Welcome to Recommended Experiences (RXP): A podcast where 3 working professionals (Alex, Matt, & Tiffany) talk about their love for gaming, movies, and TV shows. We talk about the experiences we enjoy most in our spare time.
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
How predictable is TOO predictable? Do you let the story take you on a journey? Or is your mind working a mile a minute trying to figure out what happens next? Let's talk about that!
Time Stamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:00) Do we try to predict the ending before we get there?
(06:00) I saw it coming a mile away... and it wasn't great
(13:30) - (14:50) SPOILERS for Bioshock
(14:51) The Detective solves the case
(19:00) Horrorble closure
(24:00) The Good Guys always prevail...
(25:40) It goes so wrong, but feels so right
(26:10) - (28:20) SPOILERS for La La Land
(32:25) FINAL Fantasy 7
(38:10) Outro
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
The crew discusses the 2024 Summer Games Fest news! What were we excited about? What was meh? Tune in to find out.
Time Stamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:05) ASTROBOT
(14:40) Clair Obscur Expedition 33
(19:00) LEGO Horizon
(23:00) Power Rangers Rita's Rewind
(29:30) Alan Wake Up!
(34:00) Yasser's Greatest hits
(53:40) Ass Creed Shadows
(57:40) Where's Nintendo?
(01:07:03) Outro
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
How do you like to enjoy media? Is the movie theater even worth it anymore? Do you prefer reading books or listening to audiobooks? Listen to this episode to hear how we like to watch, read, and listen.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:10) Joy in Furiosa
(04:55) Resonance in the theater-going experience
(12:40) Horror-ble time at the theater?
(25:45) Enjoying things on the phone
(35:20) This lets me enjoy anywhere
(51:20) I can get books read to me?! Thanks audiobooks!
(01:06:26) Brief recommendations of the episode
(01:13:38 ) Outro
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
We all watched the Amazon Prime show "Fallout" and this episode is where we talk about it!
Time Stamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:38-02:00) SPOILER WARNING
(02:00) Our prior knowledge of Fallout
(05:14) Start of deep dive
(01:05:45) Final recommendation
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
In this episode, we discuss our opinions on multi-POV storytelling. Do we enjoy different character perspectives? When does it work for us and when does it not?
Time Stamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:40) More than one main character, yes please
(04:15-05:00) There may be spoilers warning
(05:00) Mentor/mentee
(08:10) Perspective shifting, romance, Reservoir Dogs, Vantage Point
(16:00) Sitcoms (18:14) Matt will mention The Prestige when possible
(23:03) Game of Thrones
(31:50) The weakest link of the MCs
(38:15) Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
(48:15) Spidermen
(50:30) God of War, BOY
(55:08) Fallout
(01:00:45) Outro
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
We discuss how we juggle our hobbies!
Time Stamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:50) How do we ride the wave of content
(29:00) Picking up where you left off
(35:00) When does the regret set in
(47:00) Our year-long goals check-in
(01:14:33) Outro
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Listen to our most unhinged episode yet! We take pieces of well established video games to design our own dream games. Some might call them frankengames. Listen in to find out!
Time Stamps:
(00:00) Intro
(03:27) Round 1 picks
(16:30) Round 2 picks
(26:00) Round 3 picks
(33:25) Round 4 picks
(41:00) Round 5 picks
(50:00) Round 6 picks
(57:30) Round 7 picks
(01:06:25) Game summaries
(01:20:00) Outro
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
What is the minimum requirement to experience any of these giant properties?
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(03:30) Final Fantasy
(17:25) The Witcher
(21:40) Kingdom Hearts
(37:45) Pokémon
(50:20) Harry Potter
(01:00:38) Game of Thrones
(01:13:30) Stranger Things
(01:22:14) Yakuza
(01:30:10) Outro
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
What does Nintendo have to do in order for us to buy the next Nintendo console? Listen in to find out!
Time Stamps:
(00:00) Intro
(03:55) Matt camping out for the Wii
(07:46) The Switch 2 anticipation
(20:20) Alex and Yasser waited to get the Switch
(24:00) Release Pokémon and Yasser will come
(31:35) The big multiplayer games
(35:41) The killer apps to get us in
(55:20) Outro
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Matt and Yasser discuss The Last of Us 2024.
Time Stamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:30) High level thoughts
(39:10) SPOILER WARNING and spoiler-free recommendation
(39:40) Start of deep dive
(01:22:15) Outro
Find us on Twitter: @rxp_podcast
Music: Grandmaster Doug