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Welcome to The Stage Select: a video game variety show hosted by Julian Titus and Justin Hamm! We guarantee that we'll talk about video games. Beyond that, you never know what (or who!) to expect each week.
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Episode 114: Brett Favre is the Ric Flair of Football (opens the original)
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It’s a trim and tight edition of The Stage Select this week, because The Blood of Dawnwalker has consumed our souls, and most of this episode is us talking about that. Plus, the return of CQC! 00:00 Introduction, tires 27:45 The Blood of Dawnwalker (slight spoilers at 01:04:24 !) 01:31:07 Returning to Street Fighter 6 01:41:01 Justin’s movie round-up (Misery, Interview With a Vampire, A Knock at the Cabin, The Invitation) 01:51:38 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns) Theme song and interstitial m
Episode 113: A Phlebotomist Named Dawn Walker (opens the original)
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One episode back and we almost didn’t have any games to talk about. Thankfully, Friend of the Show John Gholson was available to talk about one of the surprise hits of the year, The Blood of Dawnwalker. And also the PSX game Atlantis for some reason. 00:00 Introduction, bringing back the PT Cruiser 10:35 The Blood of Dawnwalker 45:11 Atlantis 50:01 Being a DIK, Final Fantasy Resonance 01:02:47 Scarlet Skips 01:07:29 Coyote vs ACME, Buddy, It Ends, The End of Oak Street 01:41:31 Justin’s movie ro
Episode 112: Somehow, Titus Returned. (opens the original)
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We weren’t supposed to be back this week, but the universe said “yes”! Justin’s internet was fixed earlier than we had been told, which means that the tale of what the heck we’ve been up to for the past month can also be told. It’s a lot of telling you about things! Which is what a podcast is! 00:00 Introduction, naming The Stage Select theater 12:18 Final thoughts on The Quarry and Directive 8020 23:58 Justin’s real-life survival/horror experience, home critters 42:46 Baldur’s Gate 3, Suikoden
The Julian Titus Show 3 (opens the original)
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We were supposed to be back this week, but the universe said “no”. So here’s an emergency edition of The Julian Titus show. I’m very sorry. 00:00 Introduction, announcements 07:37 The Wolverine backlash is WEIRD. 22:01 EA’s IP auction 34:26 Things that need to change before the end of physical games media 50:51 Caving on GTA VI Listen to Julian on episode 109 of Nerds Abroadcast! https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8cs4q-1b3baf5 Logo and artwork by John Gholson Join our Discord, learn about how you ca
Interlude (opens the original)
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Someone forgot to tell Abramo that the show was taking a break... The Stage Select returns next week!
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