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Movie Mastery – Kate & Leopold (2001)

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The romantic comedy that lets women know that you can finally find love as long as you are willing to leave your job, friends, and family behind in order to […]

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Expounded Universe 169 – DiVesto Slipher

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The dizzying spiral of decay and chaos that perpetuates the writings of Joe Schreiber continues ever downwards.  Characters are now dying left and right.  We near the end as Maul […]

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Expounded Universe 168 – Kicked in the Kabals

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Well, Maul finally finds his way to the “inner circle” but everyone in there is just commanding everyone else in there to kill everyone else in there, so that’s fun […]

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System Mastery 197 – Ironclaw

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So many people have requested this that we finally thought we’d throw you all a bone.  Ironclaw is an anthro medieval RPG, so you’ll be playing a lot of foxes, […]

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Movie Mastery – Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

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Not to be confused with Star Wars: The Cone Wars the TV show. Or Star Wars: Clone Wars the TV show. Or Star Wars: The Clone Wars the video game. […]

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Expounded Universe 167 – Iram So Far Away

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Is it me or do these fights get less interesting over time instead of more?  We started with like a Yuuzhan Vong and a monster Wampa and now we’re fighting […]

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Expounded Universe 166 – Smight Walks With Rhythm

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Time for a bit of the old “surprisingly goopy for Star Wars” violence as gang leaders start tearing guards to bit.  Meanwhile Maul just keeps cleaning up loose ends.  Is […]

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System Mastery 196 – InSpectres

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Wanna hunt ghosts but not necessarily dedicate your whole life to it?  Consider just getting a daytime job hunting ghosts, goblins, nilbogs, and Son of Kong with InSpectres, a game […]

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Movie Mastery – Spawn (1997)

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Back in the 90’s when comics were gritty and the CGI was absolutely terrible, somebody greenlit a movie that’s 85% narration and 15% incredibly poorly done fight scenes.

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Expounded Universe 165 – Hootkins and the Blowfish

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Lots of setup this time, but we do meet an exciting new character.  Or maybe just some nameless bruiser?  Who knows at this point?  It’s like 90% red herrings in […]

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Expounded Universe 164 – Hot Darth Flavored Water and the Chocolate Aqualish

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The big fights just keep coming, and this time we’re diving into some filth water with Darth Maul (at this point I’d frankly be surprised if there were even one […]

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System Mastery 195 – Lords of Creation

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Who wants to take over the multiverse?  Okay, great!  Let’s start you out as a nobody with nothing and you can grind XP in… I don’t care, let’s say mythological […]

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Movie Mastery – On Deadly Ground (1994)

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We’ve talking about Steven Seagal several times on the podcast before but this is the first time we get to finally sit down and sink our teeth into one of […]

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Expounded Universe 163 – Bone Bird is the Word

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Things are about to get cryptic.  Turns out our Chadra-Fan buddy Coyle is some sort of statue-crafting bone mystic, and things are just devolving into riddles and puzzles.  But even […]

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Expounded Universe 162 – Warden Caught Me Jagganath

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The story is in high gear now!  Artagan and his son begin to effect their daring escape but it sure goes wrong!  Also there’s spies all over, so that’s sorta […]

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System Mastery 194 – Sentinel Comics: The RPG

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From an old hero game to a new one, it’s time to talk about Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game.  Sentinels is an expansive setting with a vast cast of characters […]

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Movie Mastery – Circle of Iron (1978)

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Inspired by a script from legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, comes Circle of Iron. A movie where a whiny, asshole white guy has people attempt to teach him Zen lessons […]

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Expounded Universe 161 – Danger Danger, Ghost Voltage!

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One thing about these books, they move along.  The last episode ended with Maul promising to deal with the gangs, this one starts with him doing it.  Then a bunch […]

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Expounded Universe 160 – If You Wampa Be My Lover

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We’re back!  And it’s time for the next big showcase this book has to offer, which is obviously slickly describes scenes of Darth Maul killing gross monsters.  You’ll never guess […]

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System Mastery 193 – Skraypers

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As go the tides, so come the times we’re both dealing with something and need a nice easy Palladium game.  Skraypers is both a Rifts and a Heroes Unlimited setting, […]

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