(Insert MLG air horn here) The big 2 5 0! Another milestone down, time for another board game! We're busting out Above & Below with Tyler while in quarantine. Chess it out and see who can recruit the toughest villagers and brave the depths of the cave below! Links from this episode: Rules Overview: 3:00 - 5:20 Above & Below Player Board All Pieces Mock Setup Game! 5:30 - 1:08:15 Scoring: 1:08:30 - 1:12:00 End Results Spoilers! 1:12:05 - End!...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 305
Oh boy did we pick an "interesting" movie this week! We're going over the lovely dialogue of 2015's Circle on top of reviewing another album of the year with some Luigi's Mansion and other tidbits throughout. Chess it out for that and more! Intro / Catch up: 0:00 - 14:00 Middleditch & Schwartz 23 Hours to Kill The Dog Stars Annihilation Book Music Talk: 14:15 - 21:00 Trevor Something - Microwaves Circle (2015) Talk Spoilers: 21:30 SXSW Films on Amazon Prime...
May 13, 2020•41 min•Ep. 304
Are there any actors you wish you never saw naked or nearly naked? Wilem Dafoe is definitely in the top of that list for us. We saw The Lighthouse this week and man we had some big thoughts on it. On top of that, Tyler is back to the podcast for a few weeks! We're talking a bit of Watchmen, a bit of Twin Peaks, and some Arkham Horror. Chess it out for all that and more! Links from this episode: Intro / Tyler Talk: 0:00 - 15:00 Watchmen Talk (No spoilers really): 15:00 - 20:00 Arkham Horror Talk:...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 303
An online music festival held on Minecraft because everyone is forced to quarantine until who knows when. Imagine reading that sentence to someone 10 years ago, or 20 years ago, they would lose their mind! We're back this week talking about some music with the new Dance Gavin Dance album, we go over Succession in its entirety, and we end the episode finishing Better Call Saul season 5! Chess it out for that and more this week! Intro / Catchup: 0:00 - 8:45 Tikeri's Stream Pane Bianco DnD Session ...
Apr 29, 2020•48 min•Ep. 302
How long before we bring up Scientology when talking about Elisabeth Moss and Tom Cruise? Spoilers, not very long. We have a new guest this week: Tikeri! And old friend of Cody and Brittany's and he's here to talk about a long road trip he took this past year and dive into Castlevania and the Invisible Man with us. We're also nearly done with Better Call Saul and we can not wait for the finale! Chess it out for that and more! Links from this episode: Tikeri Intro / Catch up: 0:00 - 26:45 Tikeri'...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 301
What TV shows or movies have you heard about, but refused to watch before ultimately discovering how much you loved them? We're going over that this week, including video games and musical artists, talking about a new board game we played, Brittany goes over Ozark and Succession, we get into more Better Call Saul, and more! Chess it out! Links from this episode: Champions of Midgard Talk: 2:50 - 6:00 Warzone Talk: 6:00 - 9:00 DnD Talk: 9:00 - 12:00 Roll20 Cody's Stream Succession / Ozark S3 Talk...
Apr 15, 2020•51 min•Ep. 300
We're getting philosophical this episode as we talk about The Platform with Time For Your Hobby's Alex! On top of that, we're doing our usual weekly catch up, diving into more Better Call Saul, and more this week. Make sure you chess it out! Links from this episode: Catch up talk: 0:00 - 8:45 Cody's Stream HBO Streaming Succession The Case Against Adnan Syed The Platform talk Spoilers: 9:00 - 34:30 Time For Your Hobby Patreon Better Call Saul S5 E5&6 Discussion: 35:00 - End of Episode...
Apr 08, 2020•50 min•Ep. 299
You thought the horse titles were over, think again! We're back and talking about the usual suspects this week. Going over the more recent board games we've added to our collection, some new music for the year, then some more Better Call Saul episodes! Chess it out for that and more! Links from this episode Catch up talk: 0:00 - 13:45 Ticket to Ride Panemic: On The Brink Above and Below Castlevania MinnMax Show The Weeknd After Hours Talk: 14:00 - 16:45 Needle Drop Childish Gambino 3.15.20 Talk:...
Apr 01, 2020•42 min•Ep. 298
What a weird week or two to skip recording! We're back this week, talking about our Salt Lake City trip and our favorite little spots from it, we touch on Corona at the top of the show, Cody & Brittany hash out their board game troubles, and we end the episode going over the new Better Call Saul season! Chess it out! Links from this episode: people who are going to parties right now Chloe in Quarantine Salt Lake City Talk 8:45 - 46:45 Chloe After Bath Barrio Sweet Lake Crumbl Chip Goodly Pro...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 297
We can't get enough of Bong Joon Ho! This week we're going over his movie, Okja, talking about some TV and Movie news, and a bunch more! Chess it out to hear us dive deep. Links from this episode: Memories of Murder DnD Talk 4:15 - 10:00 Jinxing the session Yuan-ti Abomination (Priestess) Stats Entertainment News Talk: 10:00 - 22:30 Christian Bale in Thor Bond Pushed to November The Invisible Man Last of Us TV Show The Platform Trailer Talk: 22:45 - 28:00 Denis Villeneuve Next Floor Okja Talk: 2...
Mar 18, 2020•43 min•Ep. 296
Another 10 episodes down! We're bringing in a new favorite of our this episode: Lords of Waterdeep. Listen in as the four of us try to accumulate small armies, acquire gold, build up Waterdeep, and back stab each other. Chess it out! Robert Reviews Stuff DnD Rules @ 2:00 Lords of Waterdeep Pictures - Ex1 Ex2 Rules Round 1: 4:00 - 1:25:00 Round 2: 1:26:00 - End of Episode...
Mar 11, 2020•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 295
Well well well, the prodigal son returns this week: Rob! He's back, so we spend a good chunk of time catching up. We're going over a new Westworld trailer, finish up BoJack finally, and talk about Snowpiercer! Chess out the episode for all that and more! Links from this episode: Intro / Catch-up: Start - 14:30 Westworld Trailer Talk: 15:15 - 21:30 When Caleb Meets Dolores BoJack Series Talk Spoilers: 23:45 - 36:00 Snowpiercer Talk: 37:00 - End Snowpiercer = Willy Wonka Sequel?...
Mar 04, 2020•50 min•Ep. 294
We're bringing in the well rounded topics this week! Starting off with some video game talk, going into our first album review of the year, a bit more of BoJack and ending the episode with our Parasite review! Chess it out to hear that and more! Links from this episode: Switch Talk: 2:30 - 6:00 An Abandoned House Grimes Miss Anthropocene Talk: 6:00 - 13:45 BoJack S6 Spoiler Talk: 14:00 - 22:00 Frito Pie Parasite Talk: 22:10 - End of episode Snowpiercer Okja...
Feb 26, 2020•45 min•Ep. 293
How sad can a horse show make us? Let's find out! We're going over more Bojack episodes, what we've been up to on the switch, and some movie news! Chess it out for all of that and more! Links from this episode: Board Game Talk: 2:00 - 6:30 Kingdomino Triominos Innovation Aeon's End Switch Talk: 6:45 - 18:45 BJHM S6 EP 9 & 10 Spoilers: 19:00 - 28:00 Trailer Talk: 28:00 - 36:30 Stranger Things S4 The French Dispatch Box Office Talk: 37:00 - End of Episode Birds of Prey Sonic Cats...
Feb 19, 2020•50 min•Ep. 292
We're really reigning it in this week! Cody fixes Hollywood and Brittany dominates in board games this week. We say neigh to long movies and keep the watch list short this week. Horse pun. Links from this episode: Darker Side of the Moon Carcassonne BoJack S6 EP 7 & 8 Discussion: 13:00 - 19:00 Oscars Talk: 19:00 - 29:00 Horse Girl Talk Spoilers: 29:00 - End of episode Alison Brie Character Breakdown...
Feb 12, 2020•46 min•Ep. 291
We're through with the Witcher talk! We give out our scores for the first season of the show, go over the Superbowl, and more this episode! Chess it out and tell your dog! Links from this episode: DnD Talk: 3:30 - 5:00 DnD 5e Mummy Catan Talk: 5:00 - 10:00 Seafarers Superbowl Talk: 10:00 - 17:00 Cheer Talk: 17:00 - 19:45 Witcher Season 1 Wrap Up! Spoilers: 20:00 - End of Episode...
Feb 05, 2020•36 min•Ep. 290
A grab bag of topics this week! Going over what's been happening the past few weeks, some board games, some baking, some gaming. Wrapping up the episode going over another two episodes of The Witcher. Chess it out for that and more! Links from this episode: Brittany's Baking Talk: 1:00 - 7:00 Board Game Talk: 7:00 - 11:15 Lords of Waterdeep One Deck Dungeon Mario Recap: 11:15 - 15:00 Jump Rope Glitch Volleyball DnD Talk: 15:15 - 18:45 You Talk: 19:00 - 22:00 The Witcher EP5&6 Talk Spoilers: ...
Jan 29, 2020•38 min•Ep. 289
Switch talk never ends! A game heavy episode this week, talking about more Mario Odyssey and Rob dives into the VR world in full. Cody fails to do some simple math and Brittany can't stop talking about Morbius. All that and more this week so chess it out! Links from this episode: Mario Odyssey Talk: 2:10 - 13:30 Dumb Push-block Moon Stupid Sheep Moon Speed Run Records VR Talk: 20:00 - 22:30 Zero Punctuation Boneworks Morbius Trailer Talk: 23:00 - 31:00 The Witcher Ep 3&4 Spoilers Talk: 34:00...
Jan 22, 2020•53 min•Ep. 288
Toss a coin to your podcast! We were lucky enough to have Alex back on (from Time for Your Hobby Podcast) to come on and talk about the Nintendo Switch and the Witcher's first two episodes with us this week! Chess out the episode to hear us nerd out over that, some New Year's Resolutions, and more! Time For Your Hobby Nintendo Switch Talk: 9:00 - 29:00 Nintendo Online Giftster The Witcher Ep1&2 Discussion Spoilers: 29:30 - 49:00...
Jan 15, 2020•54 min•Ep. 287
Get your angry comments ready, we're talking about Star Wars finally. Brittany's opinion isn't a surprise, Tyler comes to term with how he feels, Cody reveals a terrifying truth about the Star Wars universe. Chess it out for that and more! Links from this episode: Star Wars Talk Spoilers: 4:30 - Entire Episode Rotten Tomatoes JJ on Bringing Palps Back Red Letter Media Dominic Monaghan Potential Director's Cut Release...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 286
We're settling our differences this week for the special 10 episode edition: we're playing Settlers of Catan! Tune in and see if you can guess who's going to win, take a look at the pictures as the game goes on to get a better visual if needed. Chess it out and see if you can guess who will win and who will get upset once the game is over! Links from this episode: Starting Board (First Picture) Second Picture Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth (Final Board)...
Jan 01, 2020•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 285
The long wait is over! Every movie discussion, every TV show review, every video game tangent has been building up to this: the Chessies. We're bringing out our 5th annual Chess Talk Awards and going over what won our hearts for the year! Chess it out and see if you agree with our picks and what ultimately takes the cake for each category! Thank you to everyone who listened this year, can't wait to see what next year brings us! Links from this episode: Meme of the Year Discussion: 13:45 - 30:45 ...
Dec 25, 2019•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 284
Award season is here! We're going over the Golden Globe nominations that just announced, what we've been up to, and getting into Marriage Story. Brittany is excited for Beanie Feldstein, and Cody refuses to let the episode end. Chess it out for all of that and more! Links from this episode: Weekly Recap: 0:00 - 7:30 Golden Globe Nominees Talk: 7:30 - 17:50 Marriage Story Talk: 18:00 - 34:00 Noah Baumbach on writing Marriage Story Wicked Witch of the East, Bro!...
Dec 18, 2019•37 min•Ep. 283
End of the year events are here! Sales galore and Spotify Wrapped is finally upon us! Cody reveals a conspiracy theory for Spotify, Brittany is questioning some trailers, and more this week! Chess it out Links from this episode: Weekly Catch Up: 00:00 - 6:55 Wetlands Park Unearthed Arcana X-Morph: Defense Blasphemous Spotify 2019 Wrapped: 7:00 - 26:30 Cody's 2019 & Decade Brittany's 2019 & Decade Trailer Talk: 26:30 - End of episode The Boys S2 Free Guy Daniel Radcliffe Black Widow...
Dec 11, 2019•38 min•Ep. 282
Get your comfy chair and comfy headphones out this week, we got a long one for you! We were lucky enough to bring on Alex from the Time For Your Hobby podcast this week and have him talk about his podcast, his media of the year, and just add his lovely Canadian commentary. Cody rants about Bloodborne, Brittany is treated nicely for once, chess it out for all that and more this week! Links from this episode: Alex Introduction: 0:00 - 24:00 Time For Your Hobby Website TFYH Twitter Misfits Weekly C...
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 281
Get your appetites ready! Besides the big meal day tomorrow we got a meaty episode this week. Brittany won't stop talking about VR, Cody is angry about a meme, and Rob has exciting news! Chess it out for all that and more! Links from this episode: VR / Half-Life / Boneworks Talk: 4:30 - 12:15 Boneworks New Video Half-Life: Alyx Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, and Hand Grenades Blade and Sorcery Wacthmen Talk: 18:00 - 23:00 Knives Out Discussion (Mostly Spoiler Free): 23:15 - 36:15 BoJack Discussion Spoile...
Nov 27, 2019•54 min•Ep. 280
What a week over here! We actually have a bit of catching up to do, so a chunk of the episode is the weekly recap. The other big chunk is trailer talk, both questioning some trailers and getting excited for others. Cody ponders the existence of horses, Brittany likes dogs, Rob is curious about Bloodshot. All that and more this week! Chess it out! Links from this episode: Weekly Talk: Start of Episode - 17:10 Escape from Tarkov Pokemon Go November Community Day PoGo Galarian Weezing Hell's Cafete...
Nov 20, 2019•49 min•Ep. 279
The Stephen King build up finally has its pay off! We saw Doctor Sleep this weekend so we're getting into that, Rob & Madelyn saw tons of chocolate, and Brittany loved Jojo Rabbit. Chess it out for that and more this week! Links from this episode: Northwest Chocolate Festival Jojo Rabbit Discussion: 12:30 - 19:10 Bojack S6E3&4 Discussion Spoilers: 20:50 - 28:00 Bull / Bear Gag Doctor Sleep Discussion Spoilers: 28:30 - End of movie...
Nov 13, 2019•57 min•Ep. 278
Short one this week! Cody is on the mend so we weren't able to see two movies this week, we're just touching on Blizzcon news, Zombieland 2, and the first episodes of Bojack Season 6! Chess out the episode for that, some dog tales, why Cody got sick, and more! Links from this episode: Rao's Italian Gravy Camp Bow Wow Blizzcon Talk 11:00 - 15:00 Diablo 4 Cinematic Shadowlands Overwatch 2 Bojack S6E1+2 Spoilers Discussion: 15:10 - 21:10 Tim Meadows Zombieland 2 Discussion Spoilers: 22:00 - End of ...
Nov 06, 2019•37 min•Ep. 277
We survived the spooks, just one more day! We're wrapping up our spooky month of movies with a big hitter this week, talking about El Camino, and Madelyn goes buck wild with a rating system. Chess it out for all that and more! Links from this episode: The Outer Worlds Chiwetel Ejiofor El Camino Discussion Spoilers: 10:00 - 27:30 Scott MacArthur Spooktober Movie : 28:00 - End of episode! Wendy, Darling, Light of my life...
Oct 30, 2019•55 min•Ep. 276
