Episode 20: Banned from Dove's Facebook

On this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:
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• Has DC Comics done something stupid today?
• Doctor Who? Peter Capaldi, that's who.
• The Science of Gingers.
• The Intel Edison, a micro-computer that's as big as an SD card.
• China Pulls back the Steel Curtain and lets the console games in.
• The Great Body Image War. Pushing past the Photoshop, and into reality.

We Play RPG's: Episode 5, Part 2

As promised (though a bit late) episode 5, part 2 of We Play RPG's, in which our heroes:

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• Learn that sometimes reading hurts.
• Try and loot a swarm of cockroaches.
• Learn that flying heads can be hard to punch.
• Realize that Harry is a magnet for magical darkness.

We Play RPG's Episode 5, Part 1: Explore All The Things!

On this episode of We Play RPG's:

Episode 5, Part 1

• We learn of Ancient Thassilon and Iron Cobras.
• Fighting Lustspawn will sometimes result in sickness.
• Half-plate does not protect against acid.
• Skull Spiders suck at biting.
• And more.

Part 2 will go up next week, so until then enjoy your holiday!

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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