Big Bad Books

Big Bad Books

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Big Bad Books episodes

  • I or AI? (Halloween Spooktacular)
    In a terrifying divergence from form, the Big Bad Books Boys are taking a break from Old Uncle Cline's Almanac of References to explore the lengths, breadths, and depths of horror fiction. Not real fiction (??), mind you. No, more a collection of random snippets written either by a robot, or by an AI. Declan is left - as are you, dear listener, - to determine which is which.
    58 min
  • Real Estate: Chapter 18 (Ready Player Two)

    Ernest continues to defy all expectations, by setting a third consecutive chapter in the delightfully underwhelming world of Shermer, with still no end in sight!

    This time we have RDJ being coerced, we’ve got DUBI and Doobage galore, and we have our most upsetting visit (yet) to the horrors of Gulag Caledonia.

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    1 hr
  • Prevarication: Chapter 17 (Ready Player Two)

    It's been a minute since we checked-up on Wade and the Gunter Gang, but fortunately they're still on the very-interesting-and-not-remotely-laborious-to-read-about planet of Shermer!

    In this chapter, we explore all the ways Cline doesn't want to share the answer to his good puzzles, witness a needle-drop for the ages, and PAUSE (in a gamer way) to discover what manner of horrors have befallen Gulag Caledonia.

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    1 hr 32 min
  • John Hughes: Chapter 16 (Ready Player Two)
    Reeling from the shard-related revelations of last time, we were all ready for an action-packed chapter. But Cline is a master of subverting expectations, and instead provided us with the most boring collection of pages ever! Join us as we traverse the medium-sized planet of Shermer dedicated to all things John Hughes.
    1 hr 25 min
  • Pacing: Chapter 15 (Ready Player Two)
    Another episode, another chapter, and after the white-knuckle excitement of the Ninja-Sega/Sega-Ninja rundown last time out, we’re in for even more excitement, as we finally see Wade in some death-defying combat, and uncover more of the mysterious past Halliday has been hiding.
    Plus, we enter the realm of Gulag Caledonia, an all-too-divorced prediction of a future ravaged by God-forgetters. Not to be missed!
    1 hr 29 min
  • Ekphrasis: Chapter 14 (Ready Player Two)
    After an Easter Gunting hiatus, we're back with another chapter. This one's heavy on the games and light on the story. Just the way we like it! Ernest puts us in the shoes of Wade in the cyber-shoes of Parzival who is, in turn, in the simulated-kicks of Kira Underwood: the coolest teen in Middletown (Ohio).
    1 hr 23 min
  • Grief: Chapter 13 (Ready Player Two)
    As a famous, jewel-headed robot once said, what is grief if not love persevering? In this chapter, Cline ponders the very same question in the aftermath of the tragic circumstances which led to Mark Rylance crashing a plane into Art3mis. And his answer is not what you'd expect!
    1 hr 33 min
  • Liability: Chapter 12 (Ready Player Two)

    After a brief, reading-based hiatus, we're BACK to continue our quest through Ready Player Two!

    In this chapter, things are getting pretty real for dear old Wade. There's a lot on the line, but fortunately he is legally protected from any and all consequences by some ironclad End User License Agreements.

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    1 hr 24 min
  • Intelligence: Chapter 11 (Ready Player Two)
    It’s the festive season, and to celebrate the coming of Claus, Cline has seen fit to gift us all with something we’ve been missing sorely: an actual story!
    Revelations, twists, references, and over-explained simplicities are abound in this episode, which some critics are describing as “one hell of a chapter”.
    1 hr 18 min
  • Drama: Chapter 10 (Ready Player Two)
    After taking some time to process and reflect on the dense narrative clod of RP2, we're finally back with a new chapter. And what a chapter it is!
    Open up your body and mind to Ernest's ping-pong prose as he pilots your unthinking telebot corpse through a hailstorm of revelations and plot twists which some critics have suggested he could have done with spreading out a bit.
    1 hr 12 min

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With the help of their friends and otherwise useless English degrees, Isaac and Declan take on the ever growing world of truly awful writing, one chapter at a time. We read them so you don't have to!