Controlled Burnes

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan discuss their love of the Disney and Star Wars themed board game Villainous, the story of how they were first introduced to the game, and the rabid fandom that has taken root in the Burnes household ever since. The discussion includes the pair's favorite aspects of the game, the various expansions and different versions that ha...

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 80-61 along with a recap of the bottom 20 and some of the adjustments that have already been made to the list since just last week! Future parts of this series will be included in future episodes of the podcast, so look forward to that a...

On this week's episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes kicks off the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time. Andrew kicks off the discussion with the history of how he got into music and what sparked his passion for list-making as well as the 15-year odyssey that was constructing this list before breaking down his picks for his top 100 through 81 favorite...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host Andrew Burnes welcomes a new guest to the podcast, his childhood friend Wesley Orr. Wesley is a roller coaster enthusiast with roughly 250 coaster credits. He has also been to every Six Flags in the continental US, along with a litany of other parks in the states. He and Andrew each rank their top 15 roller coasters and discuss overlaps, notabl...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew is rejoined by Reagan for their longest podcast yet, a nearly 5-hour examination of Andor Season 1. The pair watched the first season together back when it first released and loved it, but returned to it with fresh eyes again in 2025 prior to watching Season 2 to analyze it more deeply than any show yet discussed up to this point. While Reaga...

On this week's episode, Andrew keeps the freewheelin' video game console discussions coming with a draft of two different versions of a potential PS2 classic, one designed to hit the widest mainstream appeal and another catered to his own specific favorite games on the console. So the second list is his de-facto favorite PS2 games of all time. Andrew spent a lot of time with the console in...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host Andrew Burnes flies solo to reminisce on his time with the Nintendo Switch. SlowBurne talks about when he purchased the console and upgraded to the OLED model as well as discusses where it ranks within his pantheon of favorite consoles. He then shifts to covering the games he completed on the system and discusses which ones he has spent the mos...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan return to cap off their discussion and analysis of The Last of Us Season 2. Andrew played through the first half of Part II in the leadup to firm up comparisons to the show, further solidifying some major issues he has with the changes in characterizations and plot developments of the story while Reagan is generally more supportive...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan return to their Game of Thrones series to dissect Season 5 and break down its highs and lows.  Controlled Burnes is a weekly 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...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne flies solo for the first time in months to discuss the top 25 video game twists of all time. The list is obviously limited to games that I've played, but I've played a fair few in my day, so there's plenty to discuss. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to vi...

On this week's episode of the podcast, Andrew and Reagan discuss the first two episodes of The Last of Us Season 2 on which they have some divided opinions and certainly more mixed emotions when compared to the first season. The episode is a full-on spoilerfest including a discussion of all of The Last of Us Part II and is intended as a companion piece for game fans watching the show. If you&#...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan take a break from Game of Thrones to dissect The Last of Us Part I including both the first game and season 1 of the HBO show. Like with Game of Thrones, the duo breaks down each episode of the show and analyzes the changes from the source material before ranking the episodes, characters, and top moments. Discussions for the ongoin...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze Season 4 of Game of Thrones. The podcast includes a discussion (or at least a mention) of every scene in the season as well as several lists from SlowBurne that ranks the episodes, best moments, and dead characters from this stage of the story. Episodes on each of the eight seasons of Game o...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze both Season 3 of Game of Thrones. The podcast includes a discussion (or at least a mention) of every scene in the season as well as several lists from SlowBurne that ranks the episodes, best moments, and dead characters from this stage of the story. Episodes on each of the eight seasons of G...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze both Season 2 of Game of Thrones and the second book in the series, A Clash of Kings. The podcast includes a breakdown and comparison of the plot points of the book vs. the show as well as several lists from SlowBurne that ranks the best moments from the show, chapters from the book, and dea...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his wife Reagan to rank and analyze both Season 1 of Game of Thrones and the first book in the series, A Game of Thrones. The podcast includes a breakdown and comparison of the plot points of the book vs. the show as well as several lists from SlowBurne that ranks the best moments from the show, chapters from the book, and dea...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his brother Brandon Scoggins to break down the second half of his top 25 video games of all time as part of that ongoing series. Controlled Burnes is a weekly 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...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne is joined by his brother Brandon Scoggins to break down the first half of his top 25 video games of all time as part of that ongoing series. Controlled Burnes is a weekly 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 i...

The 2020 classic Hades has been dominating my free time over the last couple of weeks as I replay it in preparation for the release of Hades 2 later this year, so in this episode I dissect the key reasons I find this game to be so addictive and rank my favorite characters, boons, bosses and weapons in the game. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and t...

On this week's abbreviated episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne walks through his picks for the top 25 most beautiful video games of all time, taking into consideration art style, atmosphere, music and themes. Controlled Burnes is a weekly 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 cu...

On this week's episode of the podcast, SlowBurne looks back on the music, movies and books he checked out in 2024 including a definitive look at his top albums and songs from 2024 as well as a ranking of the movies and books he watched and read throughout the year. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne welcomes another new guest, Chase Dillard, to continue the show's top 25 video game series with Chase's picks. Chase is definitely the guest I know the least out of everyone I've had on, so it is exciting to dig in and listen to his picks. As a bonus, we also catch up on the biggest announcements of The Game Awards and discuss our criticisms o...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne breaks down his year in gaming in 2024 including all of the games he started and finished over the course of the year, his Xbox and PlayStation year-end stats, his platinum trophies, and his ranking of all of the games he finished in terms of quality. While SlowBurne didn't play a lot of games that actually released in 2024, it's still a...

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne ranks and discusses the greatest video game launch titles of all time in a wide-ranging that look that extends all the way back to the launch of the original NES in 1985. SlowBurne creates three different lists ranking key launch titles in terms of importance and success, quality, and a special third list that looks at the 10 most importa...

Controlled Burnes host SlowBurne kicks off a new appreciation series dissecting individual pieces of entertainment that stand out as exemplary with an episode focused entirely on one of the greatest video games ever made: From Software's Bloodborne. SlowBurne discusses his history with the game from overwhelmed noob to hardened vet and puts together four lists ranking his top 10 weapons from the g...