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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the multifaceted musical/comedy documentary, Yacht Rock: The Dockumentary , while D. Bethel finds a new holiday-staple film in the esoteric but endearing animated film, Tokyo Godfathers , directed by the late Satoshi Kon. KARATE KID AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS: Our hosts wrap up the episode by discussing the trailer and premise for the very bizarre upcoming film, Kar...

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew talks about the finale to the DC/WB show, Superman & Lois , and how it holds up not only as a finale for the show but as a finale for the entire DC/WB run of shows. D. Bethel, on the other hand, spends some time (digitally) in the North Sea on the very Scottish experiential horror game, Still Wakes the Deep . TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - Andrew ate too much beef (02:27)...

THE DEEPEST CUT: Our hosts do a quick mid-season check-in on the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. SWEETS TO THE SWEET: In honor of the great Tony Todd who played memorable roles from Star Trek to the titular Candyman , our hosts reflect on a great actor gone too soon. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro -  Star Trek: Lower Decks , Season 5 so far (11:20) RIP Tony Todd (19:29) Outro - Teacher Talk (20:51)...

TOM HANKSGIVING: Andrew bought a new Mac, so he decides to play No Man's Sky while D. Bethel is Tom Hanksful for the delightful retro-stylings of the indie RPG, Beyond Galaxyland . GRIPESGIVING: With all the thanks out of the way, our hosts decide to complete the holiday by complaining about things. Andrew is mad at the new season of Cobra Kai while D. Bethel becomes irrationally furious with the...

STILL WALKING: Andrew updates us on his traversal through The Walking Dead , finding more surprises even when deep into season 4. MODERN MARVELS: Three new MCU trailers dropped–– Captain America: Brave New World , Thunderbolts* , and What If...? Season 3––and they all look great! Does this, combined with the recent success of Agatha All Along , signal a new breath of life for Marvel Studios? TOPIC...

A CRUE TRIME STORY: Andrew sits down to talk about the glorious successes of the newest Marvel/Disney+ show, Agatha All Along (SPOILERS). TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - EVERYTHING IS FINE (02:31)  Agatha All Along - It mixes things up! (05:04) The cast and premise of  Agatha All Along (14:08) Joe Locke and Representation in the MCU (20:40)  Agatha All Along and music (26:59) Outro -  Metal Gear Solid mys...

DEAD BY DAWN: Our hosts dissect the surprisingly complicated (but very long) second zombie movie from director George Romero, Dawn of the Dead . TOPICS: (0:00:00) Intro - It's ACTUALLY Spookytober (0:02:43) Discussion of  Dawn of the Dead (0:59:41) Outro -  Star Trek: The Lower Decks , Season 5 premiers (1:01:46) Outtakes RELEVANT EPISODES: " Brine and Brinstar " (31 October 2014): Where our hosts...

LAST WEEK, PART 2: This week, our hosts return to what they rambled about last week. After watching the Netflix show, Heartstopper , Andrew checked out the original comics and was surprised at how closely the show sticks to them. D. Bethel checks out episodes 2 and 3 of Adult Swim's Uzumaki and develops theories as to the significant shifts in animation quality throughout the episode. Then, Andrew...

Amblin' Entertainment: Our hosts glide through various pieces of news and entertainment that caught their attention this last week. Andrew finds himself lost amid some very strange controversy around the game engine, Godot, while also quite enjoying Netflix's queer teenage dramedy, Heartstopper . D. Bethel admits he's a fan of the famed horror manga creator, Junji Ito, and found a lot to like in t...

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew is pleasantly suprised and intrigued by the recent CBS...reboot? remake? metacommentary?...of Matlock starring Kathy Bates. D. Bethel tries to intersect his professional and personal interests with the critical works about video games, comics, and movies from the French publisher, Third Editions. Specifically, he's started a dive into Decoding The Last of Us : The Remnants of...

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the new Disney+/MCU show, Agatha All Along , before realizing he's still all-in on zombie media. D. Bethel, on the other hand, checks out the newest entry into the venerated Alien franchise with Alien: Romulus . TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - Agatha All Along first impressions (11:18) Andrew orders a lot of The Walking Dead (32:04) D. Bethel watches Alien: Romulus (51:10) Out...

This year is a big year with the local show, CrockerCon, reaching its 10th show in the Sacramento region. Being ten shows in, our hosts––D. Bethel of Long John and Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics––get a bit reflective, especially since Kyrun has moved from being an exhibitor to a co-coordinator, giving us a look behind the curtain, beyond our normal look behind the table. RELEVANT INFORMATION: Find K...

WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel has fallen ill, so our hosts decide to take it easy and share their respective weeks in geek. This week, Andrew watches a very unique television show based on a video game, Knuckles on Paramount+. D. Bethel, meanwhile, checks out some video games, the punishing but intriguing Pacific Drive , and the stylistically retro JRPG, Octopath Traveler . WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel has f...

NEWS CRUISE: Our hosts recap a lot of the nerdy and geeky news of the last week or so, including Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , new Dungeons & Dragons , DLC crossovers, and a Doctor Who spinoff?!? TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - Both hosts are to blame (02:22) Star Trek news (08:50) Dungeons & Dragons news (16:41) Crossover DLC announcements from Dave the Diver , Balatro , and Dead By Daylight (26:38) Doc...

THE RULE OF RULES: Andrew shares his experience playing Fabula Ultima some more, and how it led to surprisingly divisive thoughts about how important––and, perhaps, necessary––the rules are of a tabletop RPG. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - Andrew and his mouse problem (03:43)  Fabula Ultima and the importance of understanding (or misunderstanding?) TTRPG rules (43:50) Outro - Andrew's impending birthday...

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: It's a quick check-in this week as one of our hosts has been displaced from his normal recording environment due to renovation occurring at his home. Despite that, our hosts do a quick check-in with D. finally wrapping up Marvel's Midnight Suns while Andrew starts watching Gravity Falls from the beginning for the first time (having already seen the end). TOPICS: (00:00) Intro -...

WEEK IN GEEK: After a week away for travel, our hosts return to talk about what has occupied their nerdy time. Andrew dives all in on season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix while D. Bethel starts to play the unique puzzle game, Arranger (while also fitting in a screening of Deadpool & Wolverine ; NO SPOILERS ). TOPICS: (00:00) Intro (01:30) Andrew's Week in Geek: Star Trek: Prodigy , Season 2 (...

LET'S GET SMOKED: Our hosts get niche and talk about the glory that is Netflix's third season of the competitive cooking reality show, Barbecue Showdown . TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - The Weathercast (01:45) Barbecue Showdown , season 3 (03:39) Why it's a great show (09:10) The range of the cast (13:57) There are no losers on this show (16:59) BBQ in the USA (17:51) Standouts in the cast (20:50) The ju...

STILL TOO HOT: With temperatures still uncomfortably high on the west coast of the United States, our hosts are calling it for another week but did sit down long enough to record a little bit of an audio proof of life to say hello to one another and to their audience. TOPICS: (00:00) Intro (00:41) Adventures in heat (03:21) A miniscule Week in Geek check-in from Andrew (03:46) Discourse about meat...

AN ACTUAL BAD WOLF: With the newest series/season of Doctor Who wrapped up, our hosts discuss what was new, interesting, and surprising about this new batch of episodes. AJAB: Andrew reflects on the controversial new Star Wars show on Disney+, The Acolyte . TOPICS: (00:00) Intro - Andrew breaks out on his own (01:42) An impromptu discussion on late-stage social media (07:40) Doctor Who recap (09:2...

NEWS DRIVE-BY: At the outset of the show, our hosts breeze by a bunch of headlines from the week: Marvel vs. Capcom Collection , Metroid Prime 4: Beyond , Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, Adobe lawsuit, etc. WEEK IN GEEK: After finally having a hands-on session, Andrew shares his thoughts on the ttjrpg, Fabula Ultima , while D. Bethel dives into the world of professional wrestling with The...

WEEK IN HYPE: Instead of discussing what nerdy and geeky stuff they've been actively doing, our hosts instead discuss what nerdy and geeky stuff they're excited about potentially doing. Andrew is inspired by the TTJRPG, Fabula Ultima , while D. Bethel gets tactical, romantic, and deck-buildy in the first few hours of Marvel's Midnight Suns . TOPIC: (00:00) Intro - it's hot in Sacramento! (01:22) A...

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew discusses (SPOILER ALERT) the series finale of Star Trek: Discovery , while D. Bethel has thoughts about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga . TOPICS: (00:00) Intro (02:02) Andrew's thoughts on the Star Trek: Discovery 's finale (19:10) D.'s thoughts on Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (36:18) Outro - a little discussion about Doctor Who (37:06) Outtakes RELEVANT LINKS: Bernstein, Abbie...

THE DMV PERSISTS: Andrew shares a particularly arduous, hilarious, and somewhat sad quest he experienced in Fallout 76 , which leads also to a short discussion about the Amazon Prime show, Fallout . DISCOVERY ENDS: With the release of the season and series finale of Star Trek: Discovery (which was not released at the time of this recording), Andrew reflects on the arc––and legacy––of this show. SC...

DUNGEONS & LICENSING: Andrew is surprised at the lengths Dungeons & Dragons is willing to go to get its brand out there. THE DOCTOR IS IN: Our hosts share their thoughts on the first two episodes of the new series of Doctor Who : "Space Babies" and "The Devil's Chord." RELEVANT LINKS: D. Bethel will be a guest (among many) on Kyrun Silva's podcast, 4 Tales Podcast , to discuss the first season of...