Purely Academic with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman

On this week's totally random, utterly free-wheeling episode of The Weekly Stuff, Jonathan shares the saga that was setting up his new, stupidly-purchased Wii U, Sean unboxes Dark Souls II live on th…

We offer an in-depth review of the new DLC for "The Last of Us," "Left Behind." How does it stack up to the main game, and what do we think of what it does or does not add to the universe of this mas…

Hosts Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman tackle a lot of news this week - including the incredibly tragic passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman, whom we pay tribute to here - from movie trailers to video gam…

We kick off the new year with discussions of Sony's plans for video game streaming, the state of Nintendo, and a preview of all the movies and games we are excited to experience in 2014.

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On the first episode of 2014, we take a look back at 2013, and the best in movies, video game, and (a little bit of) TV. With lots of lists and plenty of in-depth discussion, we bring 2013 to a close…

We catch up on December with a full review and discussion of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and a discussion of the Doctor Who Christmas Special, "The Time of the Doctor." We also offer a retros…

We catch up on several weeks worth of news, including the announcement of Persona 5 and three new spin-off games, before jumping into a discussion of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, "The Day…

On a special bonus episode, we celebrate today's 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, one of our very favorite television series, with a special retrospective episode. We talk about all eleven Doctors, th…

We give our initial impressions of the PlayStation 4, including the hardware, user interface, games, and graphics, before transitioning into an in-depth discussion of Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World."

On a special episode, we celebrate the launch of the PS4 and the next generation of video games by looking back upon the current generation - the Xbox 360, the Wii, and the Playstation 3. Talk of fav…

On this week's episode...we lost this week's episode! After spending two hours recording a brand new episode reminiscing about the current generation of video games, a computer malfunction erased the…

We cover a wide grab bag of topics - and a lot of random tangents - including recent movie trailers for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the giant PS4 FAQ …

Sean and Jonathan talk about a bunch of random topics - Pokemon X and Y, Gravity, Indie Games, Doctor Who news, etc. - before moving on to a review of Batman: Arkham Origins, the newest Batman game, …

We celebrate Halloween with a discussion of one of history's greatest horror movies: Dracula, starring the inimitable Bela Lugosi! And before that, we discuss the shocking delay of Ubisoft's Watch Do…

We talk a bunch about recent video games we've played, including Beyond Two Souls, before diving into some really exciting Doctor Who news, and finally providing our promised, definitive review of "G…

We analyze all the recent, fascinating Steam announcements, some intriguing information about the PS4, the reveal of a new Persona game, and even offer some more critical thoughts on Grand Theft Auto…

Sean and Jonathan give their first thought on Rockstar's 'Grand Theft Auto V.' We have not finished the main campaign yet, so we kept this discussion spoiler-free - but there are still plenty of thin…

We take a slow week and furiously overcompensate, delivering an in-depth Grand Theft Auto retrospective to mark the release of the new game, Grand Theft Auto V, before giving our long overdue discuss…

We catch up on a bevy of gaming news, including big announcements from Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, before diving into a discussion of Rooster Teeth's two major animated series, "Red vs Blue" and "…

We talk all the big video game news of this year's Gamescom conference, cover the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman, and treat you to a solid hour's worth of tangents and asides. A fun time shall be h…