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Is the legendary Hoosac Tunnel in Western Massachusetts haunted, or is it just a trick of light and sound that makes it appear to be?  Who knows.  It is fact that many people died during the construction of the railroad passageway.  Most by accident, but at least one, possibly perpetrated by the spirits, seeking revenge for their untimely deaths.

On this episode of Weird World Weekly, Dave reads a story about the Hoosac Tunnel, from the book Historic Haunted America by Michael Norman & Beth Scott.

Read more at http://www.hoosactunnel.net/ghost.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosac_Tunnel

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Join Gregor and Corey as they talk about Movies, TV, Comics and everything else that's nerdy.

ElseNews Week of February 19th 2017:

Marvel's Runaways' Finds Its Cast

https://news.marvel.com/tv/59021/marvels-runaways-finds-cast

http://www.newsarama.com/33109-james-marsters-more-cast-as-runaways-the-pride.html

Kevin Smith Announces New Jay and Silent Bob Movie

https://www.facebook.com/YesThatKevinSmith/photos/a.77596326929.88348.6985046929/10154103461971930/?type=3

http://comicbook.com/2017/02/09/kevin-smith-announces-new-jay-and-silent-bob-movie-/

Kevin Smith Working On Spawn Spin-Off For BBC America

http://deadline.com/2017/02/bbc-america-new-kevin-smith-show-doctor-who-orphan-black-1201912649

ElseViews:

Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse

https://www.amazon.com/Eat-World-Emeril-Lagasse-Season/dp/B01HFR71RA?tag=galacnetca-20

Legion (FX)

http://fxnetworks.com/shows/legion

https://www.amazon.com/Chapter-1/dp/B01MYA9E5G?tag=galacnetca-20

Justice League Dark

http://www.dccomics.com/movies/justice-league-dark

https://www.amazon.com/Justice-League-Dark-Matt-Ryan/dp/B01MYS6GDQ?tag=galacnetca-20

ElseWords:

One Month of from Batman to Maybatman

http://collider.com/ben-affleck-the-batman-directing

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/ben-affleck-the-batman-will-not-direct-1201971566/

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-affleck-not-directing-batman-movie-970390

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/02/08/the-batman-movie-gets-new-script-new-director-and-likely-2019-release

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-john-wick-2-keanu-reeves-laurence-fishburne-2017-story.html

http://deadline.com/2017/02/matt-reeves-batman-director-ben-affleck-warner-bros-war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-1201907823

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-negotiations-break-down-director-matt-reeves-977266

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What were Winston Churchill's theories on extraterrestrial life?  Who's inside the new Predator suits?  Have we seen a new Star Trek: Discovery alien?  How did an artist depict his UFO encounter?  What were our picks and warnings?

In what new direction do you want to see the Alien Invasion movie genre go?

Winston Churchill's views on aliens revealed in lost essay http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38985425

Are These the Men Playing ‘The Predator’? http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3424516/men-playing-predator-plus-huge-rumor/

Leaked Photo shows Star Trek: Discovery new aliens http://nerdist.com/leaked-photo-claims-to-show-star-trek-discoverys-new-klingons/

Artist paints encounter with UFO and aliens http://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/02/15/after-seeing-a-ufo-extraterrestrials-this-painter-is-delivering-a-message-from-space/

The Cash-Landrum incident http://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/cash-landrum-ufo-incident.htm

Metroid Prime Pinball for Nintendo DS https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BD8FXU?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B000BD8FXU&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

Colony season 2 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/colony/s02

Grabatron https://www.facebook.com/grabatron

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This week we roll solo to bring a shorter adventure into the PoT realm since Matt is busy traveling for work.  We will be discussing Resident Evil 7 and horror video games as well as the future of horror games. If you are in the market for a PS4, help us out and use our link!

Before we get into the games we discuss The Strangers 2 getting a director and 2018 release date.

Upcoming book titled 'Creatures for Kids' helps to ease the next generation in the wonderful world of horror.

Fan film based on the Friday the 13th NES game has surfaced.

Party Hard 2 will be coming to steam later this year!

Next week.....No idea what is happening next week, but you better come back to see what we have cooked up!

We talk with Ryan Krippendorf. Ryan is a master pilot in X-wing and is also a miniatures game enthusiast. He has worked hard to build a group of folks who enjoy miniatures battles, such as X-Wing, and has been building it for some time. We will be talking with him a bit about the X-wing miniatures game as well as how to build and maintain a solid community around a game. You can find out more about his group, Renegade Squadron at The Barrister's Battalion.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1392089244358496/

Glenn's Review

Glenn introduces us to the Red Raven game called Above and Below. This 2-4 player game plays in around 60-90 minutes. You can get a copy for around $50. The premise of the game is that you've left your ransacked village to try and start a new life and a new village. Once you find the perfect spot, you discover that there are a series of caverns below this land. How many people will you recruit to explore the subterranean underworld for riches and glory or will you continue to build your new village? To win, you'll need to find the perfect balance of the two.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172818/above-and-below

News

Creepy New Call of Cthulhu Trailer Shows Off the Xbox One/PS4/PC Horror RPG

The company, Focus Home Interactive, has put together a trailer for their upcoming game called Call of Cthulhu. It's noir horror that will have you questioning your sanity as you investigate the murder of a family. You begin to uncover truths that you will never have wanted to know but you have to keep going forward to solve the mystery. What price will you pay to get justice? It's loosely based the H.P. Lovecraft novel of the same name.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/creepy-new-call-of-cthulhu-trailer-shows-off-the-x/1100-6440654/

Kickstarter Spotlight

Our spotlight shines on the game called Massive Darkness. You and up to five other players will crawl and dark dungeon to acquire riches and new skills to help guarantee your survival. You'll fight the denizens of darkness, demons, dwarves and spiders along the way. Do you have what it takes to survive?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/massive-darkness

 

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Darryl Johnston is back with Doctor Who news for 2017; Pearl said, Moffat says, the dead won't rise and Sue Perkins

Links and further information about this review can be found HERE

Follow Darryl on Twitter and check out his freshly designed website

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Glenn and I got to catch up with our old friend, Gretchen Wolfmeyer. She's an actress, improviser, and fellow LARP-er. She's appeared in Rob Schrab's "Robot Bastard", a local theater, an improv group called Delicious Ambiguity Comedy, and was a part of a Mind's Eye Theatre LARP group called Point of Darkness. In fact, that's how she and I first met, LARP-ing and pretending to be Vampires. We wanted to talk with her and try to figure out what to classify a LARP as. Is it acting, improv, or is it something else?

Glenn's Review

Glenn introduces us to the game World's Fair 1893. It was a magical year, in Chicago. The world had arrived bringing advancements in science, transportation, agriculture, fine arts, and manufacturing. It seemed like the future had arrived. Your mission is to gather the best and the brightest exhibits and increase your influence over the fair. You can also gather imortant people, in each of the categories to appear at the fair. This game supports 2-4 players and plays in about 35-45 minutes. It seems like a good family game that can also teach you a bit of American history.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178336/worlds-fair-1893

News

Mayfair Games Acquires Twilight Creations

Mayfair games now has a major shareholder stake in Twilight Creations. Twilight Creations created the fun game called Zombies!!! over a decade ago and it still continues to do pretty well. They will be moving all of the operations to their main office in Skokie, Illinois and continue to support and develop their game lines.

https://www.mayfairgames.com/news/mayfair-games-acquires-twilight-creations

Kickstarter Spotlight

Speaking of historical games, we shine the spotlight on the game called The Pirate Republic. This is Green Feet Games first project and it highlights historical pirates and piracy in the Caribbean. You can play notorious pirates like Black Beard and Ann Bonnie to control the region and defend yourself against the Navy's of the ocean-faring European nations that have colonized the area. A lot of care has been put into the map and pieces of the game.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637269442/the-pirate-republic

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A bunch of Dick coming to Amazon, the UAE wants to build a city on Mars, Affleck may be out as Batman, and Pokemon Go gets a major update.  Mark's got a movie minute, Gregor's here with the Pull List and Darryl has more random fandom.

Amazon Grabs U.S. Rights to ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams’ Anthology Series http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/philip-k-dick-bryan-cranston-electric-dreams-anthology-series-1201987470/

Mad Max Movie Minute by Mark Krawczyk - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M5MBSPM?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00M5MBSPM&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

The UAE Wants To Build A City On Mars By 2117 http://www.iflscience.com/space/uae-build-city-mars-2117/

Pull List by Gregor Sprague - https://pulllist.comixology.com/thisweek/

Rumour of the Day: Ben Affleck wants to drop Batman role http://www.blastr.com/2017-2-14/rumor-of-the-day-ben-affleck-batman

Bronies Random Fandom by Darryl Johnston

Pokemon Go Update Adds Over 80 Gen 2 Pokemon and More http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/pokemon-go-update-adds-over-80-gen-2-pokemon-and-more-1660517

Theme music - Monkey Warhol https://soundcloud.com/monkeywarhol

Logo - Blazing Caribou Studio http://www.blazingcariboustudios.com/

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In this meeting of Adventure Party we discuss house rules used with board games and RPGs. There may be times when a group of people play and feel that the rules are lopsided, they want to make a game more challenging or make the game more interesting. That's all well and good but everyone playing needs to be on board with the new set of rules. We discuss some house rules that we know of for Cult Express: Modified Belle Rules, AD&D: Racial Modifier Rules, and Monopoly: Free Parking. We feel that these are good examples of house rules but we'd like to hear your house rules. Email us at [email protected] and tell us about rules you've used and enjoyed.

Glenn's Review

Glenn's discussed a game called Survive: Escape From Atlantis, this time around. You are on Atlantis on the fateful day it sinks beneath the waves. You must get as many of your people off the island before it is lost to the depths of the ocean. You'll need to get your people on the boats but beware of sharks, sea serpents, and whales. It's a fun 2-4 player game that lasts about 60 minutes. It's easy to learn and is recommended for people ages 8 and up. That may make it a great addition to your game collection.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2653/survive-escape-atlantis

News

There is some great DLC content for Fallout 4. The first major bit of DLC is Far Harbor. They went all out creating a huge map and engaging content for this addition. The new creatures, deadly radiation fog, and waring factions on the island will keep you on your toes. You'll need to solve a mystery with your old pal, Nick Valentine. Along the way you'll discover some interesting things about The Institute and the Children of Atom. You'll also get the opportunity to get a new companion and use some new weapons as well. We highly recommend getting Far Harbor for your copy of Fallout 4.

http://kotaku.com/three-quick-tips-for-fallout-4s-big-dlc-far-harbor-1777772471

Kickstarter Spotlight

Our spotlight shines on the game Plague Inc. Not the video game version but the new board game version. You'll have the opportunity to become a deadly disease looking to evole and infect the world. What countries will you infect? How will you grow? When will you become the most infectious plague to ever attempt to wipe out life on this planet? It's all up to you to.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/932314378/plague-inc-the-board-game

Feedback

Big1975 wrote to us about episode 7 and our discussion with Pat Rothfuss. He feels that the Hero system may be the best one to make his world one that can be played in an RPG and makes a good point.

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Alien Craft Seen Buzzing Building Tops Over Bangalore, India, Humans probably couldn't live on 'second Earth' Proxima b, Katee Sackhoff tapped to star in Origin Unknown, the Life trailer, scientists explain peoples' obsession with UFOs and 'alien abductions,'  and our picks and warnings.

Who would win in a fight; a Predator or Xenomorph?

Humans probably couldn't live on 'second Earth' Proxima b, Nasa says http://www.wired.co.uk/article/proxima-b-no-life-oxygen

Katee Sackhoff tapped to star in sci-fi thriller Origin Unknown http://www.blastr.com/2017-2-3/katee-sackhoff-origin-unknown

Life trailer released during Super Bowl http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/life-trailer-jake-gyllenhaal-ryan-reynolds-space-rebecca-ferguson-a7564941.html

Scientists explain people's' obsession with UFOs and 'alien abductions' http://www.sciencealert.com/how-science-can-explain-ufo-sightings-and-alien-abductions

Alien Craft Seen Buzzing Building Tops Over Bangalore, India On January 25th http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2017/02/alien-craft-seen-buzzing-building-tops.html

Destiny (standard game for PS4) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHRD4BM?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B00BHRD4BM&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

The Expanse season 2 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NCML6AH?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B01NCML6AH&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe

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Opening theme - Alien Syndrome by Monkey Warhol https://soundcloud.com/monkeywarhol/alien-syndrome

Closing theme - Be Water by Rettward von Doernberg https://thecaravel.net

Disclaimer audio recorded by Ben Olson - http://www.benolson.com/

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