Finish It!

This week, Chris has an epic adventure on an island full of dinosaurs. Meanwhile, Matt gets to make one whole entire single choice over the course of reading 12 thrilling pages of text! Was picking a 13-ending book a mistake? No way! WOO NEW BOOK DAY! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Dinosaurs (natch), the boys make some predictions for the new book, and...

This week, your boys are graced with the dang delightful presence of Bill and Dani, the creators of Escape This Podcast and Solve This Murder , to continue our adventures in the land DOWN UNDAH (woof, sorry). Plus, find out what books YOU get to choose from for the Yuleses’ next journey! https://archive.org/download/142-final/142%20final.mp3 Go Vote for the Next Book! Listen to Week One of This Re...

Enough, already! This week, the boys are marathoning the ENTIRE REST OF THIS BOOK in a single, epic episode! But will they be able to find the remaining 10 endings PLUS the hidden 11th? Here’s hoping! Also, there will be Yeti crabs! There’s no time for fun copy! We have to finish this book RIGHT NOW! Time to dive in – for the last time maybe even! https://archive.org/download/141-final/141%20final...

This week, Chris meets some folks beneath the sea and immediately bails on them, Matt meets some folks beneath the sea and refuses to bail them out, and someone feels the need to Quest-Out a Live Read! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, Chris introduces the new segment “We Forgot To Do A Thing So Our Users Had To Do It...

This week, Matt’s adventure is a total fluke, Chris goes all double-oh-seven for the Nodoors, and you are definitely not ready for RANDYMAN! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a user-generated round of Interactive Fiction Book from a Particular Series or 2020 Interactive Fiction Competition Entry (thanks, @swilllson !), Matt rounds up some amazing user-generated name options for our newest ocean frien...

This week, Chris is TOTALLY BETRAYED, Matt finds a whole new storyline MAYBE, and the guys are celebrating the new year with a couple of REAL positive attitudes. Happy New Year, dear Users! Also, Matt challenges Chris to the traditional New Year’s round of Interactive Fiction or Song by Ed Sheeran, Chris looks back at New Years That We’ve Done Before, R.I.P. Sebastian the Crab, the Deep Sea Fish F...

Krampus Days are here again! Your favorite child-eating Xmas monster returns for another year of Yeti-searching. He’s brought a brand new challenge, and the surprise guest you’d least expect. Oh, and it’s up to the Yule boys to SAVE CHRISTMAS! Also, Matt is still a turd brother, Chris takes on the final (probably?) Holiday Surprise Caroloke challenge; Matt must identify moments from Finish It! Pas...

This week, Chris crushes all previous Read Tease jangles with his new piano playing skills, Matt might have found a whole new branch of stories, and another narrative loop is discovered. Is this book never-ending?! No! It just feels that way! Also, Matt challenges his bro to a new quiz called Did It Really End That Way?, Chris can’t believe how many endings are left, Matt threatens to put bolognes...

This week, Chris leaves his last page to read live because he thinks it could be “one of the greats” (it is not) and Matt discovers an infinite loop so we can keep this underwater party going FOREVER, BUDDIES! Also, Matt gets a brutal taste of his own Fun Fact medicine, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Simpsons Episode that he absolutely forgot to work on ahead of time, M...

This week, Chris gives up his human form! Matt does the unthinkable! Someone gets eaten by a fish! But was the fish big or not very big? Find out now! Also, Chris introduces Matt to an exciting new board game, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or or Google Autocomplete Result, Chris is become a pile, Matt is become a casserole, Dr. M totally dunks on a squid, and Leon keeps h...

This week, the brothers realize there are only two endings left in this holiday tradition! Will year three be the final year of this autumnal adventure? Or will they totally blow it? Also, let’s rename everything having to do with this problematic holiday! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Sound Chris Makes When Eating Thanksgiving Dinner, things get Fraise-y, Matt i...

This week, Chris strikes out on a bold new path and finds happiness in sea plants, Matt discovers a final sentence that works even better as a first sentence than the actual first sentence, and we find out what today’s number is! Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Interactive Fiction or Jacques Cousteau Adventure, Chris gets numerical in the new segment Let’s Visit Some Digits, a bearded ma...

This week, the brothers dive back into the briny deep! Chris blasts his way out of a trap, Matt rethinks this whole adventuring thing, and neither brother remembers what the heck is going on! Also, Matt brings back the Jog Your Memory Quiz segment to help us try and remember anything at all about this book, Chris challenges Matt to a quiz that Matt does poorly on, the brothers end up with an unusu...

That’s right! We’re never going back under the sea! This week, Chris and Matt welcome special guest Hari Conner, illustrator and author of the amazing interactive fiction book, Into the Dungeon . It’s awesome! It has character sheets and a guy ate Matt’s finger! Also, Chris and Matt learn all about Hari after playing the way-over-the-top jangle for What’s Your Deal?, Matt challenges Chris and Hari...

Creeptobscare comes to a creepy conclusion with the return of Finish It!’s traditional Halloween read! This year, Chris holds hands with monsters and runs home, and Matt hides from monsters in a box which goes badly. Also, Chris challenges Matt to user-generated round of Interactive Fiction or Modern Board Game (thanks again, David !), Matt rolls the dice with some Benadryl, the Ad Boys spend no j...

This week, Matt braves Milo the Mutant’s monstrous mystery maze, and Chris gets sucked into some comic books and dies horribly at the hairy hands of Professor Y as the Y’s Guys look on helplessly. THE HALLOWEEN FUN CONTINUES! Also, the guys brainstorm best practices for safe holiday fun in this very weird year of 2020 in the new segment How Should We Halloween?, Matt challenges Chris to an excitin...

In this very special Friday edition of Finish It!, Chris runs into trouble of the PIRATE SKELETON kind, Matt runs into trouble of the TRIPPING AND DROPPING THINGS kind, and Creeptobscare continues with a new book that is chock full of trouble of the TROPICAL kind! Also, Chris is forced to do a real creepy (in more than one way) edition of Surprise Karaoke, Matt is challenged to a round of Guess th...

Creeptobscare is here! Strap in for the first of four weeks of spooptacular chills as Matt decides to make everyone listen to some kids get menaced by an evil suit of armor! This week, Matt finds the hands-down-best ending to a book he’s ever read, Chris winds up in the middle of a very goofy mud fight, a drink is invented in honor of Creeptobscare, and there are now some scary lyrics to the Finis...

This week, Matt manages to save all of Atlantis from certain doom with the help of an old man with a good memory, and Chris has funding issues. Plus, it’s time for a Halloween announcement! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Love Boat, the guys look back on the last 24 hours in the new segment “Hoo Hoo Hoo, What a Day,” Chris is functioning on essentially n...

Celebrate back-to-school times with the guys as they take what they thought would be a light-hearted, spoopy break from underwater adventure, only to find that this book is a straight-up Stephen King nightmare factory. That’s right! It’s a whole new book to celebrate the unholy convergence of kids going back to school and the spookiest time of the year. Why a whole new book, you ask? What happened...

This week, it’s a tight battle for who wins the read as Chris masters Atlantean pop music and Matt teams up with… an evil king?! Also, Matt challenges Chris to another spoooooooky round of Which Interactive Fiction Book Am I?, Chris drops a hot rant in new mini-segment What’s the Deal Huh?, Matt picks an official # SquidName , # DolphinName becomes a thing, Chris learns everyone good with Great Oc...

This week, Matt flees from a shark badly and Chris takes part in a peaceful revolution that is violently put down but hey listen anyway! It’s still escapism somehow! Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Which Interactive Fiction Book Am I?, the guys escape to Self-Care Corner for some much needed Chill Virtual Getaway Soundscapes, Chris initiates Spooky Season with some decidedly not-spooky s...

Are you interested in hearing TWO brothers get FOUR endings in TWO reads in ONE week? If so, you are a very niche audience (hearts hearts hearts), and this episode will please you exceedingly. Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Which Cobra Kai Character are you (seriously check out this great show, now on Netflix, and listen to Chris podcast a whole TOTALLY REAL movie with one of the Cobra...

This week, both brothers die quickly and badly. But which brother dies least badly, thereby securing a winning read and taking one tiny step closer to earning themselves a get-out-of-sad-pizza-party-free card? Who cares! Underwater adventure awaits! Also, the guys hand out some very special thanks to a fellow Taskmaster fan, Chris challenges Matt to discover which Octonaut he is, Matt uses a tenta...

This week, Chris has a guy say “You see our secret” to him which is unsettling, Matt does something so terrible even the book can’t believe it, and if you like lasers you’ll love both of this week’s reads! It’s lousy with lasers! Listen in as Matt challenges Chris to a depressingly easy round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Taskmaster, Chris unveils the Top 3 Discoveries Under the Sea, the gu...