Mon, 16 March 2009  HappyJack has left us high and dry as he tries to hide the bodies at his house and otherwise make it sellable. I’d like to see the DiY channel do a show on THAT. But loyal Croft comes through in a bind, driving a ridiculous amount of time just to be abused and taken adventage of - which is basically what we’re here for, so it all works out. My never-ending love song for Google adds a new verse this month: Google Voice should be coming by the end of this month. Built from the back of GrandCentral, it’s an impressive collection of services and one more step towards Google’s eventual world-dominance (and I can’t wait). I do find it disturbing that after so long of mocking PnP players Gabe has taken up the cause so fervantly. I guess it should be encouraging - an incredibly visual person has been brought over to the flock, converted to the greatness that is running a game based mostly on imagination, dice and math. But of course he can’t go quietly - he’s using the Dwarf Fortress sets. While I get their appeal to a miniatures game, I’m still an old-fashioned graph-paper n3rd. But those are some damn cool looking sets. The Apple Netbook rumors have taken hold once again. While I think it’s incredibly cool, I still want a Kindle2 more. No, it can’t do everything a Mac Netbook could do. But I have a laptop. I don’t need a netbook! How awesome is Sharis Van Sciver? I wonder if her cape gets caught in the car when she’s driving. Or maybe she just flies everywhere? Inquiring minds want to know. Seriously, though, if you haven’t read that story, go take a peek at a better person than I will ever be. Not that this is saying much… Do you really need someone to tell you that dressing up like the Joker and pointing a shotgun at the police is not going to end well? I think that story would have been better had he actually dressed up like the Cesar Romero Joker. That I could have at least respected. Brad Smoley, friend of Ziggy and Corey (I screwed up his name again - what is this mental block I have against the poor man?), has launched a site for his hilarious comic based on the suffering of Ziggy and Tinsdale at various cons. There’s also a cartoon, which we’ve mentioned in the past, but you should check out the site, great stuff. And of course, we have our weekly Left4Dead discussion. This week’s Comics N3RDCast is really more about the N3rd than it is the comics, since it was a very light week for everyone. We still manage a few titles to spoil: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #4, FABLES #82, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #11, RESIDENT EVIL #1. Show Notes (thanks Croft!): Our closing theme is the awesome “I’ll Still Be a Geek After Nobody Thinks It’s Chic (The Nerd Anthem)” from Marian Call’s new album, Got To Fly. If you haven’t picked up this album yet, you really should - it’s a fantastic listen, chock full of nods to Browncoats & BSG fans & numerous geekery references! Comments[4] |
Mon, 9 March 2009 Ahoy hoy, dedicated listeners! Kwip here - but I’m crazy swamped at work (to the point where I can’t even browse porn! Poor me!), so Croft has graciously stepped in to help us with the show notes - everyone say “Thank you, Croft!” At the end of this episode, you may think we really should change the name of the N3RDcast to the R4P3cast, or some variation of that. It starts with some vague talks of Watchmen, which most of us had seen opening day. This part is pretty much spoiler-free. Warning to listeners, a spoiler-filled conversation takes place after the outro music. Along with that come some talks of conventions and the things that stand in the way of going to them. Also, rumors about the Wizard World Philadelphia being canceled. Marian Call is a brilliant songstress, but with Mac’s help she’s also got an awesome music video. Then the show took a sudden turn for the worse with the mentioning of a rape video game in Japan called Rapelay. It’s all downhill from there with robots that have feelings yet don’t know when to stop, and another voice mail from a Jason Becker with a bad French Canadian accent. Not to worry, no other characters from the Multiverse Party Line made an appearance. The show gets back on track as we catch up with Happyjack after being gone for 2 weeks. Of course there’s more discussion about Left 4 Dead, which will never get old (that’s a lie, probably). Kwip and HappyJack give the plumbing tip of the week. Also, funny stories about listening to/working at college radio stations that turns into talks about why Dr. Sexy can’t get into metal, HappyJack hates Led Zeppelin, Rush and pretty much any other good classic rock bands, and who would win in a battle of Axel Rose versus Robert Plant. Titles spoiled this week include: SECRET SIX #7, SOLOMON GRUNDY #1, BATMAN: CACOPHONY #3, ULTIMATE WOLVERINE Vs. HULK #3, SHRAPNEL #3, DRESDEN FILES #3, NO HERO #4, DEADPOOL #8, THE GOON #32, SPIDER-MAN & THE HUMAN TORCH IN…BAHIA DE LOS MUERTOS! #1 (one-shot), THE BOYS #29, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23, X-MEN/SPIDER-MAN #4, THE MIGHTY #2, TERROR TITANS #6, AGENTS OF ATLAS #2, and SECRET WARRIORS #2. The show breaks down like this: Our closing theme is the awesome “I’ll Still Be a Geek After Nobody Thinks It’s Chic (The Nerd Anthem)” from Marian Call’s new album, Got To Fly. If you haven’t picked up this album yet, you really should - it’s a fantastic listen, chock full of nods to Browncoats & BSG fans & numerous geekery references! Comments[0] |
Tue, 3 March 2009 Jason Becker is responsible for a lot of things, but he is certainly the foil in this episode. In fact, we start off the show discussing one of the more disturbing things he’s sent us recently (and that’s really saying something). And no, I won’t link to it. Gross. Everyone knows Ben Folds, and I highly recommend going to see him if he comes to your area. But in addition to his awesomeness, you should check out Miniature Tigers. They’re a great group of guys and I really love their music. This show features a number of samples from their latest album, so enjoy! With everything that’s been going on this year, Team N3RD won’t be rocking the MS Walk in ‘09. We’re taking a little break to get ourselves recovered. With the insanity of the end of ‘08 and the start of ‘09, there was just no way we could coordinate anything big this year. But don’t let that dismay you! If you have money burning a whole in your pocket, feel free to donate to the “Buy Dr. Sexy a Cintiq, Kwip a Kindle 2, and HappyJack more antipsychotics Walk!” I’m very interested to get my copy of The Comic Book Podcast Companion. In addition to the ten characters it spares us, Eric Houston (the author) interviewed the guys from Comic Geek Speak, Quiet! Panelologists At Work and the Comic Book Queers (among others!). So it focuses on the greats, but also has advice about hardware and software setups (from what I understand). Normally we are the victims of Jason Earl Becker’s telephone antics, but for some reason madness overtook us this show and we decided to turn the tables a bit. Thus is born the Multiverse Party Line! Normal people will probably want to skip from 24:15 to 37:15, but that segment had me laughing pretty hard during edits. Just be careful come 31:10 - Grant Morrison is SUCH a noisy bitch! We talk a little about the great Brian Keene, a great local horror writer. Brian’s a great guy, and, even better, he’s plotting to kill our very own Pulsar. Always good for a laugh! Titles we spoil this week include: BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #2, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24, TEEN TITANS #68, WONDER WOMAN #29, AVENGERS INITIATIVE #22, CAPTAIN AMERICA #47, DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #2, MIGHTY AVENGERS #22, NEW AVENGERS #50, THUNDERBOLTS #129. The show breaks down like this: Our closing theme is the awesome “I’ll Still Be a Geek After Nobody Thinks It’s Chic (The Nerd Anthem)” from Marian Call’s new album, Got To Fly. If you haven’t picked up this album yet, you really should - it’s a fantastic listen, chock full of nods to Browncoats & BSG fans & numerous geekery references! Comments[0] |
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