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October 25 749: The End of BioWare
It's a sad time for video games, for renowned developer BioWare is closing. Acc and Jack discuss the company's history of tentpole franchises, such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age, along with the troubled development of Anthem. With a fifth Mass Effect game having been in the works, could another developer step into BioWare's shoes and finish it?
Also discussed in this episode of The Acc and Jack Show:
Acc is not a fan of every great television show having a revival.
Jack is trying out the first entry in the Final Fantasy series!
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1 hr 3 min
October 16 748: Keep Me Young, pt. II
Blake Jennings and Heather Jones from the podcast KEEP ME YOUNG join Jack and Zach for this installment of Hardly Focused! Blake and Heather reminisce about how they met, and what lead them to start a successful show. They're also celebrating 50 episodes together!
Also discussed in this episode:
As he did for Blake, Zach recounts for Heather the time he tried to take a selfie with Jinx Maze.
Jack needs ideas for a Halloween costume.
What are some good excuses for taking off work to play Grand Theft Auto VI?
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1 hr 9 min
October 10 747: Televised Executions
These are strange times indeed. Nidal Hasan, the gunman behind the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, is on death row and will be executed by firing squad. If that isn't extreme enough, "Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth says Hasan's execution will be broadcast live. Jack and Mike discuss this bold move, and question if America is truly great yet.
Also discussed in this episode of Hardly Focused:
Former Jeopardy embarrassment Mike Richards is now the CEO of the Daily Wire.
Christa Pike is somehow able to walk and talk after a botched execution attempt.
Grand Theft Auto VI will have some amazing radio stations, and DJs to boot!
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1 hr 5 min
October 01 746: Angry Chair
It's a mental health installment of Hardly Focused! Jack is an angry man, and is seeking help. A lifelong client himself, Nate educates Jack on cognitive behavioral therapy, and how he might benefit from it.
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1 hr 13 min
September 27 745: If You See Something, Say Something
Jack and Becky have an existential crisis over being elder millennials attending rock and/or roll concerts. As they observe, Olivia Rodrigo's crowd consists of the mothers chaperoning their kids while yearning to be at a Taking Back Sunday show, while Taking Back Sunday's audience should consider scheduling their colonoscopies. Getting old is fun!
Also discussed in this episode of Hardly Focused:
Damaging the family car as a teenage driver is a rite of passage.
Old Fall Out Boy is better than new Fall Out Boy - with the exception of (So) Much for Stardust which sounds like old Fall Out Boy.
How are people aging differently these days?
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1 hr 30 min
September 19 744: Say What?
Artificial intelligence continues to take over pretty much everything, but not without the occasional hiccup. Jack and Becky discuss the "actress" Tilly Norwood, an English AI model that glitches out mid-interview with Piers Morgan and begins to speak Chinese. Really though, is an AI glitch necessary to make Piers Morgan look bad?
Also discussed in this episode of Hardly Focused:
Local restaurants should not use AI for menus and advertising.
Celebrating heart disease and diabetes on National Cheeseburger Day!
The 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
An NBC Los Angeles helicopter crashes during a live broadcast.
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1 hr 27 min
September 04 743: The Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy
Massachusetts is home to several high-profile court cases. From Karen Read, to Brian Walshe, and now Lindsay Clancy, the trial of whom has the attention of the Commonwealth and beyond. Jack and Mike are joined by a special guest - Mike's wife, Sara! - to discuss the Clancy case, with Jack getting input from this program's resident parents.
Also discussed in this episode of Hardly Focused:
"Professional" podcast studios all look the same. Meanwhile, Jack and Mike embrace the clutter of their respective recording spaces!
Nearly 30 years later, someone is officially guilty of Tupac Shakur's murder.
Beastie Boys' Mike D releases his first solo album, with Ad-Rock's blessing.
Oasis is officially touring in 2027, proclaims Jack.
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1 hr 13 min
August 28 742: Leonida Man
The "extended look" preview of Grand Theft Auto VI is here, and it's beautiful. Of course, this big reveal was not without portions of the game leaking over the past week. Jack and Nate geek out over how great GTA VI looks, and make a list of things to do across Vice City!
Also discussed in this episode:
It's one gut punch after another, as Jack and Nate remember Hayden Panettiere, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen.
Getting a customer service representative on the phone is like reading a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book.
Soundgarden is reuniting at the Seattle Seahawks' season opener!
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1 hr 45 min
August 20 741: Play It Bogart
Patricia Inga Bogart - AKA QueenPiB - joins Jack and Zach for this festive installment of Hardly Focused! Being a streamer herself, PiB talks with Jack and Zach about the controversy over Amazon using Twitch content to train AI models. Jack also shares PiB's frustration over Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Game Gear and its frustratingly high difficulty.
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1 hr 7 min
August 14 740: Cartel Ghouls
Break out the tinfoil hats! Jack and Mike talk about the next entry in the Elder Scrolls series, for clues have been given about its subtitle and/or location. This is what happens when a game gets announced a decade too early!
Also discussed in this installment of Hardly Focused:
Grand Theft Auto VI will be shown off in detail in a Netflix presentation.
The upcoming season of the Fallout show may point to the next game's setting.
Conspiracy theorists believe a 7-second loss of gravity would coincide with the recent solar eclipse.
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1 hr 8 min

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Since 2009, the hosts of Hardly Focused have relentlessly made fun of pop culture, current events, and each other. Join them every Thursday as they pick apart the news and struggle to stay on-topic.