Laser Time is a show featuring folks in the video games industry, although not necessarily about video games. It’s a hyper-silly, multimedia-infused look at film, TV, comics, music, pop culture, and nostalgia from the perspective of people who game for a living. Obviously, their opinions are their own and do not reflect that of their employers.
What’s the oldest source material for a video game that you ever played? Don’t answer yet, because Laser Time’s prepared an 8-bit extravaganza for you this week, all courtesy of some of the worst licensed Nintendo games ever made! It’s… Read more
With the great movie debate all settled, it’s time to turn our attention to the small screen… where things have gotten weirdly bigger! Skywalker-less Star Wars, scumbag superheroes, Bojack Birds, Canadian rednecks, and unexpected rise of Hulu. Oh yes, it’s… Read more
2019’s almost a distant memory, but we’ve narrowed down its greatest cinematic achievements into a legacy that’ll live in your hearts forever! Fake pimps, dead superheroes, suburban subterfuge and failed stuntmen abound. Oh, a we’ve tried to keep the spoilers… Read more
Ringing in 2020 with a massive mega-sode. Friends will become enemies and fans will become irate as we sit down and deliberate the impossible: What are the 2010s’ greatest films?! Using our typical dysfunctional process, we’ve taken it upon ourselves… Read more
Shame Songs, Filthy Christmas Jams and Celebrity Cringe Crooning?! Oh yes, we’ve combined them all into one awful yuletide listening extravaganza! Bring the kids in, crank up the speakers, and enjoy some Holiday Horror with the whole family. From Star… Read more
Tis the season for spooktacular thrills, and Laser Time is tackling yet another horror subgenre and it’s a surprisingly robust one! It might surprise you that the killer do staggering amount of straight-to-video imitators. If you grew up watching schlock… Read more
It had to be done, Coulrophobics! With two new disturbing clown movies in theaters, we’re examining how this once wholesome embodiment of family amusement became a default icon of pure terror. Is it earned or is it irony? We’ll get to… Read more
Kicking off yet another Laser Time Spooktober with a bit of a cheat, yet a wonderful excuse to return to one of our favorite topics: Saturday Night Live. The latter half of SNL’s almost fifty years on the air has… Read more
Rejoice, cartoon lovers! This episode we’re talking about the animated inspiration behind your favorite cartoon characters. And no, we’re not just rattling off factoids you may already know, we’re letting the legendary voice actors explain themselves in their own words!
Don’t like the way your generation or cause gets depicted by the mainstream media? Well, imagine being a hippie, perhaps the world’s safest target of ridicule throughout the last half-century. From the scorn of their late sixties heyday, to the… Read more
Video games have pioneered so very many things in the realm of pop culture. So… it’s a difficult question to ask: Is music NOT one of them? Grab the buds and/or phones, because we’re exploring a bit of a tough… Read more
Kermit, Mario, Mickey. Throughout history, certain characters have become so popular, they become the default mascot spokes-things for their respective companies. This is not about those characters. This is about the once mighty icons who were relegated to the background… Read more
Another year, another Comic-Con. But the annual San Diego pilgrimage is far from the only way to pay tribute in person to the things you hold dear. That’s why we’re talking not only about the history of Comic-Cons, along with… Read more
Join us for an exploration of not only pop culture’s finest murderous machinations, but a look at our own fears of robots and AI. Will the replace us? Will they enslave us? Will they ever make a Short Circuit 3?!… Read more
What, Me Worry? Yeah, now would be the time, Alfred. Because it looks as if it the final days for the leading comedy comic, we’ve assembled an Unusual Gang of Idiots to bid adieu to the century’s leading source of… Read more
Who decides what’s popular? The People, you say? Fools! It’s mostly cold analytics, complete strangers, literal guesswork, and the almighty dollar. This episode of Laser Time explores who and what are providing us with performance date on our favorite movies,… Read more
What, you thought we ran out last time?! Even though the odds of most modern video game stars getting their own TV shows are exceedingly rare these days, the one’s we used to receive dredge up a lot of… complicated… Read more
Get read for another Laser Time listening party, because this week we’ll be digging into the dying art of the official DVD commentary! From good, to bad, to all out trainwrecks, we’re saving you dozens of hours by playing you… Read more