Across the Lake

This week the boys makes the yearly sacrifice: ignoring their loved ones and responsibilities, to consume the Electronic Entertainment Expo's offerings. Was it worth it? Is it ever? Tune in to find out. //

Things Discussed:

E3 |

Jump Force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U50iYupwBE |

Bethesda's Press Conference: https://kotaku.com/everything-bethesda-showed-at-e3-2018-1826716886 |

Fallout 76: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9FGaan35s0 |

Sony's Press Conference: https://kotaku.com/everything-sony-showed-at-e3-2018-1826747576 |

The Last of Us Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btmN-bWwv0A |

Nintendo's Press Conference: https://kotaku.com/everything-nintendo-showed-at-e3-2018-1826765939 |

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHRwMmwbFnA //

Required Reading:

Aaron: The Last of Us (2013). |

Andrew: The Last of Us soundtrack by Gustavo Santaolalla. //

You can contact us at [email protected] or on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/thelakepod. We also have a Discord where you can chat with us and read and watch the stuff that were into each week @ https://discord.gg/TGuCRw. //

As always, thank you to George Mager (twitter.com/georgemager?s=09) for doing our wonderful show art. And thanks to Captive Portal (https://captiveportalmusic.com) for letting us use their dope track as our intro theme.

We're back! A lot has changed in the last month. Andrew moved. Everything broke. But it's all good now. We can finally deliver that mediocre content you all crave. This week the fellas wonder what would a Legend of Zelda dating show look like? Also, Watchmen's still kickin, huh? And they recommend a music podcast. And they recommend a music podcast. And they recommend a music podcast.

Discussed:

Nintendo Switch Online: everything we know: https://bit.ly/2HvbCF3

Damon Lindelof's letter: https://bit.ly/2sPGZVv

Required Reading:

Everything is a Remix: https://bit.ly/2bcrbUR

Sample Study: https://bit.ly/2JEoPAt

Dissect: https://bit.ly/2t34Pvp

Song Exploder: https://bit.ly/1dji163

Aaron had computer troubles this week, so instead of your regularly scheduled program, we go back in time. The Big Sick has just come out, Aaron is watching GLOW, apparently, and Andrew isn't sure if he's in the right universe. //

Things Discussed:

The Matrix |

Wild Wild West |

John Wick |

Hancock |

GLOW |

Maron |

Sounds Dangerous |

Star Tours //

Required Reading: [Hasn't been invented yet] //

And for the first time, again, thank you to George Mager (https://tinyurl.com/y9tkceno) for doing our wonderful show art. And thanks to Captive Portal (captiveportalmusic.com) for letting us use their dope track as our intro theme.

It's a special sleepy episode. It could be ASMR if Andrew wasn't yelling the whole time. The boys stayed up way to late and try to talk about Nintendo's cardboard and Infinity War while maintaining coherent thought. Try. Listen to this one at 2 in the morning after watching a 3 hour movie with too many characters for an enhanced experience. //

Things Discussed:

Nintendo Labo |

Nirvana the Band the Show |

Avengers: Infinity War //

No Required Reading this week :) //

As always, thank you to George Mager (twitter.com/georgemager?s=09) for doing our wonderful show art. And thanks to Captive Portal (captiveportalmusic.com) for letting us use their dope track as our intro theme.

Make sure to listen to this episode with headphones on, or the ear monsters will getcha! Aaron and Andrew discuss the recently released horror film A Quiet Place, which, naturally, devolves in to a discussion about the quality of the Tremors films. Andrew also talks shit about the new Han Solo while assuring everyone that he's not an Angry Star Wars Fan. //

Things Discussed:

Campo Santo's mischievous blog post: http://blog.camposanto.com/post/173170027579/campo-santo-news |

A Quiet Place: https://tinyurl.com/y952phqf |

Solo: A Star Wars Story: https://tinyurl.com/ydastpo2

Nintendo Labo announcement: This Sunday, the 29th, Andrew will be streaming his first impressions of the Labo at noon EST. Follow him ( https://tinyurl.com/y9x8t8xd) to get a reminder of when he goes live //

Required Reading:

Aaron: Southeastern (2013) by Jason Isbell. Aaron’s idea of “country music, but good.” It’s full of beautiful songs and great stories. Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y88tnz76 |

Andrew: The commentary tracks from the 2007 DVD release of Star Wars featuring Ben Burtt. Highlights can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y7kdcrxk //

As always, thank you to George Mager (https://twitter.com/georgemager?s=09) for doing our wonderful show art. And thanks to Captive Portal (https://captiveportalmusic.com) for letting us use their dope track as our intro theme.

This week, the boys do a little spooky radio theatre to kick things off. Then talk about their adventures in the post apocalyptic worlds of Breath of the Wild (where Aaron is chased by bees) and Mad Max (where Andrew is doing some chasing of his own). Stick around and we might actually thank our listeners this time. //

Things Discussed:

Flight 180 by Jeffrey Riddick: https://tinyurl.com/oy2ytdo |

Breath of the Wild |

Mad Max (2015): https://tinyurl.com/ovwmak6 |

Andrew rides eternal, shiny and chrome: https://clips.twitch.tv/ShyThirstyRadishMVGame |

Kéké Flipnote on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kekeflipnote |

Detective Pikachu: https://tinyurl.com/y9oxzhpq |

The Spider-Man trailer from E3 2017: https://tinyurl.com/y7tqjct5 //

Required Reading:

Aaron: Advanced Wars (2001) - One of Aaron’s favorite Game Boy Advance games which he didn’t explain very well, so here’s a video that does a better job: https://tinyurl.com/ycnv5u5p |

Andrew: Nirvana the Band the Show (https://tinyurl.com/y8sr52dg) //

As always, thank you to George Mager (https://twitter.com/georgemager?s=09) for doing our wonderful show art. And thanks to Captive Portal (captiveportalmusic.com) for letting us use their dope track as our intro theme.

It's a vacation recap episode of Across the Lake. In our second episode, we talk shit about the cities we visited over the last few weeks. Aaron's car is destroyed for the sake of knowledge and Andrew eats at a Very Good Taco Bell.

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Required Reading:

Aaron: Atlanta

Andrew: Idle Thumbs (https://www.idlethumbs.net/)

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Things Discussed:

Joan Cornella comic: https://twitter.com/sirjoancornella/status/979968490600775680?s=09

Ozark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozark_(TV_series)

Twin Peaks: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks_(restaurant_chain)

Pacifica Taco Bell: http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-best-taco-bell-pacifica-california-2017-6

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As always, thank you to George Mager (https://twitter.com/georgemager) for doing our wonderful show art. And thanks to Captive Portal (https://captiveportalmusic.com/) for letting us use their dope track as our intro theme.

Two friends. Separated by the second largest body of fresh water in North America. But not even that will stop them from asking stupid bullshit like: Did your mom write Black Sabbath's Iron Man? What is the dark connection between Buffalo Wild Wings and Sport(s)Clips? And, oh, shit, we actually just talked about the Buffalo Wild Wings thing for like 40 minutes. //

Things discussed:

Black Sabbath's Iron Man lyrics, featuring a legendary internet comment: https://tinyurl.com/y7hkcfbh |

Every Frame a Painting: https://tinyurl.com/mf3hw7e |

The Nerdwriter1 video that Andrew has been watching on loop: https://tinyurl.com/yd54g4eb |

Rowan Atkinson's Laughing Matters: https://tinyurl.com/y82s45f5 |

Ace Venture Hallway Scene: https://tinyurl.com/mbxuyfh |

Macklemore Cut His "Hitler Youth" Haircut And Now People Are Thanking Him: https://tinyurl.com/y7xntkmu //

Required Reading:

Aaron: The collective works of Paul Thomas Anderson |

Andrew: A Series of Fortunate Events book series //

**Despite visiting SportClips, Andrew is NOT a white supremacist. //

Huge thanks to George Mager (https://twitter.com/georgemager) for our wonderful album art. And also thank to Captive Portal (https://captiveportalmusic.com/) for letting us use their dope track for our intro music.