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Episode 165: Nat Faxon

This week we welcome Sean Ward of the hit YouTube series The Sean Ward Show! He talks with us about how he got started, his process, and what it feels like to have your work go viral. Spoilers: It feels amazing.

Among our other topics…

-Boba Fett is getting his own movie

-Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening new series, Disenchanted, is a fantasy cartoon about a hard-drinking princess!

-Alexa decided to record a couple’s conversation and send it to someone else

-And a student hacked the school to change some grades, and gets 14 felony charges…

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Episode 164: $20 on Pump 5

For Act I, the FGS crew rummages through This Week in Geek, including a Florida man with a wholly mind controlled prosthetic arm, an update on Aragon in the Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Ring series, a discussion on the screen worthiness of Mysterio, and an update on the ongoing drama around net neutrality.

 This week we’re also thrilled to welcome Andrea Moliana, co-creator of The Shepherd, a phenomenal indie comic from Caliber Comics. He joined us in our first ever Skype interview for an amazing and in-depth look at the world of comic creation.

Episode 163: Thanks for the Singe Marks

We run the gambit this week… and Al’s saltiness makes the episode a bit longer than absolutely necessary. Here’s the details:

Jon Favreau finally gives us some details on his upcoming Star Wars TV show

Pathfinder 2.0 is mostly made of Al’s saltiness…

Rick & Morty get 70 (!) more episodes

Sports betting gets cleared by the Supreme Court… including eSports

Facial recognition used by Welsh police has a 92% false positive rate. But that should be fine…

Google now sounds like a real human when it calls on your behalf. That should also be perfectly fine.

And, for B Roll, 21^st Century Fox is going to roll out Choose Your Own Adventure movies, where theater goers will decide in the theater who the movie will go.

…really, that’s three stories with no real way of going terribly terribly wrong…

Episode 162: Solar Powered Fish Monster

Katrina Tecxidor joins the FGS crew for a talk on cosplay, conventions, and her geek-based marketing firm, CosMarketing Agency

Other news of notes:

Luke Cage finally shows off Misty Knight’s bionic arm

The Federal Trade Commission says Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have to be nicer with their warranties

DC unveils the name and highlights for it’s new streaming service

And Elon announces he’s building a cyborg dragon. Because of course he is.

We also try to figure out why Hasbro bought Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for $500,000,000… it doesn’t go great.

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Episode 158: Nothing Dragoney

 

t’s a This Week In B Roll, as we welcome Emily Chance and Sir Ivan Wysocki! We’re cramming a lot into our show this week, here are the highlights:

• Fireball Island returns
• Evil AI plans are sounding pretty… well… evil.
• Solo might not suck!
• Someone help Stan Lee… please?
• Allison Mack just became a villain. Not even a super one.
• Stranger Things is coming to Haloween Horror Nights. Al isn’t going.
• …#tuckgate?
• Amazon is spending 1 BILLION dollars on Lord of the Rings

 

Yeah… you’re getting your money’s worth people. You’re welcome!

B Roll, as we welcome Emily Chance and Sir Ivan Wysocki! We’re cramming a lot into our show this week, here are the highlights:

• Fireball Island returns
• Evil AI plans are sounding pretty… well… evil.
• Solo might not suck!
• Someone help Stan Lee… please?
• Allison Mack just became a villain. Not even a super one.
• Stranger Things is coming to Haloween Horror Nights. Al isn’t going.
• …#tuckgate?
• Amazon is spending 1 BILLION dollars on Lord of the Rings

 

Yeah… you’re getting your money’s worth people. You’re welcome!

We Don't Hire Enough Ugly People

We’re breaking down all the nostalgia this week as we tackle Ready Player One. Does the movie live up to the book? Is there more to the movie than cynical manipulation of our childhoods? Does any of that matter when you get to see the Battletoads fight alongside the Iron Giant? You be the judge.

But it’s not all CGI this week. We get real examining a 19-year-old who is cleaning up air pollution, we get incredulous examining the guy who is demanding WB rename its latest Rock-fueled adventure flick, and we get really excited discussing Rat-Man, Orlando’s very own costumed vigilante.

Thanks for listening and be sure to check us out on Twitter and Patreon!

April 21st, 2018 at 7pm

We’re doing some virtual shredding this week as we welcome back the US Air Guitar crew! This time Rachel has brought along top competitor Hennessey Williams, who is bound and determined to win it all this year. Now, if only Al could get the dates right…

In addition to Making Air, Not War, we’re also covering Facebook’s continued woes, checking in with Mad Mike Hughes and his homemade rocket launch, and geeking out over the return of casual badass Phil Coulson to the MCU.

All that, plus we make the blind see! Well… WE don’t… but we talk about scientists who’ve done it, so it’s like we’re helping, right? Right? No? Oh. Well… whatever then. Thanks anyway. But still… you should subscribe. That way it’s like you’re helping the blind see.

But not really.

Mantis Lives!

It’s our Infinity War primer this week, as we break down 34 characters so you don’t have to… it is not a small accomplishment.

But maybe you’re not a Marvel fan. No problem. We’ve got a DCEU update as a very talented director gets attached to a very weird movie… not sure how that will turn out.

But maybe you don’t care for superheroes at all! No problem, we’re updating you on the pending robot apocalypse, this time through sheep herding and interpretive dance.

But maybe you don’t like superheroes or technology. Still fine. We’re also paying our respects to the late great Stephen Hawking. Yeah. We got you there, didn’t we? Everyone loves Stephen Hawking.

 

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You Can't Put A Hamburger In Your Pocket

Welcome back! This week we’re taking a look at the digital boogeymen coming for your kids… and why they aren’t quite a bad as they seem. Well, not all of them. Some are much worse. And then there’s others you don’t even know about yet. Good times…

Anywho, we’ve also got plenty of stuff for those of you don’t care about kids! Elon and Dammit DC both make it into this week’s show, which is nice, and we examine the new trailer for the Crimes of Grindlewald, not to mention get you caught up on the latest in Net Neutrality. All that, plus Star Wars love children! Thanks for listening, and SUBSCRIBE!

Nothing Smells Like A Library

Killmonger is better than Heath Ledger’s Joker.

That’s the bold claim coming from fan favorite guest Forest Brooks, who shows up to defend his claim, and make some other bold claims along the way. We debate, but you decide. Let us know if you think he made his case in the comments!

While you’re digesting, though, you can also take a listen as we break down some DIY biohacking, which is not as cool as it sounds, and Atari’s first new console in decades… also not as cool as it sounds. There’s plenty to love, though, like Disney explaining exactly which weekends they’ll be taking your money for the next 5 years, or how the ESRB is trying to fight the good fight, which is actually way way cooler than it sounds.

 

Thanks for listening, and special thanks to Leanne, our newest Patreon backer! Enjoy, and please SUBSCRIBE!