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12: Lost in Space, Tales From the Loop, and Audio Fiction

August 14, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Bryan, Mike and James are back with a new episode! In Geek Out, James praises the new Lost in Space series on Netflix and then takes us through the contents of his EDC Kit. Bryan describes his enjoyment playing a session of the RPG Tales from the Loop. Mike talks about his latest Star Wars … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: air force, andy weir, captain marvel, chuck, do androids dream of electric sheep, ee doc smith, godzilla, heroes overcome, lensman, lost in space, mighty 8th, museum, philip k dick, rogue one, roleplaying, saving the game, shazam, simon stalenhag, star wars, tales from the loop, tandy leather, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the martian, tmnt, triplanetary, zachary levi

Does it Hold Up: A Link to the Past

July 2, 2018 by 1 Comment

Does it hold up? Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Back in 1992 when the SNES was still pretty new, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past hit the shelves, and the cartridges quickly hit our consoles. Still basking in the new found radiance of 16-bit graphics, SNES gamers like myself reveled … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts Tagged: Game review, legend of zelda, Link to the Past, nintendo, retro gaming, snes, Super Nintendo, Zelda

11: Forbidden Planet and Solo: A Star Wars Story

June 23, 2018 by Leave a Comment

We’re back with another super-sized episode! In Geek Out, Mike describes reading “The Princess Bride” with his daughters and how applying googly eyes to anything makes life better. James talks about revisiting the show Babylon 5 and his efforts to turn his daughter into a warrior princess by taking her to a local archery practice. Bryan relates how his … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Club, Podcast Tagged: a link to the past, archery, atheism, babylon 5, babylon squared, bleach, brave, cgi, computer graphics, daredevil, death note, defenders, destiny 2, destiny 2 forsaken, fallout 76, forbidden planet, fullmetal alchemist, gene roddenberry, generation zero, googly eyes, humanism, incredible shrinking man, jeffrey sinclair, john sheridan, jrr tolkien, keurig, legend of zelda, legion, leslie nielsen, lord of the rings, lotr, merida, michael o'hare, misogyny, Night Vale, nintendo, pacific rim, princess bride, reading, robot abuse, robotech, robots, s morgenstern, secret of mana, shakespeare, snes, snes classic, solo, special effects, star trek, star wars, tales from the loop, the hobbit, the tempest, trigonometry, utopia, Visual Effects, war without end, Welcome to Night Vale, wii, william goldman, zathras

10: PAX East, Ready Player One, and Geeks in the Church

May 14, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Geek at Arms returns with a super-sized episode! Bryan kicks off Geek Out by sharing the ups and downs, and possible opportunities, of the growing user-base of the visual effects software he uses. Mike gives us his PAX East report, and James jumps from Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds to Parks & Rec to Ready Player One, and more! Then, in a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: blender, blender foundation, dog with a blog, dragonbone chair, dragonslayer, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, fringe, from dusk till dawn, game of thrones, god loves the freaks, higgins armory museum, high king of osten ard, how to train your dragon, legion, lord of the rings, memory sorrow and thorn, ncis, niccolo giganti, osten ard, parks and recreation, pax east, player unknown's battlegrounds, ready player one, smash up, steve weese, teen wolf, the last starfighter, the office, Visual Effects, witchwood crown

9: Black Panther, Forged in Fire, and Geek Budgeting

May 13, 2018 by Bryan Leave a Comment

Looks like I totally dropped the ball on this episode and didn’t even realize it until I went to put up the blog post for #10. So here it is almost two months late! James kicks off Geek Out by describing his new favourite show, Forged in Fire. Mike shares the latest news from Reality … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: accounting, arrow, babylon 5, betrayal at house on the hill, black lightning, black panther, blacksmithing, bunisher, collectibles, deep space 9, fabris, five year mission, forged in fire, funko pop, g'kar, graphing calculators, green arrow, highlander, imperialism, iron crown enterprises, killmonger, londo mollari, looney labs, oliver queen, pax east, peter jurasik, race issues, racism, reality zombies, retirement, seax, shuri, social class, star trek five year mission, t'challa, taxes, texas instruments, ti-84, veronica mars

The Rules

March 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment

The first time I’d ever taken the GM seat for an RPG campaign, I kept all my campaign notes in a college-ruled notebook. On the inside cover I wrote three rules. These rules were to be my guideline for preserving the flavor of the kind of game I wanted to run. Since I had little … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts Tagged: game master, game mastering, gamemaster, gamemastering, roleplaying, rpg roleplaying games, rpgs

Episode 8: Virtual Zombies, Veronica Mars, and tips for preserving your games

February 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

With a brand new year comes a new season of Geek at Arms! In Geek Out James shares his thoughts on the books A Theft of Swords and Goblinopolis, and how he has finally started watching Stranger Things. Mike describes his virtual zombie hunting adventure, and Bryan takes us through his journey of watching Veronica Mars and geting back … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: 7th sea, animal upon animal, arkham horror, arnor, avengers, babylon 5, before the mast, bill, black panther, carcassonne, chromecast, chrononauts, civilization, dixit, doctor who, dominion, fate core, goblinopolis, gondor, incredibles, incredibles 2, infinity war, iron crown enterprises, jodi whittaker, lord of the rings, magic the gathering, marvel, mary rose, merp, michael j sullivan, middle earth roleplaying, monopoly, munchkin, myst, nardole, obduction, peter capaldi, pixar, puerto rico, reality zombies, riven, Riyria Revelations, robert g ferrell, sca, smallworld, smash up, society for creative anachronism, solo, star wars, star wars d6, stranger things, tales from the loop, the flower of battle, theft of swords, tor chronicles, veronica mars, west end games

Episode 7: Superheroes and Board Games for Beginners

December 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment

In this very slightly holiday-themed episode, Mike Geeks Out about the sci-fi novel Binti, Bryan talks incessantly about Green Arrow and the possibility of a roleplayer’s lair, and James continues to rave about the Mary Rose (and a big thanks to the Museum for sharing our last episode!) We… well, mostly Bryan talks about superhero … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: 12th doctor, 7 ages, 7 wonders, 7 wonders duel, A christmas carol, Andrew Henry, apples to apples, aquaman, arrow, axis & allies, bang!, batman, batman v superman, battlestar galactica, battletech, beekeeping, before the mast, binti, call of cthulhu, campaign for north africa, carcassonne, catan, chronicles of robin hood, codenames, coup, dawn of justice, dc comics, dead men tell no tales, doctor who, dominion, elf, five crowns, gandalf, gloom, gondor, green arrow, green arrow/green lantern, green lantern, hard travelling heroes, harley quinn, heir to the empire, how i met your mother, injustice gods among us, john bainbridge, justice league, justice league unlimited, kevin smith, kill doctor lucky, king of tokyo, loxley, man of steel, mary rose, michael cray, michael j sullivan, middle earth roleplaying, munchkin, my little pony, new 52, new jedi order, nnedi okorafor, oregon trail, peter capaldi, pillars of the earth, pirates of the caribbean, pirates of the caribbean dead men tell no tales, placebo, puerto rico, quiddler, quiver, red dragon inn, religion for breakfast, risk, Riyria Revelations, robin hood, save doctor lucky, scattergories, settlers of catan, smallworld, smash up, splendor, star wars, star wars aftermath, star wars ccg, star wars miniatures, star wars rmada, super friends, supergirl, superman, sushi go, sushi go party, the crystal star, the doctor the widow and the wardrobe, the flash, the return of doctor mysterio, theft of swords, thor ragnarok, ticket to ride, timothy zahn, tolkien, tsuro, warhammer, white christmas, wild storm, will ferrell, wonder woman, yuuzhan vong, zombies

Episode 6: Star Trek, Summer Movie Recap, and GM Tips for Running an RPG for Beginners

November 25, 2017 by Leave a Comment

In Episode 6, the guys Geek Out about Tudor-era warship Mary Rose, Star Trek and The Orville, and Ken Mondschein. We also express our opinions of the movies we saw over the summer and look forward to the ones coming up in the holiday season. After that, it’s a look at introducing roleplaying to new … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: agrippa, alcatraz, alcatraz versus the evil librarians, amazon, beginning the trek, blade runner, brandon sanderson, coco, curse of the farmer's wife, destiny, duncan hamilton, family guy, fate core, fudge, gagh, galaxy quest, garrison keillor, guardians of the galaxy, it devours, justice league, keeping up with the cardassians, ken mondschein, lord of the rings, mary rose, ministry of silly walks, monty python, monty python's flying circus, movies, murder on the orient express, nightvale, pie rats of the carob bean farm, primetime adventures, redshirts, renaissance, roleplaying, school lunches, seth mcfarland, star trek, star trek discovery, star wars d6, stargate sg-1, std, super mario bros, tabletop, tales from lake woebegone, the huntsman's amulet, the orville, the space between us, The Tattered Banner, the telastrian song, thor, thor ragnarok, valerian and the city of 1000 planets, welcome to nightvale, west end games, wonder woman, zombies

Geek at Arms Episode 5: Cyber Security, Bug Out Bags, and the Retro Revival!

September 29, 2017 by Leave a Comment

From swordfighting manuscripts to Destiny 2, the guys discuss what they’ve been Geeking Out to recently. Bryan relates his experience combating a hacker and the safeguards he’s taken while giving some good advice for online security. Also, with the large number of natural disasters our country has seen recently, James describes the emergency bug out … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: bug out bags, destiny 2, disaster, fiore, hacking, longsword, munchkin, pell challenge, security, shakespeare, survival
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