Up Your Alley with Jake & Taylor

#162 - Project Hail Mary and Parquet Courts' "Wide Awake"

This week’s recommendations: Wide Awake! (2018) by Parquet Courts — one of the best indie rock albums of the last decade and somehow still just as relevant. 🚀 Project Hail Mary — Jake finally crossed it off the list, and we talk about why everyone has been recommending it. To close things out, we pull back the curtain and read through some of the completely unhinged marketing emails we get as a podcast. 📧 Email: upyouralleypod@gmail.com 🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com #ProjectHailMary #AssassinsCreed #BlackFlag #SlayTheSpire2 #ParquetCourts #GamingPodcast #MoviePodcast #IndieRock

#161 - People Make Games & Jerry's Map, Thrash and Supergirl

This week on Up Your Alley, we talk about Sony’s latest announcements and what they could mean for the future of physical game ownership. Are we watching the slow death of physical media, or is there still hope for collectors? At the end we do a quick review of Supergirl and what it could mean for James Gunn's DCU going forward. Then it’s time for our recommendations: 🦈 Thrash — the new shark attack movie that’s equal parts tense, ridiculous, and a great time. 🗺️ People Make Games – “He Keeps Building a Map to an Imaginary Place” — a wonderful documentary about folk artist Jerry Gretzinger, who has spent decades creating an ever-expanding fictional world one map tile at a time. It’s one of those stories that’s impossible to summarize and absolutely worth watching. Watch the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=People+Make+Games+He+Keeps+Building+a+Map+to+an+Imaginary+Place Explore Jerry’s map: https://www.jerrysmap.com 📧 Email us: upyouralleypod@gmail.com 🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill: https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

#160 - Kevin and This is a Gardening Show

#SteamMachine #007FirstLight #YookaReplaylee #Whalefall #Kevin #ZachGalifianakis #GamingPodcast #moviepodcast This week on Up Your Alley, we’re talking about the eye-watering price of the new Steam Machine and trying to figure out exactly what’s driving the cost. Is this the future of PC gaming in the living room, or just an expensive curiosity? We also discuss the upcoming film Whalefall, Jake wraps up 007 First Light, and Taylor has been spending time with Yooka-Replaylee, the remastered return of everyone’s favorite legally-distinct platforming duo. This week’s recs: 🐱 Kevin — Amazon’s animated series about a cat trying to make it in the big city. 🌱 This Is A Gardening Show with Zach Galifianakis — Netflix’s delightfully strange agrarian documentary series that somehow delivers exactly what the title promises. 📧 Email: upyouralleypod@gmail.com 🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

#159 - Blippo+ and Miss You, Love You

#SummerGamesFest #NintendoDirect #BlippoPlus #JimRash #MissYouLoveYou #IndieGames #GamingPodcast #MoviePodcast This week on Up Your Alley, we’re breaking down the biggest announcements from Summer Games Fest and the latest Nintendo Direct. What got us excited? What got us worried? And what will definitely be delayed? Then it’s time for this week’s recommendations: 📺 Blippo+ — a bizarre indie experience masquerading as an alien television, complete with strange broadcasts, hidden stories, and Confetti Cowboys 🎬 Miss You, Love You — the new film written and directed by Jim Rash, blending comedy, heartbreak, and awkward human behavior in a way only Jim Rash can. 📧 Email: upyouralleypod@gmail.com 🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com

#158 - Dog Soldiers and Big Ole Words

This week on Up Your Alley, we get our first look at 007 First Light and Spider-Noir, two projects that have us cautiously optimistic for very different reasons. Jake follows up last week’s Primitive War discussion with a spite-rec: Dog Soldiers (2002), the cult horror-action film that answers the question, “What if a military squad fought monsters, but good?” Taylor’s rec is the YouTube channel Big Ole Words, which does deep dives into obscure, forgotten, and genuinely strange NES games. If you’ve ever wondered who was out there making videos about games nobody rented in 1989, this is your channel. 📧 Email: upyouralleypod@gmail.com 🎵 Theme music by Brother Bill → https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com #007FirstLight #SpiderNoir #DogSoldiers #BigOleWords #NES #RetroGaming #MoviePodcast #GamingPodcast