Geek Shock #121 – Buggers Can’t Be Choosers

Posted on | November 30, 2011 | No Comments

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Episode 75: Zombie Flavored Buckfast and Board Games

Posted on | February 25, 2011 | No Comments

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Master Torgo, Dr. Vlarg and 80’s Jeff chug some Buckfast and chase it with Zombie Mints as they talk about Fantasy Flight Games’ Isla Dorada, Sid Meier’s Civilization the Board Game, How to Host a Murder, The Hollywood Economist, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and the BBCs Being Human.

Episode 59 – Fraktastic Plane Hats

Posted on | February 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

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Features reviews of Kalypso Media’s Tropico 3, Brüno on DVD and Blu-ray, 1C Company’s King’s Bounty: Armored Princess, Marvel Comics’ 1985, Fantasy Flight Games’ Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game and Good Old Games (www.gog.com) direct-download service.

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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