How We Spent Our Summer Vacation, 2023 Edition

The Weekly Stuff Podcast #475

It’s time for another episode of The Weekly Stuff Podcast with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman, a weekly audio show that explores the worlds of film, television, and video games. You can subscribe for free in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We’re back after a month away with a “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” catch-up episode, and it’s quite the grab bag! Sean gives impressions of some recent video games including Armored Core VI and the 4.0 Fontaine update of Genshin Impact, while Jonathan tells us about unexpectedly becoming a fan of Sword Art Online while researching his dissertation, and walks us through the giant stack of movies he watched over the last week of summer, from a few Michael Mann classics on 4K Blu-ray to the re-release of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy in theaters. More discussion of Final Fantasy XVI and a discussion of the great Arleen Sorkin, originator of Harley Quinn who passed away over the weekend, round out the episode.

Enjoy!

Time Chart:

Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:06:20

Arleen Sorkin: 0:06:20 – 0:11:30

Final Fantasy XVI: 0:11:30 – 0:20:57

Jonathan’s Sword Art Online Adventures: 0:20:57 – 0:52:56

Genshin Impact 4.0: 0:52:56 – 1:09:01

Jonathan’s Movie Madness: 1:09:01 – 1:35:51

Armored Core VI: 1:35:51 – 1:55:22

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Ending music by Thomas Lack

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