Space Master – System Mastery 157
Well, we had to take a look at a Role Master game eventually, and this one chose us. This 1985 RPG is deeply, deeply mathy, and features a fantastic story […]
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In Theaters Now – IT: Chapter 2
The end of the clown saga is here. With a fairly bloated run time of just under 3 hours; can Chapter 2 capture the magic from the first one? Or […]
X-pounded Universe 98 – Very Tidy Seconds
Oh goddammit who let Jon pick the book? It was me? Shoot, complaint withdrawn. YES! It’s time to see what the X-Men and the TNG crew (and Worf if he’s […]
Expounded Universe 97 – Moonstruck
The somewhat less thrilling epilogue. Once we’re all done digging our way through Vector Prime, it’s time to answer a surprisingly large amount of listener questions! And we do exactly […]
Eoris Essence (Part 2) – System Mastery 156
Well, after last week with Jef failing to figure out what the heck any of this is using just the rule book, can Jon save the day? Will his comprehensive […]
Movie Mastery – Mom and Dad Save the World
Imagine if someone with no sense of humor decided they wanted to make a movie like Spaceballs. Now imagine they decided to make it a Jeffrey Jones vehicle. Now imagine […]
Expounded Universe 96 – The Shield Ships of Fart Planet B
The thrilling conclusion! Oh… hold on actually there’s apparently two chapters left? With eight pages in them total? What’s happening back here? Anyway the war rages on til some dramatic […]
Expounded Universe 95 – Daddy Warshacks
Jef is stuck in last week, but the show goes on! The post battle conversations are equal parts thrilling and samey, and someone forgot to watch the twins, so off […]
Eoris Essence (Part 1) – System Mastery 155
A lavish box set full of tomes of full color wonder! A comprehensive vision of an exciting and vast universe! But System Mastery! Could it be… completely impossible to read? […]
In Theaters Now – Dora the Explorer and the Lost City of Gold
In this children’s TV show turned teen adventure movie, the entire thing seems to have been dipped in a layer of magical realism where talking monkeys are simply nonsensical […]
Expounded Universe 94 – Space Invaders and Asteroids
Today it’s the Solo family(and Kyp) facing off against the might of the big bad Vong, as Prefect Da’Gara brings his fight directly to the doorstep of Lando’s Folly.
Expounded Universe 93 – That’s Amore
Oh boy, Luke’s into it now. Ready for another chapter of him taking all day to do something he couldn’t possibly do forever? It’s here! All that and the long-earned […]
WWE: Know Your Role – System Mastery 154 (live!)
Live from GenCon 2019, it’s System Mastery! We’re covering the greatest entertainment to come out of the squared circle in 2005, actual wrestling! Wait… no, probably some video game! Or […]
Movie Mastery – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Content Warning: David Lynch kinda went all in on the rape stuff in this movie. It’s just one more bit of awful in the sea of garbage that is this […]
Expounded Universe 92 – Big Bad Beetleborgs
As they inevitably must do, the good guys and bad guys finally begin to converge. Yomin straps on all his gooptech while Han encounters some surprisingly political albinos.
Amethyst Foundations – System Mastery 153
Did you know there were licensed RPGs using the 4th edition D&D engine? Well here’s one now! It has lots of fancy elves, a bunch of tech-based classes, and so […]
In Theaters Now – Crawl
A movie about alligators attacking during a hurricane is actually getting some pretty decent critical reviews. But can a well crafted horror movie penetrate Jef’s tough, scaly hatred for the […]
Expounded Universe 91 – The Dozen and 2 Avengers: Endgame
A chapter focusing on Kyp Durron being a pompous douchebag lost in his own little world? This book just keeps giving us gifts. Also Dani remains a badass and Han […]
Expounded Universe 90 – What if Episode 5 Again?
It’s sort of nice to have the main characters compressed into a single narr… hey wait a minute this the same as last time! Indeed, the Yuuzhan Vong continue to […]
Snarfquest D20 – System Mastery 152
Sometimes we get a book and we aren’t sure the exact percentage of RPG that’s going to be in there, so we end up reviewing like, a show synopsis or […]
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