System Mastery 221 – Santa’s Soldiers
Happy Christmas in July in March! It’s time for some holiday cheer, because we were looking for a different game but ended up with this one (it’s explained in the […]
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Movie Mastery – The Toxic Avenger (1984)
An earnestly fun, low budget comedy with high gore and nudity content that would honestly have aged pretty well if it weren’t for all the racial slurs and homophobia.
Expounded Universe 202 – I, Sometric Exercise
Over and over I’m exposed to characters I’ve heard of, stories I faintly remember, but at each turn I’m confronted with the nagging fact that someone has been inserted into […]
Expounded Universe 201 – I, Camp Counselor
After a little too much time noodling around on Coruscant, I found myself excited to finally get to the Jedi Factory. Am I finally going to get connected to the […]
System Mastery 220 – The Secret Fire
This is a pretty bog-standard “Recapture the D&D I remember when I was 11” moonshot game, where the lessons learned about what D&D used to be like seem to be […]
Movie Mastery – Megaforce (1982)
When you need a problem solved and nobody else can get it done, you call the legally distinct from G.I. Joe men at Megaforce.
Expounded Universe 200 – I, Jedi Search
Intrigued, I perused further into the book. “Nonsense!” I exclaimed! It’s already chapter 7! How is he still doodling around on Coruscant receiving praise from all his famous friends? Surely […]
Expounded Universe 199 – I, Wife Guy
I looked to the opening lines of the novel and couldn’t believe my eyes. A Star Wars novel written in first person? Reviewing my long years of reading other EU […]
System Mastery 219 – The Lawnmower Man RPG
How often do we get to do theme weeks? This is great! We have the Lawnmower Man RPG, which is set immediately after the events of the movie, as the […]
Movie Mastery – The Lawnmower Man (1992)
A movie that took the name of a Stephen King short story but has absolutely nothing in common with it and yet somehow still manages to be an extremely Stephen […]
Expounded Universe 198 – Strasse der Schatten Wrap Up
Time to take the long view of this game, also answer some questions AND announce the next book. And let me tell you right here and now, it’s a doozy.
System Mastery 218 – Silver Age Sentinels
Oh boy another supers game! You know how we love those! SIlver Age Sentinels is from the Big Eyes, Small Mouth folks, so you better believe it shares the insane […]
Movie Mastery – Renaissance Man (1994)
The classic “how do I reach these kids” teacher movie with a military twist and you better believe that there’s a scene where these army teens drop a sick Hamlet […]
Expounded Universe 197 – Aurra Sing’s Final Clowning
The final four chapters! How does it all end, what with the murder being solved already? Well obviously by wrapping up the loose ends and setting up the next book. […]
Expounded Universe 196 – The Butler Did It
Well, this generally acceptable (and again, selected entirely off the title) book just succeeded in making us madder than every one of these Star Wars books since The Consent Gun […]
System Mastery 217 – Conspiracy X
What if everything you thought you knew was actually all evidence of a secret conspiracy? Deja Vu? Real psychic powers. Men in Black? Lizard people in black. That’s the premise […]
Movie Mastery – Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
Special guest James D’Amato joins us in a review of Britain’s extremely cursed foray into the world of animated movies. A film with a plot so absurd that there is […]
Expounded Universe 195 – A Conspicuously Convenient Cathar
Laranth vs. Aurra Sing! In hindsight this is sorta depressingly predictable. Anyway they have a noir-grade showdown in the midst of a very weird festival, then Jax heads off to […]
System Mastery 216 – Psychosis: Ship of Fools
Post-Show PS: Turns out there is at least one more of these, Jef’s on-air googling failed to turn up Psychosis: Solitary Confinement. Cool? Cool. Well, when the name of the […]
Movie Mastery – A Wrestling Christmas Miracle (2020)
Whoever it was that decided this should be on our list both understands exactly what this show is about and also is a terrible person. Hitting some surprising new lows […]
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