Movie Mastery – Kate & Leopold (2001)
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
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 […]
Expounded Universe 168 – Kicked in the Kabals
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 […]
System Mastery 197 – Ironclaw
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, […]
Movie Mastery – Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
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. […]
Expounded Universe 167 – Iram So Far Away
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 […]
Expounded Universe 166 – Smight Walks With Rhythm
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 […]
System Mastery 196 – InSpectres
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 […]
Movie Mastery – Spawn (1997)
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.
Expounded Universe 165 – Hootkins and the Blowfish
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 […]
Expounded Universe 164 – Hot Darth Flavored Water and the Chocolate Aqualish
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 […]
System Mastery 195 – Lords of Creation
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 […]
Movie Mastery – On Deadly Ground (1994)
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 […]
Expounded Universe 163 – Bone Bird is the Word
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 […]
Expounded Universe 162 – Warden Caught Me Jagganath
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 […]
System Mastery 194 – Sentinel Comics: The RPG
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 […]
Movie Mastery – Circle of Iron (1978)
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 […]
Expounded Universe 161 – Danger Danger, Ghost Voltage!
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 […]
Expounded Universe 160 – If You Wampa Be My Lover
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 […]
System Mastery 193 – Skraypers
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, […]
