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Abu and Aaron dive into the 2025 Game Awards, discussing nominees, making predictions, and debating potential winners. They cover the Game of the Year contenders, and highlight notable categories like Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, and Best Performance. Along the way, they discuss Charlie Cox’s washboard abs and the difficulty in defining what counts as an indie game. Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision Discord (00:00) Intro(01:02) Game of the Year(15:49) Which category is most competitive?(21:23) The nominees we're happy to see(24:06) The nominees we're annoyed to see(29:58) What even is an indie game anymore?(37:49) Is Expedition 33 an indie game?(39:15) Where will we see major upsets?(45:30) The biggest snubs of the year(49:59) The most underrated games of 2025See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of IT: Welcome To Derry, no one can be trusted, most especially the adults. Jason and Rosie are putting on the clown wig to recap episode 6, “Fatal Decision”, then they bring in ½ of the Scream Queens, Carmen, to discuss.  Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this mini Stocking Stuffer episode, Rosie is joined by Abu to discuss the Witcher season 4 on Netflix and break down what makes an adaptation good or bad. Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason and Rosie recap and discuss the latest mysteries and theories in this nutritious and delicious episode of Pluribus, speculate on what could be the answer to the big cliffhanger ending and then they discuss the list of films that inspired the show, posted by Vince Gilligan on Letterboxd. https://letterboxd.com/crew/list/films-that-influenced-vince-gilligans-pluribus/detail/ Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate the holiday season, Rosie's hosting a potluck full of her favorite fictional dishes from TV and Film, joined by Aaron, Carmen, Joelle and Ian. Yum!! Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Rosie is recapping episode 5 of IT: Welcome to Derry with the Scream Queens Carmen and Joelle, then Jason and Rosie are joined by the actor who plays the role of Captain Pauly Russo, Rudy Mancuso, to discuss his experience working on the series with the Muchietti’s.   Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason and Rosie recap episode four of Pluribus and are then joined by producers Aaron and Ian to discuss theories about the mystery man in Paraguay, how the new details we learn about Carol's past inform how the story is unfolding and further speculation on what the hive mind's end goal could be. Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on PREVIOUSLY ON…, Rosie and Carmen break down the teaser trailer for the new Hunger Games spin-off Sunrise on the Reaping and Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out mystery, Wake Up Dead Man! They then cover reports that Sadie Sink is set to appear in Avengers: Secret Wars, which has fueled even more speculation about her mysterious role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Next, they look at the $30.8M box office previews for Wicked: For Good. Finally, they talk about the newly announced Letterboxd video store, the unusual marketing campaign for Timothée Chalamet’s upcoming film Marty Supreme, and several other major industry headlines. Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week’s episode of group chat, Rosie is joined by entertainment critic Amelia Emberwing and Joelle to break down why Wicked: For Good falls short of its potential. Then they discuss The Might Nein, the latest show from the incredible team at Critical Role. Finally, Carmen joins to make the case for why Metroid games should stay 2D platformers. Follow Amelia on Instagram Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To help prepare us for the journey back to Hawkins to defeat Vecna ONCE AND FOR ALL, Jason and Rosie are recapping the fourth season of Netlfix’s Stranger Things.    Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd  Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.