We Play RPG's Episode 6, Part 1: The Road to Sandpoint

On this episode of We Play RPG's.

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• Harry lies to a priestess of Pharasma.
• Mud always knows when dinner is.
• We meet Harry's parents, sort of.
• Rudeness to Halflings.
• A lesson on bandit morality.

Episode 22: Mirror Universe Rules

On this episode of  We Talk To Ourselves:

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• The logistics of Rule 63: Out of all the rules of the internet, the gender swapped rule is one of the more appropriate ones to have a conversation about.  So we did.
• DC, because it never gets old: DC Comics Harley Quinn title pushes the boundary of the Poison Ivy/Harley Quinn relationship just a bit further past the friendzone.  How long will that last?
• MOVIES!: I, Frankenstein and the Dark Tower.
• SCIENCE!: 3D printers that can make a house!  ICE VOLCANOES! F YEAH!

Bonus Video: Angry Girl Gamers, as spoken of.

Episode 21: Birds are Weird

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• Marvel Phase 2: Ant-Man and Doctor Strange.  A bit of actor jockeying on Marvel's Phase 2 projects.
• Magic: The Gathering Movie:  Apparently this is a thing.  Also, D&D movies are terrible.
• Net Neutrality:  Also known as a huge step backward for consumer rights.
• The DURR:  A horribly named time perception device.  Or as I call it, a "non-watch".
• Most Influential Burgers: TIME magazine takes a break from real news to make a list 'bout burgers.
• ESP: The sixth sense, no not the movie, but the actual sixth sense.
• Birds: Yep, birds are weird, and apparently masters of aerodynamics.

Episode 20: Banned from Dove's Facebook

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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.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Outtake