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Episode 107 - Schlub Cast Games 2/10/2019 "Kingdom Hearts 3, Anno 1800 Beta, Apex Legends, and our Self-Imposed Games to Play 2019" Feb 10, 2019

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This week in the video game corner of the Schlub Cast, Mike, Zack, and Danny gather to talk about some games they've been playing.

Zack talks about his experience playing Kingdome Hearts 3. Danny talks about his time with the Anno 1800 beta and Praey for the Gods.

Then they all talk about a game they've been playing together, the new battle royale hit, Apex Legends.

Then they start their new Schlub Cast Games tradition of giving each other a list of 3-5 games that they much absolutely play before the end of the year. Tune in during the year to hear how our progress with these obligatory games is going.

Thanks to everyone who downloads and listens.

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

Episode 106 - Velvet Buzzsaw + Glass Feb 07, 2019

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This week, Jake and Danny crawl out of their hibernation caves after the midwest's polar vortex and review Dan Gilroy's Velvet Buzzsaw and M. Night Shyamalan's Glass.

Spoilers for Velvet Buzzsaw @ 09:22.

Spoiler-free Glass review starts @ 18:45.

Spoilers for Glass @ 28:54

Stay tuned for the after-show where Danny and Jake rant about the Oscars and how they have scorned the craft of film editing.

Thanks to everyone who downloads and listents.

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

Episode 105 - Best and Worst Films of 2018 Jan 17, 2019

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2018 has come and gone, yet Jake and Danny are still here providing their schlubby opinions when it comes to films and television and other forms of entertainment.

As per tradition, before 2019 takes off the film corner of the Schlub Cast must first list off their favorite 5 films of the past year, as well as their least favorite 5 films. All followed by their honorable mentions of 2018 and Jake's very own curated list of disapointments, overrated films, and underrated films.

Thanks to all who stuck around for 2018 and all who download and listen. Here's to another schlubby year of films and television.

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

Episode 104 - Schlub Cast Games: Top 5 Games of 2018 Jan 14, 2019

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The stacked year of video game releases that was 2018 is over, and now the video game corner of the Schlub Cast reconvenes to discuss their top 5 games of the year, as well as an assortment of other grab bag topics they would like to highlight other games and gaming moments.

Also, the guys look forward to 2019 as they make both gentle and wild, reckless predictions for the coming year that they will look back upon fondly in next year's Top 5 episode.

Thanks to everyone who stuck around with us for all of 2018 and all who downloaded and listened. Here's to a great 2019!

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

Episode 103 - Bumblebee + Aquaman Jan 11, 2019

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2019 is here, but before we start the year fresh with our annual Top 5 Bottom 5 episode, first we must close out last year with a review of Travis Knight's Bumblebee and James Wan's Aquaman.

Jake and Danny also briefly talk about other things they have seen such as The Last Jedi, The Death of Stalin, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Summer of '84, and The Ritual.

Spoilers for Aquaman @ 30:42

Thanks to everyone who downloads and listens and all who stuck with us through 2018! Here's to a whole new year of films and schlubs.

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

Episode 102 - Schlub Cast Games - Red Dead Redemption 2 Spoiler Talk Dec 26, 2018

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In this edition of the video game corner of the Schlub Cast, Danny and Zack gather to talk about all of their thoughts about Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2.

Spoilers for the game as well as the first Red Dead Redemption throughout.

Thanks to everyone who downloads and listens.

Episode 101 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Dec 20, 2018

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In this episode of the film corner of the Schlub Cast, Jake and Danny butt heads as they review Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

First, Jake briefly talks about having finished watching the show Happy!

Then, Danny talks about his impressions from Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite and Alfonso Cuaron's Roma.

Finally, they get into the main review (16:27) of Into the Spider-Verse, as they debate over why this film fell flat and did not work vs why this film is one of the greatest of the year. Spoilers @ 25:47.

Thanks to everyone who downloads and listens.

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

Episode 100 - Mowgli Dec 13, 2018

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Our 100th (maybe) episode!(?)

It is hard to believe that we have recorded 100 episodes (±5), but here we are two years in and still going strong with our random assortment of video game and film discussions.

This week, Danny and Jake talk about how they feel about film scores and reviews, and the effect Rotten Tomatoes has or should have on the viewing public.

Then they review Andy Serkis' take on the Jungle Book story, Mowgli.

Thanks to everyone who downloads and listens, and especially everyone who stuck with us for 100 episodes.

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

Episode 99 - Cam & The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Dec 06, 2018

Show notes

This week, Jake and Danny talk about two films they saw on Netflix this past week: the psychological horror film, Cam, and the Coen Brothers' latest film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Spoilers Timestamps

20:00 - Cam Spoilers

31:09 - Buster Scruggs Spoilers

Thanks to everyone who downloads and listens.

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

Episode 98 - Schlub Cast Games 12/2/2018 "The Game Awards 2018" Dec 02, 2018

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This week in the video game corner of the Schlub Cast, Mike, Zack, and Danny reconvene to talk about all the games nominated for this year's Game Awards.

They also talk about some games they have been playing such as, Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu, FTL, and Celeste.

Thanks to everyone who downloads and listens.

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

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