On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne flies solo for the first time in months to discuss the top 25 video game twists of all time. The list is obviously limited to games that I've played, but I've played a fair few in my day, so there's plenty to discuss.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at [email protected].

Timestamps
2:15: Sonic Adventure (Spoilers)
6:22: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Spoilers)
8:31: Red Dead Redemption (Spoilers)
11:10: Final Fantasy VIII (Spoilers)
14:50: Shadow of the Colossus (Spoilers)
17:31: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Spoilers)
19:41: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Spoilers)
21:39: Fallout 3 (Spoilers)
24:55: Pokemon Sun and Moon (Spoilers)
27:21: Octopath Traveler II (No Spoilers)
31:28: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Spoilers)
34:26: Chained Echoes (No Spoilers)
37:26: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (Spoilers)
39:43: Bloodborne (Light Spoilers)
41:39: Observation (Spoilers)
44:02: Octopath Traveler (Spoilers)
46:41: Mass Effect (Light Spoilers)
48:38: Ori and the Blind Forest (Spoilers)
51:32: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Medium Spoilers)
54:08: To the Moon (No Spoilers)
56:19: BioShock (Medium Spoilers)
58:43: Final Fantasy VII (Light Spoilers)
1:00:50: Kingdom Hearts II (Light Spoilers)
1:03:00: Heavy Rain (No Spoilers)
1:05:24: The Last of Us Part II (Light Spoilers)

On this week's episode of the podcast, Andrew and Reagan discuss the first two episodes of The Last of Us Season 2 on which they have some divided opinions and certainly more mixed emotions when compared to the first season. The episode is a full-on spoilerfest including a discussion of all of The Last of Us Part II and is intended as a companion piece for game fans watching the show. If you'd like to join the conversation for future episodes of the podcast, you can write into the show at [email protected].

Timestamps
2:28: Recap and Discussion
1:36:35: Standout Moments
1:39:09: Ranking Episodes compared to Season 1
1:41:35: Predictions

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan take a break from Game of Thrones to dissect The Last of Us Part I including both the first game and season 1 of the HBO show. Like with Game of Thrones, the duo breaks down each episode of the show and analyzes the changes from the source material before ranking the episodes, characters, and top moments. Discussions for the ongoing Season 2 of the show will be forthcoming as it progresses, so if you'd like to join the conversation, you can write into the show at [email protected].

Timestamps
00:47: Introduction and our history with The Last of Us
20:35: Synopsis
2:16:06: Ranking Top Moments
3:15:50: MAJOR Spoiler for The Last of Us Part II/Season 23:16:05: Ranking the Episodes
3:29:05: Ranking the Characters

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze Season 4 of Game of Thrones. The podcast includes a discussion (or at least a mention) of every scene in the season as well as several lists from SlowBurne that ranks the episodes, best moments, and dead characters from this stage of the story. Episodes on each of the eight seasons of Game of Thrones are incoming so please write in to [email protected] if you'd like to join the conversation.

Timestamps
2:00: Season 4 Recap
1:40:00: Ranking the top moments from Season 4
2:20:29: Ranking the 10 episodes of Season 4
2:38:28: Ranking Dead Characters

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze both Season 3 of Game of Thrones. The podcast includes a discussion (or at least a mention) of every scene in the season as well as several lists from SlowBurne that ranks the episodes, best moments, and dead characters from this stage of the story. Episodes on each of the eight seasons of Game of Thrones are incoming so please write in to [email protected] if you'd like to join the conversation.

Timestamps
1:58: Season Summary
2:18:58: Ranking Top Moments
2:34:08: Ranking the 10 episodes of Season 3
2:56:17 Ranking Dead Characters Update

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze both Season 2 of Game of Thrones and the second book in the series, A Clash of Kings. The podcast includes a breakdown and comparison of the plot points of the book vs. the show as well as several lists from SlowBurne that ranks the best moments from the show, chapters from the book, and dead characters from both at this stage of the story as well as ranking the 10 episodes of Season 2 and 10 POV characters in the book in order of quality. Episodes on each of the eight seasons of Game of Thrones are incoming so please write in to [email protected] if you'd like to join the conversation.

Timestamps
2:10: Synopsis of A Clash of Kings and Game of Thrones Season 2

2:18:04: Ranking top moments from Season

22:28:20: Ranking the episodes of Season 2

2:42:11: Ranking my favorite nine chapters of A Clash of Kings

2:55:21: Ranking dead characters

3:08:32: Ranking POVs from A Clash of Kings

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze both Season 1 of Game of Thrones and the first book in the series, A Game of Thrones. The podcast includes a breakdown and comparison of the plot points of the book vs. the show as well as several lists from SlowBurne that ranks the best moments from the show, chapters from the book, and dead characters from both at this stage of the story as well as ranking the 10 episodes of Season 1 and nine POV characters in the book in order of quality. Episodes on each of the eight seasons of Game of Thrones are incoming so please write in to [email protected] if you'd like to join the conversation.

Timestamps
6:17: Synopsis of A Game of Thrones and Season 1
1:54:24: Best Scenes in Season 1
2:18:28: Ranking the episodes of Season 1
2:30:38: Ranking standout chapters from A Game of Thrones
2:39:54: Ranking Dead Characters
2:44:55: Ranking POV characters from A Game of Thrones

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his brother Brandon Scoggins to break down the second half of his top 25 video games of all time as part of that ongoing series.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at [email protected].

Timestamps
0:38: Recap of Entries 25-13
1:37: Final Fantasy IV
10:52: Final Fantasy XVI
20:28: The Last of Us
28:59: The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
47:47: Heavy Rain
1:02:10: Pokemon Sun and Moon
1:18:19: The Last of Us Part II
1:37:02: Final Fantasy VI
1:59:00: Final Fantasy VII Remake
2:11:43: Final Fantasy VII
2:27:00: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2:48:00: Final Fantasy IX

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his brother Brandon Scoggins to break down the first half of his top 25 video games of all time as part of that ongoing series.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at[email protected].

Timestamps
1:28: Metroid Fusion
8:00: Crash Team Racing
13:52: Super Smash Bros. Melee
19:14: Pokemon Black and White
29:08: Pokemon Red and Blue
43:38: Halo 3
48:32: Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
55:21: Halo Reach
1:01:16: Kingdom Hearts II
1:17:48: Octopath Traveler
1:28:59: Kingdom Hearts
1:35:56: Final Fantasy XV
1:53:11: Final Fantasy VIII

The 2020 classic Hades has been dominating my free time over the last couple of weeks as I replay it in preparation for the release of Hades 2 later this year, so in this episode I dissect the key reasons I find this game to be so addictive and rank my favorite characters, boons, bosses and weapons in the game.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at [email protected].