Episode 31 - All Alone in the Night
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
The Rise of Babylon 5... rising? We chat about a CW show we really liked, and an upcoming CW show we're hoping we really like, because it's based on a WB show we really, really liked. I didn't really give this one an extensive listen, and also I threw together some artwork; thanks Canva!
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Episode 30 - New Enemy
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
Ilan's new enemy -- revealed! Justin is an enabling presence for this quick end-of-the-month update. Justin's also been to a couple of movies, and we realize what we're going to talk about next time.
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Episode 29 - OHOtMU Summer Memories
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
Did we miss anything? We talk about time past, our schedules these days, the different platforms out there these days, and how we interact with memories (particularly Memories, the Facebook product). We meander a lot. We talk about building and rebuilding collections via auction lots, and spend a lot of time shouting out local superstar and friend-of-the-show Jim Zub, and the games of one Mr. Robin Laws. Squideye also winds up giving a fairly complete gameplay walkthrough of Cosmic Encounter, which isn't Twilight Imperium. And the clock is ticking on Audacity.
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The Micro-episode
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
It's been five years. It's been five long years. We've talked a lot about what we want to talk about and it keeps getting away from us as the world keeps surprising us; but we still want to talk. So here's a placeholder.
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Page update!
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
LibSyn is redesigning its pages so we'll spruce this one up to get with the times Justin and Ilan will be recording a new show soon. May the fourth of may be with you.
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Episode 28 - Special Edition
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
Updates, crowdfunding, freemium games, and fear. ...
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Happy Birthday, Drizzt!
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
[J]: So last night at Gen Con they had a 25th birthday party for Drizzt Do'Urden. For a very small # of you, this will be fairly significant. Drizzt started as a member of a party of heroes in a trilogy set in TSR's Forgotten Realms setting, and he was the breakout of the group. ...
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Episode 27: The Saga Begins Again
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
We have our Rush t-shirts and a new year has started. It's time to reconnect with you, our treasured listeners, and just barely fail to talk in-depth about the amazing comic "Saga". We will, however, cover some games, a visit from a dear friend, and a movie or two....
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Episode 26: Before NextWave!
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
With Dark Knight about to open (at the time) we contemplate the comic book movie explosion. So many explosions. Then we talk about Ready Player One, and Lords of Waterdeep. And other stuff. An explosion of other stuff! Thankfully, nobody was hurt in the explosions....
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Episode 25: A Dance with Deadlines
Squideye and The Bitter Guy
SYNOPSIS: 1812-The Invasion of Canada, John Carter of Mars, S4UC3D, and "Spring Preview"....
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"4 and change"
Continuing from last episode: one last Great War tidbit. A bunch of things related to the number 4 (the square root of 16, which is how many episodes this is), and also things changing. Nobody was hurt this time, because time may change me, but I can't change the rules of fourth edition D&D.
- Wraith: The Great War (best roleplayer!)
- other White Wolf historical settings for the Old World of Darkness
- also Apocalypse versus Forsaken -- topical, people!
- Justin's Great War GenCon experience
- D&D 4 Essentials
- Heroes of the Fallen Lands, Forgotten Kingdoms, and... rules
- "Red Box vs. Unearthed Arcana"
- And then the ACTUAL new Red Box
- What do you need for D&D?
- Rules compendium is really all you need for game except character generator
- Player books include all basic rules and equipment
- DM set is weird, and so is the dice box -- for tiles buy frickin' tiles, for dice buy the red box, and for a straight DMG, why not get DMG 1 and 2, probably as cheap as the new box anyway and full of Robin Laws goodness
- Ravenloft: "Is it bigger than a Red Box?"
- a complete game, great components, just a d20, a zillion minis
- modular, like Descent or Space Hulk, but with a Dracolich
- Incursion is another grid-tactics boardgame, which we may review later.
- Gamma World: "Why are we even talking about this?! Why aren't we PLAYING?!"
- Some pent-up nerd rage: omitted mention of the White Wolf version
- Though it's up for debate -- "...including versions based on d20?"
- Basically 4e but more gonzo!
- Brad Murray's review: http://www.vsca.ca/halfjack/?p=757
- Might be more enjoyable than our GaryCon Tomb of Horrors 3.5E adventure
- iPhone 4: "iPhone, do this!"
- Voice activation is pretty good, power is better
- Tim Sullivan of Without Software - awesome iOS developer: http://withoutsoftware.com/
- Season 4 of Venture Brothers
- Hasn't aired in Canada yet
- It will make you grow a blonde mullet.
- Something about change
- Also Heroscape being discontinued.
- KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES