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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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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We Play RPG's - Part 2: The Great Gates of Kos

In the first half of the second episode of We Play RPG's:

• We wander the desert, and come across some skeletons who totally lift bro.
• We find out that Kale loves to be called half-breed.
• Fletcher shouldn't play with tentacles.
• Also we find out that when creating a guild of thieves, you should always scrimp on the labor and get the most inept foot soldiers you can.

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Episode 11: Bitchin' Robot Hands!

On this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

• Dwayne Johnson.  Has he come from some far away world to save us with his entertaining presence?  Is he truly a Furyan, like that Vin Diesel guy?  We talk about everyone's favorite Rock monster.
• Actors who seem like genuinely nice people.  More common than you would think.
• Firefly:  We talk about it so the healing can begin.
• M. Night Shymalan: Y u so bad at movies?
• Superpowers: What ones we would want, and how we would use them for good/evil/trolling.

Hour one went a little short, but we make up for it in hour 2.

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Episode 10: Ghandi is a Dick [Spoilers]

In this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

• Dreams.  Why are they so weird?  Is it because we're crazy or is it because our brains are a big bowl of life soup that just keeps on sloshing up strange and wonderful things?  The crew talks about some of their weird dreams, and why they think they happen.
• Comics aren't for GIRLS!  Or at least that's what Todd McFarlane, Gerry Conway, and Mark Millar say.  The guys talk about how you can't be much more wrong, and have a nice lengthy discussion about women in refrigerators.
• Phil Reviews: Flashpoint Paradox, a new entry in the DC Animated universe based on the Flashpoint comic series that ushered in the New 52.  This review will contain spoilers, I didn't have time to make a warning, so if you want to skip the spoilers, scrub over to 17 minutes and 50 seconds in hour 2.
• GamesCom 2013.  The largest industry event for interactive entertainment, or as I call it, those damn vidja games.  The guys talk about some of the big titles they're excited about coming in the next few months.
• And much more random!

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No outtake this week since we weren't funny enough.

Show Notes and Links

• Oglaf [18+ only please, this comic is not nice]
• JL8 by Yale Stewart
• io9.com - Mark Millar and Todd McFarlane: Ladies, Comics Aren't For You
• Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
• TitanFall
• Battlefield 4
• Dragon Age: Inquisition
• Lego Marvel Super Heroes
• Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls
• Tom Clancy's: The Division
• Payday 2
• Dying Light

Episode 9: Lucky Number Sevin

In this episode of We Talk To Ourselves:

• Special Guest: Jessica Sevin of JL7 Photograpy joins us for the podcast!
• Characters we empathize with probably a little too much.  You will say: I know that feel, bro.
• We talk about characters and elements of fiction that fundamentally changed our perception of said fiction.
• The Wolverine: A review that is a more better review than most superhero movies we've seen.
• An Interview with a Photographer: Jessica Sevin talks about how she got into photography, why digital allows up and coming photographers to ply their craft, costume and geek shaming, heavy metal culture, and a whole lot more!
• This episodes outtakes:  Eric learns how to tell time, and finds out that Twizzlers can fight back.

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Show Notes and Links

• Ellie Retrophilia
• Nekocon
• Anime Mid-Atlantic
• Katsucon
• Dragoncon
• Deviantart
• Yenra Photography
• The Hawkeye Initiative
• Repair Her Armor
• ABC News: What Would You Do?