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Hello and welcome to Don’t Spoil the Ending - Episode 64 Sam hosts JT and Ste to talk all things films, TV, games and AI. JT has been using AI to recreate Game of Thrones, but insists he is very much anti AI. Ste gives us his take on The Odyssey while JT has been to the cinema to watch The End of Oak Street and insists he is definitely anti AI We cover Spider-Man 2 and the fall out of the Sony physical disc announcement. Sam takes us to Steam Deck Corner to review Minimalist Tower Defence (yes, that’s the name of the game). And JT insists he is anti AI... again. JT talks us through the latest season of House of the Dragon and Ste also updates us on season 3 of 1670. Did JT say he was anti AI? To build up for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, the main review this week is Avengers: Age of Ultron. I think JT is anti AI. First Act 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:15 - Joe Schmo Segment 00:05:52 - JT IS ANTI AI Films 00:18:06 - The Odyssey Re-cap 00:25:19 - The End of Oak Street Games 00:28:17 - Spider Man 2 (Game) 00:33:34 - Sony Physical Disc Fall Out 00:41:17 - Minimalist Tower Defence 00:43:39 - X Com / Baldur's Gate 3 Break 00:47:15 TV 00:47:16 - House of the Dragon 00:50:44 - 1670 00:57:48 - Designated Survivor Break 01:01:51 Main Review 01:01:52 - Avengers: Age of Ultron Fin 01:47:30 Contact us: Email: [email protected] X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Follow us… X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Apple: https://tr.ee/ff35eg Spotify: https://tr.ee/GeB2YQ Castbox: https://tr.ee/OeGQRk Pocket Casts: https://tr.ee/foVBbY Podcast Addict: https://tr.ee/GVF2QA Podcast Republic: https://tr.ee/4oA9Dd AntennaPod: https://tr.ee/B8m9aX YouTube: https://tr.ee/fbprfn YouTube Music: https://tr.ee/mbYbXs RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/dont-spoil-the-ending/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dste?subscribe

Hello and welcome to Replay from Don’t Spoil The Ending In this episode, on its first anniversary of its release, we take a look back to our review of Weapons. The show was hosted by Joe and features John, Jono and Sam. Enjoy the show! Intro: 0:00 Weapons Review: 0:19 Outro: 22:24 Really hope you enjoyed the look back at that review. As always, we’d love to hear from you... You can contact us on don’t spoil the ending @ gmail.com or find us on X @ DSTEpodcast If you enjoyed the show it’s be great if you can leave a 5 star review as it massively helps us get out to new listeners or tell someone to listen that you think would like the show. We’ll be back next week with our main show. See you then!! Contact us: Email: [email protected] X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Follow us… X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Apple: https://tr.ee/ff35eg Spotify: https://tr.ee/GeB2YQ Castbox: https://tr.ee/OeGQRk Pocket Casts: https://tr.ee/foVBbY Podcast Addict: https://tr.ee/GVF2QA Podcast Republic: https://tr.ee/4oA9Dd AntennaPod: https://tr.ee/B8m9aX YouTube: https://tr.ee/fbprfn YouTube Music: https://tr.ee/mbYbXs RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/dont-spoil-the-ending/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dste?subscribe

Hello and welcome to Don’t Spoil the Ending - Episode 63 Joe hosts Sam, JT and Jono to talk all things The Odyssey We start with a quick-fire round up of Jono and JT’s recent cinema viewings before diving into our comprehensive review of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Intro - 00:00:00 Nolan Top 3’s - 00:02:13 Quick fire reviews - 00:06:33 - The Invite > Supergirl WARNING: Review contains SPOILERS The Odyssey Review - 00:08:34 Contact us: Email: [email protected] X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Follow us… X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Apple: https://tr.ee/ff35eg Spotify: https://tr.ee/GeB2YQ Castbox: https://tr.ee/OeGQRk Pocket Casts: https://tr.ee/foVBbY Podcast Addict: https://tr.ee/GVF2QA Podcast Republic: https://tr.ee/4oA9Dd AntennaPod: https://tr.ee/B8m9aX YouTube: https://tr.ee/fbprfn YouTube Music: https://tr.ee/mbYbXs RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/dont-spoil-the-ending/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dste?subscribe *Podcast episode originally released on 27/07/2026

Hello and welcome to REPLAY A new series from Don’t Spoil The Ending In these episodes we’re going to be taking a look back at some of our old film reviews Or maybe some game or TV reviews too We’ll try to keep them topical So to celebrate Christopher Nolan’s new film, The Odyssey Our first REPLAY is our review of Dunkirk from 2017 The show was hosted by Joe and features John, Nick, Jono, and Sam Enjoy the show! Really hope you enjoyed the look back at that review As always, we’d love to hear from you You can contact us on [email protected] or find us on X @DSTEpodcast If you enjoyed the show it’d be great if you can leave a 5 star review as it massively helps us get out to new listeners or tell someone to listen that you think would like the show. We’ll be back next week with our main show reviewing The Odyssey See you then! Intro: 0:00 Dunkirk Review: 0:45 Outro: 52:45 Contact us: Email: [email protected] X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Follow us… X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Apple: https://tr.ee/ff35eg Spotify: https://tr.ee/GeB2YQ Castbox: https://tr.ee/OeGQRk Pocket Casts: https://tr.ee/foVBbY Podcast Addict: https://tr.ee/GVF2QA Podcast Republic: https://tr.ee/4oA9Dd AntennaPod: https://tr.ee/B8m9aX YouTube: https://tr.ee/fbprfn YouTube Music: https://tr.ee/mbYbXs RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/dont-spoil-the-ending/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dste?subscribe

Hello and welcome to Don’t Spoil the Ending - Episode 62 Sam hosts JT and Jono to talk all things video games, TV, and films. Recorded during the heatwave this week there’s certainly some hot takes being thrown around. We quickly cover the World Cup so far and still manage to crowbar in some Arsenal criticism. Moving onto games we talk about Mouse: P.I. for Hire and Over The Hill (demo) and discuss the new Steam Machine and pricing around consoles. GTA VI release is drawing closer so we reveal our expectations for the most anticipated game ever. JT talks about the up coming season of House of the Dragon after the new trailer dropped and Sam reviews the highly rated Widow's Bay on Apple. Jono and JT review some of the films they’ve seen at the cinema recently including Disclosure Day, Obsession, Backrooms, and Supergirl. Our main film this episode, picked purely for the pun, is Con Air. Intro - 00:00:00 Preamble - 00:07:44 Games - 00:25:24 -Mouse: P.I. for Hire -Over The Hill (demo) -Steam Machine -GTA VI TV - 00:54:38 -House of the Dragon -Widow's Bay -Netflix Documentaries Films - 01:15:22 -Saving Private Ryan -Disclosure Days -Obsession -Backrooms -Supergirl Main Review - 01:43:49 -Con Air Contact us: Email: [email protected] X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Follow us… X: https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Apple: https://tr.ee/ff35eg Spotify: https://tr.ee/GeB2YQ Castbox: https://tr.ee/OeGQRk Pocket Casts: https://tr.ee/foVBbY Podcast Addict: https://tr.ee/GVF2QA Podcast Republic: https://tr.ee/4oA9Dd AntennaPod: https://tr.ee/B8m9aX YouTube: https://tr.ee/fbprfn YouTube Music: https://tr.ee/mbYbXs RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/dont-spoil-the-ending/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dste?subscribe *Podcast episode originally released on: 03/07/2026

Hello and welcome to Don’t Spoil the Ending - Episode 61 Joe hosts JT and Sam to talk all things games, TV, film, books and TikTok. This week we dive straight into film reviews as Sam talks about the new Jack Ryan film. Joe recently watched Dune/Dooon for the first time and JT reviews new cinema release, Obsession. We also talk about our feelings on overly revealing film trailers and how we’d improve them. We go on a slight tangent on culture in the 90/00s compared to now - WWE, Limp Bizkit, MTV, Barclays Premiership and NFL vs erm… TikTok. Joe serves up his opinion of Dave the Diver and JT updates his review from last show for Atomfall. We touch on the upcoming DOA 6 before Joe tells us about his racing sim/VR setup for Gran Turismo 7. We have a sudden realisation we’re getting old after a rewatch of Peep Show and JT gives us his take on The Pitt. Our main review this episode is Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. 00:00:00 - Pre-show 00:01:59 - Intro Films 00:03:33 - Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War 00:11:30 - Dune 00:16:45 - Obsession 00:25:42 - Film Trailers Culture 00:32:05 - Culture Discussion Video Games 00:37:46 - General Game Chat 00:42:30 - Dave the Diver 00:45:12 - Video Game Pricing 00:46:56 - Atomfall 00:50:57 - DEAD OR ALIVE 6: Last Round 00:52:18 - Gran Turismo 7 VR TV 01:02:15 - Peep Show 01:03:31 - The Pitt Main Review 01:11:56 - Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Get in touch with us:
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Hello and welcome to Don’t Spoil the Ending - Episode 60 We’re back to a three man pod this week as Sam hosts Ste and JT to talk all things games, TV, film and books. We start by diving into a Joe Schmo segment and the fight to be CM Punk’s number one fan. JT talks about the new Exit 8 film based on the cult favourite game and our foreign film correspondent reviews The Swedish connection. We dig into the new Lee Cronin's The Mummy film and Sam doesn’t have a fun time watching Greenland 2. Ste and JT take us through their early thoughts on Atomfall, a British based survival game set in an alternative history in the North West of England. JT has a quick review of the Soul Reaver remastered games and Ste updates us on his World of Tanks progress. In recent TV we’ve watched, Sam talks us through season 1 of the critically acclaimed The Pitt. Ste has been enjoying Dorohedoro, an anime series featuring a half man / half lizard as the main character and the new Zach Galifinakis series, This Is a Gardening Show. JT and Sam indulge in some trash TV watching Temptation Island on Nexflix. Sam carries on a reality TV theme living vicariously through Race Across the World. Our main review this week is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, or should we say of the Nine Kingdoms… 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:17 - Joe Schmo Segment Film 00:03:18 - Exit 8 (Film) 00:07:44 - The Swedish Connection 00:14:54 - Lee Cronin's The Mummy 00:19:12 - Greenland 2 Games 00:26:30 - Atomfall 00:30:33 - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered 00:31:42 - World of Tanks TV 00:33:33 - The Pitt 00:46:26 - Dorohedoro 00:51:29 - This is a Gardening Show 00:56:24 - Temptation Island 01:06:26 - Race Across The World Main Review 01:09:39 - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Get in touch with us:
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Hello and welcome to Don’t Spoil the Ending - Episode 59 Joe his back into hosting duties and is joined by JT, Ste and Sam to talk all things games, TV, and film + books. Our main review this episode is Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Project Hail Mary (2026) starring Ryan Gosling. Feature Review
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Welcome to the DSTE Christmas Spectacular!! There’s no Joe or Jono this week so Sam takes over hosting duties and is joined by JT and Ste to talk all things games, TV, and film + books this week. We have a Christmassy catch up before JT’s new section Joe-Schmo Rage Baiting’! We also take a quick look at the new Street Fighter film trailer, the 2026 reboot directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Noah Centineo as Ken and Andrew Koji as Ryu. Ste gives his obligatory World of Tanks update, the enduring armoured warfare MMO, and talks with JT about playing The Outer Worlds 2. This much-anticipated sci-fi RPG sequel from Obsidian Entertainment just launched this October, taking players to the new star system of Arcadia. JT played the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 game as we discuss the blatant rinse and repeat nature of COD (yet it’s still fun) and the campaign (or lack of) vs. online gameplay. The pod has an in depth discussion around how games are priced and marketed around free game models with season pass/DLC. We then drop into Sam’s Steam Deck Corner, where he’s revisiting Trials Evolution, the 2012 physics-based racer from RedLynx. Next, we open Ste’s Book Club to discuss Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi epic Dune and a Haruki Murakami marathon covering the melancholic Norwegian Wood (1987), the metaphysical Kafka on the Shore (2002), and the dystopian epic 1Q84 (2009). JT sits us down to tell us all about The Chair Company, the new HBO comedy-thriller from Tim Robinson about a man who uncovers a corporate conspiracy after his chair collapses during a presentation. We also test our Duolingo language skills by watching foreign TV shows: Schlag Den Star, the long-running German celebrity competition; Deutschland 83, the stylish 2015 Cold War spy thriller; and One Cut of the Dead, the ingenious 2017 Japanese meta-zombie film by Shin'ichirō Ueda. Sam covers The Beast In Me, the new Netflix psychological thriller starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys, and we chat about the massive Netflix vs. Paramount bids for Warner Bros. Discovery, as the streaming giants fight over the future of HBO and the DC Universe. The feature film this week that is unquestionable a Christmas Film - Jingle All The Way, the 1996 holiday classic starring Arnold Schwarzenegger on a desperate quest for a Turbo-Man action figure. Get in touch with us: X - https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Email - [email protected] Intro 00:00:00 - Christmas talk 00:03:05 - Joe-Schmo rage baiting + 2025 Comic book films 00:09:22 - Street Fighter film Video Games 00:13:49 - World of Tanks 00:14:25 - The Outer Worlds 2 00:15:42 - Call of Duty Black Ops 7 00:18:55 - Control Resonant + Alan Wake 00:21:38 - Free game model/DLC/season pass discussion 00:27:46 - Sam’s Steam Deck Corner - Trials Evolution Books 00:30:34 - Ste’s Book Club - Dune + Haruki Murakami / Norwegian Wood + Kafka on the Shore + 1Q84 TV 00:35:53 - The Chair Company 00:40:49 - Duolino chat 00:41:30 - Schlag Den Star (Beat the Star) 00:43:03 - Deutschland 83 00:48:45 - The Beast in Me 00:55:43 - Netflix Monopolisation Films 00:59:07 - One Cut of the Dead Feature Review 01:02:39 - Jingle All The Way

It’s been a year since the last time we sat down for a pod but this one is least recorded within the last month - we’re making progress! Joe hosts JT, Sam, and Jono to talk all things games, TV (except this episode), and film. Games * Joe starts the show discussing Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima's unique open-world action game where you play a courier trying to reconnect a post-apocalyptic United States. * Sam heads to Steam Deck Corner to check out the wacky physics-based comedy of What the Golf? (a game that makes fun of golf) and the digitally adapted classic board game, Carcassonne (where players build a medieval French landscape one tile at a time). * JT and Jono give their first impressions after picking up the brand-new Switch 2 console. Film * Jono and JT review two major new films: the sleek sci-fi sequel Tron: Ares (about a highly advanced program crossing into the real world) and the gritty biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine (starring Dwayne Johnson as legendary MMA pioneer Mark Kerr). * Sam took inspiration from Ed Gein to watch the 1960 horror classic Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. * Joe wraps up the reviews with two genre films: Weapons: A new supernatural mystery-horror film about a group of children who all vanish at the same time and Arrival: Denis Villeneuve’s thoughtful sci-fi drama about a linguist (Amy Adams) trying to communicate with aliens who have landed on Earth. Get in touch with us: X - https://x.com/DSTEPodcast Email - [email protected] 00:00:00 - Intro Games 00:04:53 - Death Stranding 00:19:33 - Steam Deck Corner > What the Golf? > Carcassonne 00:25:12 - Battlefield 6 00:29:40 - Switch 2 > Pokemon Film 00:43:59 - Tron: Ares > Jared Leto 00:48:46 - The Smashing Machine 01:03:00 - Psycho 01:17:37 - Weapons 01:39:40 - Arrival 01:45:41 - Outro

Another old recording from 2024 sat waiting to be released finally sees the light of day! Joe hosts Ste, JT, Jono, and Sam this week to talk about all things games, TV, and film. We catch up on what we have all been up to over the last year since we recorded before diving into our reviews. Jono and JT talk about playing the new Silent Hill 2 Remake and touch on Elden Ring and the Soulsborne games. JT also reveals his favourite game of all time. Joe and Sam gush over Balatro with Joe declaring it his game of the year. Ste talks us through his recent playthrough of the Dungeons of Hinterberg. JT quickly recommends The Penguin before Sam talks up his viewing of Netflix’s Mr. McMahon documentary. Jono also breaks down a Netflix documentary, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story + Grotesquerie (yes, the one featuring Travis Kelce). We have two in depth reviews this episode of Joker: Folie à Deux and The Substance. Running order: 00:00:00 - Catch up Games: 00:12:57 - Silent Hill 2 (remake) > P.T. > Kojima > Death Stranding 00:17:47 - Elden Ring > Lies of P > Soulsborne > Crazy Taxi 00:23:38 - Balatro > Game of the Year > Vampire Survivors > Steam Deck > Football Manager 26 00:40:22 - Dungeons of Hinterberg > Gamepass > World of Tanks > Rocket League 00:46:35 - Under the Waves > Detroit: Become Human > Heavy Rain 00:57:52 - Astro Bot 00:58:54 - Black Myth: Wukong > Stellar Blade TV 01:00:52 - The Penguin 01:01:50 - Mr. McMahon > Untold 01:12:32 - Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story > The Menendez Brothers Documentary 01:28:11 - Grotesquerie Films 01:35:22 - Joker: Folie à Deux 02:00:19 - The Substance Get in touch with us: Email - [email protected]

The wait is over and episode 55 is finally here. Recorded way back in October 2023 we talk all things film, TV and games. Worth the wait… you decide! We start in Troll Corner with JT taking on the wresting nerds on the then new social media platform, X. Ste tells us about what he got up to in Berlin. A brief chat about some farcical celebrity boxing. On to games, Joe tells us about The Quarry, Tails Noir, and Observation he’s played recently. JT puts Hotline Miami in his top 5 games of all time. Ste played Starfield leading to a debate about what is the best Bethesda game. And Sam talks about his new Steamdeck. In the movies we’ve seen this pod, Joe mispronounces Dune a lot and Jono and JT review Dumb Money, The Exorcist:Believer, and The Blackening. 1:21:31 - The main film reviewed in this episode is Mulholland Drive - recently voted as the best film of the 21st Century. https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films Get in touch with us: Email - [email protected]

Another long break but we return once more to talk all things fil, TV and games. On this episode Jono and JT talk about an interrupted trip to the cinema to watch Creed III. Ste reveiws two Marvel films - Thor: Love and Thunder and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. We discuss some TV that wasn't out at the time of recording but is now in the distant past. And the main event of the show we review Spike Jonze's 2013 film Her. Intro 0.46 - Ste goes to Denmark 6.56 - AI chat / social network 14.18 - JT tangent/Ste/Jono story time Movies 16.32 - Cinema chat 21:24 - Creed III 27.00 - Thor: Love and Thunder 29.52 - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 31.18 - Licorice Pizza 35.34 - Cocaine Bear TV 38.28 - Sopranos/Mandolorian/Last of Us 43.18 - Samurai Jack Games 48.29 - Fire Emblem Engage 54.18 - Burnout Revenge Main Event 57.02 - Her Get in touch with us: Email - [email protected]

JONO RETURNS! The DSTE crew welcome back Jono and talk all things games, TV, and film. This weeks main review has been years in the making, it's finally here... the DSTE boys review Inman's favourite film: Taken. Get in touch with us: Email - [email protected]

Take a journey back in time to October 2021 to listen to John, Sam and Ben discuss Star Wars - The Rise Of Skywalker. We recorded this a year ago but have finally got round to releasing it, keep an eye on the feed in the coming weeks/months for more podcasts.