It's finally here! If you've been waiting for our take on Star Wars, I've got good news for you! In this episode we talk about some of our plans for the year but most importantly we talk about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We talk about our thoughts and some of our theories on the film and the future of the trilogy. I don't think I need to say it, considering the current box office of the film, but there are spoilers in this episode. What do you think of our theories, or our thoughts on the film? Let us know in the comments or shoot us an email.
The Chopping Block # 33 - The Best Of 2015
We had our first annual award show! Everyone was dressed in tuxedos and we had a ton of celebrities in our audience. We got together and discussed the best, and a few of the worst movies and video games of 2015. Didn't get to join us for our special event? Good thing we recorded it all for you too hear!
Joey brings his top 7 movies of the year and I follow up with 3 of mine and then I bring a list of the top 10 games of 2015 and Joey rattles off a few of his. Thanks for a great year ladies and gentlemen! Hopefully you'll all be there with us going forward!
The Chopping Block # 32 - The Christmas Block
I have good news and bad news. The good news is we figured out what made the episode from 2 weeks ago sound so bad. The bad news is we didnt figure it out until we recorded this episode.
This is our first annual Christmas episode! We talk about Christmas traditions, our wish lists, and how long we believed in Santa.
Sorry for the audio quality, but I promise next week's episode will more than make up for it!
The Chopping Block # 31 - Polarizing Trailers
We have our final news block for the year this week.
We break down the news from The Game Awards and PSX. In movies we talk about some movie trailers that dropped in the last few weeks.
This is a great episode this week.
Curious about our thoughts on the best movies and games of the year? Make sure you tune in next week where we bring you the first annual Chopping Block Awards!
The Chopping Block # 30 - Growing Pains
I fucked up you guys.
The audio this week sounds like shit. I'm not entirely sure what did it but rest assured that I'm working to figure it out.
If your in for the challenge this week's episode is killer. We talk about old games we'd want to revisit, Open world fatigue, and outgrowing the things we love.
The Chopping Block # 28 - High Midi-chlorian Count
The force is strong with this one...
Joey and I are back recapping you on what we've done these last few weeks, after that we break into the news proper.
In gaming news we cover the most recent Nintendo Direct and all of its contents, we go through The Gaming Awards categories and nominees and Joey predicts the winners (with no real basis mind you), and we close off talking about the totally real, definitely not fake EA cover curse.
In movie news we rejoice over the return of MST3K, classic movie monsters, Star Wars, and the future of the Transformers and G.I Joe movies **spoilers, they're making more**
Too close off the show we have our final thoughts and talk about the end of one of the greater animated shows of the last few years, Gravity Falls
This is a good one guys and gals. Thanks for your continued support!
The Chopping Block # 27 - Grown Up Gamers
We have a great bonus block for you today!
This week we talk about the ultimate movie kaiju mash-up, we discuss the eternal debate of graphics vs gameplay, and I made an adult decision this week.
Sorry for the interference on the recording. I accidentally ran a trial version of a new program we were testing out. If you can stomach it you're in for a good episode this week!
The Chopping Block # 26 - The Calm Before The Fallout Storm
The Chopping Block # 25 - The Halloween Spook-tacular!
Warning! What you are about to hear is graphic and may not be suitable for all audiences. On a chilly, windy night some police officers were called to investigate a crime scene at an apartment in a local city much like your own. What they found there they never spoke of again. The only record of what they found that night is in their initial report. When they arrived the door was locked. Upon opening the door their accounts said there was an open window and what they could only describe as "a horrific, bloody mess". It was so horrific that none of them have ever talked about the events of that day. The only evidence found at the scene was a computer and a microphone that had recorded the whole thing. Even with this vital piece of information the crime remains unsolved to this day. Recently the police department has released the audio to the public in order to see if they can aid in the investigation. Initial analysis of the recording stated that the two victims were discussing their favorite Halloween memories, recurring nightmares, and were talking about some thing called "creepypasta". Then it happens. If you have any information regarding the events that transpired on that fateful night please leave a comment below or email the poster of this entry at " inthemenuspodcast@gmail.com " We appreciate the time you took to read this and listen to the evidence. Finally we'd like to wish you all a happy and safe Halloween!
The Chopping Block # 24 - The Tears Awaken
We are bringing you the news for the last couple of weeks!
In gaming this week we talk about our Star Wars Battlefront Beta impressions, the PS4 price drop, and the newly licensed Friday The 13th game.
In movies we talk about some recent trailers including the new Force Awakens trailer. We also talk about the new Thor movie, the Godzilla vs King Kong film and more.
For all that and more make sure you keep it locked on The Chopping Block
The Chopping Block # 0.5 - The Pilot
We have a special treat for you guys this week. Unfortunately due to some extreme weather conditions this week on the west coast we couldn'tbring you a new episode. But we couldn't leave you guys with nothing to listen to. So this week we dug deep into the vault to bring you this. This was the first thing we recorded for The Chopping Block. When we wanted to test out our new equipment before we started this thing proper. If your out there thinking " We want a new episode! " we will bring you a new episode next week and we have some awesome stuff planned for the following weeks. In the mean time make sure you keep it locked on The Chopping Block
The Chopping Block # 23 - Who Would Win...
We have another bonus block for you guys and gals this week.
This week we talk about the Scooby Doo redesign and what it takes to remain relevant as an older cartoon, our thoughts on mobile games, some of the cheapest games and movies we've bought, and we run the numbers on some fictional characters fighting including A Queen Xenomorph vs. The Men In Black & Gordon Freeman vs. Isaac Clarke.
Next week we will be back with your regularly scheduled programming , until then make sure you keep it locked on The Chopping Block.
The Chopping Block # 22 - Half Eaten Grapes
We have another great bonus episode for you this week!
This week we talk about some weird eating habits we had as a kids, we discuss the Michael Pachter predictions regarding consoles, and we talk about some Fan Theories making the rounds on Reddit .
The Chopping Block # 21 - Audio Sex
We're back with our news this week!
We try and catch up on all the news we missed these last couple weeks.
In movies we talk about Krampus, Trick r Treat 2, and some movies being pushed back.
In games we talk about some TGS news, a load of Nintendo news, and Konami finally exiting the game business.
We appreciate all our listeners continued support! This is a great one you guys! Make sure you keep it locked on The Chopping Block
The Chopping Block # 20 - Lines In The Sand
This week we are talking some much needed R&R but we have an awesome Bonus Block for you
We talk our favorite TV shows, our first time at Disneyland, and we go through some quickfire questions where some lines are drawn? Will we remain friends after this episode? Will our heroes ever recover from this? Find out this week!
In case your waiting for the news, we'll bring it to you next week on Saturday so stay tuned
The Chopping Block # 19 - Diamond Dogs
We are back and boring as ever!
We recorded on Monday this week so this news is covering everything up until then. So no we aren't talking about Pokemon GO, The Witcher DLC, or all the boring Apple news. Also the A/C kept coming on while we were recording so the audio is worse than usual. That's the bad news.
The good news is in gaming we do talk this week about Fallout 4, Pikmin 4, and augmenting your pre orders
In movie news we talk about the the passing of acclaimed director Wes Craven, Bill Murray's Ghost Busters cameo, Star Wars, and a Mega Man movie.
Finally we wrap the show up talking about what we've been up to these last few weeks.
For all this and more make sure you keep it locked on The Chopping Block
The Chopping Block # 18 - The Bonus Block
So this week we couldn't get together to bring you the news for the week but we know that you miss our voices so we're giving you something special. We recorded an episode a couple weeks ago that's a little different from our usual format. We discuss the 90's this week, more specificaly all the weird TV shows we watched back then. We close off the show with some quick fire questions. We'll be back next week for your regularly scheduled programming but for this week sit back, relax, and have a laugh with us.
The Chopping Block # 17 - Where's My Metroid Movie?
We have an awesome episode of The Chopping Block this week.
In gaming we talk about a whole bunch of Nintendo and Pokemon news. We also have insider info on how you, yes I mean you, can win your own private island!
In movies we talk about what might be George Miller's next project. We talk about the Borderland's movie that is being developed and Nintendo's new stance on movies based on their properties.
Finally we wrap up this weeks episode with Marvel's new cosplay variant covers, the announcement of Star Wars lands at both Disneyland and Disneyworld, and we answer some quick fire questions.
The Chopping Block # 16 - Fixing Fantastic Four
We're here with your news for the week of August 20th, 2015!
This week we start off with a good long discussion about how to fix Fantastic Four. Take notes Fox Studios.
In gaming we talk about the new world in Kingdom Hearts 3, Rainbow Six Siege getting delayed, and The Witcher 3's final free DLC.
In movies we discuss the trailers for Victor Frankenstein and To Hell And Back. We talk about Dwayne Johnson being in the Jungle Cruise movie and we talk about the new director for Star Wars: Episode 9. Finally in movies we have a discussion about Regal Cinemas doing bag checks. Yeah. We get political on ya.
For all this and more keep it locked on The Chopping Block
The Chopping Block # 15 - Stolen Godzilla
Welcome back to another week of The Chopping Block!
This week in gaming we talk about Mario Maker, Resident Evil 2 getting remade, Fallout Shelter coming to Android, and we talk the multitude of GTA V copies sold.
In movies we start off by remembering Robin Williams on the anniversary of his passing. After that we talk about Fantastic Four and its huge flop at the box office. We wrap up our movie talk talking about the trailers for Westworld, The Hateful Eight, Life, and Goodnight, Mommy.
The last half of our show we talk about the times we have been jerks while gaming online, and we talk about the things that got us into moving and gaming.
Thanks for all the continued support friends!