Ben Lindbergh

Thank you to Arjun Ramgopal for his senior podcast management.

Go see the Super Mario Galaxy movie because, well, if you don't, you'll be a little left out.

You know that everyone else will.

Careful out there.

Don't get got by any fake gaming news from April 1st.

Much like Mario on the big screen.

But MASH will be back.

Hello, and welcome into The Ringerverse, your Nexus feed for all things fandom.

I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor for The Ringer, your host at Button Mash, also your master of ceremonies here at Ringerverse Recommends, along with my loyal companion, Grumpkin the Dachshund, who accompanies me for this intro today.

As usual...

It's the monthly tradition here at the Ringiverse.

At the end of each month, we round up some of the many nerd culture releases that we liked, but weren't able to cover in depth on a full length episode, at least as of yet.

And we tell you why we liked them and why you might like them.

Obviously, this has been a busy, crowded month, but as always, some stuff has slipped through the cracks, and we'll be covering some of it today.

Our spotlight feature conversation will involve me and Mr. Van Lathan, and we will be talking about Paradise Season 2 on Hulu, which just wrapped up this week.

Van and I are big fans of the show.

We're going to talk about it first in a general, introductory, non-spoilery sense, but then

And then for those who are current on the show, we will have a spoiler section where we talk about the wild end of season two.

That will be clearly noted on the show notes for this episode.

Also on the show notes, the other recommendations that will follow.