{"podcast":{"title":"The Stage Select","slug":"the-stage-select-6734730","podcast_index_feed_id":6734730,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-stage-select/","website_url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/623aea51-9a8d-44a6-8b6d-eade8f27301b/New-Square.png","author":"Space Monkey Mafia Productions","episode_count":129,"summary":"Welcome to The Stage Select: a video game variety show hosted by Julian Titus and Justin Hamm! We guarantee that we'll talk about video games. Beyond that, you never know what (or who!) to expect each week.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T22:21:43.045322+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 108: Priced Out of Gaming","slug":"episode-108-priced-out-of-gaming","published_at":"2026-07-08T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-108-priced-out-of-gaming","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730","url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm/episode/episode-108-priced-out-of-gaming","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/41a38264-e73d-404e-b9d9-a1c2ce84cd81.mp3","summary":"It’s a heavy episode this week, as Julian’s health issues come to a head and the crazy news in the video game industry causes deep depression and has far-ranging implications for the future of this very podcast. 00:00 Introduction, shelves 12:34 Update on Julian’s health 16:18 The sad reality of video game pricing (and the effect it has on The Stage Select) 01:05:41 Kathy Rain 01:12:49 Dave the Diver 01:20:14 Midnight Suns 01:44:36 WWE 2K26 and general wrestling game talk 01:51:49 Final thoughts on Hades * FULL SPOILERS * 02:03:42 Supergirl (2026) 02:13:57 Justin’s movie round-up (The Strangers franchise, Project Hail Mary, Is God Is) 02:37:04 Obsession * FULL SPOILERS * 02:52:22 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns) Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com Logo and artwork by John Gholson Announcer: John Gholson Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com Copyright 2024-2026 Space Monkey Mafia Productions","meta_description":"It’s a heavy episode this week, as Julian’s health issues come to a head and the crazy news in the video game industry causes deep depression and has far-…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":11447,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stage-select-6734730/episodes/episode-108-priced-out-of-gaming/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-108-priced-out-of-gaming.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}