Knights of the Seven Kingdoms Is Peak and After Earth Debate | Taps & Takes

Live from Grogg’s Traditional Irish Pub, Taps & Takes is where The Do-Over Podcast splits the difference between nerd news and sports news and argues about all of it like it matters. This is Season 2, Episode 8, recorded at Grogg’s with Drew Hyatt and Edward Raus, plus a quick bar-side rant from Royce. On the nerd side, the crew goes all-in on Knights of the Seven Kingdoms as a rare Game of Thrones win, then spins through the week’s headlines: a new Neon Genesis Evangelion series (and why that’s a big swing), Assassin’s Creed trying to find its identity again, Sony’s ongoing Spider-Verse problem, and PlayStation’s Bluepoint situation as the latest example of studios getting set up to fail. It also gets weird in the best way, from Wario villain talk to Marvel finally moving X-Men forward, plus the corporate chessboard stuff with Paramount circling Warner Bros and Xbox turning the page. Then the show pivots into a “Hype or Blight” game rating iconic movie twist endings, detours into an After Earth argument, and closes the first half with Royce’s two-minute case for why Alex Garland might be the wrong fit for Elden Ring. The sports half runs through a Winter Olympics recap, then hits NFL with Kirk Cousins’ money legacy, Raiders and QB chatter, Kyler Murray trade talk, why Combine 40 times get overrated, and a final note on Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 landing on Netflix. 00:10 - Live from Grogg’s, nerd and sports setup 02:47 - Knights of the Seven Kingdoms finale praise 07:02 - Evangelion reboot news and why it matters 10:26 - Assassin’s Creed reset: Ubisoft brings veterans back 13:10 - Sony Spider-Verse reboot, Venom missed chances 16:07 - PlayStation cuts Bluepoint, live service fallout 19:34 - TMNT sequel, Ahsoka recast, Wario rumor 22:09 - Marvel X-Men film finally starts moving 25:03 - Paramount raises Warner Bros bid talk 27:24 - Xbox shakeup: Phil Spencer out, new CEO 30:56 - Hype or Blight: ranking iconic movie twists 36:22 - After Earth debate and “Psycho Killer” warning 39:20 - Royce rants: Alex Garland and Elden Ring fears 43:54 - Winter Olympics recap: USA medals and stars 48:11 - Kirk Cousins released and money legend debate 50:40 - Rondale Moore tragedy and college rule rant 52:52 - Raiders #1 pick buzz, Kyler Murray trade talk 54:37 - NFL Combine: 40 times, what really matters 56:57 - Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 on Netflix 58:05 - Where to find the show, sign-off #TheDoOverPodcast#DoOverPodcast#TapsAndTakes#Podcast#PopCulturePodcast#NerdNews#GamingNews#GameOfThrones#KnightsOfTheSevenKingdoms#EldenRing#NFLNews#WinterOlympics#SportsTalk#VideoGames#Marvel