Episode 19: The Emperor of Lego

On this episode of the We Talk To Ourselves Podcast:

Episode 19

• Paul Dini confirms what we suspected about DC Comics executives and their aversion to female fans.
• The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug: Thoughts on the movie as a film, also thoughts on the adaptation from the book.
• Ant-Man - The Edgar Wright directed Marvel film that introduces one of the most important characters in the Marvel Universe and what it means for the cinematic universe.
• This Week in Geek:
• Super-luminous supernovae from 10 billion light years away.
• Air powered LEGO car: Enterprising Australians make a full size LEGO car.  We also talk about the life of the Emperor of LEGO.
• Cloaking technology.  Today, radio waves.  Tomorrow, the visible light spectrum.
• Spiders eat pollen, not just bugs.  Still nope.  Nope, nope, nope.
• Yellowstone Park is a supervolcano, and it has a massive lava chamber below it.  Did I mention nope?
• Language experiments on the 1500's to try and figure out what language people spoke before there was language.  Ethics weren't a thing then.

Episode 18: I've Got My Ghetto Card.

On this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

Episode 18

• Oh No Godzilla! - The latest incarnation of the giant atomic monster is coming to the big screen.  We talk about the latest trailer and what we expect from the film.
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - The second installment of the Hobbit film trilogy brings us into the Mirkwood, we finally enter Erebor, the lonely mountain, and meet Bard.  We talk about our expectations of the film, and how it stacks up to the fiction.
• We started to talk about Edge of Tomorrow, then talked about a wierdo D&D game featuring Morgan Freeman, Vin Diesel, The RZA, The GZA, and Dame Judy Dench.  Yeah, this is a thing.
• Edge of Tomorrow - Tom Cruise fights aliens, using the power of time loops and an exosuit.  We talk about how this movie is what Starship Troopers should have been, and how we would handle a time loop.
• This Week in Geek:
• NASA's Valkyrie Robot participates in the DARPA robotics competition. 
• The Great Youtube Copyright Claim.  Youtube's all seeing robot gain sentience and takes down a ton of videos.
• Europa is bleeding water.  Huge, powerful jets of water are being fired off of Jupiter's moon.  Liquid water exists on Europa, and maybe Arthur C. Clarke was right.
• Our universe might be a hologram made up of 10 parts.
• Firefly Online, an upcoming tactical strategy MMORPG based in the Firefly universe.  Shiny.
• Spider-goats.
• Also: Outtake!

Episode 17: F*ck Physics!

In this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

Episode 17

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The forthcoming sequel that pits the web slinger against Electro, Rhino, and the Green Goblin.  We talk about the newly released trailer that teases the Sinister Six, Rhino's new look, and how the movie should play out.
• ADVENTURE TIME!: The super trippy "children's" cartoon that deals with a surprising amount of adult themes.  We talk about those themes, as well as our favorite characters and moments.  MATHEMATICAL!
• This week in geek:
• Warp drive...yep.
• Japanese WWII subs just chilling out in the pacific.
• Congress talks about aliens for 2 hours.
• 2013 trailer mash-up.
• 10 robot deaths that were more poignant than human deaths.  And a few human deaths thrown in for good measure.

Programming note:  We'll be changing to a long format from here on out, as it will help us transition easily to putting our stuff on Itunes.  Bit larger file sizes, but not too bad.  Stay tuned.

Also...
Outtake!

We Play RPG's Episode 4: The Godsmouth Ossuary

On this episode of We Play RPG's:

• We meet our intrepid adventurers.
• Mud, a simpleton with a penchant for punching.  
• Harry, a well educated Wizard with a childlike sense of wonder.  
• Laro, a worldly and wise Cleric of Serenrae.
• Robert, a man who professionally drinks poison and throws bombs...and gets paid for it.
• We learn why marching order is important in RPG's.
• Why Detect Magic is the most useful spell in Pathfinder.
• Also, how some bone constructs are NOT evil.

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Outtake

We Play RPG's Episode 3: Master and Commander

In this episode of We Play RPG's:

• The party learns that it isn't a good idea to eat before travelling through a magic portal.
• Eli continues to be Satan.
• We fight a magical, middle eastern version of Bruce Lee.
• Dwarves drink and fight!
• We meet Ragnar's father, and find out why he left home.
• A giant Orc, and an even more gianter dragon!

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Outtake

Episode 16 - You Never Go Full Cyborg

In this episode of  We Talk To Ourselves:

• The Great Hollywood Ripoff Machine - Simba vs. Kimba, Ariadne vs. Paprika, Mr. Book vs. Akira, Mad Max vs. Fist of the North Star.  Does Hollywood have any original ideas left?
• The Singularity - One day, man and machine will be one.  At least a lot of people think we will.  We discuss the idea of the merging of flesh and steel.
• Thor Odinson, Protector of Mankind - Thor: The Dark World came out, and is currently the biggest movie in the world.  We talk about our expectations on the movie, and about the Thunderer himself.
• Ms. Marvel - The new Ms. Marvel is a Muslim-American, and people are losing their crap.  Why does the world have a problem with diverse superheros?
• Nekocon - Our local con that featured a stupid amount of comics, cosplay, and awesome people doing awesome things including this thing right here.  Also, COMICS including the Honey Badger, cause you know, he gives no sh#%&*.

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Episode 15: EXPLOSIONS!

In this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

• The Marvel Universe expands.  We talk about Captain America: Winter Soldier, Ben Kingsley returning as the Mandarin, Guardians of the Galaxy, and LEGO Marvel Superheroes
• Michael Bay: The Explosospective! Michael Bay has been making explosions for the past 20 years, with a little bit of movie in between, we talk about his career as it is, and how two Chinese gentlemen took exception with him.
• SCIENCE - Gene splicing, immortality, and hybrids.  OH MY.

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Episode 14 - A Giant Crazy Butterfly

On this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

• Pokemon: The Japanese phenomenon where you play with monsters you keep in your pocket.  We explore why this simple RPG has become something of a cultural phenomenon that we keep throwing money at.
• Public Service Announcement: Lego Marvel Super Heroes came out on Tuesday and while Eli devours that game, you are cleared to leave your homes.
• Arrow and Supernatural have new seasons, and thus they must be spoken about.
• Troy Baker, also known as the new voice actor for the Joker.  We talk about how awesome he is, and how voice acting in games has gotten steadily better over the last 10 years.
• Ancient Alien Theory - We aren't saying it's aliens....but....it isn't aliens.
• Redubbing, riffing, and spoofs...oh my.
• Outtake - Eric has real trouble with the intro and more cursing than all our other podcasts combined.

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Outtake

Show Notes

• Troy Baker reading the Joker monologue from The Killing Joke
• Tara Strong and Mark Hamill as the Joker and Harley Quinn
• Ancient Aliens
• Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
• Rifftrax
• Medieval Land Fun-Time Park
• I'm The Juggernaut, Bitch!
• Screenjunkies - The makers of Honest Trailers
• A ton of Abridged Series
• Unnecessary Censorship - Digimon
• Geek and Sundry on Youtube - The home of Tabletop, Co-Optitude, and Spellslingers
• Thug Notes
• Awe Me Channel - Home of Man At Arms
• Vsauce 1, 2, and 3
• TheRussianBadger- Youtube Battlefield commentator.  I don't think he likes broccoli.
• Yogscast
• Game Grumps
• Egoraptor
• Nerdy Nummies
• Cartoon Hangover
• Epic Meal Time
• Cinema Sins

Double Post: Episodes 12 and 13.

This week, we have two episodes of We Talk to Ourselves for you.

Episode 12 - Podcast: The Nerdening

On this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

• DC Comics and the New 52 - Why is DC trying so hard to sabotage their own products?  From editorial mismanagement, to professional ineptitude, and questionable moral decisions, DC comics is slowly but surely eroding the foundation of what was supposed to be their fresh start.
• We Watch Movies Review: Riddick - We review the latest installment of the Riddick franchise, complete with all of its violence, gore, and overt sexism.
• Cosplay:  The stigma of purity - We talk about the belief that you have to be the same race, gender, or body type to cosplay a character, and why people believe this.
• Special Guest: Hunter - We discuss game mastery, problem players and GM's, and some of our favorite moments that have arisen out of our RPG experiences.

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Episode 13 - F'in Science!

On this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

• Magic/Superpowers - Suddenly, and without warning, a large portion of the population of Earth has superpowers or access to limitless magical power.  We discuss what we think would happen when the monkeys suddenly have the power of the gods.
• Time Travel - We hop in the DeLorean and go back in time...not really, since we talk about how modern science thinks that doing so is highly improbable.  We also talk about our favorite media that portrays time travel, and where we would go if we could break the bonds of time.
• F'in Science! - At great length we talk about science.  Everything from making light a solid, to planets made of mercury, and Nikola Tesla.
• Week in Geek - Comics, games, TV, and movies from the week we recorded.

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We Play RPG's Episode 2: Parts 3-7

This week on We Play RPG's!

• The party meets a new member!  Then they realize he's quite less wizardy than they would have liked.
• In the vast wastes of the Great Desert, the party encounters a set of awesome ruins, containing some not so awesome things.
• At the capital, things get real.  Like, really real.

Also, of note.  Some of you may have noticed some things aren't quite adding up.  There was a whole episode that got lost to data corruption.  It involved a slave ship, meeting members of The Seven, fighting a Master, and blowing up a ship, as well as running from a Witherbeast and a Chinook.  I'd love to have posted that for you, but it wasn't to be.  My apologies, but I hope this episode makes up for it.

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