Fireside Friends

Fireside Friends turns a year old this week! In celebration, the crew briefly talks about changes coming to the show before discussing Pan's Labyrinth.

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Our podcast theme is "At Summer Pond" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

Alexander joins us once again as we discuss "The Evaluators: To Trade With Aliens, You Must Adapt" by N.K. Jemisin.

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Our podcast theme is "At Summer Pond" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

We made it past the flaming hellscape that is 2016, and onto what is looking to be an even greater hellscape that is 2017. Despite all of the negativity in the world, the Fireside Friends crew found time to sit down and reflect positively on the media that they enjoyed in 2016.

Note that most of our choices are ones that we have not talked about on the show before, as we thought it would be redundant to choose stuff that we have already talked about at length in previous episodes.

Also note that these are all things that we have enjoyed in 2016, and not necessarily what has been released in 2016.

Here is the list of our personal favorites, as listed in our Google Doc:

Ryan's Picks:

Games:

• Pocket Card Jockey
• Thumper
• Firewatch
• Galak-Z

Movies:

• The Lobster
• Star Trek: Beyond
• The Nice Guys
• Lemonade
• Jet Li’s The One

TV:

• Better Call Saul
• Hannibal

Comics:

• Black Panther
• Snotgirl
• Jem & the Holograms
• Paper Girls

Allen's Picks:

Games:

• Abzu
• Pokemon Moon

Movies:

• My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
• Don’t Think Twice
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Zootopia

TV:

• The Americans
• Broad City
• Steven Universe
• Veep

Literature:

• Saga
• Seeds

Kaity's Picks:

Games:

• Skyrim Special Edition
• Stellaris
• Grim Dawn

TV:

• Longmire
• Stranger Things

Comics:

• Dragon Age: Magekiller
• Radioactive Spider-Gwen

Anime:

• Magical Girl Raising Project
• YURI!!! On Ice
• Orange
• ERASED
• Occultic;Nine
• Shelter
• She and Her Cat: Everything Flows

You can send questions & comments to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter, and review us on iTunes!

Our podcast theme is "At Summer Pond" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

We talk Overwatch's holiday event, Pokémon Sun and Moon, and discuss Krampus for our shared experience!

Discussion of Krampus begins at 41:04.

You can send questions & comments to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter, and review us on iTunes!

Our break music this episode is "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" by Sleater-Kinney (Ramones cover).

Our podcast theme is "April Elsewhere" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

John Stull and Jackson Tyler join us as we read and interpret lyrics from Metallica's latest masterpiece, "Hardwired... to Self Destruct."

You can find John's music at Jung Manhater and follow him on Twitter @SIBNAME.

You can find Jackson's work at headfallsoff.com, follow them on Twitter @headfallsoff, and support them on Patreon.

You can send questions & comments to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter, and review us on iTunes!

Our podcast theme is "April Elsewhere" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

Editor's Note: Ryan's audio is awful for the first ten minutes, but it improves after that. Apologizes!

Shaun Lau joins us as we talk about queer relationships in Yuri On Ice, fight over Pokémon Sun/Moon starters, discuss lack of representation of marginalized groups in media, and more before we discuss Ghost In The Sell for our shared experience.

You can find Shaun's work at No, Totally!, follow him on Twitter @NoTotally, and support him on Patreon.

Discussion about representation in media begins at 25:30.

Discussion of Ghost in the Shell begins at 37:38.

You can send questions & comments to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter, and review us on iTunes!

Our podcast theme is "April Elsewhere" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

Mike Moody joins us as we talk about the new Sims 4 expansion, Cowboy Bebop, Cardcaptor Sakura, the lack of skin color options in the new Animal Crossing: New Leaf update, and more before discussing Zootopia for our shared experience.

You can find's Mike's music on Soundcloud and follow her on Twitter @guysmiley22.

Discussion of Zootopia begins at 34:36.

You can send questions & comments to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter, and rate us on iTunes!

Our break music this episode is "Countrysides" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org

Our podcast theme is "April Elsewhere" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

Shannon Strucci stops by as we talk about transphobia in a recent episode of Atlanta; We also talk Hannibal, Yuri!!! On Ice, Law & Order: SVU, and more before discussing Tucker & Dale vs. Evil for our shared experience.

You can find Shannon's work at StrucciMovies, follow her on Twitter @plentyofalcoves, and support her on Patreon.

Discussion of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil begins at 34:05.

You can send questions & comments to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter, and rate us on iTunes!

Our break music this episode is "Theme of Laura" by Akira Yamaoka.

Our podcast theme is "April Elsewhere" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

NO BEES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS PODCAST

Kortney Terry returns to chat with us about magical girls, Luke Cage(and racists who think the show is "too black"), Atlanta, Hannibal, and more before discussing A Monster In Paris for our shared experience.

You can follow Kortney on Twitter @Sparklykiss.

Our break music this episode is "Mexican Chef" by Xenia Rubinos.

Our podcast theme is "April Elsewhere" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.

Alex Zandra chats with us about self care, self confidence, and the importance of creating and consuming art.

If you missed the previous episode in which we talk to Alex Zandra about game design and Mirror's Edge, you can check that out here!

You can find Alex Zandra's work at ZandraVandra.com, follow her on Twitter @havochq, and support her on Patreon.

The music used this episode is "Home" by The Orchestral Movement of 1932 found via Opsound.org.