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Jan 10, 2025 | 
couchsoup.com | Iain McParland |Candace Bissonette
hello world!In a life-or-death situation, would you risk your own life to save others? What if that life-or-death situation were to last several weeks or months? And what if saving lives actively puts your life and your people in a more precarious situation? It starts to get a bit more morally ambiguous. The Damned, directed by Thordur Palsson, is a story about this very predicament.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Iain McParland |Candace Bissonette
hello world!“The early bird catches the worm.” Right? That’s the saying, anyway. However, Early Birds sort of disproves that saying. In fact, it probably saves someone’s life. So, think about that, dear reader, the next time someone you love gives you sass about being lazy and staying in bed too long.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Iain McParland |Jordan Jurkowski |Candace Bissonette
I love driving. Most of the time, I’m chilling out, listening to podcasts (like Watching Now on CouchSoup.com!) and trying to block out the world… safely, of course. However, I’m from little old England where you’re never far from the next town over. It’s not America where there could be hundreds of miles between gas stations. That would turn my afternoon drive into Stress City.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Thomas Richards |Candace Bissonette
ATLUS have made a name for themselves in the JRPG space. They’re behind mammoth series such as Persona and Shin Megami Tensei, both of which have received critical and commercial acclaim. They’ve tackled school settings, inter-dimensional devils, and even god themselves, but none of these games has ever delved into the typical fantasy genre. That’s where Metaphor: ReFantazio comes in (which I’ll be calling just Metaphor from now on), and basically, it’s as if Persona met high fantasy.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Ben Hazell |Candace Bissonette
I first heard about Wukong in 2022. It was one of those games where a trailer drops and is able to generate immediate excitement. The graphics looked crisp, the gameplay looked similar to From Software’s popular Dark Souls series, and it was based on a story that we in the West scarcely have a chance to absorb in video game form. Possibly the most famous figure in Buddhist myth: Sun Wukong. The Monkey King that ascended to heaven and was inevitably cast out.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Thomas Richards |Candace Bissonette
hello world!Can you believe that there is only a quarter of 2024 left? Time sure goes by fast these days, bringing us ever closer to the heat death of the universe. But aside from continually racing towards our extinction, the constant passing of time also means that we’ve got a whole bunch of new anime coming out this Fall 2024 season! From long-awaited adaptations to sequels I never thought would see the light of day, the Fall anime lineup has it all.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Shana Martin |Candace Bissonette |Thomas Richards
Welcome, Litter mates. Did you know there is a theory that all cats hate water? However, that is a misnomer: cats can either love it or hate it. Just like us. According to Dr. Katy Nelson, a Senior Veterinary Relations Manager for Chewy Health, as well as an associate veterinarian at the Belle Haven Animal Medical Centre in Alexandria, VA, and medical advisor for petMD,“Rather than completely hating water, cats may simply dislike the loss of control that comes with getting wet.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Luis Reza |Brandy Brown |Candace Bissonette |Godzilla Movies
You are in no short supply for Ryan Reynolds movies, and I, for one, am NOT complaining. With Deadpool and Wolverine coming out at the end of July, I started getting a hankering for watching Ryan Reynolds’ movies in general. I started noticing something while watching all of these movies simultaneously; like with any great actor, there are many different versions of Reynolds we are getting in these films, but there are nods to his specific style in each.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Thomas Richards |Candace Bissonette
Another massive season of anime is underway right now! And there is a lot to choose from, so much so that when you’re scrolling through Crunchyroll, you might be overwhelmed. With all the new series and returning ones, all those choices can be daunting. But lucky for you, Couch Soup is here to give you some top picks from Crunchyroll’s Summer 2024 line-up that are sure to be bangers. Imagine it; you’re just a normal high school student living their normal high school life.
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May 4, 2024 | 
couchsoup.com | Brandy Brown |Candace Bissonette |Thomas Richards
Cozy Games have become a big part of the gaming industry. After Stardew Valley, it seems like every other developer has started creating cozy farming sims. I think this is just the beginning of the farming-life sim revolution. They are so successful because they offer so much freedom within the game. You can set goals and work toward them in your own time. For people with stressful lives or stressful jobs, how amazing is that? They offer realism and relaxation.
