Rough Drafts Podcast

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar take a look at the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. Together, they discuss the film's iconic art style (film image⁠), whether pop culture references take away from the final product, and how well the film handles its core themes given the target audience

On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk shares his thoughts on the heartfelt and beautiful Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery, while Chase Wassenar delves deep into Marvel's Midnight Suns, a game with a lot of heart but too much ambition for its own good.

On today's special episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk, Chase Wassenar and special guest Kristen Pignuolo conclude their two-part Barbieheimer journey. In this Oppenheimer episode, the crew discusses the film's issues around historical accuracy, how the writing and pacing helps and hurts the film, and how the film's sound design pays off with its iconic nuclear launch sequence.

On today's special episode of the Final Cut podcast, Walter Fedczuk, Chase Wassenar and special guest Kristen Pignuolo begin their two-part Barbieheimer journeys. In this Barbie episode, they discuss the role Barbie played in their childhoods, how the film makes the most of its fun premise, and why they all hope Barbie two explores the concept of gender after friend of the pod Ruby Layne shares some quick thoughts of their own.

On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk did what his co-host could not and took down some Norse gods in God of War (2018). Meanwhile, Chase Wassenar mixed things up with a roguelike card game that may have had a bit too much bite in Wildfrost.

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar delve back into the spy world to discuss the latest Mission Impossible film. Together, they discuss how the film weaves comedy into its action bits, the strength of its supporting cast, and why this being a "part one" film didn't hurt nearly as much as previous films they've discussed on the show.

On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Chase Wassenar reveals himself as a hack and a fraud before delving into this week's games with Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk and special guest Kristen Pignuolo. First, Walter breaks down AWE: Fight Forever and how it compares to WWE's yearly releases. Then, Kristen and Chase look at the incredibly funny (and often subversive) Frog Detective trilogy.

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar go on one last adventure with Indiana Jones. Together, they discuss whether the CGI de-aging tech was worth the film's incredibly high budget, how the film's relationship with time helps and hurts the final product, and whether the ending twist stuck the landing as they closed out the Indiana Jones series for good (hopefully).

On today's episode of Steam Cleaners, Walter Fedczuk plays four different demos as part of Steam's Summer showcase, while Chase Wassenar tries to get behind a Super Mega Baseball 4 game that isn't quite the home run he was hoping for.

Super Mega Baseball 4 has gotten better since this was recorded! You can track the dev's progress here: https://trello.com/b/eq4lMUqt/smb4-tracker

On today's episode of Final Cut, Walter Fedczuk and Chase Wassenar invited Eduardo Stückrath on to discuss the hit animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Together, they discuss whether the film's visual style lives up to the hype of the first film, how the film brings the thematic subtext of Spider-Man stories into the core of the film, and whether the abrupt cliffhanger ending hurts the film more than it helps.

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