Rattle On Wednesdays

WTF Video Games are COOKED freal freal

This week on the pod, the boys are pouring a sad one out for a fallen homie. Video Games are officially over.... Or are they? We discuss the sorry state of the industry and get SAD.
We also chat:
Cole's trip to Acadia National Park
Dan's trip to Malaysia
Reagan went to tonal dissonant, genre competing concert
There are too many emo albums this year
More professional sports
HBO's Task (2025)
Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (2025) and Reagan needing to turn in his cinephile card
Apple's Slow Horses season 100 or something
Hulu's Alien Earth (2025)
The Long Walk (2025)
Gone Girl (2014)
Conjuring 4(2025)
Warfare (2025)
Challengers (2024)
Danny Boyle binge (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 hours, Tance) 
A spooky binge: Talk to Me (2025), Bring Her Back (2024) ,both Suspiria movies (1970-something, 2018), Nosferatu 2024, the First Omen (2024), 28 Years Later (2025)
HBO's Six feet under (is great!)
Showtime's Dexter (is terrible!)
Netfix's Wayward (is ok!)
Netflix's Monster Ed Gein (is horrendous!)
And much, much more!
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ROW 91: Is AI Bullsh*t? (Yes.... Or Is It?)

This week, the boys discuss a question no one has ever asked and no podcasts, movies, books, tv shows, computer games, youtube videos or essays, research papers, or multibillion dollar mega conglomerates have ever asked before: Is AI worth it? We give the definitive and first answer, because we are the first! 
 
We also chat:
Dylan's new tractor farm
Fish tanking
Dylan went to a Clemson v. LSU game
Cole and Reagan's void of doing anything
Dan saw Weezer at a music fest, and presumedly other musicians 
Dan went wining with the in-laws, as well as adventuring with a backpack
HBO's Task (2025)
Netflix's Arcane
Chicken People (2016)
The Mass Effect Games 
Sports stuff
Fable, the OG Xbox game
Peacock's The Paper (2025)
The Handmaid's Tale novel
Netflix's Unknown Number: The High School Catfish 
Both Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Films
Thunderbolts (2025)
Caught Stealing (2025)
The Toxic Avenger (2025)
The Beach (2000)
Nezha (2019) and Jiang Ziya (2020)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
And much, much more! 
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ROW90: Our Summer Movie Wager Predictions.... In the Fall.... 6 Months Late.... After the Summer Movie Wager

We're back again from the vault, this time to discuss our Summer Movie Wager predictions: Which movies will bring it big at the US-Domestic box office? Clearly, we are far from experts, as we were all waaaaaaayyyy off, but this was such a fun experiment and we still wanted it to see the light of day (also, Dan didn't edit it until October).
We also chat: 
The NFL draft, that was also 6 months ago
How it feels to be in Spring (half a year ago)
Reagan's bought more Chinese bootlego
Dan Moved 
Dan went on Vacation
Sinners (2025), the big big movie film
Andor (2023-2025), the small small movie film tv series
The Mission Impossible Movies, the big big movie films
Last Breath (2025), the small-ish movie film
Warfare (2025)
Pride And Prejudice (2005? idk, can't be bothered to look) 
The Devil We Know documentary (2018) 
The 100 Foot Wave (2022-2024)
Saltburn (2023)
The Magpie Murders (tv series)
The Rehearsal, season 2
Succession (2018-2023)
Station Eleven (2022)
And much much more!
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ROW 89: Draft US (again) Daddy Dylan

Alive from the vault, and just in time for the April NFL draft, we're posting Dylan's Draft in October. So now it's on you, listeners, to point and laugh at Dylan for how wrong he was, or applaud at how right he was. IDK Reagan writes these and doesn't understand the Draft.
We also chat:
Apple TV+'s Your Friends and Neighbors, 
The Studio
Amazon's Wheel of Time
Paramount+'s Mobland
HBO's The Last of Us, Hacks season 4
Disney+'s Daredevil born again
Hulu's Handmaid’s tale season 6
Black Bag (2024)
Woman in the yard (2025)
death of a unicorn (2025)
good boy (2023)
will and harper (2024)
sinners (2025)
The Play Retro Podcast
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (a book!)
... And much, much more! 
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ROW 88: Let's Yell About Video Game Franchises

From the vault, we're back this week to tier-rank as many videogame franchise as we can. So many, in fact, that not all of us made it out alive. Probably.
We also chat: 
a fuckin tornado hit Cole's house
Dylan sold his house (take that, Cole)
Reagan moved other people's stuff from one house to another (take that, Dylan)
Dan looked for a new house.... erm... apartment
Fire Force manga
Better Man (2024)
Wicked (2024)
Netflix's Adolescence
HBO's White Lotus, Last of Us, Flight of the Conchords, and The Righteous Gemstones
 Amazon's Wheel of Time season 3
The new Hunger Game book, The Sunrise on the Reaping
... And much, much more! 
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ROW 87: GentleDudes, Start Your Engines, 'Cuz We're Arguing Again

The boys are back to yell at and talk over each other with our based opinions- this time about car manufacturers! We tier list most of the major car manufactures around the globe (except the obscure-to-us-American European ones). 
 
We also chat: 
Whiskey Hunting
Indiana's False Spring 2025
Reagan Cheated on the boys by joining another podcast
DDD: Dan's Dog's DNA
Severance Season 2
Yellow Jackets Season 3
The White Lotus Season 3
Bong Joon Ho's new Mickey 17 (2025)
Hulu's The Pit, Shoresy, and Paradise (all 2025)
Daredevil Born Again (2025)
The Big Lez Show
Never Let Me Go, the book (2005) and movie (2010)
The Wave (2008)
The Insult (2017)
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
Three Identical Strangers doco (2018)
A Real Pain (2024)
And much, much more!
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ROW 86: Picking Our Presidents Based Completely Off Looks

This week on the pod, the boys get superficial. We get stereotypical. We get judgmental. We're looking at all 54 United States Governors and do our best to blindly compare and contrast who we would pick to be the new president of the United States- based solely off their looks!   
We also chat: 
Another week, another Game Hunt for Dylan
Korean BBQ and hot pot
the recent death of Hollywood Legend David Lynch and his lasting legacy, namely Twin Peaks
Dan's newest expensive hobby
a lot about the new season of Severance (2021-)
Solo Leveling and Sakamoto Days 
the travesty of the Hobbit Movies (2012-2014)
The Gentleman (2021)
Heretic, a different man, sing sing, the wild robot, gladiiator, ghostlight, The Brutalist (all 2024)
presence (2025)
Squid Game Season 2 (2024)
Horizon: Forbidden West
Baby Reindeer (2024)
Mr. Inbetween (2018-2021)
And much, much more!
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ROW85: Our 2024 Year In Review

We're back this week to look back at our 2024. A big year all around! We talk our favorite movies, music, games, tv, memories, and what we're looking forward to in 2025!
We also chat:
The boys are back on Ark
Dan's money-burning new hobby (flight lessons)
Reagan visiting a wolf reservation
Gameboy Pocket memories and Shiny Pokemon hunting
The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012)
The Batman (2022)
Superstore
Netflix's Sakamoto Days (2024)
Solo Leveling (2025)
Cunk On Earth (2022), Life (2024), Britain and Shakespear
The Hannibal Movies (1991-2006)
Juror #2 (2024) is bad 
Y2k, Saturday Night, Sleep, and Queer (all 2024) are alright
Last Stop in Yuma County, Conclave, and Red Rooms (all 2024) are great
And much, much more!
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REUPLOADED: ROW 82: I'm Not Hitching My Horse to a Toaster Strudel (Breakfast Food Tier List)

Reuploaded due to uploading incompetence (we're not paid for this so don't you dare complain), we rate, discuss, and tier classic American breakfast food items this week on the pod,, as well a yell at, argue, and rip each other for each other's opinions, as you should expect by now. Do you agree with our ranks?
We also chat:
Halloween 2024
Dylan's Trip to Green Bay
Retro Gaming
Sports
Humanist vampire seeking a consenting suicidal person (2024)
Caddo lake (2024)
The substance (2024)
From Season 1 (2022)
Inside out (2015)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Devils Climb (2024)
And much, much more!
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Row 84: Cocktails de la Creme de Jour

The Boys are in tonight (3 outta 4) to discuss their favorite cocktails- new, old, established, or made up! None of us are bartenders though, so keep your judgmental thoughts to yourselves. We're fragile. 
We also chat:
Christmas and New Year 2024
Bow hunting
Indiana is buried under a fuck ton of snow
retro game hinting
Squid Game
Mr Inbetween
Nosferatu (2024)
A Ghost Story (2017)
The Good Place 
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