Let’s finish this. 2023 has been said to be potentially the best year of gaming ever. Why is that? What games have really stood out this year? Do Michael and Adam think that the crown should go to Balder’s Gate? Zelda? An indie game? Another Mario? You have to listen to find out in this special year-ending episode of 1Upsmanship.

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Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz

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667. 1Upsmanship: GOTY 2023

Small Beans Podcasting is a place for beans of every sort to come bean it up. Free your soul, eh? Be a frijole.

Comedy

Adam Ganser wants to talk about an early 2000’s neo-noir film where Meg Ryan is both the detective and the femme fatale. Also we see Mark Ruffalo’s dick. Also, it was directed by Jane Campion (The Piano, The Power of the Dog). This film introduces the concept of the female gaze along with a unique noir story that exposes the genre’s tendency for male gaze films.

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Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz
Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty

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714. Directorpiece Theatre: Portraying the Female Gaze (In the Cut)

Friendly Bean and fellow podcaster John Liot joins Michael and Abe as they discuss 1992’s horror comedy Army of Darkness. The boys discuss the cartoonish impulses of Sam Raimi, the classic lines, and the Evil Dead series as a whole. Hail to the bean, baby.

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Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty

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711. Frame Rate: Army of Darkness (Feat. John Liot)

Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotage the whole thing.

This week we discuss 2004’s Primer.

Features:
Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz
Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty

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707. Escape from the Multicurse: Primer

Bridgett Greenberg joins Michael and Abe as they discuss the 2004 psychological thriller The Machinist. Christian Bale’s weight loss and gain, the early 2000’s fascination with non-linear storytelling, and the value of symbology in films are just a few of the topics in this here episode!

Let’s thank Joran Welling for suggesting the movie. We are turning off the Pick the Flick tier temporarily so we can cover a few movies we want to cover, but when it turns back on, you can be like Joran by heading over to the Small Beans patreon and pledging for the Pick the Flick tier. We’ll make an announcement when we turn it back on!

Features:
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Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty

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705. Frame Rate: The Machinist (Feat. Bridgett Greenberg)

Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom which tells the story two twelve year olds running away to live together. Michael and Abe discuss Wes Anderson’s distinctive style, themes, and characters.

Features:
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Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty

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667. 1Upsmanship: GOTY 2023

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