Halftone Takes

We both love original soundtracks, but Cory like, DOUBLE loves them. We dive into not just some of our favorites, but how we engage with them and what we find appealing in the first place. We cover a lot of ground in this one! Also? GOOBER MUSIC.

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Here at Halftone Takes, we love a fake band. From Powerline to Sex Bob-omb, we just have a grand ol' time whenever these goobers show up on screen. But it's really a pretty broad umbrella, and there's more here than you might expect. Join us as we dig in!

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Adam loves The Lord of the Rings. He is not ok. He is absolutely twisted on these rings right now and needs to be saved from himself.

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Voice Actor Scott Whyte groans about his job. Turns out efforts are a lot of effort! There's invisible layers of sound design that go into the media we love, and we hope to get a little glimpse into the work that goes in behind the scenes.

Watch Scott do efforts for an action scene in Venom!

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There's more media than anyone could consume in a lifetime. In this episode, Adam interviews Cory about reviews & recommendations. How do you discover what to play next? How seriously should you take it when someone recommends something? And what if someone recommends something that isn't for you? We also talk about Cory's relationship to indie games and how Adam kinda poisoned that well for a long time. Oops!

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In this week's episode, Cory interviews Adam about Night in the Woods, a special game that Adam thinks is the most specific piece of media that could ever be made for him. Tune in to find what makes it so special to him!

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A cover of Weird Autumn by Soft Girl is this episode's end credit song, used with permission. Thank you!

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In this episode, Adam interviews Cory on his perspective. What does it mean to be unique in the media landscape? We look at John Carter of Mars, Shudder Island, Shovel Knight, and much more trying to get to the bottom of it.

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In this lengthy episode, we fall in love with Stop Motion as a medium all over again. We also take a special detour to talk about Phil Tippit's Mad God and Hidari.

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Kids, am I right? What's up with them? In this very clean and appropriate for all ages episode, we interview our first ever guest, the wonderful Steve Downer as we interview him about how his relationship with media has changed and been informed by parenthood. He's an absolute delight, don't miss this one!

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