YASP‪!‬ Amir Reza & Ali

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What do the guy from Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" series (not the main guy, the other guy), the teenage girl from "Gravity Falls", the guy from "How I Met Your Mother" (not Ted or Barney), the weed dude from a lot of late 2000's comedies, Spider-Man's teacher from not Sami Raimi's "Spider-Man" series and the creator behind "Ghostbusters" (2016, so, yeah) have in common? A little show called "Freaks and Geeks".

A coming-of-age tale as old as time (so 1980's), and filled with good music, good acting, and a general feel of high school (Americanized of course); but what else is to this show? Why did this show become the name that it is nowadays? Is Linda Cardellini beautiful (yes, the answer is yes)? These equally important questions are part of our newest episode with our brand new guest, Foad (from the show's theme song), amongst other stuff like tales of our high schools, and sex. There's always sex involved.

In a world dominated by cash-grab, minimum-risk, soul-less, run-of-the-mill, board-of-directors-satisfying, hackneyed, repetitive, loot-box-laden, share-holder-pleasing, item-selling, micro-transaction-loving, DLC-shoving video game titles; it’s always a very pleasing, refreshing and quite honestly, surprising moment when you are presented with a sweet sweet anomaly, an exception to that somber reality: A passion project done by some of the best people in the business. You might wonder just how such project would’ve been greenlit in the current zeitgeist, and the answer would be, probably just because Xbox was extremely desperate back then, and also, possibly out of spite, you know, to Sony.  Whatever the reason, we’re just happy that we got “Sunset Overdrive”, one of the most underrated titles of the last generation which pulled us out of that clichéd formula of: let’s-not-change-it-if-it-sells. 

Gotta pay respect where it’s due, and it was a bold move by Insomniac to develop such an outrageous game, which was, unfortunately, ultimately a commercial failure; though through no fault of its own. However, perhaps this failure paved the way for their next title, “Marvel’s Spider-Man”, which took off like a rocket.So  join us with a returning guest, Mohammad (from "S02E11 - Saints Row"), in this episode as we discuss and pay the aforementioned respect to Insomniac with a focus on "Sunset Overdrive".

Gather around for the tale of Gary Goodspeed and his arsenal of friends as they drift through the vast silence and indifference of Space, meet new and exciting worlds and get to play with all kinds of cool concepts... for the first season of their journey. The journey that gets them to uncharted parts of space, where there's no more space, a sort of finality to the space, let's call it "Final Space".
But what makes "Final Space" the show it is? In the world filled with comedy sci-fi animated shows, why would a show like "Final Space" get made and get any attention? And what happened to make that exciting show into a mercy-killing by the network? Join us and our returning guest, Soheil (from "S02E09 - Grand Theft Auto, Part 2"), as we comb through the tale of Gary Goodspeed and try to see what is behind his creation and his obsession with round sweet pastry, also known as cookies.

Have you ever wondered why a guy like Todd Howard can stand on a stage and tell millions of people that "it just works", while everyone just accepts it on his behalf? The reason is certainly a high amount of good will, and that good will comes from Howard and his studio's involvement in a series of Western RPGs that have brought joy (and frustration) to many generations. That series is "The Elder Scrolls".

So we thought it'd be a good idea to see what this series entails, what makes each entry as famous or infamous as they are, and or maybe asking more fundamental questions, like are we truly righteous Imperials or blindsided and obviously-wrong Stormcloaks? The answer will not shock you, though it still might be a good idea to look at them in depth. So join us and our brand new guest, JD from Ireland, as we dissect the series that brought Shouts to fame, and brought Horse Armors to infamy.



JD's suggested Mod List for Skyrim:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/60888

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/671/

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/39414

https://openmw.org/en/

https://modding-openmw.com

https://www.wabbajack.org

With over 200 hundred movies under his belt, a life that could easily feel like fantasy with the amount of fantastical elements to it, and a voice that could easily be mistaken as the archangel of heaven; Christopher Lee was born on May 27th, 1922. On this day, the day of his birth a century later, it's time to take a look at him and see what effects the man, the legend and the unstoppable force had on our lives.