The Stage Select

You’ll probably be wondering where the title of this week’s episode came from. Fortunately we had AddieXD back on for a lesson in delayed gratification. Enjoy!

00:00 Today’s Special, time to kill all Jedi

14:18 Julian’s new hobby(?), general ennui

18:52 Power Chord, Steam wishlists

27:23 Catching up with Addie

35:58 Persona 4 Golden, Dead Take

49:58 Final thoughts on House of Ashes, Death Stranding 2

01:08:02 Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Alan Wake II and Remedy

01:40:42 Cheese

01:47:02 Game night, catching up on movies

02:03:13 Addie’s great game round up

02:48:12 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

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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 good thing we created The Stage Select as a variety show, because somehow this episode is almost 4 hours long and we barely talked about video games. But it’s still a Fantastic episode. See what I did there?

00:00 Introduction, Paw Patrol

17:59 Saying goodbye to Ozzy Osborne and good riddance to Hulk Hogan

41:01 Fancy sandwich

48:48 House of Ashes

01:03:23 Justin’s initial Death Stranding 2 thoughts

01:31:59 Last Time I Saw You, Kingshot, Last War: Survival

01:43:59 EA College Football 26

02:02:14 Julian’s new hyperfixation

02:19:50 Eddington

02:44:19 Fantastic Four: First Steps

02:53:27 Superman (spoiler discussion!)

Watch Mike Fallek’s new documentary, The Lawn Con! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SSeu4r8uXw&t=66s

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 one of those weird weeks where we didn’t really do much, and yet we filled three hours of a podcast. I don’t know how that happens, but there ya go.

00:00 Justin had a weird dream, apologies for last week

14:08 Julian has A Plan

33:32 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4

01:05:14 Targeting adult content on Steam could have far-reaching ramifications for gaming

01:18:14 Celebrity Hunter, a brief bit of Death Stranding 2

01:28:46 Superman, Killers of the Flower Moon

01:51:55 Microsoft lays off over 9000 workers, including big cuts at Xbox

02:31:21 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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Look, I’m gonna level with you, this episode is almost 4 hours long and I’ve been in a bad headspace, so I didn’t actually edit it beyond putting the music bits where they needed to go. So I don’t remember everything we talked about, and don’t have timestamps for you. Fortunately, we have Friend of the Show John Gholson to talk about life on the red carpet, tons of video games, some movies, and more. It’s a very fun episode from what I can remember.

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 different format show this week, as we weren’t “live” in the studio. Fear not though, as we’ve got some musings on story pacing, revisiting the 1984 Transformers comic book, deciding on the Garth Brooks of video games, and more!

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

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Buckle up, y’all, because this is probably the longest it takes us to get from the introduction to talking about video games, and that includes our previous podcast that ran for 11 years. If you guessed the reason for that is Mike Fallek, congratulations, you know the show too well and should go touch grass. Enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, Boston coffee

21:50 Mike’s heading to Scotland!

41:04 Julian has a plan

01:20:41 Explaining where we were last week

01:42:12 Final Fantasy XV

02:43:21 The Nintendo Switch 2™

03:15:00 The Alters

Check out Soft Lock: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soft-lock/id1815560642

Julian was on the Onimusha Blade Warriors episode of Games

My Mom Found. It’s not out yet, but you can find the show here: https://gamesmymomfoundpodcast.podbean.com/

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

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Hey folks! Unfortunately, we don't have a new episode for you this week. But we hopefully have something just as good (if you aren't already a patron): the first episode of Cinemorons! This is the new Patreon show we record for Executive Producer tier patrons each month, and it's becoming one of the best things we do. In this first episode we talk about UHF, the 1989 comedy starring "Weird" Al Yankovic. We hope you enjoy, and we'll be back next week.

And if you like this and want more, check the linktree for our Patreon and consider joining!

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After the chaos of last week’s show, Julian and Justin get together to talk about a ton of Steam Next Fest demos, recap the Xbox Showcase, and reveal our favorite games of Not E3. Yeah!

00:00 Introduction, (not) sponsored by Chef Man

23:47 Julian’s Next Fest demo round up (Dispatch, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Kingdom Cum: Deep Entrance, Superhero Simulator, Dead as Disco, Empire of Lust, Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream)

01:00:36 The Midnight Walk, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering Arena

01:33:44 Live reacts: looking for a Detlef Schrempf card in a pack of Final Fantasy Magic

01:48:09 Recapping the Xbox Showcase

02:51:16 Our Top 5 games shown at Not E3

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

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Hello again! Keigh Geoffley here, host of the E Summer Games Awards Fest, back with another amazing showcase of games! I almost didn’t get The Stage Select auditorium this year, because things snuck up on Julian and it took him a long time to return my calls. But don’t worry: ESGAF3 2025 is here, and it’s our biggest show to date!

Ahem. It’s Julian. Yeah, we’re doing this bit again for Not E3 season. Please note that we recorded this on the night that Summer Game Fest Opening Night Live happened, so this episode covers that, plus the Unreal presentation and the Sony State of Play. We’ll tackle the Xbox Direct and anything we may have missed next week. It’s a jam-packed episode regardless, so please enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, respect for Chef Man

07:02 Unreal Engine showcase

33:00 Sony State of Play

01:38:40 Summer Game Fest Opening Night Live

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 shorter, sleepier show this week, because we recorded a 2 hour Patreon episode before this…AND IT SHOWS. We…may need to record those on different nights. We’ll see. Anyway, Julian finished some games, Justin gets out of his comfort zone, and strange things are afoot at The Stage Select studio. So, the usual.

00:00 Introduction, hear Justin out

15:11 When Justin Hamm and Mike Fallek collide

19:36 Monster Train 2, playing Silent Hill 2 remake for an audience

37:01 Final thoughts on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

52:52 Until Dawn, the movie

01:01:27 Final thoughts on Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

01:08:25 The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

01:24:47 Neon Inferno, the Final Fantasy edition of Magic feels like it’s been coming for 3 years

01:36:37 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Listen to Julian on Soft Lock (and Justin’s episode coming

soon): https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/big-weasel-lil-weasel/episodes/Episode-6-Julian-is-one-of-the-best-podcasters--A-good-friend--And-knows-how-to-listen-to-me-while-understanding-i-am-brilliant-but-genuinely-in-a-not-funny-way-insane--Julian-of-The-Stage-Select-e33fr7s/a-abvgr1p

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

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: [email protected]

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