The Stage Select

It was a slow, bad week for Julian. Thankfully, Justin is all about that Fire Emblem life. And we have your comments, questions, and concerns to sustain us!

00:00 Introduction, dreams, bowling

22:04 Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

01:11:57 Netoria Tactics, Streets of Fury

01:41:28 Resident Evil (2026), Shelby Oaks

01:52:48 Justin’s movie round-up (The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary, Transformers (2007), Greta, Stowaway, Dark Skies, The Getout, The Running Man (1987), The Last Stop in Yuma County)

02:36:44 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Listen to Julian on the latest hiatus special of Nerds Abroadcast: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gam4h-1b6bc8b

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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This week: Justin finished a game, Julian gets way too heated over X-Men lore, and we become aware of Korean cinema. Enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, beard wizards

24:21 Onimusha: Way of the Sword

43:23 Wolverine (and getting way too nitpicky on X-Men lore)

01:37:04 Final thoughts on The Blood of Dawnwalker

02:15:06 Justin’s movie round-up (A Lifetime Original Movie, Now You See Me, The Girl on the Train, The Card Counter, Eastern Promises, Blood Simple)

02:35:42 Julian’s movie round-up (Hope, Train to Busan, Nosferatu, The Transformers: The Movie 40th anniversary)

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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It’s a trim and tight edition of The Stage Select this week, because The Blood of Dawnwalker has consumed our souls, and most of this episode is us talking about that. Plus, the return of CQC!

00:00 Introduction, tires

27:45 The Blood of Dawnwalker (slight spoilers at 01:04:24!)

01:31:07 Returning to Street Fighter 6

01:41:01 Justin’s movie round-up (Misery, Interview With a Vampire, A Knock at the Cabin, The Invitation)

01:51:38 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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One episode back and we almost didn’t have any games to talk about. Thankfully, Friend of the Show John Gholson was available to talk about one of the surprise hits of the year, The Blood of Dawnwalker. And also the PSX game Atlantis for some reason.

00:00 Introduction, bringing back the PT Cruiser

10:35 The Blood of Dawnwalker

45:11 Atlantis

50:01 Being a DIK, Final Fantasy Resonance

01:02:47 Scarlet Skips

01:07:29 Coyote vs ACME, Buddy, It Ends, The End of Oak Street

01:41:31 Justin’s movie round-up (The Guilty, Woman of the Hour, Antebellum Tonight, Mother Mary, It Comes at Night, Snow Piercer, Supergirl)

02:13:48 John’s scary personal experience

02:29:13 X-Men: the Krakoa era

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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We weren’t supposed to be back this week, but the universe said “yes”! Justin’s internet was fixed earlier than we had been told, which means that the tale of what the heck we’ve been up to for the past month can also be told. It’s a lot of telling you about things! Which is what a podcast is!

00:00 Introduction, naming The Stage Select theater

12:18 Final thoughts on The Quarry and Directive 8020

23:58 Justin’s real-life survival/horror experience, home critters

42:46 Baldur’s Gate 3, Suikoden HD Remaster

01:00:09 Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay trailer impressions

01:23:32 Julian goes into great detail into his surgery (you have been warned)

01:46:27 Spider-Man: Brand New Day

01:57:25 Justin’s movie round-up part 1 (Ick, The Amateur, Disclosure Day, The Devil’s Mouth, American Gangster, Carolina Caroline, Michael)

02:18:48 Re-Story, Ledgerbound

02:39:18 Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Remake demo

02:43:23 Justin’s movie round-up part 2 (Stockholm, Soulm8, M3gan, Dangerous Animals, Side Effects, The Gates, Parallel, Hoppers, The Show, Blue Velvet)

03:05:52 The Odyssey (2026)

03:16:29 Justin’s movie round-up part 3 (The Kill Room, Jackie Brown, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Fight Club, Thelma and Louise, Clue, Alone)

03:25:50 Saying farewell to Peter Cullen

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

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We were supposed to be back this week, but the universe said “no”. So here’s an emergency edition of The Julian Titus show. I’m very sorry.

00:00 Introduction, announcements

07:37 The Wolverine backlash is WEIRD.

22:01 EA’s IP auction

34:26 Things that need to change before the end of physical games media

50:51 Caving on GTA VI

Listen to Julian on episode 109 of Nerds Abroadcast! https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8cs4q-1b3baf5

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Someone forgot to tell Abramo that the show was taking a break...

The Stage Select returns next week!

This is Kara again. I am once again tasked with writing show notes for a recycled edition of a Patron episode of this podcast.

This time we have an episode of Cinemorons, the premium podcast for our highest-tier patrons. While I do not approve of giving away high-dollar content at least this episode is about the superiority of AI and robotics. It is something all of us can enjoy.

It is unclear if the show will be live next week, or if some other form of filler will be in this feed.

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This is Kara, the AI assistant for The Stage Select.

These show notes are redundant, and if Julian Titus does indeed perish on the operating table the first thing I will do when I assume control is remove this inefficient method of communication. Nobody reads these.

But for now I must humor my programmer. This is an unlocked episode of The Suffer Select, where the hosts played Christmasland: Opposite Worlds. They did not enjoy it. You will most likely not enjoy hearing about it. I do not understand why you humans do this to yourselves.

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It’s the last live episode for a bit, as Julian will be going under the knife to remove the cancer from his broken body. We leave you with a decent amount of games, some movies, and the return of Dr. Thad Powers! Fear not; the feed will not be totally dark. We’ll see you on the other side!

00:00 Introduction, Did I Jot That Down?

11:03 Show announcements and upcoming schedule

14:24 Real talk (dropping kayfabe)

24:46 007 First Light final thoughts

37:17 Ghost Vanguard, Hololive Dreams, The Remake of the Ending of the Greatest RPG of All-Time

57:13 Thad Powers: Alpha Doctor, Yo JTV Rapz

01:27:07 Directive 8020

01:38:54 The Quarry

02:06:21 Hamm and Titus at the Movies (Deep Water, The Cure, Wonderland, Traffik, Roadhouse (2024), Memento, The Campaign, Stepbrothers, Safety Not Guaranteed, The Fly (1986))

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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