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If you think about it, life only goes in one direction... it shortens. Literally every day means you have one day less to live. But don't worry, this episode is packed with POSITIVE ideas for all of us to make the best of every month. Enjoy.
Harry Styles and his side quests Hunger Games prequel casting news—what we know so farTimothée Chalamet & Kylie Jenner make their red carpet debut (plus why he's always courtside at Knicks games)Trailer for Kim Kardashian's new showThrowback Thursday: The most iconic Vogue Beauty Secrets videosBS: Is Benson Boone the next One Direction?
Zoe sat down with Lily Beckert at Music Mukbang LIVE! on 4/17/25 at Gallery Art Bar in Urbana, IL to chat about her music experience while at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, her favorite things about local music scenes, and how she goes about writing music.Social Channels:Music Mukbang - @musicmukbangLily Beckert- @lilybeckertmusicAudio Edited by Uma TehThank you to Gallery Art Bar for hosting this event!
Don't Forget Where You Belong - One Direction
Simon Cowell has built an entertainment empire on his ability to say exactly what he thinks and an uncanny ability to judge the public mood. From launching Pop Idol in 2001, The X Factor in 2004 and the cultural behemoth Britain's Got Talent in 2007, he has been at the helm of primetime around the world for over a quarter of a century. His TV shows and Syco record label have shaped the careers of everyone from One Direction to Little Mix, Susan Boyle and Leona Lewis. But his success hasn't come without its struggles. For the first time, Cowell opens up about his biggest failures and regrets - an extraordinary thing to hear from one of the most successful men on the planet. We chat about fame, bankruptcy, loss, being ‘obnoxious' and whether he has any regrets. Plus: what breaking his back and a near-death experience taught him and why he thinks we needs another referendum on Brexit. Britain's Got Talent is currently airing on ITV, and America's Got Talent celebrates its 20th year this summer on NBC. ‘The biggest risk is being safe' - Elizabeth and Simon answer YOUR questions in our subscriber series, Failing with Friends. Join our community of subscribers here: https://howtofail.supportingcast.fm/#content Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com
This week Jeremy welcomes musician and music commentator Jula aka Soundwavesoffwax. On this episode, Jeremy and Jula talk keeping plants, bonding with lost parents through what they left behind, One Direction, vintage band shirts, collecting sounds, and so much more!!! Follow the show on INSTAGRAM and The Website Formerly Known as Twitter SUBSCRIBE TO THE PATREON for a bonus episode where Jula answered questions that were submitted by subscribers!
In this episode, Jourdain learns that this movie was not based on One Direction fan fiction.
On this episode, We're With the Banned, our miniseries on banned and challenged graphic novels, takes on the most banned book of the past several years – Gender Queer: A Memoir, by Maia Kobabe, published by Lion Forge Comics/Oni Press! We discuss some fairly personal topics and fumble a bit (although not as much as we may have feared) with the author's preferred pronouns (e, em, and eir) as we discuss Kobabe's account of eir struggles with gender dysphoria and other issues on the road to identifying as nonbinary. It's an important work, especially in our current cultural moment. But is that enough to guarantee entry into that bastion of One Direction fandom known as … The Comics Canon? In This Episode: · The Spivak pronouns · A brief discussion of Barbarian · Bad news from the future · How did we end up talking about typing class? · Curt's review of Thunderbolts* · Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Galmes Join us in two weeks as We're With the Banned continues with a discussion of Daniel Clowes' Ice Haven! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook or Bluesky! And as always, thanks for listening!
Velkommen til dette afsnit 'Spørg Mor'!Hvor går bagatelgrænsen for roomie-vaner? Vi ringer Marianne-muttifrau op, som står klar med knivskarpe råd til en fortvivlet lytter med en hashrygende roomie.Vi tackler dine fremtidige run-ins med ekskærester og finder vores indre fangirls frem i en One Direction-quiz.Lyt med for gode mor-råd og et smil på læben!
If you've ever downplayed your role in a successful project because it was a team effort, this episode is a must listen!Many jobseekers worry about sounding arrogant when discussing a project they were part of in interviews, especially if it led to a big result, like a spike in revenue.But here's the thing: underselling yourself isn't as humble as you think! Owning your part in a shared success isn't just okay, it's essential!In this week's episode, Sarah and Emma share practical advice on how to highlight your impact, while striking the perfect balance between honesty, confidence, and collaboration.
In this episode, the girls tell the tale of the Rosenbergs- the couple who were executed for espionage after being convicted for spying for the soviet union. Fun! We also have an intensive chat about One Direction, and pitch a new season idea.love you always bye
**Hope & Possibilities Podcast: "Find Yourself In" – Episode Summary** **Host:** Nola Simon **Theme:** Music Industry, Fame, and the Future of Work --- ### **Key Discussion Points** 1. **Liam Payne & George Michael: Parallels in Fame and Tragedy** - Liam Payne's unexpected death at 31 (October 2024) and its connection to George Michael's legacy. - The emotional impact of witnessing Payne's death through viral, unfiltered imagery and its parallels to public grief over George Michael's passing in 2016. - Shared struggles: Early fame, identity crises post-boy-band stardom, and the pressures of reinvention. 2. **Boy Bands as Cultural Mirrors** - **One Direction**: The “Beatles for digital natives”[4], redefining fandom through social media and global connectivity. - **Wham!**: George Michael's transition from pop icon to solo legend vs. Andrew Ridgeley's fade into obscurity[1][5]. - The “boy band curse”: Canned personas, burnout, and the challenge of escaping typecasting (e.g., NSYNC's post-breakup trajectories)[1][5]. 3. **The Dark Side of Fame** - **Mental health and substance abuse**: Payne's reported struggles with drugs[1] and the industry's historical neglect of artist well-being. - **Asynchronous success**: The music industry's reliance on global collaborations (remote work) vs. the physical toll of touring[3]. 4. **Pop Music, Nostalgia, and Identity** - Host Nola Simon's personal reflections: - Self-described “pop girly” with a love for UK boy bands (Wham!, One Direction) and rock-edged male artists. - Generational shifts in music consumption (Stranger Things-fueled 80s revivals, TikTok-driven trends). - The role of fandom in shaping artists' legacies (e.g., One Direction's “Directioners” as pioneers of modern stan culture)[4]. 5. **Future of Work in Music** - **Protecting artists**: Addressing mental health, creative autonomy, and sustainable career paths in an era of viral fame. - **AI and industry evolution**: Balancing remote collaboration with the irreplaceable energy of live performances[3]. --- ### **Critical Questions Explored** - Why does the music industry disproportionately claim young lives? - How can we redefine “success” to prioritize longevity and well-being over fleeting virality? - What lessons can workplaces learn from the music industry's highs and lows? --- ### **Episode Insights** - **Art as a lens for societal change**: Humor and creative expression as tools to process grief and systemic flaws[3]. - **Call to action**: Advocacy for structural reforms in creative industries to protect vulnerable talent. *Curation of themes inspired by analysis of Liam Payne's career[1][2][5], George Michael's legacy[4], and futurist frameworks for work[3].* Citations: [1] https://thewire.in/society/one-direction-liam-payne-boy-bands-fame?mid_related_new [2] https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/music/liam-payne-career/ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yclGeG-Wuc [4] https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/19-10-2024/liam-payne-and-the-mourning-of-a-modern-childhood [5] https://www.mundoamerica.com/entertainment/2024/10/18/67123bd121efa06f3d8b45b4.html [6] https://nolasimonhrcoe.substack.com/p/the-story-of-my-life [7] https://www.reddit.com/r/ToddintheShadow/comments/185phj2/what_are_some_examples_of_fail_solo_careers_from/ [8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/10/17/liam-payne-one-direction-career-highlights/ --- Answer from Perplexity: pplx.ai/share Further research available at this link: https://sublime.app/canvas/01JR8J0XW0H4D3AS33NNAMBWV1
What a week this week! We've got the debut of two iconic shows in Grey's Anatomy and The Office, plus the devastating news of Zayn leaving One Direction. All this, some games, and some Doctor Who this week on the podcast, so tune in!
Way back in Season 2 of Encore we talked about the United Kingdom’s rich history of introducing some of the most iconic Boy Bands of all time into the world. From The Beatles to Wham! Westlife to One Direction, Pop Music is littered with some fine British Exports. But of course, that’s really only half the story isn’t it? Because through all the Boys noise there’s one incomparable group of Girls that rocked the world in the mid-to-late-nineties. Sporty, Scary, Baby, Ginger, and Posh - The Spice Girls! This is the Story of Spice Girls’ Spice up your Life! With newly unearthed audio from the girls themselves!
Show Notes: Exploring the Music Industry and Fandom Introduction Personal Reflection: I'm still grappling with the news of Liam Payne's passing on October 16th, 2024. As a son, brother, father, and renowned singer, his impact on those who loved him is undeniable. I'm Nola Simon, host of the Hope and Possibilities podcast, and I'm already getting emotional as I reflect on his life and career. Personal Connection: I grew up loving George Michael and Wham!, and when George Michael passed away on Christmas in 2016, my daughter broke the news to me, and I couldn't help but cry. I hadn't experienced that level of grief over a musician's death until Liam's passing, which surprised me since I was only a casual fan of One Direction. Liam Payne and One Direction Career Overview: Liam was not only a talented singer and songwriter but also a member of One Direction and a successful solo artist. I remember watching them on iCarly when they were just starting out, incredibly young. Liam was only 31 when he passed away, and his solo music, particularly "Strip That Down," really caught my attention. Music Impact: I admired Liam's creative choices and potential as a singer. His solo career highlighted his ability to make courageous and innovative decisions in his music. Industry Reflections Artist Treatment: This podcast aims to explore how the music industry treats young artists, focusing on ageism, career longevity, and the narratives that affect artists' lives. It's heartbreaking to see musicians, especially those in boy bands, often discarded and facing early mortality. Fandom Dynamics: I also want to discuss fandoms, including One Direction and other artists like Taylor Swift, and how they interact with the industry and artists. Fandom can be a challenging topic, but it's essential to approach it thoughtfully. Podcast Goals Respectful Dialogue: My goal is to have respectful conversations about artists and their careers, avoiding speculation and negativity. Unfortunately, Liam's family has faced significant media scrutiny, and I want to ensure that we honor their dignity. Learning from History: I aim to learn from past experiences to create a better future for artists and fans, focusing on responsible fandom and industry practices. Engagement Guidelines Commentary Protocol: I encourage comments via podcast app feedback, and I'll promote episodes on LinkedIn and Substack to maintain a respectful dialogue. I'm avoiding platforms like Instagram and TikTok to prevent the conversation from going viral and to keep it thoughtful. Future Episodes Exploring Fandoms: In upcoming episodes, I may discuss various fandoms and their interactions with artists, aiming to foster a thoughtful discussion about the music industry's future. I've spent considerable time researching One Direction and its members since Liam's passing, and I feel well-prepared to delve into these topics. Answer from Perplexity: pplx.ai/share
Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 14ú lá de mí Aibreán, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1978 tharla stailc sa tír agus ní raibh aon eitleán ábalta dul amach nó teacht isteach chuig an tír. I 1989 bhí an praghas de pheitreal chun a bheith socair do 6 seachtain sa tír. I 1989 tháinig droch nuacht chuig Baile an Mhuilinn mar gur chaill 37 duine a bpost. I 2006 tharla ruathar ag teach tábhairne in Inis agus bhí rabhadh ann tar éis de bharr an ruathar ó na nGardaí. Sin Gnarls Barkley le Crazy – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2006. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1994 créam corp Kurt Cobain I Seattle. Bhí a post ar a teastas báis ceoltóir agus a sórt gnólacht mar Phunc. I 2017 chuaigh Harry Styles chuig barr na cairteacha lena chéad amhrán Sign Of The Times agus mar sin de ní raibh Ed Sheeran ar barr na cairteacha a thuilleadh tar éis 13 seachtain. Fuair Harry Styles ó One Direction a chéad uimhir a haon lena chéad amhrán a bhí óna albam darbh ainm Harry Styles. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Sarah Michelle Gellar I Nua Eabhrac I 1977 agus rugadh aisteoir Abigail Breslin I Nua Eabhrac I 1996 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sí. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 14th of April, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1978: all air travel into and out of this country were to grind to a halt if the striking aer lingus clerical workers got sanction for an all out picket. 1989: petrol prices were to stay static for the following 6 weeks. 1989: There was a fog of gloom over miltown malbay following the decision to seek 37 redundancies. 2006: An ennis pub was issued with a warning notice following a raid by the gardai. That was Gnarls Barkley with Crazy – the biggest song on this day in 2006. Onto music news on this day In 1994 Kurt Cobain was cremated at the Bleitz Funeral Home, Seattle. The death certificate listed Cobain's occupation as Poet/Musician and his type of business as Punk Rock. 2017 Harry Styles's debut single 'Sign of the Times' broke Ed Sheeran's 13-week run at the top of the UK charts. The One Direction star achieved his first No.1 as a solo artist with this release - the first from his self-titled debut album. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – actress Sarah Michelle Gellar was born in New York City in 1977 and actress Abigail Breslin was born in New York City on this day in 1996 and this is some of the stuff she has done. I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.
La polifacética Jedet se ha pasado por Cuerpos especiales para presentar Mujeres asesinas, el true-crime que protagoniza con diferentes historias de mujeres mexicanas, y ha aclarado cómo resolvió el meme viral de su presencia en la alfombra roja de los Goya mientras Melody cantaba a todo pulmón. Además, Alba Cordero recuerda el abandono Zayn Malik de One Direction en su 10º aniversario, Arturo Paniagua repasa la carrera de Celtas Cortos y Ana Morgade muestra cómo se desarrolla el juego de los 5 segundos.
On the March 25 edition of Music History Today podcast, Zayn breaks hearts & carpool karaoke debuts For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts fromALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday
About the Guest(s):Dan Watt is a distinguished producer and director, recognized for his work on the 2024 Emmy Award-winning documentary "Everybody Dance." With a rich background in film, Dan has worked on notable projects with Columbia Pictures, including "House Bunny" and "Just Go with It." Beyond film production, he collaborated on a documentary with entertainment icon Simon Cowell about the band One Direction. Dan is currently producing upcoming documentaries with Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning producer Daryl Roth and Rosie O'Donnell. His notable work underscores his commitment to inclusive storytelling and transformative educational experiences.Episode Summary:Dive into this insightful episode of Think Inclusive, hosted by Tim Villegas, featuring the accomplished producer and director, Dan Watt. Broadcasting from the CEC Conference in Baltimore, Tim explores the intricacies and inspiration behind Dan's Emmy Award-winning work, "Everybody Dance." This compelling documentary unravels the transformative power of inclusive dance education, emphasizing community and personal growth for children with disabilities.This episode delves deeply into the concept of inclusivity and the integral role of community and arts in fostering an environment where neurotypical children and those with disabilities can flourish together. Dan Watt shares his journey from working at Columbia Pictures to creating a heartwarming documentary that highlights the resilience and determination of its young subjects. Key insights include the importance of exposure to diverse environments, the benefits of inclusive educational practices, and the profound insights shared by the children featured in "Everybody Dance." Learn how fostering inclusive spaces in educational and extracurricular settings can break down barriers and transform lives.Complete show notes + transcript: https://mcie.org/think-inclusive/emmy-winning-documentary-everybody-dance-celebrates-inclusion/Key Takeaways:Inclusive environments allow neurotypical kids and kids with disabilities to learn from each other, fostering understanding and community.The film "Everybody Dance" showcases how arts and dancing can build confidence and determination, benefiting children in multiple areas of life.Dan Watt stresses the importance of instructors adapting their teaching styles to reach all students, enhancing inclusivity in educational settings.Establishing safe and inclusive spaces for all students encourages them to express themselves freely and grow together.The documentary highlights the shared human desire for belonging and the joy of finding a community where everyone fits in.Resources:Everybody Dance: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B5KLD2JD/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Dan Watt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dancindanw/Thanks to our sponsor, IXL. Learn more: https://www.ixl.com/inclusive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dan Loges delivers the latest entertainment news on:- SZA's record breaking victory at the iHeartRadio Awards.- Bryan Freedman, Justin Baldoni's lawyer addresses the weight of the trial.- Louis Tomlinson talks about the unlikely chance that One Direction gets back together, especially after the loss of Liam Payne.
Can you blame folks if they think this singer bears more than a passing resemblance to Harry Styles? Just like in the lost KFLX pilot, we're talking about boy bands this week, but not the ones Dustin and Shawn grew up with...One Direction and Westlife are the inspirations this week. 2024's "The Idea of You" is a steamy (if a little oddball) romance flick with a fictional British pop singer at its center. Nicholas Galatzine brings his own pipes to the performance as Hayes Campbell, the breakout star from a group called August Moon. Savan Kotecha, whom we talked about in the Eurovision episode, brings his real-life experience as a songwriter and producer for boy bands to the table on the soundtrack. As always, we take a crack at dissecting the influences that led to the tunes. Pretty sure we nailed at least one of 'em. Pretty darn sure. Featuring special guest Rachel Amanda Bryant!
Episode Summary:Chantal Robson, a choreographer, creative director, and producer with an impressive career working with pop icons like NSYNC, Britney Spears, Madonna, and Demi Lovato. Chantal shares her remarkable journey from Australia to the heart of the entertainment industry, offering invaluable insights into her evolution from a professional dancer to a leading figure in creative direction and production.Chantal discusses her early days in dance, the pivotal moments that led her to choreograph and direct, and how she seamlessly transitioned into the role of creative producer for massive productions like The Grammys, Billboard Music Awards, and America's Got Talent. She reveals behind-the-scenes stories, including the challenges and triumphs of producing large-scale events, directing award shows, and her creative process for shaping unforgettable performances.Throughout the episode, Chantal emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself, understanding the business side of dance, and embracing the journey even in the face of rejection. She also provides practical advice for aspiring dancers and creatives on how to approach auditions, build valuable relationships, and gain experience through assisting and learning from industry veterans.This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to take their dance career to the next level, whether on stage or behind the scenes. Join us for this inspiring conversation with one of the industry's finest!Show Notes:(0:00) – Introduction to The Business of Dance podcast(1:15) – Menina introduces Chantal Robson and her incredible career in the dance industry.(3:30) – Chantal's early dance experience in Australia and move to the U.S.(6:00) – Chantal's first break as a backup dancer and her transition to professional dance.(8:45) – Transitioning from dancer to choreographer and creative director.(12:00) – Behind-the-scenes of large-scale events: The Grammys, Billboard Music Awards, America's Got Talent.(17:00) – Creative process and managing the pressure of producing large shows.(22:00) – Handling rejection and staying true to yourself in the dance world.(26:00) – Gaining experience and building relationships through assisting.(31:00) – The role of social media for dancers in today's industry.(35:00) – Balancing artistic vision with commercial success in dance productions.(39:00) – Final advice on staying confident and authentic in your dance career.(42:30) – Menina wraps up the episode with gratitude for Chantal's insights.Biography:Chantal Robson is a Creative Director, Choreographer, Producer, Educator, performance coach and Visionary who has worked with some of the top global talents including, One Direction, N'sync, Demi Lovato, Becky G, Britney Spears, Usher, Madonna, Gloria Trevi, Victoria Justice, Madison Beer, Leah Kate and more.Moving from Australia at a young age, Chantal started as a professional dancer and quickly moved into choreography and associate creative producing many live stage shows and performances. From choreographing 4 years of JUST DANCE VIDEO GAMES for Disney to producing and directing on multiple awards shows (Grammy's, Billboard's, VMA's, Kid's Choice, etc) and live concerts for Demi Lovato, N'sync, Britney Spears and Gloria Trevi to stage shows for Disney and Franco Dragone productions- INDIA.Chantal has also recently worked with Silent House on the amazing “Awakening” at the Wynn Hotel and produced the 2023 F1 Opening. In TV Chantal has been a Choreographer on American Idol, eight seasons as supervising choreographer and associate creative producer on “America's Got Talent” (NBC) and three seasons as creative producer for “World of Dance” (NBC). Chantal continues to work and develop artists, choreograph, produce and direct live stage shows and TV.Connect on Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/chantalrobsoncreativehttps://www.facebook.com/chantal.l.robsonWebsitehttps://chantalrobson.my.canva.site/chantal-robson-website
Al and Kev talk about Piczel Cross: Rune Factory Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:01:23: What Have We Been Up To 00:23:29: Game News 00:32:12: New Games 00:38:58: Piczel Cross: Rune Factory 01:01:33: Outr Links Desktop Cat Cafe One Lonely Outpost Console Release Sprout Valley “Friends Forever” DLC Everholm 1.1.0 Update Farlands 0.4 Update Mika and the Witch’s Mountain “Into the Mount Gaun” Update Wholesome Direct Announcement Monsterpatch Kickstarter Contact Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello, farmers, and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. My name is Al, (0:00:36) Kev: And my name is Kevin, and I’m, or so I’m told. (0:00:38) Al: and we’re here today to talk about how tired we are, and also Cottagecore Games. (0:00:44) Kev: Oh, gosh, yes. (0:00:46) Kev: Oh, whoa, hey, that, that’s the correct one. (0:00:55) Kev: That’s how my brain feels right now. (0:00:55) Al: That’s all of the enthusiasm you get from this episode, though. (0:01:00) Al: Right. This episode, we’re going to talk about Pixel Cross Rune Factory, the new Pixel Cross game. (0:01:06) Kev: by the not to pick across people yeah (0:01:11) Al: Yeah. Yeah. Pixel Cross by someone else. Before that, we obviously have the news. (0:01:19) Al: Look at a chunk of news. So we’re going to talk about that. But first of all, Kevin, (0:01:25) Al: what have you been up to? (0:01:26) Kev: Oh gosh. So, not a lot in terms of games and all that. Why, you ask? Because I went on a (0:01:36) Kev: work trip this week. I just got back this morning, a couple hours ago, when we start this recording. (0:01:47) Kev: So, I went to sunny San Diego, California. My first time back to my home state in almost 25 years. (0:01:57) Kev: I’m not from San Diego. I’m a little farther north. It’s my hometown area. But, (0:02:04) Kev: yeah, I went to San Diego a few times because SeaWorld was there. But not too many memories (0:02:09) Kev: other than SeaWorld. But the trip itself was fine. The work stuff was work stuff, whatever. (0:02:21) Kev: But just yesterday, I got basically an extra day. I’m gonna spend a (0:02:26) Kev: little time to run around San Diego. I went down to the beach, this place called La Jolla Cove. (0:02:35) Kev: There are sea lions, there are rocky cliffs. You can wade in the water in the beach. It is (0:02:43) Kev: all the hallmarks from my childhood because I lived by the coast. Farther north, like I said, (0:02:48) Kev: but almost the same thing. Many seals and sea lions. Very, very enjoyable. The weather was nice. (0:02:55) Kev: That was a great time. (0:02:56) Kev: So, yeah, that was fun. (0:02:58) Kev: What wasn’t fun was the kind of the bookends, the start and the beginning of this. (0:03:06) Kev: So, as I was leaving, I was bringing my own personal laptop because, you know, I might need it for something or wanted to do stuff with it. (0:03:16) Kev: And then I soon discovered that it wasn’t charging. (0:03:22) Kev: At first I thought I was the charger, that wasn’t working, then I thought it was the (0:03:26) Kev: port, but it wasn’t charging with another, the original charger which is a different (0:03:31) Kev: kind of port. (0:03:34) Kev: Long story short, I think my personal computer is dead. (0:03:37) Al: Oh, no. (0:03:40) Kev: So I have to get that repaired, I don’t know if it’s a battery thing or whatever, but I (0:03:45) Kev: would like that fixed because I have things on there including my other audacity and recordings, (0:03:52) Kev: that’s my usual recording computer. (0:03:57) Kev: Next, and also that explains the chromium audio quality coming from me today because I have (0:04:04) Kev: my microphone, but it’s a USB-A connector and the computer I’m using right now is only (0:04:12) Kev: USB-C ports because of the brilliant design of course I guess, and I don’t have a dongle (0:04:18) Kev: or adapter or whatever, so I’m just using standard laptop recording. (0:04:24) Kev: So yeah, sorry about that. (0:04:26) Kev: Folks. So that happened. That was not fun. I’m gonna address that. So the trip back, that was, that was something because the plane left or it was a, I had one layover in Los Angeles. (0:04:48) Kev: So my first flight left like at 6 p.m. San Diego time and it was only not even a full house. (0:04:57) Kev: I had a half hour to get to Los Angeles. So I was there by 7 p.m. or whatever, let’s just say, but then my, the other flight left at 11 p.m. So I was in the airport doing not much of anything for four hours. (0:05:10) Al: Yeah, always fun. (0:05:15) Kev: The fun part is, so we left at 11 p.m., right? And I’m traveling west to east so the time jumps gets weird and we had daylight savings time. (0:05:27) Al: Oh, just to make even more confusing. (0:05:27) Kev: So, yup. So my flight left at like 11 p.m. I arrived today at 7 a.m. but it was only a four hour flight. So you do the math. (0:05:42) Al: Well, I don’t I don’t think I want to do the maths on that, to be honest. (0:05:43) Kev: I, I, I’m, I think literally, yeah, yeah, yeah, literally. (0:05:47) Al: It was it was bad enough. It was bad enough trying to figure out what time it would be (0:05:51) Al: for you today when we’re recording it. What is normal time for me? (0:05:56) Kev: I lost, like the flight was half the time of the time change. Like it’s bad. I almost left four hours, but I landed eight hours later. (0:06:07) Kev: So I’m, it’s, I’m tired, my feet in pain from walking and all that. I’m kind of all beat up. So yeah, not a lot of games because of that. (0:06:19) Kev: I got in a game of Snap here or there, but not, not that much, you know, but what I did get to see on the way, on the flight too. (0:06:26) Kev: I got to watch a couple movies because it’s a longish flight (0:06:32) Kev: The first one was John wick chapter 4 (0:06:35) Kev: Have you watched the John wick movies? (0:06:37) Al: I have, yes, yes I have. I didn’t watch them for a long time because I was like, “Ugh, (0:06:38) Kev: Okay, um, so (0:06:43) Al: just another action film.” And then I watched the first one and was like, “Oh no, this (0:06:44) Kev: Yeah (0:06:47) Al: is, this is not just, this is like, I don’t, I don’t know why nobody told me before I watched (0:06:47) Kev: Yeah (0:06:53) Al: them that they were satire. Like, they’re fantastic, they’re so good.” (0:06:55) Kev: Yeah, oh, yeah, they’re incredible, right? (0:07:01) Kev: So, yeah, a big fan of the WIC series. (0:07:05) Kev: The fourth one, I think, is the weakest entry in the whole thing. (0:07:10) Kev: I feel like so obviously they’re just thinly veiled excuses for, you know, (0:07:17) Kev: gun cottas and choreography and stuff, right? (0:07:21) Kev: Like, I get that. (0:07:22) Kev: but even even by (0:07:25) Kev: those standards like I don’t know the plot here just wasn’t wasn’t doing it (0:07:29) Kev: for me right like John’s motivations didn’t line up like he was supposed to (0:07:35) Kev: go out and and kill the the 12 members of the table or whatever he killed only (0:07:40) Kev: the one guy I don’t know but anyways the the action was good of course I feel (0:07:48) Kev: like the most ridiculous of the the series which is you know a lot but cuz (0:07:53) Kev: We I don’t know why we have guns (0:07:55) Kev: Japanese bows and arrows and samurai swords, but we do because it’s cool. I guess but (0:08:02) Kev: But yeah, I don’t know. It just feels like (0:08:06) Kev: Even by John Wick’s changes. There are a few places that just kind of went a little over the top (0:08:11) Kev: Or maybe it’s just a little fatigue from seeing the other three entries or whatever. I don’t know (0:08:17) Kev: But I mean overall it was good. I’m not I’m not trying to berate it too much just probably my least favorite of the (0:08:24) Kev: The entire series (0:08:25) Kev: And hey, it’s Keanu, right? Like I was happy to see that and I love his his, you know, his his trademark (0:08:33) Kev: Yeah, that he does in every movie like 50% of his lines are just that yeah (0:08:41) Kev: Good old good old Keanu (0:08:45) Kev: Let’s see the other one I watched was A Quiet Place day one (0:08:49) Al: Hmm. (0:08:50) Kev: So I have not seen either of the other quiet place movies. I didn’t know a third one (0:08:55) Kev: came out but I saw it in my life so I was like sure why not. Have you seen quiet place either? (0:09:00) Al: - Yeah, I’ve seen them all, yeah. (0:09:04) Al: Which, I’m just noticing how funny this is (laughs) (0:09:09) Al: because we were having a chat on one of the slacks (0:09:13) Al: about someone claiming that I just watch everything (0:09:16) Al: and then the two series that you’re talking about, (0:09:16) Kev: Yeah, that’ll bring up. Yeah, yeah (0:09:18) Al: I’ve watched both of them, but anyway. (0:09:24) Al: The, I do, I don’t think it’s actually a bad place (0:09:30) Kev: Well, from what I understand, they’re not like, all the stories aren’t directly connected, (0:09:31) Al: to enter the series. (0:09:40) Kev: right? (0:09:40) Al: The first two films are, the second film is very much a direct sequel of the first one but day one is very much a prequel, not connecting directly to individual people, but the concept, yeah, so if you understand the concept of it, then yeah, but… (0:09:41) Kev: They’re different. (0:09:43) Kev: They are? (0:09:44) Kev: Oh gosh, that doesn’t, oh, nevermind then. (0:09:52) Kev: Okay. (0:09:53) Kev: Right. (0:09:54) Kev: Mhm. (0:09:55) Kev: Okay. (0:09:56) Kev: Sure. (0:09:57) Kev: Sure. (0:09:58) Kev: Sure. (0:09:59) Kev: Sure. (0:10:01) Kev: Yeah. (0:10:02) Kev: I do. (0:10:03) Kev: Yeah. (0:10:04) Kev: Yeah. (0:10:05) Kev: And then, you know, it’s not a terribly hard concept. (0:10:06) Kev: So, yeah. (0:10:07) Kev: Yeah. (0:10:08) Kev: I was familiar with that. (0:10:09) Kev: So, um, I don’t know, like, obviously I can’t compare it to the first two, I haven’t seen (0:10:12) Kev: them, but they, this one felt like a little, they were forcing it a little too much, right? (0:10:21) Kev: Like we, we, we’ve already got a cancer patient, right? (0:10:24) Kev: So, you know, they’re already trying to tug at the, the heartstrings or whatever. (0:10:29) Kev: and then you have a dank. (0:10:30) Kev: In this movie it looks like my cat, which caused my anxiety to spike so much, because the cat in that movie looks a lot like my cat, or one of my cats. (0:10:41) Kev: And of course what they can do, they’re going to keep putting it in danger. (0:10:48) Kev: But yeah, a lot of it was very heavy handed in how it was trying to raise the stakes. (0:11:02) Kev: But overall, not a bad film. (0:11:05) Kev: Yeah, I think there are a few moments where it’s a little questionable, like I don’t know why this character did this or whatever, but overall pretty fine. (0:11:19) Kev: Yeah, I don’t have much else to say, I liked it overall though. (0:11:26) Kev: Um, but that’s what I’ve got going on for me. What about you? What’s going on? (0:11:32) Al: Yeah, I’ve also not done a huge amount of gaming. This week has been busy, busy. Obviously (0:11:37) Al: I’ve been playing Pixel Cross Rune Factory for the episode. And I did a bit of raids (0:11:40) Kev: I did too. Great. Shadow Legend. Oh. [laughs] (0:11:45) Al: in Scarlet and Violet this weekend. And obviously I’m continuing on Pokemon Go every day. Yeah, (0:11:56) Al: that’s probably about it games-wise. I did watch the first two episodes of the new Daredevil (0:12:01) Al: Born Again series. (0:12:02) Kev: due to how are they do tell me (0:12:03) Al: There’s that I very much enjoyed the right word. (0:12:09) Al: I very much thought I thought there were I thought they were good. (0:12:12) Kev: I thought they were shows (0:12:13) Al: There was a couple of no, no, no, it’s more a case of I can’t say much (0:12:18) Al: without spoiling it, but there’s this stuff that happens that doesn’t make me (0:12:22) Al: happy, but it’s not meant to make me happy, right? (0:12:25) Kev: okay so mission accomplished that’s not necessarily a bad thing (0:12:27) Al: Yeah, I’m feeling what they want me to feel. (0:12:30) Al: it. Yeah, it’s (0:12:31) Kev: I don’t like the feeling. (0:12:32) Al: the. (0:12:35) Kev: OK. (0:12:36) Kev: What is the plot? (0:12:38) Kev: Because I don’t know any– (0:12:39) Kev: I haven’t heard anything about the specifics. (0:12:42) Al: Have you seen the the Netflix series? (0:12:42) Kev: What is– I have not, but I know enough about it, I think. (0:12:47) Al: I mean, the overall idea of the series is this is the Fisk is Mayor one, so, which they’ve (0:12:58) Kev: » Okay. Sure. (0:13:00) Al: done in comics before, I’m sure I know I’ve kind of seen some things about it, but that’s (0:13:05) Al: the kind of overall something happens at the beginning of the first episode that leads (0:13:10) Al: to Daredevil stopping. (0:13:12) Al: being Daredevil, and then Fist becomes Mayor, and now we’re a little bit further on, and (0:13:18) Al: now Matt wants to be Daredevil again, or doesn’t want to be Daredevil again. (0:13:22) Al: But you know what I mean? (0:13:23) Al: Like, it’s forced into being Daredevil again because of things that happen. (0:13:23) Kev: yeah yeah okay uh okay then you know that’s fine I guess but okay well fisk is mayor okay that that’s (0:13:29) Al: It’s hard to say much without spoiling the episodes, right? (0:13:36) Kev: the elevator picture I was looking for um okay here’s a question where does this fit into the (0:13:42) Kev: timeline like with she-ho because that’s the one i’m actually seeing with the good old man in any (0:13:46) Al: Yeah, it’s a good question. They don’t directly tie it in, but I think as far as I can tell (0:13:55) Al: it’s She-Hulk and then a little while later Echo happens and then a little while later (0:14:01) Al: this happens. They directly reference Echo happening in the past. Yeah, they don’t directly (0:14:02) Kev: Okay. Okay. (0:14:13) Al: reference the racist. (0:14:16) Al: that’s, I think it’s happened in the past, but not sure. Like just in terms of like (0:14:20) Kev: Okay (0:14:23) Al: just general MCU continuity, right? (0:14:25) Kev: Mm-hmm, um, okay that that’s interesting because I haven’t seen echo (0:14:32) Al: Echos, well, okay, I really enjoyed Echos. I thought it was very good. Yeah. (0:14:35) Kev: Okay (0:14:38) Kev: Okay, I mean no no like I believe it just I’m thinking just like cuz you know (0:14:43) Kev: obviously I feel like there’s a lot of important context because you know with the (0:14:48) Kev: the end of Hawkeye you get some kingpin and (0:14:50) Kev: then you got Echo and She-Hulk, so I’m just, yup, yeah he is and that’s fine cause it’s (0:14:51) Al: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he’s he’s popping up in a lot of things, (0:14:56) Al: isn’t he? (0:14:59) Kev: a great portrayal, but you know just context wise like how do I, I missed a few chapters (0:15:04) Al: I would watch Echo, I think it’s worth watching Echo. Not necessarily for Daredevil, (0:15:05) Kev: in how we got here. (0:15:10) Kev: I watch Hawkeye, yes. (0:15:16) Al: I don’t think it really does a huge amount for Daredevil, but it does for Fisk. I think (0:15:18) Kev: Yeah (0:15:21) Kev: Okay (0:15:22) Al: it’s important for Fisk’s story. (0:15:24) Kev: Okay, okay, that makes sense is Kate Bishop in it Kate Bishop in any of this oh (0:15:30) Al: has not been yet. I also like Kate Bishop. Yeah, there were some rumours that her stepdad, (0:15:32) Kev: But I like Kate Bishop specific (0:15:36) Kev: Specifically this one. What’s her name Haley Seinfeld? Yes (0:15:44) Al: what’s his name? I can’t remember his name. Yeah, there were some rumours that he’s going to appear (0:15:46) Kev: Oh the the sword guy (0:15:48) Kev: Oh (0:15:51) Al: in this series. But we’ll see. (0:15:52) Kev: Okay, uh-huh that’d be interesting I don’t remember his name is he supposed to be a sword master I don’t know whatever um (0:16:00) Al: I think he’s kind of loosely based on that idea, but he’s not actually. He’s just a bozo. (0:16:04) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:16:06) Kev: Yeah, that’s that’s the feeling I get (0:16:10) Kev: Well, you know, you know, I don’t even need Kate Bishop specific. I just want more Haley Seinfeld in my life (0:16:16) Al: Well, well, yeah, there is that. Yeah, I would be surprised if we don’t get her in the next (0:16:18) Kev: There is that (0:16:23) Al: two years in something. I guess, is that cheating? Because in two years, we’ve got secret wars, (0:16:25) Kev: I mean, yeah. Well, you know what? (0:16:30) Al: and if we don’t get anybody, if someone doesn’t appear in secret wars, (0:16:34) Al: they’re basically dead, right? Like, they’re not going to be in anything again. (0:16:36) Kev: I was look I was I was about to say with at the current state of the mcu (0:16:42) Kev: it’s a kind of a 50/50 on that question for almost anyone (0:16:46) Al: I don’t think, I don’t think Kate Bishop was badly received at all. Like, there are some characters (0:16:56) Kev: yeah (0:16:57) Al: that I could see them just, like, I would be really sad if she helped never appears again, (0:17:01) Al: but I would understand based on, you know, the internet. But I didn’t see anything about that with (0:17:02) Kev: yes (0:17:06) Kev: yeah (0:17:09) Kev: yeah yeah no i’m here’s the thing like my point is it feel like in such a (0:17:15) Kev: directionless disarray I don’t even think that’s a factor like what (0:17:18) Al: Well, I think I think they’re at the point now where they’re just wrapping up the stories (0:17:27) Al: that they weren’t sure about. And I think they probably have good ideas for what they want to do, (0:17:33) Al: but they need to wrap up what they were doing before they can do that, if that makes sense. (0:17:37) Al: Like it feels like we’re kind of almost like falling towards secret wars because they want (0:17:42) Al: to get it over and done with and then reset into something that they can do the stories (0:17:44) Kev: Yes (0:17:48) Al: they want to. The classic comic book way, right? (0:17:48) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah (0:17:53) Kev: Yep, yep, throw away everything cuz we’re not sure anymore is just do the new thing I guess (0:17:59) Al: Yeah, we would like to do our film that lets us have Pedro Pascal (0:18:04) Al: alongside Robert Downey Jr. Please and thank you, move along. (0:18:07) Kev: Yeah, you know, that’s yeah. Ooh, you know, that’s that might be a fair trade-off (0:18:14) Kev: You don’t you won’t get what’s his name? Oh gosh One Direction guy Wow (0:18:20) Al: Oh yeah, Harry Styles, Star Fox. (0:18:23) Kev: Yeah, you’re not I promise you we’re not getting Harry Styles anymore, but we’ll get Pedro Pascal that’s that’s a fair trade-off. Oh (0:18:32) Al: Yeah. Look, the one that boggles my mind that they’ve not brought back is Shang-Chi. (0:18:33) Kev: Oh, man (0:18:38) Al: Why has he not reappeared anywhere? Bizarre. Bizarre to me. Like, that was such a well-received film. (0:18:42) Kev: Yeah (0:18:49) Kev: It was yeah, I mean it but really I mean (0:18:54) Kev: Everything post infinity war like not not not by individual like, you know, obviously there’s been great and highs and lows (0:19:02) Kev: but just like the entire (0:19:04) Kev: idea of their continuity and (0:19:08) Kev: Connectedness has been an absolute mess a train wreck. So I don’t know (0:19:12) Al: It’s really interesting if you look back on release dates. So we had a whole Iron Man trilogy (0:19:13) Kev: You (0:19:15) Kev: Mm-hmm. Yeah (0:19:21) Kev: Yes, right (0:19:21) Al: in five years, 2008 to 2013. It has been nearly four years since Shang-Chi came out. (0:19:25) Kev: Yeah (0:19:29) Kev: Oh sick (0:19:32) Al: So in the time that it has been since Shang-Chi, Iron Man was nearly at its third film. (0:19:40) Kev: Crazy. (0:19:40) Al: Thor had a full trilogy and. (0:19:42) Al: In six years, Captain America had a full trilogy in five years. (0:19:50) Al: Like it’s just, it’s fascinating how slow they are at getting sequels out now. (0:19:50) Kev: Oh, yeah, one of my favorite benchmarks of any time comparison is the US Confederacy, (0:20:02) Al: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Two thousand, yeah. Fun. Fun times. Anyway, uh, I’ve also been watching (0:20:03) Kev: right? (0:20:05) Kev: And we have now a full Confederacy between Shang-Chi appearances. (0:20:13) Kev: Oh, yeah. (0:20:22) Al: Avatar the Last Airbender, so that’s the thing I’m watching through just now. So I have just (0:20:24) Kev: Oh yeah, I forgot about that. (0:20:27) Kev: Mm. (0:20:28) Al: finished season one and I am enjoying it very much so. (0:20:32) Al: Particularly there was a fun, so when they get to the North (0:20:36) Al: Pole, there’s a very fun, Katara has a very fun fight with (0:20:36) Kev: Yep. (0:20:42) Kev: Yep. (0:20:42) Al: someone. I don’t want to say too much, just in case anyone else (0:20:44) Al: is wanting to watch them. It doesn’t want to get spoiled. (0:20:46) Al: That fight is an incredible fight. I love all the different (0:20:50) Al: ideas that they have for that fight. So yeah. (0:20:53) Kev: oh well buckle up buckaroo because one thing they did excellent throughout the entire show (0:21:01) Kev: up to the very end is the choreography um well the fight choreography and direction um it’s all (0:21:09) Kev: stellar um but you know because all the the different earthbending styles are based off real (0:21:15) Kev: life martial arts and whatnot and so they you know they they translate that well but then of (0:21:20) Kev: And of course you have elemental superpowers. (0:21:23) Kev: They translate, they do fun stuff with that sometimes. (0:21:25) Kev: Um… (0:21:27) Kev: But, uh… (0:21:28) Kev: Oh, I am very excited for you. (0:21:31) Kev: Uh, like, y-you’ve seen how good season 1 is. (0:21:34) Al: Yeah, and people well people keep saying it’s the worst season, and I’m like this is the worst my word (0:21:35) Kev: What if I told you… (0:21:38) Kev: Yeah! (0:21:38) Kev: YEAH! (0:21:39) Kev: YEAH! (0:21:40) Kev: YEAH! (0:21:40) Kev: YEAH! (0:21:41) Al: I’m looking forward to what comes next (0:21:41) Kev: YEAH! (0:21:41) Kev: YEAH! (0:21:43) Kev: Yeah, exactly what I was about to say, yeah, I’m glad you’re enjoying it. (0:21:45) Kev: You haven’t seen anything yet, you’ve seen garbage. (0:21:48) Kev: It’s… it’s so good. (0:21:49) Al: The humour in it is very good. It’s stupid for humour, but the comedic timing is what (0:21:50) Kev: Um… (0:21:53) Kev: It’s great. (0:21:56) Kev: Yeah. (0:21:57) Kev: Yeah. (0:22:00) Al: gets it, right? There’s a bit where Katara is pretending to be an earthbender, right? (0:22:00) Kev: Yeah. (0:22:01) Kev: Yeah, it- (0:22:06) Kev: Yeah. (0:22:06) Al: And they do this weird thing where Aang is blowing air through a hole in the ground to (0:22:11) Kev: Yeah. (0:22:13) Al: levitate a rock, and Katara is pretending to do that. (0:22:13) Kev: Yeah. (0:22:14) Kev: Yeah. (0:22:19) Al: The guys look over and they’re like, “Oh, that lemur’s earthbending!” It’s just such (0:22:24) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely, you’re right, they are they’re killer with their (0:22:25) Al: a stupid moment, but because of the tension, and they build it up, and the timing, and (0:22:31) Al: that stupid moment is just so funny. (0:22:37) Kev: comedic timing, like in general, because it’s, it’s, it’s wild, because it’s such a serious, (0:22:44) Kev: like, show, right, like, both in terms of the overall plot, and they, they treat that, (0:22:49) Kev: the tone gets very heavy at times, but they still managed to pull off. (0:22:54) Kev: And I think part of it is because they’re stupid 12 year olds, you know, so they’re gonna do dumb stuff. (0:23:00) Al: » Yeah. (0:23:02) Kev: But yeah, oh man, I can’t hurry up and finish it so I can talk to you about my favorite episodes, the dragon dance. (0:23:04) Al: » Yeah. (0:23:10) Al: It will only be another few weeks. (0:23:12) Al: I’ve got these done in three weeks. (0:23:14) Kev: Alright. (0:23:14) Al: So we’ll be done soon. (0:23:16) Kev: Tell me you get to boo me. (0:23:20) Al: Yeah, I think that’s everything. (0:23:22) Al: So that’s what we’ve been up to. (0:23:22) Al: My word. (0:23:24) Al: I thought this was going to be a short episode. (0:23:24) Al: We’re 25 minutes in. (0:23:26) Kev: I’m on- I’m on this show, you know that won’t happen. (0:23:31) Al: - Let’s get through this news. (0:23:32) Al: So first off, desktop cat cafe is out now. (0:23:35) Kev: Okay. (0:23:35) Al: Not much to say about that. (0:23:36) Al: That’s the bottom of the screen cat cafe game, (0:23:38) Kev: The- the- the rusty leg is what I’d say, yeah. (0:23:39) Al: the Rusty Like. (0:23:42) Kev: Um, that’s- (0:23:44) Al: So if you were like, (0:23:45) Al: “Oh, I like the idea of Rusty’s retirement, (0:23:46) Al: but I want it to be cats.” (0:23:49) Al: There you go. (0:23:50) Kev: Yeah, the the cats are kind of I’m still not the whole idea (0:23:55) Kev: I don’t like I’m very on the idea, but the cats are very cute. I will say that (0:24:02) Kev: Yeah, it looks nice. I’m sure it’s a wonderful entry for you rusty. Yeah, it’s right rusty lights. I’m rusty like fans (0:24:13) Kev: I enjoy cute cats (0:24:15) Al: Next we have one lonely outpost have released their 1.0 and are now on switch Xboxes and (0:24:22) Al: PS5. (0:24:24) Kev: Wait, they weren’t already on Switch? (0:24:25) Al: They were not the this is their this is their console release. (0:24:27) Kev: Okay. (0:24:30) Kev: Oh, well, good for them. (0:24:31) Al: The 1.0 is pretty slim. (0:24:33) Al: It’s like yeah this is the 1.0 and it’s like almost all bug fixes. (0:24:38) Kev: Hehehehe, it’s a game! (0:24:40) Al: Which is like probably the right way to do it like I’ve always complained about people (0:24:45) Al: 1.0 and like here’s half the game now because it’s because it just ends up being buggy. (0:24:48) Kev: Yeah. (0:24:50) Al: So this is probably the right way to do it but it’s just really funny saying here’s the (0:24:53) Al: release notes for 1.0 and the only thing that isn’t a bug fix is added four new artifacts (0:24:59) Al: to Sydney’s shop. (0:25:00) Kev: I was about to say like, the amount of content for 1.0 is debatable maybe or a little subjective, (0:25:13) Kev: yada yada, but the one thing, the game should work, right? (0:25:17) Kev: That’s the minimum, so if it’s all just bug fixes to get to that point, I can live with (0:25:22) Kev: that I guess. (0:25:23) Kev: I probably won’t play this game, but you know, good for them. (0:25:26) Al: for sure. (0:25:28) Kev: They crossed a finish line. (0:25:30) Al: Next we have a new DLC for Sprout Valley, it’s the Friends Forever DLC, I think this (0:25:36) Kev: Didn’t expect this I don’t know why I just I don’t know but here we are sprovella dilsen (0:25:42) Al: is what happens when you release a game that costs like a fiver, you sell DLC, 11 new friends (0:25:45) Kev: I guess yeah (0:25:49) Al: that can be found while visiting new islands, each of them has their own gift preferences, (0:25:53) Al: hobbies, unique style, and they’re all different. (0:25:56) Al: They’re all different kinds of creatures from buffaloes to frogs. Each new island’s dweller has a questlet at the end of which await new workspaces, items, and rewards. (0:26:06) Kev: cool. 2-bit or 8-bit Hello Kitty Island adventure, basically. Yeah, no, I’m kidding, I’m kidding, (0:26:12) Al: I it’s not as big as that, not by in no way as it was. (0:26:16) Kev: I know. I know. Yeah, yeah, no. I’m just saying, because I’m looking at one of the, I think (0:26:18) Al: I had fun with the, what, like five hours I played it. (0:26:25) Kev: it looks like a dog. It looks a little like a cinnamon roll. Anyway, it’s still a very (0:26:29) Kev: cute game, no matter what. Good for you Sprout Valley, keep on trucking. (0:26:35) Al: Next, we have Everhome have released a 1.1.0 update. (0:26:40) Al: This adds cooking, and it adds a compendium, tracking discoveries. (0:26:42) Kev: like cooking that’s always a good one feels like it should have been at 1.0 (0:26:48) Al: Yep. (0:26:52) Kev: but mmm true (0:26:52) Al: Yeah, well, as you say, always debatable what these things are. (0:26:58) Al: And they’ve also overhauled their quests and luck systems. (0:27:02) Kev: oh okay that that’s probably good um well I get it you touche (0:27:05) Al: So maybe we’ll see. Who knows? (0:27:13) Al: Firelines have released their 0.4 update, adding relationships into the game. (0:27:18) Kev: oh goody finally now now they’re cottage core oh um (0:27:24) Al: I think you’ll find their space cottage core. Thank you very much. (0:27:33) Kev: yeah I don’t i’m trying to think of a clever name I can’t think of one but here we are oh man (0:27:40) Al: base kedge no i’m not no I should have not but (0:27:46) Kev: Can I rome can I romance aliens do just the cat people boo (0:27:50) Al: I don’t think so (0:27:55) Al: yeah I haven’t seen anything about that anyway (0:27:58) Kev: This should be (0:28:00) Kev: There’s very clearly an alien-looking guy again. I would guess it’s an alien-looking guy (0:28:06) Al: You know what, I think you might be excited about, OK. (0:28:09) Kev: Yeah, the next news item (0:28:11) Al: Mika and the Witches Mountain into the Montgaunt is now available. (0:28:16) Kev: Oh snap this is a reason to come back (0:28:16) Al: This is the as far as we know, as far as we know, (0:28:22) Al: it’s the last update for Mika and the Witches Mountain. (0:28:27) Al: I say as far as we know, just because in the release information, (0:28:31) Al: they’re saying it’s the latest free content patch. (0:28:36) Al: They’re actively saying it’s the final one. (0:28:38) Al: But they have previously not mentioned any announcement of any other updates. (0:28:44) Kev: Yeah, okay (0:28:44) Al: But this is the one that adds in dungeons. (0:28:46) Al: So there are three dungeons in the game to test your skill. (0:28:50) Kev: So I was about to say because I’m looking down the dungeons (0:28:54) Kev: There’s one of fire one of wind and one of water and I’m and you know, I’m no secret. This is (0:29:02) Kev: Oh my god, but oh my goodness (0:29:07) Kev: Wind Waker jeez, I know I took me to I’m tired people. Um, it’s wind Waker inspired (0:29:08) Al: Mm-hmm (0:29:12) Kev: I’m looking at like all that. I know that (0:29:14) Kev: Wind Waker dungeon. I know that Wind Waker dungeon (0:29:17) Kev: And I’m like, yeah, we’re just turning up the Wind Waker dial and then I scroll to the near the bottom (0:29:24) Kev: And oh, there you go. They’ve also introduced your actual actually (0:29:30) Kev: Link’s costume you get the tunic and a green hat. They call it the green witch but (0:29:32) Al: I, yeah, I think you’ll find this is the green witch outfit, thank you very much. Legally distinct. (0:29:43) Kev: Very cute (0:29:44) Kev: Is this reason for me to fire up Mika? Yeah, I actually probably is I haven’t touched it so (0:29:46) Al: you you yeah absolutely did you play the other two updates (0:29:53) Kev: I’ve not so I’m gonna get them all at once. Yeah (0:29:55) Al: well there you go then I was waiting for the for the mall as well maybe we (0:29:59) Kev: Yeah, I’m down for that (0:30:03) Kev: This is uh (0:30:06) Kev: Whoa (0:30:07) Kev: Sorry, I’m just reading when you get the green witch costume you get upward flight. So I (0:30:13) Al: Oh, finally! There we go. Just a shame that that’s for completing the dungeons, i.e. having (0:30:15) Kev: Snap (0:30:17) Kev: The limiters are off (0:30:19) Kev: Then it’s (0:30:22) Al: done everything in the game. Well, hey, maybe it’ll be fun, who knows. (0:30:24) Kev: Yeah, pretty much (0:30:28) Kev: Yeah, yeah, I’m always I was kind of (0:30:32) Kev: I’m always torn on this sort of design right because it’s it’s not uncommon where you get the (0:30:37) Kev: The full power at the very end or whatever right and like on the one hand it makes sense that you know (0:30:44) Kev: That’s where the progression leads to (0:30:46) Kev: But on the other hand like what are you gonna do with it now, you know? (0:30:50) Al: Yeah, yeah, I think this there is a balance to be had there and I think I (0:30:55) Al: think this is why I like 3d platform or certain nothing just platformers in general because (0:31:01) Al: You know excluding Metroidvanias, which the whole point is just unlocking (0:31:05) Al: Skills as you go. I like the idea that it’s (0:31:09) Al: What gets you through the game is your skill improving not necessarily the game just giving you things to make it easier (0:31:16) Kev: Okay, sure, sure. (0:31:18) Al: Um, and speaking of metroidvanias, I did. (0:31:20) Al: Once, which you didn’t unlock stuff as you went through the game, it just told you about stuff as you went through the game. (0:31:28) Al: So if you like just experimented and tried things, you would actually be able to do things much earlier than the game told you about them. (0:31:35) Kev: Yeah, I like that, see that is a good design right there. (0:31:40) Al: Next, we have the announcement that the Wholesome Direct is coming back this year, coming in June, there we go. (0:31:47) Kev: Okay, just like I don’t mean like one punch man. Okay. I’m like, all right. Yeah, that’s fine (0:31:56) Al: There we go. (0:31:56) Al: That’s the thing. (0:31:58) Al: That is a nice, easy episode for us later in the year. (0:31:58) Kev: Yeah (0:32:01) Kev: Yeah, that’s the real excitement here easy episode announced (0:32:07) Al: No preparation except watching a video. (0:32:09) Kev: Yeah, we can do that (0:32:13) Al: And finally, we have the announcement of Monster Patch. (0:32:17) Al: We have vaguely talked about this in the past, because this is the monster-collecting farming (0:32:26) Al: game by the maker of Littlewood. (0:32:26) Kev: Oh, by Sean Young. Yeah. (0:32:30) Al: Yes, so, but this is like the first proper thing of it, and this is the Kickstarter (0:32:35) Al: is going live soon. (0:32:38) Al: So yeah, it’s very much Gameboy-style graphics, kind of traditional Pokemon-style graphics. (0:32:46) Al: So if you like that, yeah. (0:32:46) Kev: Very not just graphics like even art style like that those trainers. That’s a Brock misty and ash (0:32:56) Al: Yeah, I was going to say the first one is definitely Gary. (0:32:56) Kev: And there’s even a Gary on the first image (0:33:00) Kev: That is definitely Gary (0:33:03) Kev: And even some of these Pokemon, you know getting getting in that little little bit of power world school of thought that you know (0:33:12) Kev: He squint is that a whooper? No (0:33:17) Kev: It’s an ax a lot. No, that’s not a that’s not a whooper (0:33:25) Al: Hold up. Hold up just a minute. Is Whipper based on an axolotl? (0:33:27) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:33:30) Al: I had never noticed that before, but you’re right. It is, isn’t it? (0:33:31) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s got the little little you know antenna with a little (0:33:34) Al: Wild. There you go. (0:33:40) Al: It totally is. It totally looks like what… (0:33:42) Kev: Yeah, yeah, there you go. Yeah, we made that connection. Oh, yeah (0:33:47) Kev: um (0:33:48) Kev: Could we make a cuter ax a little probably cuz ax a little are very cute, but whooper is good. No, it was good. Nonetheless. Um, I (0:33:59) Al: And of course it’s shiny pink, isn’t it? Which is the standard axolotl, axolotl colour. (0:34:01) Kev: Yeah, that’s correct (0:34:04) Kev: Standard yeah, okay. Yeah. Yeah, you know, okay slight slight (0:34:13) Kev: tangent here, um (0:34:15) Kev: so (0:34:17) Kev: They are you know 99 PI 99% invisible, okay, um (0:34:23) Kev: For folks who don’t know it’s a podcast that just goes into the history and origins of all sorts of random topics (0:34:28) Kev: I’m just everyday things um (0:34:30) Al: It’s mostly like design stuff, but yeah, they stretch out of that quite a bit, but that’s the original idea. (0:34:32) Kev: Yeah design stuff yeah (0:34:34) Kev: They do they do yeah, yeah (0:34:39) Kev: There’s an episode where they talk about axolotls (0:34:42) Kev: And how the the pink acts a lot of the common one that (0:34:46) Kev: so famous and popular and you can get pet shops is is so very distinct and different now because (0:34:57) Kev: long story short they years ago they some researchers got like a handful like eight (0:35:04) Kev: axolotls from the wilds of mexico and then like all the lab quote unquote lab axolotls though the (0:35:12) Kev: the pink ones with the translucent skin all those are more or less descendants (0:35:16) Kev: and they’ve just become so distinctly different from the wild ones because if (0:35:23) Kev: you look at a wild axolotl from the ones in Mexico they’re not even pink (0:35:26) Kev: they’re more like gray and they’re a little more fish-looking for lack of a (0:35:33) Kev: better word they might just because their skin isn’t translucent like the (0:35:36) Kev: the ones that so famous but it’s it’s a fascinating topic I love axolotls both (0:35:43) Kev: with the wild ones and the not wild ones. (0:35:46) Kev: But yeah, so going back to thing, Whooper’s cool, and more importantly Monster Patch. (0:35:54) Kev: Like, all the jokes about the style and whatever side, it looks, at least the images look competently made. (0:36:02) Kev: So I’m curious to see how this will pan out. (0:36:07) Kev: Do we have a date for the launch? I don’t think we do, do we? (0:36:09) Al: No, we just it’s coming. (0:36:11) Kev: Alright, well, keep your eyes out. (0:36:15) Kev: Yeah, I don’t know, we’re growing things. (0:36:18) Kev: And Pokemon are there. (0:36:20) Al: - Yes, yeah, fun. (0:36:23) Al: We’ll see what it’s like, but I liked Little Wood, (0:36:26) Al: so, and I like Pokemon. (0:36:29) Kev: I do. I don’t know. I actually haven’t played Little Wood, but I like Pokémon. (0:36:35) Kev: So we’ll see. That Apple Dragon Crocodile thing, I don’t know what that is. That’s a cute looking one. (0:36:44) Kev: I’m down. Let me know when. I mean, obviously you will let me know when this launches, but I’m just (0:36:49) Al: Oh, I just noticed it does actually say the Kickstarter is launching. (0:36:50) Kev: speaking to Sean Young, I guess. Not you, Al. But let me know when it launches so I can play this. (0:36:56) Kev: I am intrigued. (0:36:59) Kev: Oh, yeah, there it is at the very end. Oh, that’s soon, relatively, but yeah, but it kills us. That’s no indicator. You know, it just gives us the various tiniest, like false hope of when it actually comes out because that, you know, we’re talking about it like, oh, that’s lunch. That is no correlation to when we can play it. Done. (0:37:19) Al: yeah there was because they (0:37:27) Al: yeah because there was the um what was the other chibi game uh elusive um the kickstarter for (0:37:35) Al: that launched last week and yeah it was the expected release date for that is uh may 2027 (0:37:43) Al: so two years time (0:37:44) Kev: You know what? At least, I think I almost prefer a long launch window because that feels realistic/believable/but you know, I get it. (0:37:56) Al: Yeah, yeah, but it’s also the fact that elusive was announced three years ago originally. (0:38:04) Kev: Oh, that’s a different story. You’re right. (0:38:07) Al: So it’s like, yeah, games take a long time, but also this will be like five years from (0:38:12) Al: the first time we hear about it when it eventually releases. (0:38:14) Kev: Oh, sick. (0:38:16) Al: It’s our first official 2027 release date. (0:38:21) Kev: That is, that is also… (0:38:21) Al: Just checking my spreadsheet. (0:38:23) Al: We have a few saying 2026, but nothing saying 2027. (0:38:26) Kev: Look, I don’t mean, I don’t want to be mean to elusive. (0:38:30) Kev: Alright, like, the game dev’s hard, I get it, but… (0:38:34) Kev: I just, again, it’s one of my favorite benchmarks. (0:38:37) Kev: The elusive dev cycle is longer than one Confederacy of the United States. (0:38:50) Al: Where am I? I lost my tab. There we are. That’s all the news. We are now going to talk about (0:38:57) Kev: We did it (0:39:01) Al: Pixel Cross Rune Factory. Now before we get into this, Kevin, did you play the previous (0:39:03) Kev: So (0:39:06) Kev: Yes, yes, yeah, yeah we did I was on the episode we did the episode yes, it was (0:39:08) Al: one? (0:39:09) Al: Pixel Cross. (0:39:10) Al: It was me and you, was it? Right, OK. (0:39:13) Al: So next question, did you actually get any time to play this game this week? (0:39:15) Kev: A little bit it I’ve reached the first boss. There’s my (0:39:20) Al: OK. Yeah, that’s decent. I think you get the customization by that point. (0:39:26) Kev: Yeah, oh, yeah, you get that early on that’s like one of the first ones you get yeah, so I have enough to have thoughts (0:39:31) Kev: I haven’t seen the full things, but I certainly enough for opinions. Yes. Yes, absolutely. Yeah (0:39:34) Al: I think you’ve seen enough. You’ve seen enough, realistically, right? (0:39:39) Al: Because you also see, I think the boss, the only thing you won’t have done is a colour one. (0:39:44) Kev: Yeah, I’ve not seen a gun of color one yet. No, but uh, but (0:39:47) Al: but I think they’re pretty clear. (0:39:50) Al: They’re just slightly more complicated ones, but what comes to them when we come to it? (0:39:51) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:39:58) Al: I’m changing this list around. I want to talk about the customisation first, (0:40:02) Al: because this is the thing that’s different. This is the thing that’s different about this game, (0:40:03) Kev: Oh (0:40:06) Al: other than the bosses are different, the colours are different, but this is the thing that seemed (0:40:09) Kev: Okay, well (0:40:12) Al: the most interesting to me until I played the game. (0:40:14) Kev: Well, there’s a few things oh (0:40:16) Kev: Okay, I’m gonna take us to (0:40:18) Kev: Hold on before we get them we can take one step back just for anyone who might not remember because you know (0:40:23) Kev: That was a while ago and people aren’t remember, right? So we’re talking on a grand pic cross puzzles, right? (0:40:29) Kev: Um, they did, uh, when we’re talking about his- his pixel-cross story of- (0:40:33) Kev: That’s the previous game, and that was just a very straightforward bare-bones- (0:40:39) Kev: Here’s a bunch of Picross puzzles, um, and there happens to be Harvest Moon, you know, they’re all Harvest Moon, er, story of seasons images, there’s (0:40:47) Kev: music in the background, and a little farm growing in the background. Um, but that- that was pretty much it, right? A very- (0:40:53) Kev: Yeah, I- I enjoy it, ‘cause I enjoy nonagram, but, um, but straightforward and, uh, basic sort of collection of puzzles. (0:41:03) Kev: This one, they’re- they- they upped- they upped it. I’m just- I’m surprised, I didn’t think they could take it places, but they did, they’re doing stuff, right? (0:41:13) Kev: Um, because- okay, let’s get into the customization. Now, that’s one of the biggest ones, ‘cause story of seasons was just (0:41:21) Kev: automatically happening in the background, you kind of looked at it here and there, but here, go ahead, Al, tell them. (0:41:24) Al: Yeah. Yeah, so here you I mean, realistically, it’s not fundamentally different, right? Like, (0:41:33) Al: the back, the background is still doing the same thing is the background. And you have a farm, (0:41:39) Al: like the previous one, because it’s all still farming, right? But you get to like, choose how (0:41:45) Al: your farm looks, basically, right? So you have, you can, it’s very specifically, you can go down (0:41:52) Al: down to which crops you want on which. (0:41:54) Al: Crop plot point, you can say “I want a turnip here, I want a potato here, I want a cabbage there”. (0:42:00) Al: You can be very specific about it. Weirdly detailed and you can also change your character’s (0:42:08) Al: look and weapons and stuff like that. I guess the thing I was disappointed about it was (0:42:14) Al: it doesn’t change anything. It is just the background and that’s fine. Maybe I shouldn’t (0:42:18) Al: have expected any more but it doesn’t make any difference to gameplay. (0:42:24) Al: It’s just changing what is on in the background which some people might really like but I’m just (0:42:29) Al: a little bit… I don’t particularly care because it’s really in the background. It’s there but (0:42:35) Al: you’re looking at the puzzle and especially… I don’t know how you play these games but I’m (0:42:39) Al: trying to do them as quickly as possible and then I put it down when I finished. (0:42:42) Kev: Yeah, right (0:42:45) Kev: Well, okay there is I (0:42:48) Kev: Think there’s a few more there’s a little more to it that gives it a little more meat on the buns (0:42:52) Kev: First of all, this now introduces a collection aspect, right? (0:42:55) Kev: Like one that you can actually display right whether it’s your displaying different crops on the field or perhaps more importantly to us (0:43:02) Kev: You you can collect monsters, right? (0:43:05) Al: Oh yes, I forgot about the monsters, of course. (0:43:07) Kev: Yeah, right you can have a couple monsters on your farm and they’re just walking around (0:43:12) Kev: background elements, but (0:43:14) Kev: Gotta catch them all. You’re right. Gotta catch them all (0:43:16) Al: Well and, and including, you won’t know this, but you can have the boxes there as well. (0:43:20) Kev: Yeah, I figured so I think there’s a page for that like you could kind of see it on the (0:43:26) Kev: Customization pages, but yes including bosses. So that’s fun (0:43:32) Kev: And actually (0:43:34) Kev: I guess you know, no, I’ll get to that in a second. Um (0:43:38) Kev: The other big one I think is the quote-unquote (0:43:42) Kev: And I say big is still not that big but the arms or equipment or whatever (0:43:48) Kev: So you can unlock different weapons because room factory, you know has this combat based (0:43:54) Kev: And there are combat scenes in the background when you’re fighting monsters to capture them or whatnot, right? (0:44:02) Kev: So depending on the weapons you equip you actually get different animations going on the background (0:44:07) Kev: I don’t know if you played around with that now or caught it but if you equip gauntlets versus a sword (0:44:12) Kev: Or an axe or whatever you get different animations and again just background stuff. Nothing cats significant, but it’s it’s a cute little (0:44:20) Al: Yeah, it’s, it’s, it’s fun. And I get why people like it. It’s just that’s not really my thing. I’m much more interested, I think, in the changes they made to gameplay, which we’ll come on to in a minute. (0:44:21) Kev: Cute little nod. I appreciate that. Yeah (0:44:27) Kev: Sure (0:44:33) Kev: Sure sure (0:44:34) Al: But yeah, it was… (0:44:36) Kev: Okay, before we get to the some of the different puzzles or how they spice it up (0:44:42) Kev: Other thing that I like so when you start the game you’re asked (0:44:46) Kev: Basically, there are two modes you can do you can do puzzle mode or adventure mode now puzzle mode is just basically like the (0:44:55) Kev: The first one where it’s just a collection of puzzles and you just do them (0:44:59) Kev: And you know, I think you can still not the customization and so on and so forth, but it’s just a big (0:45:05) Kev: block of (0:45:07) Kev: puzzles a list of puzzles (0:45:10) Kev: Adventure mode is a little bit (0:45:12) Kev: different because you unlock the puzzles basically on a sort of map where you clear one puzzle and then surrounding tiles on them on this map will unlock so you can kind of bounce around and progress right at the end you know it’s it’s it’s just a it’s still just a list of puzzles just a slightly different direction and a little different presentation but it’s it’s again kind of a fun little nod to the rune factory series where you got exploration and whatnot right. (0:45:40) Al: - Yeah, it kind of doesn’t make any difference (0:45:43) Al: but in a way it does ‘cause it gives you a lot more (0:45:46) Al: flexibility on what you’re playing, right? (0:45:48) Al: Like in standard one, standard like nonogram games, (0:45:51) Al: you just got like, here’s a list and you go and do one (0:45:53) Kev: Yep. (0:45:55) Al: then you do the next, you do the next, you do the next. (0:45:57) Al: Whereas here, you do one and it kind of unlocks (0:45:58) Kev: Yep. (0:46:00) Al: the top and the left of that one (0:46:02) Kev: Yeah. (0:46:02) Al: and you do the one over there (0:46:03) Al: and it does the bottom and the right of that one. (0:46:05) Al: And it gives you lots and the, (0:46:08) Al: As much as I was like, not massive. (0:46:10) Al: I do feel like purely this map-based layout does make me feel a little bit more immersed (0:46:19) Al: in this world, right? (0:46:20) Kev: It it does it (0:46:20) Al: Because it actually feels like you’re traveling, it feels like you’re exploring, and especially (0:46:25) Al: as it shows you there are some areas there, but you can’t get to them yet, and then you (0:46:28) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:46:30) Al: unlock that, and then it shows you more areas you can get to. (0:46:32) Al: It feels like I’m exploring much more than anything else. (0:46:33) Kev: Yeah (0:46:34) Kev: It does right and it’s some that’s that establishes a goal of sort right like (0:46:41) Kev: Actual progress which is you know not associate with the nonagram collection game, but but I agree (0:46:48) Kev: Yeah, because like you said there’s (0:46:50) Kev: I’ve reached a puzzle where okay, I cleared the the puzzles next to them, but it didn’t lock. Why is that? (0:46:55) Kev: Well, that’s I guess I for me to discover and that’s kind of fun (0:47:00) Kev: And you know if nothing else like I think it’s all I’m impressed by how clever all these ideas are right like (0:47:07) Kev: Cuz they you don’t have a lot of room to play with this sort of game, right? (0:47:11) Kev: Like it’s the bread and butter is just the nonagrams (0:47:14) Kev: So how do we make it a little more interesting and they’re using some fun ideas here (0:47:18) Kev: and the adventure map (0:47:20) Kev: absolutely is one of them. (0:47:22) Kev: Now the other thing with adventure mode is that you also get some different challenges, (0:47:29) Kev: which are optional in the standard puzzle mode. (0:47:35) Kev: And that amounts to different variations on the puzzle. (0:47:39) Kev: The first one is color puzzles, (0:47:43) Kev: which I don’t even know if it’s actually just locked to adventure mode. (0:47:47) Kev: But anyways, so you have the color mode where– (0:47:48) Al: I don’t think they are. I think the only thing that’s locked to Adventure Mode is (0:47:51) Kev: Oh, really? Oh, okay, well. (0:47:56) Al: the boss battles being challenges. (0:47:58) Kev: Yeah, I think I said you can do challenges and puzzle, but it’s not required (0:48:02) Al: Yeah, that’s the thing. Adventure Mode is you have to do them. But yeah, anyway. (0:48:04) Kev: Yeah (0:48:07) Kev: Yeah, you’re forced to do it. Yeah, okay, so the color puzzles as the name implies like (0:48:14) Kev: You now not only have your numbers that you’re filling out, but you have them in different color blocks (0:48:21) Kev: You need to fill them with the correct color. I haven’t done one. So I don’t remember all the specifics but (0:48:28) Kev: but I think (0:48:31) Kev: I’ve done other (0:48:33) Kev: Nonogram games that they’ve done similar mechanics and I it’s always a fun little touch to add (0:48:37) Kev: Just know just a little variation at least in the in the puzzle, right? (0:48:42) Kev: Oh, oh, you know what this also reminds me (0:48:46) Kev: One thing that I found intriguing is when you start the game and you’re setting up your profile (0:48:51) Kev: You’re actually given a little tutorial on all the elements of the nonogram puzzles in the different modes and stuff (0:48:59) Kev: You know not (0:49:01) Kev: It’s nothing super heavy. No hand-holding. In fact, maybe it’s a little light for you know, how complex these can be but&l
Meghan Markle Sussex's grifting ways, Octomom's new series, Kate Cassidy's "healing journey", Gene Hackman death theories, Fyre Festival 2 falling apart, Maz's Oscar thoughts, reliving David Hasselhoff's burger battle, and Jim's Picks: The Most Expensive Lyrics Ever Sold. The show is still falling apart at the seams. Marc has AIDS. BranDon is getting tested for AIDS. Jim's house has AIDS. Drew can't get his AIDS meds. And Trudi is blind. Bubba the Love Sponge hated us. Wait. Who is Bubba the Love Sponge again? Octomom plans on changing the narrative about her that everyone forgot... her porn career. Fired Alaska Airline Flight Attendant has a GoFundMe since she lost her dream job. Word on the street is she should do OnlyFans instead. Faster Pussycat lead singer lost his girlfriend on a cruise ship. Greg Giraldo shed some light on what probably happened. Barack Obama is gay and Michelle Obama has a penis. Everyone knows that. That's obviously why they're getting divorced. DOGE cancels Obama's Library. Cheryl Hines gives RFK Jr an ultimatum because, like most Kennedys, he can't be trusted alone. New theory about Gene Hackman's death thanks to their dog's chiropractor. More nude swimming talk. Some people are saying Drew played nude chicken in high school swimming class. David Hasselhoff smashes a hamburger in honor of his ex-wife Pamela Bach's suicide. Maz takes time out of his busy schedule to try and eulogize Pamela Bach. Maz's theories about Gene Hackman's death. We then go down a Tai Babilonia rabbit hole. Maz watched 10 minutes of the Oscars and gives us his breakdown. Marc declares Anora to be as bad of a movie as Uncut Gems. We have to let Maz go so he can bowl. One Direction fans LITERALLY hate Kate Cassidy even though she's on quite the "healing journey." Fyre Festival 2 is about to go off! Billy McFarland is doing the rounds. No more concerts for you! Meghan Markle awkwardly makes her way onto Drew Barrymore's Show...And snubs Princess Di. Corey Feldman's girlfriend had her big modeling/make-up/singing debut. Jim's Picks: The Most Expensive Song Lyrics. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (The Drew Lane Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley and BranDon).
We are joined this week by Lilly (owner of the most iconic flag of all time and Luke Castellan scholar) to get into Luke's tragic backstory! Tangents include how May Castellan funds her sandwich making hobby, what we were up to 13 years ago, One Direction, White People Taco Night, and the Saw movies. Follow us on instagram at @demigoddebutpod, TikTok at @demigoddebutpod, Threads at @demigoddebutpod, and Twitter (X) at @demigoddebutpodSend us an email: demigoddebut@gmail.comFollow Lilly on Tiktok at @annabethchaseluvr and on instagram at @lillykayeeeee
On today's Beacon of Truth, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers is pulling from the Beacon of Truth Playlist and talking about "What Makes you Beautiful" by One Direction. Also looking into Soulful Psalm 103
United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Leiataualesa Susana Lei'ataua about European leaders descending on London for a summit on Ukraine and former One Direction star Liam Payne being remembered at a music event prompting his family to release another statement. She also spoke about a survey by a UK consumer watchdog finding online supermarket shoppers are receiving some bizarre substitutions if items they've ordered aren't available.
Join Lynn Hoffman for this delightful episode with one of the great American songwriters of our generation, Sam Hollander. The list of musicians he has written for includes a who's who, Train, Katy Perry, Weezer, One Direction and many more. Sam is a member of the board of Musicians on Call which this podcast supports. If you have questions or comments write buzz@buzzknightmedia.com. Check out our companion podcast "takin ' a walk" here. here Please share this podcast with your friends and thanks for spreading the word.Support the show: https://takinawalk.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Lynn Hoffman for this delightful episode with one of the great American songwriters of our generation, Sam Hollander. The list of musicians he has written for includes a who's who, Train, Katy Perry, Weezer, One Direction and many more. Sam is a member of the board of Musicians on Call which this podcast supports. If you have questions or comments write buzz@buzzknightmedia.com. Check out our companion podcast "takin ' a walk" here. here Please share this podcast with your friends and thanks for spreading the word.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Backstreet Boys. NSYNC. One Direction. The Jonas Brothers. BTS. Boyz II Men. The Jackson 5. Who was the hottest? Who's STILL hot? What counts as a boy band? Who was NEVER hot? Cody, Andrew, and Ren heed the call and break down all things boy bands with no strings attached! Want deals? We know you want it that way... Quince: Indulge in affordable luxury! Go to Quince.com/pettiness for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Rocket Money: Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals! Go to RocketMoney.com/petty LMNT: Get your electrolytes! Get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/tactful Mint Mobile: Want to upgrade your wireless plan? Shop plans at MintMobile.com/petty Homes.com: Need help finding the right home? Head to Homes.com - we've done your homework!
Langoy 365 hablamos de aquellas bandas de chicos lindos, voces armoniosas y movimientos que nos enloquecieron en nuestra juventud (y quizás hasta hoy) ¿One Directon? ¿NSYNC? ¿BTS? ¿quién más falta? un programa chill para este verano.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It's time for another Pop Off episode, the ultimate music showdown, and this episode's contestants are none other than the members of One Direction and their debut solo singles! Chris and Chantel Nicole dive deep into the songs, music videos, and performances from each 1D member's first solo effort. Who will rise to the top and take the solo crown? Viewer discretion is advised...your fave will be criticized! Contestants: Zayn – "PILLOWTALK" Niall Horan – "This Town" Louis Tomlinson – "Just Hold On" (with Steve Aoki) Harry Styles – "Sign of the Times" Liam Payne – "Strip That Down" feat. Quavo Take our survey!: https://forms.gle/4mUXEssvB4zYav3eA Join us on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/CCTVPOPS Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/cctvpops References: ZAYN - “PILLOWTALK” MV https://youtu.be/C_3d6GntKbk?si=PwY-xs7j6yHOMsr1 ZAYN - “PILLOWTALK” Fancam Live 2024 https://youtu.be/Oqjs81NiYMs?si=VGWqpfho5pGFq-va Niall Horan - “This Town” Live at Madison Square Garden https://youtu.be/zQ3NBi9sLxY?si=oVN8KieKHWB7MCkn Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki - “Just Hold On” MV https://youtu.be/Vt4Tq89R8u0?si=yylO1HkxCwXrDIxB Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki - “Just Hold On” (Live at The Late Late Show) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3RcA_7d6s Harry Styles - “Sign of the Times” MV https://youtu.be/qN4ooNx77u0?si=pJ_U9aG58sxOkUbT Harry Styles - “Sign of the Times” Live at the BBC https://youtu.be/fc1xsOr9Zek?si=S-Vt779F552wAQ4T Liam Payne - “Strip That Down” feat. Quavo MV https://youtu.be/vSW2M-BB1NE?si=i9ZexgirWGt0Bqe3 Liam Payne - “Strip That Down” Live on Graham Norton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzOwFPSY9Jo
TALK ABOUT THE DIPS, NOT JUST THE TRIPSImportance of authenticity:Sharing genuine stories and vulnerabilities is key to building trust, while inauthentic attempts at emotional storytelling can be easily detected by audiences and may even backfire. DON”T BE VANILLA. HAVE A STYLE. TAKE RISKS The great Oscar Wilde quote goes "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken" Authentic voice: Speak in a way that feels natural to you, reflecting your personality. Wear what makes you comfortable. NOT EVERYTHING IS A HIT Not everything you do is going to be awesome or even resonate. That's ok. Not everything needs to be a No. 1. In fact, it's rare to have a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 because only about 3.7% of songs on the chart have reached that position. Some of the most popular artists who have never achieved a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 include: Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Backstreet Boys, One Direction, Missy Elliott, Jimi Hendrix, and Tom Petty;Connect with us to get more Turned Onwww.turnedon.comFollow on IG @angelikenorrie and @davidnorrie.turnedonOfficial FB Community Page https://www.facebook.com/TurnedOnCommunity
News: Plane crash! Anti-RFK Jr hearings! Christian support for Israel? Affirmative Action mentality. Ocean is awesome!The Hake Report, Thursday, January 30, 2025 ADTIMESTAMPS* (0:00:00) Start* (0:02:23) Topics* (0:04:58) Hey, guys!* (0:06:37) Plane crash over Potomac* (0:15:45) RFK Jr.* (0:22:36) Kids falling behind: COVID?* (0:27:13) Stay in L.A.* (0:29:37) One Direction guy, Liam Payne, "the sensible one"* (0:35:57) Backtracking…* (0:36:54) Bill Akman defends RFK Jr vs Chuck Schumer* (0:44:30) DJ, SoCal: FE topic; psyop* (0:50:18) DJ: RFK Jr* (0:52:13) Lisa, Health Expert* (0:54:56) Greggatron, Obama workout* (0:58:29) GIUSEPPE, TX: Red heifer, iron sharpens iron* (1:06:32) Nationalism for all, except Ukraine, Taiwan* (1:08:17) Greggatron… Press Secs* (1:11:59) Popcorn: Projection? Emotional? Grumbling? "American Promise"* (1:21:26) Sam coffees… phone no case, "Rap" talking music* (1:23:44) South Africa… vs Trump?* (1:26:45) Greenland sterilization by Iceland* (1:31:18) ROBERT, KS: Sanger, Aborsh, Vaxx* (1:38:55) Supers, shoutouts* (1:40:11) … Joel Friday: Overreaction fuels evil* (1:40:51) Denali to Mt McKinley, Gulf of America: Trump name changes* (1:42:34) Ocean thread on X: Videos* (1:49:40) Closing* (1:50:21) LYC super* (1:51:09) Huntingtons - "Girls Gone Crazy" - 2000, Plastic SurgeryLINKSBLOG https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2025/1/30/the-hake-report-thu-1-30-25PODCAST / Substack HAKE NEWS from JLP https://www.thehakereport.com/jlp-news/2025/1/30/hake-news-thu-1-30-25Hake is live M-F 9-11a PT (11-1CT/12-2ET) Call-in 1-888-775-3773 https://www.thehakereport.com/showVIDEO YouTube - Rumble* - Facebook - X - BitChute - Odysee*PODCAST Substack - Apple - Spotify - Castbox - Podcast Addict*SUPER CHAT on platforms* above or BuyMeACoffee, etc.SHOP - Printify (new!) - Spring (old!) - Cameo | All My LinksJLP Network: JLP - Church - TFS - Nick - Joel - Punchie Get full access to HAKE at thehakereport.substack.com/subscribe
Liam Payne's journey hasn't been as glamorous as it seemed. Behind the fame, he faced betrayal, pressure, and shocking revelations about the people closest to him. Now, we're uncovering who really had his back—and who didn't. #onedirection #liampayne Thank you to this episode's sponsors! • Dipsea: For listeners of the show, Dipsea is offering an extended 30 day free trial when you go to https://DipseaStories.com/SLOAN • Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/sloan Please support the Let's Get Into It Podcast: http://bit.ly/LetsGetIntoIt
One Direction may reunite to Honor their late bandmate, and the 2 biggest names in music will be at the Grammys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bradley and Stormer discuss the latest soup bracket updates, and Bradley recounts his battles for the MyTalky awards on the morning show. Plus, some One Direction news in the extended dirt alert, and Blinded by the Item! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bradley and Stormer discuss the latest soup bracket updates, and Bradley recounts his battles for the MyTalky awards on the morning show. Plus, some One Direction news in the extended dirt alert, and Blinded by the Item! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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On this episode of Birdie Little Secrets, Sydney and Kassidy tee off with a deep dive into the thrilling Sony Open in Hawaii. The girls give all the deets on the Canadian Nick Taylor and his heart pounding victory against Nico Echavarria's impressive showing. Then, they'll shift their focus to the groundbreaking TGL league. Is it a game-changer for golf? Syd and Kass get the inside scoop from the incredible Claire Rogers, Digital Host for TGL and Social Media Director for Golf.com. Claire will share her unique journey in golf, discuss her exciting work with TGL, and even recount her memorable interview with Syd's favorite member of One Direction! Finally, let's look to next week for the American Express! Who can forget Nick Dunlap's historic amateur win? Join Sydney and Kassidy every Tuesday in the clubhouse fore some tee! Follow along on Instagram and TikTok @BirdieLittleSecretsPod
We revisit one of our favorite episodes, the boy band episode (originally published in ep 50), where we explore all things boy band-- New Kids on the Block, N*Sync, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, One Direction and more. Plus an interview with our special guest, KNOTB star Joey McIntyre.
Dax Holt and Adam Glyn get you caught up on the biggest stories in Hollywood in the Raw Rundown! The guys talk about Angel Reese, Suri Cruise's Trust Fund, SNL Cast Earnings, & MORE! Don't miss a thing! Follow Hollywood Raw on Insta, Facebook, and Twitter. Dax Holt - Insta / Twitter Adam Glyn - Insta / Twitter This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel!
Skip the intro chat timestamp - (6:56) After auditioning for ‘The X Factor' as a teen, Liam Payne was grouped together with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson to form one of the best selling boy bands of all time -- One Direction. Throughout his career, Liam felt isolated and struggled with his mental health and sobriety. He said he was grateful when the band broke up because he knew the lifestyle would eventually kill him. On October 16, 2024, the manager of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires called police to report "an aggressive man who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol." Police arrived at the hotel moments later and found Liam dead at the age of 31. He had fallen from a third floor balcony onto a courtyard below. Since his death, police have arrested three people alleging they supplied drugs to Liam multiple times before his fall. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the tragic death of Liam Payne. Read our blog for this case Join us on Patreon for exclusive, ad-free content Follow us on Instagram for the latest crime news This episode is sponsored by: Cornbread Hemp - If you're looking for a healthier way to enjoy a carefree moment, you have to give Cornbread Hemp a try! As a special offer for our listeners, you can get 30% off your first order! Just visit cornbreadhemp.com/TCS and use promo code TCS at checkout.
On October 16, 2024, Liam Payne of One Direction fame died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina. Liam had struggled with addiction in the past, and it's now been revealed that he was under the influence at the time of the fall. Authorities are now investigating those who may have enabled or endangered Liam before his death. Try our coffee!! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com Become a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeekly Shop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shop Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcast Website: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.com Instagram: @CrimeWeeklyPod Twitter: @CrimeWeeklyPod Facebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod ADS: 1. UncommonGoods.com/CrimeWeekly - Get 15% off your next gift!
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Watch Bri's statement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y9zZNajwZk We're back with an episode we filmed Monday 10/21 to discuss this week's headlines - the tragic passing of One Direction's Liam Payne, Vinnie Hacker is too straight, Dave reacts to the Wicked poster controversy, and more. We finish with BFFs Corner where Miss Peaches has a brother, Dave recounts his Eras Tour experience & reads his letter from Taylor Swift, Bri reveals why PlanBri hasn't posted a new episode, & we Read Comments. ----------------------------------------------------- Support Our Sponsors! Raising Canes: Post Up Your Combo at Raising Cane's! Order your Combo and Poster at https://raisingcanes.com/postmaloneposter Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers. One Love. NASCAR: NASCAR is heading back to the Sunshine State! Purchase your tickets today at https://HomesteadMiamiSpeedway.com! Away Luggage: Head on over to https://awaytravel.com/bffs to see the new softside luggage. ----------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the podcast now: https://barstool.link/3m4Q0Fq Check out the BFFs Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bffspod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFFsPod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bffspod Follow Dave Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stoolpresidente/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stoolpresidente?_d=secCgsIARCbDRgBIAIoARI%2BCjzu5cycWNzMl4G803BA8jIKbLAjqyptl6tS74NCymRyGl72NCg65DXJl1czTQ0gqsPZqoKeVmGTS0PLJIwaAA%3D%3D&language=en&sec_uid=MS4wLjABAAAAINC_ElRR-l1RCcnEjOZhNO-9wOzAMf-YHXqRY8vvG9bEhMRa6iu23TaE3JPZYXBD&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAINC_ElRR-l1RCcnEjOZhNO-9wOzAMf-YHXqRY8vvG9bEhMRa6iu23TaE3JPZYXBD&share_author_id=6659752019493208069&share_link_id=B4EBAADC-E562-4E55-9052-BA7E38708665&tt_from=sms&u_code=d4kdeamhi4b7m6&user_id=6659752019493208069&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=sms&source=h5_m&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6882816990987027974&is_from_webapp=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente Follow Josh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshrichards/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@joshrichards?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshRichards Follow Brianna Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briannalapaglia/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@briannachickenfry?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/bchickenfry?lang=en Check out Barstool Sports for more: http://www.barstoolsports.comYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/bffspod
Ira and Louis discuss Liam Payne's death and One Direction's impact on music, Mikey Madison's star turn in Anora, the original Sunset Boulevard film and expectations for the stage show, Cynthia Erivo's response to Wicked memes, and a potential Joni Mitchell biopic. Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara returns to Keep It to discuss her new documentary Fanatical and how she handled a years-long catfishing of herself and her fans.Subscribe to Keep It on YouTube to catch full episodes, exclusive content, and other community events. Find us there at YouTube.com/@KeepItPodcast
Megyn Kelly is joined by The Daily Mail's Maureen Callahan to discuss Kamala Harris not showing up to the Al Smith dinner in NYC supporting Catholics, her awkward and unfunny video message, her inability to laugh at herself, the hilarious highlights of Trump's Al Smith dinner speech, his best roasts of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, whether his personal approach to the end of the 2024 election will resonate with undecideds, how Trump has proven his leadership skills and effectiveness, why the 2024 election is a binary choice, Megyn's personal experience coming full circle and now fully supporting Trump, the absurd way Doug Emhoff's media tour is avoiding the issue of his alleged assault, how the media is protecting him and Kamala by never bringing it up, the tragic death of former One Direction member and child star Liam Payne, the drug, alcohol and mental health issues he was battling, other child stars experiencing similar troubles, and more. Then Bernie Moreno, U.S. senate candidate from Ohio, joins to discuss why he left the private sector to attempt to serve in office, how he prioritizes his family and only will serve two terms, his opponent who is a lifetime politician, what issues he values and how he plans to support women, how he's pushing the early voting and get out the vote efforts in Ohio, and more.Callahan- https://www.instagram.com/maureen_callahan_writer/Moreno- https://berniemoreno.com/Birch Gold: Text MEGYN to 989898 and get your free info kit on goldHome Title Lock: https://HomeTitleLock.com and use the promo code MEGYN Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKellyTwitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShowInstagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShowFacebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow