Episode 51 – Taters, Precious

Posted on | October 29, 2009 | 4 Comments

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While The Famous Paul is sailing the ocean, Dr. Vlarg joins Master Torgo on the couch to review The Tudors on DVD and Blu-ray, The Gamers: Dorkness Rising on DVD, Vertigo’s Lucifer, Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp’s Black Summer, Activision’s Wolfenstein and Square Enix’s The Last Remnant.

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Posted on | October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

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CouchCast 24 – Nerds Aplenty

Posted on | October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

CouchCast 24 is filled to the brim with funkalicious nerditude! Torgo, Vlarg, and 80sJeff are joined on the couch by the boys from Role Playing Radio (available on Xradio.biz, Saturdays from 2 to 4). We discuss cybernetics, Xbox updates, Facebook, Twitter, the Microsoft Surface, Dungeons and Dragons, Monster Squad, Scary Movie 5, Band Hero, X-Men movies, Star Trek Online, zombie defense and more.

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Jealous of a 7 Year Old’s Toys

Posted on | October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments

I decided to help a friend out and be a clown for his kid’s birthday party. Well, not a clown really, but a stormtrooper. I have a set of stormtrooper armor. I used to use it all the time, but now I just don’t get much time for that sort of thing. I brought it out of semi-retirement to amuse my friend’s son who loves star wars and deliver his birthday present. It went well, and everyone got a good laugh out of watching him freak out and run up to his room upon my entry. After his mother coaxed him out to get his present and make nice, there was food and cake and presents.

Ah, presents. See, when I think of birthday presents for a seven year old, I think of trucks and transformers and gijoes and such. Maybe a few boardgames and of course socks and underwear from my mom. Seeing the presents this kid got made me very angry. I was pissed off to have been born about thirty years too early.
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