Expounded Universe 140 – Kyp Off the Old Block
Who wants to meet Kyp Durron? No one? Too bad! Also Luke faces Gantoris’ lethal “tests” while Lando shows up, hat in hand, hoping for a handout of something to […]
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Expounded Universe 139 – You Can Gantoris, Or You Can Gantorthat
Aw shoot last week we thought we got all the boring intro chapters, but here we are dealing with Leia’s story startup for the episode! Should have guessed! Anyway, Han […]
Wraeththu: From Enchantment to Fulfillment – System Mastery 179
Okay, guess break time’s over! This book is enormous, weird, and in a lot of ways, misguided. The world has collapsed, humanity has fallen, and the Wraeththu have risen in […]
Movie Mastery – eXistenZ (1999)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Total Recall and The Matrix got all Cronenberged up? Here it is but it’s kind of strange you were wondering […]
Expounded Universe 138 – Going Down to Kessel, Going to Have Myself a Mine
You knew we’d cover one of this guy’s books eventually, and here we are! This trilogy features the introductions of known series players like Nataasi Daala and Kyp “White Space […]
The Land of Ogg – System Mastery 178
We needed a break to finish our second book, and when you live in a gig economy that just means doing a smaller job that week! The Land of Ogg […]
Movie Mastery – America 3000 (1986)
Neggy more must you wait for us to scan this hot plastic movie. It’s a new tomorrow and we are here to guide all you plugots and frals to a […]
Expounded Universe 137 – Only Hooles Rush In
Chills, thrills, spills, and a last minute rescue! Oh the joy of it! Every foreshadow comes dramatically home to roost and we’re done!
System Mastery Special – Things We Hate About D&D – Part 3
No really, they’re the worst. Play another game. Also while we’ve got that picture of Radcliffe up there, our opinion is that JK Rowling is a TERF piece of shit, […]
Expounded Universe 136 – The Titular Line
Tash goes to Smada’s castle to confront that gross old Hutt! Then they escape on a skimboard (no pads this time!) and learn a dark secret. It’s so scary!
SenZar – System Mastery 177
With 26 races, nearly 40 classes, giant complex martial arts systems and a battle world that has run amok for aeons aesthetic, where could SenZar possibly go wrong? It’s an […]
Movie Mastery – Monsturd (2003)
I’ll spare you a description riddled with poop jokes since that’s pretty much all going to happen in the podcast. It’s a low budget horror movie about a poop monster, […]
Expounded Universe 135 – Slurpin’ the Dirt
The GANKS disappeared all of a sudden, and then Zak went out on his cool skimboard (but remembered to wear his awesome pads) while Tash had a spooky adventure! Slurp […]
Expounded Universe 134 – Hey, That’s Smada for You
It was GANKS that shoved our heroes against a wall! And the chapter climaxes keep on rolling, as we meet some familiar heroes, learn about ship maintenance, and go to […]
High Strung – System Mastery 176
Grab your amps and start planning setlists, as we take a look at a game that eschews the classics of dungeon diving in favor of trying to make it big […]
Movie Mastery – Knights of Badassdom (2013)
You might think that a movie like this is going to cater to our specific interests. The truth is that it is mostly laughing at nerds instead of with […]
Expounded Universe 133 – The Sweet Life of Zack and Tash
Prepare yourselves for true horror, as we dive into the spooky world of Galaxy of Fear, the tween terror series that wasn’t a cashing in on Goosebumps being a thing. […]
Call of Cthulhu (5.6) – System Mastery 175
Yes, it’s not a D&D game. Don’t worry. It’s going to be okay. We still found a classic, the Chaosium flagship and the biggest name in leaning heavily on public […]
Movie Mastery – BMX Bandits (1982)
It’s the 80’s in Australia and there is nothing cooler than riding BMX bikes, stealing shit you find that is obviously someone else’s, and having the worst imaginable hair.
Expounded Universe 132 – Leviathor Ragnarok
Boy howdy, that was a lot of fun. We got whales, pirate captains, valleys of giant oysters, and an unsurprising revelation about the might Trioculus, all wrapped into a quick […]
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