Mamalukes
Friends with countless passions - from board games to binge-watching, or weekend adventures to random pastimes, join in for story telling, sharing hobbies, and diving into the little things that make free time unforgettable. Don't expect any professional advice - this is about the stuff they actually like doing, and every tangent in-between. Join Luke, Alysha, Matt, and Virginia for what they do for fun when real life isn’t in the way.
Episodes
If you're hoping for a good watch out of Masters of the Universe... temper your expectations. We give our review on that, we cover some recent sports news including the start of the World Cup, and Luke covers some highlights from the recent Summer Game Fest along with other game announcements! That includes Backyard Baseball, Halo, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Stage Tour, Spyro the Dragon, and Kingdom Hearts.
0:00 Intro
0:55 Leave No Trace ...
In the search for "100%" movies via Rotten Tomatoes, we have Leave No Trace, and an upcoming action thriller, The Furious. We also cover the latest in sports news including the Myles Garrett trade, all sorts of Guardians news, and the impending World Cup!
0:00 Intro
1:40 Poppin Panic
3:10 The origin of the "waiting" meme
5:09 Game of Thrones Re-watch
8:22 Podcast Recommendation: Twenty Thousand Hertz
10:53 Listener Feedback
12:01 Leave No...
The latest Star Wars universe release, The Mandalorian and Grogu, is our headline topic; we also cover the latest with our Game of Thrones re-watch, sports news including the recent MLB salary cap proposal, and an assortment of tech topics including the upcoming astronomical price hike of the lifetime Plex Pass to $749!
0:00 Intro
1:45 Game of Thrones Re-Watch
17:29 Listener Feedback
19:53 The Mandalorian and Grogu Review
50:53 Sportsba...
Our guest host Rachel joins us as we give a review of the new movie In The Grey, and we transition over to the meteorite hunting that took place this past St. Patrick's day with the meteor that fizzled out over Ohio!
We also cover recent sports news including the NBA & NHL playoffs, recent ABS drama in the MLB, and the unfortunate passing of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch.
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This week we discuss Mortal Kombat II, Tuner, some announcements from Google I/O, and how things were like before the internet and social media took over our lives!
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Amidst a super-sized supply of toilet paper, we've got reviews on Secret Agent, Marty Supreme, and How to get to Heaven from Belfast. We also cover some sports news, birthdays, some follow-ups from last episode including the bizarre Gamestop attempt to acquire eBay, and more!
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This week we discuss our review of Apex (2026) starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton, we cover a myriad of tech topics including "Ask YouTube", the new Steam Controller, and Hytale - a potential successor to Minecraft. We also cover our usual sports news with the Cavs getting through the playoffs, NHL playoffs, and some off-shoot topics including Game of Thrones, GameStop potentially buying Best Buy, and a recent Josh Johnson ...
We're back to talk about DTF St. Louis, and our first book review of My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner!
We also cover The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, a 3D-printed snail, some listener comments, a couple of Matt's other favorite movies, sports news, trivia, and more!
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We return from our break to bring you reviews on Pizza Movie, Normal, and Crime 101. We've got more sports news for you with the Cavs entering the first round of the playoffs, we remember the passing of Chyna from 10 years ago, some discussion on YouTube Shorts in general and how they're now letting you put a limit on how long you watch them, Netflix adding Jackbox games into their party game selections, and more!
This week we discuss two movies, Zazie Beetz in They Will Kill You, and Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in The Housemaid; we also cover some sports news, a recent Daniel Tosh comedy show, a bit from Josh Johnson in Game Changer, and plenty more!
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Virginia returns as we gather for a ton more reviews, and a bit of tech news! We've got new podcast art, we're now on TikTok, one our one shorts videos blew up a bit on YouTube (DVDs vs Blu-rays), Matt's reviews of Hamnet and Mercy, tech news including the RAM shortage increasing the prices of consumer products, Samsung phones starting to AirDrop, some Sportsball news, Alysha's notes on Arnold Schwarzenegger's FUBAR show - seasons ...
With Virginia out this week, we welcome our first guest host, Marcus! We discuss a slew of tech topics including Amazon's ultrafast shipping, Ostara (The Spring Equinox), our regular Sportsball update, birthday memories & video games (with plenty of juicy stories from Matt), and a quick synopsis of Train Dreams & Project Hail Mary.
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This week we reflect back to when the pandemic started 6 years ago, the Oscars/Academy Awards, our usual slew of sports topics, Google Maps, YouTube being the new media giant, a review of the Google TV Streamer 4K (in hazel, not porcelain!), and the new Disney+ Verts feature.
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The Mamalukes crew discusses Night Agent: Season 3, some pasta facts and opinions (pierogies are pasta?), the implications of losing physical media and digital media ownership, Matt's review of Send Help starring Rachel McAdams & Dylan O'Brien, and more!
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This week we discuss Bugonia starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, Marvel's latest show Wonderman featuring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, sports news (including Olympics highlights, Patrick Mahomes contract restructure) the Year of the Fire Horse, and Apple Podcasts getting video and how that relates to how our podcast is produced and put out to the world.
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This week we discuss the Friday the 13th and various superstitions from around the world, the debut of the Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die movie, musicians on YouTube, the passing of James Van Der Beek, and lots more!
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Join Luke, Alysha, Matt, and Virginia as they catch up from the past two weeks; reflecting back on Stranger Things and some comparisons to Game of Thrones, a Lara Beitz comedy show, a collective review of Dracula - A Love Tale, online escape rooms, sports news, and Adobe's behavior surrounding their discontinuation of their Animate product.
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In this episode we're surviving the winter storm, and talking about Return to Silent Hill (and comparing it to Silent Hill 2), some upcoming tech trends of 2026, and lots more! Make sure to watch through to the end!
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We're back at the basement bar to discuss the The Copenhagen Test TV series, board games, cozy games, and all sorts of other games!
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This week the gang discusses reoccurring names, adult hobbies, CES 2026, and a movie review/recap of Primate.
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