April 9-15: David Spade has a mullet, Judy Davis stalks Hugh Grant, Paul Giamatti takes it to the mat, Rio takes kids to the favelas, Happy Endings has a happy beginning, Nancy Reagan isn’t so nice, and Josie and the… Read more
Thankfully, we’re long past the point where every unforgiving game gets compared to Dark Souls. What we’re talking about this week, with special guest Leif Johnson, are our favorite Souls-likes – that is, games that consciously borrow parts of Dark… Read more
Warning: Listening discretion is advised. We hold a serious discussion about the first truly controversial arcade game – Death Race. What led Exidy to release this death simulator upon an unsuspecting public? How did something so outrageously graphic make its… Read more
The 3DS turned 10 this week, so let’s grab friend of the show Micah Seff and celebrate the revolutionary, unassailable, beloved powerhouse of a handheld… by looking back at five ways it nearly dropped the ball in its first few… Read more
April 2-8: Sparks fly between Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, Helen Mirren is the prime suspect, Morgan Freeman hunts a killer, the president gets a sitcom, Danny McBride and James Franco get high, Russell Brand makes either the best or… Read more
We love ourselves some long lost subgenres, and film subgenres don’t get much deader than the Erotic Thriller. As premium cable mainstays of the 80s and 90s, many of us grew up with sneaky late night HBO screenings as our… Read more
There’s something about the arcade experience that’s tough to capture at home – especially for games that involve ridiculously bespoke hardware that would be impractical to set up in a living room. This week, we welcome back Dan Amrich for… Read more
March 26-April 1: Jake Gyllenhaal is unstuck in time AGAIN, Robert Townsend’s in a band, gay marriage destroys everything — or doesn’t, Patrick Wilson is the no. 1 scream king, Pierce Brosnan is a bad spy, Russell Brand goes like… Read more
It’s time for another Arcade Obscura where each of the hosts pitch their choice of underrated or underappreciated sports-based arcade game. PastBlaster serves up a gorgeous attract mode, but may not deliver on the gameplay. Mr. SNK comes out of… Read more
This week marks one full year since the first shelter-in-place orders went into effect in the US. To mark this dubious occasion, we invited PNB‘s TL Foster on to talk about five of the best games ever to take place… Read more
March 19-25: Sissy Spacek learns about racism, Clarissa loves They Might Be Giants, the Oscars for 30 and 20 years ago get it wrong, Ed Harris is Jack the Dripper, Emma Thompson is witty, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid… Read more
They may be gray and a little saggy, but there’s a certain kind of elderly man who, like a lobster, only ever seems to grow bigger and tougher with age. This week, we invite Greg Moore to help us pay… Read more
March 12-18: It’s a week loaded with pretty good but not great movies, as Gene Hackman is in the courtroom, Robert De Niro might name names, Jude Law is a Russian sniper, Ed Helms goes to Cedar Rapids, Simon Pegg… Read more
It all comes down to this! We hit the highlights from the best arcade football game – Midway’s NFL Blitz. The Jamming of sports continues as Midway hunts for their next hit and scores a touchdown with a new technology…. Read more
March 5-11: Look Who’s Talking comes to TV, Judd Nelson has an third arm, Robert De Niro has 15 minutes, Christopher is a made man on The Sopranos, Michael J. Fox learns The Hard Way, Mars Needs Moms and maybe… Read more
If you haven’t commandeered a car by jumping to it from your own speeding whip, can you really be said to have commandeered it at all? This week, we celebrate five games that let us accomplish the impossibly awesome feat… Read more
It’s a little late, but just in time for the Golden Globes, Laser Time’s annual TV wrap up is back for another year-end wrap-up. Life outside took a big hit, but streaming services thrived as everyone became of the Scrooge… Read more
Feb. 26-March 4: The Gulf War gets ugly, David Arquette is dumber than a dog, the LAPD are under fire, The Lone Gunmen are right about something, Buffy and the Sopranos confront death, Matt Damon gets adjusted, the Taliban are… Read more
