Oddity Archive: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Oddity Archive Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Microbroadcasting (or, Oddity Archive Goes Part 15)
Jul 16, 2015 · 24 min
The Archive is back on YouTube! But, not without (desperately) seeking out some alternatives in the meantime.
Stereo Test Records (or, The Official Archive Stereo Test)
Jul 30, 2015 · 24 min
Today's burning question: Is it pronounced "stare-eo" or "steer-eo"?
Nanny Boxes (TV Content Filters)
Aug 13, 2015 · 19 min
Naughty words WITHOUT Oddity Archive® – 22 Naughty words WITH Oddity Archive® – 21
LaserKaraoke Vol. 3 (& VCD Karaoke Vol. 1)
Aug 27, 2015 · 39 min
The 3rd annual Archive LaserKaraoke Party is on (sort of)!
CB Radio (or, Gonna Blow Your Doors In, Chicken Inspector!)
Sep 10, 2015 · 24 min
Breaker for a short-short. This is the Oddity Archive. What's yer handle, good buddy?
VHS Vault Vol. 7 (It's My Party and I'll Sigh If i Want To)
Sep 24, 2015 · 25 min
Oddity Archive®: Also available for birthday parties, weddings and bar mitzvahs.
Record Rip-offs Vol. 5 (Pickwick: Picked-Over)
Oct 8, 2015 · 27 min
Recently, we came into a small jackpot of Pickwick albums. Given this label's long-standing history with the Archive, it only seemed appropriate to devote an entire episode to the
Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder (Halloween Special 2015)
Oct 22, 2015 · 20 min
Oddity Archive: Now in high-pile carpetvision!
Action Max (VHS Video Game Console)
Nov 19, 2015 · 20 min
I got a message from the Action Max. “I’m crappy. Hope you’re crappy, too.”
Prehistoric Pay-Per-View
Dec 3, 2015 · 20 min
You wanted a history lesson, you got a history lesson. Hope you don't mind a really, really long slideshow.
Ben's Holiday Grab Bag (Christmas Special 2015)
Dec 17, 2015 · 26 min
Some of you aren't singing. Don't think I can't tell.
VCR Rabbit (or, Microbroadcasting Vol. 2)
Dec 31, 2015 · 32 min
The donations were multiplying like, well, rabbits. I figured y'all were trying to tell me something. (Did I really just type "y'all"? Heaven help me.)
Capacitance Electronic Discs (or, CED's)
Jan 7, 2016 · 23 min
Movies pressed on records? Should've waited for the 21st century (the hipsters would love it).
VHS Vault Vol. 8 (More VCR Games)
Jan 21, 2016 · 24 min
Lots of effort for little (or no) reward? Sounds about right for the Archive.
Prevue Channel(s)
Feb 4, 2016 · 24 min
The Oddity Archive® keeps you up to date with what’s hot—as long as the system doesn’t crash—again.
Airline Safety Videos
Feb 18, 2016 · 19 min
Dramamine? Check. Airsick bag? Check. My confidence? Nope.
Ham Radio (A Beginner's Perspective)
Mar 3, 2016 · 23 min
...or, Ben vs. Another Expensive Hobby or, Ben cures the hams or, Ben was already a total ham. Why make it worse?
Calibration & Test Laserdiscs
Mar 17, 2016 · 25 min
The Oddity Archive® strives to provide the best and latest in home theater tune-ups. They still make laserdiscs, right?
Adult Party Albums
Mar 31, 2016 · 23 min
The most risque episode of the Archive since...the last one.
Disposable DVD's (DIVX & Flexplay)
Apr 14, 2016 · 29 min
The Archive attempts to preserve some (intentionally) disposable culture. It was inevitable.
Commodore 64
Apr 28, 2016 · 33 min
It’s the 100th episode of the Archive and the expectations are high. Guess we better do something good and commercial.
VHS Vault Vol. 9 (Your New Computer & You)
May 12, 2016 · 28 min
Can you really become “techno-hip” all because of a computer chip?
VHS Game Consoles Vol. 2 (Captain Power & Interactive Vision)
May 26, 2016 · 29 min
It’s been a long and difficult season. Let’s end it with something fun (if I can figure out how to assemble these toys, that is).