Arcade lyfe! We talked about some things in between video game noises:
• How to be a co-host • Future show note: celebrity encounters we've, uh, encountered  • The Riker Chair Maneuver, which we completely missed during ST:TNG's run . . . and years of rewatching afterward: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/35410/what-is-the-origin-of-the-riker-chair-maneuver • Pong • Space War • Asteroids • Space Invaders • Tempest • Battlezone • Star Wars • Starcade in Disneyland • Missile Command • Red Baron • Los Arcos Mall arcade • Tron • Discs of Tron • Pac-Man • Ms. Pac-Man • Pac-Man Fever • Game solution guides • Donkey Kong • Centipede • Millipede • Saving your place in the game queue • Qix • Q*Bert • Berzerk • Aladdin's Castle • Gorf • Astro Blaster • Vanguard • Space Harrier • Conserving quarters (i.e., allowance) • Mappy • MAME http://mamedev.org • Stranger Things stokes the memories • Pole Position • Night Driver • Pole Position: the show! • Karate Champ • Zaxxon • Xevious • Williams-mania: Defender, Stargate, Robotron: 2084 • Bluth on Laserdisc: Dragon's Lair, Space Ace • Dig Dug • How much money did we spend? • Track & Field • Post-arcade console/PC lyfe 
Whew, apologies if the game sounds were a bit harsh on this. You can contact us at ijc2bs@gmail.com, or on Twitter at @ijc2b, and on Facebook at https://facebook.com/ijc2b/ . Marcus's daily blog about creating (mostly) is at https://marcusharwell.com/ Archived episodes are lazily at https://ijc2b.podbean.com/

After chortling our way through nothing but Simpsons moments last week, what did we do this time? Nothing but They Might Be Giants!
• Origin of our affection • Flood • Apollo 18 ("Fingertips") • I Like Fun, and sounding the same • Marcus used to like Linnell tunes more than Flansburgh ones, but has now kinda flipped • Who writes what? • "If I Wasn't Shy" is subtly violent • "Hypnotist of Ladies" • Kids' albums • The Johns in-person • Need a jingle for these segments
We talked, you listened, and thanks! You can contact us at ijc2bs@gmail.com, or on Twitter at @ijc2b, and on Facebook at https://facebook.com/ijc2b/ . Marcus's daily blog about creating (mostly) is at https://marcusharwell.com/ Archived episodes are lazily at https://ijc2b.podbean.com/

We really Groeninged up this show, and the Simpsons episodes we reference are as follows:
• Selma's Choice • The Last Temptation of Homer• Homie the Clown • Homer the Smithers • Lisa on Ice • Summer of 4 Ft. 2 • Stop the Planet of the Apes I Want to Get Off • You Only Move Twice • Saturdays of Thunder • The Twisted World of Marge Simpson • Brother from Another Series • Cape Feare • Homer at the Bat • The Secret War of Lisa Simpson • El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer
Thanks for listening to our kidlike giggles! You can contact us at ijc2bs@gmail.com, or on Twitter at @ijc2b, and on Facebook at https://facebook.com/ijc2b/ . Marcus's daily blog about creating (mostly) is at https://marcusharwell.com/ Archived episodes are at https://ijc2b.podbean.com/

We conversed about some stuff:
• Ramblin' guys • La La Land: is the music better? • Remembering The Lighthouse jazz club • Max Roach - The piece Marcus talked about and misnamed is "South Africa '76" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcz2g39aHOU • Ready Player One and nostalgia • Wayne Bergeron and other session trumpeters • Smartest Baby in the World enjoys music • . . . and swears, possibly • Playing drums in a rudimentary way (

What the what—we hit double digits! James finally saw The Last Jedi, and we spent nearly the entire show discussing dislikes and likes of the film. Apologies for a lot of mic rustling in this episode, we'll try to nail that down. In all, we discussed just a few other things: 
• False starts? • Briefly celebrating an order of magnitude • Star Wars: The Last Jedi likes and dislikes • Cartoons vs. Drawing vs. Illustration • Michelangelo vs. Pope Julius II • Trompe L'Oeil • James doesn't know how to tweet • Social media addiction Thanks for listening, you's ever so nice. You may contact us at ijc2bs@gmail.com, or on Twitter at @ijc2b, and on Facebook at https://facebook.com/ijc2b/ . Marcus's daily blog about creating (mostly) is at https://marcusharwell.com/ Archived episodes are at https://ijc2b.podbean.com/ 

It's our first annual New Year's Eve show! A week late! But we're inveterate procrastinators, so it fits. We talked about 
• New Year's doings at our respective places • Smartest Baby in the World is down for the count...but still alert • The Rose Parade (not going to) • Haranguing pays off • Half-assed resolutions • Intermission while we discuss moving • "Best of" lists • John Green's New Year's video https://youtu.be/4b_tL3mh-Gw • Tired of Los Angeles • Refi minutiae • Singing praises of the PNW • Comparing housing prices, L.A. & NYC • Luxembourg! • "Speisekarte" is German for "menu" (lit. "food card") but Speise is considered archaic, and "Essen" is used as generic "food" these days. Cue Spongebob "The More You Know" GIF • Marcus's game industry experience • Staying up late for NYE as kids in the 70s • Not damaging society with our pedantry 
Thanks for listening, as always! You may contact us at ijc2bs@gmail.com, or on Twitter at @ijc2b. Archived episodes are at https://ijc2b.podbean.com/ 

NOTE: This show was recorded before our Christmas one, so some references are backdated. We did some topics:
• More listeners than expected? Apparently • Friends who listen to the show • Universal paperclips...again, but previously. This one's got more detail about the game, including spoilers http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ • Fish or duck? • Jensenification of beginner band music • Bland version of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" • An old Sesame Street segment and the nature of memory • Ready Player One and the conflation of personal nostalgia • Wil Wheaton as narrator • Discworld audiobooks (Nigel Planer and Stephen Briggs) • Discworld and Terry Pratchett's brilliance
Thanks for listening! You may contact us at ijc2bs@gmail.com, or on Twitter at @ijc2b. Archived episodes are at https://ijc2b.podbean.com/

It's just called A Very Special Xmas It's Just Called Two Brothers, super short because we ran out of bandwidth a little soon. We had time to talk about these things: 
• Our respective Christmas dinners • Too many sweets around • Universal Paperclips, which you can download as an app for Android or iPhone, or play on the web here: http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ • Smartest Baby in the World's Christmas Extravaganza 
Thank you for giving our nonsense a listen! You can contact us at ijc2bs@gmail.com, or on Twitter at @ijc2b. Archived episodes are at https://ijc2b.podbean.com/