Today on the 5: Movie studios continue to flail around with remakes that often crater with rare exceptions here and there. In comparison, the video game industry seems to have figured not one, not two, but three different flavors of success in revisiting old franchises.

Today on the 5: While many recent new entries in the mobile technology space have failed to interest me, the new Nubia Watch has my attention. It's mostly nostalgic, that's probably not enough to make me buy it until it works a little better.

Tonight I'm joined again by Robin Ogden, the musician known as OGRE. In this episode we're talking games like Animal Crossing, Death Stranding, Stardew Valley, Control, Episode 1 Racer, and Yakuza. Show music by OGRE. Support the show!

This week we're talking about Two-Face, Aquaman, and Doctor Mordrid. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

Today on the 5: I stumbled across a movie I'd never heard of called Doctor Mordrid. It's essentially a Doctor Strange movie by Full Moon Features that works far better than it has any right to.

Today on the 5: Nintendo recently held a mini Direct focusing on the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros where a lot of products were announced. Many are angered by the limited nature of some of the releases Nintendo announced. I'm just baffled.

Today on the 5: Late last month the video game Control got an update that added some adjustments for the game's difficulty. It may be the best implementation of that type of system that I know of.

Tonight I'm joined by Robin Ogden, the musician known as OGRE. In this episode we're talking Bandcamp, OFF THE GRID, Crossings, music production, and systems music. Show music by OGRE. Support the show!

This week we're talking about audio porn, The Ware Tetralogy, and Delivery Boys. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

Today on the 5: Thanks to a recommendation from Len Kabasinski I watched a very odd movie from the dead center of dirty 80s New York City called Delivery Boys. This one turned out to be a very strangely interesting attempt at a boner comedy.