Our 2026 Themes, Goals and Projects | Genre Blender Podcast 32
In this special start-of-the-year episode, Kris and Rian deep-dive into their personal and creative themes, goals, and projects for 2026. Kris surprises Rian by adding a little danger to Backlog Roulette, and the pair announce their buddy read for the first quarter of 2026.
0:00 Intro
2:10 The Newsstand
8:48 Read Watch Play
17:46 Main Topic: Themes, Goals and Projects for 2026
51:49 Backlog Roulette
55:35 Coming Right Up (buddy reads pick for Q1)
57:25 Connect with us
Read:
Wuthering Heights https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a72b94aa-4d4a-47dd-841b-583036ae006d
You've Lost a Lot of Blood https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0076165b-dba2-49a6-8e15-2618bba670fb
Run Like Hell https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/76f65c1f-c464-4153-8bec-65e27d2cb8c4
Level Apocalypse https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/97df550b-5bf8-471b-9312-7c713d40479b
The Only Good Indians https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/79437676-42a1-4936-86ac-b885a7f33ac9
The Long Walk https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/65a4aeef-9821-48ef-914a-79fb8646ab83
This Skin Was Once Mine https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fe204dee-e161-4a95-832b-e4fae34a49e9
Watch:
The Grand Budapest Hotel https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/120467-the-grand-budapest-hotel
All’s Fair https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/258742-all-s-fair
Heated Rivalry https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/301507-heated-rivalry
The Abandons https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/223300-the-abandons?language=en-AU
Play:
Enshrouded https://store.steampowered.com/app/1203620/Enshrouded/
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/metroid-prime-4-beyond-nintendo-switch-2-edition.html
Skate Story https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/Skate_Story/
Dispatch https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/Dispatch/
Terminator 2D: NO FATE https://store.steampowered.com/app/1718460/Terminator_2D_NO_FATE/