Dreary Middle: The Podcast

Dreary Middle: The Podcast

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December 24, 2021

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Endwalker: First Impressions [LVL 83 MSQ Spoilers] from DrearyMiddle

Endwalker has been out for a couple of weeks now so monotiller sits down to have a quick chat about how it’s going so far. Expect spoilers of the highest calibre to everything up to the mission, ‘Gateway of the Gods‘.

This also concludes the XIV’th month. Thank you so much for being with us on this jour...

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Stormblood | Final Fantasy XIV Retrospective: Part 3 from DrearyMiddle

Endwalker launched last Tuesday and to celebrate @mr_turnabout and @monotiller are taking a look back over the story of Final Fantasy XIV: Online so far. Today it’s Stormblood, the most divisive expansion sees the Scions head to the war torn land of Gyr Abania to help the Ala Mhigan Resistance and th...

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Endwalker launched on Tuesday and to celebrate @mr_turnabout and @monotiller are taking a look back over the story of Final Fantasy XIV: Online so far. Today it’s Heavensward, a fan favourite dealing with the internal politics of a nation at war with dragons. Dragons are immortal so honestly, who’s really going to win here? FFXIV retrospective continues, see how we think, uhhh, snow… it’s cold

We’ll be back next Fr...

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Endwalker is right around the corner and to celebrate @Mr_Turnabout and @monotiller are taking a look back over the story of Final Fantasy XIV: Online so far. Today it’s A Realm Reborn, following on from the destruction brought about at the end of the original incarnation of FFXIV, how will the realm recover and begin life anew?

We’ll be back next Friday for a look back at Heavensward! See you then

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@monotiller always said they wouldn’t watch One Piece, then Oney Plays made a joke about it and @mr_turnabout said that was a sign from the universe.

Anyway, let’s talk about why pirates are better than ninjas

Chapters

00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:06 – Our background with One Piece
00:09:10 – Disclaimer
00:13:33 – East Blue Saga
00:15:40 – Romance Dawn Arc
00:34:09 – Orange Town Arc
00:35:46 – Syrup Village Arc
00:44:08 –...

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September 30, 2021

The Many Saints of Newark is the latest entry into the Sopranos cinematic universe. Mr_Turnabout and monotiller have literally just left the cinema, so let’s see what their thoughts on the movie are!

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    April 29, 2021 72 min

    @trakky loves Hunter x Hunter, @monotiller dropped it, @mr_turnabout tries to keep the show together. Join us as Trakky tries to convince everybody (including YOU the audience) as to why we should watch the show

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    Timestamps
  • 00:00:00 – Why I dropped Hunter x Hunter
  • 00:01:06 – What even is Hunter x Hunter?
  • 00:04:52 – The Good
  • 00:18:02 – More on the Hunter exam
  • 00:20:53 – The Zoldyck...
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    @monotiller has just finished their first play through of Dragon Age: Origins (or #DAO for short) and @mr_turnabout sits down to give them the 3rd degree on the critically acclaimed #BioWare strategy/RPG

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    Timestamps
  • 00:00:00 – Beginning
  • 00:06:13 – Gameplay
  • 00:39:04 – Characters
  • 01:27:36 – Story
  • 01:47:22 – Wrap Up
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    December 24, 2020

    Guys we’re not sure how to break it to you, but we have a problem, a giant, Simpsons shaped problem. So to relax that a little bit, we decided to talk about 5 of our personal favourite episodes of The Simpsons (which makes for 10 in total).

    Sit back, relax, and let the smooth mouth noises of your hosts take you to a land where it’s your problem!

    Timestamps
  • 00:00:00 – Ahhh, The Simpsons
  • 00:04:18 – Mr_Turnabout #5: Bart...
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    Back for more eh? Fine… let’s get you up to speed. There was a poster on Reddit about the top 100 movies, @monotiller thought some of the entries were suspect so decided to ask @mr_turnabout for some input. This is the second part where films 51 to 100 are covered.

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  • 00:00:00 – Hello again!
  • 00:02:47 – 51: The Departed
  • 00:06:33 – 52: Goodfellas
  • 00:12:00 – 53: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black ...
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    A while ago there was a Reddit post about someone who had started making their way through a list of the Top 100 Movies of all time. @monotiller saw this list and decided that there was a few questionable entries. So, feeling like @mr_turnabout had had it too good for too long, @monotiller decided to ask @mr_turnabout for opinions, witt and criticisms of the list!

    My wife and I started watching m...
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    So during the Danganronpa V3 retrospective, @mr_turnabout and @monotiller went on the tiniest of tangents on the PlayStation Vita and it’s absolutely strange nature.

    Listen to the full episode here:

    Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Retrospective | The Fall of Danganronpa Your Hosts Today
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    Today, THE @mr_turnabout and a @monotiller are back with their Danganronpa retrospective series, this time; Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is going under the microscope. Join them as they pick apart the third main instalment in the series in: The Fall of Danganronpa

    You can also get your hands on the game and try it for yourself:

    Also available on PS4 and PSVita

    Timestamps
  • 0:00 – The Big ‘DM’
  • 0:20 – J...
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    September 5, 2020 1 min

    Hey all, season 2 of the Dreary Middle podcast starts on Monday! But before then, do I have an exciting announcement for you all: Dreary Middle COLON The Podcast is now ENHANCED!

    But what exactly does that mean I hear you ask? Well, it means that you will now start seeing images and a chapter list alongside the audio of our podcasts:

    Man, is this ever exciting! Not to be confused with the old Apple way of doing it b...

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    Today we’re going to be talking about two movies we saw in the cinema that we liked, and then we’re going to talk about how cinema is on its last legs… we’re not sure how we got there but nevertheless it happened!

    Timestamps
  • – Intro
  • – The Lighthouse
  • – Parasite
  • – The impending doom & collapse of the Hollywood industry
  • – The end
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    It’s a wild ride, that’s for sure. Tune in this Monday to hear all about it!

    Note, there are some audio issues in this one, we’re not sure what caused it but it sounds like the recording got slightly corrupted. We tried our best to mask it but of course it is still audible. If you know how to fix this, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with us!

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    Welcome back to the second part of our retrospective series on the Danganronpa series. This time we’re taking a look at Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. A fan favourite as well @monotiller’s high point of the series.

    As before we’re going to take a look at the six chapters that defined not just Hajime and the gang’s future in the series but also the tone of the series as a whole. This one’s a long one so sit down, relax...

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    Hello and welcome to the second episode of our podcast and the start of a mini series looking back at the Danganronpa series. A series that we’re both quite fond of.

    In the first part we’re looking at the first game in the series: Trigger Happy Havoc: Danganronpa, we’ll take you through all six chapters, give you our thoughts and feelings, and of course talk for way too long on this subject.

    Stay tuned for the second pa...

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    Hello and welcome to the first episode of Dreary Middle COLON The Podcast. A new show where all your hosts do is talk about the things they like, and to immediately buck that trend they’re talking about something they don’t like; Star Trek: Picard.

    In this first episode we will talk about how the first three episodes feel almost anti Star Trek: The Next Generation in execution, later on we’ll take a quick retrospective loo...

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