On this episode of the Mind Refinery Podcast we're talking to journalist, video game guru and author of the book series The Minds Behind the Games, Patrick Hickey Jr ! We talk the series, the history of EA Games, and is Animal Crossing the ultimate social distancing game? All this and more on the pod!

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The Mind Refinery Podcast is BACK! This week Kyle and Andrew Lanca discuss Childish Gambino’s new album 3.15.20 and how it fits into the creative world of Donald Glover. Does the album make the grade? How does it stack up against its predecessors? Is Bedouin Soundclash THAT bad (yes)? All this and more on the pod!

On this weeks podcast, we continue our look at our lives through video games with Pt. 2 of our favourite games from middle school. Did Andrew Lanca smoke roaches to early? Was Quake ahead of the first-person shooter curve? Did Omar's impatience lead to an Xbox breakthrough? All this and more on the pod.

On this weeks podcast we continue our look at our lives through video games with our favourite games from middle school. Midnight Club vs. Grand Turismo? Was Playstation the HBO of games? Wtf is "wo-lolo"? All this and special guest Age of Empires expert Bojan 'Technical' on the pod!

This week we continue our look at our favourite flicks of the 2010s with Bojan technical’s favourite ‘Boyhood’! Shooting a film over a 12 year period, gimmick or cool experiment? Linklater’s best flick? The genius of Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette!

This week we explore the cinematic world of Bong Joon Ho. The Oscar win. Parasite. Snowpiercer. The Host. All this and the finer points of US foreign waste disposal on the podcast!

This week is part two of our conversation about the games that made up our grade school gaming lives. Did Kyle miss the boat on Pokémon? Has Billy recovered from the older kids flatulence? All this and more on the pod!

This week is the first episode in a continuing look at our lives through video games starting with the games we played in grade school. Wolfenstein. Street fighter II Turbo. Simpson’s Arcade. All this and much more on the pod!

In this episode we continue to look at our favourite films of the 2010s with Andrew Lanca’s pick, Dunkirk. Is this Christopher Nolan’s watershed moment? We’re the French big upped enough? Just how good is Tom Hardy? An impromptu preview of Top Gun: Maverick (wtf)? All this and more on the pod!

This week we continue to look at our favourite flicks of the 2010's with Jon's pick, BLADE RUNNER 2049. Was Denis Villeneuve the filmmaker of the decade? Will our parade of Roger Deakins love ever end? Is Harrison Ford too old for this shit? Just how dreamy is Ryan Gosling? All this and more on the pod!