The Texts Discussed:

9. Spec Ops: The Line by Cory Davis

10. The Stanley Parable by Davey Wreden

11. Hundred Thousand Billion Poems by Raymond Queneau

12. Quiplash 2 by Steve Heinrich and Ryan DiGiorgi

Bevrowe.info, where you can find one interactive translation of Hundred Thousand Billion Poems

The Texts Discussed:

5. Bandersnatch directed by David Slade & written by Charlie Brooker

6. Building Stories by Chris Ware

7. Life in Sonderville by Mark Swift

8. Space and Beyond by R.A. Montgomery

Interlude Music - "Forest Lullaby" by Lesfm

Interview with Hidetaka Miyazaki - The New Yorker

Dark Souls and Depression - Vice

Dark Souls and Perspective - Polygon

Dark Souls and Depression - Arizona State University

Outside Xtra

VaatiVidya

SmoughTown

Interlude Music - "Forest Lullaby" by Lesfm

The Texts Discussed:

1. 4'33" by John Cage

2. House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski

3. Batman: A Death in the Family by Jim Starlin (writer) and Jim Aparo (penciller)

4. Six Cold Feet (Season 2) by J.M. Donellan

The same version of 4'33" used in the episode

A Million Blue Pages

Interlude Music - "Forest Lullaby" by Lesfm

Alex's picks:

• the album Ambient I: Music for Airports, by Brian Eno 
• the comics series Fables, created by Bill Willingham
• the film Vampire's Kiss, directed by Robert Bierman and starring Nicolas Cage

Beth's picks:

• the video game Dear Esther, directed by Dan Pinchbeck
• the book But What If We're Wrong?, written by Chuck Klosterman
• the television series Atlanta, created by Donald Glover

Alex's picks:

• the television show The Legend of Korra, created by Bryan Konietzko [a sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender]
• the video game Dragon Age 2, directed by Mark Darrah [a sequel to Dragon Age: Origins]
• the novel The Great Glass Elevator, written by Roald Dahl [a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]

Beth's picks:

• the novel Closing Time, written by Joseph Heller [a sequel to Catch-22]
• the video game Payday 2, directed by David Goldfarb [a sequel to Payday: The Heist]
• the television series Better Call Saul, created by Vince Gilligan [a prequel to Breaking Bad]

Alex's picks:

• the film Céline and Julie Go Boating, directed by Jacques Rivette
• the album Antichrist Superstar, by Marilyn Manson
• the interactive art piece Every Day, the Same Dream, created by Paolo Pedercini

Beth's pick's: 

• the video game Mini Metro, created by Peter Curry and Robert Curry
• the musician Radical Face
• the book Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski

Alex's picks:

• the band Ween
• the book Naked Lunch, written by William S. Burroughs
• the film Left Behind, directed by Vic Armstrong

Beth's picks:

• the video game Jazzpunk, directed by Luis Hernandez and Jess Brouse
• the album The Extended Play EP, by TJ Miller
• the book The Remarkable Millard Fillmore, written by George Pendle

Alex's picks:

• the character Sam Clay from the novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, written by Michael Chabon
• the character Jenny Fields from the film adaptation of The World According to Garp, directed by George Roy Hill
• the character Darius Epps from the television show Atlanta, created by Donald Glover

Beth's picks:

• the character the Judge from Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West, written by Cormac McCarthy
• the character the Dragonborn from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, directed by Todd Howard
• the album 36 Ghosts, by Nine Inch Nails

Alex's picks:

• the television franchise Star Trek, originally created by Gene Roddenberry
• the film The Dark Crystal, directed by Jim Henson
• the video game Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, created by Insomniac Games

Beth's picks:

• the television show The Leftovers, created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta 
• the novel Nova, written by Samuel R. Delany
• the video game Bastion, created by Gavin Simon and Andrew Wang

Alex's picks:

• the album If You're Feeling Sinister, by Belle and Sebastian
• the film Wonder Boys, directed by Curtis Hanson
• the television show The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening

Beth's picks:

• the novel Frindle, written by Andrew Clements
• the website Homerunner, created by The Brothers Chaps (Matt and Mike Chapman)
• the video game Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, directed by Lorne Lanning

Alex's picks:

• the album Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out, by Petra Haden [originally written by The Who]
• the novel and film The Sweet Hereafter, the novel written by Russell Banks and the film directed by Atom Egoyan
• the 2020 remake of Final Fantasy VII, directed by Tetsuya Nomura, Naoki Hamaguchi, and Motomu Toriyama

Beth's picks:

• the album Dark Side of the Moon, by The Flaming Lips (and Stardeath and White Dwarfs) [originally written by Pink Floyd]
• the novel and film Misery, the novel written by Stephen King and the film directed by Rob Reiner
• the film and television series Fargo, the film directed by the Coen Brothers and the show created by Noah Hawley

Alex's picks:

• the album The Holy Bible, by Manic Street Creatures
• the film Melancholia, directed by Lars von Trier
• the comic strip Hyperbole and a Half, created by Allie Brosh

Beth's picks:

• the film Lady Vengeance, directed by Park Chan-wook
• the album Electro-Shock Blues, by Eels
• the book The Little School, written by Alicia Partnoy

Alex's picks:

• the film Schizopolis, directed by Steven Soderbergh
• the album Zaireeka, by the Flaming Lips
• the book Finnegan's Wake, written by James Joyce

Beth's picks:

• the television show The Office (US), created by Greg Daniels
• the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, directed by David Fincher
• the album In the Dark, by The Whigs

Alex's picks:

• the actor John Cazale
• the musician Fiona Apple
• the television show Fargo

Beth's picks:

• the director Wes Anderson
• the musician Paul Simon
• the writer Malcolm Gladwell

Alex's picks:

• the song "As Slow as Possible," composed by John Cage
• the film Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, directed by Chantal Akerman
• the video game Dark Souls, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki

Beth's picks:

• the video game Banished, directed by Luke Hodorowicz
• the television show Deadwood, created by David Milch
• the band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Alex's picks:

• the film Clerks, directed by Kevin Smith
• the novel Pale Fire, written by Vladimir Nabokov
• the musician GG Allin

Beth's picks:

• the film Nightcrawler, directed by Dan Gilroy
• the video game Spec Ops: The Line, directed by Cory Davis and Francois Coulon
• the book Citizen Sherman, written by Michael Fellman

Alex's picks:

• the film La Jetée, directed by Chris Marker
• the television series Life on Mars, created by Matthew Graham
• the video game Life is Strange, directed by Michel Koch and Raoul Barbet

Beth's picks:

• the film About Time, directed by Richard Curtis
• the television show Future Man, created by Howard Overman, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir
• the video game Superhot, directed by Piotr Iwanicki

Alex's picks:

• the album Swordfishtrombones, by Tom Waits
• the filmmaker David Gordon Green
• the writer Stephen King

Beth's picks:

• the video game Oxenfree, directed by Adam Hines and Sean Krankel
• the book Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen
• the movie The Way of the Gun, directed by Christopher McQuarrie

Alex's picks:

• the television series Spongebob Squarepants, created by Stephen Hillenburg
• the film The Goonies, directed by Richard Donner
• the genre of medieval paintings of snails

Beth's picks:

• the musician Chumbawamba
• the film franchise and larger world of Star Wars, created by George Lucas
• the book Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, written by Dr. Kristin Neff

Alex's picks:

• the book series Wheel of Time, written by Robert Jordan
• the video game Final Fantasy VII, directed by Yoshinori Kitase
• the song "Marquee Moon," by Television

Beth's picks: 

• the television show The Wire, created by David Simon
• the video game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, directed by Todd Howard
• the musician Ayreon

Alex's picks:

• the video game Silent Hill, directed by Keiichirō Toyama
• the film Un Chien Andalou, directed by Luis Buñuel
• the short story "Guts," written by Chuck Palahniuk 

Beth's picks:

• the video game The Walking Dead Season One, created by Telltale Games 
• the film Sleeping Giant, directed by Andrew Cividino
• the novel Perfume, written by Patrick Süskind

Alex's picks:

• the video game Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi
• the film Event Horizon, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
• the album Pretty Odd, by Panic! at the Disco

Beth's picks:

• the book series The Kingkiller Chronicles, written by Patrick Rothfuss
• the television series Community, created by Dan Harmon
• the music of "Weird Al" Yankovic

Alex's picks:

• the novel Infinite Jest, written by David Foster Wallace
• the film Toys, directed by Barry Levinson
• the musician Jandek

Beth's picks:

• the film Stealing Harvard, directed by Bruce McCullough
• the novel House of Leaves, written by Mark Z. Danielewski
• the television show Gilmore Girls, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino