It's Roman's birthday! Everyone wish Roman a happy birthday! Today, Mikaela and God Emperor Roman Buetel talk about going to the moon in another Apple TV original For All Mankind. Follow us on Bluesky @surprisemechanics.bsky.social Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com ..read more

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Here we are once again, talking about the best games this year with friends. The Surprise Mechanics return to tradition with guest Billy Hyland to figure out the best games we played in 2023. Those honorable mentions though Follow us on Bluesky: @SurpriseMechanics.bsky.social Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com ..read more

The Cinema Enjoyers (TM) have just returned from their latest trip to the local theatre where they had the pleasure to watch Godzilla Minus One. And folks...it rules. Seriously. It's so, so good. You should go watch it. Get your tickets right now. You're already on your phone. Just hop over to Fandango or whatever. Also, we're not sponsored by Fandango, but are open to conversations. After that, Kaleb Grine returns to get silly with Marvel's Spider-Man 2, a game that we haven't had a chance to discuss yet because it wasn't spooky enough at the time of release. That's a deep cut only the OG's ..read more

Spooky Mechanics 2023 concludes with our first ever Gamers Debate (TM) discussing Bend Studio's Days Gone. Lines are drawn and friendships are tested as Roman argues in favor of this underappreciated game and Mikaela chuckles along, mostly not really caring. There is also mention of Jurassic Park and food. Follow us on Bluesky @surprisemechanics.bsky.social Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com ..read more

Spooky Mechanics persists as time and space gets weird and we end up back at The Thing but its 2011! Matthew joins Roman and Mikaela today to talk about the prequel to one of the greatest horror films of all time John Carpenter's The Thing. Can you figure out which one of us is The Thing? Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com Follow us on BlueSky: @surprisemechanics.bsky.social ..read more

In space no one can hear you game... Halloween may be over, by Spooky Mechanics continues as Roman and Mikaela talk about Dead Space, a video game released in the year 2023. Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com Follow us on BlueSky: @surprisemechanics.bsky.social ..read more

Here we go again! we're watching Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 so get some popcorn, join us and watch along! Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com ..read more

Spooky season is back, babyyy! We're kicking off our annual festival of frights with Rose Engine's Signalis. It's basically go everything: robots, zombies, robot zombies, gun. Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com ..read more

It's time for another Weekly Check-in with Roman and Mikaela. This week we're talkin' Tears of the Kingdom. Can you believe this game has an ending? Featuring special guest: a cricket trapped in Roman's basement. Follow us on Twitter @SurpriseMechPod Drop us a line: SurpriseMechanicsPod@gmail.com ..read more