Monday Feb 21, 2022
Mortified! Episode 89: Big Monster Do Big Punch Cool (Godzilla vs Kong)
Mortified! The Friendship Quest
Every Monday, hosts Aaron and Leyla bounce a media recommendation to one another in order to bolster - or in some cases, really, really test - their long-distance friendship. Join us for a discussion on anything from our favorite Terrible Boys to the profitability of grown men dressing up as Bulbasaur and loudly shouting their own names.
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Episodes
Episodes
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Timecodes to skip some light mention of suicide/body horror:
Shuu: 11:17 to 12:52
Kazuaki: 13:04 to 14:24
Nageki: 24:00 to 26:27
This week, Aaron and Leyla partake in a heartful, hurtful whirlwind with Hatoful Boyfriend. We talk bad romance route division, Leyla's embarrassing taste in men, and how we keep finding time capsule games we don't necessarily love.
Hatoful Boyfriend - A Literary Analysis (pt. 1)
Hatoful Boyfriend - A Literary Analysis (pt. 2)
HeartForge Games
Final Fantasy X/X-2
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsThe Bible BoysAaron's TTRPG ReviewsAstral Heart
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
This week, Leyla drags Aaron kicking and screaming into yet another convoluted anime video game series with the Nietzsche-and-Jesus based Xenosaga I: Der Wille zur Macht! We cover Mortified's longest media summary ever performed, keep secrets from Aaron, and discuss a storied set of characters who are all dressed for completely different events.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsThe Bible BoysAaron's TTRPG ReviewsAstral Heart
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
This week, Aaron and Leyla traverse back in time and sideways in dimensions to talk about Netflix's historical fiction anime miniseries, Yasuke! We talk about wanting to be hooked, frustrating Russian mercenaries, make odd comparisons to children's properties, and think about how we'd like to immortalize local-to-us historical figures.
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Show Notes:
The British Empire’s homophobic legacy could finally be overturned in IndiaYasuke: The mysterious African samurai - BBC NewsThe Significance of Yasuke, the Black SamuraiAfrican Samurai by Thomas LockleyNot My Daimyo: Looking at Feudalism in the Book of Boba Fett
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
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Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
This week, join Aaron and Leyla as they ascend the GenCo hierarchy and find out what type of vessel Zydrate comes in while watching 'Repo! The Genetic Opera!' We talk about why "bad" art needs to happen, the state of media criticism, terrible dads, teenage rebellion, and Paris Hilton's subtle cultural comeback.
Show Notes:
Paris Hilton's (Rumored) Radio Restoration HobbyThis is Paris (Documentary)A retelling of Oedipus Rex with vegetables (CW for sexuality, violence, incest)What is Camp? When the “Good Taste of Bad Taste” Becomes an AestheticAaron's Review of Future.Shock"That's Hot" by Ayesha Erotica, which is the song Leyla was thinking of when she said Paris had a song about being an heiress
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsThe Bible BoysAaron's TTRPG ReviewsAstral Heart
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
This week, Aaron and Leyla color outside the lines with Chicory: A Colorful Tale! We talk about good animals, Aaron's fear of bugs both real and imagined, impostor syndrome, and the pressure put on artists and creators in the modern day.
Show Notes:
Maddy Myers “Best Video Games of 2021” Chicory review: https://www.polygon.com/c/22796149/50-best-video-games-of-2021-polygon-goty
Rebekah Valentine’s IGN Review: https://www.ign.com/articles/chicory-colorful-tale-review
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsThe Bible BoysAstral Heart
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
This week, Aaron and Leyla are BACK for another year of the Friendship Quest, and kick off 2022 with a viewing of League of Legends: Arcane! Join us for a chat about longing scientists, punchy lesbians, MILFs, diagetic imagined dragons, viluba supremacy, and us establishing the canon of what Aaron now calls "the Mortiverse." We invite you to be ... our enemy.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsThe Bible BoysAstral Heart
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
This week, Aaron and Leyla wrap out 2021 with a viewing of the 1997 direct-to-VHS sequel to Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast: An Enchanted Christmas! Join us for a discussion of what's inside Mrs. Potts, Beast's toxic romantic relationships, and yet another pitch for an extended cinematic universe. And, after we recover from one of the more reputable Disney sequels, we put our best episodes through our now-annual bracket, decide what our best discussion was, and then do a little goalsetting for 2022.
If you don't make it through the second half of our episode, just know that you, the listener, have our endless gratitude for hanging in there with us for two years. Tell your friends about this podcast, and we'll be back next year with a new look, a new groove, and somehow even fewer hinges than we normally have.
The Fast and Furious Musical TikToks: https://twitter.com/Tori_Bedford/status/1412766069899530241
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Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
This week, Aaron and Leyla switch it up for the holidays by returning to the Princess Switch franchise! We talk about team rocket-ass accomplices, rank some hot simps, and pitch some sick sequels to keep this, the Best Movie Franchise, going forever.
Princess Switch 3 Trailer: https://youtu.be/CfXzd8fgy6Q Is the Star of Peace Real? https://thedipp.com/the-princess-switch/is-the-star-of-peace-real-heres-the-scoop-on-the-princess-switch-3-relic
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Find more of their music here.
Aaron: Twitter: @aaronsxl
Aaron's TTRPGs
Bible Boys: @TheBibleBoys