The Worst of All Possible Worlds

EMERGENCY POD: REMEMBERING STEPHEN SONDHEIM (feat. Graham Techler)

One week ago, the world lost the greatest musical theater composer of all time. This week, we brought in Graham Techler (The New Yorker, Tooning out the News) to record an episode about Stephen Sondheim’s life and legacy. What started out with sharing favorite shows and tunes turned into a broader conversation about art, commerce, and the paradox of attempting to create work that can inspire and endure in a hopeless world. Everybody rise.

Graham Techler 
Twitter: @gr8h8m_t3chl...

15 - Putting the Christ Back Into Thanksgiving [Whit's Endless Summer #6]

Brian's (@spocks_brian) back in town and in our first in-person episode, he, Josh (@boshj) and A.J. (@thefuzzymask) go over his favorite holiday: T-Givez. Yes, that's what he calls it. Yes, he's called it that for years. No, he won't stop. In this episode we discuss the history of thanksgiving, the value of acknowledging your circumstances, and that one time a dead body was discovered in the basement of Whit's End.

Episodes covered:
39, 40: The Case of the Secret Room, Parts 1 and 2...

We went on No Cartridge!

Hey everyone! We went on our friend Trevor (@hegelbon)’s podcast No Cartridge to talk about Final Fantasy XV. 

Here’s A.J. next to Prompto:

And here’s a link to the episode: 2021-11-10 19:35:22 +0000 UTC View Post

14 - Heavy Rain (feat. David Armstrong)

The boys and special guest David Armstrong (The Omni Bilateral Panic Podcast) press X to Shaun as they clumsily stagger through the wasteland of David Cage’s 2010 damp catastrophe: Heavy Rain. They discuss the creative limits of video-game-as-movie, the allegations of Quantic Dream’s toxic work environment, and the pros and cons of weapons-grade cocaine.

Omni Bilateral Panic:
Spotify: 2021-11-10 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

BOBUS - Adventures in Odyssey's Lost Halloween Episode

Hello dear patrons! We came across a Lost Episode of Adventures in Odyssey about how Halloween is satanic so we figured we should record a Lost Episode of our own about why it's good that Halloween is satanic. Only patrons will even know it exists; we’re not promoting it on the podcast feed. It's a bit shorter, looser, goofier, and less edited than other episodes.

We’ve recorded this as a special thanks for all of you who have been with us so far; as always, we greatly appreciate yo...

13 - A Thief in the Night

Everybody’s gone to the rapture as Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), and A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) go on the slow helicopter ride into the apocalypse that is the 1972 evangelical fear-mongering classic: A Thief in the Night. They discuss the cult of rapture-pilling, California Christians, and the sexual magnetism of Chester A. Arthur.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll

Theme by Brendan...

A request + live show info + preview of the next podcast

Hello everyone! Josh here with a three-part update.

First, a massive thank you to everyone who has supported us so far, both here on Patreon and with your kind words through Twitter and other channels. If you’re enjoying the show, we’d love it if you rated us on Apple Podcasts. For better or for worse, it’s still the top method through which people get th...

12 - Auto-Perettic Asphyxiation (feat. Felicia Lobo and Lauren Harris)

The Sinister Sisters, Felicia Lobo (@girlygorehorror) and Lauren Harris, join Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) to battle the forces of darkness, goths, and spiders (mostly spiders) as they face the 2003 movie adaptation of Frank Peretti’s evangelical horror disaster Hangman’s Curse. They discuss the power of spooky fonts, the demonic consequences of prayer in schools, and the subtle joys of being covered in spiders.

Patreon:
2021-10-13 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Hangman's Curse

CW: Suicide

Hey beautiful patrons!

For this week's episode, Brian made us and our special guests watch a truly terrible film. Here is that film. It's called Hangman's Curse and it's based on the YA novel by the evangelical Stephen King himself: Frank Peretti. Give it a watch for context, or, honestly, watch as much as you can before you, like us, wish Brian harm.

Lurv,

The Worst of All Possible Viewers of Hangman's Curse

The Bøyg: A New Play by A.J. Ditty

Hey everybody!

A.J. here. There was some interest shown in the poll yesterday about original comedy/drama as potential future content and, wouldn't you know it, I wrote a play that you can stream right now!

It's called The Bøyg and I'm deeply, deeply proud of it.

Here's the pitch:

It's 1942 and the cultural elite of Norway have been imprisoned by Nazi occupiers in the Grini Concentration Camp on the outskirts of Oslo. As they try to survive their impriso...

Welcome, new patrons!

Damn, there are so many of you. We're thrilled that you'd take a chance on a brand-new, little-known show like ours, and we look forward to growing with you.

What sort of content are you hoping to see from us? We'll keep doing the podcast every other week and are getting back to work on YouTube, but what else do you have on your mind? Is there anything that you'd like to see as patrons specifically? 

We'd love to hear from you, and if there's something we didn't mention in th...

11 - Bothered About Castles and Cauldrons (feat. Scott Benson) [Whit's Endless Summer #5]

Grab your swords and belts and other things you need as Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) and former Christian ska artist/Night in the Woods co-creator Scott Benson (@bombsfall) kick off the Halloween season by larping their way through Adventures in Odyssey’s most scarring episodes. They discuss the insidiousness of the Satanic Panic, the perils of young Christian love, and the delightful consequences of summoning a demon.

Episodes discussed:

First Love...

10 - Josie and the Pussycats (feat. Jessie Cannizzaro and Eleanor Philips)

Strap on your long tails and ears for hats, because Brian (@spocks_brian), A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask), Josh (@boshj), and special guests Jessie Cannizzaro (Puffs, @JessCannizzaro) and Eleanor Philips (Puffs, @ecphilips) are literally climbing up the Billboard Charts to talk about the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats. They discuss the legacy of the seminal soundtrack, the rampant sexism of film criticism in the early 2000s, and the mysterious origins of Avril Lavi...

EMERGENCY POD: DEEPROOT PINBALL PONZI (feat. Levi Nayman)

Unless you're a pinball enthusiast or keep an extremely close eye on SEC litigation, you've probably never heard the name Deeproot. But just a couple weeks ago, this fledgling startup got slapped with a massive civil lawsuit that sent shockwaves throughout the pinball collector community. Join Josh (@boshj) and Brian (@spocks_brian) as "Crazy" Levi Nayman regales us with a truly bizarre story that spans decades of lost time, millions of dollars of wasted investor money, and something called a...

9 - Hamlet 2000

There’s something rotten in the CORPORATION of Denmark??? Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), and A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) whip out their bodkins and throw themselves headlong into the morose, brooding world of literal corporate backstabbing that is Michael Almereyda's Hamlet (2000). They dissect the cultural significance of Mr. Moviefone, the perils and pitfalls of adapting Shakespeare for the screen, and the surreal perfection of contemplating one’s mortality in a Blockbuster.

For ...

8 - Blackgaardology (feat. Rob Mobley) [Whit's Endless Summer #4]

Rob Mobley (@VillainologyPod) joins Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), and A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) on their slow descent into the depths of evil as they face Adventure in Odyssey’s Biggest Bad: Dr. Regis Blackgaard, Child Psychologist. They discuss the nature of evil, the surprising careers of the voice cast, and the tragic story of a man whose wife leaves him for a horse.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/WorstO...

7 - In a Gadda da Whitta [Whit's Endless Summer #3]

Josh (@boshj), Brian (@spocks_brian), and A.J. (@TheFuzzyMask) get thrown headlong into Imagination Station as they continue their journey through Adventures in Odyssey as part of their Whit’s Endless Summer. They discuss the insidiousness of Evangelical brainwashing, the merits of the musical Godspell, and the unending glory of THE NOZZLE

Theme by Brendan Dalton
www.brendan-dalton.com
2021-08-09 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

6 - Prey: Welcome to my Orbital Lair

Join Josh (@boshj) and Brian (@spocks_brian) as they dive into the ambitious 2017 space-station spoop-fest Prey! They talk the joys of fake-out openings, the pitfalls of immersive combat, and the sticky beauty of a good ole fashioned GLOO cannon. They also delve into the depths of the infamous Bethesda/Kotaku brouhaha of the mid 2010s and the enduring push/pull between developers and game journalists.

Theme by Brendan Dalton
2021-07-19 21:10:27 +0000 UTC View Post

5 - Urkel Gets Saved [Whit's Endless Summer #2]

For our second premium episode, the boys dive a little deeper into Odyssey. Maybe a little too deep.
The episodes discussed are 

Episodes 17,18 - A Member of the Family, Parts 1 and 2

Episodes 51,52 - Connie, Parts 1 and 2

Episode 54 - Peace on Earth

4 - Gone Home: There is no Gate

A.J. and Brian take a relaxed trip through the walking simulator Gone Home, its influences and its legacy, which stretches beyond the medium of video games. We also discuss how the game gets used as a virtue signal among gaming's reactionary wing.

For more listening, check out Steve Gaynor's GDC talk: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020376/Why-Is-Gone-Home-a

Episode 3 - Whit's Endless Summer

Hello friends. Here's our first premium episode. Also the first of a series where we explore Adventures in Odyssey, Focus on the Family, and the history of evangelical entertainment.

this time, we subjected A.J. to some of the first and worst episodes of Adventures in Odyssey, introducing him to Whit, Tom, Connie and everyone's favorite denizen of Campbell County: Patriotism.

The episodes we listened to were:
#4 - Connie Comes to Town
#5 - Gifts for Madge and Guy
#7 - P...

Night Trap Part 2: Great Moments with Howard Lincoln

The continuation of the Night Trap saga. In which a harmless, dopey FMV game suddenly becomes the new Cannibal Holocaust, thanks to some funny business with Joe Lieberman and a rival video game executive.

They podcast now? They podcast now.

Hello, lovely patrons. Getting the next couple videos out has had a couple hurdles regarding scheduling and technical needs during all this covid stuff.  Now that we are all fully vaccinated, the ball is rolling again, but we're realizing more and more that our capabilities and our ambitions mean that some of these projects will take some time. So, we wanted to give all you folks some more consistent content in the waits between those sweet, sweet video essays.

The two episodes re...

Quest Bloops (And Outtakes)

Hey, you magnificent patrons you!

Here are the long-promised Bloops and Outtakes for Quest 64!
They include the cut but not forgotten (by A.J.) death of Spiderek, many more disparaging of Tim Rice's character, and a not insignificant amount of A.J. screaming at motorcycles.

We hope you enjoy our gaffes as much as Josh hated saying his terrible, terrible lines.

Lurv,

Brian, Josh, and A.J.

Quest 64: Commentary

Hey you beautiful patrons you!

Thank you so much for your patience in what has proved to be a pretty rough year for us all. We initially recorded this commentary back in January and, for a variety of factors, weren't able to get it together until now.  But it's all shiny and spiffy and ready for your listening pleasure! We hope you enjoy it!

Lurv,

The Worst of All Possible Creators
A.J., Brian, and Josh

Next Video Announcement!!!

That's right, beautiful patrons! After a slight winter hiatus, the Worst of All Possible Content Creators are back, with the great Josh Boerman himself tackling the labyrinthine madness of TikTok, the Hype House, and the surprisingly tragic lives of the influencers who inhabit it. GET HYPED, Y'ALL*.

*Or, ya know, don't. We don't want to influence you either way**.
**We apologize for NOTHING.

Lurv,

Josh, Brian, and A.J. 

Quest 64: Days of Grief and Werehares

Hello, you beautiful patrons, you!

The new video is live on youtube!

It is tangentially related to Christmas!

We hope you enjoy it!

Bloops and other fun things to come!

Exclamation point!!!

But seriously, thank you so much for your support and we very much appreciate each and every one of you. Happy Christmas to all, and to all, a truly terrifying Tom Hooper/Cat Hybrid that we have literally just named TomCat Hooper.

Lurv,

A.J., ...

Pulse Outtakes

Hello, friendly patrons. Happy Cyber Monday, the one day of the year you are allowed to Cyber. Here are our fun little bloopers, ad-libs, and moments where Brian goes full Christian Bale on himself after messing up a take.

Behind the Scenes chat on Pulse

Hey all! I (Brian) was traveling a bit right after uploading the video, and therefore quarantining for quite a bit, so i haven't managed to get the outtake reel done just yet, so i grabbed some of my reference photos to give you a little behind the scenes look at the probably-more-elaborate-than-necessary production work I did on this video. Hope you find it enjoyable and/or informative!

Our Next Video

Brian: We like to talk about difficult subjects on here and our next videos are not gonna be any different.
A.J. (Bursts into the room like the Kool-Aid Man): Quest 64.
Brian: But-
A.J. (Screaming towards the heavens): QUEST SIXTY-FOOOOUUUUUUUAUGHUAHGUHH!!!!

Coming November 2020.