The Dive Down

Episode 386: The Bjoys Are Back in Town

For the first time since JULY, Dave, Shane, and Stan are reunited. We talk about Shane's trip to Norway, the Retroid Pocket Nova, Guitar Hero, and piano stewardship. Be

Episode 385: The Agony of Fandom (ft. Christopher Harris)

This week Shane and Dave welcome Christopher Harris of Harris Football to talk about his new best-selling novel Pound Foolish. Part locker room chronicle, part neo-noir,

Episode 384: Candy Teeth & Comedy ft. Adam Burke

On this week's show, Dave's friend and comedian Adam Burke returns to talk about humor, laughter, and joy. We chat about today's comedy scene and culture, in Chicago and

Episode 383: The Dive Dads

Shane's on vacation this week so Dave and Stan bring back friend of the show Jason (aka KilgoreTrout) to talk Control, Vampire Crawlers, Spider-Man, and dad stuff. Becom

Episode 382: A Big Walk With Shane and Dave

On this week's episode, Dave and Shane first discuss their experiences with the critically acclaimed co-op game Big Walk, then massage their sore calves as they talk abou

Episode 381: The Odyssey & Christopher Nolan

On this week's show, Jason returns to talk about The Odyssey, the latest international blockbuster from the visionary mind of Christopher Nolan. Become a citizen of The

Episode 380: Live from Night City

On this week's show, Dave and Shane talk about their sordid adventures in Cyberpunk, while Stan tries to save what's left of the western United States in Horizon Forbidde

Episode 379: Aipocalypse Now

On this week's show, we share a couple of our deepest spiritual awakenings, then rant for a while about our weird feelings on AI and LLMs. Then we manage to keep the mood

Episode 378: Widow's Baycklog

On this week's show, Stan wears a sports vest to religitate some of his favorite 2026 movies, Shane arrives with notes, Dave discovers chiral matter, and the boys watch W

Episode 377: Thinkin' I'm Back: John Wick & PS5

On this week's show, we're covering another cinema blind spot. Dave has never seen John Wick, so Shane came all the way from Ohio to make him watch it. Stan watched too.

Episode 376: First Half Performance Review(s)

Well you did it. You've made it through another half a year. But... we have some things we need to talk about. Like all this amazing media we've enjoyed in 2026! Tune in

Episode 375: Metaphor Your Consideration

As promised, we welcome Jason, aka Kilgore Trout, to the podcast to spend far too long talking to Shane about one of the best games of 2024: Metaphor: ReFantazio. We get

Episode 374: Multiple Player Games

On this week's show, we reflect on a lifetime of playing video games with strangers. What do the Univeristy of Illinois, Xbox Live, and quarter munchers have in common? T

Episode 373: How Many Games Is Too Many?

So many announcements and trailers came out of Summer Games Fest, but which reveals had the boys most excited? We talk about Wolverine, Bad Magpie, Halo: Campaign Evolved

Episode 372: The Fugitive

On this week's episode, the boys discuss the 1993 action thriller, The Fugitive. Starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, who were invited to be on the show but declin

Episode 371: Surviving the Roadshow

On this week's show, Stan falls back in love with Modern MTG, we continue to guide Dave on his fashion journey, Shane gears up for the Antique Roadshow, and we shake our

Episode 370: Modern Giveth, WOTC Taketh Away

The Rhino boys are back. Exciting news in the weird world of Magic: the Gathering was all it took for Dave and Stan to reunite with D00mwake to chat about Modern bans and

Episode 369: Lettuce Entertain You & Your Thor

Stan's away — so this week the olds play. Shane and Dave catch up about Shane's perfect Steam Machine, his even more perfect AYN Thor, polo shirts, and four albums that w

Episode 368: Pragmata: Hugh's The Boss

On this week's show, the boys play Capcom's latest AAA foray, Pragmata. We talk about father/daughter dynamics in video games, the joys of hacking, and what it means to b

Episode 367: Spare Parts Man Cave Machine

On this week's show, Stan offers his closing arguments on Shadow of the Colossus (2018), Shane revisits Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024), then he turns a pile of parts into a