Hot Takes Podcast

Fight Night

Michael and Christian talk with first-ever guest Andriy about fighting games.

2025: The Disappointments, Surprises, and Favorites

We're back and what better way to start a new year than by doing basically the same thing as last year. We talk about the shows and movies that disappointed and surprised us, as well as just our favorites.

New Year, Same Mess

You'd think after a year we'd have figured this out, but here we are setting up last minute once more.

Gaming in 2025: Awards vs Reality

Nick and Christian talk a bit about The Game Awards, what they played in 2025, and look towards the future.

Catching up on Star Wars

Michael asked Nick to catch him up on what's been happening with Star Wars. He soon learned Nick can spend a lot of time talking about Star Wars. 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:56 Solo 00:09:44 Kenobi 00:23:02 Why did Star Wars become TV 00:26:20 Skeleton Crew 00:29:41 Andor 00:37:14 A brief intermission and tangent 00:38:32 The connect shows and movies 00:39:15 The Clone Wars 00:47:12 Rebels 00:50:18 Tangent on modern Jedi games 00:51:15 Star Wars Resistance 00:52:39 The Mandalorian & a bit on Book of Boba Fett 01:04:09 Ahsoka 01:07:52 A lot of Ahsoka background 01:10:18 The Bad Batch 01:18:22 Tales 01:31:04 Upcoming Projects