On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne welcomes guest Brett Fox to the podcast and the two go back and forth making their playoff predictions for the 2024-25 NFL season. Both guys pick each division champion and three wildcards for both the AFC and NFC and SlowBurne goes so far as to lay…
Controlled Burnes shifts gears this week to enter the realm of politics for the first time as host SlowBurne analyzes the 2024 Presidential Race and ranks his picks for the top 10 reasons Kamala Harris lost the election to Donald Trump.
Here is the double header of Controlled Burnes’ two-part miniseries with the other founder of Wildfire Gaming, TreeTrunkSean. While Reagan’s list had a lot of overlap with SlowBurne’s, TreeTrunkSean’s is very different and diverse with only one series represented more than once. Please enjoy this Wildfire Gaming reunion as Controlled Burnes continues its list-heavy series.
B- As the launching point for the Witcher saga from Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, not to mention the ill-fated Netflix show loosely (and do I ever mean loosely) based on his work, The Last Wish is a fascinating read. Particularly for newer Witcher fans coming over from the brilliant Witcher III: Wild Hunt video game,…
Controlled Burnes’ Top 25 series continues with the introduction of Andrew’s wife Reagan Burnes, who joins the podcast to share her own picks for the top 25 video games. While Reagan’s time as a gamer is notably shorter than many other guests that will be joining the series, she brings a unique perspective to the…
SlowBurne calls an audible on this week’s episode of the podcast to discuss one of his greatest gaming loves: PlayStation trophies. SlowBurne breaks down his path from a kid who barely finished anything to a video game completionist and tells stories about his recent years as a trophy hunter including a ranking of his current…
SlowBurne flies solo again this week and kicks off Controlled Burnes’ 25 Greatest Games series where SlowBurne and guests will be discussing their picks for the top 25 video games of all time. While SlowBurne generally tries to avoid major spoilers for the games discussed, some are unavoidable. For those interested in skipping ahead, timestamps…
C+ Crash is a tale of two albums. At its best, it is Dave Matthews Band and its most heartfelt (and commercially successful) with the smash hit “Crash into Me,” which, according to Spotify monthly listeners anyway, remains far and away the band’s biggest record to date. The duology of “#41” and “Say Goodbye,” complete…
B- Earlier this month, I traveled with my wife’s family up to Colorado to see a concert at the legendary Red Rocks amphitheater. They were there for Andy Frasco and the U.N., an amusing enough band that knows how to put on a highly entertaining live performance, even if their songwriting is nothing to write…
9.75 Taking major inspiration from the classic JRPGs of old, German developer Mattias Linda has crafted a modern classic of his own that manages to take the best pieces of some of the greatest games of all time and combines them with some fresh ideas that make Chained Echoes an experience for the ages. First…
The Soundtrack Online 