The Lost Signals

Pour an aperitif and listen as The Lost Signals dish up a full plate of discussion about Damon Knight’s science fiction classic short story, “To Serve Man.”

[Aggregate score: 7.66]

We wrap up and give our final impressions of our time covering the The Great Philadelphia Comic Con this year.

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The infinity war is finally upon us and TLS discusses the ins, outs, ups, and downs of the MCU’s climactic showdown.

[Major Spoilers]

[Aggregate score: 10]

We discuss one of the more unpleasant sides of Games & Gaming Culture, filtered through the experiences, treatment of, and testimonies from women in the video game community via the 2015 documentary, GTFO: Get the F&#% Out.

Guest Starring Beth Morgan.

 

The TLS crew returns to the hijinks of Broken Lizard in their sequel to cop-prank-filled cult classic with Super Troopers 2. Now with more Mounties. [Aggregate score: 9.25]

TLS bumbles through Modern Times with Charlie Chaplin in his final film as his lovable, but unlucky character, the Tramp. Check out our review and why we think this movie still rings true today. [Aggregate Score: 9]

TLS very own three amigos gather to discuss the 80s comedy…Three Amigos, and their own personal El Guapos. [Aggregate Score: 7]

Games & Gaming Culture brings back one of our favorite guests, game designer Ara Shirinian, to explore the idea of the “grammar of games” with us. Which of course we end up applying to life at large.

TLS joins the fray in the debate over the degree of legitimacy for streaming services movies versus the more “traditional” major picture theatre films, kicked off by some recent comments made by Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan on the matter.

 

With a revamped outlook TLS covers two essays in one go: the first by our frenemy Sigmund Freud on the nature of creative writing; the second by Northrop Frye on how to properly codify the criticism thereof.