Cthulhu Live – System Mastery 92
It’s a game for only the dapperest of beardsmen on today’s System Mastery. We’re talking Cthulhu Live, a game of rapidly going insane while extras cavort about in the background.
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Movie Mastery – Laser Mission (1989)
Time to delve into the mysterious world of espionage carried out by incompetent, non-government agents-for-hire. Can Michael get the diamond before the super weapon is built? Can nepotism overcome how […]
Episode 73 – Fenton Rising
Today’s episode: Season 2 – Episode 7: SuperDuckTales – Frozen Assets The scourge that is Fenton Crackshell won’t belay his bashing on our beleaguered brains. Blast it, he’s got me […]
The Whispering Vault – System Mastery 91
If you listen real close you can actually hear the vault whispering. It’s not worth it though, he’s just reading the Humor in Uniform section out of old Reader’s Digests. […]
Movie Mastery – Power Rangers (2017)
Come fellows, it is the time of morphing! That’s what they always said, right? I’m not a 90s kid or whatever you needed to be to care about this.
The Secret is Inside – Afterthought 53
So here’s an interesting first. The author of The Secret of Zir’an, Chris Hockabout, is a listener! So when we covered his book, he reached out to us. Thank goodness […]
The Secret of Zir’An – System Mastery 90
The Secret of Zir’an is probably that deep under the challenging layout and heaped on layers of confusing story, accessible only to people who are really willing to roll up […]
Movie Mastery – Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
This movie is the worst. Not mentioned in the review but a running “gag” in the film is his neighbor’s kid keeps getting horribly mangled by things. This managed to […]
Continuation – Afterthought 52
We talk about things that aren’t FATAL so hard, it’s crazy! Can you blame us? We just don’t want to talk about it anymore. Plus, your questions, answered at last.
FATAL – System Mastery 89
Well folks, you made it happen. Grats to all! There’s no way this is worth any more of our time or yours than the extra-long episode we’ve thrown on here […]
New Merch- Space 1989 Shirt
Hey, remember Space 1989? Our imagined replacement for Space 1889, which was about canal maintenance or something instead of being about rad space adventures? Well, our made up game, which […]
SMUG Engine – By Erika Chappell
Holy crap, a fan listening to our SMUG Engine intro from Afterthought 51 made a game out of it! It’s based on a game we’ve discussed before and greatly enjoyed, […]
In Theaters Now – Fifty Shades Darker
Quick warning on this one: If you don’t want to hear about emotionally abusive relationships or really terrible sex, give this one a pass.
Rambling Men – Afterthought 51
This is legitimately not a great episode if you like people that can stay on topic. Otherwise I think it’s one of our favorites.
Star Frontiers – System Mastery 88
It’s the space 80s! Feather your hair and ready your giant wrap-around bubble glasses for some interstellar adventure where the computers are so advanced that Oregon Trail has four colors! […]
Movie Mastery – Blood Punch (2014)
Think about the concept of Groundhog’s Day but it’s an action thriller movie. Got it? Ok, now instead of the super rad thing you imagined; think of the dullest version […]
Mea Culpa – Afterthought 50
Today we invite a guest on to tell us all about how Nephilim is apparently a pretty good game, and it’s Kalum, the host of The Rolistes Podcast. A native […]
Nephilim – System Mastery 87
The early 90s seem positively ripe with games that are more character creation tool than game, and Nephilim is no exception. Join the ranks of weird energy spirits that have […]
In Theaters Now – xXx: Return of Xander Cage
When the world is in peril and all seems lost; there is only one man that the U.S. Government can turn to. Xander Cage and his power of sassy extreme […]
Mad MaXCrawl – Afterthought 49
People kept asking us what we thought the best way to adapt the XCrawl concept was. I think our title this week makes our opinion readily apparent.
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