Stories about everyday experiences between ordinary people.
Marty is one of the hosts of Breaking Mayberry, an anti-nostalgia podcast focused on watching old TV (starting with, as the title suggests, The Andy Griffith Show) and assessing what holds up and what caused permanent damage to the psyche of an entire generation.
We wanted to talk TV, and storytelling, and the weird politics of creating collaborative art, and so we sat down with Lights Out, a game about the last day on set of a long running TV show.
The dreaded scourge of every pizza shop owner: The Yelp Reviewer.
The fated enemy of every social media journalist: The Scummy Restauranteur.
Only one will live through the end of their story.
In 1992, NCAA teams from Troy State University and DeVry University of Atlanta played the highest scoring game in recorded basketball history.
Until now.
Marthaniel “Thiccboi” Thicke and “Hustle” Chuck Ramford love each other. They also love baseball. And they also love booze and coke. Unfortunately for them, there’s only space in their lives for one of these loves, maybe two at most. They’ll need to make a choice.
(cw: Frank depictions of alcohol and drug abuse; scenes of dysfunctional relationships)
Tomorrow, this theme park gets torn down for another set of waterfront condos, identical to all the other sets of waterfront condos. Tonight, though, it’s the sight of our childhoods, and our memories, and our last stand. Continue reading →
This is the story of a relationship that, unfortunately, went the way of the VHS tape. It starts out in a small video store in Shermer, IL. It ends in a Blockbuster Video. Continue reading →
Next up on the docket: C. Studson vs. M. Price for the crime of… this can’t be serious, you expect me to read “Gnome Assassination” with a straight face? What happened to the legal system in this country. Continue reading →