Finish It!

This week, the boys are sick again, Matt buys the guys some questionable legal cover, Chris tidies up a forgotten twig, and – with two endings left – this could be the final episode! Maybe! Also, Chris tries to stump Matt with a listener-suggested game of Interactive Fiction or Episode of the Original My Little Pony Series from 1987 (thx @chex926 !), Matt straight up finds the Jenny page and that...

This week, Matt realizes there’s a whole big world of stuff to do in this book that he is entirely unfamiliar with, Chris gets caught up in the melody, and the brothers start talking about next book business since they are NEARLY DONE WITH HARLOWE! Also, Chris makes Matt solve mysteries even though it is late and he is so very tired, Matt challenges Chris to a session of Interactive Fiction or Bra...

The guys hope you love segments as much as they love segments because there’s for real a whole lot of segments this week! Hey, the boys aren’t haters for Harlowe, they’re just literally exhausted! Also, the brothers do a little housekeeping, Matt tackles a LIVE Interactive Fiction or Episode of Quantum Leap quiz, Chris meets a very different Falcon, Matt dons a brilliant disguise, the page-to-endi...

For the big three-oh it’s an extra huge helping of special guest delightfulness as the guys are joined by Erin and James from the Unabashedly Obsessed podcast! It’s a back-to-back heapin’ helping of live reads as James and Erin both take on Harlowe Thrombey’s mysterious murder! Also, Matt gets lost in his dumb mind palace, everyone talks at once, Chris challenges the Unabashedly Obsessed team to a...

The puppet master’s strings pull ever tighter this week as Jenny Mudge’s dark machinations become clear. (It involves stilts and a very convincing doctor costume.) Plus, the brothers Go Go Get It with a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Inspector Gadget, Matt’s boy detective becomes a man detective, and Chris chases a bare hotdog with milky mistake. Plus a brand new episode of MEANWHILE I...

This week, it’s a holiday hauntstravaganza as Matt helps you plan your Finish It! Podcast-themed Halloween party, Chris rocks the hottest spoopy sfx, and the brothers uncover the mastermind BEHIND EVERYTHING. Plus, Matt plays a tricky round of Interactive Fiction or Disney Channel Original Halloween Movie, the oven train is coming in hot, the brothers end up googling something so they play that go...

This week, Chris discovers a singular ending in the genre of mystery fiction, Matt pulls a fast one on a fowl man (get it?), and things get all kinds of Peter-and-the-Wolf up in here. Plus, Chris takes on Interactive Fiction or Made for TV Movie that Aired in 1981 that Maybe was the Movie that You were Trying to Catch in the Book, Matt dumps another episode of Meanwhile in the Cave of Time on an u...

This week, the guys reveal even more of the mystery they already solved as Matt fails to meet an important contact in an incredibly stupid fashion, and Chris pulls a Matt. Also, Matt introduces a catchy tune to help you remember Who’s Who in this book’s massive cast of characters, Chris brings the pain with a devious edition of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Murder She Wrote, Chartwell waits in...

This week, the brothers begin their second adventure, and it’s a delicious who-done-it! The answer? We all done it. To ourselves. Also, Matt reveals the replacement for Interactive Fiction Or…, Chris introduces us to one of the Great Detectives of History, the guys make some big predictions, Prufrock messes everything up again, all the music is freshened-up and theme-friendly, and Matt dumps anoth...

We finished it! And you guys picked the next book ! (WHO KILLED HARLOWE THROMBEY?) A lesser podcast would, like, take a break or something while they wait for the new book to be delivered but NOT US. Join us as we take one last, longing look at the accursed Cave of Time! Plus, the guys answer bunches of listener questions (they missed a couple, sorry, they’ll hit you up on the twitter!), Chris rat...

This week, THE GAME HAS CHANGED. A spreadsheet goof means ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. You thought you knew what was coming… BUT YOU WERE WRONG*! Also, Matt is challenged to a round of Interactive Fiction or Early 80s Competitor Twistaplot, the guys pitch their book picks for Finish It! Volume 2, glasses are raised to the return of Choose Your Own Beverage, glitter should be thrown into the faces of cryin...

This week, Chris shows us how a real book janitor does it, and Matt does not. Things fall apart. #TeamChris #TeamMatt Also, Chris is challenged to a game of Old School Interactive Fiction or New School Interactive Fiction, the guys talk about their top ships in Who Do You Ship/I’m Too Old for This Ship, talk begins as to what book to tackle next, and INSIDE THE CAVE OF TIME YOU FEEL DEPRESSED AND...

This week, Matt has a Merrie quest, Chris meets an uncertain and dusty fate, and the boys talk about sexy horses right up to the line. Also, Matt finds himself a little out of his depth during a game of Interactive Fiction or Mighty Max Fan Fiction, Chris stares deep into a musical horror that was an inevitable eventuality, sigh-urns blare, a rap happens, the guys stumble into the unsexy valley, a...

This week the guys are positively giddy! No, for real. Actual, factual JOY can be heard in their voices. It’s an extra special, star-stuffed 20th episode JUST FOR YOU! From the sensational ELI SELZER the boys enjoy an original BREW Your Own Adventure to determine the official beer of Finish It – and Eli’s gonna actually make it for real! And his adventure is PURE BRILLIANCE! We’ll let you know as...

This week, Chris traps a girl in the year 2000 (plus about 4 billion years), and Matt completely blows it. Like, it will actually make you mad. Witness his shameful display IF YOU DARE! Also, the guys pay tribute to Edward Packard (while they still have it in them), the entire concept of Interactive Fiction Or is abandoned in favor of Literal Translations of Pokemon Names, Yules run hot, sad pizza...

It happened. Also, Chris’ fandom is tested in a game of Interactive Fiction or Song by Less Than Jake, the guys get statistical with a [beta] Data Dump, Matt learns some thrilling Cave Facts, and WE BLOW IT. We blow it in the future with the tiny tannys and goddammit. This is the beginning of the end, dear friends. Buckle up. There is going to be crying. https://archive.org/download/FinishIt018Fin...

Chris goes for it! Embarrassed by Matt’s deeply disappointing Lincoln adventures, Yule the Younger decides to do his very own Live Read. But will it blow up in his face? Yes! It does! Also, the guys play Interactive Fiction or Episode of the Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series, Matt reads aloud from another thrilling Top 10 list, Nick Tyler finally gets his own theme song, and Reckstody i...

I bet you thought Matt gave up on finding Lincoln, didn’t you? DIDN’T YOU?! Well, he didn’t! Also, Chris takes one for the team as he bears down and faces the one decision no uncle should ever ask of his nephew. But that’s not all! The guys play Interactive Fiction or Thing Matt Discovered in No Man’s Sky, math in Scotland is advanced a thousand years, Benjamin Franklin turns out to be a vampire,...

Buckle up, friendos. This week, in celebration of our big 15th ep, Matt calls his ending and does a LIVE READ in search of Abraham Lincoln! Will he succeed? Meanwhile, Chris stumbles into a cave but it’s NOT WHAT YOU THINK. Also, Matt thoroughly rocks a game of Interactive Fiction or Emotion Chris Feels While Reading The Cave of Time, the guys learn the two requirements for a perfect society, and...

This week, Chris learns that it’s good for boys to wander off with strange old men, and Matt ends up in Snake Cavern YES I KNOW IT’S SNAKE CANYON AND NOT CAVERN BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT THEY WROTE CAVERN FOR SOME REASON LIKE HOW DID NO ONE CATCH THIS? Also, Chris quaffles his way through a game of Interactive Fiction or Harry Potter Fan Fiction, Sgt. Slaughter is remembered fondly, and the guys have s...

Happy July 17th everyone! This week, Chris adventures to the far-flung, disturbingly bicycle-path-centric year of 2022 (with an all-new traveling companion) Matt marks a moment of character growth, and we reveal our official show emoji! Also, get your seven-seventeen on with a bunch of fresh, social media-ready hot trax celebrating the very best holidays of the day; play along with Interactive Fic...

This week, Chris basically travels Earth’s entire timeline, Matt spends no time and also all of time with a flautist, and Uncle Howard blasts a white-hot zinger up our collective wow-hole. Also, celebrate the Fourth of July a week late with this week’s all-American quiz, Interactive Fiction or Bruce Springsteen song; hear all about Matt’s new chihuahua and his awkward Flop; and take cover so your...

This week Matt returns to Scotland but srsly not to Quest Out, and Chris turns his back on the Great Wall in order to become Boy Island. Also, TRY to enjoy a new segment where Matt basically reads a list! FRY your mind listening to a brainsmashing edition of Interactive Fiction or Video Game Made By Sierra Entertainment! SATISFY your need for absolute historical accuracy as we discuss turnipsmithi...

To celebrate big ol’ episode number 10, Matt and Chris welcome their very first guest! You know him from Honest Trailers, Hyper RPG’s Pencils and Parsecs , Screen Junkies News , Movie Fights and so much more – it’s the delectable Joe Starr ! Joe joins the guys to take an adventure of his own. That’s right! Having a guest means Chris and Matt get to be lazy! Will Joe choose an all new tale to call...

Matt goes questin’ for monsters, Chris gets one heck of a trophy and the longest adventure yet, and fan theories are confirmed left and right. Plus we play a truly unruly game of Interactive Fiction or adventure movie from the 1940s. Watch for falling fun. https://archive.org/download/009FinishItFINUL/009%20Finish%20It%20FINUL.mp3 Listen on Apple Podcasts Befriend Us On Twitter Original illustrati...