On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne welcomes another new guest, Chase Dillard, to continue the show's top 25 video game series with Chase's picks. Chase is definitely the guest I know the least out of everyone I've had on, so it is exciting to dig in and listen to his picks. As a bonus, we also catch up on the biggest announcements of The Game Awards and discuss our criticisms of the show as a whole.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestamps
1:59: The Game Awards Wrap-Up
12:49: Chase's Top 25
13:01: Mouthwashing
16:33: Devil May Cry
21:47: Titanfall 2
28:19: Civilization VI
37:40: Sifu
42:34: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
1:02:49: The Walking Dead Season One
1:08:42: Ghost of Tsushima
1:16:50: Mass Effect
1:21:34: Dying Light
1:29:29: Call of Duty: Ghosts
1:36:47: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
1:43:34: Life is Strange
1:47:05: Darkest Dungeon
1:50:43: This War of Mine
1:55:17: Project Zomboid
2:00:36: Red Dead Redemption II
2:10:30: Baldur's Gate III
2:15:16: Final Fantasy XV
2:23:36: The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
2:27:55: Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
2:32:26: The Last of Us Part 1
2:45:18: Cyberpunk 2077
2:50:57: Death Stranding
2:55:18: Disco Elysium

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne breaks down his year in gaming in 2024 including all of the games he started and finished over the course of the year, his Xbox and PlayStation year-end stats, his platinum trophies, and his ranking of all of the games he finished in terms of quality. While SlowBurne didn't play a lot of games that actually released in 2024, it's still a great time to look back on the year and the experiences that were had in our favorite medium.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestamps

2:08: Games I started in 2024

34:10: Games I finished in 2024

47:28: Xbox Wrap Up

50:22: PlayStation Wrap Up

56:45: Games I Platinumed in 2024

1:01:57: Back to PlayStation Wrap Up

1:04:30: Ranking All of the Games I Played in 2024

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne ranks and discusses the greatest video game launch titles of all time in a wide-ranging that look that extends all the way back to the launch of the original NES in 1985. SlowBurne creates three different lists ranking key launch titles in terms of importance and success, quality, and a special third list that looks at the 10 most important launch titles that really sold SlowBurne himself on new hardware over the years.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestamps
2:13: Ranking the most important launch titles of all time
32:10: Ranking the top 10 launch titles that sold me on new hardware
57:53: Ranking my picks for the greatest launch titles of all time

Controlled Burnes host SlowBurne kicks off a new appreciation series dissecting individual pieces of entertainment that stand out as exemplary with an episode focused entirely on one of the greatest video games ever made: From Software's Bloodborne. SlowBurne discusses his history with the game from overwhelmed noob to hardened vet and puts together four lists ranking his top 10 weapons from the game as well as a ranking of the game's levels, and bosses in terms of both quality and difficulty. Then, as a bonus, SlowBurne also provides a corrected version of his NFL playoff bracket that adjusts the seeding mistakes made in last week's episode.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestemps
3:05: My history with Bloodborne
18:17: Ranking my top 10 favorite weapons
31:32: Ranking Bloodborne's levels
48:35: Ranking Bloodborne's bosses by quality
1:05:25: Ranking Bloodborne's bosses by difficulty
1:18:08: Closing thoughts on Bloodborne
1:19:28: Correcting NFL playoff bracket prediction

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne welcomes guest Brett Fox to the podcast and the two go back and forth making their playoff predictions for the 2024-25 NFL season. Both guys pick each division champion and three wildcards for both the AFC and NFC and SlowBurne goes so far as to lay out his entire playoff bracket. And, of course, both make their pick for who will ultimately take the Lombardi Trophy in the 2025 Superbowl. Additionally, both make their picks for the top five quarterbacks so far this season. Both guys have some hot takes in store, so check it out if you're following this year's season. Note: SlowBurne has since realized he screwed up some of the matchups in his playoff bracket predictions in terms of matching up the correct seeds, so he will put out an updated version as a bonus in Controlled Burnes Ep. 9 next week.

Then, as a bonus, SlowBurne checks out The Game Awards' nominees and he and Brett make their selections for (most of) the ballots. It's a jam-packed show and we hope you enjoy.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Controlled Burnes shifts gears a bit this week for a deep dive into the result of the 2024 Presidential Election along with SlowBurne's picks for the top 10 reasons why Kamala Harris lost to President Donald Trump. Was the fault with the voters who are too racist and sexist to elect a black female president like many corporate media pundits would lead you to believe, or are there more factors at play here that resulted in the Democrats' biggest loss in at least two decades? All of that and more will be discussed.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

After an unplanned week-long break, Controlled Burnes returns with Part 2 of TreeTrunkSean's Top 25 video games list as host SlowBurne and Sean break down his top 10.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestamps
1:20: Recap of Sean's list from Part 1 (entries 25-11)
5:35: The Elder Scrolls Online
17:05: Baldur's Gate III
32:29: Fable
43:10: Starcraft II
55:59: Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal
1:09:52: Final Fantasy X
1:21:08: Kingdom Hearts II
1:28:59: Resident Evil 4 VR
1:37:26: The Legend of Dragoon
1:52:50: Overwatch

Controlled Burnes continues its Top 25 Greatest Games series with special guest TreeTrunkSean, the other co-founder of Wildfire Gaming. This massive Wildfire Gaming reunion is too big to pack into a single episode, so Sean's Top 25 will be split into two episodes starting with episode 1 taking us through his picks for numbers 25 through 11.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestamps
Note: Some of these topics will include spoilers for the respective games so skip anything you don't want to have ruined for you!
0:26: Catching up with TreeTrunkSean and discussing our earliest memories in gaming
21:23: Dance Dance Revolution
28:18: Beat Saber
34:45: Halo 3
49:48: Gunz: The Duel
59:24: Disgaea 4
1:09:56: RuneScape
1:16:31: Diablo III
1:24:29: Fallout 76
1:39:04: Dead Rising
1:48:36: Resident Evil: Village
1:58:46: Tropico 5
2:06:54: Civilization V
2:16:58: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
2:23:32: Rock Band 2
2:28:58: Discussing splitting Sean's Top 25 into two episodes
2:30:44: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City