Up Your Alley with Jake & Taylor

This week we're learning how to mod games on a mac, the secret behind themed cocktails, and reviewing this week's recommendations: the animated Lord of the Rings anime War of the Rohirrim now available to stream on Max and the album "Eat. Skate. Die" from Seattle punk rockers Lemon Boy! Subscribe on Spotify and YouTubeFollow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypodSend your rec...

This week we give our review of the new game Split/Fiction and the new Bong Joon-Ho movie Mickey 17 before we get into this week's recommendations: Pat Finnerty's YouTube channel and his video series "What Makes This Song Stink" and the new album "My Apologies to the Chef" by Nashville-based rock band Winona Fighter! Send your recomendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com...

This week we recap the Oscars, talk about the leaked Powerpuff trailer, and discuss the best things to burn before we get into this week's recomendations: Conclave and Doughboys podcast with Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell!

This week we go over some video game news and Oscar predictions before we get into this week's recommendations: the bird-based deck builder Wingspan available to play on your console or IRL if you're into that sort of thing and the new Apple original film The Gorge starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy! Subscribe on Spotify and YouTubeFollow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypodSe...

This week we watched the documentary "Cheifsaholic" about a bank-robbing football super fan and took a look at one of this year's Oscar contenders: Anora! Subscribe on Spotify and YouTubeFollow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypodSend your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.comTell your friends!

This week we're talking about the trailers for Fantastic Four, Jurassic World, Onimusha 2, and Metal Gear Delta and then we get into our recommendations for the week: the Oscar-nominated film A Real Pain written, directed by, and starring Jesse Eisenberg along with Kieran Culkin and the video game big band styling of Chicago's own Blueshift Big Band!

This week we're recapping Jake's trip to MAGFest and then getting to our recommendations for the week: the new Netlfix Western mini-series American Primeval and the 1999 David Lynch film The Straight Story!

This week we break down the upcoming shut down of TikTok and how much Elon Musk sucks a video games before we get into the recommendations for the week: YouTuber Noodle's documentary "how does and indie game get made?" and the film Nightbitch starring Amy Adams available to stream right now on Hulu!

This week we watched the first season of Amazon's video game anthology series Secret Level featuring episodes from the worlds of Armored Core, Spelunky, Concord, Pac-Man and Mega Man Then we get into what you're into and talk about the Blindboy Podcast which was in our top mutual shows with our listeners according to Spotify!

This week we're running down the video game, movies, TV shows and all the other things we're looking forward to most in 2025! Like and subscribe and do all that good algorithm stuff! Thanks to our buddies Brother Bill for our theme, check them out at brotherbill.bandcamp.com #podcast #upyouralley #movies #preview #tvshow #videogame #superman #marvel #streaming #2025

This week we give our first reactions to James Gunn's trailer for the upcoming Superman before we breakdown YouTuber Jacob Geller's year end list of the best video games as well as as the winners and loser from this year's Game Awards. Then we celebrate the season with the movie Christmas in the Spotlight: a timeless love story centered around Christmas and family and just kidding it's a shameless...

This week we catch up some new with the Fortnite lawsuit and the release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle before we dive into our recs: imrpov comedy podcast Hey Riddle Riddle and the new documentary Yacht Rock available to stream on MAX! Follow us on the socials @upyouralleypod Thanks to our buddies Brother Bill for our theme, check them our at brotherbill.bandcamp.com Get intouch with the s...

This week we've got two great video game recs to talk about! First we played one of the nominees for Indie Game of the Year at this year's Game Awards "Neva" and also took a trip back in time with the 20th Anniversary edition of the legendary fps Half-Life 2 with amazing commentary from the development team. All that plus Jake saw Wicked, Taylor watched Skeleton Crew and Creature Commandos, Balatr...

We did it! This week we're celebrating 100 episode of Up Your Alley with Jake and Taylor by taking a very self-indulgent look back and how far we've come! If you're new to the show, this is a great re-cap and guide to key episodes in UYA lore to go back to. All of this will be on the final exam. Thanks you to everyone who has ever listened and especially to everyone who has told their friends abou...

This week we're breaking down the winners from the Golden Joystick awards, discuss the benefits of LED lights, and video game urban legends. Then we watched the 1947 film Lured with our host The Detective on the YouTube channel Full Moon Matinee and listened to the album 3D Country from Brooklyn rock band Geese!

We're back! After a week off we're coming in hot with a new king of Super Mario 64, Alex Jones getting bought by the Onion, a bunch of catching up and our recs for the week: the new Netflix documentary "Martha" about domestic goddess Martha Stewart and a look into the final frontier with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! Thanks to our friend Brother Bill for letting us use their song for our theme; chec...

Have to be specific with the title this week. First we're talking about the new series on Amazon Prime video Like a Dragon: Yakuza based on the Sega video game franchise of the same name and then we take to the streets with the new concept album Warriors written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis based on the 1979 cult classic film of the same name. All that, plus Call of Cuty: Black Ops 6, Nint...

This week we went into the wild and wonderful mountains of Appalachia with Hellboy: The Crooked Man. Then, Jake recommended the workplace satire Better Off Ted, available to stream on Amazon Prime. All that, plus Kotaku ranked all of the Spider-Man movies, Jake finished the Allan Wake DLC, Taylor starts a feud with Xbox marketing and we found some joy at a Sabrina Carpenter concert. Follow us on S...

This week we're talking about the new Apple original movie Wolfs starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney and the new slasher In a Violent Nature available to stream on Amazon. Send your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Check out our buddies Brother Bill at brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week we've got a very 80's vibe. First we're talking about the 1987 cult classic horror parody Blood Diner and then we went to the theaters with the new coming-of-age film by writer/director Kevin Smith and The 4:30 Movie! Send your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Check out our buddies Brother Bill at brotherbill.bandcamp.com

Episode is backward this week. First we're gonna talk about our two recs, the new Amazon original dectecive movie Killer Heat starring Jospeh Gordon-Levitt and YouTuber ManlyBadassHero's playthrough of the indie-horror game MouthWashing available now on Steam! After that, we give our spoilery review of Joker: Folie à Deux which we went and saw right before recording this episode. Thanks to our bud...

We're a little late this week but we're back with two great recs! We're talking about the French shark attack masterpiece (in Taylor's mind) Under Paris and the Cyberpunk companion anime Edgerunners, both available to stream now on Netflix! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcast and YouTube! Comment, like and subscribe! Send your recs to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Check out Brother Bill's album brother...

This week Jaek tries another limited edition flavor of Liquid Death (still not a sponsor) and we talk about EuroGamer's list of 100 Games You Should Be Playing Right Now. For recommendations this week we watched the hilarious live-action cartoon Hundreds of Beavers and the tense thriller Rebel Ridge. Subscribe on whatever platform your listening to this on! Thanks to Brother Bill for giving us...

This week we're talking about Sony's big hit with Astro Bot and their big miss with the reveal of the new PS5 Pro. Then we listen to the Spotify playlist Pizza Party Tonight from user CrustPunk Inc. and wathc the new documentary Chimp Crazy available to stream on Max. Thanks to our buddies Brother Bill for giving us a theme song, check them our at brotherbill.bandcamp.com Subscribe on YouT...

This week we talking about Sony's big un-release of Concord and they upcoming Astro Bot. Then our picks for the week are the charming indie game "Thank Goodness You're Here" and part one of Kevin Costner's Western Epic "Horizon: An American Saga" Be sure to subscibe on Spotify, YouTUbe or whereever you get your podcast Thanks to our buddies Brother Bill for our them...