Welcome back! This week’s episode is what I like to call a potpourri show, because we’ve got a little bit of everything. Some old games, some new games. Old movies, new movies. Nacho Fries. Mattress toppers. You know, the things you expect from a video game variety show.

00:00 Introduction, eating

22:59 The Fantastic Four, Point Break

32:23 Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Starmaker Story

50:38 Man of Medan, EA College Football 26, Expedition 33

01:05:21 Mafia: The Old Country

01:23:27 Heretic/Hexen collection

01:36:32 The Naked Gun, Together

01:49:32 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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You’ll probably be wondering where the title of this week’s episode came from. Fortunately we had AddieXD back on for a lesson in delayed gratification. Enjoy!

00:00 Today’s Special, time to kill all Jedi

14:18 Julian’s new hobby(?), general ennui

18:52 Power Chord, Steam wishlists

27:23 Catching up with Addie

35:58 Persona 4 Golden, Dead Take

49:58 Final thoughts on House of Ashes, Death Stranding 2

01:08:02 Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Alan Wake II and Remedy

01:40:42 Cheese

01:47:02 Game night, catching up on movies

02:03:13 Addie’s great game round up

02:48:12 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

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Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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It’s a good thing we created The Stage Select as a variety show, because somehow this episode is almost 4 hours long and we barely talked about video games. But it’s still a Fantastic episode. See what I did there?

00:00 Introduction, Paw Patrol

17:59 Saying goodbye to Ozzy Osborne and good riddance to Hulk Hogan

41:01 Fancy sandwich

48:48 House of Ashes

01:03:23 Justin’s initial Death Stranding 2 thoughts

01:31:59 Last Time I Saw You, Kingshot, Last War: Survival

01:43:59 EA College Football 26

02:02:14 Julian’s new hyperfixation

02:19:50 Eddington

02:44:19 Fantastic Four: First Steps

02:53:27 Superman (spoiler discussion!)

Watch Mike Fallek’s new documentary, The Lawn Con! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SSeu4r8uXw&t=66s

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions