Episode 57 - Weapons

It’s been a year since the last time we sat down for a pod but this one is least recorded within the last month - we’re making progress! Joe hosts JT, Sam, and Jono to talk all things games, TV (except this episode), and film. Games * Joe starts the show discussing Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima's unique open-world action game where you play a courier trying to reconnect a post-apocalyptic United States. * Sam heads to Steam Deck Corner to check out the wacky physics-based comedy of What the Golf? (a game that makes fun of golf) and the digitally adapted classic board game, Carcassonne (where players build a medieval French landscape one tile at a time). * JT and Jono give their first impressions after picking up the brand-new Switch 2 console. Film * Jono and JT review two major new films: the sleek sci-fi sequel Tron: Ares (about a highly advanced program crossing into the real world) and the gritty biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine (starring Dwayne Johnson as legendary MMA pioneer Mark Kerr). * Sam took inspiration from Ed Gein to watch the 1960 horror classic Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. * Joe wraps up the reviews with two genre films: Weapons: A new supernatural mystery-horror film about a group of children who all vanish at the same time and Arrival: Denis Villeneuve’s thoughtful sci-fi drama about a linguist (Amy Adams) trying to communicate with aliens who have landed on Earth.Get in touch with us: X - https://x.com/DSTEPodcastEmail - [email protected]:00:00 - Intro Games00:04:53 - Death Stranding00:19:33 - Steam Deck Corner > What the Golf? > Carcassonne00:25:12 - Battlefield 600:29:40 - Switch 2 > Pokemon Film00:43:59 - Tron: Ares > Jared Leto00:48:46 - The Smashing Machine01:03:00 - Psycho01:17:37 - Weapons01:39:40 - Arrival01:45:41 - Outro