On this week's Watchcast it's all about the horrors of the family variety in Ari Aster's Hereditary! Join us as Brad takes his first trek through the movie's minefield of guilt, grief, and grandma's weird hobbies, while Alex and Vinny ponder how it lands when you know what's coming.
I’ve almost got all of my network and stuff all moved and set up in the recently-finished-but-yet-to-be-in-inspected basement! That took a lot of the weekend as I also finally transferred two desktop computers to rackmount cases and put them and set up PiKVM on both of them. Seeing as work depends exclusively on my home net...
2025-10-20 19:13:41 +0000 UTC
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Apparently it's time to start talking in earnest about next-generation video game consoles this week, and we add to that discussion of Ball x Pit, Battlefield 6, Wildgate, Steam Next Fest demos like Skate Story and Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown, and, yes, Death Stranding 2. Also, a Max Effect check-in, the shockin...
2025-10-15 23:41:23 +0000 UTC
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Vinny gives us a surprise preview of the finished basement (video version recommended!), Brad gives an update on this week's horror movies, Alex puts on the Gordon Cole suit for a dramatic reading, and we all consider the idea that there are conventions out there for just about everything.
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2025-10-14 19:57:20 +0000 UTC
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Vinny gives us a surprise preview of the finished basement (video version recommended!), Brad gives an update on this week's horror movies, Alex puts on the Gordon Cole suit for a dramatic reading, and we all consider the idea that there are conventions out there for just about everything.
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2025-10-14 19:50:33 +0000 UTC
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The Watchcast Month-O'-Horror continues apace, and this week we're checking out a movie that's been on Vinny's bucket list for years now, Final Destination! Join us as we confront Vinny's fears of everyday household objects conspiring to murder him, and pick apart this pleasingly goofy teen horror flick.
Well, the basement construction is just about wrapped (inspection at the end of the month) and I’m pretty excited about it. It’s been a long time saving, planning, even talking about it, but the end feels near. We’re going to be closing out our storage unit (fingers crossed) this week, so maybe at some point I’ll do a...
2025-10-13 19:03:01 +0000 UTC
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Khorne is on the march and that means more raising more armies with every victory! Meanwhile, Mike pushes into the 'donut' to take on Tyrion!
2025-10-09 17:13:06 +0000 UTC
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It's a catch-up week around here as Brad and Vinny barrel toward the end of Death Stranding 2, Alex breaks the seal on Megabonk, and we all come to terms with what Baby Steps is asking of us. In the news, more goings on with Game Pass, Circana's latest stats on how many people are (or aren't) buying games, Nintendo's possible...
2025-10-09 00:07:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey, remember earlier this year when we were like "there are no games in October" and then... this happened? We sift through the ever-expanding release calendar for the month, including Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, Outer Worlds 2, ARC Raiders, Ball x Pit, Keeper, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, and too many others to coun...
2025-10-07 22:26:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey, remember earlier this year when we were like "there are no games in October" and then... this happened? We sift through the ever-expanding release calendar for the month, including Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, Outer Worlds 2, ARC Raiders, Ball x Pit, Keeper, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, and too many others to coun...
2025-10-07 22:25:56 +0000 UTC
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This week, Vinny comes perilously close to building a fighting stick (or maybe a stick-less fighting stick), we debate what makes the perfect desk, and Brad's October viewing habits spur a tremendous amount of discussion about horror movies.
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2025-10-07 18:53:55 +0000 UTC
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This week, Vinny comes perilously close to building a fighting stick (or maybe a stick-less fighting stick), we debate what makes the perfect desk, and Brad's October viewing habits spur a tremendous amount of discussion about horror movies.
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(00:00:35) Brad wat...
2025-10-07 18:35:56 +0000 UTC
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Our fourth annual Halloween season of the Watchcast has begun! We're kicking off our month of personal horror picks with Alex's choice, the 1978 adaptation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a deft combo of alien horror and '70s paranoia thriller that features killer mustaches, the youngest Jeff Goldblum you've ever seen, and...
2025-10-06 23:07:15 +0000 UTC
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October is here and we’ve got some spooky themed programming lined up for the month! Brad, Will, and I make our return to the scariest of places, Early Access, with Jump Space on Monday. I’ve been really eager to get into that one, so excited to see how it all goes. On Tuesday, Abby is bringing Fright or Sh*te back, and I...
2025-10-06 18:46:29 +0000 UTC
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Greetings, Watchcasters! Apologies for the delay in posting this schedule, but we had some fun voting shenanigans to get through for our final pick of the Watchcast slate, and now that democracy has run its course, I can finally reveal the full schedule for October.
We bandied around the idea of doing a specific theme t...
2025-10-04 19:32:03 +0000 UTC
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With Vinny back in the "office," this week we catch up on more Ghost of Yotei, Baby Steps, and Death Stranding, plus newcomers Megabonk and The Lift, dive into all the big news about the EA buyout and Game Pass price increase, give a little swan song for Rock Band 4, talk through the family Street Fighter progression, fantasi...
2025-10-02 00:51:59 +0000 UTC
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Austin Walker and Jeff Bakalar are joining us to talk about some revolutionary new products, our relationship with technology, and ruining your shoes.
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2025-09-30 22:24:18 +0000 UTC
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This week we check in with Vinny's annual Star Citizen stream with Drew Scanlon, do a deep dive on the history of Star Trek productions, talk through Fantastic Four and Marvel's next moves, spitball some of the funniest movies we've ever seen, and goggle at Alex's new souvenir from China.
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2025-09-30 19:50:53 +0000 UTC
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This week we check in with Vinny's annual Star Citizen stream with Drew Scanlon, do a deep dive on the history of Star Trek productions, talk through Fantastic Four and Marvel's next moves, spitball some of the funniest movies we've ever seen, and goggle at Alex's new souvenir from China.
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2025-09-30 19:49:13 +0000 UTC
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