Playing Favourites

Here we are, at a day that was surely inevitable. The Playing Favourites Finale. Surprise, it's a very normal, semi-average episode in turns of quality. We didn't get [current trending celebrity] on as a guest, there's no "omg that's the funniest moment in PF history", we've just fiddled with the format to decide on the ultimate, final question. What's your favourite thing? Harry and May run through their Top 10 lists of their favourite things to ultimately settle on one Ultimate Favourite for both of them. Who? What? Why? Have a listen, let's find out. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with any final thoughts you may have - keep in touch, keep subscribed, who knows if there'll be any Playing Favourites news later down the line. USEFUL LINKS Drops of Jupiter (lyrics) Keyboard Cat TikTok racist tortoise Sister Minnie Dancing plague Dungeons & Dragons Nim Black hole sound 0.9999... = 1 TheSpiffingBrit comment From Me, The Moon Pikachu Maria's cat Wii U Things that matter TikTok MAY / ITSMAYBTW Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FANTASTICHAZ Twitter Twitch YouTube

Harry and May discuss some classic video game villains, some of the traits of the best video game villains, and classic encounters with classic - you guessed it - video game villains. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS Bowser Matt (Wii Sports) Matt (W// Gun) Bowser Parental Controls Koopalings Bob the Builder game G-Man Dr Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik Metal Sonic Shadow the Hedgehog 25 best video game villains you love to hate GLaDOS Lady Dimitrescu Springtrap Wheately Caius Ballad Emet-Selch Goro Majima Handsome Jack Kefka Palazzo Roko's basilisk MAY / ITSMAYBTW Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Harry and May discuss the various world records and accomplishments of cheese, Backrooms cheese (?), and Harry once again attempts a daring stunt in Playing Favourite's first ever attempt at setting a world record. Also can you believe that we did this entire episode without mentioning halloumi. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS Most types of cheese eaten under a car List of cheeses Fastest time to eat a two-pound block of velveeta cheese Harry Eats a Piece of Cheese Stilton cheese Shropshire Blue Gimblett's Guide to the Best of British Cheeses Cheshire cheese Disgusting Stilton image Dairy words Cheddar cheese UK's favourite cheeses Wisconsin cheddar Pepper Jack Vegan cheese Korean (language) Goat's cheese Feta cheese Applewood MAY / ITSMAYBTW Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Harry and May discuss various unique trees, how various types of tree exist, and what it would be like to combat trees if they somehow came to life. Also Play a Record! Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS Major Oak The Giving Tree Hyperion Hyperion picture Prometheus Bamboo growing noise.wmv General Sherman Lindsey Creek tree Giant mushrooms before trees Empress tree Lost glasses Tree identifier app Mangrove forest 9 tree idioms Rose of Sharon Sassafras Chestnut tree Snoop Dogg Christmas Oak trees Shelter (badger game) Among Trees Ori and the Blind Forest Silver birch Weeping willow MAY / ITSMAYBTW Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

In our first instalment of Playing Favourites Announcement, where we announce something about the show Playing Favourites, we're letting you know that the Playing Favourites co-host you'd previously known as Luke has come out as transgender, and going forward she is called May with they/she pronouns. Very cool, everyone claps, don't be weird, thanks for listening! MAY / ITSMAYBTW Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss TV show intros, anime intros, kid's show intros, sitcom intros, and like... probably more as well. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS Game Grumps intros Daredevil intro The Simpsons theme Family Guy intro Ramsay's Hotel Hell intro Scrubs intro Pokemon intro Phineas and Ferb intro They Might Be Giants hot dog thing Malcolm In The Middle intro Digimon Japanese intro Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna - Butterfly Sugar Song to Bitter Step Cruel Angel's Thesis Sonic Riders intro Noragami Aragoto - Hey Kids!! Defenders of the Earth intro 90s X-Men intro We Are the Crystal Gems full version UK's favourite TV theme tunes Elfen Lied - Lilium Sonic Underground intro Sonic X intro The Big Bang Theory theme LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss how embedded idioms are into language, the existence modern idioms, and they delve into the weird and wonderful world of malaphors. Also Harry's on the road again so apologies for his poor audio. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS List of idioms 25 of the best idioms from around the world 50 British slang phrases Fossil word Kit & Kaboodle Kerwhizz (where the Kit & Kaboodle Harry is thinking of are from) Google play favourites Pointing Leonardo meme Malaphors LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss the nature and general perception of exercise/losing weight, their own personal experiences with exercise, and the existence of gym culture. Also at a few points it sounds like Luke is being abducted by aliens and I'm not sure why. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS QWOP Ring Fit Adventure Field hockey List of weight training exercises Beat Saber VR Fox, goat, beans puzzle LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry are once again joined by a guest - Maria! Maria is a graduate of the Cullinary Institute of America, having studied Baking and Pastry. She now works as a bakery manager at her workplace, and has been baking for 10 years. And oh my god does she know her stuff, holy crap. Have a listen, we're talking all things baking. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS The Cullinary Institute of America Baking ratios Biscuit KitKat Buttercream America's favourite baked goods Cruller Apple fritter donut Funfetti cake Angel food cake Carrot cake batter Savoury pies Aquafaba Meringue Salt dough All-edge brownie pan Brownie slicer pan Greggs sausage roll Brookie Bakewell tart Cherry bakewell Maria's lemon blueberry basil entremet Apple crumble MARIA Instagram LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss a weird new-age definition of weather, what to do in various terrible weather situations, and Luke creaks his creaky chair a whole bunch. Also Harry was eating a curry throughout the duration of this episode, see if you can spot sections where he's very clearly just finished eating. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS List of severe weather phenomena Impact winter Nuclear winter Haboob Supercell Pathetic fallacy Fallout 4 intro Snownado Fear of Cold (Jacob Geller) List of costly or deadly hailstorms Petrichor Hail Snow Snoke Sledding Blood rain Everything is orange Red sky at night... LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss what they think the qualities of a mammal are, ways to improve humans to turn them into superior mammals, and the frightening fact that chimpanzees are 99% genetically identical to humans. Madness. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! As discussed in the episode, here's two charities for both mine and Luke's favourite land mammals. We'd love for you to give to both but if that's not possible then don't worry. Luke's Chosen Charity Harry's Chosen Charity USEFUL LINKS Talking piano Platypus Mammal Full mammal list Sonic the Hedgehog Lugia Elephant Chimpanzee Orangutan Orangutan sunglasses Chimp in VR Pangolins Bush Baby Sloth Villain sloth Capybara Top 5 chimpanzee moments Armadillo Enchilada Glyptodont LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss formats and styles of book titles, the importance of a good title and a handful of weird interviews that Harry conducted out in the field. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! Special thanks to Waterstones Nottingham, Five Leaves Bookshop, and Oxfam Market Street! USEFUL LINKS People From My Neighbourhood 1984 Before the Coffee Gets Cold [Spoils Harry's Favourite] Goodreads best book titles Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Necronomicon Breath If We Were Villains The Books of Jacob The Rodent Not Taken Black British Lives Matter The (Very) Hungry Caterpillar How to Cook Husbands How to Cook a Husband (Article) The Kingdom of Little Wounds Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream All The Light We Cannot See LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Christmas has rolled around once again, and Luke and Harry are here to discuss all things Christmas! Specifically the components of Christmas dinner, surrounding foodstuffs on Christmas day, and the fact that Harry is editing this episode from a crappy laptop in Wales because he's stranded there with COVID-19 over the holidays. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS Christmas dinner Hysterical strength Sunday dinner Mince pie Pigs in blankets Forcemeat Turducken KFC gravy burger Elf on the Shelf Christmas pudding Christmas cake Yule log Twiglets Pork pie Stollen Stuffed cabbage Sweet waffle Brussel sprout LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss (briefly) the nature of what is real, as well as what is trivia, the assassinations of various presidents and people, and misinformation your day-to-day life. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS More arrangements of a deck of cards... Your head is older than your feet Jack Ruby Random Trivia Generator Trivia Murder Party Van Gogh Nintendo Coca-Cola Adolf Hitler Factoid Duck's quack Goldfish memories Stayin' Alive Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences Paying for rent with eels Killing cobras/peverse incentive Paid to recycle Superstar Limo ride If you leave hydrogen alone for long enough... The End of Everything Metals weld in space Trees vs stars LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss the nature of what it means to relax, Harry does a live listen-along to some ASMR (and makes lots of awful noises), and the potential state of an unattainable, true state of pure relaxation. This is almost definitely our driest episode yet. Where are the jokes, boys? This isn't Radio 4. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS ASMR Buddhism Let's Find Out ASMR The Basics of Astronomy ASMR ASMR turning you into a human ASMR for men ASMR caring and supportive Funky Kong gives you a ride home from the airport ASMR beat building a Gunpla SCP wiki Courage the Cowardly Dog Return the slab Spongebob/Nosferatu Spongebob meat sphere You're not perfect Lawn bowls Minecraft Volume Alpha Cookie Clicker soundtrack DOOM 2016 soundtrack Tetris LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

In the second HALLOWEEN SPECIAL of Playing Favourites, Luke and Harry discuss the fundamentals of a good spooky story, various old tales from different places around the world, and we discover that Luke knows a whole bunch of stuff about H. P. Lovecraft. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS Pompeii masturbating man Ghost story Ghost Stories (anime) Luke & Harry's Ouija experience Ghostlore H. P. Lovecraft Cool Air The Alchemist (weird man in basement story) The Beast in the Cave Junji Ito The Enigma of Amigara Fault LOCAL58 Frankenstein The Time Machine Dracula Wendigo Frankenstein Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? Unlocked door vampire murderer Overtoun Bridge The Smiling Man Babysitter Clown Slender Man Mothman Slender Man movie LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss the physical constitution of crisps, all kinds of weird facts and trivia about crisps, and over the course of the episode Harry just sort of generally loses his mind. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS Tyrrell's crisps Walkers crisps Lay's chips Pringles McCoys Cheetos Wotsits Skips Doritos Best chips around the world Walkers baked crisps Most Pringles crunched in one bite Most potato chips eaten in one minute Mushroom crisps Mushroom flavoured crisps Smoked pheasant crisps Dill pickle crisps Ketchup Pringles - blue edition Ketchup Pringles - red edition @RonniesPringles Twitter Ronnie's Facebook Flamin' Hot Cheetos Skips Prawn cocktail LUKE / GINGERFORK Twitter Twitch YouTube HARRY / FLAMINGYETI Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss all the ridiculous types of powers that are out there, the perfect balance of what makes a good or intriguing power, as well as making their own Avengers/Justice League-like team of... heroes? Something like that. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS Heroes List of superpowers Justice League Omniscience Invulnerability Absolute Body Yin & Yang Manipulation Mindscape Transportation Summoning The Picture of Dorian Gray Metamorphosis asdfmovie asdfmovie breakdown Daredevil Gravity Manipulation Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 30 most useless superpowers Turning into animals Making cats like you Teleportation Time Manipulation Suggestion Vicious GINGERFORK / LUKE Twitter Twitch YouTube FLAMINGYETI / HARRY Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss robots both fictional and non-fictional alike, as well as big ones, small ones, scary ones, friendly ones, practical ones, and those weird Boston Dynamics dogs as well. LEAVE A REVIEW of Playing Favourites on iTunes! It helps people know that we're a legit podcast that's worth listening to. Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS R2-D2 GNK droid BB-8 Evil BB-8 R4-P17 List of fictional robots Vision Talos Golem Cleverbot Sharks before and after Jaws Boston Dynamics Big Dog Boston Dynamics abusing robots Ex Machina Karn Google Takeout        Apple equivalent        Amazon equivalent Pathfinder Robot that picks tomatoes out of your salad 2B Nier Robot WALL-E EVE (Disney Wiki) Samuel Hayden The Iron Giant GLaDOS Baymax GINGERFORK / LUKE Twitter Twitch YouTube FLAMINGYETI / HARRY Twitter Twitch YouTube

Luke and Harry discuss the various names and naming conventions of the periodic table, bits and pieces of trivia regarding different elements, and muck about with everyone's favourite website: ptable.com Be sure to tweet @PlayFavourites on Twitter or email playingfavouritespodcast@gmail.com with suggestions for what should be discussed next episode! USEFUL LINKS PTable New elements get added Ytterby Francium Simple English Wikipedia Macroscope First periodic table PTable Twitch Titanium Titanium (song) PTable Etsy store Copper Tungsten Bismuth Indium Maryland (Luke's joke is about the flag) Mercury Bismuth GINGERFORK / LUKE Twitter Twitch YouTube FLAMINGYETI / HARRY Twitter Twitch YouTube