
Story Break
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S2 Ep 17Same Title, New Movie - AFI Top 100 Edition | #119
EFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 16The Sexiest Movie Ever (feat. Beth May) | #118
Follow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwongand guest Beth May is @HeyBethMay
S2 Ep 15Heaven Heist - Sc. 14: All you gotta do is breathe...
EFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 14Heaven Heist - Sc. 13: Hurry up and kill me!
EFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 13Heaven Heist - Sc. 12: Goodbye, Bambi.
EFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 12Heaven Heist - Sc. 11: You Do the Chicken Dance!
EFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 11Heaven Heist - Sc. 10: Not Everyone’s Cut Out To Be a Criminal
EFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 10Heaven Heist - Sc. 9: Amorphous Naked Man Couch
EWe ask the tough questions such as what is death? How does reincarnation work? Can you have vices in Heaven with free will? Note: Some spoilers for Season 1 of The Good Place.Follow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 9Heaven Heist - Sc. 8: A Taste of Heaven
EWhy does every movie use a defibrillator to bring someone back from the dead, and can the story boys avoid this cliche? No. No they can't.
S2 Ep 8Heaven Heist - Sc. 7: Sex Butler Robots
EWe ask the tough questions such as what is death? How does reincarnation work? Can you have vices in Heaven with free will? Note: Some spoilers for Season 1 of The Good Place.Follow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 7Heaven Heist - Sc. 6: "They'll let anyone in these days..."
EJin gets picked up by his grandma this week as we dive deeper into the background philosophical and theological groundwork of heaven, discover that we have broken all movies and stories irreparably, figure out a better word for grandfather, and Will gives us a piping hot take about his beef with Fast and the Furious 5. There's a new subreddit! Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 6Heaven Heist - Sc. 5: The Gates of Heaven
EWe arrive at the pearly gates amidst some more worldbuilding around our afterlife, including talking about the Albert Brooks classic "Defending Your Life!" Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 5Heaven Heist - Sc. 4: A Bitchin' Car Chase!
ECut to the chase, baby! We lay some theological groundwork for the scenes ahead and talk a bit about why car chases are hard to write! Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 4Heaven Heist - Sc. 3: "Did you just hang up on your mom?"
EThe gang makes a clean getaway... almost! We lay some more groundwork for Gin, talk about scenes with phones, and set up for the oncoming chase... Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 3Heaven Heist - Sc. 2: Stacks of Cold Hard Cash
EThe heist of a currency exchange kiosk, in all its "montage playing over credits" glory! We discuss the intricacies of a good heist, what important information to reveal when, come up with a good "bad guy" character, and also come up with a good 24 porn spinoff! Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 2Heaven Heist - Sc. 1: "You're going to hell, you know that?"
EWe meet the gang of criminals taking a moment before their heist to pray for good fortune... Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong
S2 Ep 1Heaven Heist - Prelude: Breaking the Story
EWe break the story of Heaven Heist, in preparation for writing the script, scene by scene, every week!
S1 Ep 117Doctor Mario | #117
EDoctor Mario goes to college!? Also, the Story Boys have a big announcement about the future of Story Break.
S1 Ep 116Atari's Breakout | #116
EAtari's Breakout has been begging for a 200 million dollar blockbuster ever since it was released in 1976. Well, 33 years later, 3, 30 somethings, take 3 times 20 minutes to finally break a story worthy of the arcade masterpiece.
S1 Ep 115Star Wars: A Murder on the Orbital Express | #115
EWe forgo our usual descent into wikipedia, to instead, dive into the wild world of WOOKIEEPEDIA! The #1 source for all things Star Wars. Will the Story Boys be able to craft an intelligible story from 3 random Star Wars articles? Can they craft a mystery so compelling that Hercule Poirot himself would be pulling out his notepad? You don't have to be the world's greatest detective to answer that question. They do... Or do they?
S1 Ep 114Geedis and the Land of Ta | #114
EWe tackle another one of the internet's great mystery. Who is the lovable creature known as Geedis? Who will rule The Land of Ta? Can milk power starships? Find out in this groovy episode of Story Break!
S1 Ep 113The Big Guy | #113
EWhats the story behind the big guys in all those action movies? You know the ones. They're 7 feet tall. Don't talk. Often bald. The hero always hurts their fist trying to punch them. The villains talk down to them and disrespect them. But they must have their own wants and dreams, right?
S1 Ep 112Charmin Bears | #112
EFreddie has not slept. Matt is late because of his new baby. And Will desperately tries to update Shakespeare for a modern, butt-wiping audience.
S1 Ep 111What's Eating Gilbert Grape | #111
EWe try to make a classic Gothic Romance from our vague memories of this pre-Titanic Leo flick. It's not quite as sexy a movie as we remember.
S1 Ep 110James Bong: BLUNTRIPPER | #110
EWe take something Matt accidentally said and make, yes, a sick weed movie out of it aw yeah!
S1 Ep 109n o t h i n g | #109
EFrom the story void, we conjure a tale about man and cats.
S1 Ep 108Movie Based on a Band Name | #108
EWe take a random band name and make the most patriotic sci-fi movie of all time...

S1 Ep 107Flat Earth | #107
EThe Earth is FLAT... and it's up to Bryce and Slarlar of the Darksiders to save their races and inflate Earth with the magma from the Necrosun! Thank you to Bryce for the suggestion this week!

S1 Ep 106Disney: Endgame | #106
EForget about comic books - what if EVERY Disney IP merged together for gigantic multi-feature series? We attempt to visualize what this fan fest might look like! Note: NO Avengers Endgame spoilers here (because we all hadn't seen it yet). Warning: This episode contains Freddie's very bad interpretation of a Cajun? French accent? We're still unsure.

S1 Ep 105"Bad" + Random Profession ft. Beth May | #105
EBeth May (@heybethmay) joins us as we pair the adjective "Bad" with a randomly generated profession, ala Bad Santa, Bad Moms, Bad Lieutenant, etc.!

S1 Ep 104First | #104
EA movie about what happens when the biggest influencer in the world gives his channel away... special guest appearance from Freddie's mom!

S1 Ep 103Face/Off 2: Faces Wild | #103
EWe do the sequel to the greatest American action movie ever made!

S1 Ep 102Sensory Deprivation Horror Movie | #102
EFred Durst joins us as we take a human sense and wrangle yet another horror movie out of depriving it!

S1 Ep 101Casablanca 2: Ilsa's Revenge | #101
EThe sequel to one of the greatest films of all time, no big deal Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong

S1 Ep 100Second Chances | #100
EWe tackle breaks from the first ONE HUNDRED EPISODES we feel deserve a second chance... Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong because he got on Twitter way before those two

S1 Ep 99Apex Legends | #99
EWe jump into the Apex Legends feature film, and pitch the story to some unwitting gamers

S1 Ep 98A Saint, a Cricket Player, and a Pony (Wiki Roulette) | #98
Matt's triumphant return as we try to break a wiki roulette inside my van parked outside his apartment , with a very special trailer...

S1 Ep 97A Story for Matt's Daughter | #97
EMatt tasks us with coming up with a children's book story for his brand new daughter! Warning: This episode is extremely wholesome.

S1 Ep 96Pirates of the Caribbean | #96
EAhoy mateys! We take on a new pirate movie and even visit the new and improved ride at Disneyland! Yarr!

S1 Ep 95Dad's Office | #95
EWe tackle a feature film for a kid adventure movie project we're Actually Working On!

S1 Ep 94Fireball Island! | #94
EThe steamy feature film of the Milton Bradley island adventure board game from the 80s!

S1 Ep 93Will's First Story | #93
EThe first story Will ever wrote when he was 8 years old! It's about dragons!

S1 Ep 92The Devil Went Down to Georgia | #92
EWe turn the Charlie Daniels' classic into a film with a protagonist you might not expect...

S1 Ep 91Tony Hawk's Skate Jam | #91
ERadical! We build a Space Jam sequel based off of a tweet from the Hawkman!

S1 Ep 90Bird Box | #90
EWe ALL somehow missed Bird Box, so we attempt to crack the movie based on the poster and marketing materials alone! Films discussed include The Birds, A Quiet Place, Annihilation, and two episodes from our show Dimension 404 - Cinethrax and Impulse!

S1 Ep 892018 Lighting Round | #89
We tackle a lightning round - this time, random selections from our big internal list of episode ideas that we haven't touched.

S1 Ep 88Poopsie Surprise! | #88
We're joined by podcast editor Cameron Covell to break Poopsie Surprise - this holiday season's hottest scatalogical children's toy!

S1 Ep 87The Boys are Back in Town (ft. Brian Firenzi) | #87
EThe BOYS ARE BACK so Brian Firenzi, fellow VGHS writer and the funniest man alive, joins us to break Thin Lizzy's The Boys are Back in Town!

S1 Ep 86Super Smash Bros. | #86
EA movie about Smash Brothers? With all those characters!? How!? Find out by listening to this episode!

S1 Ep 85Cruisin' USA | #85
EEveryone's favorite(?) quarter suckin' road racin' arcade machine gets the feature film treatment!