Michael and Adam discuss 2001’s Naughty Dog installment Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, an episode that Michael has personally waited 20 years for. Let’s talk about the orbs and rapid spinning kicks of this early 3D platformer, as well as see if Adam disappoints Michael as a true friend.
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2024-02-19 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAnd the fabulous Garth von Ahnen drew the shit out of it. It's a near-future heist story with a sinister twist, and if it sells enough copies we'll make more. We really want to make more, so consider picking it up for a measly six bucks by clicking the link above or heading over to the Shop tab!
2024-02-16 18:45:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotag...
2024-02-16 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam Ganser brings a breakdown of how director Emerald Fennell designed the character of Oliver Quick, our sociopathic fuck machine. Whether you enjoy the film or not, Adam will lay out how Barry Keoghan and the filmmakers made you feel uneasy.
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2024-02-12 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2012 film The Master which tells the story of a man who falls into a cult. Michael and Abe discuss the movie’s themes, impressive acting, and how PTA runs his sets.
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2024-02-09 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday!
Michael and Adam discuss the storytelling and operatic nature of Alan Wake 2. Are the mechanics saved by the musical number? Is it a quality follow-up to Alan Wake? Let’s enter the Mind Place of Adam and Mike.
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Adam Ganser: 2024-02-05 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam Ganser joins Michael and Abe to discuss another Aussie cult-classic about being locked in an apocalyptic drive-in theater. Apparently, we’re the Australian guys this month. Don’t know why that happened, but here we are.
Let’s thank James McLeod for suggesting the movie. You can be like James by heading over to the Small Beans patreon and pledging for the Pick the Flick tie...
2024-02-02 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday!
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well.
This episode covers Futurama episode “The Sting.”
This show exclusively releases every other episode here on the Small Beans patreon. Wimmy Wam Wam Wozzle!
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Michael Swaim: 2024-01-29 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Our limited series with co-hosts Abe Epperson and David Bell digs deep into the internet meme of the “dad movie.” We can all probably name a dad movie, but can we isolate the tropes that really make this a bona fide film genre? Let’s find out!
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2024-01-26 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday!
Managing Editor of GameSpot, Tamoor Hussain joins Michael and Adam about a conversation of what makes Mass Effect 2 one of the most memorable games of all time: RPG mechanics, characterization, and story exposition being a highlight. But does it land on the celestial hard drive? DOES IT?
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2024-01-24 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Abe jump back into independent cinema and stitch together a convo about Patchwork, a film about three women being turned into a Frankenstein (monster).
This episode is brought to you by Wesley and Holly. You can be like themby heading over to the Small Beans patreon and pledging for the Pick the Flick tier. You can choose which movies we cover on this here Frame Rate!
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2024-01-22 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael asks Adam Ganser, fellow Small Bean, to discuss his relationship with death. They discuss their faith and assumptions, and the development of death in their lives. There’s also some stories from the community that spark some further introspection.
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Bridgett and Sarah continue their discussion of the Cornetto trilogy (aka The Three Flavours Cornetto”) by Edgar Wright! This time it’s Hot Fuzz. Next stop, The World’s End. Huzzah!
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Sarah Griffith: 2024-01-17 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Abe are joined by Gamefully Unemployed’s David Bell to discuss the 1997 thriller The Game, directed by David Fincher. Michael Douglas finds himself in an expensive and existential game of cat and mouse. The gang talks about how they’re terrible at escape rooms!
This episode is brought to you by Bender Bending Rodriguez. You can be like Bender by heading over to the Small Beans p...
2024-01-15 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotag...
2024-01-12 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday!
If you’ve listened to this show, you’re aware that we put all “keep” games on the all-knowing and wise “Celestial Hard Drive” aka the drive we send to God, or aliens, or whoever’s up there. This Hard Drive will house humanity’s 100 best games and Michael & Adam have accepted the challenge of curating it. Every year, we make amendments or removals with a little bit more hindsight. ...
2024-01-08 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there! You may have wondered why the Small Beans network is a smorgasbord of podcasts, all placed on one feed.
We're experimenting with individual RSS feeds for the ease of your ear enjoyment. So if you'd like to take this time to re-put our Coen Brothers podcast into your listen holes, now's the time!
It's all run through soundcloud, but click the link and you should be able to connect the RSS feed of all of The Coen Brothers Brothers episodes to your podcast app FREE!<...
2024-01-06 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Abe are joined by Gamefully Unemployed’s Tom Reimann to discuss the 1989 sci-fi body horror film, Tetsuo: The Iron Man. It’s a horrifying tale of a kind of metal contagion that turns people into hideous metal monsters. There’s a drill dick in it!
This episode is brought to you by Theo. You can be like Theo by heading over to the Small Beans patreon and pledging for the Pick th...
2024-01-05 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well.
This episode covers Futurama episode “Teenage Mutant Leela’s Hurdles.”
This show exclusively releases every other episode here on the Small Beans patreon. Wimmy Wam Wam Wozzle!
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Ander’s Sons returns! Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2009 film Fantastic Mr. Fox which tells the story of the Fox family as they nearly are killed by Mr. Fox’s attempts to relive his glory days. Michael and Abe discuss the beautiful sets and stop-motion, Wes Anderson’s character tendencies, and the director’s trademarks that show...
2023-12-29 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday!
Let’s finish this. 2023 has been said to be potentially the best year of gaming ever. Why is that? What games have really stood out this year? Do Michael and Adam think that the crown should go to Balder’s Gate? Zelda? An indie game? Another Mario? You have to listen to find out in this special year-ending episode of 1Upsmanship.
Michael Swaim: 2023-12-27 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The chaperones, the awkward standing around, and of course, the grinding. Follow Bridgett and Sarah as they share their own school dance horror stories. We’re pretty sure you’ll be able to relate to this rough stuff.
Rough Stuff: 2023-12-22 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday!
Adam and Michael discuss the newest installment of one of the most successful gaming franchises of all time. Is this one hot like the home of a Goron or not worth the water that flows past King Zora’s balls? Grab your White-Maned Lynel Blade and let’s go!
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2023-12-18 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Abe are joined by friend of the pod Vanessa Guerrero to discuss 1971’s Wake In Fright. It’s an Australian movie that follows a school teacher as he kind of descends into the madness of the outback and it’s a pretty unforgettable film (and free on youtube)!
This episode is brought to you by Theo. You can be like Theo by heading over to the Small Beans patreon and pledging for t...
2023-12-15 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post