The Talking Place

Nintendo Direct-ly Into My Wallet! Alright here we go! It's that time of year where Nintendo with zero consent reaches into my pants, yanks out my wallet, and just takes whatever they want. And boy, they struck with the swiftness too! They saw GTA6 on the calendar and Sony digging themselves into an early grave, dropped in, and were like.... Ok ok ok, I have to stop myself because I'll just keep g...

How Los-a got his groove back! Alright, new episode here for your listening pleasure! We are post Nintendo Direct so there is much to discuss! Buuuuuuuuuut not quite yet. I know, it's not my fault, listen... I had every intention of this being a show dedicated to the September Nintendo Directs where The Legend of Zelda's 40th Anniversary was celebrated, and where many other games were announced fo...

Episode three of Retro World Order is here for your listening pleasure! Not disclosed in this installment is how many new handheld systems Mike now owns. Be a good, faithful listener and heed the warning of red flags when you see them. Send him help as he may be held captive in his basement by sentient game consoles.    Onto the show! This week, Mike and Los discuss what they’ve been up to in the...

Episode two of Retro World Order is here! It’s been a while, so place your bets on how many new handhelds Mike is now holding captive in his basement!   They’re catching up with a bunch of stuff that’s been going on over the summer. Los has been hard at work trying to maintain his sanity, while Mike keeps tabs on the developing hellscape that is the gaming industry. SO once they gain our bearings,...

Remember when I said last episode was the official first episode? Yeah, well, I lied. THIS is the first episode! So welcome to the Retro World Order! Mike (On Second Thought with Mike & Matt), and Los (The Talking Place), are hyper focused this week! They only get distracted for about 20 minutes! But after trying to figure out why Los is the way he is with customizing his handhelds, and then t...

When the world is bananas, count on seeing some monkeys! It's finally happened! The joining of two powerhouses has occurred after YEARS! Literally years, I had no idea it was so long! But here we are, The Future Monkeys back together again! It might be for one night only but eh, I'll take what I could get. Los is joined by his retired partner in crime, Beardy McWhiskey! They catch up on old times,...

AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE! Time to warm up those jazz hands and give a big 👎🏽 because we're talking Project Hail Mary! The movie was... well, I guess I'll leave that for you to listen to. Something I will say is that this review is coming from someone who considers Project Hail Mary to be his favorite book since the day he first read it back in 2022! That he is me, you know, in case that got confusing....

Where have I been?? WHAT DAY IS IT?! It's been a minute! But here I am, once again, sitting in the chair and hitting record! This is my traditional getting back on the horse show. So instead of it being something substantial to listen to, it's really just a 20 minute warm up to get my sea legs back. I have to get used to talking to myself on the mic, seeing as how I typically just do it under my b...

Welcome to the first episode of Retro World Order!  This is a joint endeavor featuring CapnMikeM from On Second Thought with Mike & Matt, and Los from The Talking Place! Their love for tinkering, shiny new handheld devices, and talking games brought them to this station, so we'll see how far the train goes! This first episode has them introducing what the Retro World Order is.  Spoiler: it's s...

Oh, Black Friday, where art thou?! Here is my walk down memory lane. Where my feet are being guided by fond recollections of the past and pure discontent for the present.  Seriously, what in the coal-filled stocking has happened to Black Friday?! It used to mean something! You were proud to give someone a gift if you went out and fought someone's grandmother for it. It made it mean even more! In t...

Hey look, it's Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I know, it's been a weird few years and all with everyone realizing what actually took place to cement Thanksgiving as a holiday. It seems like a collective agreement happened to take this once chill and cozy holiday and cover it up with garland and lights. I get it! But... hear me out... Why can't we just, you know, still be thankful for t...

From cupcakes to Oreos! This is one of those shows I've been wanting to do for a long time! I'm glad the schedules were finally kind and we were able to connect because I really enjoyed this one! I had the pleasure of talking with Desiree, who I've known for over 10 years! Crazy how time flies. When she worked with Wilton, she was the one who helped me get my footing as a blogger. Giving me an opp...

This is STILL Halloween! Here I am, with back-to-back episodes this week to celebrate Halloween! I feel like the movie episode before this one was good, but it lacked the Halloween oomph!, you know? Well, where that one lacks, this one makes up for it big time!  In this episode I go over thrillist.com's Best Halloween Candies of All Time! I mean, that's quite the honor, don't you think? They liste...

This is Halloween! Happy Halloween! Even though I had all month to keep updated and do the thing, here I am, scrambling away and trying to get something out at the last minute. I swear, it's like I sabotage myself on purpose because it's how I work best. ANYWAY! Here we are! What are we talking about? Halloween movies! Well, I guess we'll use that term loosely, haha. Don't get me wrong, these are...

Gotta Gotta Catch Em' All! Happy Pokémon weekend! It's been a few years since the release of Pokémon Legends ARCEUS, and ever since, the world has been awaiting the net release in the Legends line of games.  And here we are! Pokémon Legends Z-A is now in the wild and ready to be encountered! And in this show, I get into the excitement for it and how much I can't wait to play!  Also talk about the...

Finally, the -ber months are here! October is upon us! And with it comes all the glory of fall and spooky season! I think this is the first time that I'm actually on the ball enough to plan things out for shows. Usually, I'm struggling pretty hard with schedules and timing and I'm getting some sort of Halloween themed show out just before the night itself. But not this year! This year, I'm trying...

I Don't Play Video Games No More, I Never Play Video Games.... ....Except for a little bit of God of War, I never play video games. Ugh, I hate how much I love that song. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here you go, thank me later! -- Tenacious D - Video Games -- ANYWAY! Welcome to this week's show! And as you probably guessed, it's all about video games! I recorded this over a month a...

R.I.P. FOMO ANOTHER book show?! After last week's show where I talked about what I've been reading , it's like my book era made a u-turn and smacked me in the face! But it's definitely not how it was before. As you'll see and hear. Today, I'm joined again by Sara! You may remember her from a previous book show back in December of 2023, where we discussed her ever-growing discord server dedicated t...

Reading is fundamental This episode I'm going on about books I've been reading! It's been a while since I got deep in a book, heck, it's been a while since I've updated anything about reading anywhere. So what did I talk about?? First off, a community question. Let's see if you read the show notes before listening to the show: Who do you think won my loyalty? Goodreads or StoryGraph? A few months...

A Blog is Worth a Thousand Posts For the record, this was recorded back in April. Right in the midst of my blogging resurrection. Like everything else I was neck deep in, I took a break from that as well for the summer. I am currently in the process of cleaning off the dust and getting back into things, so let me get my bearings. BUT! It doesn't mean I don't agree with what I said a few months ago...

An ode to summer! 🎶Summer has come and pass. The innocence can never last. Wake me up when September ends.🎶 Listen, there is a tremendous bittersweet symphony playing in my heart every time summer comes to a close. Spending time with my kids and just letting them do whatever their heart desires without the constraints of school, it's awesome, it's the best, I love it, I do, BUT. When the last we...

Marinated thoughts taste better! Hello there, fellow gamers! I know, I know, at this point, I might as well just have a gaming centric podcast again. But no! I'm just excited. Not everyday a new console is released, so I'm going to be putting out whatever I thoughts I have here and there.  Like right now, this episode is where I'm at with the Nintendo Switch 2. Am I pre-ordering? Am I really excit...

Activate the C button! I pressed the C button and was joined by two awesome dudes! Cap'n Mike from On Second Thought with Mike & Matt, and Al from The Retro 'Rents both jumped on so we could get our Nintendo on. And boy, what a show it was! We went over everything that was shown on the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct on 4/2/25. Well, as much as we could without going on tangents. We talked about our...

Switchin' It Up! Here's my trip down memory lane! Back in the ol' Future Monkeys Time Machine! All the way back to 2017 when the Nintendo Switch was first announced. It's early days when it introduced Breath of the Wild to the world. All the way through the pandemic when the world was collectively trying to complete their museums and D.I.Y. cards with Animal Crossing. The Switch has been around fo...

I’m full of that Christmas mornin’ feelin’! MAN! End of the year is no joke! Not only is it typically packed with things to do, stuff to clean, things to bake, gifts to wrap, and about a hundred bajillion other things—  it’s also just going by so freaking fast! It always does but something about this year was really crazy with how fast it went. It sucks. But it just gives more reason to start cele...