Check, Please!

Will Stephen correctly recall any of Data's story-arc from Star Trek: TNG? Can Will steer the podcast towards a recap of the long awaited Mega Game? Find out this week, on Stephen is a Jerk, Part 61. Theme music: Kaissa (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Much like the titular "Boys" in Thin Lizzy's seminal 1976 hit, we're "Back" in town! With town being, in this case, an empty and desolate place filled with the echoes of lost souls (and subsequently some echo on the recording, sorry). Will the strange new recording locale effect our dynamic duo's ability to record some of the best discussion on why an author's podcast is bad? Probably! In fact, a lot of the book club is dedicated to this, and very little to Will's actual thoughts on the book discussed, which he enjoyed a lot. In fact, this isn't really much of a representation of anything other than two people coming together to celebrate their relatively similar birth dates. On a podcast! So, enjoy that. Stephen put in some audio from a different podcast, and, I mean, I don't know if it's cool to use or not so, keep it under your hat! Theme music: Kaissa (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Sound effect: A Harpsichord Dream (zerolagtime) / CC BY

Our most penitent episode, undeserving of an intro theme. Theme music: Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Can Stephen accurately re-tell a story he himself heard on a different podcast, over five years ago? Will the other host ever introduce himself? Does either host know anything about porpoises? Expect answers this week (and apologies next week), on Check, Please! Theme music: Kaissa (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Following the trend of hyper-relevant pop culture commentary, Will presents: Skyrim The Episode. Stephen's there too, but he mostly wanted to talk about Morrowind. A very special videogame episode! Theme music: Kaissa (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Never more now than ever before has the Dark Knight been so relevant, so we spend roughly half this episode's nearly hour-long runtime talking at cross-purposes about a Dark Knight Rises sequel starring Kevin James! We also talk about a bunch of other nerd stuff, and briefly touch on the topic of the podcast itself. Will Stephen's mysterious headache evolve into anything beyond a passing mention? Tune in, and find out! Theme music: Kaissa (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Yeah, we're back. And we're heading Behind The Magic once more to reveal dreadful secrets and fix dreadful movies! What're you gonna do about it, e-mail us at ignitionfan69@gmail.com? Theme music: Kaissa (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Ah yes, the hard hitting social commentary you desire, it's Check, Please! Back again, and, once again, sorry. For all of this. Theme music: Kaissa (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

The rumours are true! We're back with a... It's a uh, it's a director's uh... It's like, a director's commentary? That we did? It's um. It's not really an episode... But, so uh, how're you doing? Theme music: Kaissa (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Opening/Pawn Storm (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Sound effect: A Harpsichord Dream (zerolagtime) / CC BY 3.0

The sky's gone dark, because all the stars have come down for the recording of The Big Season One Finale! A real revolving door of return appearances, and many shocking exits too! Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Additional music: Getting It All Together (Rockit Maxx) / CC BY-NC 4.0 Background: Yucatan Jungle (folkart films) / CC BY 3.0 Background: Gulf Waves 3 (belloisec) / CC BY 3.0 Sound effect: Metal Door.wav / Sampling Plus 1.0 All other sound effects used are CC0.

Well, we're back with another episode where Will doesn't really continue his coup despite only having a very limited amount of episodes before the end, but we -do- spend a lot of time talking about which Batman characters have gas! Also, another idea for a movie is given unto the world. Recorded on our actual technical anniversary! Happy birthday unto us. Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

We round off the first year of the podcast in style, by talking a lot about a TV show we've never seen and acting as kind of a spiritual successor to an episode we did six months ago! Will death come as promised to Check Please Island? Will our heroes finally remember how to make a podcast? Find out! Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Additional music: Getting It All Together (Rockit Maxx) / CC BY-NC 4.0 Background: Yucatan Jungle (folkart films) / CC BY 3.0

A bold new vision for Check Please Island is put forth, and also we finally did another ad! Did Will deliberately "sabotage" an interesting premise for conversation that Stephen brought up just to do the "Ignition" joke again? Decide for yourself, as our two rusty podcast hosts (One of whom is a robot, I can't remember if we brought that up?) navigate their way through the shadows of a new episode. Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Additional music: Getting It All Together (Rockit Maxx) / CC BY-NC 4.0

Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, the answer's already in the title! Join us as we ring in the new year with some new, festive, traditions of our own! Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov)/CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Oh hey, all ye faithful! We're back with an all-new episode, and by "we" I mean just me, Will Binns and Will Binns (the wizard), here to warm you by the fire of our yuletide greetings. Stephen couldn't make it, so I took it upon myself to get into some listener request, and do some more exciting things I assume I can't normally do. This is a part of my therapy for Check, Please!ia, which is a thing I have, so I don't really know if any of this stuff I'm saying is what normally goes here. But, if it is, then that's cool! I hope you have a great Christmas season. Also, I don't think the wizard is really into it. Anyway, thanks bye! Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Sound effect: Sleighbells (Connum) / CC BY-NC 3.0

In this episode, Will calls in, yet has difficulty re-calling anything! Do you get it? But do you get it, though. If you forget what happens in this episode, feel free to re-listen. Maybe you can make sense of all this! Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

In this episode, an old friend resurfaces! Also, we look into more subjects and Will offers a heartfelt apology over some bad information in the last episode. Plus, Stephen receives some frightening news! Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Additional music: Getting It All Together (Rockit Maxx) / CC BY-NC 4.0

We invite listeners old and new to join us on a journey of discovery this episode, as we tread the well beaten path of analysing popular song lyrics for an extended length of time. Still hungry to do more investigating of your own? Why not listen to the archives! Also, an incredible TWO moves are made this week. It's all listed somewhere, I think it's just down. I think the website is down. Maybe there's a problem with your internet. Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Sound effect: A Harpsichord Dream (zerolagtime) / CC BY 3.0

In arguably our forty-third episode, Stephen couldn't make it, so Will rambled on for thirty minutes about nothing. Happy American Thanksgiving! Subjects include song lyrics, phrases and another classic Assassin's Screed. The audio tags lie: This one's all Will Binns! Maybe next time he should prep... Something? You decide! Sound off in the comments below. Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

We bury the hatchet (or should that be baseball bat?) as we catch up with some old friends this episode! Also, it gets pretty NSFW. Questionable lines are drawn as we implore the world to respect our brand! Theme music: Deep Fritz (Karpov Not Kasparov) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Additional music: Cascade Masquerade (Blitz Lunar) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Getting It All Together (Rockit Maxx) / CC BY-NC 4.0 Sound effect: Glass Smash, Bottle, G (InspectorJ) / CC BY 3.0 Bat Hitting (mzoern1) / CC Sampling+ 1.0 Bubbling 01 (MattJ99) / CC BY 3.0