Roughly a year ago, the Rampant Discourse crew had a spirited email discussion that was sparked by two articles on the topic of wealth inequality. One of the articles was a ProPublica article about how the wealthy lower their tax bills, and the other was a Bloomberg article about how the 90% are borrowing from the 1%. We decided we had enough differences of opinion that it could make for…
The Rampant Discourse Podcast: Episode 83 – The Best Video Games: 8th Generation
Video games played a big role in the formative years of the Rampant Discourse crew, so it was only a matter of time before we decided to record a series on what we consider to be the best video games of all time. Join us as we discuss which games had the best story, were the most fun with friends, elicited the most feelings, and other superlatives. In this episode,…
The Rampant Discourse Podcast: Episode 82 – The Best Video Games: 7th Generation
Video games played a big role in the formative years of the Rampant Discourse crew, so it was only a matter of time before we decided to record a series on what we consider to be the best video games of all time. Join us as we discuss which games had the best story, were the most fun with friends, elicited the most feelings, and other superlatives. In this episode,…
The Rampant Discourse Podcast: Episode 81 – The Best Video Games: 6th Generation
Video games played a big role in the formative years of the Rampant Discourse crew, so it was only a matter of time before we decided to record a series on what we consider to be the best video games of all time. Join us as we discuss which games had the best story, were the most fun with friends, elicited the most feelings, and other superlatives. In this episode,…
The Rampant Discourse Podcast: Episode 80 – The Best Video Games: 5th Generation
Video games played a big role in the formative years of the Rampant Discourse crew, so it was only a matter of time before we decided to record a series on what we consider to be the best video games of all time. Join us as we discuss which games had the best story, were the most fun with friends, elicited the most feelings, and other superlatives. In this episode,…
The Rampant Discourse Podcast: Episode 79 – Maus
We’re back from our incredibly long hiatus with a coincidentally timely episode. A few months ago we decided to continue our book club series by reading the graphic novel Maus. With the work in the news recently, we decided it was time to finally publish what we recorded. Please note: Since we recorded this months ago there will be no discussion of the current controversy, but we hope you enjoy…
My Ring Fit Adventure in 2021
The Rampant Discourse staff have made several valiant attempts at sustaining an exercise regimine. None of them stuck around. Paul’s Xbox Fitness Challenge in 2016 had a single update at the two month mark before the service itself was killed by Microsoft. Paul’s P90x3 Challenge in 2017 had a single update at the one month mark before ending in disappointment (and hope). Paul’s 21 Day Fix Challenge in 2018 had…
Reading Challenge Results for 2021
Welcome to the recap of my Goodreads reading challenge results for 2020. Of course, the year did not turn out how any of us predicted. The Covid-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc. We said goodbye to a lot of people, including one of my favorite musicians. A lot of bad things happened during 2020. But some good things managed to slip in as well. Maybe you revisited some favorite video…
The Most Significant Commercials from Super Bowl LV
In the longest running feature on site, I have analyzed the commercials for every Super Bowl for the past several years, and I’m back again for the 2021 edition. But the results of this year’s analysis has me wondering if I’ll be back again in 2022 for Super Bowl LVI. I may be getting ahead of myself a little, though, so let’s get down to basisc. Every year I start…
The Rampant Discourse Podcast: Episode 78 – The Best Video Games: 4th Generation
Video games played a big role in the formative years of the Rampant Discourse crew, so it was only a matter of time before we decided to record a series on what we consider to be the best video games of all time. Join us as we discuss which games had the best story, were the most fun with friends, elicited the most feelings, and other superlatives. In this episode,…