Interscription

The FTC is continuing to spread holiday cheer to all those who might congregate a bit too closely this time of year, gifting a $520 Million fine to Epic Games. Rich and I spill more than a few words on family safety for online gaming, and stumble headlong into the Internet of Things and the new Matter standard. Happy holidays to all, and... Thanks for staying on this road with us!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the stream, HBO Max and Warnermedia have decided to execute some popular and beloved properties, leaving us to navigate more ethically murky streaming waters if we want to experience their content. A detour back into the FTC complaint towards Microsoft’s pending acquisition is in order, and we wrap with a quick rundown of some TV and gaming stops for...

The Game Awards are here, brimming with world premiere trailers, celebrity surprises, and, in a totally surprising upset, approximately 412 wins for God of War: Ragnarok.  Rich and I wind through our impressions of the reveals, as well as a brief bit catching up on all of the recent Activision-Blizzard-King acquisition news. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

Welcome To Interscription We have returned from the US Thanksgiving holiday filled with cheer, football, pie and stories about bigger TVs. This week has us tackling Rich’s completed thoughts on Deathloop, a great pitch to me on getting around to Andor finally, and some nods to this month in gaming history. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

As the slide into Thanksgiving in America here in 2022 is in full effect, we reflect on the only right way to cranberry, why pie and steak are basically the same, and yes, TV shows and movies too. George Miller’s newest movie, the shambling end of The Walking Dead, and Rich People Doing Stuff At Hotels are our targets this week, along with finding sweatpants to accommodate our lust for desserts. H...

Contrary to popular opinion, homework is in fact fun! Join us this week as we work through a trio of Game Pass releases and their various flavors, and make a stop in Wakanda for the new Black Panther movie. And Rich categorically answers the question, “What’s in a score?” Thanks for staying on this road with us!

With a veritable avalanche of patches, updates and pre-Christmas blockbuster titles launching, this week is all about the games! Join us as we meander through the conversation of first party games and their place in an evolving landscape of subscription services, making a stop at some worthwhile upgrades to some established games, and a quick chat about the final deets on the PSVR2 before its laun...

An unexpected detour on today’s topics has Rich and I share musings on home servers for normal people (not a thing) and a small chat on the staggering proportions of the zombie apocalypse. Such things moved us towards the idea of digital permanence and ownership, and motions on Taylor Swift were also asked and answered, as though anyone might be concerned about such matters. Thanks for staying on...

Welcome To Interscription It has been widely suggested by professors and theologians that sports of all kinds are awful, and that social media is worse still. I find myself taking the “opening” out of “opening comments” for this week’s podcast, while Rich helps us land on more media-relevant topics such as Amazon’s new sci-fi series, and a finale with Just Not Enough Dragons. Thanks for staying on...

This week’s podcast was of such epic proportions, it spanned two days and incalculable cups of coffee to produce! This MAY have been due to some poor dietary choices on my part, but...meh...  We spend some time smashing the finale of She-Hulk to pieces, give the Rings of Power a sendoff, and chat a bit on watches, as well as a gross video game that repulses at every turn, both in visuals and...

All rise! Rich has re-entered the building! We spend this week catching up on the fantastic fantasy duo, a great pre-review of Arkane’s Deathloop on Xbox, and unbiased She-Hulk thoughts as only we can provide. Kudos are also shared with the Bitwig team for walking back a rather silly choice in business strategy. And yes, Yorkshire Pudding is celebrated somewhere, and by someone? Thanks for staying...

It’s an “Oops All Tim!” episode where I bash the collective consciousness in with my thoughts on more of our two fantasy shows.  Find out whether this gentleman prefers Blonde, whether Overwatch 2 respects your queue time, and if Google’s newest shot at a vertical ecosystem is worth your attention! Thanks for staying on this road with us!

It could be said that we are covered in an Earl-y Deluge of news this week, but truly it is only us ranting about Rings and Dragons again. We also make a stop on a responsible treatment of e-waste in this replaceable electronics society, and the final step towards Darth Vader’s transformation into an inhuman form by way of digitizing his actor’s voice. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

We have an explosive week of Booty, QA, leaks, and AI discussion, bringing with it our mental digestions on triple A experiences, the place robots hold in our industry, and the world’s first live multiple choice segue. Where does it all end? Thanks for staying on this road with us!

It’s a catch-up week here at the Interscription Labs! Topics for the week include Sony’s sour grapes about Activision, a quick collection of thoughts on the new user interface that Xbox is testing for their consoles, and a double-feature redux on pressers by both Nintendo and Playstation on the eve of Tokyo Games Show. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

We are swimming in dragon-saturated waters on this week's episode, as we give a veritable round of applause for the good amount of high fantasy TV in our diets. There's also a healthy chunk of eye-rolling at the mess that continues to be Halo: Infinite, and a quick rundown of pending delights in Game Pass. Oh, and a set of fun predictions for Apple's Event that is not to be missed! Thanks for stay...

It’s our back-to-school sleepytime episode!  We compare the directorial prowess (shown and not shown) in both The Bear and The Sandman, and keep the cryptic party going on “that thing” in The Bear’s finale.  I also curse the day that Cursed To Golf is brought into my life. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

It’s time to drink and smoke and be merry on our 21stepisode. We discuss the announcements this week at Gamescom and the Opening Night Live show, a house positively brimming with dragons, and what is worse: disposing of virtual waste for a living or having to play golf to save your soul. And how accurate IS this Battle Simulator? Thanks for staying on this road with us!

It’s our 20th episode! Along with some celebration we talk about building in the open and the direction for Interscription’s future. We also cover the season finales of WestWorld and Better Call Saul, finding common themes in the ways they bring Aaron Paul back to life, and differences in what they do with his reanimated corpse. We close out with news of everything leaving (and some of what’s comi...

This week’s discussion brings us through a web of well-oiled yet unanswered questions, and takes us from the dawn of time and an interstellar hunter’s chosen weaponry through the mysteries of rebooting a narrative without an exit strategy. But mostly, Spiderman is coming to PC, and all is now right with the world. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

In this desert of tech news, Tim located a Steam Deck, and has a few initial impressions of the docked experience, as well as a quick take on performance of a few titles. We also cram in a couple of opinions and thoughts on Nope and Moonhaven, while blowing away our listeners with the extensive research we did on those two properties. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

Today we head into the high seas to talk a bit about eh ethics of archiving streaming services.  We hit on the problems of content in a world of “death by a thousand services” and the need for a unified experience. We also are unanimous in our love of cinnamon toast crunch that keeps the scurvy away, and whether it’s okay to go back in time to fix that arrrrr rating. Thanks for staying on thi...

Join us in today’s discussion where we share our grossly unqualified opinions on representation in media, our overly qualified opinions on gaming, and our ever-questionably qualified opinions on pixel art. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

Today’s episode is a celebration of initial thoughts and impressions of Rich’s new Steam Deck, along with questions answered and new ones considered for the long term of the device. Tune is as we open the Valve on our curiosities around this new gaming machine, and push full Steam ahead on exploring its capabilities. Thanks for staying on this road with us!

Today we dive into the world of TV with Stranger things, night sky (which was canceled within seconds of us recording this episode) and white lotus, and the exploration of multiple storylines within a single narrative. We also cover some of the games we’ve been playing, which takes us from the importance of pixels to the wordless exploration of the journey, never the destination. Thanks for stayin...