Each year the television networks introduce us to an array of new programming. Some of these shows go on to become long lasting franchises, some become cult fan favorites, and others fall to the wayside forgotten. Resident Geekerati TV expert Shawna Benson offers insight to this year's crop of pilots and crashes.

Shawna and Christian share some of their favorite moments from 2012 and discuss what they are looking forward to in 2013.  This should be a great year for geek culture.

Tonight Shawna and Christian will discuss some of the Geek related gifts you might consider getting for your favorite pop culture obsessed friends.

The geeks host Jay Bushman of Fourth Wall Studios who will be discussing Transmedia and Ancilliary content.  Jay is currently doing the transmedia for "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries." He was on the team which won an Emmy for transmedia for "Dirty Work."

This week we are joined by two screenwriters who have worked on the Iron Man Armored Adventures and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes shows.  They will share with us some insights about the animation world and what it takes to translate decades of continuity for a new generation of fans.

Tony Lee and Wayne Sykes are the duo behind the Double Shogun game design studio, and they are hanging out with us to discuss their latest design POCKET GLADIATORS. 

Company Overview

Pocket Gladiators will be the first release from Double Shogun, a joint venture of Tony Lee and Wayne Sykes. Plans for future projects using the same combat disk format include Pocket Battlespace Nebula X and Pocket Wrestlers.

Description

Pocket Gladiators is designed by Tony Lee, winner of the 2002 Origins Vanguard Award for the Warchon Playmark Book Game.

Each "Pocket Gladiator" is made up of a Character disk and at least one Level 1 Technique disk. You can add additional disks representing weapon, armor, even magic spells to expand your arsenal.

A basic game proceeds with the two opposing players choosing a maneuver from their

Level 1 Technique disks, lining up the top five boxes head-to-head and comparing them: A red box is a hit, blue box is block/dodge, green box is a "Power-Up" that lets you use your character's Special Abilities, and a white box is... well, nothing.

Depending on how well you do, you can advance to perform maneuvers of a higher level, activate devastating effects like Counterattack or Knockdown, use a special power, or all of the above!  

Oh...and Pocket Gladiators might be seeing a Savage Worlds/Deadlands tie in...

The good folks at Third Eye Games are in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to fund their latest venture, CAMP MYTH. 

Camp Myth is a summer camp built exclusively for mythological creatures. A place where mythical kids from across the globe gather to earn merit badges for obviously practical skills like Phoenix Watching, Kraken Fishing, Golem Building, or Unicorn Taming. Eloy Lasanta (Third Eye Games) and Chris Lewis Carter (author of Camp Myth) have joined forces to create Camp Myth: The RPG! Create your own mythic camper, and go on amazing adventures with friends to earn dozens of unique merit badges.

Christian and Shawna will be discussing this game and maybe a little Harryhausen as well.

Aaron Ginsburg of The Thrilling Adventure hour is doing some pretty exciting things across a wide array of media.  From stage to internet streaming to graphic novels, the Thrilling Adventure crew are everywhere.

What is the Thrilling Adventure Hour?

The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a staged production in the style of old time radio that is held monthly at the Coronet Theatre. The show has been running since March 2005. It is live audio theater. Each episode features three non-serialized segments as well as songs and commercials from fictional sponsors. The show is written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker and directed by Aaron Ginsburg. The show's original songs are written by Acker & Blacker with composer and band leader Andy Paley.

Who is Aaron Ginsburg?

He is a TV writer/producer who has worked on Do No Harm, The Finder, The Good Guys, Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe. He's also the Director of The Thrilling Adventure Hour.

This week the geeks are joined by Monte Cook who will discuss his work on the upcoming Numenera role playing game.  It's an exciting science fantasy role playing game that will be coming your way soon.

Robin D. Laws is one of the most innovative game designers in the RPG field.  His design work includes Feng Shui, the Gumshoe System, Dying Earth, Hero Wars, and many other influential games. 

Laws is also the author of two must own books for any game master, Robin's Laws of Good Gamemastering and Hamlet's Hit Points. 

Laws most recent game design is his Hillfolk roleplaying game.  The game uses the DramaSystem as its mechanical basis, and like Robin's work on Gumshoe his DramaSystem looks like it will be talked about for years to come for its innovation.