No Crisis Yet!
Hosts Jonathan Lynch and Ben Brown bring their English degrees to bear upon shlocky television, movies, and games of the video variety.
- Update frequency
- every 42 days
- Average duration
- 73 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
137: Fielder Lands It
The Rehearsal finale is discussed, lauded, and wholly enjoyed by the hosts.
01:01:44 |
Sat 14 Jun 2025
136: The Fielder Method
The Rehearsal Season 2 ups the ante while still saying true to the original format. But what IS the joke?
00:58:38 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
135: Todd Howard Presents Jeff Bezos' Fallout Available Now on Prime
NOTE: Jon's end of the conversation has atrocious audio quality for reasons only known to the audio gods.
Jon and Ben discuss how Amazon's Fallout show nearly perfectly threads the needle regarding …
01:20:52 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
134: Armored Core in High Fidelity
Ben and Jon avoid re-litigating the rote marketing exercise of Starfield and focus on the new Armored Core and the increasingly diminishing returns of fidelity in new games.
00:59:25 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
133: They Keep Getting Away With It
Todd Howard and company are at it again but this time INNNNNN SPAAAAAAAAACE.
01:29:14 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
132: Barry x Succession Series Finales
Did Barry find redemption? Who assumed the mantle of Logan Roy? Jon and Ben discuss and analyze the series finales of Barry and Succession.
01:04:22 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
131: Succession x Barry Check-In
Ben and Jon check-in at the halfway-ish mark on both Succession and Barry. How much misery can either of them handle?
01:00:16 |
Thu 18 May 2023
130: In Praise of Andor
Andor trades lightsabers and rote space battles for a grounded examination of authoritarianism and that decision has made it the best Star Wars project in decades.
01:03:04 |
Thu 05 Jan 2023
129: Swabbing the Steam Deck
Note: This episode was recorded late in 2022 but Jon just got around to editing it. Enjoy! Jon and Ben discuss the Steam Deck's incredible potential and the demise of Stadia.
01:01:19 |
Thu 01 Dec 2022
128: Discussing The Rehearsal
Nathan Fielder's and HBO's The Rehearsal examines artifice, reality television, and our expectations of the media we consume. It's all fodder for a great discussion between hosts Jon and Ben, who nai…
01:02:28 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
127: Gerstmann Unleashed
Jeff Gerstmann leaves Giant Bomb, Disney still owns everything, No Man's Sky holds up, and GTA VI is infuriating capital G gamers.
00:55:30 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
126: Truly Maidenless
Elden Ring's mysteries are laid bare as the hosts plumb the depths of From's most accessible, widely known, and impeccably-designed open world title.
01:11:01 |
Tue 31 May 2022
125: Try Elden But Ring
Ben and Jon discuss their soulsborne backgrounds how it shaped their experiences with From Software's Elden Ring.
01:06:18 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
124: A Tale of Two Matrices
Ben and Jon dig into their experiences with both the original Matrix and the latest entry into the series.
01:31:29 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
123: Corp War Now
This episode went off the rails at the end due to copious Suntory whiskey imbibing, but it was all in service to our diehard fans. The image of corp war soldiers wearing Mickey Mouse Ears while firin…
01:12:58 |
Mon 31 Jan 2022
122: Double Fine Strikes Back
Ben and Jon discuss Double Fine's sequel to Psychonauts while examining the impact Tim Schafer and old LucasArts games have had on their lives.
01:06:07 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
121: Blizzard Calls in the Pinkertons
Ben revisits the Normandy while Jon click-click-clicks through Path of Exile. Ubisoft is taking Assassins Creed live. We kick the door in on Blizzard's Cosby Suite.
01:46:59 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
120: Late-Stage Patreon
We finally record face-to-face after over a year. Giant Bomb has split up. Jon has strangely realistic dreams. Ben loves video essays about Dark Forces.
01:14:57 |
Sat 12 Jun 2021
119: Disco Elysium
Jon and Ben flex their art cop credentials while discussing the case of Disco Elysium.
01:05:29 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
118: Serpent Stew
Jon's side of the recording was garbled by errant radio signals, so the quality on his side isn't great. Listen at your own peril.
Valheim on Steam
01:14:23 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
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