Discussion Thread for the November 2013 Monthly Marathon - Itty Bitty Don't Say This In School Boy

It's a short month, and the curriculum is as follows...
Hellboy (2004)
Hellboy II:  The Golden Army (2008)

The CVG Podcast and Rhythm & Blues Revue - Episode #006: (I'm Your) Hoochie Boogie Man!

"Errr...  Not mother?"

Episode Six of The Chippewa Valley Geek Podcast and Rhythm & Blues Revue is complete and can be found here or on iTunes.

It's October 2013 (kind of), and we're talking about monsters, varmints and things that need killin'!

0:00:00 Intros
0:01:56 The Up Front: On Addiction and Mental Illness in Geek Games & Media
0:06:54 The Interview:  Author, Lecturer and Paranormal Researcher Chad Lewis gives me the lowdown on the hodag, tells you why to stay off Hwy 37, and takes the Geek-del Test!
0:25:10 Payin' some bills
0:28:01 The Roundtable:  Wherein the boys talk about what makes a great monster, make like Terry and Howie with the picks, and Monster Mike gets his geek card revoked!
1:05:14 The Community Calendar
1:09:21 The October Monthly Marathon: Itty Bitty Don't-Say-This-In-School-boy!
1:09:39 The October Giveaway Contest
1:10:32 Outro & Credits
1:12:29 Bonus Track:    Hodag Me!

Some Show Notes and Links!

Meet Mr. Chad Lewis!
www.unexplainedresearch.com

Get the book here!

The Geek's Amazon Link!

http://www.amazon.com/CVG

The ponies' own Oubliettes and Ogres, as imagined by Katie Cook...

Kev talks Superman and Spicoli!  Watch it here!

PC Stinger:
Lt. Lance Rhodes is a Hero System Character, so naturally he has a NINE PAGE character sheet.  He's a Navy Seal and expert in nuclear submarines though, so I for one am not going to mess with him...

Special thanks to Erik Schweitzer for the call-in.

Haiku Movie Review! Thor: The Dark World

Feel the righteousness!
Frigga rocks, Nat's a dreamboat...

Solid...        A -

It helps me think too....

Haiku Movie Review! The World's End

Starts slow, but takes a
turn.  The weirdest thing I have

seen in a while.         B

Haiku Movie Review! Kick-Ass 2

Fun.  Not as good as
the first one, but Hit Girl still
kicks my ass.           B+

Discussion Thread for the September 2013 Monthly Marathon -"Game over man! Game over"

Reminds me of my prom...

Your monthly curriculum (should you choose to accept it) is as follows...
Alien  (1979)
Aliens  (1986)
Alien3  (1992)
Alien: Resurrection (1997)


Extra credit may or may not include:
Prometheus (2012)
Discuss

The CVG Podcast and Rhythm & Blues Revue - Episode #005: Sittin' On Top Of The World(s)!

Episode Five of The Chippewa Valley Geek Podcast and Rhythm & Blues Revue is complete and can be found here or on iTunes.

It's September 2013, and we're talking about the act of creation and generating new material and stuffs for our hobbies!

0:00:00 Intros
0:01:09 The Up Front: On My Talentless Fanboy Angst
0:08:11 The Interview:  Sculptor Scott Francek offers trade secrets, opines on the relative worth of nudity and horses to an artist, and takes on the Geek-del Test!
0:37:44 The Roundtable:  World Building, Adventure Building, and Encounter Building!
1:18:14 The Community Calendar
1:23:00 The September Monthly Marathon: Game over, man!  Game over!
1:24:14 The September Giveaway Contest
1:24:43 Outro & Credits
1:26:26 Bonus Track:    You Know My Rider

Some Show Notes and Links!

Paizo's RPG Superstar
http://paizo.com/rpgsuperstar

Murder by Death
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074937/

Patton Oswalt's work on Episode VII
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz3ylr_patton-oswalt-s-star-wars_shortfilms

Patton Oswalt on Joke Stealing et al
http://www.pattonoswalt.com/index.cfm?page=spew&id=167

The Scott Francek Photo Stream
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.176299139220686.1073741831.135153293335271&type=3

Hydra Miniatures - Check out Scott's stuff in the Retro Raygun line
http://shop.hydraminiatures.com/

Reaper Miniatures
Dandy Franchesca - http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/two-handed%20sword/latest/03379
Santoine de Fronzac - http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/santoine/sku-down/03378

Fatman on Batman, The Greg Capullo episodes
http://smodcast.com/episodes/greg-capullo-the-art-of-owls/
http://smodcast.com/episodes/greg-capullo-bat-out-of-hell/

Never Unprepared: The Complete Game Master's Guide to Session Prep 
http://atomicarray.com/never-unprepared-aa066


Dungeon World
http://www.dungeon-world.com/

Play Unsafe: How Improvisation Can Change The Way You Roleplay

PC Stinger:
Natharook has existed in many games and many systems over the years...  Nay, ALL the systems.  But here is the original, ladies and gentlemen, in Technicolor Star Wars d6...