The Dive Down

On this week's show, Jason returns to talk about The Odyssey, the latest international blockbuster from the visionary mind of Christopher Nolan.

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Kilgore is back

6:28 - This week's episode

7:58 - Jason played... Magic? (and Stan did, too)

17:23 - Our Odyssey begins

22:10 - Our history with Nolan

30:24 - How we saw it

42:50 - IMAX and locking in

50:45 - The actual film

1:07:50 - The performances

1:18:40 - Our favorite scenes - SPOILERS HERE

1:20:54 - SPOILERS OVER - where does Nolan go from here?

1:24:28 - Our Nolan tier lists

1:29:51 - Wrapping up

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On this week's show, Dave and Shane talk about their sordid adventures in Cyberpunk, while Stan tries to save what's left of the western United States in Horizon Forbidden West.

Also Stan discovers and beats an apparently important indie game called Bastion. And Shane relives his high school years in Rock Star's Bully. We wrap with some public comments about fatherhood (and unclehood).

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Shane got caught having fun while old

6:18 - Dave's AI band name quiz

17:18 - The cold open is too warm

18:20 - Old Business: Shane dodged AI convo

20:21 - We decided to check out Cyberpunk 2077

38:14 - New Business: Stan is playing a lot of Horizon Forbidden West

47:07 - Stan beat Bastion

50:28 - Shane is playing Bully

55:20 - Public Comments: Dad memories

1:05:36 - Wrapping up

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On this week's show, we share a couple of our deepest spiritual awakenings, then rant for a while about our weird feelings on AI and LLMs. Then we manage to keep the mood lively with public comments about MTG's Universes Beyond.

We're not glazing AI. Don't be mad at us.

Timestamps:

0:23 — Dudes Rock

4:40 — Space Rocks

7:48 — Intro: We Had a Terrible Idea to Talk About AI

13:40 — A Little Background on Us

20:05 — Stuff We Hear About Every Day

24:17 — The Misgivings Begin

31:42 — New Kinds of Learning

34:42 — The Misgivings Continue

35:02 — Is AI the Source of Existential Enshittification?

42:33 — The Dunning Kruger Machine

48:52 — Thoughts on Future Work

50:05 — Could Some Good Outcomes Make It Worth It?

52:14 — Some Things We Actually Do

59:24 — Dreams of the Apocalypse

1:06:23 — Public Comment from The Stalk

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On this week's show, Stan wears a sports vest to religitate some of his favorite 2026 movies, Shane arrives with notes, Dave discovers chiral matter, and the boys watch Widow's Bay.

Timestamps:

0:01 - The devil on Shane's shoulder

6:36 - This week's episode, sort of

9:43 - Old business: Shane watched Send Help

18:46 - Shane also watched The Furious

22:50 - Shane ALSO finished Resident Evil 4 Remake

28:46 - Dave plays PS5

33:29 - New business: Widow's Bay

55:54 - Public comment: Our guilty pleasures

1:06:20 - Wrapping up

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On this week's show, we're covering another cinema blind spot. Dave has never seen John Wick, so Shane came all the way from Ohio to make him watch it. Stan watched too.

Then we tell Dave what to play on his new PS5. Turns out he's really into some lewd stuff!

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Timestamps:

0:01 - Shane's crabby, and there's a bird

8:11 - This week's show - John Wick

10:38 - Our history with the Wick

16:08 - Dave's first watch

26:10 - Getting into Wick

36:40 - Why did this movie hit?

42:35 - Tying a bow on Wick

46:28 - Dave got a PS5 Pro

1:06:35 - Wrapping up

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