Nerd Stuff With Slytherpuff

Vampires are the name of the game and let us warn you now, Toni went full nerd on this one.  Although there are some Tangents like how to cope with being stuck in one place by moving all your furniture around and investing in power tools (we desperately need to travel soon) this episode definitely stays a bit more on track because there are just so many awesome vampire films, tv shows and fun facts, we barely scratched the surface.  We look at our first introductions to vampires (we were too young) discover a shocking truth about Jared and his partial Buffy blind spot, gush over Mel Brooks, music and old books, share some of our favourite foreign vampires, animated vampires, indie vampires and new and interesting origin vampires.  We talk everything from your high brow art film options to the ultimate vampire film trash and everything in between, and we love it all.  

Special shout out to the South African Horror Festival happening this October check out their website www.horrorfest.info for more info

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Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

Our second #StudioGhibliSavingThrow took us to the more recent gem The Wind Rises.  With a more serious tone The Wind Rises tells the fictional biography of aeronautical engineer Jiro Horikoshi and his career and life in Japan during some monumental events in history including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression and World War 2.  We talk about all the things we loved about it, the music and sound design, the portrayal of the characters, and the tough contrast between love and passion and the harsh realities of those times in Japan.  It's a powerful look into grief, loss and acceptance and skirts the line between dark and light so beautiful, allowing a younger generation access to some really complex concepts and emotions.  Fear not, we tangent... crazy stories about donating blood, how weird sports are now because of Covid, fascinating insights into translations and dubbing adaptations, some unsubtle hints at next weeks topic and we roll for our next Ghibli, stick around to find out so you can watch with us and join in the conversation.

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Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

This week is all about the games we played as kids, the ones that gave us square eyeballs and a few nightmares (sorry mom).  We talk about our first PC games, renting Playstations from Blockbusters and our desperate need for Nintendo Switches.  The tangents weren't as bad but we do worry about Toni's serial killer handwriting, Jared's small but totally in control addiction to guitars and far too many references to Viva La Dirt League sketches... (thats a lie, no such thing as too many, we're obsessed).   Remember next week is our second ever Studio Ghibli Saving Throw, where we will be chatting about The Wind Rises, give it a watch and join the conversation.

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Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

This week we chatted about notoriously "bad" movies that we still love.  There are some gems, some controversy and a magical collection of tangents.  Alongside terrible shark movies and nostalgia tangents we talk construction, Blockbusters VHS rentals, movie ratings history, special effects and digital effects and the power of a strategic colour pallet.  In conclusion we like movies and will always try to find the good in any form of entertainment.  Love what you love.... and go watch Hamilton.

Special shoutout to fellow podcasters Tangent Versus and epic Youtube creators Horrible Reviews and Corridor Crew.  Their channels helped our tangents flourish.

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Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

This week is our first episode for our new monthly series "Studio Ghibli Saving Throw", where we roll a dice to decide on a Ghibli movie to watch and then ramble on about it, so spoiler alert throughout.  This week we talk about the 1994 classic Pom Poko, a tale of a clan of shape shifting racoon-dogs (tanuki) and their battle with the urban and commercial development of Tokyo.  It is cute and funny but has a powerful message underneath and we enjoyed every minute in both languages.  As per usual there are still your classic tangents, we talk about the evolution of translation and anime dubbing, plan an epic road trip and realise that we are all just tired shape shifting racoons.

Stay tuned to the end to hear us roll for the next Ghibli !!!

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Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

This week we focus on our failings as nerds, the things we feel we should probably know more about but don't.  Some might surprise you, some might enrage you and some might make you go "oh thank God it's not just me".  What this really does is just give us an awesome list of things we still get to experience for the first time, so who are the real winners here.  Tangents about our home towns, family, copyright friendly superhero games, horror novels, and a slow decent into madness as we realise we're too tired to speak English but damn did we laugh.

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Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

Don't let anyone ever tell you that your nerdy passions will get you nowhere, just take a look at us... well...um...  We take a look at the nerdy things that helped inspire us to be the people we are today, pointed us towards the things we love and also helped fill our minds with completely random and questionable useful information.  I mean, Jared can do a mean crossword and Toni now plays the ukulele so that's a win for us.  Tangents are great, musical theatre, Scandinavian metal music, sports, the Hout Bay Market in Cape Town and our childhood dreams of being pulled up on stage to perform with our favourite bands or in a favourite musical.  

Special announcement of our new monthly series starting in the first week of July, STUDIO GHIBLI SAVING THROW, where we roll a dice to pick a Studio Ghibli movie to talk about.  July's Ghibli will be "Pom Poko", give it a watch and join in the conversation by sharing your experience and fun facts on our socials.

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Instagram: @nerdstuffwithslytherpuff

Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

Alternate title might be Toni talks a lot about Dungeons and Dragons, but don't worry we do also talk about our favourite classic games and share some fun board game night stories.  We somehow tangent off about our awesome families, voice actors we love and Comic Con Africa with a special shoutout to local South African, all female, DnD play podcast Dum Dum Die, check them out.

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Instagram: @nerdstuffwithslytherpuff

Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

Youtube black holes.  You know the feeling, checking out that recommended list on the side of the screen, watching "just one more" episode of a completely random channel dedicated to orange farming  you found after five straight hours where you started just wanting to find the trick to making sourdough.  This episode we share our favourite channels that,  whether found by chance or by recommendation, all somehow pulled us into the awesome abyss that is nerdy Youtube.

Obviously tangents... we try to describe South African boerewors, throw love at anime soundtracks, and start strong talking about home made cashew milk and how flasks make coffee taste funny... you know its true. 

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Instagram: @nerdstuffwithslytherpuff

Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit

We went into this episode thinking it would be all Harry Potter... you think we'd have learnt by now.  Skip to about 15:00 for the Potter goodness, favourite books and films in the series, Dumbledore's evolution, team Starkid and Slytherpuff love but stay for the great tangents.  This episode got deep in some places and you'll actually get to know us as humans little better, we talk coffee, coping with lockdown, classic gaming, tattoos, film industry assumptions and finding the silver lining in tough times.  

Remember if you find yourself in a bad place don't be scared to reach out, thanks to the internet you are not truly alone, and if you don't feel like interacting with humans yet then hopefully podcasts like ours where friends are just talking shit can be a little bit of comfort.  Come on in and hang out with Slytherpuff, we're just a pair nerds having a chat and hoping to spread the love of random nerdy things.

Stay safe and stay connected

Instagram: @nerdstuffwithslytherpuff

Twitter: @nerdstuffwithSP

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Intro music by Jared Damon with vocals by Toni Jean Erasmus

Find us on Instagram @space.christ and @tonijeanerasmus

Artwork by Alexa Tucek @osvetlit