Casual Yelling
Mat Elfring is a longtime entertainment journalist with plenty of interviews under his belt. He's also a firm supporter of worker's rights and equality. Casual Yelling is a mixture of both, jumping between interviews with game devs, actors, and more, along with editorializing the current state of the country and how we treat marginalized people and the working class. Yes, this show is all over the place. We're aware.
Episodes
It's time for Season 2 of Casual Yelling, which will focus entirely on interviews with indie game developers. First up is friend of the show Xalavier Nelson Jr. from Strange Scaffold. In Part 1, we're discussing Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown, and the development of video games in general.
Note: This interview took place in early March 2025. Some of the games Nelson Jr. mentions ...
Season 2 of Casual Yelling will be made up entirely of interviews with indie game devs. We'll be talking about their games, the development of the games, and creativity, in general.
Casual Yelling: Season 2 debuts in May 2025.
We're wrapping up Season 1 of Casual Yelling with a bang: Discussing a line of mediocre-to-bad movies, living in the same shared universe, where nothing makes a lick of sense. I have watched all of Sony's recent crop of live-action superhero movies, and I discuss what they are, my likes and dislikes, and then at the end, I rate them all.
I like TTRPGs. I've been playing D&D and other "yes and" fantasy games for over 20 years, with roughly the same four people in our core group. Over the years, I've DM'd a few times, and I've found that, in certain situations, the core book or DM guide for rules does not work for me, so I made tweaks: homebrewing. So, I talk about these rules, including one that everyone in my group thought was a fake system called "pegs." Yes, ...
I went to a store called Gamer's World, and I wanted to buy a cool board game. However, the store turned out to be something completely different than what I experienced from there in the past, and I get a little annoyed about it.
This was originally a post on Patreon, but I decided to go a bit more in-depth with what happened and trying to prove to you all that I like sports and I also like TTRPGs, and that's fine.
I talk about my first time doing a comedy set on a weekend show and getting bumped by another comedian. This is prefaced by an invitation to do a stand-up set in 2025 and writing a bit about what happened to me. So, um... I'm not doing that show now. It's kinda in podcast form now.
For the next couple of months, the show will be changing formats--again. Instead of lambasting the job market and how workers are treated, I'll be doing a series of interviews with indie game developers. We'll be discussing the games they are working on and their art. It'll be fun, and it will be so less angry than normal. I also discuss a project I'm working on for this show, which won't arrive for a few months.
Anyway, Patreon for...
Is this just a "Here's what sucks on LinkedIn" podcast? I have no idea. This week, we discuss the conversations I had online with tech bros about how my career is dead because AI can data scrape writing. It's quite a bit of me reading posts and then a lot of not-so-casual conversation about how content creators need to speak up for their livelihoods and tell tech bros to buzz off.
I saw a bad post on LinkedIn about a person offering a $1K a month service in order to have freelance writers make up to $30K a month through Zoom coaching. I dive into the person's post, website, and specifics of what they offer, and why this is problematic.
After the first press release for WWE 2K25, I go over the all the new announcements for the video games, which will be released on March 14. I cover the new mode The Island, intergender matches, and the disappointment of some characters not being included in the base game.
For a breakdown of the press release, check out my Substack: https://immatelfring.substack.com/p/wwe-2k25-heres-everything-new-coming
On this week's adventure of me stumbling upon a bad LinkedIn post, I discovered someone in the replies about American tipping culture who hated tipping. I break down this person's post about their feelings--many of which I agree with--but focus on why they're an a**hole and why they're lying about having ever worked in the service industry. I also discuss the whole aspect of the service industry being a mess for employees. Seriousl...
This week, I saw a post on LinkedIn about remote work that I found a bit enraging and talked about why everyone should work in an office again--mainly because "that's what we did before the pandemic." I discuss why the post is problematic and what's wrong with it. My opinions and statements may be wrong, but at least I'll admit it if I'm proven so.
While "YPOLAOYAAA" sounds like gibberish, it stands for "You Posted On LinkedIn And O...
WWE 2K PR asked me if I wanted a liner for my podcast, and I said that would be very funny. What followed was WWE's Paul Heyman yelling at me, and I respond to the points he makes, all while discussing what "Casual Yelling" is and means.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ImMatElfring
Substack: https://immatelfring.substack.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ImMatElfring
DLC. Microtransactions. In-game currencies. It's a part of the majority of Triple A games now, especially ones that have yearly releases. Is this something people should be mad about? I don't think so. Why? The price of games hasn't changed since the late-80s. It's all $60 and more. I explain the lack of inflation over the past 40 years, the amount of people that work on games now, and the pressure developers are under to put out t...
"I'M RIGHT AND EVERYONE IS WRONG" -All of us on the internet.
The debate no one should be having: "Pineapple doesn't belong on pizza!"
It's silly. It's stupid, and yet, I'm talking about it. Why? Because I love irony. This go-around, I'm discussing pineapple on pizza, the way we engage with each other online, and get way into when we should respect people's opinions and when we should fight them.
Prior to the 2024 Presidential election, I noticed something on Facebook that felt like it popped up in my feed every third post: Sam Elliott poorly photoshopped, looking like he's holding a political t-shirt with the loudest opinions on them. So, I did some digging into the accounts posting these, and here's what I found--in audio format.
Here's a link if you want to see the dumb Sam Elliot t-shirt I made: https://www.teepublic.com...
I was scrolling through Google Discover and came across an article on Buzzfeed about being old and how young kids didn't have to do things old people had to do! The piece was called "25 Very Common Things That Millennials And Gen X'ers Did Growing Up That Today's Generation Just Wouldn't Understand." I decided to yell about it.
Hi! I had a recent run-in with trying to go back on unemployment and hit a wall. So, I was a little bummed/annoyed/frustrated with the situation and went on a little bit of a rant about it. It's not like an angry rant or anything though. The video version of this is on Patreon!
I've been podcasting for a long time, and I've learned a few things here and there. After having a CEO of a guest booking website pull the wool over my eyes, I give a lot of advice about starting and maintaining a podcast. Am I wrong in some of my opinions? Probably. Am I right with a lot of this? Probably. Anyway, this is the show now--me casually yelling, like the title suggests.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ImMatElfring
Matt Drufke interviews billionaire Oliver Jetts Sr. about his life. Oliver spends most of the time with his obsession with the store Kohl’s and not understanding the purpose of handicap spaces.
This is the last time you'll ever hear from Oliver Jetts Sr. again.
Here are some places you can find Matt Drufke on the internet:
Fancy Boys Club: https://fancyboysclub.com/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ihatemattdrufke
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