Friday Island Podcast

Hey, remember that thick fog that settled over Friday Island during our recent Silent Hill episode? It's still here and it's only gotten worse... Also giant spider legs are reaching out of the fog and snatching people out of their homes, so we're just hiding out by the campfire to wrap up this year's spooky season, chatting about Dead By Daylight 'cause it feels pretty appropriate under the circumstances.
Speaking of which, do you know how the game was developed and how it's changed over the years? How is this game so unique, and how does it maintain such impressive longevity with new licensed killers and survivors? Or how much it roughly costs to create even an original killer?
Oh! Ready up, a round's starting! And the Entity hungers...

AH! WEREWOLVES! AAH!! BIG GREEN LADY!! AAAH!!! ANGRY INTERNET INCELS HATING ON A ROBOT WEARING A HAT!!! It surely is a SCARY episode this week with the boys diving way deep into this vat of Werewolf by Night and She-Hulk! Do you know the origins of the lesser-known characters of Werewolf by Night? How do you feel about the first MCU 'Halloween Special'? And how do you feel about the incredibly divisive She-Hulk? Do you know how the developers worked out all that WILD fourth-wall-breaking content? There's so much to learn and so much to get TERRIFIED by in this one, so buckle up!

Few things go together as well as peanut butter and jelly, there's autumn and apple picking, Batman and Robin, Luigi's Mansion and Until Dawn, the boys just had to cover at least one of these pairings, and spooky season was the deciding factor!
How well do you know these topics? Do you know how many ~spooky secret~ ways Luigi's Mansion for the Gamecube messes with the player? Do you know how many games the spooky mansion appears in throughout the Mario Game Universe?
Or do you know what horror film easter eggs are hidden in Until Dawn, or even how exhaustive the production process before the game's release?
Yeah, basically this is a very spooky and very informative episode, so just look out because you may get an information jumpscare here and there.

A dense fog has settled over Friday Island this spooky season... Strange creatures emerge, and we're beginning to believe they're mannifestations of our subconscious guilts, traumas, and fears... It's a lot like Silent Hill, which is appropriate, since the boys are discussing Silent Hill this week... I'm sure you don't know all the details of the game's creation, or what works of art have inspired the developers over the years, or even where the status of the series lies now... please, grab a flashlight, something for self-defense, and also some snacks please, we're getting hungry over here.

Did ya come in for a pie, Friday Islanders? Do forgive me if me head's a little vague, me ol' noggin's stuck in 19th century London from all this Sweeney Todd talk! Heaven knows the boys tried this week, do ya know about the origins of Mr. Todd? Or perhaps how many meat pies were made for this Hollywood production? And you mustn't yet know about Stephen Sondheim's reaction to Butron's adaptation, but you will soon enough! No denyin' times is hard, so would you tell your friends about the podcast while you're at it? Even harder, they're the worst times in Friday Island, and surely no one wants the Demon Barber of Fleet Street gettin' involved...

Shh, do you hear that clicking? It's either a highly infected clicker, OR it's you listening to this episode! Or both... But this week, the boys are finally discussing one of the greatest video games of all time, The Last of Us! Did you know this game was leaked before it was ever announced, and NO ONE realized it?? What about the science behind the decay of the world, twenty years into the apocalypse? Or the inspiration behind everyone's favorite unseen character, Ish? Prepare to be an expert on all things The Last of Us, seriously, the cordyceps virus is real and IT'S COMING FOR ALL OF US!!!

Do you ever just feel nostalgic for the childhood days of wandering around the forests of Japan and befriending a huge cuddly forest deity? Well the boys sure do, so that's why they're diving into the beloved Studio Ghibli film, My Neighbor Totoro! Did you know this movie is semi-autobiographical? Do you know which other Ghibli film it was released alongside in theaters? What about all the symbolism packed throughout the movie in sometimes surprising ways? And is Cat Bus cute or terrifying?
Doesn't matter, either way, hop into the ol' Cat Bus because it's between this and the flying spinning top, and no offense, but I just don't know if your balance is good enough for that.

Name ONE pair of Pixar movies that are better together than apart, more than Toy Story 1 and 2. You can't, it's no competition, these two belong together, and that's why this week, the boys are covering both in one episode! Which actors turned down huge roles because they didn't believe in Pixar? How did the animators nearly lose all their work on Toy Story 2, and who saved the day? What shade did Pixar sneakily throw at huge companies? And do all toys go to heaven? Do they have souls? They're sentient, I mean something must happen when they die, right??

Yeah you read that title right, and NO, the boys will NOT be saying ANY innuendos in this movie called Dewey Cox, so don't even think about that low-hanging fruit. But which musical artists is Dewey based off of? Why was this cult-classic a flop at the box office? How is John C. Reilly such a good singer? And what in the world is Zach's dad's favorite scene in The Office??? Now please, put your hands together for... Dewey Cox!

What comes to mind when I describe a resort hotel in Hawaii? Beautiful Beaches? A moonlit fireside luau? Delectable fresh pineapple and papaya? WRONG. It's awful rich white people treating the working class like dirt. That also describes The White Lotus! Why is it called the 'White Lotus'? How did Covid impact production? Who do the boys think deserve an Emmy most? And how hyped are you to get more Tanya in season 2? Okay now let's go, we'll be late for our scuba training.