In Theaters Now – Cats
You did it. You made us go see Cats. I hope you’re proud of yourselves. Now reality has lost all meaning and Jon can’t seem to stop introducing himself as […]
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Expounded Universe 114 – Bacta Streets Back, All Right
r Into every Star Wars book review a little rain must fall, and here it comes. At least we learn some surprising Dena Yus secrets, but boy do they come […]
Expounded Universe 113 – Crash Into Me
This book continues to baffle our wary expectations, as a chapter begins with a wordy explanation of how one of Lando’s dumb mining operations works and then ends about SOMETHING […]
Toon – System Mastery 165
Time to tackle some more Steve Jackson stuff. No GURPS still (somehow we still don’t have a copy) but I do have Toon so here we go! Play as a […]
Movie Mastery – Winter’s Tale (2014)
What if stars are miracles left by people when they die and we wish on the love of those who have gone before with heaven’s wishing love miracle? What if […]
Expounded Universe 112 – Puny Jaw Power Body
We meet the villains! There’s two of these floaty dorks and boy oh boy do we have a big reveal about them. They’re gonna threaten Lando for a bit, and […]
Expounded Universe 111 – You Know, Forest Poles
So in this book, Jaina Solo is 36 years old. In case you were curious how far along in the timeline we’re dealing with, this one is set around roughly […]
Glyphs: RPG Blueprint (Part 2) – System Mastery 164
This thing is huge and bizarre and we have come back to finish it because you are not prepared… for more Glyphs.
X-pounded Universe 110 – Plant X-Plained
The wrap-up, listener questions, and the announcement of the next book. Thankfully our mission was not continuing.
Glyphs: RPG Blueprint (Part 1) – System Mastery 163
Let’s finish off the year with something wild, what do you say? How about a game that uses a flicked token carom style mechanic for all random resolution? This thing […]
Movie Mastery – Fred Claus (2007)
Jef has been allowed to take over the movie decisions for the month and has decided it’s “A Very Vince Vaughn Christmas”. First up we find out out Santa’s deadbeat […]
X-pounded Universe 109 – Quatu the Watcher
As we expected, the final chapters of this book break down pretty simply. A satisfying if somewhat short conclusion, along with a little more Worferine (which is our preferred ship […]
X-pounded Universe 108 – There Are FOUR CLAWS
Wait, seriously? Are we this close to done? It seems like the part where anything cool happens didn’t happen. Oh well, we’re in wrap up mode, and if you were […]
Star Thugs – System Mastery 162
Time for some sci-fi! This game takes all the futuristic space convention you love and just DUMPS on it, haha yeah rad, fuck Star Trek! Anyhow come along won’t you? […]
In Theaters Now – Doctor Sleep
In a surprising twist, this sequel to a novel/movie that is 30 years old isn’t just some random garbage thrown together for a cash grab. But is it good? You’ll […]
X-pounded Universe 107 – A Colossus Lapse in Judgement
At this point I’m starting to long for the extreme action of a mid-season TNG episode or one of those really wordy Bendis X-Men issues. Sure, there’s stuff going on, […]
X-pounded Universe 106 – Sovar, So Good
Shadowcat enters and promptly leaves the fray! Data turns out to be some sort of alarming mechano-man! And Crusher has a dumb holodeck plan! It’s all going beautifully here.
Quest of the Ancients – System Mastery 161
Have you missed the good old fashioned heartbreaker game paradigm? Well fret no longer friend, because this one has it all! Elves! Dwarves! Saracens for some reason! This reprint of […]
Movie Mastery – Future Cops (1993)
When the past needs saving, you call the Future Cops! They’re…well, they’re just Street Fighter guys with a flair for the slapstick. This still might be a better Street Fighter […]
X-pounded Universe 105 – I Sure Hope Troi’s Okay
The fight rages on! So much transporting and phaser fighting and descriptions of the super cool powers of two of the definitely coolest X-Men, Banshee and… uhhh well Archangel. In […]
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