Going Pear Shaped: Recent Episodes
Mike and Matt
Going Pear Shaped is a conversation between two friends about anything and everything. Every other Monday, Mike and Matt select a topic to discuss and may or may not make any effort to stick to it. They'll also answer your questions, which you can send to them on Twitter at @GShaped .
Mike, Matt, and Emily are here to talk a lot about Final Fantasy 14, a little about Warframe, and also... something else.
Mike and Matt do something no one on Audio Entropy has ever done: discuss 90s Nostalgia. Or at least, they discuss the causes and implications of it, before inevitably succumbing to it themselves.
Mike and Emily have soured on Overwatch somewhat since its release, much to Matt's surprise. We talk about the pain of having your main nerfed, the mixed bag of Activision Blizzard's attempts at diversity, the dark legacy of the lootbox, and, naturally, what every character's fursona would be.
It's a gaming grab bag as we talk about Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, Jackbox Party Pack 4, the Android Netrunner reboot, and... Super Smash Bros. Melee. Sigh.
Matt made Mike watch Bold Eagles, a perfectly normal children's movie about a police car.
In the wake of the announcement of... whatever their new card game is called, we can't be bothered to remember, Mike and Matt discuss the current state of Valve.
Mike, Matt, Emily, and Beeb all get together to discuss what might be the best reboot of any property to come along in quite some time: the pilot for 2017's Ducktales!
Beeb joins us once again as we talk about vacations we've taken, vacations we want to take, and the merits of just staying home.
Matt loves fighting games. I think that's been established? This week, Mike asks him about his favorite moments from the genre's biggest annual tournament.
Mike and Matt are joined by Emily to talk about webcomics: the good, the bad, and the extremely bad.
Mike and Matt discuss life on the internet, covering everything from the rise of social media, to the ubiquity of music piracy, to their origin story as friends. Also, cybersex comes up, because of course it did.
Mike told Matt he wanted to do a Grab Bag episode. Matt told his mom about his twitter account. It's all downhill from there.
Our good friend Julie joins us to talk about her love for the Halo series, from its early innovations, to its rich lore, to its less-than-stellar change of hands, and beyond.
It's time to rip off this bandage. Emily from War and Beast joins us as Matt finally gets his grievances with Blizzard's virtual card game out of his system. Meanwhile, Mike debuts his horny question voice.
Mike and Matt are joined by their buddy Joe from The Atlanta Ghostbusters, to discuss The Real Ghostbusters coming to Netflix, and how surprisingly well it holds up.
This week, Mike and Matt discuss the work of one David Sirlin. They also take some kind of shitty "How well do you know your friends?" quiz or something.
Mike and Matt have an established history of pointing pretend guns at pretend people. They discuss genres, games, and firearms of years gone by.
This episode, Mike and Matt try to nail down the nebulous concept of So Bad It's Good. Along the way, they talk about MST3k, Earth Defense Force, Foodfight!, and the life and times of Reb Brown.
This week, Mike and Matt are joined by their first guest, Beeb, as they discuss the furry friends who've brightened their lives. Also, Matt's cat is Batman.
Mike used to be into CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Like, WAY into it. This week, he and Matt talk about the crime drama explosion of the early 2000s. Also, children's movies about vehicles.
This week, things get serious and dark as Matt tells Mike all about a major event neither of them had heard of before: the largest industrial accident in the history of the United States, and its ramifications. Also, our sign-off is the least appropriate it's ever been.
This Week, Mike and Matt talk about the history of, the recent resurgence of, and their unending love for cartoon-styled multiplayer shooters. Along the way, we reminisce about Super Monday Night Combat, suggest Overwatch has some problems, insist Paladins has some merit, remember Battlefield Heroes and Loadout happened, pray for the futures of Gigantic and Orcs Must Die Unchained, and consider whether the entire MOBA/shooter hybrid genre is just plain cursed.
This week, Mike and Matt gush about Homestar Runner, with occasional digressions about Youtube being shitty and the early days of Newgrounds. Also, shampoo flavors.
This week, Mike and Matt discuss good food, bad food, and, inexplicably, Sonic Underground.
After a brief digression about Mike's incompetence, he and Matt discuss raising money for charity by playing video games really good.
This week, Matt talks about his love-hate relationship with Street Fighter V. Mike is also here.
This week, Mike and Matt talk about gameshows. And mostly continue to talk about gameshows. And are somewhat bothered by how on-topic this episode is. Also, cute boys.
In this first episode, Mike and Matt enter with every intention of talking about Riot Games and Esports, but just kind of end up talking about Weird Al Yankovic and cartoons.