Hot Takes Podcast

Some lore in video games is excellent, showing the depth of the medium. Some of it's just wack.

Just a little look at what went on between episodes 4 and 5. I promise it all ties together.

Michael and Nick discuss their favorite to rewatch... at least until Christian crashes the recording.

Christian and Nick return to the podcast to talk about anime in the first half of 2026. That's right, we disappear for months and don't have anything else to talk about.

Michael and Christian talk with first-ever guest Andriy about fighting games.

We're back and what better way to start a new year than by doing basically the same thing as last year. We talk about the shows and movies that disappointed and surprised us, as well as just our favorites.

You'd think after a year we'd have figured this out, but here we are setting up last minute once more.

Nick and Christian talk a bit about The Game Awards, what they played in 2025, and look towards the future.

Michael asked Nick to catch him up on what's been happening with Star Wars. He soon learned Nick can spend a lot of time talking about Star Wars. 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:56 Solo 00:09:44 Kenobi 00:23:02 Why did Star Wars become TV 00:26:20 Skeleton Crew 00:29:41 Andor 00:37:14 A brief intermission and tangent 00:38:32 The connect shows and movies 00:39:15 The Clone Wars 00:47:12 Rebels 00:50:18 T...

Now that summer is over, Christian and Nick revisit the recommendations they made to Michael in a previous episode. Surely they didn't lead him astray. hottakesreviews.com Our Bluesky Nick's Bluesky Hot Takes Podcast Episode 8 Hot Takes Podcast Episode 10 00:00 Intro 00:44 The Water Magician 04:44 Kaiju No. 8 07:33 Rascal Does Not Dream 10:36 Obligatory Kaguya-sama Tangent 13:45 Clevatess...

Last episode Nick was put on trial. His crime? Dropping shows too early or for unclear reasons. Now the defense puts up a case. hottakesreviews.com Our Bluesky Nick's Bluesky The artists Jessie's Bluesky Jill's Bluesky The Previous Episode Nick's AniList 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:00 Some background and score discussion 00:06:40 Gurren Lagann 00:09:50 Hunter x Hunter 00:17:00 Number of e...

Nick is too busy to record so it's up to Michael and Christian to make an episode happen. Surely this will go well. Nick's AniList Michael's AniList Christian's AniList

What do you do when you show up to record without a topic? Find out how we work (or don't) in this bonus episode where we also publicly commit to several things.

Ah summer... a time to get in the sun and be outdoors. Or you know, do what we do and watch all of the great anime releasing. Christian and Nick give Michael some recommendations since he's been missing out on those. The Water Magician See You Tomorrow at the Food Court Clevatess Rascal Does Not Dream - Links to the first season Kaiju No. 8 - Links to the first season The Fragrant Flower Bloom...

We go through and rank the 37 existing movies in the MCU... despite only one of us having seen all of them. Main Spider-Man: Homecoming Poster Better Spider-Man: Homecoming Poster

Christian and Nick sit down to discuss the Crunchyroll Anime Awards several weeks after everyone else has talked about them. Connect with us on Bluesky

We have a lot to talk about when it comes to this debate, most of it isn't actually about subs vs. dubs but hey that's not why you're here anyway! Shoutout to our friend @jessayleee on Twitter for making us some new PNG Tubers!

We just kinda started talking and some funny things went down. New full episode tomorrow!

Have you ever wondered what the criteria are for a good starter anime? We have, and we think we've come up with a pretty good answer! Take a listen as we debate what does and doesn't make a good starter anime and give our general recommendations. Link to review article - https://www.fandomspot.com/beginner-anime/ Link to Vicky the Viking for some reason - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vick...

We are just a little behind in getting out a third episode here, but we wanted to give you some behind the scenes content to make up for it! Enjoy our Episode 2.5 kindly dubbed "Our Various Tech and Life Issues" for your listening pleasure.

Have you ever thought to yourself "man I wish I owned that show they're taking off Netflix tomorrow?" Well we have, and we have lots of opinions about it. Join us as we talk about all the things we own, how much we like (or don't like) streaming, and how little Michael remembers about Nintendo.

Kick off 2025 with some of the best (and most disappointing) anime our team watched in 2024. It looks like this year is shaping up to be a little slower in the anime world, so if you need some recommendations of shows from last year to catch up on, we've got you!

As we were getting ready to record our first episode of this wondrous podcast, we had some interesting struggles, thoughts and general hatred towards each other that we thought would be fun to share. Enjoy episode 0 and be sure to check out our first episode afterwards!