The Rise of Babylon 5... rising? We chat about a CW show we really liked, and an upcoming CW show we're hoping we really like, because it's based on a WB show we really, really liked. I didn't really give this one an extensive listen, and also I threw together some artwork; thanks Canva!
Ilan's new enemy -- revealed! Justin is an enabling presence for this quick end-of-the-month update. Justin's also been to a couple of movies, and we realize what we're going to talk about next time.
Did we miss anything? We talk about time past, our schedules these days, the different platforms out there these days, and how we interact with memories (particularly Memories, the Facebook product). We meander a lot. We talk about building and rebuilding collections via auction lots, and spend a lot of time shouting out local superstar and friend-of-the-show Jim Zub, and the games of one Mr. Robin Laws. Squideye also winds up giving a fairly complete gameplay walkthrough of Cosmic Encounter, wh...
It's been five years. It's been five long years. We've talked a lot about what we want to talk about and it keeps getting away from us as the world keeps surprising us; but we still want to talk. So here's a placeholder.
Updates, crowdfunding, freemium games, and fear. The State of our Lives Ilan and Justin update you -- the listener -- on the latest and greatest in what we’ve been up to. FanExpo! Live theatre! Mawwiage! How to Fund your Passion What hath Crowdfunding wrought? Kickstarted games, comics, movies and games, like Catthulhu, Hillfolk, and Code Monkey Saved World. Expectations, reality, and YOU! Debt of a Thousand Clicks Freemium, micropayment-driven gaming models. What’s the difference between so-cal...
We have our Rush t-shirts and a new year has started. It's time to reconnect with you, our treasured listeners, and just barely fail to talk in-depth about the amazing comic "Saga". We will, however, cover some games, a visit from a dear friend, and a movie or two. 1. (1:00) Star Wars Edge of Empire RPG - It's Firefly and Futurama, with Funny Dice (dice app) - Ilan's specious comparisons to FATE and Cortex - Compared to Star Wars Saga Edition? - Fantasy Flight will be releasing the game in a man...
With Dark Knight about to open (at the time) we contemplate the comic book movie explosion. So many explosions. Then we talk about Ready Player One, and Lords of Waterdeep. And other stuff. An explosion of other stuff! Thankfully, nobody was hurt in the explosions. 1. Mighty Marvel Movies Precap and Recap 2. The Avengers Recap it took 2 days for people to get Justin's 2am shawarma joke How would you Plan an Avengers Marathon?! 3. New Marvel Movie Announcements Iron Man 3: Iron Manner (Ben Kingsl...
SYNOPSIS: 1812-The Invasion of Canada, John Carter of Mars, S4UC3D, and "Spring Preview". We got our rewrites in from J. Michael Straczynski and George R.R. Martin, and Adi Granov finished the art, so we're ready to go! And in true news, Ilan and Justin have just spent the last few months demonstrating that "work-life balance" is something that happens to other people. In March, we recorded a shockingly timely segment about a new light wargame, 1812 - the Invasion of Canada , and oh gee right ab...
We're just a little wintry! We're still good! We're still good. Sad Trombone. We're back after a frenzied summer and a busy school semester. News, movies and trailers: Lorax trailer! By the Despicable Me studio. Freleng-DePatie version from the '70s: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6650219631867189375 Dangerous Method: Cronenberg directs Fassbender and Mortensen as Freud and Jung. New TV! Community! Seneca's group of self-loathing misfits. Modern Urban Fairytales! Grimm and Once Upon a T...
Justin interviews author and RPG designer Matt Forbeck about his latest work. See below for links mentioned during the podcast. Matt Forbeck's web site http://www.forbeck.com/ The Brave New World Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forbeck/12-for-12-10-bnw-novels?ref=card Carpathia http://angryrobotbooks.com/carpathia-matt-forbeck/...
Episode 22: The Library and the Heap - In which Ilan and Justin develop a pair of regular segments for the show. Role Playing Games Continued! Ashen Stars hit its other preorder! Other Kickstarter preorders, incliding Do, Pilgrims of the Flying Temple. Vampire 20th Anniversary! Like $100 Released at Grand Masquerade Laundry RPG Stross books The Basic Roleplaying system The Library! Top Secret - The Corporation - 1986 Conspiracy X - late '90s three classic aliens - saurians, venusians, greys A ga...
Episode 21: On the Galactic Stage - in which Ilan has a cold and we talk about live theatre and videogames. Give us feedback about our Jim Interview - last episode! Ilan and culture My Fair Lady, community theatre experience Countermeasure A Cappella concert "we sold out" Album cover suggestion: "Twisted" Justin: Ghost Stories Not played with Wraith: the Oblivion mechanics Managing our expectations Soulpepper Theatre! Billy Bishop goes to war (Has come and gone, sadly) Midsummer Night's Dream Go...
Justin talks with his gaming pal Jim "Zub" Zubkavich , mastermind of UDON studios and author of the new fantasy action comedy comic Skullkickers . "Like Army of Darkness with two Ashes." How is it made? What to expect? Why is the first trade so cheap? Answers within! A life lesson, kids: beat the drum as much as possible. We are happy to be part of the shilling for this admittedly hugely fun book that we both really like. And no-one was hurt....
Wow, it's been a long time since our last episode. Today we focus on comics, particularly the biggest comic event of the last little while: Jonathan Hickman's run on the Fantastic Four! We touch on other topics related to media as well. No superheroes were harmed in the podcasting of this episode.
You've been waiting almost two years for this. Here it is. Nobody was hurt in the recording of the episode. And if you already hurt, perhaps the tears will help you heal.
Shownotes for Episode 17 "Optimistic Voices" With what you've been waiting for. NEXTWAVE miniatures. And more. The news!Democracy! A bunch of miniatures cancellations D&D, Rackham, Star Wars Things FFG does well Community: The Official TV Show of SATBG - The D&D Episode Dan Harmon and the Dead Alewives RPGs in the Media So it's on DVD; borrow mine A Classical Fantasy Villain EPIC SEGUE into WizKids Star Trek http://wizkidsgames.com/startrek/star-trek-fleet-captains/ http://wizkidsgames.c...
"4 and change" Continuing from last episode: one last Great War tidbit. A bunch of things related to the number 4 (the square root of 16, which is how many episodes this is), and also things changing. Nobody was hurt this time, because time may change me, but I can't change the rules of fourth edition D&D. - Wraith: The Great War (best roleplayer!) other White Wolf historical settings for the Old World of Darkness also Apocalypse versus Forsaken -- topical, people! Justin's Great War GenCon ...
"Remember, Remember" Recorded the day after Guy Fawkes day. It's now 2 years since we first conceptualized the podcast with a pad of paper at Free Times Cafe after the Queen's Park Remembrance Day ceremony in 2008. So we'll talk about World War One, which some people claim was "great". Usually we claim nobody was hurt, but in World War One, many people died. - Remembrance day, and the First World War: The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman - http://www.amazon.ca/Guns-August-Barbara-W-Tuchman/dp/0...
Our last episode recorded before Justin's descent into Dante's Exposition. We talk time travel. We differ on the necessity of killing Hitler. And nobody was hurt. Talked about Zero Punctuation's Review of Singularity Pizza Pizza Talked about Chrononoauts Talked about Memoir 44 Talked about Campaign Manager 2008 Talked about New Fronter Talker aobut Captain Comet, Task Force X, Losers, Challengers Talked about Transformers: War For Cybertron Talked aobut Rush: Time Machine Alternate History Robot...
Back in Time, on (roughly) our one-year anniversary, and (roughly) Back to the Future's 25th. We talk time travel - Chrononauts, Doctor Who, a few videogames like Mass Effect 2 and Transformers: War for Cybertron, and touch on the works of Terry Pratchett. Notes and such: Who would play Boy George in A-team sequel cameo? We did some karaoke (sadly learning All American Rejects lyrics) at the Canada Day Barbecue - our one year anniversary was our last one! Ilan was exposed to Doctor Who - Empty C...
DC Animated and Reanimated, X-Men Utopia, Evil '70s Computers. Notes and plans: - We recorded this episode twice. The computer ate the first one. - G20 Protests going on in Toronto! - Ilan read ALL OF BLACKEST NIGHT and bought the toys (Heroclix). And a bunch of villains unlimited (+ Project OMAC, and Infinite Crisis), in order to read Secret Six. A discussion of Darth Sue, and Fables Volume 12. - Ilan is now watching the rest of Superman Animated and is itching to watch The Justice League, afte...
We remember fallen visionaries, and also Carl Macek. (Bazinga? No seriously, I love The Sentinels.) We talk about a bunch of comics that were out a couple of weeks ago by now. We didn't have time to cover movies it's okay for geeks to cry at. And nobody was hurt. Shoe Notes -- "Remember The Artist" Passing of Frazetta, and comics. - Wolverine: LOGAN (Vaughan) - Wolverine: Adamantium Men (Aaron) --Britney Backup Dancers and Cabaret - 100 Bullets (Azzarello) - LTTP: Invincible big fat book 1. (Kir...
This week on Squideye and The Bitter Guy, we document our experience as Active Fans and also as Fan-Havers. Ilan reports on his journey to PAX and his meeting with Russ and Nicole of The D6 Generation. Justin talks of Cindy's journey to the Wizard World show, and of the Squideye and the Bitter Guy Facebook Page. We also talk about Kirby Krackle's new album, "E for Everyone", and the new Clash of the Titans movie. And Plants. And Zombies. Sources report that nobody was hurt. Links and stuff comin...
A little noisy; we recorded at the delightful Green Beanery Café in Toronto, across from Honest Ed's, and we had mics but no shelter from the bustling crowd. Think of it as "character". No charge. Introducing Owen Craig of Mondo Magazine! http://mondomagazine.net/ Toronto Comic-con! http://www.wizardworld.com/home-toronto.html Blackest Night! Gail Simone! Scott Pilgrim! http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/scottpilgrimvstheworld/ And nobody was hurt!...
A Silly Place. Squideye and The Bitter Guy discuss the upcoming Oscar Nominees - at least the ones they've seen, now including the second subject of discussion: The Hurt Locker. We also hammer away at Monty Python Fluxx and other recently-played games, discuss weddings in India and in local theatre, and the general state of things. And nobody was hurt. Todd Alcott 's breakdown of Inglorious Basterds can be found here. According to Wikipedia, Youth in Revolt was released in 1993. Andre from black...
Squideye and The Bitter Guy talk about the comics that came out this week. An experiment in form and format. What do you think?
Space and Time - BSG, Space Hulk, The Plan, and Remembrance Day.-----Wow did this take a while to upload.Show notes to follow.Bottom line is we played some games -- Space Hulk and the BSG Boardgame, saw Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, and realized that it's been one year since we met on a cold Remembrance day, rebooted iPhones by the Queen's Park cenotaph, and sketched out plans to initiate this podcast over at the Free Times Café.I'll get this all typed up, tooootally.
Music of the Spheres (51 minutes) - Even longer, but we're making up for lost time - and episode! "Scenes from a Food Court" is recapped, and then we LAUNCH... into Nerd Rock and Space Opera. The connective tissue is provided by Kirby Krackle (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com) and their song "Ring Capacity". We're pretty sure nobody was hurt.Show Notes:0:25 Cheers! (It's just Fruit Juice actually)1:10 Scenes From a Food Court Recap; Cthulhu Rising- 2:15 Under the Mountain, Harness your Twinness;...
Neighbours and Numbers (48 minutes) - This is our longest podcast yet! We didn't have MGK to restrain us this time. Original intention was to review District 9 and Escalation, on a "responsible neighbour" theme. Of course things went wildly out of hand, once we included other media with numerals in the title. We blame the tornado! Fortunately, nobody was hurt.0:30 The Big Storm, and Smart Cars (about 10 minutes)2:00 DVDs - Babylon 5 and others- 2:00 How I Met Your Mother- 3:00 Babylon 5, lost po...
I knew this would happen!We recorded this episode a week early, and consequently we remain on our two-week schedule even though we didn't get a chance to record one on our normal schedule. Next episode: "movies it's okay for geeks to cry at". Our Internet-famous friend Chris Bird (explosively-talented author and editor of mightygodking.com) came by to make us seem smarter and funnier. We planned to talk about Matt Fraction, but we diverged and had fun anyway, and nobody was hurt.WARNING: THIS ON...
