YASP!

What do the guy from Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" series (not the main guy, the other guy), the teenage girl from "Gravity Falls", the guy from "How I Met Your Mother" (not Ted or Barney), the weed dude from a lot of late 2000's comedies, Spider-Man's teacher from not Sami Raimi's "Spider-Man" series and the creator behind "Ghostbusters" (2016, so, yeah) have in common? A little show called "Freaks and Geeks".

A coming-of-age tale as old as time (so 1980's), and filled with good music, good acting, and a general feel of high school (Americanized of course); but what else is to this show? Why did this show become the name that it is nowadays? Is Linda Cardellini beautiful (yes, the answer is yes)? These equally important questions are part of our newest episode with our brand new guest, Foad (from the show's theme song), amongst other stuff like tales of our high schools, and sex. There's always sex involved.

In a world dominated by cash-grab, minimum-risk, soul-less, run-of-the-mill, board-of-directors-satisfying, hackneyed, repetitive, loot-box-laden, share-holder-pleasing, item-selling, micro-transaction-loving, DLC-shoving video game titles; it’s always a very pleasing, refreshing and quite honestly, surprising moment when you are presented with a sweet sweet anomaly, an exception to that somber reality: A passion project done by some of the best people in the business. You might wonder just how such project would’ve been greenlit in the current zeitgeist, and the answer would be, probably just because Xbox was extremely desperate back then, and also, possibly out of spite, you know, to Sony.  Whatever the reason, we’re just happy that we got “Sunset Overdrive”, one of the most underrated titles of the last generation which pulled us out of that clichéd formula of: let’s-not-change-it-if-it-sells. 

Gotta pay respect where it’s due, and it was a bold move by Insomniac to develop such an outrageous game, which was, unfortunately, ultimately a commercial failure; though through no fault of its own. However, perhaps this failure paved the way for their next title, “Marvel’s Spider-Man”, which took off like a rocket.So  join us with a returning guest, Mohammad (from "S02E11 - Saints Row"), in this episode as we discuss and pay the aforementioned respect to Insomniac with a focus on "Sunset Overdrive".

Have you ever wondered why a guy like Todd Howard can stand on a stage and tell millions of people that "it just works", while everyone just accepts it on his behalf? The reason is certainly a high amount of good will, and that good will comes from Howard and his studio's involvement in a series of Western RPGs that have brought joy (and frustration) to many generations. That series is "The Elder Scrolls".

So we thought it'd be a good idea to see what this series entails, what makes each entry as famous or infamous as they are, and or maybe asking more fundamental questions, like are we truly righteous Imperials or blindsided and obviously-wrong Stormcloaks? The answer will not shock you, though it still might be a good idea to look at them in depth. So join us and our brand new guest, JD from Ireland, as we dissect the series that brought Shouts to fame, and brought Horse Armors to infamy.

JD's suggested Mod List for Skyrim:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/60888

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/671/

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/39414

https://openmw.org/en/

https://modding-openmw.com

https://www.wabbajack.org

With over 200 hundred movies under his belt, a life that could easily feel like fantasy with the amount of fantastical elements to it, and a voice that could easily be mistaken as the archangel of heaven; Christopher Lee was born on May 27th, 1922. On this day, the day of his birth a century later, it's time to take a look at him and see what effects the man, the legend and the unstoppable force had on our lives.

It's time to go back to the 90's! So let us throw away our brand new PS5 for a cool slick PS1, put on our latest hits on our Walkmans, and tune in to the TV to watch some of the golden age of sitcoms. Maybe you want to see Sam Malone, or Chandler Bing, or more likely you'll tune in to take a look at the latest stuff that happened to Jerry Seinfeld and his friends on a little show called "Seinfeld".

But what did this show do that garnered its over-the-top praise from everyone who were watching it? What's the right stuff (or wrong stuff) that Seinfeld did? Why is George Costanza the best character in the show (objectively) and everyone who disagrees is just purely wrong on all basis of fact and logic? These are the questions we set out to answer, and we took alongside us our brand new guest, Ghazal. Let's break open this nut, and see what falls out!

When French gaming company Ubisoft brings their unmatchable wit... Well, their unmatchable intellect? Storytelling? Gameplay? When French gaming company Ubisoft brings their unmatchable re-using of an intellectual property to the world of revolutions around the world, the result turned out to be a number of fantast- pretty good games by the name of "Far Cry".

With the newest entry in the series, "Far Cry 6", it's good to look at what this game does in regards to storytelling, political analysis, a little bit of gameplay and its place in the gaming world; while also trying to decipher what is happening with the series as a whole. So, in our most political episode (to date), join us and our newest guest, JB (https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdVPQAC9/) as we go through "Far Cry", and we cry, farly!

The new season of YASP! is coming to a podcast platform near you! This time with more guests, and more crazy adventures, and more silliness!

Stay tuned for more to come very soon...

This is the end, hold your breath and count to ten... Wait, eleven! All good things must come to an end, and season 2 of YASP! is no exception. We started our escapade in the start of 2021 and with 2022 approaching, it's time to sit down and ponder what has passed. It's time to take a look at what came before and take a look back.

But what has happened to the video games and tv shows that we talked about since we first discussed them? What happened to the show itself in the year that passed and what changed in comparison to the first season? And what originally happened to our Artificial Intelligence episode? All of this and more in the season wrap-up for Season 2! Thank you for listening and we hope to see you again when we (inevitably) try to return!

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