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Common Room S2E21: Shiny Victini (REAL)

We chat about Pokemon, some wrap-up on our first completed Harry Potter game let's-play, TERFy husbands, and more.

The Shrieking Shack Plays: OOTP (PS2) Part 4

 The finale of our Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (PS2)  playthrough! We destroy some fellow students in lethal combat, set off  fireworks as Fred & George, and face o...

Episode 88: You're My Captain Now Ha Ha

Half-Blood Prince chapter 6. 

We get extremely rowdy this week! We have Fantastic Beasts drama, Emma Watson and Tom Felton news, and a chapter that is earnestly one of the most unbelieva...

The Sexy Shining

We chat about holidays, cast some very important votes, and spend a night in a haunted (but very fashionable) hotel.

Episode 87: When I Was...

Half-Blood Prince chapter 5. We scope out the Magic Awakens situation, chat about the Wizarding World Gold journal, and play some piano before diving into an extremely dense chapter of family drama...

Common Room S2E19: Salute & Wink

we discuss phase-based movie distribution, RPG character building, propaganda, and xeecee's deepest-held dumb opinion

The Shrieking Shack Plays: OOTP (PS2) Part 3

 This week's episode is full of shocking discoveries. Myrtle's secret  room, Snape's favorite kind of firework, what a paved courtyard is, and  more! 

Episode 86: The J.K Rowling Observation Interface

Half-Blood Prince chapter 4. We have some news cleanup to attend to after Wizarding World Gold ate up the whole segment last week, as well as some exciting advances in the field of A.I to reveal. T...

Common Room S2E18: Chiastic Podcast Structure

We've got ring theory on the brain due to some off-air conversations, so this episode weaves a delicate ring through several repeating topics: Fallout 76, fun trashy fantasy novels, John Green cont...

The Shrieking Shack Plays: OOTP (PC) Part 2

We're back in the castle and learning how to play Gobstones, doing chores for a certain evil gentleman, all while playing on a very real Playstation 2!

Episode 85: Misty Fug

Half-Blood Prince chapter 3. Wizarding World Gold (not to be confused with Wizard World Gold, which is what I did googling this story) is finally here, and it's more or less the same product the le...

Common Room S2E17: Bong Bing

soundboard time

The Shrieking Shack Plays: OOTP (PC) Part 1

Surprise!! We are gamers once more...

Welcome to the incredibly weird Order of  the Phoenix movie tie-in, which is both extremely ambitious and  incredibly funny. There are some aud...

Episode 84: Unwanted Dementor Lore

Half-Blood Prince chapters 1&2. We're here! Order of the Phoenix is in the rearview, and it's time to start a new, almost equally long journey through book six. We read two chapters this week, ...

Common Room S2E16: Timeline Split

xeecee got hit by a very slow car while out buying coke zero and created a time shift

Shrieking at the Movies: Order of the Phoenix

After some brief news (farewell, Pottermore...) we have two tickets to the Order of the Phoenix movie, which is... hmm. Hmm! We discuss this messy flick in an episode longer than the film itself. L...

Common Room S2E15: Frig Magnets

We learn all about business, success, and excellence

Episode 82: Goodbye, Flutepiano

Order of the Phoenix chapter 38. Another book comes to a close, and Liz has a shocking secret to reveal, as well as an epic promise to make. We have some Fantastic Beasts non-news, but most of this...

Read Another Book: Looking for Alaska

we pop open a big jug of carlo rossi and light up some camel crushes to discuss this classic (?) teen melodrama.

Episode 81: The Sock Ruse

Order of the Phoenix chapter 37. We're nearly done with this gigantic tome, and Dumbledore has many, many words for us about the themes of the series, whether or not house elf slavery is okay if th...

Common Room S2E14: The Numbers Are Going Up

Post-comic-con, xeecee spins some yarns about fan art, merch, nipples, and--who else?--the Joker. We also chat a little bit more about fan fiction, and chat a little bit about Control, the video ga...

Episode 80: Naruto Slander

Order of the Phoenix chapter 36. We chronicle JK Rowling's exciting return to Twitter to... advertise a logo update? And speculate on just where on earth the whole Harry Potter franchi...

Common Room S2E13: The Cat Word

Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is  forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he lik...

Episode 79: The Brain Room

Order of the Phoenix chapter 35. We've got a big pile of news to sort through (finally!) before getting to this week's chapter. It's basically one big action sequence, so sit back and relax while w...

Common Room S2E12: Medium Nudity

We talk about the Nintendo Direct and eSports, and then dive into the world of edited-for-families film services.

Episode 78: Silly Season

Order of the Phoenix chapters 33 and 34. We learn all about the... uh... Joe Biden fandom? Before discussing two chapters this week. The first one is very bad, folks! 

--just wanna throw...

Common Room S2E11: The Ballad of Mark Evans

This was another busy month for us, but fear not: we're here with an extra-long deep dive into some Harry Potter internet history. 

Episode 77: Catcher in the Rye 2

Order of the Phoenix chapter 32. Tom news! Get your Tom news! As well as an exciting new app! We love apps here. We didn't love this chapter though, or at least not all of it. Find out all about Ga...

Common Room S2E10: ShriekTix™

On the eve of a new Taylor Swift album, we revisit her previous release's absolutely insane marketing rollout. Then we take a spooky and scary dive into some more Blackmilk ad lore!

Episode 76: JK Rowling Found Alive In Glasgow

Order of the Phoenix chapter 31. JK Rowling has been discovered alive and well in a pub where her husband's band was performing. Incidentally, did you know that Fat Cops band we talked about a long...