Puzzle Me Pivotal

About this episode

Andy and Mario discuss new music albums, video games, and recent movie releases.

A far. far late episode which was recorded a week before the Switch 2 announcement. Andy and Mario discuss the new Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco album "I Said I Love You First" and Japanese Breakfast album "For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women). Then they discuss some video games with continued Avowed looks and a quick review of Assassin's Creed Shadows. The new movies this week, Novacaine and Black Bag, follow before diving into Mario's #8 of Mass Effect 2 and Andy's #8 of Portal 1 and 2. Music Credits: DJ Shadow - Rocket Fuel, Dan Deacon - Feel the Lightning, Lauren Mayberry - Something in the Air

People in this episode

Host: Mario

Topics covered

• music
• video games
• movies

Keywords

• Selena Gomez
• Benny Blanco
• Japanese Breakfast
• Avowed
• Assassin's Creed
• Mass Effect 2
• Portal

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Switch 2, Avowed, Novacaine, I Said I Love You First, For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women), Black Bag

Books & works: Puzzle Me Pivotal, I Said I Love You First, For Melancholy Brunettes (, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Black Bag, Mass Effect 2, Portal 1, Rocket Fuel, Feel the Lightning, Something in the Air

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