Expounded Universe 180 – The Baird Necessities
As tensions rise and the body count increases, the boys finally find an ally that knows anything at all! Will the not especially mysterious Harmon Baird, survivor of two ghost […]
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System Mastery 205 -Delta Force
My friends, in the interest of transparency, I am only just now realized this game has a subtitle! So don’t look for that in the episode, we didn’t notice. It’s […]
In Theaters Now – Space Jam: A New Legacy
The Loony Tunes are back and ready to create a giant commercial for WB properties and also basketball kind of happens.
Expounded Universe 179 – Sneaky Preev
Okay, now the killing has started in earnest. But the brothers are still busy thinking about hotel keys, gun cleaning, girls, just anything but the haunted town scenario. Can they […]
Expounded Universe 178 – Werewolf Out There, Juliet
Jon seems fairly confident that this is all right on track, but as far as I can tell this book so far is like a lawnmower that won’t start. But […]
System Mastery 204 – Engel
Well hey, surprise OGL! Nothing on the cover, and so when Jon selected this old Sword & Sorcery product to take home and started reading, he was suddenly (after 190 […]
Movie Mastery – The Lair of the White Worm
In a cult classic that has bigger star power than you might have assumed for such an incredibly stupid movie; we try to make sense of a snake vampire lady […]
Expounded Universe 177 – Gazpacho Maleficus
These chapters are just more tension building, so we went sorta crazy trying to fill the space by ourselves. Fair warning, I guess.
System Mastery 203 – Theatrix
So what we have here is a rarity, in that it is an early (1993-1995) LARP game that is also a universal generic system. So there’s not really a story […]
Movie Mastery – American Ultra (2015)
In the same way that the Taken movies are just fodder for middle-aged dads to imagine that they could be super badass heroes still; this movie is for 20-something burnout […]
Expounded Universe 176 – Sabre Metrics
There’s trouble down by the old mall! But first there’s a bunch of flashbacks to Jeffrey Dean Morgan being mean to children, because this is based on season 1 stuff. […]
Expounded Universe 175 – The Old Fuckin’ Hole
What the hell is this. Stock photo of first season Ackles and Padalecki, photoshopped into Joshua Tree? Jon is grabbing the reins and there’s nothing we can do about it […]
System Mastery 202 – Providence
My friends, this is a weird one. The vast majority of this book is difficult to explain rules, and then there’s a chunk of fascinating story hidden away towards the […]
Movie Mastery – Tank Girl (1995)
Back in the era where comic book movies hadn’t quite figured out the formula for success, a little property about a post-apocalyptic riot grrl could flourish as a unique creation. […]
Expounded Universe 174 – Lock Down Wrap Up
Questions, answers, thoughts, prayers, and also the announcement of the next book. Oh the next book. Why did I do what I did?
System Mastery 201 – Terror Network
I think we bought this one on the cover alone (and especially the back cover, which is bullet points and a photo of the Twin Towers mid-fall). I mean, look […]
Movie Mastery – Vibes (1988)
The experience of watching this movie is much the same as Goldblum’s character within the movie: mildly amused but mostly just confused about what’s happening and why.
Expounded Universe 173 – Zestfully Sheev
And just like that it ends, not with a bang, but with a lightsaber twirl and a resounding “meh.” Not sure what we expected, everyone killable was dead already! But […]
Expounded Universe 172 – A League of His Eogan
Just one more chunk of book left after this! People are dying at a pace I’d call impressive, but Maul and Eogan are still going strong, now on the lookout […]
System Mastery 200 – Marvel Superheroes Roleplaying Game
Hey, we made it to 200 episodes! I’m sure that’s some sort of milestone! And while the choice of game to cover this time may feel kind of arbitary, I […]
