Random Geek Culture in West Virginia

Welcome back to your favorite podcast where we dive into the fascinating intersection of art and geek culture. In this episode, we're thrilled to host an enlightening interview with Jared Tadlock from "two/two/eight," located at 228 Adams Street in Fairmont, West Virginia. The gallery's name itself is a clever nod to our podcast's theme, blending the octave concept that we&#3...

Here is episode 64 of RGCWV, a spoiler-free review of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. We cover many aspects of the game, including sound design, graphics, combat system, and story. If you haven't played the game yet, this video is safe to watch. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is the long-awaited sequel to the classic Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

Today I'm hanging out with Gary Vaughan. He's a writer, painter, and bounty hunter. We're going to talk about his life and what he's seen as a bounty hunter. He's written two books about his experiences: There's A Meth Head In Your Dryer and Stop Throwing Crack Babies At Me. So, grab a drink, sit back, and get ready to hear some wild stories about real crimes that happened right here in West Virgi...

Today Larry takes Luke back in the hills of north central West Virginia. We had so much fun filming this episode, I hope you enjoy watching it. Here is a resource that you can use to find new trails but in the words of Larry, "Just go out and see where things go." https://backroadsofappalachia.org/boa_map_regions/west-virginia/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR312i3Zb8XBpIqgCSTulTbTg8w7lN62WoylCLaKX-Su5...

Tonight I sit down with the local band "the FM" with its founding members Michael Stewart and Todd Rider. We go over their latest album and how they came to such a solid unique sound that they have shared with us. Please dive with me into the minds of these musical geniuses. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6mG3AAooqoYRFRyxiBEby2?si=2dItIb_lR3ClIdZx7By0RQ

Tonight Luke sits down with local comedian Dan Desmond to discuss how being a comedian form WV is different but also some things never change like how to come up with material and the struggels to get his name out there Please take a beat to dive into the life of Dan the comic from north central West Virginia

Tonight Luke, Alex, and Mike talk about the state of the gaming industry and how the medium has become so dificult to predict that it may be time for a .......rebirth Major games we discuss is Palworld, FinalFantacy 7 Rebirth, and Helldivers 2

Luke and Alex hit the road (I-79) and go down to Charelston WV for DualCon. At DualCon we were asked to be on a panel about Podcasting with 3 other Podcasts Too Opinionated https://www.youtube.com/@MeisterkhanPod The Horror of Babylon https://www.youtube.com/@BoardGameHouse Board Game House https://www.youtube.com/@HorrorofBabylon One of the Podcast had their equipment with them and set it up to r...

Tonight I sit down with the co-owner of Dairy Cream Corner, Mike Arcure! We take a look at how the ice-cream shop came about, what makes it special, and how they have evolved over the years. We also cover the geek stuff, don't you worry. We chat about Star Wars, the new James Gunn DCU, Video games, Movies, and a few more things I forgot. Learn more about DCC at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...

Tonight we Review a few things that you can get your West Virginia Geek for Christmas.  We review; Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Christmas Eve in the Mountain State, Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core  Reunion, and God of War Ragnarok   Christmas Eve in the Mountain State https://wvramparts.com/  Hellish Quart https://store.steampowered.com/app/1000360/Hellish_Quart/?fbclid=IwAR3H3h__HI...

Over the fall 22 season there have been a lot of streaming shows, too many in fact. The 4 that we are going to talk about is #Andor #houseofthedragon #ringsofpower #shehulk all of witch, have been very polarizing in community opinion.   We will do a brief overview of each of these shows, and discuss some of the reasons why people have such a fierce opinion of these.  We will also go over...

Tonight we talk about the swan songs of consoles that made us revisit consoles in the 8 and 16 bit era and bridged the gap on generations. Games mentioned; Kirby, Vectorman, Harvest Moon, Yoshi's Island, Mario RPG, and more.   Show Notes: https://dual-con.com/2022/07/24/guest-podcast-random-geek-culture-in-wv/

This episode we talk gardening and hot sauce, and jellies, and spices.

Tonight on the podcast we will go over a few games that came out during the launch window of a console and ultimately led to the possible success to that system.   Definition of release title:   • Games that came out within 1 year of console release  • Earlier is preferable to meet the definition of "release title"  • Only talking about North American titles and only sorting by...

We took a few weeks off so we are catching up on the goings on while we were gone.   Topics include: PS5, Modest Mouse Golden Castcate, Rick and Morty, Milton Guasti, Metroid Dread, Nintendo and Xbox at E3, Dune, In the country dark, WV Popcon, Olympics, Dyson Sphere, Directors Cuts for next gen   Link to Mikes book:  https://www.amazon.com/In-the-Country-Dark/dp/B096T4Q1WK  https://www.audible.co...

Tonight we do a retrospective of the previous 49 episodes.   We talk about our favorites to do and the best published ones. We also talk about how we have evolved over time and how we perfected our art.  Side note: sorry if Luke was distracted, Amazon had a PS5 restock and was trying to get one.   Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/randomwvgeek

We played a lot of video games in 2020 because it was not advisable to go outside.   We took this time to explore certain games more deeply and 4 of those stood apart from the rest.  Here are 4 games that we played in 2020 that we spent maybe too much time on but even though we may be done they still occupy our minds with fond memories.  #finalfantacy7remake #ghostoftsushima #p...

Xbox buys Bethesda but what does this mean? -Will #falloutfirst become a #gamepass ultimate required -#FO76 added to #XCloud will I be able to play on my phone -#xbox purchase brought #iDengine -#Starfield & #ES6 exclusive? -#Bethesda Fallout team and @Obsidian#newVegas2 or #Fallout5

In this episode we talk about: StarWars games no longer being exclusive to EA SSSS Gridman anime remake of a obscure 90s show Nintendo Direct in February and how some fans are getting left behind. Join Luke, Greg, Alex, and Mike, as we tackle these difficult subjects.

We have gone to a new format in this episode and going forward. Tonight is a retrospective on December 2020 talking about high level geek topics like; PS5 scalpers, the Movie Theater industry, and the Cyberpun controversy. Join Luke, Mike, Alex, and Greg on this audio journey plagued with technical difficulties and difficult topics.

Tonight we will have sit down with the Toughest Podcast host in Letterkenny and do a wee bit o' geeking out about #Letterkenny   Dean Giles is the host of https://howareyanowpod.com/   Please visit us on our other sites though https://linktr.ee/randomgeekculture  Also consider donating to use through http://www.patreon.com/RGCWV

Tonight at 7pm est we will do a YouTube live discussion #deathstranding #normanreedus and #hideokojima   Death Stranding hits PC next week July 14th

Luke and Alex talk about Jedi Fallen Order and some of the similarities to Knights of the old republic. On KOTOR we also explain how that would make a great new Star Wars trilogy. 

Tonight Mike Luke and Alex talk about the lack of #E3 this year and how the #PS5  reveal event sparked a lot of news and speculation.

Tonight Mike Luke and Alex talk about Avatar the Last Air Bender now Streaming all 3 seasons on Netflix.  Mike and Alex are rewatching it and geeking out where Luke is watching for the first time and really enjoying it.  Also Greg drops in to give so trivia.  Greg's Twitter https://twitter.com/BobbleheadVb