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Kick off the weekend as Danielle Riendeau and Rob Zacny bring their unique perspectives to video games and pop culture.

Idle Weekend Idle Thumbs

    • Leisure
    • 5.0 • 23 Ratings

Kick off the weekend as Danielle Riendeau and Rob Zacny bring their unique perspectives to video games and pop culture.

    August 1, 2018: Transition Points

    August 1, 2018: Transition Points

    It’s been a little while since we Idle Weekended, but for good reason! Your fearless hosts have been going through some *life stuff* and playing games that help us cope. Get ready for some talk about comfort games, the place of challenge and difficulty, and getting our brains into better spaces. Welcome back to the weekend!
    Discussed: Into the Breach, World of Warcraft, Total War, mental health, Sonic Mania, Animal Crossing, health, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, State of Decay 2, Dishonored 2, The Americans, The Last Jedi, Blade Runner 2049, biases in media, New Girl, Party Down, GLOW

    • 1 hr 26 min
    June 22, 2018: The Sensitive Badass Type

    June 22, 2018: The Sensitive Badass Type

    We consider a favorite archetype of ours in sci-fi: the sensitive badass! Rob and Danielle talk gender in sci-fi, the ways in which Farscape and the Expanse rock our socks, and why Thor is a whole lot more awesome than Guardians of the Galaxy.

    Discussed: The Expanse, John Wick, Farscape, Thor: Ragnarok, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy volume 2, Black Panther, Edge of Tomorrow, Sicario, Uncharted series, Uncharted 2, Uncharted: Lost Legacy, Hitman, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    • 1 hr 20 min
    May 26, 2018: The Franchise in Your Heart

    May 26, 2018: The Franchise in Your Heart

    It’s been too long, friends. But we have a solid, meaty Idle Weekend for you, ripe with discussions of long-running franchises we have a long relationship with, our trials in not ruining games for ourselves, and the utterly bananas part time work experiences gained by working for weirdos. It’s Idle Weekend all right!

    Discussed: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, Total War Rome II, Total War: Medieval, Into the Breach, The Evil Within 2, Kitchen Confidential, SuperStore

    • 1 hr 41 min
    April 1, 2018: Hot 'n' Cold

    April 1, 2018: Hot 'n' Cold

    On this belated episode of Idle Weekend (Danielle is sorry for the wait), we discuss the things that really just do it for us—and the alternative, the games that leave us cold. It’s a very hot and cold weekend here, just like real life! Sort of!



    Discussed: The Division, Surviving Mars, Black Maps: The American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime, Into the Breach, The Martian, Tropico, Star Trek, Dude Watching with the Brontes - Hark, a Vagrant!, Daniel Ortberg’s Texts from Jane Eyre, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Goodfellas, The Punisher, Bringing Out the Dead, Legion

    • 1 hr 28 min
    March 10, 2018: Joker Liberace

    March 10, 2018: Joker Liberace

    Rob and Danielle take some time from playing the latest and greatest to do things they enjoy even more: play old games that actually scratch the right itches. It’s like 2007 all over again in here!

    Discussed: BioShock, BioShock 2, BioShock Infinite, Warcraft 3, The Hour, War Thunder, Don’t Starve, The Hour, Mindhunter

    • 1 hr 7 min
    February 18, 2018: Sometimes, You Gotta Try Twice

    February 18, 2018: Sometimes, You Gotta Try Twice

    Rob and Danielle regale one another with tales of TV shows (and movies, and books, and games!) that they weren't too keen on at first, but those frowns turned upside down with a little persistence.


    Discussed: Brooklyn 99, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Altered Carbon, Game of Thrones, Tombs of Atuan, The Expanse novels, The 100, 2312, Rubicon, All Our Asias

    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
23 Ratings

23 Ratings

ToastCrust ,

Great cast for really digging into a thought

I don't know when but at some point this show switched permanently to themed episodes in a main topic of discussion and that's been a fantastic format ever since.Keep up the good work!

MocharinaOfThyme ,

My Favourite Podcast

This is hands down my favourite podcast to listen when I'm stuck in the car on my way to and from work. R&D have such a warm conversational tone to their episodes that I feel like I'm listening to friends I've known my entire life. The only problem is figuring out how I will ever afford all the games they've made me want to play! Keep up the amazing work guys and thanks for the free month of Barkbox, my German Shepherd Gem thanks you :)

Jasyla ,

A great weekend listen

This is one of my favourite gaming podcasts. Danielle and Rob are so insightful! Every weekend they have a chill, but super in-depth conversation about games and the gaming industry. I feel smarter after listening.

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