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The final Chess Talk Awards, or Chessys. It's here. Get ready for this 2 hour debate as we go through the best media to come out in this terrible cursed year.  Intro: 0:00 - 14:00 K. K. Slider Meme of the Year Talk: 15:00 - 27:30 Nature is Healing There's a Bug on the Wall Meme of the Year Movie of the Year Talk: 28:00 - 57:45 Movie of the Year Album of the Year Talk: 58:00 - 1:14:15 Album of the Year Vidya Game of the Year Talk: 1:14:45 - 1:31:00 Vidya of the Year TV Show of the Year Talk: 1:31:15 - 1:48:30 TV Show of the Year Internet Video of the Year Talk: 1:48:30 - End of the Show Internet Video of the Year

This is a big episode, make sure you chess it out Links from this episode: Intro Talk: 0:00 - 14:30 SMP Minecraft Sony Removes Cyberpunk 2077 From Store Microsoft Not Removing Cyberpunk CDPR Potential Lawsuit Twitch Lawsuit Mythic Quest Talk Spoilers: 14:30 - 25:30 Talk: 25:30 - End of the episode Cody's Stream Cody's IG

Mixing it up on you listeners this week! Rob's back and so we're talking all about video games this week. Cyberpunk 2077 has finally arrived and it's definitely stumbled across the finish line. We're talking about that, some other new game news, the shape of media in 2021, and more this week! Chess it out! Links from this episode: Intro Talk: 0:00 - 6:15 Media in 2021 Talk: 6:15 - 19:00 Disney+ Lineup Warner Bros. HBO Max Video Game Digital Sales Booming Avenger's User Count Cyberpunk 2077 Release Talk: 19:00 - 29:00 Goes Jurassic Park On the PS4 VR Talk: 29:30 - 37:00 Rob's Nostalgia Games etc. Talk: 37:00 - End of the episode Halo CE Legendary Ending

To stay in line with our main topic this week, this episode is brought to you in black and white! We're discussing Mank this week and going over our thoughts and feelings of the movie, more Mythic Quest talk, and more this week! Be sure to chess it out! Links from this episode: Intro Talk: 0:00 - 15:00 Spotify Wrapped 2020 Mank Talk Spoilers: 15:30 - 34:30 David Fincher Mythic Quest Ep5&6 Talk Spoilers: 34:45 - End of the episode

This week we get mad! Brittany defends her nostalgia movies and Cody is unhappy with the movie we had to watch this week. We also go over Brittany's favorite game to replay, Final Fantasy 10, Cody touches on the new WoW expansion, and more this week! Chess it out!  Links from this episode: Intro Talk: 0:00 - 20:00 Kingdoms of Amalur: Re - Reckoning Rat Race Talk: 20:00 - 36:00 Without a Paddle Red Eye Mythic Quest Ep3&4 Talk: 36:15 - End of the episode

We're going from content drought to content overload this week! Cody is finally caught up with Ozark so we get to talk about that in full. We watch a new movie, and also start a new comedy show. Chess it out for that and more!  Links from this episode: Intro Talk: 0:00 - 14:30 Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated Shadowlands Tenchu Ozark Series Talk Spoilers: 14:45 - 34:00 Bad Education Talk Spoilers: 34:10 - 45:00 Mythic Quest EP1&2 Talk Spoilers: 45:00 - End of the episode

We finish the Haunting of Bly Manor this episode! A little behind spooktober, but we did it and we have some big thoughts on the ending and the show in general! We also talk about another great movie from Brittany's past: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and wow, we have even more thoughts on that. Chess out the episode for that and more!  Links from this episode: Intro Talk: 0:00 - 10:00 Chess Rating Hikaru Botez Sisters Queen's Gambit TSOTP Talk: 10:30 - 24:30 Dickie Roberts Kostas Drawing Haunting of Bly Manor Talk Spoilers: 25:00 - End of the episode

That's the way we like it and we never get bored. We're here to talk about TV shows! Cause that's all that's being released now a days. Cody does some quick reviews on the recent shows he's been binging, we taco bout 3 more episodes of the Haunting. We also kick off the episode going over the big election night/week and give our thoughts. Chess it out for that and more!  Links from this episode: Election Talk: 1:00 - 5:30 HasanAbi TV Talk (Various Spoilers): 5:30 - 24:15 I'll Be Gone in the Dark Marcella Queen's Gambit Ozark Haunting of Bly Manor Ep4-6 Talk Spoilers: 24:30 - End of the episode Midnight Mass

We made it back! After a rough few weeks, we talk about why we got delayed last week and what we've been up to. We finally start the Haunting of Bly Manor and get into the first three episodes of that show. Wrapping up the episode we talk about Borat 2. Very nice! Chess it out! Links from this episode: Intro talk: 0:00 - 9:00 Genshin Impact Haunting of Bly Manor Talk Spoilers: 9:30 - 17:45 Borat 2 Talk Spoilers: 18:00 - End of the episode In Search of A Flat Earth (QAnon Video)

We return after playing a fun board game! We're doing a short one this week, just wrapping up The Boys Season 2 and sharing our hype about the Trial of the Chicago 7! Chess it out!  Links from this episode:  Intro Talk: 0:00 - 2:30 The Boys Season 2 Talk Spoilers: 3:00 - 18:00 Trial of the Chicago 7 Talk Spoilers: 18:00 -  Sorkinisms Real Abbie Hoffman

We've tackled another ten episodes! This week we're playing a new game for the podcast: Kingsburg! It's a fun game all about rolling dice to determine which ambassador you can influence which gives different resources which you then use to acquire an army and construct buildings in order to survive the invasion at the end of each year. Chess it out!  Links from this episode:  Map Rules

Nice. We're here this week to speculate on The Boys s'more and try to guess what the finale will be about! We're excited for more trailers as we will take any new content we can get! All that and more this week, chess it out!  Links from this episode:  Catch up talk: 0:00 - 7:40 Criminal: UK The Vow Trailer Talk: 7:45 - 20:30 Trial of the Chicago 7 Borat 2 Free Guy My Best Friend's Wedding Talk: 20:30 - 30:00 The Boys S2E7 Spoilers: 30:00 - End of episode

What did Spider-Man get himself into in this Batman crossover episode? We're going over The Devil All The Time and trying to decipher the meaning of the movie, we talk about the Emmy's and what we liked and disliked, and doing some more Boy talk! Chess it out for that and more.  Links from this episode: Catch up talk: 0:00 - 7:00 Majora's Mask Version Differences Emmy's Talk: 7:00 - 17:00 Opening Monologue The Devil All The Time Talk Spoilers: 17:15 - 33:45 Book The Boys S2E6 Talk Spoilers: 33:50 - End of the episode

The Boys is really heating up! The season is ending sooner than we hoped but we still have a ton to talk about so we brought back our friend Alex from Time For Your Hobby! We're going over the newest Boys episode, talking about "i'm thinking of ending things" on Netflix and much more this week! Chess it out!  Links from this episode: Catch up talk: 0:00 - 10:00 Time For Your Hobby Kano Computer Video Game Talk: 10:00 - 22:00 Super Mario 3D All Stars Mario Battle Royale Coming Hogwarts Legacy The Boys S2E5 Talk Spoilers: 22:15 - 38:00 i'm thinking of ending things talk Spoilers: 38:30 - End of the episode

The Boys is getting spicy! We're diving into that more this week as we caught up and have to go week by week with just one episode, Cody asks Brittany about her nostalgic video games and how she'd rank them, we get excited over some trailers, and we touch on Among Us! All that and more this week, chess it out!  Links from this episode: Catch up talk: 0:00 - 14:45 SSX 3 Snowboard Kids Baseball Stars Among Us Cody's Stream Trailer Talk: 15:00 - 28:00 The Haunting of Bly Manor The Turn of the Screw The Devil All The Time Heathers Talk: 28:15 - 37:15 The Boys S2E3&4 Talk Spoilers: 37:30 - End of the episode

After a week off we're energized and ready for some new content! We catch up on where we were, talk about some new Boys, and get confused but oddly excited about what we watched with Tenet. Chess it out for that and more! Catch up talk: 0:00 - 10:00 Mirror Lake The Boys S2 E1&2 Talk: 10:30 - 29:45 Chace Crawford The Boys (Comicbooks) Tenet Talk Spoilers: 30:00 - End of the episode Soundtrack Sator Square

Rob is here again so we get a lovely hour long episode for a change! He's here to catch us up on the new dad life, we talk about some of the DC news to drop this weekend, we go over some movies, and Brittany & Cody finally finish up Dark in its entirety! Chess it out for that and more!  Links from this episode: Catch up talk: 0:00 - 9:50 Run-A-Muck DC Talk: 10:00 - 28:25 Batman Trailer Justice League Synder Cut 500 Days of Summer Talk: 28:30 - 37:30 The Hunt Talk Spoilers: 37:30 - 46:45 Dark Season3/Series Talk Spoilers: 50:00 - End of Episode

We're back trying to unravel more of Dark as we near the end! Brittany gets frustrated over betting and the insane rules when it comes to basketball bets, Cody struggles to articulate time line scenarios and outcomes. Chess it out for that and more!  Links from this episode:   Catch up talk: 0:00 - 5:00 Darq Uncut Gems Talk Spoilers: 5:15 - 24:15 Top 10 Most Profane Movies Dark S3E5&6 Talk Spoilers: 24:30 - End of episode

A lot of biblical themed talks this week! We're going over two more episodes of Dark which is filled to the brim with allegories, and also reviewing the new movie Yes, God, Yes based on the short film of the same name. Chess it out for that and more!  Intro Talk: 0:00 - 4:30 Farmington Creek Trail Yes, God, Yes Talk: 4:45 - 20:00 Yes, God, Yes Shine - Collective Soul Timothy Simons (Jonah / Father Murphy) Dark S3EP3&4 Talk Spoilers : 20:20 - End of the episode

We return to the slow descent of madness that is trying to catch up with Dark this week! We're going to be going over the final season 2 episodes at a time and seeing if this season lives up to the past two. Chess it out for that, a review on Palm Springs, and more this week!  Links from this episode:   Catch up: 0:00 - 8:00   Hogle Zoo I May Destroy You   McMillions   Going Clear   Palm Springs Talk: 8:30 - 21:30   Dark Season 3 EP1&2 Discussion: 22:30 - End of episode   Netflix Recap   Spoiler Free Dark Family Tree