Mortified! The Friendship Quest

To round out our year, Leyla and Aaron spend the holidays in Hope Springs with the 2024 Netflix Christmas Rom Com, "Hot Frosty!" We teach a snowman about cancer, pitch a Jennifer's Body Holiday Spinoff, and try to get Hugh Jackman on the show. We also talk about how we feel about this 5th season of Mortified, and our hopes for next year!  Links:  Iron Lung Episode Has Anyone Ever Told You You're Beautiful --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This week, Aaron and Leyla and nine million tulips talk about Wicked! Join us for discussions of stop-and-go musical numbers, the way our bladders impacted our enjoyment of this film, and our favorite thing in the whole wide world: puppets. Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny: https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/  Cynthia Erivo: Flying, Stunts, and Singing: https://youtu.be/2iM5xpnbN3s?si=zifket80yysFSXGb How ‘Wicked’ Built Immersive Real-Life Sets, From Shiz To Emerald City: https://youtu.be/4Qp4tLTrX6A?si=AJIExHGpGUyt4ta6   -- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Reviews aavoigt.com

This week, Aaron and Leyla visit an American classic with the 1939 film, "The Wizard of Oz!" We discuss mystics from Montana, the unconquerable power of practicals, and the fucked-upedness of dyeing horses with jello powder.   Links: The Snow Queen (1957) Madewell X Alpha Industries Jacket Go Back to the Club --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Reviews aavoigt.com

This week, join Aaron and Leyla in celebrating their birthdays with another Scorpio Season special. Join us for increasingly hot wings, a healthy dose of hubris, and some insight into our own creative projects. --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Reviews aavoigt.com

This episode, we continue our Halloween coverage with the 2023 Nic Cage action comedy horror film, "Renfield!" We snort centipedes, contemplate what "good" means for media critics, and Leyla reveals a part of their tragic backstory that could not have been waterboarded out of me. Links- Aaron Lim on "Bittergourding" --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Reviews aavoigt.com

This week, Aaron and Leyla say each others' names three times in a Beetlejuice double feature! Learn us for discussions of the Tim Burton Effect™, bisexual demons, and a lot of praise for the young actresses playing Lydia. --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs Aaron's TTRPG Reviews aavoigt.com

On this episode of Mortified, Leyla and Aaron finish off the Shrek franchise with the swashbuckling spinoffs "Puss in Boots" and "The Last Wish!" We discuss effective exposition dumps, make a definitive ranking of major Shrek franchise entries, and interrupt the podcast for a very special piss break.  --- Aaron's novel/RPG combo "Detente for the Ravenous" will be out on September 24! Find more information at aaronsxl.itch.io/dftrrpg.   Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

On this very special episode of Mortified, Aaron and Leyla discuss the 9/11 musical, "Come From Away!" We chat about the "SJW reflex," the weaponizing of beloved careers, and being a 31 year old BI-sexual.   Links: Company marks 9/11 with kindness Crips for eSims for Gaza --- Aaron's novel/RPG combo "Detente for the Ravenous" will be out on September 24! Find more information at aaronsxl.itch.io/dftrrpg.   Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This week, Aaron and Leyla tap dance into the spotlight with Shrek the Musical! Join us for discussions of donkey miku binder, banger ballads, and some over-tired references to the deep lore of this podcast.   --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This episode, Aaron and Leyla get their licenses suspended with the TV medical drama, "House MD!" We discuss bad 2000s pop science, sincerity at the heart of a silly conceit, and special guest star Lin Manuel Miranda. Lin Manuel Miranda x House MD Rap --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This week, Aaron and Leyla record through history with "Shrek Forever After!" Join us for one of our loosest episodes yet, in which we live through history while discussing a movie distinctly stuck in the past.  This episode being late is extremely funny because while editing it, Leyla had to sink her head in her hands and say aloud, "Jesus Christ, that was only last week." --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This week, we played Motvind Studios' 2021 point-and-click narrative mystery, "How We Know We're Alive!" We discuss making use of limited mechanics, the trope of sad indie games, and doing our level best to see others as three-dimensional people. Links: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2216040/HOW_WE_KNOW_WERE_ALIVE/ https://www.tumblr.com/heart-forge https://un-navigatable-game.neocities.org/Intro --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This week, Aaron and Leyla confront father hood fears of yesteryear in Shrek the Third! Join us for a weirdly timely Justin Timberlake mention, the pre-dadification, and the hosts lamenting the hot dragon going unsatisfied. --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

In this impromptu, ill-advised episode, we suffer for gamers everywhere by drinking a MTN Dew flight and talking about the Summer Game Fest! Aaron sweats like Jesus in Gethsemane, Leyla brews up a brie Dew-duction, and we chat about the exciting possibilities teased in some upcoming games. Links: SW Outlaws Gameplay Assassin's Creed Shadows Outersloth Initiative Building Relationships Avowed Larian Cinematics: A Top-Down Look at Our Bottom-Up Approach in 'Baldur's Gate 3' Flock Age of Mythology Retold Astrobot South of Midnight Cairn- Enotria: The Last Song --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This week, Aaron and Leyla continue their traversal through the Shrek-iverse in Shrek 2! Join us for a discussion of deadbeat donkeys, needing more Fiona, and Fairy Godmother being one of the villains of all time. --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This week, Aaron and Leyla crawl through a buggy double-feature of Antz and a Bug's Life! Join us for an unexpectedly good villain monologue, an offensively bad main character, and a reaffirming of this podcast's core ethos.  --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This episode, Leyla and Aaron discuss the class 2001 animated comedy, Shrek! We trace the lineage of 2010's meta-humor, find out what conservatives think indoctrination is, and Leyla finally gets to call out Aaron's "preferences." --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This episode, Aaron and Leyla check out the indie horror game "Iron Lung!" We discuss how playing together revealed our "proclivities," ways to incentivize exploration, and the benefits of limited scope. The Atlantic article on the OceanGate sub- https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/06/missing-titanic-submarine-safety-catastrophe/674491/ IGN Article- https://www.ign.com/articles/dev-of-submarine-horror-game-iron-lung-says-sales-spike-feels-so-wrong Following the creature in Iron Lung- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGJCczo8zQQ Iron Lung Official Trailer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8E8Ryx49so Jay Dragon's- "A Dozen Fragments on Playground Theory" (I got the framing of the rules as a skeleton for play from this piece)- https://medium.com/@possumcreek/a-dozen-fragments-on-playground-theory-684104bcb4ab Guardian article about cognitive test- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/21/donald-trump-cognitive-test-closer-look --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

This week, Aaron and Leyla celebrate Easter and a bit of Tumblr history with a double feature of The Lorax and Rise of the Guardians. Join us for a movie in which very little happens, some mythological semantics, and Aaron shaming Leyla for their taste in men (again). --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/

CW for self harm This episode, we finish off the Radiant Emperor duology with Shelly Parker Chan's "He Who Drowned the World!" We talked about Normal Bro Stuff, a bunch of complicated gender feelings, and what an evil shonen protagonist looks like.  Interview with Shelly Parker Chan --- Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2." Our other projects: Aaron's TTRPGs- https://aaronsxl.itch.io/ Aaron's TTRPG Reviews- https://www.youtube.com/@aavoigt https://aavoigt.com/