The School of Everything Else Archive

[School of Everything Else 2016] The first part of this show is spoiler-free so if you need any more convincing to go track this down on DVD or Blu Ray, let this be it. Recorded many months before seeing The Force Awakens this was the perfect show to draw us back into the world of Star Wars.  It may seem very kid-friendly but it's got a lot of darkness and a lot of heart to back that up and some g...

[School of Everything Else 2016] To see in the new year and take a brief respite from Star Wars we're doing another round of reading out some of the most irrational, sarcastic and hilarious movie reviews from the @AmznMovieRevws twitter feed.  Along with this is a series of dramatic readings from many sources, most notably the fourth Fifty Shades of Grey book from the ongoing billionaire pervert s...

[School of Everything Else 2016] A truly stellar cast join Sharon and I to discuss this critically acclaimed Netflix show; Laura Kate Dale of Destructoid and the Jimquisition podcast, Alasdair Stuart of Psudopod and the Escape Artists, Marguerite Kenner of Cast of Wonders and Joshua Garrity of Cane and Rinse.  This is a seriously epic three hour discussion. I barely cut anything out because everyb...

[Digital Drift 2014]   We bring our Terminator shows to a close with a discussion about the brief but brightly burning TV series. This managed two seasons, which is more than most Fox shows and the ending is abrupt but satisfying, hinting at greater depths in further episodes.  However, in it's lifespan it managed some of the most cerebral, emotional and fascinating moments in Terminator mythology...

[Digital Drift 2014] On this very special episode (in the week I'm celebrating eight years in the podcasting game) I gathered Bob "Moviebob" Chipman, Parris Lilly of "Gamertag Radio" and Joe Cunningham of the "Cinematic Universe" podcast, and along with my wife and co-host Sharon Shaw we asked ourselves...   Which are the seven most important superhero movies to date?   Not our favourites, not bes...

[Digital Drift 2014] The first season of the Netflix show. I’ll say up front this is not our favourite Marvel production. Not only do we bring up what we feel are its weaker aspects but just FYI it gets very vitriolic about the feature-creep of torture and mutilation into adult TV. This rant has been a long time coming folks. But there are of course aspects that we like and indeed love, and we def...

[Digital Drift 2014] With the world unbalanced, Korra and her companions struggle to manage the repercussions from the pendulum-swing back from chaos to order. This time we're talking about Prince Wu, Kuvira, some old swamp lady, and the rather contentious coupling at the end of the series. In a pinch of nostalgia I went back to the intro from that first Korra show we did all those years back... w...

[Digital Drift 2015] The long awaited, much-demanded continuation of the Avatar podcasts is here. We're releasing four podcasts throughout this month, two each for Books 3 & 4 of The Legend of Korra. It's the last we'll see of the series, maybe forever, but certainly for a while, so let's take our time and enjoy ourselves. Joining me once again after another year I have my now co-host; Sharon Shaw...

[Digital Drift 2014] We cover the divisive second season of one of the most talked about and exceptional animated shows ever created. This time round the Miyazaki influence is even more prominent, the animation veers from a little bit sloppy to more breathtakingly beautiful than it's ever been, there are character and narrative issues, longtime fans still calling foul and love and hate being bent...

[Digital Gonzo 2012] This covers the first season of the follow up to The Legend of Aang. Major spoilers throughout so we heartily suggest that you not only see the entirety of Korra first but seek out the original series in case you weren't aware how highly we regard it. Joining me once again to talk about Airbending, extremist solutions, and the challenge of matching the quality and storytelling...

[Digital Drift 2014] After the uproarious reception that the Bad Reviews Against Humanity shows brought, we decided on a series of dramatic readings. This is based on a sci-fi convention game wherein one of the worst pieces of fantasy literature in history; The Eye of Argon' gets read aloud. If the current narrator laughs he or she must pass it on. We went beyond Argon by embracing a now infamous...

[Digital Drift] We pit the two most powerful consoles of the age against one another. 

[Digital Gonzo] A return to the pop culture quiz show, this time covering that most overlooked decade, the 90s.

[Digital Drift 2014] This week, we tracked down some of the funniest reviews all over the internet for all kinds of products, not just movies and not just Amazon.  The main reason was variety but we also had the pleasure of Joseph Grabinski the editor of the @AmznMovieRevws Twitter feed as a guest so we wanted to present him and his followers with something they might not have read yet.  It was a...

[Digital Drift 2014] We're back for more incisive, scathing and occasionally insane critique from some strange people.  The first installment was met with adulation from everyone. In fact this is an official warning not to listen while driving, your uncontrollable fits of hysterical laughter could result in catastrophic car pile-ups.  Once again these mini-review snippets were gleaned from the Twi...

[Digital Drift 2014] Amazon has a long tradition of unreasonable, miserable and occasionally downright cretinous user reviews. The Twitter feed @AmznMovieRevws is a treasure trove of some of the silliest of these. For this episode Sharon and I got together with former Digital Cowboy Paul Shotton and Cane and Rinse alumni Josh Garrity and we had a bit of a game. I passed out fifteen reviews each an...

[Digital Drift 2014] This is the full, combined trilogy of podcasts about GamerGate; How it developed, what its effects have been and how we can move forwards. For the first show I had eight contributors, two of whom would like to remain anonymous, the other six were; M.P.J. Dillon, Holly Dotson, Gavin Greene, A. Reece England, Livio De La Cruz and Kevin Murphy.  Nine more contributions make up th...

[Digital Drift] This is both parts combined into one mega-podcast. The Transformers road trip finally emerges from the ugly, industrial wasteland and like Outrun we find ourselves suddenly experiencing a completely different and altogether more fascinating vista. Yes, this animated TV show, passed up by the majority of adults as being for the kids just happens to be the greatest depiction of the A...

[Digital Drift 2014] For this last Spider-Man podcast for some time we're focusing on a high note in the character's history and my very favourite representation of him in any media. The short-lived two-season animated show 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' which ran from 2008-2009.  Developed by Greg Weisman, known for his beloved, high quality, multi-layered and prematurely cancelled TV shows like Ga...

[Digital Drift 2014] For this episode we are very proud to interview writer Rhianna Pratchett. She has worked on some of our favourite games, and very specifically helped to craft some of the best female characters in the medium. Her experience includes Heavenly Sword, Overlord, Mirror’s Edge, BioShock Infinite, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Prince of Persia, Risen, Thief and perhaps most notably she...

[Digital Drift 2014] We talk about why the video game market crashed twice before. 

[Digital Drift 2014] It's taken over a year, but Sharon has finally completed her read through of E.L. James' Fifty Shades trilogy. This episode is a compilation of material from different shows to give you a full review series. In principle it's a two and a half hour rant on her part about this skewed, uninformed and often just plain wrongheaded view of women, men, sex, relationships, hetero-norm...

[Digital Drift 2014] This week we talk to two of the hosts of one of the funniest, most insightful movie podcasts we've yet heard; Andrew Jupin and Eric Szyszka of We Hate Movies.  As is discussed on the show, don't let the name fool you. You'd be hard pressed to find a bunch of chaps who love movies more than these guys, and while they often cover well-known stinkers they most frequently mine com...

[Digital Drift 2014] We interview The Married Gamers, Chris and Kelly Brown. 

[Digital Drift 2014] In this, the first non-movie-related episode of the third volume of our shows, we speak to the charity Special Effect, who help disabled and disadvantaged people play video games.