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January 2025 Review Crew Poll

It's our first review of 2025! What ever shall it be? You decide and let us know in the comments what you'd like to see appear in a future poll.

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@Adal, @Erin, and @JPC - I know it's possible that this episode has already been recorded, but if it hasn't and any of you hasn't chosen a topic, I'm a professor of linguistics and I use your riddles in my courses, and I would be happy to meet anytime to teach you about some of the science behind the language of riddles!

Maura O'Leary

If any of you do anything biology related I may have an aneurysm lmao

Thomas Flott

*The Soldier of the Get Hey Riddle Riddle to play The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog War was unable to write this month, he was injured on the front lines and is in the infirmary*

BassToad

I want all of these

overwaterer

On the one hand I get that, on the other hand, Golden Idol has no possibility of inducing motion sickness (unlike Obra Dinn and Superliminal) and does not require precise movement or timing in any way whatsoever (unlike Untitled Goose Game.) And considering the game starts with a murder, I really wouldn't say Golden Idol has a slow start. It's the perfect Review Crew game.

Charlie

Might I suggest: JPC: String theory Adal: Chaos theory Erin: The Fermi Paradox

G.X. Barnett

Is this where those of us with PhDs all suggest our dissertations?

CookiesPlease

And now we find out if your audience is good fellas, or...

jollytheoldsaint

I like Golden Idol but can't quite bring myself to vote for it because if you look at past video game episodes it's clear the willingness to stick with slow starts or frustrating puzzles is just not there and I'm just not that interested in listening to yet another "one of them quit halfway through the tutorial and another played a few levels then watched a stream" review crew ep...

Hunter E

By coincidence, I recently shared in the Adal discord channel a thing about grapes powering quantum fields

Legotti

I’m so pleased for science!

Legotti

If you would like to have some fun you can try my partner's master thesis: " Development of a water quality pressure index (WQPI) under data-sparse conditions" http://permalink.obvsg.at/bok/AC17131435 Click "volltext" to see it

Timeeatsflesh

What's your research?

Lilyan Glaeser

Bee Movie but it’s the one on YouTube where it speeds up every time someone says bee.

Kelly Sczomak

Golden idol can take a long time to finish if you have any trouble. I feel like its more a game you play in a few sessions

Max

Listening to them review bad movies is usually my favorite but Bee Movie is more than I can handle.

Laurel

Can we please keep the bee movie for next month cause I need to hear y'all review it

Ayn Like Ryan

I just had some of my research get published this month in a scientific journal. I don't think my work would actually be that interesting for a podcast, but I bet plenty of listeners have written articles that you guys could read and try to explain for the episode.

Kayla Kindig

Case of the Golden Idol is a great game and should be played regardless imo

MaxMin

Ooooo, I like these options (except Bee Movie, but 3 out of 4 isn't bad)!

Pumpkin Soup

Both Golden Idol games are SO GOOD

Tessa H.

Sensing that maybe the science topic option exists to menace the listeners who do know science.

nini

It's somehow always the one I want the least that wins. Every time.

Dean Scream 717

This could've been the thing that made me watch Bee Movie but I guess I'm going to have to carry on waiting for the right time...

Celena

Someone call Hank Green!

Grace Pritchett

My wife and I just beat Golden Idol yesterday! It is such a wonderful mystery game. That said, I voted for science topics, because that sounds fun as hell

Tyler Stercula

I voted for Investigate, but was still pretty shocked to see that Bee Movie wasn't in the lead. Good work everyone!

Matt S.

If there’s one thing the podcast space doesn’t have enough of it’s people talking about scientific things they don’t know much about

Brandon Nunnery

Yeah I'm worried they'll pick a topic I'm knowledgeable on

Hunter E

They can do their science topic this month and a corrections episode next month. 👩🏼‍🔬

Ron

Kind of heartening that at least so far the "make them do the worst/meme-iest one" push seems not to have shown up this time...

Hunter E

These are all so good.

Caroline Gruber

Bee Movie outperforming Golden Idol is devastating to me.

Charlie

please god anything but Bee Movie

Andrew Boehme

Museum and golden idol both sound great to me. I worry with the science thing that someone will very confidently say something very wrong and not be corrected, and if I happen to know it's wrong, it will drive me insane.

Faith Quist

Same tbh. My buddy and I are playing it together and it’s even harder making time in both of our schedules lol

Cayden pruiett

Golden idol is one of my favourite games of all time but the video game review crews have set a low bar haha

Jesse Abramson

Erin PLEASE explain quantum computing

Todd Wells

If you're in line to vote for bee movie STAY IN LINE

Benny

Someone explain rabies. And black holes. And how gravity works and why the sun isn't going to fall into earth, because my kid is really really worried about that and no amount of comfort on my part has been helping!

Kathleen Sawisky

I'll have to check out the game I've never heard of it. Someone's definitely already recommended this, but another game that you all would enjoy and would be easy for Erin's motion sickness is disco elysium. It's a murder mystery kinda RPG.

Dehlan Sage

Team museum. It's been too long since we had a review where they actually had to go out to a place and do things.

Michad

Who is going to be the one to try and describe quantum entanglement and make it exclusively sexual innuendo

Matthew Steinmetz

As one of the listeners with a "science-y" job, I'm very hopeful that the science topic will win.

Ron

these are all so good 😭

finch

Month three of requesting “listen to all four of the uncle mumbles episodes”. One of these days…it’s gonna work…

Noah June

FOR SCIENCE!

Bryan Turley

Hardest poll yet!

Benjamin Regan

Fun game; I'm only three or four in because I keep running out of time to play games and i I don't finish a puzzle in a sitting I will completely forget all context.

Adam Kronfeld

Team Golden Idol, it's fantastic!

Tyler Poublon

All of these look great :) for February I think y'all should play Dream Daddy, the game where you're a single dad and get to date other dads

Ellyse

I NEED to hear their thoughts on Bee movie. As a joke it's been done to death, but I still want it.

George Osborn

If yall need a scientific topic, I’m defending my doctorate in January

Thomas Degroat

Oh no this one’s hard

Lex & Aidan

If Golden Idol doesn't win I hope it makes a come back

resnet

Zamn!!

Tag Crown

I know it’ll probably lose, but case of the golden idol is incredible

Cayden pruiett


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