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Join Tamim and Ahmed, alongside Ahmed Jada’a and Raneen as they praise the everloving crap out of The Punisher. Was the violence necessary? Did we need to hear Jon Bernthal grunt his way to murdering everyone? Even more importantly, why is this show the best of the Marvel Netflix shows? Listen to our in depth analysis to find out. Guests: Ahmed Jadaa: Friend of the show and writer at the Mouse & Controller.  Instagram | Twitter Raneen Bukhari: Geek. Art curator. All round beloved fan of LPQ. Instagram | Twitter Hosts: Tamim Kashgari: Instagram | Twitter Ahmed Al-Mojadidi:… The Punisher

This should be our final episode before our hiatus as a show starts. So, we decide on a show that we have all enjoyed to ease the strain of it all on ourselves. Tamim, Hakeem and Ahmed dive into this season of Rick & Morty and reflect into the series as a whole. Ahmed concedes that Tamim & Hakeem were right about the show from our previous episode about the first two seasons, we pick our favorite episodes about the series and but most importantly we talk about how for all of us the show… Rick & Morty Season 3

Tamim, Hakeem and Ahmed come back to revisit the self loathing and self destructive world of Bojack Horseman with the release of the fourth season on Netflix. We’re all a little surprised though that its all maybe a little to positive and upbeat than any of us expected. We delve into the characters, the quality of the show, possible future directions and so much more. Host: Abdulhakeem Jomah: Madayen Film | Facebook | Instagram | Snapchat | Twitter Ahmed Al-Mojadidi: Facebook | Twitter Tamim Kashgari: Instagram | Twitter Get in touch with The LPQ team:… Bojack Horseman Season 4

Khayra and Mike Bou Nacklie step into the Queue to discuss Wonder Woman but soon find that their discussion take an unavoidable side turn right into the tropes and quips of the female role in film and other forms of media. The timeline of the film is discussed and measured against the commonalities we find in most female characters in film and how Diana stacks up against it. Nerdalities are discussed and predictions are cast as to where the Amazon Princess will land against her all-male crew in the upcoming Justice League film! Guests: Michael… Wonderwoman

It’s finally here! It’s finally here after all these years! Join Mojadidi and guest Ahmed Jada’a as they dissect specifically why they love the quirky content heavy franchise and why Persona 5 stole their hearts, even with a 90 hour playthrough. CAUTION to Final Fantasy lovers, you will get triggered, mainly because this game is better than FFXV. We talk about the plot, the memorable characters, the sleek and aesthetic design, and finally, the addictive as hell gameplay mechanics. Guests: Ahmed Jadaa: Friend of the show and writer at the Mouse & Controller.  Instagram | Twitter Host:… Persona 5

Tamim and Husam decide to self harm through movies this week and wanted to include you in their experience of having watched the Assassin’s Creed movie. We talk about how it compares to the videogame franchise, the cast, the story, the things we hated and the things that made no sense to us at all. Guests: Husam Al-Sayed: Saudi-based Palestinian filmmaker, musician and founding member of the Telfaz11. Instagram | Twitter Host: Tamim Kashgari: Instagram | Twitter Get in touch with The LPQ team: Comment on Mstdfr  |  Subscribe on Soundcloud  |  Follow on Twitter … Assassin’s Creed Movie

Award winning filmmaker Mike Bou Nacklie enters the Queue with award winning filmmaker Hakeem Jomah to discuss the tropes that make or break video game movies. We cover every video game movie we’ve ever watched and pick out the pros and cons of each and whaybthe perfect video game movie should contain. We debate mass accessibility versus loyalty to the mother content and wether or not these should factor in to making a movie. Guests: Michael Bou-Nacklie: Award Winning Photographer, Filmmaker and Multimedia Consultant. Twitter Khayra Bundakji: Friend of the show, local geek and MSTDFR Operations Manager. Instagram | Snapchat |  Twitter… Videogame Movies

Whoa! We knew this show had hype but we didn’t expect it to be this good! Listen as Mojadidi is joined by Rick and Morty enthusiast, Abdullah Kurashi and two brand new guests, as they discuss what it was about Legion that truly set it apart from all the other superhero shows. From the acting to the directing to the use of musical cues and bizarre opening and closing credits, we were mind blown. Guests: Abdullah Kurashi: a long time friend of the show and film producer. Instagram | Twitter Fatima Husein: Mstdfr Network producer, filmmaker and writer  Twitter Aziza… Legion

Ahmed and Hakeem talk the Game of Thrones seventh season finale and reflect on the season as a whole as well as take questions from the Twitterverse! A step by step recap of the episode and unforgivingly and meticulously dissect every aspect of it with positives and negatives. Condolences are given to Hakeem as he clearly enters the Queue with unresolved emotions surrounding the poorly written Petyr Baelish scene. Finally we recap the season as a whole and take to Twitter to respond to some of the questions and theories thrown at us by LPQ… Game of Thrones Season 7 Final Episode

A season that has a promising start and some high moments leading up to the fifth and sixth episodes of the season crashing head long into a large garbage fire. We talk about the 5th & 6th episodes and all the things that made no sense or entirely insulted our intelligence. Things like the Arya & Sansa tension, the magic teleportation dragons, the Night King that doesn’t attack sleeping enemies, random extras being magically added to the group so that no meaningful characters die, the lack of Theon Greyjoy, the emaciated Tyrion-Jamie conversation and so,… Game Of Thrones Season 7: The Show Has Officially Jumped The Shark

For the first time in a while Hakeem, Tamim and Ahmed have found the time to show up to an episode all at the same time. What better way to celebrate than to go through some personality and psychological testing about themselves to find out if their gaming personalities and their real life personalities actually align or are they entirely different people. To that end we’ve brought on our resident psychologist in the making Amanh Fakieh to take us through both the Myer Briggs and Bartle’s Taxonomy personality tests and what the test results mean.… Our Different Selves: Gaming and Real World Personalities

The season begins to pick up after its slow start as expects and its fire, fury, blood and shit everywhere as we get into episodes three and four. Cersei is winning, but then Cersei is losing. Jon and his aunt Daenerys start to get along. Davos continues to suck at his job, Bran becomes the embodiment of the biggest fake enlightened asshole ever and Jamie decides that its time to turn Game of Thrones into jackass. All that and so much more as we take on these last two episodes that essentially are the equivalent… Game of Thrones Season 7: Fire and Fury

The boys (and Mojadidi) delve into the fantastical world of horror games and the evolution of the genre in this modern day . With the advancement of game genres we discuss what can be called a horror game and what can’t. Comparing walking simulators and pixelated nightmares to the classics of yesteryear and seeing if they hold up or even surpass them. Without spoilers we discuss the evolution of Resident Evil from survival horror to survival shooter and what we individually think of this gargantuan shift. Guests: Ahmed Jadaa: Friend of the show, gamer, and… Horror

Winter is finally here and so are our reaction episodes to HBO’s Game Of Thrones. This episode as well as all the coming episodes about Game of Thrones are going to be full of spoilers so consider yourself warned. We discuss the first two episodes of the seventh season of Game of Thrones today. We leave no stone unturned as we discuss everything from Ed Sheeran to Hot Pie, from Cersei to John, from one eunuch to the other eunuch and some of their actions that made us pause for a second and think, wait,… Game of Thrones Season 7: Winter Is Finally Here

Get ready for an episode where we take apart the latest installment of the Mass Effect franchise. We have left no stone unturned with this game as we talk about quest design, gameplay mechanics, characters, narrative, the much hated facial animations and so much more. We also didn’t leave out how it compares to previous games in the franchise or other Bioware games either. Get ready for an episode that will hopefully get you to think a little bit beyond all the rage and hate this game is getting. Guests: Abdulmalik Zubailah: Host of Mstdfr… Mass Effect Andromeda

Is the Internet corrupting and devolving us as a species or is it the next step in our collective evolution? Join Mojadidi and Hakeem as they embark on a discussion to answer that very question. Joined by our favorite Mariam and Maryam, we attempt to dissect what is it about the Internet we should worry about and whether or not its existence is stunting the growth of the younger generations. CAUTION: We get serious, but not really. Guests: Mariam AlAbbas: Jeddah’s Fairy Godmother, Manager of Humming Tree (A Co-working space), Best Friend to All website:… Internet

Would you kindly listen to this episode where we discuss one of our favorite game franchises ever. Tamim and Mojadidi delve deep and soar high and leave no audiolog unturned. Joined by Abdullah Bundakji, man of many cartoon voices and Bassam Hariri, literally our favorite and possibly only fan, the team talks Bioshock. We try to appear intelligent and witty and use philosophical terms like Objectivism, American Exceptionalism and the like but fear not listeners, we’re still the dorks you know and love. Guests: Bassam Harriri: Potterhead, Penguin Enthusiast, LPQ Fanboy #1 @BassamSHariri Abdullah Bundakji:… Bioshock

This was hands down the most uncomfortable episode we have ever recorded and the one that caused us to suffer the most in terms of trying to even find people who wants to be included in it. Keeping it short, we didn’t find anyone but Mojadidi and Tamim soldiered on got it done. Because we had to, we had to let you into the underbelly of videogames and show you the worst things to ever come out of a medium that all three hosts of the LPQ love. We won’t be providing links to anything… Games That Make Us Ashamed To Be Gamers

Asmaa,  Khayra and Hakeem step into the Queue to discuss in dissecting detail the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy.They go along the films time-line discussing themes and plot points and how they may fit into the cinematic universe in the future. We discuss our favorite characters and the reasoning behind it as well as their development throughout the film and inconsistencies from the first film.We also geek out over the easter eggs and niche characters throughout the film as well as the music and how it trumped the first in terms of pure awesomeness.… Guardians of the Galaxy Vo.2

What? Games can actually emotionally scar us? Yes! And that’s what Mojadidi and Tamim discuss on this episode of The Low Priority Queue. Joined by interested non-game and also favorite person, Khayra, the duo discuss their journey with how video games have evolved to manifest emotional gut punches so much so. Comparisons with film and TV are made and we discuss our favorite emotional moments in games. Caution: Listening to this episode will make you realize how much of a pansy Mojadidi is. Guest: Khayra Bundakji: Friend of the show, local geek and MSTDFR Operations Manager. Instagram | Snapchat |  Twitter… Videogames and Feelings