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23: Super Mario Bros, Limbo, and The Secret of NIMH

September 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Once more into the Geek with Bryan, Mike, and James! In this episode James begins Geek Out by relating how a recent episode of The Min/Max Podcast led to jumping right back into the game Skyrim, and his recent journey to an SCA event to see a good friend become a knight. Next Mike tells … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Club, Podcast Tagged: alquerque, boston fan expo, cosplay, hello dolly, Kosuke Koyama, min/max, musical, nintendo, nintendo switch, sca, skyrim, society for creative anachronism, super mario bros u deluxe, switch, theater, theatre, theology, three mile an hour god

22: Picard, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Ethical Situations in Video Games

August 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Although it released late in August, this episode was recorded on July 28, 2019, prior to the shootings that took place in El Paso and Dayton a few days later, which have prompted more conversation on the topic of violence in video games. We want to make it clear that we do not necessarily believe … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: amazon, bioshock, culper ring, dave and busters, disney+, ethics, fallout, fallout 4, far from home, fencing, FF XV, final fantasy, final fantasy 15, final fantasy xv, humphrey carpenter, iron man, jrr tolkien, jurassic world, ken mondschein, king's quest, knights of the old republic, kotor, lord of the rings, lower decks, mass effect, murder mystery, oculus, oculus rift, picard, sca, society for creative anachronism, spider-man, star trek, star wars, tardigrades, texas star dinner theater, the mandalorian, tolkien, tom holland, tom shippey, tony stark, turn washington's spies, video games, virtual reality, vr, warehouse 13, washington, zendaya

21: Saving the Game, Good Omens, and Ladyhawke

July 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment

The boys of Geek at Arms return for another brand new episode! In Geek Out Mike describes much fun he and Bryan had as guests on the fantastic podcast Saving the Game, and how much he’s enjoyed the recent Amazon series (or was it Netflix) Good Omens. Next, James cannot say enough good things about … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Club, Podcast Tagged: a knight's tale, alan parsons, alfred molina, alliteration, andrew powell, anime, arlingcon, armor, beat saber, better off ted, box office mojo, boy scouts, cardinal richelieu, christopher lee, cinematography, day for night, dies the fire, dwayne, ferris bueller, for whom the bell dings, fritz leiber, gaston, godzilla, godzilla vs kong, good omens, grey mouser, ivanhoe, jean luc picard, jl8, john wood, justice league, kaiju, ken hutchison, king ghidorah, king kong, kong, ladyhawke, leo mckern, lightsaber, matthew broderick, michelle pfeiffer, mothra, my hero academia, neil gaiman, podcat, primetime adventures, richard donner, rodan, romance, roy batty, rutger hauer, s.m. stirling, saving the game, sca, shadows in the toybox, society for creative anachronism, star trek the next generation, tad cooper, terry pratchett, three musketeers, tim curry, unwritten rules, vader immortal, vittorio storaro, we free men, yale stewart, your name

20: Retro Rewind Podcast, Tolkien, and Geeks in Media

June 12, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Geek at Arms returns with our 20th episode. Bryan kicks off Geek Out by sharing his excitement about interviews with the Retro Rewind and Min/Max podcasts. James and Mike promptly die of envy. James then shares his likes and dislikes about the book Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View and how much he’s looking … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: ask the storybots, avengers endgame, ben wyatt, big bang theory, bravestarr, bromeliad, buffy the vampire slayer, claudia donovan, complex numbers, cowboy bebop, cyber-nazis, dead gentlemen, dead gentlemen productions, deborah beale, dianoga, discworld, dorkness rising, dorks, douglas fargo, dragons of ordinary farm, dweebs, euler angles, family matters, felicia day, geeks, gimbal lock, godzilla, godzilla king of the monsters, godzilla vs megalon, imaginary numbers, jrr tolkien, king of the monsters, linear algebra, mathematics, min/max, mst3k, mystery science theater 3000, nerds, ordinary farm, parks and rec, pete lattimer, phineas and ferb, podcasts, quaternion, retro rewind, revenge of the nerds, saved by the bell, screech, sleep apnea, smithsonian, star wars, star wars from a certain point of view, steve urkel, steven universe, terry pratchett, the gamers, the gamers dorkness rising, the guild, tolkien, tolkien a biography, warehouse 13, wee free men, willow

19: Cowboy Bebop, Steven Universe and the 7th Voyage of Sinbad

May 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Welcome back to another new episode of Geek at Arms! James kicks off Geek Out with details on his families latest trip to the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. He then shares his recent interest and research into what languages Jesus might have spoken during the time of His ministry. Next, Bryan kindly shares a spoiler-free review … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Club, Podcast Tagged: 20000 fathoms deep, 7th voyage of sinbad, a knight's tale, acker and blacker, arabian nights, aramaic, avengers endgame, batman the animated series gotham under siege, battlestar galactica, bill slavicsek, blue screen, bluescreen, braveheart, breath of the wild, brian jacques, cinderella, clash of the titans, claymation, cowboy bebop, danger mouse, darby o'gill and the little people, defining a galaxy, don bluth, dynamation, egyptian, endgame, greek, harryhausen, hebrew, highlander, hishgraphics, homer, hope fostered, indiana jones and the last crusade, Jason and the Argonauts, jesus, jhereg, journey of the center of the earth, kathryn grant, kenneth kolb, kerwin matthews, kingdom come deliverance, ladyhawke, land of the lost, language, latin, linguistics, migraines, mrs brisby, nap time, nathan juran, ratatouille, rear projection, redwall, retro rewind, richard eyer, sabbath, scarborough renaissance faire, scheherezade, secret of nimh, shazam, sindbad, sixteen ways to defend a walled city, skyrim, star wars from a certain point of view, steven universe, stop motion, the source, torin thatcher, vlad taltos, willow

The Real Superheroes of Shazam!

April 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment

I’ve been a Shazam! fan for quite a long time, and I’m more than happy to talk about him, as anyone who listened to episodes 16 and 12 knows. I was thoroughly delighted by the film, and I’m more than happy to talk about that, as well. But there’s something about it that hit me harder than … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts Tagged: adoption, billy batson, captain marvel, charity, foster, foster care, fosterage, fostering, freddy freeman, hope fostered, movies, orphan, orphans, rosa vasquez, shazam, victor vasquez

Feddernik Singsangsung Thrubmorton

April 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment

James and I were recently delighted to play a short session for the City on a Hill actual play podcast. They run a 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons game, and we were adventuring in a corner well away from the main storyline. The DM, Ryan, instructed us that the only available races were Gnomes, Halflings … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts Tagged: character, city on a hill, dungeons and dragons, feddernik, fighter, gnome, roleplaying, rpg, thrubmorton

18: PAX East, Captain Marvel, and Upcoming Book-to-Film Adaptations

April 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Geek at Arms is back again! Mike kicks things off with his report on PAX East, and then describes the new love of his life, Betrayal: Legacy. James explains how his new game Kingdom Come: Deliverance feels like stepping into 15th century Bohemia and how much he and his wife enjoyed Captain Marvel. Next, Bryan deep dives us … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: a bit of fry and laurie, agatha christie, agents of SHIELD, aliens, avengers, avengers endgame, betrayal at house on the hill, betrayal legacy, bit brigade, captain marvel, captain n, christian bloch, city on a hill, convention, culture, d&d, dark shadows, deliverance, discworld, dragon, dresden files, dune, dungeons and dragons, eeka cosplay, evergate, good omens, gormenghast, halo, human-interact, iain banks, innroads, kingdom come, kingdom come deliverance, kingkiller chronicles, knives, legacy, linda hamilton, lord of the rings, mandelbrot, mathematics, matt parker, mega man 3, min/max, mr holland's opus, murder on the orient express, numberphile, numberwang, PAX, Penny Arcade, peter jackson, prancing pony, pratchett, primetime adventures, ready player one, roleplaying, roll 20, sigourney weaver, speed runs, starship commander, stranger things, super mario bros, tabitha, talhoffer, terminator, terry gilliam, terry pratchett, the bourne identity, the hobbit, the watch, The Witcher, troll bridge, valhallamas, wheel of time

Guide to Your First PAX East

March 18, 2019 by Bryan 2 Comments
First time guide to PAX East

You’ve just scored tickets to your first PAX East. Congrats! So, now what? You’re going to find over 500,000 square feet of the Disney World of gaming cons. A lot of first-time PAX goers want a little advice as to what to see and how to see it. Below is an aggregation of my own … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts, PAX Tagged: advice, conventions, PAX, PAXEast, Penny Arcade

17: City on a Hill Gaming and Willow

March 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Bryan, Mike and James return for yet another super-sized episode! Mike shares his enjoyment at reading The Fellowship of the Ring to his children for the first time and how he barely contained his Geekiness at meeting author and fencing master Ken Mondschein. Next, Bryan talks about how much he’s been enjoying the new Voltron: Legendary Defender and My Hero … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Club, Podcast Tagged: 5e, actual play, agrippa, allan cameron, attack of the killer shrews, ben aaronovitch, billy barty, city on a hill, civilization, compositing, d&d, darmok, david muren, death nun, digital compositing, dungeons and dragons, eborsisk, elora danan, eric jager, fifth edition, fin raziel, free child care, gathering storm, george lucas, gi joe, go motion, harryhausen, james horner, julie peters, last duel, lord of the rings, madmartigan, mask, micronauts, midnight riot, mighty joe young, mondschein, morf, morph, my hero academia, naomi novik, novgorod, optical printer, phil tippett, return of the king, revolution, rivers of london, roleplaying, roll20, ron howard, saving the game, she-ra, sorsha, spinning silver, stop motion, temeraire, the hobbit, thundercats, transformers, trial by combat, val kilmer, Visual Effects, voltron, warwick davis, willow, willow ufgood
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