In this week’s show, A.Ron and Jim ponder some science, philosophy, pop culture and politics through the lens of SCIENCE! First up, a research paper opens up the debate about spoilers we first had way back in episode 62, with a new study suggesting that reading pre-spoiled books is more enjoyable than reading them spoiler-free. So take your spoiler tag, shine it up real nice, turn it sideways, and cram it up your candy ass!
We are back after last week’s hiatus. Honestly, I’m heartbroken we lost the Jim Jones Experiment. It was an hour long mind fuck of yours truly by Jim Jones, and it was weird, it was uncomfortable, it was hilarious by the end, and it would have been legendary, and then Jim deleted it, with no backups. Because, I dunno? Mac people don’t make good backups. I guess?
GENCON, the “best four days in gaming”, is coming to our humble home town of Indianapolis next week. We invited Michael “Madbrew” Brewer back on to give some tips for what to look for in this years convention, how to navigate the expo hall, potential new releases, and what you can safely avoid. If you missed last year’s GenCon preview with Michael, you might want to give it a listen, as he discussed a lot more general GENCON survival tips, and his love for RPGs.
You didn’t miss our instant takes last night, did you? If you did, here’s a link to mine, and here’s a link to Jim’s. On to the other recaps! Alan Sepinwall’s take over at HitFix. Get used to seeing Sepinwall, because he’s my personal favorite TV critic. Oh, he also had a video interview with…
Spoilers ahoy. Do not read this unless you’ve seen the episode or don’t mind it being blown wide open. I knew half way through this episode that this one was going to be tough to write about. Vince Gilligan seems to be intent on moving around his pieces on the board and slowing things down…
“Thirty-Eight Snub” definitely felt like a bridge episode. All of the storylines are sitting on super-volcanoes, just waiting to erupt, with devastating side-effects for everyone. Walt has to be ultra-paranoid right now. Gus obviously has his house on LOCK DOWN. Jesse and Walt aren’t getting near him at this point. I don’t believe for a…
Busy week for A.Ron and Jim. A.Ron breaks down his various trials and tribulations including a Jim Jones mindfuck, a breakup, getting his PANFI on with his boy, and golfing in Satan’s Asshole. We also launched a very successful podcast on Breaking Bad, and were interviewed on The Amazingly Pulp SHOOOOOOOWWWWWW!! We bring the listeners up do date with some follow up to the male privelidge aspect of our cast with Madbrew last week. I don’t know what to make of this take, in particular, of a feminist pondering male privildge through the prism of her own white privlidge. I don’t doubt the basic truth of her premise, but I’m not sure what to do with this information.
Dammit, I posted yesterday’s news under the Blue Yonder section by mistake. I’ll try not to make the same mistake going forward. They’re just awfully close together in the “Categories” box in wordpress. Moving on… I really identified with a few points in this article in the Sioux City Journal by the AP. Ever since…
This one is going to be short, because I’ve got a ton of work to do, then my company is hosting a golf outing in the mouth of hell. Someone pray for me as I try to chip around the pits of bubbling pitch and everlasting flame. The aptly named Dick Falkenbury at the Seattle…
Over time we have seen many great duos in our history: Batman and Robin Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Laverne and Shirley Timmy and Lassie Doc and Marty Mcfly Debbie and Dallas Over the last 2 years a new duo has risen to the surface to usher in a new dawn. No longer does…