Controlled Burnes

Controlled Burnes returns to its regular podcast format with an episode diving into PlayStation's disastrous move to kill physical video games. Host Andrew Burnes dived into a personal look at his history with the brand going back to the '90s as well as a ranking of the top 10 reasons the move will have dire ramifications for consumers, but also the PlayStation brand itself with a special...

Controlled Burnes officially completes its audiobook experiment with the bonus chapter of Mick Foley's A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, which was an exclusive addition to the paperback edition of the book that released in 2000. Controlled Burnes is a hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop...

Controlled Burnes continues with its audiobook experiment with part 7, the Grand Finale of Mick Foley's A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks covering chapters the final two chapters of the original book. Controlled Burnes is a hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're intere...

Controlled Burnes continues with its audiobook experiment with part 6 of Mick Foley's A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks covering chapters 32-35. Controlled Burnes is a hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comment...

Controlled Burnes continues with its audiobook experiment with part 5 of Mick Foley's A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks covering chapters 27-31.Controlled Burnes is a hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or ques...

Controlled Burnes continues with its audiobook experiment with part 4 of Mick Foley's A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks covering chapters 19 - 26. Controlled Burnes is a hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comme...

Controlled Burnes continues with its audiobook experiment with part 3 of Mick Foley's A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks covering chapters 12 - 18. Controlled Burnes is a hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comme...

Controlled Burnes continues with its audiobook experiment with part 2 of Mick Foley's A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks covering chapters 6 - 11. Controlled Burnes is a hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your commen...

Controlled Burnes is delving into a bit of a new realm this week as host Andrew Burnes records the first five chapters of Mick Foley's landmark autobiography A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks from 1999. Andrew wanted his wife Reagan, who isn't interested in wrestling in the slightest, to experience the book because of the quality of Foley's writing and storytelling, but no audiobook curre...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne stays on the Survivor theme and lists his top 25 people to ever play the game. The list is part of an effort to update an existing list on The Soundtrack Online, with a second part rounding out the bottom half of the top 50 likely to follow next week. Controlled Burnes is a hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics rel...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host Andrew Burnes returns to deliver another new list: a draft of his top picks for who he would've liked to have seen on Survivor Season 50: In the Hands of the Fans. The marquee season of the most prestigious reality TV show of all time is debuting next week and Andrew, who has been a fan of the show for the better part of two decades and has...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host Andrew Burnes is joined once again by his wife Reagan to discuss the three short stories chronicles the tales of Ser Duncan the Tall in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. While the pair acknowledge the ongoing show covering the first short story, The Hedge Knight, this discussion primarily focuses on the book&#39...

After a months-long hiatus, host Andrew Burnes returns to complete the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 20-1 alongside with a recap of the bottom 80 and discussion of a couple of new additions along the way. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as wel...

On this week's episode, Reagan Burnes returns to the show alongside host Andrew Burnes to discuss Andrew's first read of the third book in the Song of Ice and Fire series A Storm of Swords. The duo discuss each of the major storylines and events in the book, which coincides with seasons 3 and 4 of Game of Thrones, and Andrew shares his ranking of the POV characters in the series up to this...

Host Andrew Burnes returns to the podcast this week with a second end of year discussion highlighting all of the books, movies and video games he watched over the course of the year including a breakdown of platinum trophy grabs and overall time spent in each category. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/fil...

Controlled Burnes returns after a rough couple of weeks at the Burnes' household as host Andrew Burnes walks his Spotify Wrapped results and the 80+ albums he listened to in 2025 including some all-time greats, Taylor Swift's divisive Life of a Showgirl, and the full discographies of famed artists including Bob Seger, LCD Soundsystem and Coldplay. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list p...

Brett Fox returns to Controlled Burnes this week to make his NFL playoff predictions and compare and contrast them to the ones host Andrew Burnes laid out last week. Brett crunches the numbers live on the pod and, believe it or not, comes to some very different conclusions than Andrew did last week, so listen in for a fun discussion and a fantasy Superbowl that few, if any, are putting in the card...

Coming off a very successful lineup of predictions for the 2024 NFL postseason, host Andrew Burnes returns to America's most popular sport at the mid-point of this season to try to replicate his success. Hot takes and bold predictions are the order of the day here, and Burnes decides to keep things fun with a bold Superbowl winner you won't want to miss. Note that this podcast was recorded...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne flies solo once again to rank all 32 companions from Fallout 3, New Vegas and 4 in one monster list. This case has capers (and hot takes) aplenty, so check it out if you're a longtime fan of Fallout titles or looking for advice on who to journey into the wasteland with on your first playthroughs. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-lis...

SlowBurne returns this week to complete his new video game list ranking his top 25 most underappreciated games of all time. For this episode, Andrew walks through his 12-1 most underappreciated video games with a recap of part 1 of the list thrown in for good measure. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film...

SlowBurne flies solo this week with a new video game list ranking his top 25 most underappreciated games of all time. In fact, Andrew has so much to say on this topic, the episode is impromptly broken up into a two-parter, creating yet another mini-series for the podcast. For this episode, Andrew walks through his 25-13 most underappreciated video games with an honorable mention thrown in for good...

Controlled Burnes returns after a two-week hiatus as a result of Reagan's birthday and Andrew's illness this week with a unique spin. This week Andrew interviews Reagan about her experiences with Skyrim as a newcomer to the game 14 years after it initially released. The duo discuss the game's strong points including its RPG and skill mechanics, world-building and Reagan's particula...

On this week's episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes continues the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 40-21 along with a recap of the bottom 60. The next and final part of this series will be included in the next episode of the podcast, so look forward to that and get in on the listing fun as we celebrate Andrew's release of his Top...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, Reagan returns for a second Villainous discussion this time ranking each of the 12 current characters in Star Wars Villainous. The discussion includes lists from both Andrew and Reagan as well as a conversation about the pluses and negatives of each character as well as statistics detailing how each has fared in our own Villainous games. We have pla...

On this week's episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes continues the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 60-41 along with a recap of the bottom 40. Future parts of this series will be included in future episodes of the podcast, so look forward to that and get in on the listing fun as we celebrate Andrew's release of his Top 100 Artists...