Mortified! The Friendship Quest
Every Monday, hosts Aaron and Leyla bounce a media recommendation to one another in order to bolster - or in some cases, really, really test - their long-distance friendship. Join us for a discussion on anything from our favorite Terrible Boys to the profitability of grown men dressing up as Bulbasaur and loudly shouting their own names.
Episodes
This week, Aaron and Leyla say each others' names three times in a Beetlejuice double feature! Learn us for discussions of the Tim Burton Effect™, bisexual demons, and a lot of praise for the young actresses playing Lydia.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Reviews aavoigt.com
On this episode of Mortified, Leyla and Aaron finish off the Shrek franchise with the swashbuckling spinoffs "Puss in Boots" and "The Last Wish!" We discuss effective exposition dumps, make a definitive ranking of major Shrek franchise entries, and interrupt the podcast for a very special piss break.
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Aaron's novel/RPG combo "Detente for the Ravenous" will be out on September 24! Find more information at aaronsxl.itch.io/dftrrp...
On this very special episode of Mortified, Aaron and Leyla discuss the 9/11 musical, "Come From Away!" We chat about the "SJW reflex," the weaponizing of beloved careers, and being a 31 year old BI-sexual.
Links:
Company marks 9/11 with kindness
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Aaron's novel/RPG combo "Detente for the Ravenous" will be out on September 24! Find more information at aaronsxl.itch.io/dftrrpg.
Our theme song is "Obsole...
This week, Aaron and Leyla tap dance into the spotlight with Shrek the Musical! Join us for discussions of donkey miku binder, banger ballads, and some over-tired references to the deep lore of this podcast.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aa...
This episode, Aaron and Leyla get their licenses suspended with the TV medical drama, "House MD!" We discuss bad 2000s pop science, sincerity at the heart of a silly conceit, and special guest star Lin Manuel Miranda.
Lin Manuel Miranda x House MD Rap
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- h...
This week, Aaron and Leyla record through history with "Shrek Forever After!" Join us for one of our loosest episodes yet, in which we live through history while discussing a movie distinctly stuck in the past.
This episode being late is extremely funny because while editing it, Leyla had to sink her head in her hands and say aloud, "Jesus Christ, that was only last week."
--- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album...
This week, we played Motvind Studios' 2021 point-and-click narrative mystery, "How We Know We're Alive!" We discuss making use of limited mechanics, the trope of sad indie games, and doing our level best to see others as three-dimensional people.
Links:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2216040/HOW_WE_KNOW_WERE_ALIVE/
https://www.tumblr.com/heart-forge
https://un-navigatable-game.neocities.org/Intro
--- Our theme song is "Obsolete...
This week, Aaron and Leyla confront father hood fears of yesteryear in Shrek the Third! Join us for a weirdly timely Justin Timberlake mention, the pre-dadification, and the hosts lamenting the hot dragon going unsatisfied.
--- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavo...
In this impromptu, ill-advised episode, we suffer for gamers everywhere by drinking a MTN Dew flight and talking about the Summer Game Fest! Aaron sweats like Jesus in Gethsemane, Leyla brews up a brie Dew-duction, and we chat about the exciting possibilities teased in some upcoming games.
Links:
SW Outlaws Gameplay Assassin's Creed Shadows Outersloth Initiative Building Relationships Avowed Larian Cinematics: A Top-Down Look at O...
This week, Aaron and Leyla continue their traversal through the Shrek-iverse in Shrek 2! Join us for a discussion of deadbeat donkeys, needing more Fiona, and Fairy Godmother being one of the villains of all time.
--- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https:...
This week, Aaron and Leyla crawl through a buggy double-feature of Antz and a Bug's Life! Join us for an unexpectedly good villain monologue, an offensively bad main character, and a reaffirming of this podcast's core ethos.
--- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aa...
This episode, Leyla and Aaron discuss the class 2001 animated comedy, Shrek! We trace the lineage of 2010's meta-humor, find out what conservatives think indoctrination is, and Leyla finally gets to call out Aaron's "preferences."
--- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.co...
This episode, Aaron and Leyla check out the indie horror game "Iron Lung!" We discuss how playing together revealed our "proclivities," ways to incentivize exploration, and the benefits of limited scope.
The Atlantic article on the OceanGate sub- https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/06/missing-titanic-submarine-safety-catastrophe/674491/
IGN Article- https://www.ign.com/articles/dev-of-submarine-horror-game-iron-lung-sa...
This week, Aaron and Leyla celebrate Easter and a bit of Tumblr history with a double feature of The Lorax and Rise of the Guardians. Join us for a movie in which very little happens, some mythological semantics, and Aaron shaming Leyla for their taste in men (again).
--- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's...
CW for self harm
This episode, we finish off the Radiant Emperor duology with Shelly Parker Chan's "He Who Drowned the World!" We talked about Normal Bro Stuff, a bunch of complicated gender feelings, and what an evil shonen protagonist looks like.
Interview with Shelly Parker Chan
--- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.i...
This week, Aaron and Leyla celebrate March Madness by revisiting an anime that's been haunting them since the sports sampler episode, Kuroko no Basket. Join us for discussions of phantom boys, horoscopes, and endless comparisons to Haikyu.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Reviews aavoigt.com
This week, we round out our month of romance with 1990's "Pretty Woman" and 2003's "Something's Gotta Give!" We discuss our undying love for Julia Roberts, the differences between love scenes and character arcs, and the wildest reason you could have a pair of scissors in your nightstand.
also if you listen through the whole episode you do get to hear the funniest joke Aaron's ever made that will only land if you use tumblr
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This week, Aaron and Leyla knock themselves out with the supernatural Bollywood romcom, Phillauri (2017)! Join us for a quintessential Mortified jaunt through a movie we objectively liked but wanted to be better, and know that we definitely forgot to mention a possible ghost pregnancy.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Re...
Mortified is back for its 5th season! Aaron and Leyla cluck around with Chicken Run 2 and Chicken Police, as we discuss poultry justice, using mental health as a narrative device, and the horniest minigame in the medium.
"Fallen Petals" by David Renda is used in this podcast. You can find it and other royalty free music at fesliyanstudios.com.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit V...
HELLO! Mortified! the Friendship Quest is BACK in 2024 on a biweekly schedule. Please enjoy this conversation we recorded a couple of months ago, just before our hiatus, and please look forward to hearing us again two weeks from now when we talk about some cluckin' escapades ... (that's it that's your hint)
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects: Aaron's T...
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