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The Stage Select

The Stage Select

By: Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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Welcome to The Stage Select: a video game variety show hosted by Julian Titus and Justin Hamm! We guarantee that we'll talk about video games. Beyond that, you never know what (or who!) to expect each week.Copyright 2026 Space Monkey Mafia Productions Science Fiction
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  • Episode 088: Fortress Maxing
    Feb 18 2026

    Welcome back! It’s been about 2 months since we got to talk about what we’ve been up to, so this is a jam-packed episode full of games, movies, and weird tangents. So many weird tangents.

    00:00 Introduction, door to door salesmen

    16:24 Remembering James Van Der Beek

    24:17 The new focus for The Stage Select

    32:52 Octopath Traveller 0

    59:30 Quartet

    01:21:09 Electric snow shovels, final thoughts on Unbeatable

    01:45:48 198X, Resident Evil VII: Biohazard

    02:15:19 Silent Hill f (FULL SPOILERS!)

    02:40:40 Return to Silent Hill (FULL SPOILERS!)

    03:09:01 The search for Richard Harden, Private Detective

    03:14:57 Justin’s mega movie roundup (The Menu, Witchboard, One Battle After Another, Black Phone 2, Bone Tomahawk, The Running Man 2025, Drop, Children of the Corn, The Amityville Horror, Roofman, The Substance, The Naked Gun 2025)


    Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

    Logo and artwork by John Gholson

    Announcer: John Gholson

    Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

    Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com


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    3 hrs and 54 mins
  • Episode 087: I'm an Adult and I Need to do Something About This
    Feb 11 2026

    SEASON PREMIERE! Welcome back for season THREE of The Stage Select! This week we have our personal top ten lists for 2025, employee performance reviews, an introduction to our new AI assistant, and so much more! It's great to be back in the saddle!

    00:00 Introductions, a special message, and some announcements

    18:28 Kicking off our personal top 10 lists for 2025

    56:20 Getting into the top 5 (after some shenanigans)

    01:58:22 Honorable mentions and our personal game of the year picks

    02:35:52 A very special CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns)

    Listen to Julian on the Game of the Year episode of Games My Mom Found: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-h88y5-1a31258

    Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

    Logo and artwork by John Gholson

    Announcer: John Gholson

    Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

    Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

    Copyright 2024-2026 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

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    2 hrs and 54 mins
  • The Julian Titus Show 2
    Feb 4 2026

    Welcome to episode 2 of The Julian Titus show, starring Julian Titus! Justin has moved on to home ownership and having a “relationship”, whatever that is, so it’s time once again for Julian to strike out on his own. Only this time, he’s not alone…*

    00:00 Introduction, and introducing the new partner to the podcast

    04:32 Final thoughts on Ghost of Yotei

    22:22 Things I wanted to get off my chest that I forgot on the season finale

    33:08 Anthem, Terminator 2D: No Fate

    48:35 Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

    *This is a bit. Last season I kept seeing people download the first one of these and I shudder to think that this could be your first taste of our podcast. Please, go listen to one of the numbered episodes first.

    Logo and artwork by John Gholson

    Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

    Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

    Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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