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15: Civilization 6, Magic: the Gathering, and Blade Runner

December 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Welcome to another new episode of Geek at Arms! First off, Mike explains how a pastor’s retreat turned into a board game extravaganza! Then, Bryan shares his thoughts on the Gormenghast book series and his continued enjoyment of Civilization 6. James describes his latest woodworking project and his renewed interest in the card game Magic: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Club, Podcast Tagged: beginning the trek, blade runner, civilization, game store prophets, gormenghast, kingdomino, magic the gathering, middle earth the wizards, saving the game, spellslingers, star trek five year mission, star trek outpost, the last duel, tofrains, tsuro

14: The Dragon Prince, Scott Pilgrim, and Time Travel

October 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment

The guys are back with a new episode! In Geek Out, James describes his family trip to Silver Dollar City and how much he and his wife have enjoyed the shows The Librarians and The Dragon Prince. Bryan expresses his continued delight in having a new computer and how much he’s enjoyed playing Civilization 6. He also shares his … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: 12 monkeys, aaron ehasz, avatar the last airbender, babylon 5, babylon squared, back to the future, better off ted, bill and ted, boston FIG, by his bootstraps, civilization 6, cold days, colin mcmahon, continuum, dark matter, day of the doctor, doctor who, dresden files, dust 514, emmett 'doc' brown, enterprise, ethics, eve online, forbidden sky, glove and boots, harry potter, jim butcher, kristen bell, legend of zelda, library of alexandria, machi koro, muckfest, prisoner of azkaban, river song, robert heinlein, scott pilgrim, sg-1, silver dollar city, star trek enterprise, stargate, the dragon prince, the dreamcatchers, the good place, the librarians, time travel, tmnt, transdimensional teenage mutant ninja turtles, travelers, vader immortal diplomacy, Visual Effects, war without end, warehouse 13, wind waker, window of opportunity

13: Monster of the Week, Renaissance Faires, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind

September 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Once more unto the breach with the Geek at Arms Podcast! Mike kicks off Geek Out with why James & Bryan came to mind during a recent camping trip, and also shares his thoughts on the book Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture. James talks about the recent SCA event he attended with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Club, Podcast Tagged: American Gods, camping, close encounters of the third kind, film club, francois truffaut, french new wave, helen nicholson, knights templar, magic the gathering, mathematics, monster of the week, new york tourism, niagara, ninja turtles, paracord, rachel lee rubin, renaissance faires, retro review, richard dreyfuss, science fiction, sound mixing, steven spielberg, tmnt, well met

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
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