Heya, folks! If you’re hearing/reading this, then I guess Anne and Bill managed to figure out how to kick out the dust and fire up the podcast pipeline in time to bring you another year-end wrapup about the games, movies, TV shows and whatnot that we enjoyed during the past year – and this time we’re joined by Player One Podcast alum Phil Theobald!

Hey guys! We’re firing up the ol’ podcast pipeline to check in with y’alls and gab about all the stuff we’ve watched, played or listened to in 2017. Also, a very sincere “thank you” to anyone who has kept up with us over the course of this insane past year and/or requested this episode. We love you all, and with any luck, we’ll see you guys this time again next year.

And here at the end of all things is the final episode of The Boy Howdy Podcast. This last time out, we’re mostly just talking about Christmas, warmth and friendship, with a little Final Fantasy XV, Yuri on Ice, Christmas Vacation and MST3K Santa Claus thrown in. In The Geek Week News In Review: The trailers for Blade Runner 2049, John Wick 2 and Alien 6, Jeremy Parish is turning Retronauts into a full-time venture, Tracer’s got a girlfriend, much love to Carrie Fisher, the announcement of Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and we’ve got another Steven Bomb incoming. And lastly, Thank you to everybody who ever listened in and a double thank you to everyone who ever got in touch with us! This podcast lasted WAY longer than we ever expected to, and that’s entirely due to the love and affection you guys showered upon us over the course of these last five years. Intro: Main Title/Heaven (It’s A Wonderful Life) – Dimitri Tiomkin Break: Princess Leia’s Theme (Star Wars) – John Williams Outro: Auld Lang Syne/End Titles (It’s A Wonderful Life) – Dimitri Tiomkin

On this, the penultimate episode of the Boy Howdy Podcast, we piffle about Rogue One, Dishonored 2, more Yuri on Ice and Voltron, Forza Horizon 3’s Blizzard Mountain DLC, Stardew Valley on PS4, Overwatch holiday stuff, Ant-Man and The BFG. In The Geek Week News In Review: The Super Nintendo World mini themepark, Fathom Events is expanding the number of classic films they’ll be showing at first-run theaters, the Zelda Encyclopedia, Mary and the Witch’s Flower, and the most important news of the week: David Tennant = Scrooge McDuck. Intro: The Guardians of the Whills (Rogue One) – Michael Giacchino Break: Let’s All Go To Nintendo Land – DJ Cutman Outro: Carol of the Kings – The Alison Brown Quartet

We’re interrupting Boy Howdy’s regular schedule to present a VERY spoileriffic roundtable discussion about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, guest-starring our usual gang of Star Wars aficionados: Bobby Roberts, Mike Russell, Conley Presler, Leland Radburn and Jimmy Presler. We talk about everything from the score to the production design to some of the weirder VFX/casting decisions, how watching A New Hope feels after seeing Rogue One, and how the success of Rogue One may affect the future of Star Wars in general.

We’ve survived Portland’s first (and only?) snowfall of the season to yak at you beautiful people about the Westworld S1 finale (spoilers!), The Last Guardian, Yuri on Ice, Six Wives with Lucy Worsely, Voltron, Forgotten Weapons, Rudolph, Frosty and Mary Poppins. In The Geek Week News In Review: A 99 million year-old dinosaur tail preserved in amber, major tweaks coming to Final Fantasy XV, RIP John Glenn, the Spiderman: Homecoming and Tom of Finland trailers, Miyazaki’s critique of a Silent Hill demo, Shiggy & the Switch hit NYC, RIP Majesco and the 25th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s HOOK. Intro: History Maker (Yuri on Ice) – Dean Fujioka Break: Snow (White Christmas) – Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney & Vera Ellen Outro: Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Shigeru Miyamoto and The Roots

Life has conspired to keep any of us from ingesting much new pop culture this week, but we still manage to check in with out thoughts about 1994’s Little Women, Final Fantasy XV, the improv troupe dramedy Don’t Think Twice and more gushing about Supergirl and Dishonored 2. In The Geek Week news In Review: RIP Skylanders (and the toys-to-life biz in general?), more Star Trek Discovery news, RIP the guys who invented the Big Mac and General Tso’s Chicken, all the news from the Game Awards and Playstation Experience, details about the GBBO Christmas specials and a batshit-crazy animation auction going on next weekend. Intro: New York (Little Women) – Thomas Newman Break: Driving School (Parappa) – Masaya Matsuura & Yoshihisa Suzuki Outro: Vanishing Grace (The Last of Us) – Gustavo Santaolalla

It’s a quiet, post-Thanksgiving weekend, but that doesn’t keep us from blabbing about Supergirl, Kubo and the Two Strings, Suicide Squad and Watch Dogs 2. In The Geek Week News In Review: Reinhardt = Pharah’s poppa?, Mad Sheila, the Silence trailer, Michelle Yeoh gears up for Star Trek: Discovery, the (supposed) demise of the AAA game industry, everybody hates Grindelwald and we get ready for the sale of Rogue One tickets. Intro: You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore Break: While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Regina Spektor Outro: Seagulls (Stop It Now) – Bad Lip Reading

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! We’re talking about our Turkey Day plans, Dishonored 2, spoilers for the latest episode of Westworld, PSVR, The Godfather Notebook, Empire of the Sun, Foley’s Shark Facts and the anniversaries of the Gamecube, Wii, Sneak King and Casino Royale. In The Geek Week News In Review: Hayao Miyazaki un-retires (again), the upteenth attempt to turn Jeff Smith’s Bone into a CGI film, AMC Theaters wants to charge more for bigger, dumber movies, RIP Lupita Tovar, Carrie Fisher + Harrison Ford, Daenerys Targaryen + Han Solo, and the Game Award nominees. Intro: Turkey Day – Joel and the ‘Bots Break: Suo Gan – James Rainbird and the Ambrosian Junior Choir Outro: Adam Sandler – The Thanksgiving Song

Nothing much happened in the world this week, so we’re just talking about Arrival, The NES Classic (and the Famicom Mini that Bill imported from Japan), Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Westworld, The Crown, Overwatch’s Sombra reveal, Cheers, the TV Book, Dishonored 2 and we taste-test Peppermint Twinkies and “Sweetos”. In The Geek Week News In Review: Mass Effect’s N7 Day, RIP Francis the dog, and the return of Steven Universe and the MST3K Turkey Day marathon.  

Anne was knocked unconscious this week by the Sombra character reveal for Overwatch, so in lieu of talking this week, Bill cooked up a little November-y music mix tape for y’all. Welcome to the winding down of the year, everybody.

Happy Halloween everybody! This week, we’re gabbing about Crimson Peak (again) and What We Do In The Shadows, along with the new Art of Atari book, Overwatch Halloween skins, Bill’s recent purchase of a 4K TV and the last Great British Bake-Off finale. In The Geek Week news In Review: Peter Jackson + Mortal Engines, “The Big Family Cooking Challenge“, new Muppet Babies incoming, “No Man’s Sky was a mistake“, Bryan Fuller ejects from Star Trek Discovery, RIP Vine and Zoe Quinn & Chuck Tingle’s Kickstarter for a FMV game. Intro: You’re Dead – Norma Tanega Break: The Vampire Hunters (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) – Wojciech Kilar Outro: Finale (Crimson Peak) – Fernando Velázquez

We’re broadcasting from the trenches this week as Bill and Anne talk Battlefield 1, Swiss Army Man, Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive, more GBBO and The Good Place and fucking Sausage Party. In The Geek Week News In Review: The Nintendo Switch, Red Dead Redemption Part Deux, the LEGO Creator Assembly Square, the videogame voice-actors’ strike, and Donald Glover = Lando Calrissian. Intro: The Last Long Mile – Charles Harrison Break: Bad Dog No Biscuit (Cowboy Bebop) – The Seatbelts Outro: Montage (Swiss Army Man) – Andy Hull and Robert McDowell

Heavy rains have driven Bill and Anne to record this week from a dining room, but what a rich feast we’ve got for you: Westworld and the Red Dead Redemption sequel tease, Thumper, Ladykiller In A Bind, the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare beta, Overwatch’s Halloween event and more (now somewhat spoilery) Crimson Peak talk. In The Geek Week News In Review: Guy Ritchie + Aladdin (sure, whatever), Disney + Don Quixote (what?), RIP Studio Ghibli color designer Michiyo Yasuda, Clue’s coming to a dinner theatre near you, the FIVE(!) Fantastic Beast movies coming down the pipeline and the final Rogue One trailer. Intro: Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones Break: Train Theme (Westworld) – Ramin Djawadi Outro: House of the Rising Sun – The Animals

Anne and Foley are back, so we’ve got three weeks’ worth of stuff to catch up on: Forza Horizon 3, Luke Cage, Mafia III, The Good Place, The Shallows, The Great British Bake-Off, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Crimson Peak, The Addams Family movie, Pitch, Jane Eyre and the works of that ol’ Star Hustler, Jack Horkheimer. In The Geek Week News In Review: Overwatch Sombra & Halloween Loot Box leaks, Sigourney Weaver vs. Luke Cage & Jessica Jones, looks like we’ll get half-assed mods on the PS4 ports of Fallout 4 & Skyrim after all, Millennials hate Big Macs, and the debut of TMC + Criterion’s Filmstruck movie streaming service. Intro: That’s Love – Odisee Break: Long Love the Chief – Jidenna Outro: 100 Days 100 Nights – Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings

We’re taking another break from our regular podcasting schedule this week to bring you a belated 50th anniversary Star Trek round table special. Bobby Roberts, Katie Lane, Leland Radburn, Joshin Yamada and Dylan Meconis join Bill to talk about…well, a lotta stuff: Kathryn Janeway = Hillary Clinton?, our abiding memories of TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise, what we liked (or didn’t like) in Star Trek Beyond, the differences between Star Wars and Star Trek, and our hopes for Star Trek: Discovery and the future of Star Trek in general.  

Anne and Foley are away this week, so we’ve got another hour of George Burns & Gracie Allen and 50’s sci-fi radio X-Minus One to tide us over. Intro: Autumn in New York – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

We mourn the death of The Great British Bake-Off (at least as we know it) while gabbing about this week’s avalanche of comic/picture book releases: Leave Me Alone, King Baby, Cat Rackham and The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo. Also on the menu: Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Laputa/Castle in the Sky, Jane Eyre and the Forza Horizon 3 demo. In The Geek Week News In Review: Steven Universe’s Emmy loss to….Robot Chicken?, the new comic book sales bubble, delays for Star Trek: Discovery and The Last Guardian, RIP Zorak & Moltar, and welcome to the OED, jagoffs. Intro: The Great British Bake-Off – Tom Howe Break: Bad Bug – Zorak & Space Ghost Outro: Bye-Bye, Goodbye – Everybody at the Space Ghost Musical Bar-B-Q

Anne and Foley check in this week about make-up, Steven Universe toys, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s “Duet” and Miyazaki’s Nausicaa: The Valley of the Wind, while Bill talks about Sing Street, Moonrise Kingdom and Homestar Runner. In The Geek Week News In Review: Nintendo finally puts Mario on iPhones, Sony debuts the PS4 Pro (and nixes mod support for Fallout 4 & Skyrim), Mass Effect 4 details, RIP Prince Buster, Matt Rhodes’ Star Wars art, the “return” of Indiana Jones, and The Hollywood Theater’s William Castle-style slate of films for Halloween. Intro: Madness – Prince Buster Break: The Riddle of the Model – Sing Street Outro: Kicking the Gong Around – Cab Calloway

Settle in for a lot of Star Trek talk this week as we reminisce about the show on the eve of its 50th anniversary – but we also talk about the Battlefield 1 beta, The Jungle Book, The Castle of Cagliostro, Only Yesterday, Full Steam Ahead and Foley’s first D&D adventure! In The Geek Week News In Review: RIP Gene Wilder, the inevitable Harry Potter and the Cursed Child movie(s), the Stranger Things season 2 announcement trailer, Writings From Ancient Egypt and the official The Great British Bake-Off coloring book. Intro: Inside Star Trek – Gene Roddenberry Break: Pure Imagination (remix) – Everything Trap Outro: Pure Imagination – Bricusse, Newley & Scharf