Discoveries Countdown

The Best Discoveries In 2020

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

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.

Greg
1. World of Final Fantasy
2. Final Fantasy XV
3. Digimon Cyber Sleuth
4. Grim Dawn
5. Pokemon Go

Ralf
1. Overwatch
2. Uncharted 4
3. Firewatch
4. The Division
5. Pokemon Go