from Col. Quaritch; he talks about the Na'vi and their arrows dipped in neuro-toxin that will stop your hear in 1 minute. Jake enjoys the safety brief. Afterwards we meet Norm, and we're introduced to the Avatars, grown bodies mixed with human DNA and native... Unlike Tucker getting his uncles DNA mixed in him. Drivers coming out and we see Grace Augustine, the woman who wrote the book on Na'vi... She and Jake have a tense first meeting. She storms off to speak with the corporate guy, Selfridge. They argue about how to handle the indigenous tribes, and Selfridge explains they're there for unobtainium, the mineral that sells for $20m a kilo and pays for everything. Jake loads up in the driver seat, and Grace chides him about not having any training. They connect his brain to the avitar, and he comes too. Jake wants to run before he can walk, and takes off outside. He takes off running, obviously enjoying the feeling of having legs again. He speaks with Grace, and they soon go to bed, and Jake wakes back up, in his paralyzed body. We meet Trudy, the pilot, who takes him to the Col... he explains who they are alike, and how he likes his facial scars. But that having a marine in an avitar can provide intel on the Na'vi, promising to get Jakes legs back to him when he rotates home. S:-They get on Pandora really fast, and show heavy destruction-Wonder if Selfridge is named after the magnate that created Selfridges in London?-The obvious allegory to how people treat indigenous tribes is shown VERY early on.-They kinda hit you over your head with the not so subtle good vs bad, dynamic.-Think they get to choose how big their avatar dicks are? The team is dropped in the jungle and they move, seeing the large environment and some native species. As Norm and Grace take a sample, Jake wanders off, and spooks a very large animal. Grace tells him to hold his ground, and as he threatens it away, he's snuck up on another large creature, that he does have to run from. Much like Chris's girlfriends that end up left at gas stations or Trey when he finds a missing digit. He eventually ends up jumping off a cliff into a river to escape. On his own, Jake whittles a pointy stick for defense, as a Na'ni watches him, she trains an arrow on him and as she's about to shoot, a fluttering critter lands on the arrow, and she stops, letting him go. The others search for him, but have to call it off as they don't run night ops. As Jake lights a torch, many animals are after him. He is surrounded, and tries to keep them away with the torch; so he taunts them, and they attack. He beats and stabs a few, when the Na'vi that had watched him jumps in to help, defeating the beasts, but showing mercy to an injured one. Jake then marvels at the glow of the forest/jungle. He tries to thank her, and she informs him its sad they had to die. As they argue running through the forest, the floating creatures come back and land all over Jake, and she takes him with her. Shortly he is attacked by more Na'vi, who take him to their home. They talk about whether or not to kill him, and they judge him, Neytiri's father and mother. They determine since he is a "warrior," to teach him their ways and see what happens. After an awkward dinner, he settles into a cocoon, and he awakes back in the base. The scientists marvel at his luck, the army and corporate guys want to exploit his new position. Back in the village, he gets on a large animal, and bonds with it, and promptly falls off. He gives more intel on the home tree structure, but he is observed, and they relocated to the floating mountains of Pandora. They get set up and Jake goes back. High in the tree, Neytiri calls a large flying creature to her, and explains how to choose one, and that it chooses you. She takes off and shows how to fly. A montage of him learning, voice over, what he's learning. Grace even putting Jake to bed. The attraction between Neytiri and Jake shows; esp when he makes a clean kill. They go to the floating mountains to ride a flying creature or banshee. He begins his trial. S:-I noticed Norms avatar has a hat with braile, i looked it up and it stands for "Year 1969" or the year of the moon landing.-I don't remeber the half naked natives from National Geographic looking that good-I wonder what the actual physics is behind the floating rocks?-Also, Grace smoking... no way that's still a thing that far into the future. I can see vaping still going, but not actual smoking.-If anyone has played the new Jedi falling order game, this whole sequence is also in that game. AFter passing behind the waterfall, there are many banshees, and he is told to pick his ikran, asking how he'll know if it chooses him, Neytiri tells him it'll try and kill him... He picks one, they fight, and eventually, bond. They take off and finally, level out smoothly. They finally get harnessed and have some proper flights, even going by the Tree of Souls. Eventually the alpha ikran attacks, chasing them, bu they escape. Jake learns only 5 people have ever ridden the alpha. In a voice over he talk about out there being the real world. The Col tells Jake he's got the Na'vi by the balls with the tree of souls, and that he can go back adn get his legs. He wants to stay for the ceremony and negotiate the relocation. He is accepted as one of the Na'vi in the ceremony. Neytiri takes Jake to the tree of voices and he can hear them. She tells him he can pick a woman, and he chooses her. He wakes up thinking, "what the hell are you doing Jake"? The next morning, the trees start to fall around them, but Jake isn't in his body. He's finally jacked in and stops one of them, but they level everything. The Col sees it's Jake and wants a pilot, as the Na'vi pull together a warrior party. As Jake fights to stop the party, Col arrives where Jakes body is, as he's trying to talk them down, the Col pulls Jake and Grace out. He takes them back to the base and they argue about what they are about to destroy. Grace explains about the connective tissue amongst the trees, but Selfridge doesn't listen. Col shows Grace one of Jakes transmissions about the Na'vi, saying there is nothing they have the Na'vi want. The Col convinces Selfridge to assault the tree. Jake and Grace also convince Selfridge to let them go in and try to convince the Na'vim to leave. Jake tells them he was sent to learn and tell them what was coming, and it instead hardens their resolve, like Trey assaulting a child, hard like steel. The Col arrives and starts with gas rounds. As the others evacuate, they fire arrows, and the Col returns with incendiaries. The Na'vi flee, leaving Jake and Grace tied up. Neytiris mom frees them, as the helos fire missiles, Trudy decides to pull out, unlike myself. The volley stops, as the base of the tree begins to collapse. The Na'vi run, trying to escape, and the tree comes down. They observe the damage, and wail. The Col pulls out, mission accomplished... as Neytiri finds her father fallen, dying. She takes his bow, to protect their people, and she mourns. Selfridge pulls the plug on Jake and Grace and take them. n le S:-As Trey says, everyone wants to fuck an alien, Jake did. The Na'vi walk away, nursing the injured. Norm, Jake and Grace are in the brig, when Trudy rescues them. As she starts the bird, the Col realizes and opens fire on them, and Grace is hit. They pick up the mobile unit to hide it at the tree of souls. The Na'vi have gathered and Jake is going to try to get to them. His avatar wakes up in the aftermath of the destruction; though he was worried about facing them. Jake takes flight on his ikran, and then jumps on the alpha ikran to bond with it. He arrives at the soul tree to everyones surprise. Neytiri apologizes and he addresses the lead warrior, Tsu'tey, and they agree to fly together and help Grace. They bring Grace and her avatar to the tree of souls, but it is up to the great mother to transfer her to her avatar. The Na'vi pray to save her, Grace wakes up and tells them she's with her, and she is real, and dies. Jake makes a speech to rally all the other clans together and take on the corporation, and they scatter and gather them all up. Back at the base, the Col briefs everyone about an attack. He plans on destroying the soul tree with a preemptive attack. Jake works on a plan with Norm and Trudy to stop the attack. The second attack begins. Airships move in, as do ground troops, for some reason. The horse riders, with Norm, ride straight in, as do Jake and the arial assault. The battle rages, as men and Na'vi fall to bullets, arrows, and missiles. Col ID's jake and goes after him, when Trudy shows up and distracts them. Neytiri, trying to escape, her ikran is killed. Tsu'tey boards a ship, and is shot, and falls, Trudy is killed, there is destruction everywhere. They are reeling. As they start their bomb run, Neytiri is surrounded. As she is about to take a shot, a stampede of large creatures storm through, and kill the troops, at the same time, many ikran attack with no riders. Jake boards the bomb ship, as they are dropping the bomb, he disables an engine, sending it crashing, and the bomb blows up on impact. As Jake attempts to bomb the Col ship, he's stopped, but manages to throw a missile into an engine, sending it crashing, but the Col suits up in a mech and escapes. He stalks through the forest and finds the mobile site with Jakes body, Neytiri attacks, but is stopped. Jake arrives and they fight, eventually making the Col open the mech pod. He breaks the glass to the mobile unit, causing Jake to start to wake up, which allows the Col to catch him. As he's about to stab jake, Neytiri shoots him with two arrows, and he falls. Human jake falls out of his pod and can't reach the oxygen mask, almost dying, Neytiri saves him. The troops and corporates were watched as they left, and the alpha ikran is let go, and Jake makes one last video diary. The Na'vi are shown praying again, trying to transfer jake to his avatar, a deep close up and his eyes open, cut to black and credits.  S:-During the rescue, it's surprising there are no guards walking around, and only one person guarding them. re-The tree of souls surrounding looks like Halo rings from the new game-All the Na'vi got tinny titties-Why are they sending ground troops for this, what should be an air assault?-I like that Trudy is Rogue 1     Top Five Trivia of the movie: 5: Cameron started writing Avatar all the way back in 1994, but waited for the technology to catch up.4: the initial image for the Na'vi came from his mother's dream, where she envisioned a twelve-foot-tall blue woman, which was "kind of a cool image"3: Linguist Paul Frommer Created A Thousand Words In Na'vi from scratch2: James Cameron seeing lord of the rings, and gollum specifically led him to know the technology had come far enough to make Avatar1: there was so much CGI, obviously, but even Dr. Graces cigarette was animated. Cameron even admitted that they're basically animated movies with cgi used throughout.  TOP 5Stephen:1 Breakfast club2 T23 Sandlot4 Back to the Future5 Mail order brides Chris:1. sandlots2. T23. trick r treat4. rocky horror picture show5. hubie halloween Trey:1) Boondocks Saints2) Mail Order Brides3) Tombstone4) Drunk stoned brilliant dead5) Sandlot  Tucker:1. Beer review 2. T23. Tombstone4. Gross Pointe Blank5. My Cousin Vinny  Web: https://theguysreview.simplecast.com/EM: theguysreviewpod@gmail.comIG: @TheGuysReviewPodTW: @The_GuysReviewFB: https://facebook.com/TheGuysReviewPod/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKXJhq9LbQ2VfR4K33kT9Q Please, Subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts from!! Thank you,-The Guys'll

This week we're celebrating our end of the year awards: The 2021 Rockies! Which games are taking home the big awards? Was 2021 a particularly strong year for gaming? We're also looking to the future and listing our most anticipated games of 2022!The Awards - Game of the Year - Best Art Direction - Best Sound Design / Score - Biggest Surprise - Best NPC- The Game That Got Away- Favorite Gaming MomentThe Weekly Question (1:18:29) What are our most anticipated games of 2022? On The Rocks does not support underage drinking!____________________________Check us out on iTunes and Patreon!Email us at PodcastOTR@gmail.com if you have ideas for future drink/pop-culture pairings!

NRC celebrates the 25th official episode of Neo-Reality Collective! The Game Awards 2021 was an award show that honored the best video games of 2021. The event was hosted by Geoff Keighley, creator, and producer of The Game Awards, and was held to an invited audience at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 9, 2021. Sydnee Goodman hosted the preshow ceremony. The event was live-streamed across more than 40 digital platforms. It featured musical performances from Imagine Dragons, JID, Darren Korb, Sting, and presentations from celebrity guests including Reggie Fils-Aimé, Keanu Reeves, Ben Schwartz, and Ming-Na Wen. Deathloop led the show with nine nominations; it won Best Game Direction and Best Art Direction. Forza Horizon 5 and It Takes Two tied for the most wins with three awards, and the latter also won Game of the Year. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy was awarded Best Narrative, and Maggie Robertson won Best Performance for her role as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village. Several new games were announced during the show, including Alan Wake II, The Expanse: A Telltale Series, Sonic Frontiers, and the first full trailers for Halo and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 premiered. The ceremony received a mixed reception from media publications, with some praise directed at new game announcements and criticism for the show's length and focus on announcements over awards.

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It's awards season y'all! In this episode, we run through every category and nomination featured in Geoff Keighley's big annual game of the year event. We then choose our picks on who we think will take home the gold and why as we play against each other in betting which title is going to come out on top in the end. Will it be Resident Evil: Village? Will it be Psychonauts 2? Is one of us upset that Returnal wasn't included? Tune in to find out just how we align! Timestamps: Best Narrative - 00:03:45, Best Art Direction - 00:11:27, Best Score and Music - 00:17:09, Best Audio Design - 00:27:22, Best Performance - 00:35:18, Games for Impact - 00:44:54, Best Ongoing Game - 00:49:19, Best Community Support - 00:52:39, Best Indie Game - 00:55:48, Best Mobile Game - 01:03:27, Best AR/VR Game - 01:10:55, Innovation in Accessibility - 01:13:40, Best Action Game - 01:23:09, Best Action Adventure - 01:27:43, Best Roleplaying Game - 01:36:00, Best Fighting Game - 01:41:29, Best Family Game - 01:44:15, Best Sim/Strategy Game - 01:52:41, Best Sports/Racing Game - 01:56:14, Best Multiplayer Game - 02:02:52, Best Debut Indie Game - 02:10:15, Content Creator of the Year - 02:15:45, eSports Awards - 02:23:08, Best Game Direction - 02:31:46, Game of the Year - 02:35:42, Most Anticipated Game - 02:52:50

Tiffany hosts the crew's discussion on the Game Awards 2021. We cast our votes on a handful of categories including Best Family Game, Best Indie Game, Game of the Year, and more!   Time Stamps:  (00:00) Intro (01:23) Best Debut Indie Game (09:34) Best Family Game (14:31) Best Action Adventure Game (21:42) Best Role Playing Game (31:15) Best Action Game (36:17) Best Indie game (43:30) Best Score and Music (49:13) Best Art Direction (57:33) Best Narrative (01:04:40) Game of the Year (01:12:15) Outro   Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast Music: Grandmaster Doug    

On Episode 35 of the Play To Win Podcast, Keiran & Tyler conduct our annual predictions episode of what we think will be announced at the 2021 Game Awards, and who we think and want to win each of the categories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:20 Brief Mentions 05:59 Game Awards Winners Predictions 06:25 Most Anticipated Game 11:10 Best Debut Indie 17:25 Content Creator of the Year 20:36 Best Multiplayer 24:49 Best Sports/Racing 25:43 Best Sim/Strategy 28:35 Best Family 32:24 Best Fighting 34:11 Best Role-Playing 43:22 Best Action/Adventure 50:56 Best Action 53:25 Innovation in Accessibility 55:18 Best Community Support 58:22 Best Mobile 1:00:02 Best Indie 1:02:28 Best Ongoing 1:06:30 Games For Impact 1:10:22 Best Performance 1:19:29 Best Audio Design 1:21:56 Best Score/Music 1:24:37 Best Art Direction 1:27:25 Best Narrative 1:31:33 Best Direction 1:42:32 Game of the Year 01:50:03 Game Awards Announcement Predictions 2:20:56 What We've Been Playing 2:29:09 Closing This is Play To Win, a gaming outlet hoping to deepen your knowledge of the gaming industry through a weekly podcast discussing that week's gaming news. We also upload a video every Friday which could be a review, an opinion piece, or something else related to gaming. Hosted by Keiran Grant & Tyler Miller. Be sure to like the video, subscribe, and turn on notifications to be the first to know when new videos are uploaded! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXUARbQ9urj2TtaF9IpEFIA?sub_confirmation=1 Also, we officially have a website now! If you wanna check it out, head over to https://playtowingames.wordpress.com/ Follow us on Twitter! Tyler - https://twitter.com/tylermiller2496 Keiran - https://twitter.com/badlynet Play To Win - https://twitter.com/playtowingame

Geoff Keighley has announced the nominees for The Game Awards 2021, with Deathloop leading the pack with a total of nine nominations. Deathloop featured in various categories this year, including Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score/Music, Best Audio Design, Best Action Game, and Game of the Year. Deathloop also received two nominations in the Best Performance category, with Jason E. Kelley and Ozioama Akagha both being recognized. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and It Takes Two also scored big this year, having received six and five nominations apiece across several different categories, including the highly prestigious Game of the Year category, where they appeared as contenders alongside Deathloop, Metroid Dread, Psychonauts 2, and Resident Evil Village. What's going on Internet, Analytic here aka Dreamz and I would like to welcome you to mine, which I call the Notorious Mass Effect Podcast! I am your Hip-Hop / Gaming News source with a little bit of R&B mixed in. FOR EPISODE 77: “ADELE - 30” “GRAMMY NOMINATIONS” “THE GAME AWARD NOMINATIONS” & “FRENCH MONTANA - THEY GOT AMNESIA” But before that make sure to Click my Linktree in my bio to access my social medias and follow, to keep up with my latest activities, if you want to financially support the show click my cash app link located towards the top of my linktree as it helps the show overall, also make sure to share this podcast rating the show 5 stars as this helps the show reach more people so we can grow together and effect the masses! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/masseffect/support

It's almost time for The Game Awards (December 9, 6pm CST) and we (Joey, Tab, Ron, and Paul) thought it might be fun to make some predictions! We're not fancy, shmancy video game journalists, so we don't have extensive experience with most of the games nominated. But we DO have opinions based on sometimes nothing more than a small picture uploaded to The Game Awards' web site or the existence of a particular musical instrument in a game! Join us as we discuss every category, making predictions and talking occasionally about who we actually want to win these things. We're a little critical of The Game Awards, but we do hope that game developers are actually honored by the awards they are nominated for and that these awards get better in terms of highlighting and awarding important games and voices. Check back with us after the awards to find out how we did, and if you want to send us your own predictions, you know where to reach us! We also continue to collectively shake our heads at Bobby Kotick's BS, talk about what Harmonix might bring to Fortnite now that they've joined Epic, and what we've been playing! Contact us: prettypixelspodcast@gmail.com We're on Twitter: @Losperman (Joey), @RandomMox (Tab), and @bigbadron (Ron) 00:02:42: Bobby Kotick drafted the infamous Fran Townsend email, then turned around and agreed with criticism of it and let her take the fall (via The Wall Street Journal and Kotaku). The audacity 00:10:04: Harmonix joins Epic Games, will make content for Fortnite 00:15:48: Tab and the gang are still mostly enjoying Back 4 Blood, plus we've been dipping our toes in the Halo Infinite multiplayer 00:23:39: Ron's finishing up collectables in GTA III and he and Joey have delved into Radiohead's Kid A Mnesiac Exhibition 00:32:26: Paul's still blasting his way through Far Cry 6 and gettin' stars in Mario Party Superstars 00:43:35: Joey's been raising some dino babies in Jurassic World Evolution 2 00:45:10: The Game Awards predictions! Time stamps for individual categories and the points we're awarding are: 01:00:43: Best eSports Event (1 point) 01:04:20: Best eSports Coach (1 point) 01:05:54: Best eSports Team (1 point) 01:07:29: Best eSports Athlete (1 point) 01:09:35: Best eSports Game (1 point) 01:11:40: Most Anticipated Game (1 point) 01:15:00: Best Debut Indie 01:16:55: Content Creator of the Year (1 point) 01:18:52: Best Multiplayer (2 points) 01:20:48: Best Sports/Racing (2 points) 01:22:48: Best Sim/Strategy (2 points) 01:26:39: Best Family (2 points) 01:30:16: Best Fighting (2 points) 01:33:09: Best Role Playing (2 points) 01:36:12: Best Action/Adventure (2 points) 01:39:03: Best Action Game (2 points) 01:43:05: Best VR/AR (2 points) 01:45:09: Innovation in Accessibility (2 points) 01:47:58: Best Community Support (1 point) 01:50:46: Best Mobile Game (1 point) 01:51:50: Best Indie (2 points) 01:58:25: Best Ongoing (2 points) 02:00:01: Games for Impact (2 points) 02:02:50: Best Performance (2 points) 02:06:07: Best Audio Design (2 points) 02:07:33: Best Score and Music (3 points) 02:10:38: Best Art Direction (3 points) 02:13:06: Best Narrative (3 points) 02:14:48: Best Game Direction (3 points) 02:18:11: Game of the Year (4 points) Theme song by lovers.tiff: loverstiff.bandcamp.com

It's Jeremiah's 3rd pick: 8 ½, the 1963 film directed by Federico Fellini. 8 ½ was Fellini's feature film follow-up to 1960s La Dolce Vita – with a segment for an anthology film produced in the interim. La Dolce Vita had been something of an international sensation when it came out, so perhaps the pressure of following that up led him to produce a film about the pressure on a director to make his next movie. It was released in February 1963 to much acclaim, especially from European critics, drawing comparisons to James Joyce's Ulysses and Orson Welles' Citizen Kane along the way. It then opened in the United States in June of that year, where it also earned mostly praise, but for a few critics (Pauline Kael among the detractors). And it ended up winning two Academy Awards, for Best Foreign Film and Best Costume Design (Black and White), while it was also nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. As for our purposes, 8 ½ was first on the Sight & Sound critics survey in 1972, ranked as the 4th greatest film of all time. It Was then at number 5 in 1982, fell off the list in 1992, reentered at #9 in 2002 and ended up at #10 in 2012. Meanwhile, it's been on the directors survey each time they've had one so far, at #2 in 1992, at #3 in 2002, and then at #4 in 2012. Produced by Stereoactive Media --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stereoactivemovieclub/message

Calum and Chris discuss the 1945 nominees for Art Direction (Black & White), which were Blood on the Sun, Experiment Perilous, The Keys of the Kingdom, Love Letters, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Experiment Perilous: 03:35 - 13:43 The Keys of the Kingdom: 13:43 - 27:06 Love Letters: 27:06 - 39:29 The Picture of Dorian Gray: 39:29 - 53:20 Blood on the Sun: 53:20 - 1:05:00 Listener Questions: 1:05:00 - 1:09:53 Conclusions/Ranking: 1:09:53 - 1:15:52 Intro Music: Dick Haymes, "Love Letters" (from Love Letters) Exit music: Angela Lansbury, "Goodbye Little Yellow Bird" (from The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here for the October edition of their movie podcast. This time they're talking about The Prestige for its 15th anniversary. Joining the brothers as their special guest is their cousin Shawn Lebert. The Prestige is a mystery thriller directed by Christopher Nolan (Tenet), who adapted Christopher Priest's novel with his brother Jonathan Nolan (Westworld). The film came out on October 20, 2006. The Prestige follows Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman, Reminiscence) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari), two magicians living in Victorian England. Angier and Borden start as friends but develop into bitter rivals competing in a dangerous game. Aiding Angier is his assistant Olivia (Scarlett Johannsson, Black Widow) and his engineer Cutter (Michael Caine, Kingsman: The Secret Service). Angier also enlists the services of inventor Nikola Tesla (David Bowie, Labyrinth) in his obsessive mission to beat Borden. The Prestige opened to a mostly positive reception and grossed $109 million on a $40 million budget. The film earned Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. In 2020, Empire magazine ranked The Prestige #66 on its list of the 100 Greatest Movies of the 21st Century. Aaron, Josh, and Shawn talk about the movie's elements, including the plot, characters, and overall production value. They also discuss where it ranks for them among Christopher Nolan's films. For another podcast on a Christopher Nolan movie, you can listen Josh and Aaron's podcast on Memento. You can follow Shawn on Twitter @shawnlebert. You can also watch his proof-of-concept film “DAVE” on Vimeo. The Prestige is available on Prime Video. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popbreaktv/message

Mothers, we love ‘em, we love to forget ‘em, as does this movie. This play turned film, like its characters, fails to learn any lessons from history. While it hits you with the sledge hammer of symbolism you'll find that its shallow and tepid much like the moral of the film. Frank Llyod gives himself an Oscar for every couple he kills in this1930's nationalist propaganda piece. Cavalcade won the Academy Award for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Art Direction. Andy apologizes for his terrible audio this episode, he just couldn't stay within one foot of his microphone. You can find Andy @royalty_valens and Maevas @MaevasEvergreen. Listen to future episodes at our website: Time Honored Pictures Dot Com.

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 88: Gandhi (1982) Released: 2 June 2021 For this episode, we watched Gandhi, written by John Briley and directed by Richard Attenborough. It starred Ben Kingsley as Gandhi with support from Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth, Pradeep Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox and John Gielgud, among many others. From its 11 nominations, it managed to win eight Oscars including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Kingsley, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. Disclosure on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81284247 Next time we will be discussing A Beautiful Mind. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us to continue to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as £2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people who have already done that. Alex Frith, Alex Wilson, Alexander Capstick, Alison Sandy, Andrew Jex, Andrew Straw, Ann Blake, Anna Barker, Anna Coombs, Anna Elizabeth Rawles, Anna Jackson, Anna Joerschke, Anna Smith, Anne Dellamaria, Annmarie Gray, Ben Squires, Blanaid O'Regan, Brad Morrison, Caroline Moyes Matheou, Catherine Jewkes, Chamois Chui, Charlotte, Claire Carr, Claire Creighton, Claire McKevett, Daina Aspin, Darren Williams, Dave Kloc, David Hanneford, Della, Drew Milloy, Elis Bebb, Elizabeth McClees, Elizabeth McCollum, Eloise Lowe, Elspeth Reay, Esther de Lange, Evelyne Oechslin, Fiona, Flora, frieMo, Helen Cousins, Helle Rasmussen, Henry Bushell, Ian C Lau, James Murray, Jane Coulson, Jess McGinn, Jo B, Joel Aarons, Jonquil Coy, Joy Wilkinson, Juan Ageitos, Judi Cox, Julie Dirksen, Kate Butler, Kath, Katy Espie, Kelli Prime, Kirsten Marie Oeveraas, Kurt Scillitoe, Lawson Howling, Lewis Owen, Linda Lengle, Lisa Gillespie, Lucinda Baron von Parker, Margaret Browne, Martin Korshøj Petersen, Mary Traynor, Matheus Mocelin Carvalho, Michael Walker, Michael Wilson, Ms Rebecca K O'Dwyer, Neil Goldstein, nötnflötn, Olivia, Peter, Richard Ewart, Robert Heath, Robert Orzalli, Ruth, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott, Sharon Colley, Simon Ash, Simon James, Sladjana Ivanis, Tim Gowen, Tom Stockton, Wayne Wilcox, Zarah Daniel.

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here for the May edition of their TV retrospectives, joined by a special guest, Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin. This month they’re talking about Dinosaurs, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Dinosaurs first premiered April 26, 1991 on ABC, where it ran for four seasons. While the true series finale aired in July, the show finished out of order and ended its 65-episode run in syndication on October 19, 1994. Created by Michael Jacobs and Bob Young, Dinosaurs is a family sitcom featuring actors dressed up as anthropomorphic dinosaurs. The TV show utilizes animatronics and puppetry by The Jim Henson Company. Dinosaurs follows the life of Earl (Stuart Pankin, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Fran Sinclair (Jessica Walter, Arrested Development), a suburban couple raising a family in 60,000,003 BC on the continent of Pangaea. Earl and Fran have three children, Robbie (Jason Willinger, A Goofy Movie), Charlene (Sally Struthers, All in the Family), and Baby Sinclair (Kevin Clash, Sesame Street). Fran’s mother, Ethyl (Florence Stanley, My Two Dads), lives with them as well. Despite its absurd premise, Dinosaurs occasionally tackles important social issues, such as women’s rights, environmentalism, and racism. In addition to an Emmy nomination for Editing for a Single Camera Production and a win for Best Art Direction, the series received a Television Critics Association Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Programming and won three Environmental Media Awards for TV Comedy. Josh, Aaron, and Bill look back at their time watching Dinosaurs before diving into the series premiere and the show as a whole. Topics include how the show compares to other sitcoms of the era, the work by The Jim Henson Company, and the show’s take on topical issues. You can listen to Josh and Aaron’s podcast on another Jim Henson property, Muppet Treasure Island. Dinosaurs is streaming on Disney+. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on How is it Now? We talk about Batman '89 in honor of the Snyder cut. This movie won Best Art Direction for 1989 Academy Awards! Support the Show and the get bonus episodes at: www.patreon.com/nintendomainpodcast

This time,  Micah helps Brock flush out ideas about his favorite movie: The Prestige. Nolan's 4th major motion picture, follows 2 magicians trying to outdo each other. This film garnered 2 Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Scarlett Johansson star in this film that will leave you guessing until the very end.We have a Patreon! If you would like to support us financially, this is the perfect way to do so!www.patreon.com/flixandclixFollow us on Twitter!@FlixandClixAnd Instagram!@flix_and_clix

This week on How is it Now? We talk about Cabaret which won 8 Academy Awards for 1972! Best Actress, Best Director, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor, Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Film Editing! Support the show and get instant access to bonus shows at: www.patreon.com/nintendomainpodcast  

Calum and Chris discuss the nominees for 1972's Best Art Direction, which were Cabaret, Lady Sings the Blues, The Poseidon Adventure, Travels with My Aunt, and Young Winston. Lady Sings the Blues: 04:06 - 15:00 The Poseidon Adventure 15:00 - 28:57 Travels with My Aunt: 28:57 - 39:38 Young Winston: 39:38 - 49:39 Cabaret: 49:39 - 1:01:51 Listener Questions: 1:01:51 - 1:12:14 Conclusions/Ranking: 1:12:14 - 1:20:12 Exit music: Maureen McGovern, "The Morning After" (from The Poseidon Adventure)

That's right, it's Game of the Year 2020 time! Join us as we discuss some of our favorites both from the new releases and the backlog. Let us know your favorites too! Either through our Discord accessed via Patreon or on Twitter.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unpatchedgamingTwitter: https://twitter.com/UnpatchedGamingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unpatchedgaming0:00:00 -- Intro and Alcohol0:05:35 -- Best Soundtrack, Unpatched0:22:35 -- Best Art Direction, Unpatched0:31:25 -- Best Facial Hair, Unpatched0:38:52 -- Best Spousal Material, Personal (SPOILERS!)0:50:05 -- Best Presentation, Unpatched1:05:18 -- Best Encounters, Personal (SPOILERS!)1:21:00 -- Best Surprises, Personal (SPOILERS!)1:34:02 -- Best Little Touches, Personal1:43:26 -- Best Innovations, Unpatched1:55:32 -- Best Performances, Unpatched2:00:35 -- Best Narrative, Unpatched (SPOILERS!)--BREAK--2:16:18 -- Favorite Moments, Personal (SPOILERS!)2:40:40 -- GotY, Unpatched (SPOILERS!)3:01:09 -- The Backlog Awards, Personal (SPOILERS!)

"Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?"-Tim Burton Today's episode comes to you as per YOUR recommendation, passengers! Nope! It’s not another haunted tale about a murderous house or Another far fetched story about Moody having his colon cleansed by an alien with a shop vac! We asked who you wanted to hear about and you answered pretty much unanimously! You sexy sumbitches wanted to hear about none other than Mr. Burton! So today we are going to discuss all things related to the fantastic thrill ride known as BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA! That’s right! Jack Burton! Kurt Russel and his big rig crushing through.. um... wait… hold on a second.Ok, that’s my bad…  it’s actually the OTHER Mr. Burton of importance, TIM BURTON! Tim Burton was born Timothy Walter Burton on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California. His mother was Jean Burton, later the owner of a cat-themed gift shop, lending to the notion that she, too, was quirky before quirky became fashionable."I don't know about that," Burton frowns today. "I found it more horrific than quirky but that's my opinion. Opening a cat store in Burbank was just a very strange idea. I don't think it did very well." His father was William "Bill" Burton, a former minor league baseball player who was working for the Burbank Parks and Recreation Department. Tim's younger brother, Daniel, was born in 1961. Although he grew up in a typical American family in a typical American suburb, Tim did not have a typical, happy childhood. He recalls that he was a sad child who kept to himself. He didn’t even feel close to his family. His father wanted him to play sports and his mother tried to get him interested in playing the clarinet, but Tim resisted both. Although he did admit to playing baseball for a bit.      "I played baseball," he reluctantly admits. "My dad was a baseball player. He had been a professional athlete, and so it's easy for me to relate to that sort of dynamic with parents and kids, pushing and pulling them one way or the other."        He spent a great deal of his time in his room or watching TV. In talking of his strange childhood he recounts a story of his parents almost literally walling him in:             "When I was younger, I had these two windows in my room, nice windows that looked out onto the lawn, and for some reason my parents walled them up and gave me this little slit-window that I had to climb up on a desk to see out of. I never did ask them why. "But my parents are dead now, so I guess the answer will remain unanswered as to why they sealed me in a room. I guess they just didn't want me to escape." When he was ten years old, Tim went to live with his grandmother. She allowed him to spend even more time by himself, which he appreciated. He did not have many friends. Unlike other kids his age, he was not interested in after-school activities, sports, or popular music. He felt like he did not fit in, especially at school, where he was not a good student. Rumor has it that he attempted to burn the place down with everyone in it.  That rumor was actually started by ME, at this exact moment and of course it’s horse shit.  Although he felt alone in his world, Tim did find one thing that made him feel at home: monster movies. He spent many hours watching these movies on TV and in theaters. He identified with Frankenstein, Godzilla, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Tim felt that the creatures in the movies were not evil, rather, they were just misunderstood. In his mind, it was the people trying to destroy the creatures who were the real monsters. In the book Burton on Burton, he says, "I've always loved monsters and monster movies. I was never terrified of them, I just loved them from as early as I can remember."  Feeling more empathy for the monsters in the popular horror movies of the day than he did with the adults in his life, he says: "I don't know why but I always related to characters like Frankenstein. I think a lot of kids do; it's easier to relate to the monster in the sense of he's alone. Growing up, you could feel those feelings and the way you felt about your neighbours is like they're the angry villagers.”"I was never scared of monster movies. I could happily watch a monster movie but if I had one of my relatives come over, you'd be terrified." Those same basic facts are always trotted out about Burton's childhood.    The young Burton won a poster-designing competition when in the ninth grade, and his anti-litter design adorned the sides of Burbank's garbage trucks for a year;  he rarely mentions his younger brother; he wanted to be the actor who plays Godzilla; he played sports, but has since described himself as 'pushed' into this, he produced a number of Super-8 home movies that have since been lost. Those are the rest of the basics that you'll always find when looking for info about his childhood. In many ways, this is unsurprising. Burton himself has gone on record about the uneventful nature of his early life saying, “it's weird, but the only experiences I remember from childhood are the ones which had a major impact: fearful things, like from a scary movie." Going through numerous interviews, it does indeed seem that the only things from this time that actually stuck with him are scary movies and the odd cult TV show, be it The Prisoner or Gilligan's Island. Only when he's asked by interviewers to explain the origins of his images of a bleak, bland suffocating suburbia (like Frankenweenie, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood or, pretty much every movie he’s ever been a part of.), alienated children (Vincent, Beetlejuice, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks! The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy or… any…uh.. other movie… he’s, uh… ever been a part of), or heroes who seem 'weird' to the people around them (ya’ know… like pretty much ALL of his films) Only at these times does Burton, seemingly bored by such a line of questioning, roll out the usual anecdotes that seem to be accepted as representative of his childhood. When pressed, Burton's most regular description of his youth is to state something along the lines of, “if you didn't speak well, if you didn't hang out with the other children or didn't play sports, if you liked monster movies, you were strange.”? To the young Mr. Burton though, this outside status had advantages. The very fact that they categorised him this way allowed him to see the world from an external point of view.  "That meant my perception of normality was strange. For me, reality is bizarre." However, Burton clearly didn't see this aspect of his childhood as unique, nor did he consider that he was a special, isolated case. “Every time I looked around... it looked like everyone had their own private world. You didn't see too many people... paying attention. They were in their own special worlds." This was an idea that he would soon be able to explore in his short film, Vincent. It could be said that Burton has reshaped his own experiences in childhood to suit his later media image - that of the shy yet talented young artist and has now come to rely on them, maybe even believe them, exactly as another imaginative young man comes to believe his fantasies in Burton's first film to receive any kind of commercial release, “Vincent”. As Burton's friend and frequent collaborator Glenn Shadix put it, "the magazine idea of Tim is this weird, wigged-out, crazy person, and he's not like that, there's something very solid about him - yes, I think he always felt like a fish out of water growing up, but that doesn't mean his creativity is fuelled by pain or anger." Caroline Thompson, again both a friend and a collaborator, feels the same. For her, Burton's work has a "real affection for neighbourhood life... although he perpetuates this perception of himself as ... damaged, from my perspective it's just the opposite... he's escaped some fundamental damage that shuts most people down." Burton's life begins to be better documented from the time he first moved into the film world, having won a scholarship to the Disney-backed California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 1976. One of his short film projects while at CalArts, Stalk of the Celery Monster was soon deemed good enough by Disney to warrant offering him a job as an animator, and he shifted base to Disney's Burbank lot. Despite not being credited on the films, Burton’s initial tenure at Disney saw him working on both The Fox and the Hound and Tron. His work was enough to get him recognized by a couple of Disney executives, who allotted him a small sum of cash to develop a short film of his own based on a poem he had written. This came to be known as Vincent, a short stop-animation film that followed a boy named Vincent that wants nothing more than to BE Vincent Price, narrated by Price himself. Which is amazing because, well… it’s Vincent fuckin Price. While not anywhere close to what would be considered “Disney material” for the time, the short film was still a strong first effort from Burton as a director. “Vincent”, the short film, received accolades and awards, because it’s VINCENT FUCKING PRICE...and Burton would frequently reference it in his future works. Despite Vincent’s relative success, the short film only saw a small, limited release in a single Los Angeles movie theatre before being locked away into the Disney Vault. However, Burton’s effort on the film was not overlooked. He was given additional work as both an animator and a concept artist for Disney’s next feature animated film, “The Black Cauldron”. Not-so-affectionately known as the “black sheep of Disney films,” The Black Cauldron suffered a number of issues during production.  Creative differences between personnel led to animators leaving the project. After a screening of the film in 1984, Disney exec Jeffrey Katzenberg marched down to the editing room and started to cut the “scarier” scenes himself- It wasn’t until Disney CEO Michael Eisner stepped in that Katzenberg relented. Still, over 12 minutes of footage ended up being cut from the film. Dick move, Katzy… dick move. The Black Cauldron was a commercial and critical flop, with critics citing flat characters, scary visuals, and sloppy jumps in the animation as key reasons for the film’s failure. Probably because ol Katzy went in all willy nilly just chopping shit up. Again, I say… Dick move, Katzy… dick move. However, while production on The Black Cauldron was wrapping up, Burton was already hard at work on a project of his own.  While the troubled production wrapped up on The Black Cauldron in 1984, Tim Burton had managed to secure a budget for another short film through Disney.  Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie clocks in at just under half an hour and the cast included Shelley Duvall (The Shining), Sofia Coppola (Director, Lost in Translation), and Daniel Stern! Yes, THAT Daniel Stern. Marv from Home Alone and the narrator of the 80’s television hit show, “The Wonder Years”, which most of you are probably too young to know or remember and... you should be ashamed of yourselves. Anyway, Frankenweenie follows the story of a young Victor Frankenstein living in a picturesque white-picket-fence suburban neighborhood. All is well until his dog, Sparky, is struck by a car,  right in front of him. Ugh!  As characters named Frankenstein often tend to do, he sneaks out in the night to raid the grave of his former friend and straps the corpse to a table hooked up to a number of improvised electronic instruments.  One bolt of lightning later... and Victor’s pal is back to wagging his tail just as he did before the accident, just with a few more stitches (and from the looks of things, pieces of other people’s dogs).  From there, the film plays just as any other Frankenstein’s Monster story would, but instead of angry villagers, you have paranoid neighbors. Instead of a fearsome, misunderstood monster, there’s a spry, happy, reanimated pup. While the film is a call back to the golden age of the silver screen both in style and substance, Disney executives weren’t as impressed with the final product. FUCKIN’ KATZY! You know that scene chopping sonofabitch was involved.      Frankenweenie was meant to accompany the theatrical re-releases of The Jungle Book and Pinocchio, but after reviewing the film, the execs deemed that it was far too scary for the children that would be filling the theaters. Kids are pussies, just saying. The film was shelved, placed into the Disney vault alongside Vincent, and Burton was accused of “wasting money” on a kid’s film too scary to actually be seen by kids. Tim Burton was then fired from Disney after completing the film, stating that “It was a ‘thank you very much, but you go your way, and we’ll go our way’ kind of thing.” KATZY! You prick! Given that Frankenweenie was completed just after the disastrous 1984 screening of The Black Cauldron, it’s no surprise that Disney would want to distance themselves from yet another film that was “too scary.” Although Frankenweenie was not released to the public, it was shown in private screenings. Comedian Paul Reubens was at one of these screenings When he saw the film, and while NOT masterbating into a bucket of popcorn...this time, Reubens knew that Burton was the perfect person to bring his character, Pee-Wee Mother fucking Herman, to the big screen. Burton was twenty-six when he met Reubens. By then Reubens's character of Pee-Wee Herman was well developed. If you’ve been hog tied in someone’s basement for the last 30 years, Pee-Wee Herman was a grown man, but his bizarre and often immature behavior made him seem more like a spoiled child. He always dressed in a gray suit with a red bow tie. He had a large collection of toys, including his most prized possession: a shiny red bicycle. Which would inevitably be stolen by that fat fuck, Francis… I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I!!!??? Sorry. Ol TB (That’s Mr. Burton to you passengers) was thrilled when a representative from Warner Brothers Studios asked him to direct the movie Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. He liked the material and he needed another project since he had quit his job at Disney after finishing Frankenweenie. Or was asked to leave… or was shit canned… Either way He also felt that he understood the Pee-Wee Herman character. Ac- cording to Burton. "The Pee-Wee character was just into what he was doing. It was nice that he didn't really care about how he was perceived. He operated in his own world and there's something I find very admirable about that.” Like jerkin it in movie theaters… that really happened, passengers… look it up. In the movie, Pee-Wee's beloved bicycle is stolen. BY FUCKING FRANCIS! UGH! He goes on a Cross-Country trek to get it back, and on the way meets many interesting characters. Burton was careful to not put too many of his own ideas into the film. He understood that although he was the director it was really Reuben’s movie But Burton was still able to add some of his own personal touches. For example, there are two parts that feature stop-motion animation. Burton used this technique to animate a scene in which Pee Wee dreams his bicycle is being eaten by a tyrannosaurus rex. He also used stop motion to animate a truck driver named Large Marge. Many people think that Large Marge's distorting head is one of the funniest parts of the movie. “TELL EM LARGE MARGE SENT YA! Cool side story, the same group that animated the large marge scene also did the stop motion animation for the Wil Ferrel film, Elf. You know, the part where Buddy was heading off to NY to see his dad and the narwhal says “Bye Buddy! I hope you find your dad!” Yeah, that was the Chiodos Brothers. Even deeper, Jon Favreau, the director of Elf… and Iron Man… and the Avengers… he voiced the narwhal. Ok…. sorry… I’m a nerd. ANYWAY! Another way that Burton enhanced the movie was with his unexpected choice of composer for the musical score. Burton hired Danny Elfman, lead singer of the pop band Oingo Boingo, who’s song was our drink pop tune for this episode, to create music for the movie. Although Elfman had never scored a movie before, and literally almost said “NO” to the offer, the circus-like music he wrote turned out to be perfect for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. The film was the first of many that Elfman would score for Burton. Ya know… like DAMN NEAR EVERY FILM HE’S EVER DONE!    The next film that Burton would direct would be none other than Beetlejuice! For those of you who for some ridiculous reason don't know, The plot revolves around a recently deceased couple who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious poltergeist named Beetlejuice from the Netherworld tries to scare away the new inhabitants. Beetlejuice's budget was US$15 million, with just US$1 million given over to visual effects work. Considering the scale and scope of the effects, which included stop motion, replacement animation, prosthetic makeup, puppetry and blue screen, it was always Burton's intention to make the style similar to the B movies he grew up with as a child. "I wanted to make them look cheap and purposely fake-looking", Burton remarked. The test screenings were met with positive feedback and prompted Burton to film an epilogue featuring Betelgeuse foolishly angering a witch doctor. Warner Bros. disliked the title Beetlejuice and wanted to call the film House Ghosts. As a joke, Burton suggested the name Scared Sheetless and was horrified when the studio actually considered using it. Which is fucking amazing. While working on Beetlejuice, warner bros approached Burton about working on Batman. Yes, Batman. One of the reasons that Burton wanted to direct Batman was that he felt that he understood the Batman character. He says, "I loved Batman, the split personality, the hidden person. It's a character I could relate to. Having those two sides, a light side and a dark one and not being able to resolve them."  It is important for Burton to connect to the characters he directs. Many observers believe this is why he tends to do movies about dark characters, who, like himself, have trouble fitting in with the people around them. Even though he is a well-known director, Burton often feels like an outsider. He has suffered frequent bouts of depression and has a reputation for being short-tempered and moody. In his twenties he had a hard time communicating with people and rarely made eye contact. Burton usually prefers to be alone rather than with other people. Even his appearance is unusual -he has pale skin, droopy eyes, and an unruly mop of dark hair. He dresses only in black. Sounds like me but with hair... Despite his reputation, Burton does have a few close friends. He’s also had three long-term relationships. The first was with German artist Lena Gieseke, whom he met while filming Batman. The two were married in 1989, During the first year of his marriage to Gieseke, Burton worked on Batman, a much bigger movie than anything he had worked on before. The production budget for Beetlejuice was $15 million. For Batman, it was $40 million. Burton filmed the movie at Pinewood Studios in Great Britain, where his sets took up most of the 95-acre backlot and seventeen soundstages Burton faced several challenges working on Batman. One of the first problems he encountered was resistance to his choice for the lead role. Burton cast the infamous Michael Keaton as the star of his movie. Many people doubted that Keaton would make a good Batman. Those people are what we at the train station like to call “dumbasses”. He did not have a muscular build and was not considered to be an action-adventure actor. Angry assholes wrote hundreds of letters to Warner Brothers demanding that the part be recast. But Burton stood by his decision. He told interviewer Alan Jones. "I looked at actors that were more the fan image of Batman, but I felt it was such an uninteresting way to go." Another challenge Burton faced was that the writers kept rewriting parts of the script during filming. The writers got new ideas or realized that certain parts of the script would not work as well as they had originally thought. The constant changes were confusing and frustrating for Burton. He struggled to make the movie flow smoothly and to be sure that the plot was not too hard to follow. He told Jones, "It was tough from the point of having no time to regroup after the script revisions: I never had time to think about them. I always felt like I was catching up.” Burton also felt the pressure of working on a big-budget picture. Studio executives had high hopes for the film. They had put a lot of money into it and expected it to make a lot of money back for them. In addition, millions of Batman fans were waiting to see how Burton would portray the beloved comic book character. This was also the first time that Burton had worked with a major star. Jack Nicholson, who played The Joker, was a superstar in Hollywood at this time. Burton met these challenges, and when Batman came out in 1989 it was a huge success. Most of the fans liked the darker Batman that Burton created. However, Burton himself was not happy with the film. He felt that he let the script unravel, which resulted in a confusing plot with holes and inconsistencies. Burton eventually agreed to make the sequel, Batman Returns, because he wanted to correct these mistakes. But before working on the second Batman movie, Burton did a project of his own. Between the two Batman movies, Burton wrote, produced, and directed Edward Scissorhands. The idea for the movie came from one of his many drawings. Burton drew constantly, both on and off the set. The drawing that inspired the movie was of a young man who had large, razor-sharp scissors instead of hands, In the movie, which has been described as a modern-day fairy tale. Edward is the creation of an inventor (played by Vincent fucking Price), who died before he could give Edward human hands. An unusually shy and gentle man, Edward is left to go through life unable to touch anyone without hurting them. He is taken in by a kind woman played by Winona Ryder, who later went on to be Will’s mom in stranger things, and for a while is welcomed by her neighbors, who are thrilled with his ability to sculpt shrubs and cut hair. But affection soon turns to fear! There is a violent confrontation, after which Edward is exiled from the suburbs. Burton cast Johnny Depp to play the part of Edward scissorhands. Burton felt that Depp had an innocent quality that was key to Edwards' character. He also thought that Depp had expressive eyes, which was important because the character does not speak very much. Burton and Depp worked well together and went on to become good friends. Though not a blockbuster, the movie did well. Most of the reviews from critics were positive, praising Burton's imaginative style. Many reviewers also noted that the movie was obviously a very personal one for Burton. In it, Burton's own feelings and life experiences are strong themes. Like Edward, Burton felt he did not fit in with his surroundings, especially when he was young. He talks about this in an interview with Kristine McKenna: "School is your first taste of categorization and you don't have to do much to be put in a weird category. I felt very lonely in school, and Edward Scissorhands was based on the loneliness I experienced as a kid." Burton may have felt lonely as a child, but by the time Edward Scissorhands was released, he was very much in demand. With four successful major motion pictures to his credit. Burton was one of the hottest directors in Hollywood.  Soon after Edward Scissorhands was released in 1990, Burton Began working on Batman Returns. Although the movie did very well at the box office, some critics felt that the character of Batman was even darker in this movie than in the first one. Burton agrees. He believes that the problems he was having in his personal life influenced how he directed the movie. His marriage to Gieseke came to an end during the filming, and a close friend committed suicide. Burton was depressed and struggled more than usual to relate to other people. His reputation for being inconsiderate and difficult to work with worsened. Burton's life improved dramatically on New Year's Eve in 1991 when he met model Lisa Marie. The two fell in love, and friends say that the relationship changed Burton's life. He became more focused and easier to work with, and even started dressing better!  During this time Burton was also working on The Nightmare Before Christmas. Burton had proposed this project to Disney ten years earlier. At that time Disney executives were not interested in producing the project. However, Disney still retained the rights to the project, and by 1991, the studio was eager to work with Burton, by then one of the most successful directors in Hollywood, Burton produced Nightmare, but most people don’t know that he did not direct it! Mainly because he was still working on Batman Returns. He also created the characters, wrote the script, and made sure that the crew stayed focused on his vision. The movie was done using stop-motion animation, a process that took so long that only about seventy seconds of film was shot each week. As a result, the movie took three years to complete. In the film, once again, Burton's main character is misunderstood by the people around him. Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, decides that he wants to take over Christmas. But he does not quite understand the holiday. After kidnapping Santa Claus, Jack delivers strange and scary toys made by the spooky residents of Halloweentown. Children are terrified, and Jack's version of Christmas is a failure. The movie, however, was not. Well, at first it kind of was. Once again, Burton was praised for his originality. Although some parents thought the movie was too scary for children, Burton disagreed. He believes that children should decide for themselves if something is too scary and that adults should give them the freedom to make those choices. Disney initially pulled their name from the movie, releasing it on Touchstone pictures and simply calling it “Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas”. Well, the movie took on a life of its own and on a trip to China, one of the guys who had worked on the movie noticed that the characters were HUGE there and brought it to everyone's attention. Obviously, Disney took notice, because… money. That’s why. When you see it now, it’s got the “Disney” name all over it. It’s even on Disney plus… Oh. And Burton once put his foot through a wall because he didn’t like one of the scenes from The Nightmare Before Christmas.           In 1994, Burton and frequent co-producer Denise Di Novi produced the 1994 fantasy-comedy Cabin Boy, starring comedian Chris Elliott and directed/written by Adam Resnick. Burton was originally supposed to direct the film after seeing Elliott perform on Get a Life, but he handed the directing responsibility to Resnick once he was offered Ed Wood. Burton's next film, Ed Wood (1994), was of a much smaller scale, depicting the life of infamous director Ed Wood. Starring Johnny Depp in the title role, the film is an homage to the low-budget science fiction and horror films of Burton's childhood and handles its comical protagonist and his motley band of collaborators with surprising fondness and sensitivity. Owing to creative squabbles during the making of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman declined to score Ed Wood, and the assignment went to Howard Shore. While a commercial failure at the time of its release, Ed Wood was well received by critics. Martin Landau received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi, and the film received the Academy Award for Best Makeup.         In 1996, Burton and Selick reunited for the musical fantasy James and the Giant Peach, based on the book by Roald Dahl which contains magical elements and references to drugs and alcohol. The film, a combination of live action and stop motion footage, starred Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Simon Callow and Jane Leeves among others, with Burton producing and Selick directing. The film was mostly praised by critics and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (by Randy Newman). Elfman and Burton reunited for Mars Attacks! (1996). Based on a popular science-fiction trading card series, the film was a hybrid of 1950s science fiction and 1970s all-star disaster films. Coincidence made it an inadvertent spoof of the blockbuster Independence Day, which had been released five months earlier.  Sleepy Hollow, released in late 1999, had a supernatural setting and starred Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, a detective with an interest in forensic science rather than the schoolteacher of Washington Irving's original tale. With Sleepy Hollow, Burton paid homage to the horror films of the English company Hammer Films. Christopher Lee, one of Hammer's stars, was given a cameo role. Mostly well received by critics, and with a special mention to Elfman's gothic score, the film won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, as well as two BAFTAs for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. A box office success, Sleepy Hollow was also a turning point for Burton. Along with change in his personal life (separation from actress Lisa Marie), Burton changed radically in style for his next project, leaving the haunted forests and colorful outcasts behind to go on to directing Planet of the Apes which, as Burton had repeatedly noted, was "not a remake" of the earlier film. Planet of the Apes did not do as well at the box office as the studio had expected, and it received mixed reviews. Many critics felt that the story was too slow and the plot contained too many holes. But most agreed that the movie was visually stunning. The ape world that Burton created is dark, filled with creeping vines and cavelike rooms. The apes that live in this world are also quite amazing, due to their elaborate costumes and makeup. Critics also praised the performance of Helena Bonham Carter, who had a starring role as an ape who tries to help the humans, Burton was also pleased with Carter's performance. The two struck up a friendship that quickly turned romantic. Shortly after the movie came out in 2001, Burton broke up with Lisa Marie. He began dating Carter and the two were soon engaged. Despite Planet of the Apes' disappointing reviews, Burton remained a sought after director. No matter what kind of reviews his movies received, the films were never boring, Burton was admired for his unique style and willingness to take chances.  Roald Dahl's classic book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was made into a movie over thirty years ago with one of my favorite actors, Gene Wilder. Although many people loved the movie, Burton did not. He thought it was sappy. He also did not like the ways in which the movie was different from the book. He especially felt that the character of Willy Wonka was not portrayed as Dahl had written him. Burton wanted his version of the book to stick more closely to Dahl's original story Chocolate and Corpses Burton was given a budget of $150 million for Charlie and the Chocolate factory. A lot of the money for the movie went into building the elaborate sets and creating the amazing special effects that were needed to bring Dahl's story to life. In the story, Charlie Bucket and four other children find golden tickets in Wonka chocolate bars that allow them to visit Willy Wonkas mysterious chocolate factory. During the tour of the bizarre, amazing, and sometimes scary factory, each of the children except Charlie manages to get into serious trouble Burton cast Johnny Depp in the important role of Willy Wonka. Like many of Burton's characters, Wonka is depicted as a strange man who has issues with his family and who does not know how to relate to other people. One of the most incredible scenes in the movie is when Willy Wonka brings the five lucky children into the Chocolate Room. Rather than using computer-generated images (CGI) to create this room, Burton chose to build the entire set. The set takes up 45,000 square feet (13,716 sq m.) The landscape was all made to look edible and includes nearly seventy different kinds of plants, 30-foot (9m) trees, and a chocolate river with a 70-foot (21m) chocolate falls. Burton explains. ”We felt it was important to be in the environment and make it as textural as possible to give it as much reality as possible.... We spent months trying to find the right consistency to make the chocolate, to give it the weight so it didn't look like brown water." Burton needed nearly 250,000 gallons of the fake chocolate to make his river. One of the challenges of working with the gooey liquid, which is called Nutrisol, was that after a couple of weeks it started to smell really awful. It is in the Chocolate Room that the children first encounter the Oompa-Loompas, the little people who work in the factory. The Oompa-Loompas also perform four elaborate song-and-dance numbers. Although there are hundreds of them in the movie, they were all played by only one actor-a 4-foot (1.2m) dwarf named Deep Roy. Burton used several kinds of special effects to multiply the Oompa-Loompas. Remote-controlled robots were used when the Oompa-Loompas were shot at a distance and when they did not need to do anything too complicated Burton also used camera tricks to multiply Roys image. For these scenes, Roy was filmed hundreds of times from many different angles. In addition, Burton used CGI for some of the trickier Oompa-Loompa scenes Some of the same special effects were used in the scene in which forty squirrels shell walnuts and attack one of the children. Although some of the squirrels were robots or CGIS, most of them were real. Burton had them trained to sit on stools, crack nuts, and put the nuts on a conveyor belt. It took four months to train the squirrels because these animals are very difficult to work with. To learn the behavior, each squirrel had to repeat it about two thousand times. Although the scene was difficult and expensive to film, Burton was pleased with the result. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was well received by audiences both young and old. People loved the spectacular world of the chocolate factory that Burton created, as well as the interesting characters. While filming Charlie and the chocolate factory, Burton, Carter, and Depp were also starting work on Corpse Bride. Corpse Bride (also known as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) is a 2005 stop-motion animated musical fantasy film.  The film is based on a 19th-century Russian-Jewish folktale, which Joe Ranft introduced to Burton while they were finishing The Nightmare Before Christmas. The film began production in November 2003. Co-director Mike Johnson spoke about how they took a more organic approach to directing the film, saying: "In a co-directing situation, one director usually handles one sequence while the other handles another. Our approach was more organic. Tim knew where he wanted the film to go as far as the emotional tone and story points to hit. My job was to work with the crew on a daily basis and get the footage as close as possible to how I thought he wanted it." Corpse Bride received positive reviews from critics. The film was nominated for the 78th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which also starred Helena Bonham Carter. In 2008, the American Film Institute nominated this film for its Top 10 Animation Films list.  2007 saw Burton put out his version of the Sweeney Todd tale. The film retells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber and serial killer who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, processes their corpses into meat pies. The film stars Johnny Depp as the title character and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett. Grossing over $150 million worldwide, the film was praised for the performances of the cast, musical numbers, costume and set design, and its faithfulness to the 1979 musical. It was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2007 and won numerous awards, including Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Musical or Comedy, as well as the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Bonham Carter was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Depp received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Although the film was not an outstanding financial success in North America, it performed well worldwide. In 2010 Burton released his Version of Alice in Wonderland. Loosely inspired by Lewis Carroll's fantasy novels, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and Walt Disney's 1951 animated film of the same name, the film tells the story of a nineteen-year-old Alice Kingsleigh, who is told that she can restore the White Queen to her throne, with the help of the Mad Hatter. She is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature that is controlled by the Red Queen and terrorizes Underland's inhabitants. In this situation, Alice fights against the Red Queen to protect the world. Alice in Wonderland received mixed reviews from critics upon release; although praised for its visual style, costumes, production values, musical score, and visual effects, the film was criticized for its lack of narrative coherence and sombre tone.  Dark Shadows is a 2012 American fantasy horror comedy film based on the gothic television soap opera of the same name.The film performed poorly at the U.S. box office, but did well in foreign markets. The film received mixed reviews; critics praised its visual style and consistent humor but felt it lacked a focused or substantial plot and developed characters. The film was produced by Richard D. Zanuck, who died two months after its release. It featured the final appearance of original series actor Jonathan Frid, who died shortly before its release. It was the 200th film appearance of actor Christopher Lee, who you all know as Saruman from the Lord of the Rings movies and Count Fuckin Dooku from The shitty Star Wars movies. Dark shadows was Lee’s fifth and final appearance in a Burton film. Burton then remade his 1984 short film Frankenweenie as a feature-length stop motion film, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Burton has said, "The film is based on a memory that I had when I was growing up and with my relationship with a dog that I had." The film was released on October 5, 2012, and met with positive reviews. Burton directed the 2014 biographical drama film Big Eyes about American artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), whose work was fraudulently claimed in the 1950s and 1960s by her then-husband, Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), and their heated divorce trial after Margaret accused Walter of stealing credit for her paintings. The script was written by the screenwriters behind Burton's Ed Wood, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Filming began in Vancouver, British Columbia, in mid-2013. The film was distributed by The Weinstein Company and released in U.S. theaters on December 25, 2014. It received generally positive reviews from critics.  Next up was Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. It is based on a contemporary fantasy debut novel by American author Ransom Riggs. Who may quite possibly have the coolest name in Hollywood. The story is told through a combination of narrative and a mix of vernacular and found photography from the personal archives of collectors listed by the author.  2019 saw Burton put out a live action adaptation of the Disney classic Dumbo. Yep! Burton was behind the new Dumbo movie. Plans for a live-action film adaptation of Dumbo were announced in 2014, and Burton was confirmed as director in March 2015. Most of the cast signed on for the feature in March 2017 and principal photography began in July 2017 in England, lasting until November. It was the first of four remakes of prior animated films that Disney released in 2019. I, personally, can’t stand these live action remakes and wish these hacks would come up with something original. LIKE SHIT EATING ROBOTS KNOWN AS THE FECAL FIGHTERS!! Anyway. The film grossed $353 million worldwide against a $170 million budget, which was not as commercially successful as Aladdin or The Lion King. Fuck those movies.Dumbo received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its ambition but said it did not live up to its predecessor.  Reviews were mixed for the movie. while audiences gave the film an average of an A- grade, critics were not as convinced, giving the movie an average of 3 out of 5 stars.  As for his personal life, as we mentioned, Burton was married to Lena Gieseke, a German-born artist. Their marriage ended in 1991 after four years. He went on to live with model and actress Lisa Marie; she acted in the films he made during their relationship from 1992 to 2001, most notably in Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, and Mars Attacks!. Burton developed a romantic relationship with English actress Helena Bonham Carter, whom he met while filming Planet of the Apes. Marie responded in 2005 by holding an auction of personal belongings that Burton had left behind, much to his dismay. Which is fucking hilarious and why we had to mention her again. Burton and Bonham Carter have two children: a son, William Raymond, named after his and Bonham Carter's fathers, born in 2003; and a daughter, Nell, born in 2007. Bonham Carter's representative said in December 2014 that she and Burton had broken up amicably earlier that year. It is unclear whether or not they were married; Bonham Carter has used the word divorce when discussing the end of their relationship while other news outlets state that they never married. In a 2005 interview with the Evening Standard, Bonham Carter speculated that Burton might have traits of Asperger syndrome.On March 15, 2010, Burton received the insignia of Chevalier of Arts and Letters from then-Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand. The same year, Burton was the President of the Jury for the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival, held from May 12 to 24 in Cannes, France. Burton's next big project — 'The Addams Family' series — is slated to release via Netflix in 2022, confirms Deadline. And as rumor has it, Burton wants Depp to portray Gomez Addams. 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Episode Twp of the 2021 AVN Awards Podcast Series covers a number of topics as we work down the list. Best Anal Anal Scene, Movie and Series, Best BDSM Movie, Best Art Direction and one of my personal favorites, Best Blowbang Scene. (Spoiler, look for Emily Willis to win one of her several awards in this category.) Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene is one of the most prestigious and there are some good choices here. Making good time we work our way through the Best Directors as well, discussing the best in Comedy, Drama, Non-Narrative, Foreign Shot and Series. The post Podcast: 2021 AVN Awards Part 2: Best Anal, Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene, Best Blow Bang & Best Directors first appeared on RogReviews.

Hello everyone, and welcome not only to a new year, but the last episode in The NPCs '...Of the Year' roundup for 2020! We've talked about Best New Game, Best Art Direction, Worst Game, Best Story, and Biggest News of 2020. The battles were hard, the wars were long, but we have finally reached the end! It's time to determine which title earns Best Game of The Year! Check us out on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheNPCsPodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thenpcspodcast Intro: Run by J+1 Outro: Haunt by J+1 Pick up his tracks on Bandcamp today @ https://jplusone.bandcamp.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-npcs-podcast/support

The second half of our game of the year discussions! Jeff, T.Con, Derek, and Andrew decide the nominees for; Best Narrative, Best Soundtrack, Best Art Direction, Best Graphics / Animations, Best Gamefeel, Best Game Direction, and the big one, Game of the Year. Be sure to cast your votes for your favorites at www.thegamesharks.com .

This week we're celebrating our end of the year awards: The 2020 Rockies! Which games are taking home the prize? Was 2020 a strong year for gaming? We're also looking to the future and discussing our most anticipated games of 2021 in this extended episode! The Awards - Game of the Year - Best Art Direction - Best Sound Design / Score - Biggest Surprise - Best Creature/Pet - Favorite Character You'd Want as a Partner in Crime - Best Non-video game piece of media Indie Corner (1:50:05) - Shipwreck (itch.io) - Kona (itch.io) - Knights of the Card Table (itch.io) The Weekly Question (2:05:34) What are our most anticipated games of 2021? On The Rocks does not support underage drinking! ____________________________ Check us out on iTunes and Patreon! Email us at PodcastOTR@gmail.com if you have ideas for future drink/pop-culture pairings!

On episode 3 of the Growin' Up Gaming podcast, we go through all the big announcements and the winners of this years Game Awards!! ------------------------------------- Time Stamps: [00:00] - Intro [02:53] - Sephiroth in Super Smash [06:48] - Perfect Dark [12:19] - Back4Blood [16:13] - Forza X Cyberpunk [17:27] - The Callisto Protocol [20:42] - Open Roads [23:10] - Dragon Age [26:10] - Endless Dungeon [28:10] - Century: Age of Ashes [31:48] - Crimson Desert [39:54] - Warframe X Unreal Tournament [41:01] - Mario Orchestra [41:39] - Season [43:35] - ARK 2 [49:45] - Road 96 [50:51] - It Takes Two [53:29] - Elder Scrolls [54:24] - Evil Dead [55:34] - Master Chief Fortnite [57:44] - Mass Effect [1:07:15] - GAME AWARDS! [1:07:58] - Best Game Direction [1:08:40] - Best Art Direction [1:09:28] - Best Score [1:10:23] - Best Performance [1:11:06] - Best Ongoing Game [1:12:38] - Best Indie Game [1:13:45] - Innovation In Gaming [1:15:30] - Best Action Game [1:16:05] - Best Action/Adventure Game [1:16:32] - Best RPG [1:16:53] - Best Family Game [1:18:21] - Best Multiplayer Game [1:19:10] - Most Anticipated Game [1:23:09] - Game Of The Year ------------------------------------- Brandon's Must Watch: ARK 2 The Callisto Protocol Evil Dead Crimson Desert Century: Age of Ashes Warhammer 40K Ruined King Evil West --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/growinupgaming/message

In this episode of The Waypoint Podcast, the guys share their predictions on The Game Awards 2020! The catch, there is a PSN gift card on the line! WINNER TAKES ALL! Who will win? You guys will have to wait a few days to find out! Let us know your craziest predictions in the comments over on Youtube! Timestamps for each category: 2:27 - Esports Rumble w/ Chris 6:14 - Best Debut Game 10:00 - Content Creator of the Year 13:01 - Best Multiplayer 20:30 - Best Sports/Racing 24:54 - Best Sim/Strategy 30:26 - Best Family 38:51 - Best Fighting 44:43 - Best Role Playing 52:58 - Best Action/Adventure 1:01:05 - Best Action 1:07:06 - Innovation in Accessibility 1:08:24 - Best VR/AR 1:13:32 - Best Community Support 1:17:03 - Best Mobile Game 1:20:00 - Best Indie 1:21:51 - Best Ongoing Game 1:26:07 - Games for Impact 1:27:45 - Best Performance 1:34:21 - Best Audio Design 1:39:08 - Best Soundtrack 1:43:42 - Best Art Direction 1:48:19 - Best Narrative 1:53:41 - Best Game Direction 1:58:06 - Game of the Year 2:06:00 - Random Predictions Join the community & Check out our Socials https://linktr.ee/waypointpodcast *Reach out to any of us if you'd like to be a guest on the show! Follow the Waypoint Team: https://twitter.com/Albob875 https://twitter.com/Assemble_Show https://twitter.com/someotherjosh https://twitter.com/rumblepack92 https://twitter.com/jordan_deeb https://twitter.com/Austion_Ernie

Welcome everyone to the second "...Of The Year" Awards episode from The NPCs! We have finally entered the last few weeks of 2020, and as such, it is time for the 3 of us to sort out the massive list of video games released this year and determine what reigns supreme in several major categories. For the week of December 5th, 2020, Preston, Kyle, and I began our journey earlier by determining the Best New Game of the year. Now, we band back together and sort out the list we have to determine which video game of 2020 had the Best Art Direction. Check us out on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheNPCsPodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thenpcspodcast Intro: Run by J+1 Outro: Haunt by J+1 Pick up his tracks on Bandcamp today @ https://jplusone.bandcamp.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-npcs-podcast/support

Oscar-winning Star Wars legend and Mandalorian fan Roger Christian joins us to break down all the insanity of Chapter 14! Roger might be the most overqualified guest ever to appear on a Mandalorian recap show. He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for his work on the original Star Wars, and played an integral role in the creation of the galaxy far, far away. He built Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber and Han Solo’s blaster; he decorated the Cantina and the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon; and he turned Blue Milk blue. More than anyone outside of George Lucas himself, Roger is the man responsible for the grimy, lived-in, ‘used future’ aesthetic of Star Wars that The Mandalorian has gone to such great lengths to recapture. This week, Roger joins us to talk about his thoughts on the show and its faithfulness to the original trilogy’s aesthetic; his role in the history of Boba Fett’s killer gaffi stick; why Stormtroopers can’t use the weapons he gave them; the mythological underpinnings of The Mandalorian and much more! Force Material is a podcast exploring the secrets and source material of Star Wars with hosts Rohan Williams and Baz McAlister. Listen and subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Stitcher, PlayerFM and Castro; stay in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and support the show by browsing our range of shirts, hoodies, kids apparel, mugs and more at TeePublic.

I know it seems improbable looking at this episode from the outside but deep diving The Game Award nominees almost killed Brian legit style. But he and Rocky and Tegan love you all so much they sacrificed to record an extra episode for you to listen to today. 0:49 Brian Wants Them To Be Called The Keighley's 5:27 Game of The Year 21:49 Best Game Direction 30:21 Best Art Direction 35:31 Best Audio Design 46:29 Best Performance 49:27 Games For Impact 55:58 Best Ongoing Game 1:05 Best Indie 1:10 Best Community Support 1:14 Best VR/AR 1:18 Innovation in Accesibility 1:23 Improper Video Game Categories 1:41 Content Creator of The Year 1:48 Best Debut Game 1:52 All About eSports

The nominees are out for this year's edition of The Game Awards. Like we do every year, we cherry picked a few categories and try to predict which game will win. So check out the nominees on thegameawards.com and play along with us as we try to predict who will win Game Of The Year, Best Art Direction, Games for Impact, Innovation in Accessibility, Best Action/Adventure, Best Ongoing Game, Best Community Support, Best Score and Music, Best Multiplayer and Best Narrative. What is Everyone Playing? (00:20:10) Bugsnax Review (00:43:18) This Week's Topic: Game Awards predictions (00:46:29) Outro and Wrap-up (01:18:53) --- Thanks for listening! The GoGCast comes out weekly so make sure to subscribe and you won't miss an episode. For more about us, Girls on Games, check out girlsongames.ca. Find our Merch at http://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/GirlsOnGames/ Buy us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/girlsongames

Saluton, estas mi, Tyson Saner. I'm your host for this and every other episode of Succotash Shut-In, the Soundcast Stimulus Package, for the forseeable future and I welcome you happily into our loving embrace. Last week, Marc Hershon hosted Epi215 and provided you with 4 clips from the soundcasts 2 Dumb 2 Tame with Mia Pinchoff, Lewis Black’s Rantcast, Stop Me If I’ve Heard This with Art Krug and Susan Rice, and Sunday Papers with Greg Fitzsimmons and Mike Gibbons." You can still catch the episode, either on our homesite or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, the @Laughable app, Google Play, iHeart Radio, and more. This week, I've got clips from the soundcasts Trashy Trashy, Deluxe Edition: Yet Another Pop Culture Podcast, and I don't want to talk about Fight Club anymore. I've also got an ad from our longtime sponsor Henderson's Pants for their new Spring Breakers line, and from our relatively new sponsor TrumPoetry.com…which is a 100% real website that I will be reading from.  If this is your first time here, I appreciate you making us your choice for your listening experience for the next more or less half an hour. Let's get to the clips! CLIPS Deluxe Edition: Yet Another Pop Culture PodcastOur featured clip from this show, hosted by Bill Sebald and Casey Schearer, comes from July 3rd, 2020: #7 - The Joe Alves Interview. Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express. He designed the three mechanical sharks for the movie Jaws (1975) with mechanical effects man Bob Mattey and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and won the BAFTA for Best Art Direction for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. (Off the record, he had once selected a screenplay that was co-written by Succotash Shut-In's Marc Hershon to be his directorial debut but the deal never came together…) I Don't Want To Talk About Fight Club AnymoreA torture endurance podcast where Jacob Wysocki subjects himself to watchthe movie Fight Club for 72 hours straight. Joined by his comedian friends, listen as he documents his descent into madness. Our clip is from 35 hours into the run and Jacob has seen Fight Club 15 times. He is halfway through the marathon. This episode he's joined by Shaun Diston (Wrecked), Kerry O'Neill (The UCB Show), and her dog Frank; together they delve into the exploratory qualities of Jacob's marathon. Trashy Trashy A podcast for garbage people. They cover trashy news stories. Hosted by Cassandra Cardenes and Erika Curry, our featured clip is from their Episode 3: "Farm Talk", from just a couple of weeks ago. …and that's all the content I've got for you this week. I hope you enjoyed the time you spent with us because if you didn't… there's not a bunch I can do about that. I can apologize… show remorse somehow… through my speech into your ears apparently… but who is to say whether or not that is warranted? We don't get a great deal of feedback anymore here at Succotash Shut-In, formerly called Succotash, The Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, created by Marc Hershon, who will be hosting again next week. I know that I would — and I believe that I can safely state that he would appreciate it — if you left a review on Apple Podcasts or iTunes or wherever else one can leave reviews. Anyway, if you enjoyed the show why not tell someone else about it with your mouths into their ears? Keep that safe social distance of course… never let it be said that we want you to unnecessarily risk your health for us. So until the week after next this is Tyson Saner saying "Good-Bye", asking you to keep an eye on my YouTube channel for more H.P. Lovecraft-inspired video games along with whatever else I'll be playing and posting, and reminding you to keep the spirit of hope alive in your hearts, be mindful and Please…Pass The Succotash? — Tyson Saner

Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express. He designed the three mechanical sharks for the movie Jaws (1975) with mechanical effects man Bob Mattey and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and won the BAFTA for Best Art Direction for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind.https://www.joealvesmovieart.com/https://www.deluxeedition.showhttps://www.nophonynetwork.comhttps://www.twitter.com/deluxeditionpodhttps://www.instagram.com/deluxeditionpodhttps://www.instagram.com/caseyschearer80https://www.instagram.com/billsebaldhttps://www.twitter.com/caseyschearer80https://www.twitter.com/billsebald#jaws #joealves #jaws2 #jaws3d #closeencounters #podcasting #podcasts #nophonypodcastnetwork

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 59: Oliver! (1968) Released 22 April 2020 For this episode, we watched Oliver! the movie version of the Lionel Bart stage musical directed by Carol Reed, based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The screenplay was by Vernon Harris and it won five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Musical Adaptation Score, Best Art Direction and Best Sound. Ron Moody (Fagin) and Jack Wild (Dodger) were both nominated but neither of them won. Be Kind Rewind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ly_iAmEOE Next time we will be discussing How Green Was My Valley. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us to continue to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as £2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people who have already done that. James Murray, Andreas Marquart Frellesen, Anna Elizabeth Rawles, Jonquil Coy, Ann Blake, Lee Ingleby, Michael Walker, Ms Rebecca K O'Dwyer, Alex Frith, Anna Joerschke, Anne Dellamaria, Annmarie Gray, Ben Squires, Claire Creighton, Dave Kloc, Eloise Lowe, Helle Rasmussen, Joy Wilkinson, Kate Butler, Katy Espie, Keaton Ellis, Kirsten Marie Oeveraas, Lisa Gillespie, Michael Wilson, Nick Hetherington, Olivia, Peter , Robert Orzalli, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott, Simon James, Julie Dirksen, Anna Jackson, Anna Smith, Catherine Murphy, Cindy, Claire Carr, Daina Aspin, Darren Williams, David Hanneford, Drew Milloy, Eamonn Clarke, Emma Colvill, Emmet Jackson, Helen Cousins, Jo B, Johanna Commins, Juan Ageitos, Judi Cox, Kath , Laura Lundy, Lucinda Baron von Parker, Martin Korshøj Petersen, Sian Thomas, Simon Ash, Sladjana Ivanis, Stuart Shepherd.

Crack and share. Until it is done. At least, if there's anything to crack. For the second time Bethesda have managed to release a game with a built-in crack for the Denuvo DRM. What's the story behind it? Incompetence, a rogue agent, or are Bethesda secretly the DRM free heroes we don't deserve? Doom Eternal is the latest casualty of Bethesda's DRM mistakes, and Professor wants to know why.DJ has a list of the newest anime to watch this spring, or autumn if you live in the south. Southern Hemisphere Best Hemisphere. Get the latest ridiculously long anime names here!Just when you thought it was safe to go outside after the fires, COVID-19 swept in. Where did it come from? A lab has dissected the DNA behind this threat and all signs point to COVID-19 not being a Chinese bioweapon. Keep the conspiracies coming, science knows what's what.This week, both nerds played a Doom related game. Professor plays an official series game, but DJ plays a parody.As usual, the Nerds discuss the latest shoutouts and events of interest. RIP Al Worden, Albert Uderzo and Kenny Rogers.We'll be back next week for another episode. We're not going anywhere, and by the looks of things, neither are you.DRM Eternal- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/03/bethesda-apparently-broke-its-own-denuvo-protection-for-doom-eternal/Upcoming Spring Anime Lineup and other anime news-https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2020/03/20-1/crunchyroll-announces-spring-2020-anime-lineupThe origin story of COVID-19-https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175442.htm- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9Games PlayedProfessor- Doom 3 : BFG Edition - https://store.steampowered.com/app/208200/Doom_3_BFG_Edition/Rating – 3.5/5DJ– BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre Demo - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1209860/BDSM_Big_Drunk_Satanic_Massacre_Demo/Rating – 3/5Other topics discussedQueensland borders closed due to Coronavirus- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-26/coronavirus-threat-sparks-calls-to-close-nsw-border-with-qld/12091632MyGov is down due to a “cyber-attack” – Minister- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/mygov-website-down-centrelink-massive-queues-coronavirus/12080558Alcohol restrictions are now limited in Western Australia- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-25/coronavirus-covid-19-wa-alcohol-sales-from-bottle-shops-limited/12087974Panic buying in alcohol leads to more drinking- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-26/coronavirus-crisis-has-people-drinking-more-experts-say/12086790Rage 2 drops Denuvo DRM- https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/05/rage-2-drops-denuvo-drm-in-record-time/Rage (a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(video_game)- https://store.steampowered.com/app/9200/RAGE/Rime allegedly runs faster with Denuvo DRM stripped out- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/06/crackers-say-denuvo-drm-caused-slowdown-on-rime/Bleach Anime Returning With Thousand Year Blood War Adaptation- https://www.cbr.com/bleach-anime-return-thousand-year-blood-war/Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War, Explained- https://www.cbr.com/bleach-thousand-year-blood-war-explained/Fate/Grand Order Announces New Solomon Anime- https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/03/21/fate-grand-order-final-singularity-solomon-anime-announced/Fate/Grand Order: Camelot Film Confirms Release Date with New Trailer- https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/03/22/fate-grand-order-camelot-film-release-date-trailer/Definition of anime filler- https://www.quora.com/What-does-a-filler-mean-in-animeTite Kubo’s reaction to the new anime announcement- https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/03/22/bleach-anime-comeback-revival-tite-kubo-comment-manga/Fullmetal Alchemist (Japanese anime television series adapted from the mangaof the same name written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. During production, Arakawa requested an original ending that differed from the manga, leading to the series deviating into an original plot halfway through.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist_(TV_series)Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Japanese anime television series adapted from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga by Hiromu Arakawa. Unlike the previous adaptation, Brotherhood is an almost 1:1 adaptation directly following the original events of the manga.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist:_BrotherhoodPrince Charles tested positive for Coronavirus- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52033845History of H.I.V/AIDS (AIDS is caused by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which originated in non-human primates in Central and West Africa. While various sub-groups of the virus acquired human infectivity at different times, the global pandemic had its origins in the emergence of one specific strain – HIV-1 subgroup M – in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the 1920s)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_HIV/AIDSPlague Inc.- https://www.ndemiccreations.com/en/22-plague-incGetting Over It with Bennett Foddy- https://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/Getting_Over_It_with_Bennett_Foddy/Markiplier plays Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH9w9VlyNO4Cacodemon (Doom 3) (The Cacodemon in Doom 3, as compared to the original monster, is taupe in color, has a wider mouth, and has multiple green eyes, as well as some longer, thin tentacles hanging from the bottom of its body.)- https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Cacodemon/Doom_3Doom 3 (2004 horror first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by Activision.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3Rugby Football Union (The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England. )- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_UnionShout Outs18 March 2020 – Alfred Worden passes away - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2020/03/20/apollo-15-astronaut-al-worden-has-died/#2315b43836c6Alfred Worden, American astronaut and engineer who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the Command Module Endeavour. During Apollo 15's return flight to Earth, Worden performed an extravehicular activity to retrieve film cassettes from the exterior of the spacecraft, the Apollo command and service module. While orbiting the Moon alone, farther from other people than anyone has ever been, Worden mapped a quarter of the lunar surface, measured the composition of lunar rocks from space, picked out a landing site for the final Apollo mission, and launched a miniature satellite into lunar orbit to study the Moon’s gravity and magnetic field. It was the first "deep space" EVA in history, at great distance from any planetary body. As of 2020, it remains one of only three such EVAs that have taken place, all during the Apollo program's J-missions. He died from a stroke in Sugar Land, Texas at the age of 8818 March 2020 –The discovery of Asteriornis maastrichtensis, the oldest definitive species of modern bird, which lived at the end of the Mesozoic era.- https://www.newsweek.com/wonderchicken-oldest-known-modern-bird-dinosaur-1493000- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2096-0Researchers have discovered the remains of an extinct animal that may represent the oldest "modern" bird known to science. An international team of palaeontologists identified the near-complete fossil skull of the bird, which they have dated to between 66.8 and 66.7 million years ago. Dubbed Asteriornis maastrichtensis, the extinct bird—affectionately nicknamed the "wonderchicken"—shares some features that can be seen in modern-day ducks and chickens, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The palaeontologists say the find sheds new light on the evolution of modern birds and could help explain why these animals survived the mass-extinction event, while large dinosaurs did not. "We have discovered the oldest modern bird fossil yet identified," Daniel Field, an author of the study from the University of Cambridge in the U.K., told Newsweek. "Asteriornis maastrichtensis is an early fossil bird close to the origin of the group that today includes chicken-like birds and duck-like birds. Asteriornis lived 66.7 million years ago, at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, and provides new insights into what modern birds were like early in their evolutionary history."20 March 2020 – Kenny Rogers passes away - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/21/kenny-rogers-country-music-star-dies-aged-81Kenny Rogers, the American country music star with hits popular across the world, has died. His husky voice and down-home narrative style won him three Grammy awards and put him at the top of the American music business for more than four decades. He sold over 100 million records worldwide during his lifetime, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His fame and career spanned multiple genres: jazz, folk, pop, rock, and country. He remade his career and was one of the most successful cross-over artists of all time. His signature song, 1978's "The Gambler", was a cross-over hit that won him a Grammy Award in 1980 and was selected in 2018 for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. The singer, who has been mourned by fans this weekend on social media, once summed up his success with mainstream audiences by explaining that the traditional lyrics to his songs “say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear”. He died from natural causes in Sandy Springs, Georgia at the age of 81.24 March 2020 – Albert Uderzo passes away - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52016721Albert Uderzo, one of the two creators of the beloved comic book character Asterix, who captured the spirit of the Gauls of yore and grew a reputation worldwide, has died. He created the famous stories - about the adventures of Gaulish warriors fighting the Roman Empire - with his friend René Goscinny in 1959. As well as illustrating the series, Urderzo took over the writing following Goscinny's death in 1977. The books have sold 370 million copies worldwide, in dozens of languages, and several stories have been turned into cartoons and feature films. The series continues to this day under new ownership, with the most recent book, Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter, released last October. French Culture Minister Franck Riester said that Uderzo "found the magic potion", referring to his spirit, craftsmanship and long hours of work. He died from a heart attack in Neuilly-sur-Seine at the age of 92.Remembrances23 March 1981 - Beatrice Tinsley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_TinsleyBeatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley, British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist and professor of astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die. Tinsley completed pioneering theoretical studies of how populations of stars age and affect the observable qualities of galaxies. She also collaborated on basic research into models investigating whether the universe is closed or open. Her galaxy models led to the first approximation of what protogalaxies should look like. In 1978, she became the first female professor of astronomy at Yale University. Her last scientific paper, submitted to the Astrophysical Journal ten days before her death, was published posthumously that November, without revision. She died from cancer at the age of 40 in New Haven, Connecticut.23 March 2001 - Margaret Ursula Jones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ursula_JonesEnglish archaeologist, best known for directing major excavations at Mucking, Essex. She worked at a number of sites, but is best known for her excavations at Mucking, a major Anglo-Saxon settlement and associated cemetery, with finds ranging from the Stone Age to the Medieval period. The Mucking excavation, which Jones directed from 1965 to 1978, became Britain's largest ever archaeological excavation. It produced an unprecedented volume of material, although some academic archaeologists have criticised the fact that the results did not appear in print until decades after the excavation had ended. Jones' work at Mucking, as well as her role in founding the campaign group Rescue, was influential in the establishment of modern commercial archaeology in Britain. Jones herself also gained a reputation as an eccentric and intimidating figure: "indomitable, formidable, disinclined to suffer fools but very kind to those she considered worth helping, dedicated and inventive". She died at the age of 84.23 March 2007 – Paul Cohen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_CohenAmerican mathematician. He is best known for his proofs that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, for which he was awarded a Fields Medal. Cohen is noted for developing a mathematical technique called forcing, which he used to prove that neither the continuum hypothesis (CH) nor the axiom of choice can be proved from the standard Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms (ZF) of set theory. In conjunction with the earlier work of Gödel, this showed that both of these statements are logically independent of the ZF axioms: these statements can be neither proved nor disproved from these axioms. In this sense, the continuum hypothesis is undecidable, and it is the most widely known example of a natural statement that is independent from the standard ZF axioms of set theory. While studying the continuum hypothesis, Cohen is quoted as saying in 1985 that he had "had the feeling that people thought the problem was hopeless, since there was no new way of constructing models of set theory. Indeed, they thought you had to be slightly crazy even to think about the problem." He died from lung disease at the age of 72 in Stanford, California, near Palo Alto.Famous Birthdays23 March 1890 – Cedric Gibbons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_GibbonsIrish-American art director and production designer for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley, a Los Angeles artist. Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and designed the Academy Awards statuette in 1928. A trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11. The last time for Best Art Direction for Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). Gibbons' set designs, particularly those in such films as Born to Dance (1936) and Rosalie (1937), heavily inspired motion picture theater architecture in the late 1930s through 1950s. In February 2005 Gibbons was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame. He was born in New York City.23 March 1907 - Daniel Bovet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_BovetSwiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for his discovery in 1937 of antihistamines, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication. His other research included work on chemotherapy,sulfa drugs, the sympathetic nervous system, the pharmacology of curare, and other neuropharmacological interests. In 1965, Bovet led a study team which concluded that smoking of tobacco cigarettes increased users' intelligence. He told The New York Times that the object was not to "create geniuses, but only [to] put the less-endowed individual in a position to reach a satisfactory mental and intellectual development". He was born in Fleurier.23 March 1924 - Bette Nesmith Graham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Nesmith_GrahamAmerican typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of the correction fluid Liquid Paper (not to be confused with competitor White-Out). She was the mother of musician and producer Michael Nesmith of The Monkees. To make extra money, she used her talent painting holiday windows at the bank. She realized as she said, "with lettering, an artist never corrects by erasing, but always paints over the error. So I decided to use what artists use. I put some tempera water-based paint in a bottle and took my watercolor brush to the office. I used to correct my mistakes." She eventually began marketing her typewriter correction fluid as "Mistake Out" in 1956. The name was later changed to Liquid Paper when she began her own company. She was born in Dallas, Texas.25 March 1920 - Patrick George Troughton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_TroughtonEnglish actor. He was classically trained for the stage but became most widely known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and horror films, but he became best known for his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1973, 1983 and 1985. he was born in Mill Hill, Middlesex.Events of Interest23 March 1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_I_of_Russia#AssassinationOn the night of 23 March 1801, a band of dismissed officers murdered Paul in his bedroom in the newly-built St. Michael's Castle. The assassins included General Bennigsen, a Hanoverian in the Russian service, and General Yashvil, a Georgian. They charged into his bedroom, flushed with drink after dining together, and found Paul hiding behind some drapes in the corner. he conspirators pulled him out, forced him to the table, and tried to compel him to sign his abdication. Paul offered some resistance, and Nikolay Zubov struck him with a sword, after which the assassins strangled and trampled him to death. Paul's successor on the Russian throne, his son, the 23-year-old Alexander, was actually in the palace at the time of the killing. General Nikolay Zubov announced his accession to the heir, accompanied by the admonition, "Time to grow up! Go and rule!" Alexander I did not punish the assassins, and the court physician, James Wylie, declared apoplexy the official cause of death.23 March 1888 – In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Football_LeagueThe first meeting was held at Anderton's Hotel in London on 23 March 1888 on the eve of the FA Cup Final. The Football League was formally created and named in Manchester at a further meeting on 17 April at the Royal Hotel. The name "Association Football Union" was proposed by McGregor but this was felt too close to "Rugby Football Union". Instead, "The Football League" was proposed by Major William Sudell, representing Preston, and quickly agreed upon. Each club played the others twice, once at home and once away, and two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. This points system was not agreed upon until after the season had started; the alternative proposal was one point for a win only. Preston won the first league title without losing a game, and completed the first league–cup double by also taking the FA Cup.23 March 1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). - https://www.nasa.gov/content/march-23-1965-launch-of-first-crewed-gemini-flightNASA's two-man Gemini spaceflights demonstrated that astronauts could change their capsule's orbit, remain in space for at least two weeks and work outside their spacecraft. They also pioneered rendezvous and docking with other spacecraft. All were essential skills to land on the moon and return safely to Earth. Veteran Mercury astronaut Grissom was selected as command pilot of Gemini III, making him the first person traveling into space twice. Joining Grissom was Young, the first member of the second group of NASA pilots to fly in space. Young would go on to become the first person to make six spaceflights, including commanding Apollo 16 during which he walked on the moon. He also commanded STS-1, the first shuttle mission. Gemini III's primary goal was to test the new, maneuverable spacecraft. In space, the crew members fired thrusters to change the shape of their orbit, shift their orbital plane slightly, and drop to a lower altitude. The revolutionary orbital maneuvering technology paved the way for rendezvous missions later in the Gemini Program and proved it was possible for a lunar module to lift off the moon and dock with the lunar orbiting command module for the trip home to Earth. 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Nineteen Eighty-Four, also known as 1984, is a #1984 British dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell's novel of the same name. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, and Cyril Cusack, the film follows the life of Winston Smith, a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London ruled by Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. Smith (Hurt) struggles to maintain his sanity and his grip on reality as the regime's overwhelming power and influence persecutes individualism and individual thinking on both a political and personal level. The film, which features Burton's last screen appearance, is dedicated to him.[6] The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction, and won two Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Film and Best Actor. The Communist Party of China is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China. The CPC is the sole governing party within mainland China, permitting only eight other, subordinated parties to co-exist, those making up the United Front. Wikipedia #TheHungerGames is a 2012 American dystopian science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’s 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first installment in The Hunger Games film series and was produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, with a screenplay by Ross, Collins, and Billy Ray. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland.[5] The story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, where a boy and a girl from each of the nation's 12 Districts are chosen annually as "tributes" and forced to compete in The Hunger Games, an elaborate televised fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister's place, and with her district's male tribute, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), travels to the Capitol to train and compete in the games. #ww4 #NineteenEightyFour --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vegansteven/message

I've been looking at media the last few weeks, YouTube, Instagram, the news outlets, print media and there has been this weird balkanization of media between those that think they are the spokesperson for whatever cause they think deserves attention and those too afraid to speak honestly for fear of retribution from the first group. "Woke", which according to Wikipedia is defined as; “As a political term of African-American origin refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice. It is derived from the African-American Vernacular English expression "stay woke", whose grammatical aspect refers to a continuing awareness of these issues.” Yeah. I've watched the celebration of mediocre movies that were praised simply because they had women behind the camera, had a majority Black cast, or in the case of the Academy Award winning movie Parasite being praised as though “Crazy Rich Asians” wasn't extremely popular months earlier, or the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon didn't win Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography at the 2001 Academy Awards. Least we do not mention the open hostility towards White men, including Brie ‘Captain Marvel' Larson's "I don't need a 40-year-old white dude to tell me what didn't work about A Wrinkle in Time. It wasn't made for him! I want to know what it meant to women of color, biracial women, to teen women of color.” Considering that it was more than likely Anglo men that financed the movie, and that many of Anglo men have children with non-Anglo women, that comment didn't prevent that movie form bombing at the office. Lets Talk About It.

This week we're going over our 2019 Rockies awards! Which games and moments rose to the top? We're also discussing our most-anticipated games of 2020 while enjoying some refreshing banquet beer. See you guys next year! The AwardsBiggest SurpriseBest NPCBiggest Time SuckBest Art DirectionBest Music/Sound DesignGame You'd Like To See Turned Into A Movie/SeriesGame of the Year Indie Corner (1:13:29)- A Ghost Story (Browser) - Tera Dragon (Browser) - Sword of Abyss (Browser) The Weekly Question (1:27:55) What 2020 games are we most looking forward to? On The Rocks does not support underage drinking! ____________________________ Check us out on iTunes and Patreon! Email us at PodcastOTR@gmail.com if you have ideas for future drink/pop-culture pairings!

  The Old School Rewind Podcast Features Jody Watley his week. Welcome Back Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959 is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and artist whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance, and electronic soul. In 1987, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and has been nominated for three Grammy awards.Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959 is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and artist whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance, and electronic soul. In 1987, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and has been nominated for three Grammy awards.In 2008, she was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Billboard magazine, and was also prominently featured in the historic black issue of Vogue Italia in 2008. Her early music influences are Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, The Carpenters, Roberta Flack, Prince, Grace Jones and various jazz artists including Nancy Wilson.  In December 2016 Billboard ranked her as the 21st most successful dance artist of all-time. and in 2017 Black Music Honors TV special recognized Watley as Crossover Music Icon Honoree for her groundbreaking achievements and influence. In August 2018 Billboard ranked Jody Watley as one of the top female artists of all-time, at number 53. Jody's Early career1977–1984: Soul Train and ShalamarWatley was born in Chicago, Illinois and made her first stage appearance at 8 years old with family friend and godfather Jackie Wilson. (CLIP JACKIE WILSON) She got her entertainment start on the TV dance show Soul Train at the age of 14. Documented by Ebony magazine in 1977 as a part of "The New Generation," Jody Watley was one of the most popular dancers on the show and recognized as a trendsetter for her style and dance moves. As standouts on the television show, Watley and fellow Soul Train dancer Jeffrey Daniel were selected to join Gary Mumford and become original members of the R&B group Shalamar, which was created by soul trains Don Cornelius. (Mumford was shortly replaced by Gerald Brown, and Brown himself was soon replaced by Howard Hewett as lead vocalist).  So The lineup now in shalamar of Hewett, Watley, and Daniel would be the most successful. Jody Watley remained with Shalamar from 1977 to 1983. In that time, The trio released several albums and scored several hits including the US Top 20 "Dead Giveaway", and the R&B hits "The Second Time Around", "For The Lover In You", and "A Night To Remember". A show exclusively for Shalamar up in a few weeks so I didn't mean to tease you their wit den jammies but few weeks we'll hook up with shalamars music..  after all of this and Because of conflicts within the group, disagreements about the artistic direction of Shalamar with Dick Griffey, and lack of payment from Solar Records, Jody Watley finally leaves the group in 1983, prior to the release of Shalamars "The Look" album. Here we are in post Shalamar mode for Jody watley as she moved to England, and while there, she recorded a guest vocal with British Jamaican roots reggae group Musical Youth for their album, Different Style!.(clip) remember them,  She also recorded with Gary Langan, Anne Dudley and J.J Jeczalik (who later became Art of Noise).(clip)  She had a brief stint with Phonogram Records where two singles were released (in the UK, Europe and Australia – though crucially not America) under the moniker "Jody" (no second name), "Where the Boys Are" and "Girls Night Out". Also during this era, and after departing the group, she took part in Bob Geldof's Band Aid recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas", which included Bono, Boy George, Sting, George Michael, Phil Collins, Status Quo, Paul Weller, Bananarama and other prominent UK artists. After two and a half years in England, Watley returned to America and secured a recording deal with MCA Records, eager to establish her own identity.[29] Her debut solo studio album, titled Jody Watley, was released in March 1987, and she co-wrote six of the album's nine songs. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Watley would say that she wanted to showcase her voice against "really funky hard dance tracks."[29] The album's lead single, "Looking for a New Love", became a hit and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[30] The album peaked at number ten on the US Billboard 200, number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and sold 2 million copies in the United States and a total of 4 million copies worldwide. It produced five uptempo dance and R&B singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with three peaking within the top-ten: The first being "Looking for a New Love"  was a #2 hit for Jody and was released in January 1987 as the first single from her debut album. The song became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1987. The single hit number two for four consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1987 and spent four weeks at number-one on the Billboard R&B chart.[1] It is the only single between 1985 and 1990 in the United States to have spent four weeks in the runner-up position and not have reached the number one. The single was kept out of the top spot of the Hot 100 by Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and U2's "With or Without You", and would itself keep Club Nouveau's Hot 100 number-one single "Lean on Me" out of the top spot of the R&B chart. It ranked number 16 on Billboard's year-end chart for 1987. The song also reached number-one on the RPM Singles Chart in Canada. In 1988 the song was nominated for two Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, and Best R&B/Soul Single, Female. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The single lookin for a new love came about  While listening to a tape of instrumental tracks given to her by producer André Cymone, Watley reflected on a recent sour romantic breakup. Fusing her own feelings of "I'll show you" with the feel of the track, Watley came up with the basic premise of "Looking for a New Love." The released record is the eight-track demo of the song; that way the emotional urgency of Watley's vocal was still intact. One of the song's key phrases became a popular saying: "Hasta la vista, baby." It wound up on innumerable answering machines and was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (see Hasta la vista, baby). This is what the kids now days would call a banger. Jody wattle lookin for new love on this weeks old school rewind podcast CLIP Lookin for a new love We are tracking jody watleys hits on the Old School rewind  I'm Aaron from the 35 acres and a microphone podcast farm..  The three most noted singles for jody chart wise were that you just heard lookin for a new love   next up a song called still a thrill got to #56 on the top 100. Higher at the r&b radio stations While the #56 (US chart) peaking "Still a Thrill" didn't necessarily match the pop chart success of its blockbuster predecessor, it was, however, a major hit on both the R&B and dance charts in 1987. Watley employed a deep lower register on this uptempo R&B / dance song, which she co-wrote. It was produced by Andre Cymone and David Z. There have been CoversFrom Indie Neo-soulsters, Soulscream, on their 2001 album, Prototype @lpha1 2001 Neophunk. Synth-pop artist, Matthew Duffy, covered "Still a Thrill" on his album, Here I Come. Here it is from jody now on the old school rewind podcast. Still a thrill CLIP still a thrill We're messing around in the lab and hookin you up with some jams to hear, and the stories from the singers and songs from the True School Days of Old School and we're featuring jody wattle. Next up for jody was my favorite song I played on KWIN in Stockton back in those days was this one which reached #6. The song "don't you want me.  I can remember like yesterday Christmas of 87 I was doing a lot of filling in for vacationing Dj's and this was actually the footings of Dance and Rhythm music to start taking down the white nature of top 40 radio It was released on August 10, 1987 as the third single from the Jody Watley album. The song was produced by Bernard Edwards of Chic-fame, and written by Franne Golde, David Paul Bryant and Jody herself. "Don't You Want Me" was a huge hit in the United States, reaching position number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one and three on the Dance Club Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, respectively. Watley's previous single, "Still a Thrill," fared well in dance and R&B markets,  but less-so in the mainstream. This is the race thing I bring up a lot on this show. It was a lil too much for the radio.  That was enough  and prompted her label, MCA Records, to go in a more pop-friendly direction. "Don't You Want Me" was one of the biggest crossover singles for the year 1987, reaching the top-ten of the Billboard pop and R&B charts. The single was also popular in nightclubs, reaching the top spot of the Billboard dance chart.Some more chart chatter for you Chart performance"Don't You Want Me" landed in the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 the week of October 24, 1987, advancing from number 56 to 40. The single reached number six on December 19, 1987 and remained there for three consecutive weeks. Theres been some Sample usage "Don't You Want Me" sampled extensively on the 49ers' 1990 hit "Don't You Love Me?". Remixed eurodance versions have appeared on the Dancemania series albums, including Dancemania SPEED 2 issued in 1999. So far Jody had me at hello with this one, Don't you want me from me Aaron Goodwin and theeee old school rewind podcast (CLIP)don't you want me  Jody watley featured on this weeks old school rewind. Im Aaron Goodwin thank you for subscribing if your just arriving share to a friend and let em know old school still lives on, here, on one of the only podcast focused on true old school or true school. 82-89. And how it all got on the radio and ending up starting the culture that has enveloped the world..  The next song we'll hit for you is Jodys "Some Kind Of Lover  Her third top 10 pop single from the album, and third number-one of the US dance chart, though the single found huge success in the US, outside the states, the single only reached number 81 on the UK charts. Some Kind of Lover advanced into the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during the week of February 27, 1988, finally stalling at #10 the week of April 16, 1988. "Some Kind of Lover" kept Watley in the Top 20 of the singles chart for six weeks. The music video premiered in January 1988 and was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards, for Best Female Video and Best New Artist in a Video, she also performed "Some Kind of Lover" at the award show that year. (CLIP)some kind of lover I am Aaron Goodwin and by the look of the numbers here I am talking week by week to folks worldwide we have numbers in the thousands subscribed to my podcast the old school rewind. Share subscribe tell a friend. Jody watley's next single is "most of all" released on April 18, 1988 as the fifth and final single from the Jody Watley self titled...   "Most of All" was the least successful of the five singles released from the Jody Watley album. It peaked at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but did find success on the Dance Club Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, where it reached numbers eight and eleven, respectively. The song was produced by Patrick Leonard and was co-written by Gardner Cole, both of whom had been involved with Madonna's 1986 album, True Blue. The accompanying black and white music video for "Most of All" was directed by famous Hollywood director David Fincher.   David fincher (thinking) where have I heard that name before.. David fincher.  Oh I know do you watch jimmy Fallon, when Nicole Kidman went on and said that she went around Jimmy a couple of times and sort of liked him and Fallon knew nothing of it..  the mutual friend is David finches   that would make sense. I'm pondering out loud sorry. That isn't confirmed either but. I think that was that guys name For me. the songs kept getting better and I thought the melody of most of all and the hook were incredible. This was a real artist.   (CLIP) most of all At the 30th Annual Grammy Awards of 1988, Watley won the award for Best New Artist, and was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. That same year, she also received nominations for four MTV Video Music Awards and three Soul Train Awards.  Heres a note.  After Shalamar she had two singles released under the name of "Jody", without her last name even though adverts in UK pop magazine, Smash Hits, mentioned that she was "Formerly of Shalamar". This "technicality" (no second name), allowed her controversially to be considered a "New Artist" at the Grammy's, beating Breakfast Club, Cutting Crew, Terence Trent D'Arby and Swing Out Sister. Shortly after winning the Grammy, Watley would be featured in Harper's Bazaar magazine photographed by Francesco Scavullo. Things than became "LARGER THAN LIFE" for Jody watley. that is a play on words a bit as it is the name of jody's next album or sophomore effort.  In the spring of 1989, Watley released her second studio album, Larger than Life, co-writing eleven of the album’s twelve songs. The album sold over 4 million copies worldwide, reaching number 16 on the Billboard 200, and produced four singles: "Real Love" (US #2, #1 R&B, #2 Dance, UK #31), a Gold-certificated single and her first Top 40 UK single since "Looking for a New Love" in 1987;  "Friends" featuring Eric B. & Rakim, (US #9, #3 R&B, #7 Dance, UK #21); and "Everything" (US #4, #3 R&B), her first ballad released as a single. The album's fourth and final single, "Precious Love", was a minor hit, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100.[33] "Friends" is notable for being the first multi-format hit single to include the formula of a pop star featuring a guest rapper with the custom full 16-bar verses and bridge concept, and distinguishable from the rap "Intro" by Melle Mel on Chaka Khan's notable cover of Prince's song "I Feel for You". The successful "Friends" formula would become a mainstay formula in commercial pop music and was added as a category at the Grammy's under Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002. During the summer of 1989, the "Real Love" video, directed by famous Hollywood director David Fincher, was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Dance Video and Best Female Video at the 1989 ceremony. That record was held until Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's video "Scream" received 11 VMA nominations in 1995. The next year, she was nominated for two Soul Train Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist, and a Narm Award for Best Selling R&B Female Album. While riding high on her Larger Than Life World Tour, a remix album, titled You Wanna Dance with Me?, was released in October 1989 and achieved Gold status in America. 1989 also saw Watley featured in Harper’s Bazaar "Ten Most Beautiful Women" issue, photographed by Matthew Rolston. That same year Watley appeared on the cover of the Japanese high fashion magazine SPUR for its debut issue.[37] Watley released the million selling "Dance to Fitness" a first for an African-American woman and artist. Tell a friend to share listen and subscribe..  as I play our final track this week on the old school rewind featuring jody watley.   Eric b and rakim.. Jody is so responsible for the rhythm movement. So many firsts what a talent..   CLIP  

The gang continues their month long journey into the king of monsters with Toho's Japanese epic reimagining of the nuclear monstrosity, Shin Godzilla. Guest Danny Lopez returns to dissect all the amazing details of this incredible resurgence. They first discuss E3 2019, Mega Man 11, speed running games, the newest season of Stitcher's Wolverine Series, the HBO mini series Chernobyl and the weekly poll.(2:24)ChrisE3 Conference(12:50)DannyMega Man 11(21:35)BrianWolverine: The Lost Trail episode 1 (Stitcher podcast)(25:45)ChristianChernobyl (HBO Series)(30:30)Weekly Poll:Godzilla (2014) vs. Shin Godzilla Design(38:50)Shin Godzilla (2016) Directed by Hideaki Anno (Chief Director) & Shinji HiguchiWritten by Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) Music by Shirō SagisuBudget $15 million Grossed $77.9 millionAmong other accolades, it won 7 Japan Academy Prizes (the equivalent to an Oscar) out of the 11 it was nominated for in 2016. Wins include: Picture of the Year, Director of the Year, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Lighting Direction, Best Sound Recording, Best Film Editing.Fun stuffTwelve Minutes TrailerThe History and Evolution of Godzilla Up from the depths Shin Godzilla commentaryAmarillo by Morning by Midnight SatireSocial Media:Email: popoholicscast@gmail.comFacebook: @PopOHolicsTwitter: @PopOHolicsInstagram: @popoholicscast

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 88: Gandhi (1982) Released: 2 June 2021 For this episode, we watched Gandhi, written by John Briley and directed by Richard Attenborough. It starred Ben Kingsley as Gandhi with support from Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth, Pradeep Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox and John Gielgud, among many others. From its 11 nominations, it managed to win eight Oscars including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Kingsley, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. Disclosure on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81284247 Next time we will be discussing A Beautiful Mind. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us to continue to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as £2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people who have already done that. Alex Frith, Alex Wilson, Alexander Capstick, Alison Sandy, Andrew Jex, Andrew Straw, Ann Blake, Anna Barker, Anna Coombs, Anna Elizabeth Rawles, Anna Jackson, Anna Joerschke, Anna Smith, Anne Dellamaria, Annmarie Gray, Ben Squires, Blanaid O'Regan, Brad Morrison, Caroline Moyes Matheou, Catherine Jewkes, Chamois Chui, Charlotte, Claire Carr, Claire Creighton, Claire McKevett, Daina Aspin, Darren Williams, Dave Kloc, David Hanneford, Della, Drew Milloy, Elis Bebb, Elizabeth McClees, Elizabeth McCollum, Eloise Lowe, Elspeth Reay, Esther de Lange, Evelyne Oechslin, Fiona, Flora, frieMo, Helen Cousins, Helle Rasmussen, Henry Bushell, Ian C Lau, James Murray, Jane Coulson, Jess McGinn, Jo B, Joel Aarons, Jonquil Coy, Joy Wilkinson, Juan Ageitos, Judi Cox, Julie Dirksen, Kate Butler, Kath, Katy Espie, Kelli Prime, Kirsten Marie Oeveraas, Kurt Scillitoe, Lawson Howling, Lewis Owen, Linda Lengle, Lisa Gillespie, Lucinda Baron von Parker, Margaret Browne, Martin Korshøj Petersen, Mary Traynor, Matheus Mocelin Carvalho, Michael Walker, Michael Wilson, Ms Rebecca K O'Dwyer, Neil Goldstein, nötnflötn, Olivia, Peter, Richard Ewart, Robert Heath, Robert Orzalli, Ruth, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott, Sharon Colley, Simon Ash, Simon James, Sladjana Ivanis, Tim Gowen, Tom Stockton, Wayne Wilcox, Zarah Daniel.

This is our annual, Best of Video Games 2018 award show.Award Categories Include:Our Three Biggest Surprises.Best Indie Game.Best Story/Narrative.Best Art Direction.Best Chill and Relax Game.Best Platformer.Best Voice Acting.Best Multiplayer Game.Best Open World Game.Best Quick Fix Game.Most Creative Gameplay.Weirdest Game.Best Puzzle Game.Best Soundtrack/Score.Best Character.Best Dressed Character.Best Hair in a Game.Biggest Let Down.Game That Made You Rage Most.Games Missed in 2018 that You Want to Play in 2019.Moto/Jen’s and Zen’s Top 5 Games.Game of the Year.