The Best Balls in the Biz

On this episode, we reflect on the year that came before. Meanwhile, Lawrence is in love with 2025: The World Held Hostage by The Virus and wants to kiss it and marry it, Rahul struggles to remember his past genius, and Ronald is a gamer.

Books
Lawrence
The Hollows by Daniel Church
Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Lost Girl by Adam Nevill
Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell

Lawrence Warhammer
Assasinorum: Kingmaker by Robert Rath
Celestine: The Living Saint by Andy Clark
The Watchers of the Throne Duology by Chris Wraight

Rahul
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
The Cradle Series by Will Wight

Ronald
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
The Cradle Series by Will Wight
Aching God by Mike Shel

Movies
Ronald
The Birds (1963, directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
Blackberry (2023, directed by Matthew Johnson)
Skinamarink (2022, directed by Kyle Edward Ball)

Lawrence
Godzilla Minus One (2023, directed by Takashi Yamazaki)
Nightcrawler (2014, directed by Dan Gilroy)
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017, directed by S. Craig Zahler)

Videographic Content
Rahul
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023, directed by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein)
Beef (2023, created by Lee Sung Jin)
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023, directed by Christopher McCulloch)

Songs
Lawrence
Oh, Susquehanna! by Defiance, Ohio
Olde Tyme Memr’y by Mischief Brew
Northwest Passage by Unleash the Archers

Games
Ronald
Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023, Larian Studios)
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023, Fair Play Labs)
Outer Wilds (2019, Mobius Digital)

Worst
Swallowed (2022, directed by Carter Smith)
Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell
Final Episode of The Fall of the House of Usher (2023, created by Mike Flanagan)