Hot Takes Podcast

Some lore in video games is excellent, showing the depth of the medium. Some of it's just wack.

Just a little look at what went on between episodes 4 and 5. I promise it all ties together.

Michael and Nick discuss their favorite to rewatch... at least until Christian crashes the recording.

Christian and Nick return to the podcast to talk about anime in the first half of 2026. That's right, we disappear for months and don't have anything else to talk about.

Michael and Christian talk with first-ever guest Andriy about fighting games.

We're back and what better way to start a new year than by doing basically the same thing as last year. We talk about the shows and movies that disappointed and surprised us, as well as just our favorites.

You'd think after a year we'd have figured this out, but here we are setting up last minute once more.

Nick and Christian talk a bit about The Game Awards, what they played in 2025, and look towards the future.

Michael asked Nick to catch him up on what's been happening with Star Wars. He soon learned Nick can spend a lot of time talking about Star Wars.

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:56 Solo

00:09:44 Kenobi

00:23:02 Why did Star Wars become TV

00:26:20 Skeleton Crew

00:29:41 Andor

00:37:14 A brief intermission and tangent

00:38:32 The connect shows and movies

00:39:15 The Clone Wars

00:47:12 Rebels

00:50:18 Tangent on modern Jedi games

00:51:15 Star Wars Resistance

00:52:39 The Mandalorian & a bit on Book of Boba Fett

01:04:09 Ahsoka

01:07:52 A lot of Ahsoka background

01:10:18 The Bad Batch

01:18:22 Tales

01:31:04 Upcoming Projects

Now that summer is over, Christian and Nick revisit the recommendations they made to Michael in a previous episode. Surely they didn't lead him astray.

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Hot Takes Podcast Episode 8

Hot Takes Podcast Episode 10

00:00 Intro

00:44 The Water Magician

04:44 Kaiju No. 8

07:33 Rascal Does Not Dream

10:36 Obligatory Kaguya-sama Tangent

13:45 Clevatess

18:32 The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

24:12 CITY The Animation (& lots of Nichijou)

30:15 Closing Thoughts & Outro