Josh, Alex & Matt do their favorite thing; talk about all the fun nerd things they're doing away from the pod!

• Intro! (0:00)
• Super Familiar w/the Wilsons promo (4:53)
• Josh can math (5:21)
• Josh speedruns his first batch of What'cha Doin's (6:31)
  • Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir season 6 (7:23)
  • Indiana Jones & the Great Circle (8:13)
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (8:38)
• My Dress-Up Darling (13:28)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (17:54)
• Alex loves (bad) competitive game shows! (24:21)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 (35:53)
• Severance season 2 (46:22)
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (56:30)
• What'cha Gonna Do? Nintendo Switch 2 announcement (1:11:47)
• Social media plugs and goodbyes! (1:17:23)

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Josh is joined by the star of the pod, Matt, along with the Lovely Dan from Casting Views to celebrate 15 years of Mass Effect 2

• Greetings, Commander (0:00)
• What is Casting Views? (2:52)
• How hyped were we for ME2 upon original release? (4:37)
• The story of Mass Effect 2 (11:47)
• Preferred ME2 classes and play styles (18:55)
• The main plot of the game and building your crew (25:33)
• Favorite ME2 crew member(s) (28:33)
• Mass Effect controversies (39:26)
• Bad romance endings? (42:05)
• Miranda the white whale? (46:05)
• The final mission (51:43)
• ME2 DLC (58:10)
• Social media plugs (1:11:54)

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Josh and Alex discuss Sony's announcements for the Ghost of Tsushima anime, Helldivers and Horizon: Zero Dawn movies, along with trying to figure out how Sony will not understand the assignment, and pitching their own version of what Sony will produce as a final product, along with some casting and directing choices.

• Josh flubs introducing Alex (0:00)
• When the regional accent comes out in local commercials (1:44)
• How is Josh still healthy and alive?! (8:59)
• Josh and Alex share some jokes (11:33)
• Josh's favorite joke (12:36)
• Sony's new video game movie announcements (14:34)
• Ghost of Tsushima anime (17:24)
• Helldivers movie (26:26)
• Horizon: Zero Dawn movie (41:23)
• Social media plugs (1:03:22)

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Josh flies solo as Alex is out sick, but we're looking ahead to our most notable movies, TV shows, video games, comics and more heading into 2025.

• Intro (0:00)
• Super Familiar with the Wilsons promo (0:38)
• 2025 Comics (1:06)
• 2025 Video Games (4:18)
• TV/Streaming shows (8:43)
• 2025 Movies (14:24)
• Game Club Pod thoughts on A Minecraft Movies (21:13)
• 2025 Moves cont'd (28:03)
• Social media plugs (35:58)

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Josh and Alex discuss their favorite and most disappointing movies, TV shows, games and performances of 2024 in our annual SMACademy Awards episode!

• Happy New Year! (0:00)
• Sugar Coated Murder Promo (3:02)
• Best Movie (4:31)
• Best Animated Feature (10:25)
• Best TV/Streaming Show (15:22)
• Best Video Game (19:40)
• Favorite Comic (26:08)
• Favorite Live-Action Movie Character (29:32)
• Favorite Video Game Character (34:34)
• Favorite Live-Action TV Character (35:36)
• That was this year?! (40:38)
• Biggest Disappointment (43:14)
• Favorite episode of Talking SMAC (48:08)
• Listener Comments (53:51)
• Social media plugs (

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Josh took the family to see Disney’s Moana 2, Alex—who hasn’t seen the movie—asks Josh's thoughts on the animation, story, and music.

• The ravages of time (1:10)
• 2 Blokes from Blighty promo (3:49)
• The brilliance of Joey & Tim (4:40)
• What is time?! (5:31)
• Josh's tangents within tangents being! (6:45)
• Was the theatrical release the right call? (8:19)
• How was the animation? (9:14)
• Is Moana 2 a must-see or pass? (11:11)
• Spoiler talk: Alex asks the big questions (11:42)
• What role do the Kakamora play? (13:03)
• What's the plot of Moana 2? (14:03)
• Where's Tamatoa?! (16:22)
• Where does the movie's story seams break? (16:46)
• Are there any good songs in Moana 2? (20:00)
• The Rock does 'Hamilton' (21:47)
• Is there sequel bait for a Moana 3? (24:49)
• How does it compare to Inside Out 2 as an unplanned and unexpected sequel? (26:27)
• The biggest spoiler for Moana 2 (27:07)
• Moana's parents still got it! (30:18)
• Final thoughts (31:13)
• Let's plug the socials! (33:10)

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Josh, Alex and Matt discuss all the mysteries of the two biggest trailers of December. Are they hyped for a James Gunn superman? Do they like fast zombies? And what does Gremlins 2 have to do with this? Why does Alex bring up Planes, Trains & Automobiles? (1:20) Sonic 3 vs Mufasa

(2:02) Matt longs for a good parasocial relationship in his life (join the discord)

(6:59) The Movie Wire Show podcast promo

(7:15) Ah Christmas. Such as The Star Wars Holiday Special

(11:26) 28 Years Later trailer + props to Boots by Kudyard Kipling as performer by Taylor Holmes

(22:07) Superman 2025 trailer + what does Superman mean to us

(43:34) Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho

(47:57) Superman portrayals in other films and shows and Matt gives us homework

(1:04:57) Wrap up

Josh and Alex breakdown their thoughts on Kraven the Hunter, and what was Sony thinking about a Spider-man free movie universe with Venom, Carnage, Morbin' time, Madame Web as their only hope.

• (0:22) Alex's Kraven cameo revealed
• (2:51) No on 15 promo
• (4:17) Kraven: what were they thinking + 28 Years Later trailer
• (8:22) What does Avi Arad actually do
• (20:20) Has Sony made a good film in the last five years? a breakdown of no, no they have not
• (28:03) Apple + is great
• (31:35) Morbius and the 90s Spider-Man the Animated Series
• (43:25) Not understanding Spider-man's journey or motto
• (51:16) Smac-Rating on Kraven the Hunter
• (52:25) The unmade Sony Spider-verse movies
• (1:01:07) wrap up

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