The Best Discoveries In 2022
Welcome to the final top ten show of our season; marking the end of 2022 officially with a strange list. This show, we rank our favorite things we experienced over the year, but that didn’t come out as a new release in 2022. It is what we discovered. With that, the lists can be anything like movies, TV shows, books, albums, art pieces, etc. Did you have a good year? What did you experience?
Oscar
10 Attack On Titan 09 XCOMM 2 08 Search Party 07 That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime 06 Recursion 05 Children of Time 04 Station Eleven 03 LEGOS 02 Paper Girls 01 The Expanse (novels) |
Ralf
10 Midnight Diner 09 Resident Evil: Village 08 Cruising 07 Hajime No Ippo 06 Horizon: Zero Dawn 05 Our Beloved Summer 04 Drive My Car 03 Ranking of Kings 02 Control 01 For All Mankind |
Luke
10 Beasts of the Southern Wild 09 Blind Guardian - The God Machine 08 Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo 07 The Before Trilogy 06 Nuovo Testamento 05 The Skies Belong to Us 04 Vampire Survivors 03 Ghost - Impera 02 Locust Point - Michigan Drag 01 The Halo Effect - Days of the Lost |
The Best Discoveries In 2021
It’s simple. Anything discovered in the year that is new to us are eligible for this countdown. From personal events to albums, books, movies and TV shows, etc., this countdown is always personal and always different and fun to compile. We will come back in a month with our take on the Academy Award nominations and resume our schedule.
Ralf
10 The Rona 09 Vacationing w/Other Families 08 PC Cable Managing 07 Bourbon 06 1st Communion 05 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 04 Rendezvous In Paris 03 Tokyo Godfathers 02 Run On 01 That Obscure Object of Desire |
Oscar
10 SamHel 09 Alan Wake 08 I Know Who Killed Me 07 Little Nightmares 1 & 2 06 The Last of Us Part II 05 The Show About the Show 04 What We Do In the Shadows 03 Promising Young Woman 02 The West Wing Weekly 01 Death Stranding |
The Best Discoveries In 2020
This countdown marks our last before a month-long break. Discoveries is a ranking that discusses the best material we consumed in 2020 that didn’t come out in 2020. It’s our additional way to highlight other things, the finer things, in entertainment. It isn’t just films; it’s television, albums, authors, personal life events, video games and everything in between. These lists are always personal and give a small glimpse into our worlds.
Oscar
10 Nintendo Switch 09 The Hell House Trilogy 08 Pokemon: Sword 07 Nier: Automata 06 Junji Ito 05 Once Cut of the Dead 04 The Rising of the Shield Hero 03 Zelda: Breath of the Wild 02 Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice 01 Control |
Ralf
10 PC Building Simulator 09 This Land (podcast) 08 Among Us 07 North By Northwest 06 Casablanca 05 Detroit: Become Human 04 The Farewell 03 What Remains of Edith Finch 02 Band of Brothers 01 Resident Evil 2: The Board Game |
The Best Discoveries In 2019
Discoveries is a Top 10 show where we take in anything and everything that, for the most part, didn’t come out for release in the current year. It is our way to highlight things and media that left an impression that came out in the distant or somewhat recent past. Anything from movies, TV, books, authors, music, life achievements, etc. Hope you enjoy as we did making this Top 10.
Ralf
10 Billy On The Street 09 The Toys That Made Us 08 A Star Is Burn 07 The Polar Express 06 That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime 05 Game Night 04 Blue Velvet 03 Roma 02 CLS (Collins Last Stand) 01 LEO |
Oscar
10 The Fate Series 09 Channel Zero 08 The Fade Out 07 Shoplifters 06 John Cassavettes 05 The Starlight Series 04 Spider-Man (PS4) 03 The Dresden Files 02 Letterkenny 01 Burning |
The Best Discoveries In 2018
If you checked out last years’ Discoveries list, then you know what this is. For you newbies, we hope you’l enjoy this fun countdown. It is the stuff discovered in 2018 that isn’t from 2018. It is a way to highlight any awesome thing out in the world from the past, away from just recent entertainment. Anything can be highlighted: a book, artist, song, game, movie etc. See what Ralf and Oscar have been consuming and enjoying throughout the year.
Ralf
10 Neo Yokio 09 Forza Horizon 3 08 Halo 4 07 Mindhunter 06 The Darkest Hour 05 Hearthstone: Kobolds and Catacombs 04 Rear Window 03 Cuphead 02 The Red Shoes 01 Patriot |
Oscar
10 Rise of the Tomb Raider 09 Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee 08 Sarah Vowell 07 Sea of Rust 06 Marwencol 05 Ghost (band) 04 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 03 Dark 02 The Expanse (show) 01 Seveneves |
The Best Discoveries In 2017
What do we mean when we say discoveries? It’s a top ten list unlike other end-of-year lists that many podcasters and critics make. It means that pieces of media or art discovered that DID NOT come out in 2017 have a chance of making this top ten. It’s a good way to illuminate movies or books or a song that has ben lost to more contemporary items.
Ralf
1 Wait Until Dark 2 Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 3 Retropie 4 Sheriff of Nottingham 5 Shameless 6 Hand of Fate 7 Birthright 8 The Magicians 9 Potty Training 10 Joe Rogan Experience |
Luke
1 Shameless 2 OJ: Made In America 3 Grave of the Fireflies 4 Captain Fantastic 5 The Minimalist |
Oscar
1 The Dark Tower 2 Silence 3 Makoto Shinkai 4 The OA 5 Stop Making Sense 6 20th Century Women 7 Extraordinary Stories 8 Peeping Tom 9 The Wailing 10 American Gods |
Top 10 Discoveries In 2016
This final Best Of list for 2016. We promise. This time, it’s an original top ten list. We cover ground on any type of art (music, comics, movies, painters etc.) that we discovered of the past year. The twist is that the piece of art or artist must be from any year previous to 2016; that way, we won’t focus on only current events and opens up a way to talk about great stuff from history. We do hope you enjoy this Top Ten opus of ours.
Ralf
1. Tales From The Borderlands 2. Divinity by Valiant Comics 3. Doctor Sleep 4. The Bridge On The River Kwai 5. The Midnight 6. On The Waterfront 7. Codenames 8. Lock In 9. Dial M For Murder 10. The Girl With All The Gifts |
Oscar
1. The Arbor 2. Brian K. Vaughn 3. Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared 4. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? 5. The Decline Of The Western Civilization Trilogy 6. Andrea Arnold 7. The Road novel 8. Pontypool 9. The Diary Of A Teenage Girl 10. The Girl With All The Gifts |
The Best 5 Games of 2016
Our first Best Of list for 2016, ringing in the new year! I know, I know. What is a film podcast doing with games? Well, as we look to end 2016 once and for all, we understand that all mediums of entertainment and artistic vision should be appreciated in some form. We bring a guest host to not only cover Luke’s temporary absence, but someone who has a different gaming taste than Ralf and Oscar. Hope you enjoy this and three other special Best Of treats throughout January.