It’s a different format show this week, as we weren’t “live” in the studio. Fear not though, as we’ve got some musings on story pacing, revisiting the 1984 Transformers comic book, deciding on the Garth Brooks of video games, and more!

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Buckle up, y’all, because this is probably the longest it takes us to get from the introduction to talking about video games, and that includes our previous podcast that ran for 11 years. If you guessed the reason for that is Mike Fallek, congratulations, you know the show too well and should go touch grass. Enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, Boston coffee

21:50 Mike’s heading to Scotland!

41:04 Julian has a plan

01:20:41 Explaining where we were last week

01:42:12 Final Fantasy XV

02:43:21 The Nintendo Switch 2™

03:15:00 The Alters

Check out Soft Lock: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soft-lock/id1815560642

Julian was on the Onimusha Blade Warriors episode of Games

My Mom Found. It’s not out yet, but you can find the show here: https://gamesmymomfoundpodcast.podbean.com/

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Hey folks! Unfortunately, we don't have a new episode for you this week. But we hopefully have something just as good (if you aren't already a patron): the first episode of Cinemorons! This is the new Patreon show we record for Executive Producer tier patrons each month, and it's becoming one of the best things we do. In this first episode we talk about UHF, the 1989 comedy starring "Weird" Al Yankovic. We hope you enjoy, and we'll be back next week.

And if you like this and want more, check the linktree for our Patreon and consider joining!

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After the chaos of last week’s show, Julian and Justin get together to talk about a ton of Steam Next Fest demos, recap the Xbox Showcase, and reveal our favorite games of Not E3. Yeah!

00:00 Introduction, (not) sponsored by Chef Man

23:47 Julian’s Next Fest demo round up (Dispatch, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Kingdom Cum: Deep Entrance, Superhero Simulator, Dead as Disco, Empire of Lust, Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream)

01:00:36 The Midnight Walk, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering Arena

01:33:44 Live reacts: looking for a Detlef Schrempf card in a pack of Final Fantasy Magic

01:48:09 Recapping the Xbox Showcase

02:51:16 Our Top 5 games shown at Not E3

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Hello again! Keigh Geoffley here, host of the E Summer Games Awards Fest, back with another amazing showcase of games! I almost didn’t get The Stage Select auditorium this year, because things snuck up on Julian and it took him a long time to return my calls. But don’t worry: ESGAF3 2025 is here, and it’s our biggest show to date!

Ahem. It’s Julian. Yeah, we’re doing this bit again for Not E3 season. Please note that we recorded this on the night that Summer Game Fest Opening Night Live happened, so this episode covers that, plus the Unreal presentation and the Sony State of Play. We’ll tackle the Xbox Direct and anything we may have missed next week. It’s a jam-packed episode regardless, so please enjoy!

00:00 Introduction, respect for Chef Man

07:02 Unreal Engine showcase

33:00 Sony State of Play

01:38:40 Summer Game Fest Opening Night Live

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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It’s a shorter, sleepier show this week, because we recorded a 2 hour Patreon episode before this…AND IT SHOWS. We…may need to record those on different nights. We’ll see. Anyway, Julian finished some games, Justin gets out of his comfort zone, and strange things are afoot at The Stage Select studio. So, the usual.

00:00 Introduction, hear Justin out

15:11 When Justin Hamm and Mike Fallek collide

19:36 Monster Train 2, playing Silent Hill 2 remake for an audience

37:01 Final thoughts on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

52:52 Until Dawn, the movie

01:01:27 Final thoughts on Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

01:08:25 The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

01:24:47 Neon Inferno, the Final Fantasy edition of Magic feels like it’s been coming for 3 years

01:36:37 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Listen to Julian on Soft Lock (and Justin’s episode coming

soon): https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/big-weasel-lil-weasel/episodes/Episode-6-Julian-is-one-of-the-best-podcasters--A-good-friend--And-knows-how-to-listen-to-me-while-understanding-i-am-brilliant-but-genuinely-in-a-not-funny-way-insane--Julian-of-The-Stage-Select-e33fr7s/a-abvgr1p

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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It’s a big week for The Stage Select, because we booked our biggest guest to date! Come in and meet Stephanie Michelle. She’s a cosplayer, internet personality, YouTuber, adult content creator, and most of all, EXTREMELY geeky! We have a great getting to know you section with Stephanie and then get into processing grief with video games, the absurdity of the 90s TV show Night Man, and much more!

00:00 Introduction: How many sandwiches are too many; announcements

06:04 Getting to know Stephanie: Let’s start at the beginning

23:59 5 Questions for Stephanie Michelle

33:15 Julian has yet another plan, learning about Stephanie’s transformation

01:11:28 Playing video games to deal with grief

01:21:18 Battlestar Galactica, Night Man

01:43:56 Julian’s confusing movie experience

01:51:54 Final Destination: Bloodlines, Wanderstop, Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall

02:07:52 A quick update on The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

02:13:19 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Follow Stephanie Michelle!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omystephaniemichelle/

Twitter: https://x.com/omystephanieirl?lang=en

Listen to Julian talk The Suicide Squad on Games My Mom

Found: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pb9yb-18b1168

Listen to Justin get real nerdy about Skyrim on The Monarch’s

Tribunal: https://youtu.be/lV7Lxnxkoeo?si=auXIPayMO64s6cBe

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

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Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!

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This week’s episode of The Stage Select was so out of pocket that I was surprised when I was editing it, and I was there when we recorded! Enjoy some new game talk, some fun discussions, and a strangely long talk about the WWE Forceable Entry album, for some reason.

00:00 Giant Bomb made us liars

19:08 Julian has another plan

23:04 Justin is mad at WWE 2K25, Wanderstop, Wreckfest 2

43:59 The Precinct

01:05:17 Item Hoarders Anonymous

01:33:18 The Midnight Walk, where did the Switch 2 hype go?

01:54:37 Doom: The Dark Ages, Expedition 33

02:16:40 What’s going on with all the MIA superhero games?

02:33:33 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

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