Expounded Universe 33 – Momaw Nadon, Mo Problems Nadon
A wise, old Ithorian in exile as penance. An evil officer of the Empire that haunts his memory. See what happens when these two oddly competent characters have to square […]
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Expounded Universe 32 – Batman and Robbing
The meta-plots really start to thicken as we examine the tale of Muftak and Kabe, otherwise known as the Hairy Four-Eye and his good friend, the adorable little bat thing. […]
The Xro Dinn Chronicles – System Mastery 119
The Xro Dinn Chronicles is, for lack of a better description, the unholy combination of Ninjas & Superspies, Babylon 5, and the sort of mindset that led to the Winchester […]
Expounded Universe 31 – Built Tonnika Tough
Jon’s pretty grumpy from the word go in the tale of the “Tonnika Twins” that contains less than 2% of the following ingredients: Tonnika Twins. Timothy Zahn weaves us one […]
Movie Mastery – The ALF Movie (1987)
Hah! He kills us. This almost embarrassingly cheap TV special takes Alf on a grand tour of… some B-roll footage of Chicago. We meet ALF’s brother Mitch (yes, we know […]
Expounded Universe 30 – Greedo and Gallant
The sad tale of Greedo is such a comedy of terrible decisions and avoidable circumstance that the only thing it’s missing is a Ron Howard voiceover. We follow the suck-fingered […]
Wild Skies: Europa Tempest – System Mastery 118
Sail the skies in heavily armored airships and nimble fighter planes as a variety of sexy little animals. It’s the early 1930s and Europe is embroiled in really weird battles […]
Movie Mastery – Theodore Rex (1995)
After the release of Jurassic Park, dinosaur mania was sweeping the nation. The people wanted dinosaurs and they didn’t care how they got them. Then along came this putrid attempt […]
A Flying Circus of Values – Afterthought Something or Other
Hey look we still make these from time to time. Today we’re interviewing Erika Chappell, author of the currently Kickstarting RPG Flying Circus, which somehow includes Blimpleggers as a setting […]
Expounded Universe 29 – And it Turned into a Ballroom Bith
The wheel begins spinning anew with the tales behind every dime store werewolf and devil mask seeking a drink and some shade in the famed Mos Eisley Cantina. Our anthology […]
Expounded Universe 28 – The Crystal Stop
The big wrap-up episode! We answer your questions about The Crystal Star (Obviously, we are the world established experts on the topic now), discuss the themes of the book, and […]
Scared Stiff – System Mastery 117
Today, we’re reviewing an earnest attempt to capture the very specific magic of the B-Movie. You know, so there’s gonna be like a ray gun that changes the frame so […]
Movie Mastery – Helldriver (2010)
It’s like someone took the storyboard for an amazing, nutty zombie movie and then let the most boring person alive edit it. If you thought that the one thing that […]
Expounded Universe 27 – And Then It Blew Up
The yawning conclusion of Crystal Star finally arrives! Thrill as dramatic tension moments rise unnoticed and are swept away within a paragraph to get to more hair compliments!Don’t forget, listeners! […]
Expounded Universe 26 – Mister Bumblesnuffle
In this chapter, something happens. Hey, don’t forget to actually hit us with Star Wars questions, as our wrap-up episode is coming soon. Got Star Wars questions? We’ve got answers. […]
WEGS Old Skool – System Mastery 116
OSR, or Old Sam Raimi, is a concept in gaming that the most fun game stuff already happened and was mostly done by the early 80s, and that games resembling […]
In Theaters Now – Black Panther
From the bottom of our heart shaped plants, thank you for voting for this over Fifty Shades this month. It is a rare occasion that we get to see and […]
Expounded Universe 25 – Unlimited Salad and Dogsticks
We’re building to a crescendo here, we just know it! This whole book definitely can’t go by with the most exciting action scene being Leia escaping from a tow truck, […]
Expounded Universe 24 – This Sun is a Mass of Ineffable Ass
Great news, Universeketeers (Expoundettes?)! This chapter contains the thrilling conclusion to both the kid-town frolics capers on Hethrir’s worldcraft AND the sudden and well-deserved removal of the Lelilah and Geyyahab […]
Brave New World – System Mastery 115
So this is Brave New World. What’s in the core book? Enough superhero stuff to sort of play, if you call this playing. A wizard class with no spells, a […]
