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May 03, 2018 Microsode: Mario Paint and Beyond - 90s Creative Games with Jazzy Boho
Once upon a time there was a short-lived era of gaming based specifically around empowering the user to create. The era of Mario Paint - a console game that came with a mouse, explained how to interface with your VCR, and had full illustration, music, and animation suites... all for the Super Nintendo. It's the best-known, but it wasn't alone.

In this episode, Cat, Brandon, and Jon team up with Fangamer's Jazzy Boho to discuss the obscure genre of creative games. These "games" blurred the lines between children's entertainment and art applications and were made to empower users with tools only limited by their imagination and ingenuity. We share stories of software both awful and awesome from the era of 90s gaming when just about anything was possible. Their day may be done, but the legacy lives on! Jazzy is an avant-garde animator who uses Mario Paint in ways heretofore unknown to humankind - she shares some of the secrets of making her surreal and hilarious videos as well as some other retro tools of the trade.

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https://nerdyshow.com/2018/05/mario-paint-and-beyond-90s-creative-games-with-jazzy-boho

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54 min
April 25, 2018 Episode 306 :: Looong Looong Nerds
After vacations, business trips, interviews, conventions, and other mayhem - Nerdy Show's hosts are back in the studio catching up with each other and what's been going down in the nerd world.

And... also... catch up with what the Japanese already know a lot about: dramatic and surreal on-going commercial narratives. Did you know that for over a decade an alien has been impersonating Tommy Lee Jones, drinking canned coffee, and doing everyman jobs in Nippon? Did you know that NO ONE can resist a looong, looong maaaan? Did you know that Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Giles may have started this entire phenomenon? That's not even half of it! We talk God of War, Lost in Space, Ready Player One, Pacific Rim 2, and give our two credits on everything worth doing in the past month of nerd stuff.

For links and more info, head to the main episode page:
https://nerdyshow.com/2018/04/nerdy-show-306-looong-looong-nerds/ ‎

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1 hr 13 min
April 19, 2018 Episode 305 :: Nerdy Show in Tennessee - Weird Al, Kid Koala, Arcades, Spelunking, & More!
Cap is on the road and indulging of nerdy adventures of all sorts: music, ancient cultures, retro gaming, modern art, cuisine, and geology! But it's dangerous to go alone - they're joined by long-lost Nerdy Show hosts Colin and Luke and the trio is taking YOU along for the ride.

Hear all about the "Weird Al" Yankovic concert of die-hard fan's dreams as we recap the deep cuts of his Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. Learn the story of Nashville's hot chicken and the dangers therein. Go spelunking in Raccoon Mountain Caverns and explore other subterranean shenanigans. Unleash your inner DJ with Kid Koala's Satellite Turntable Orchestra... And that's just for starters! Join us for a magical mystery tour of geeky gallivanting!

For links and more info, head to the main episode page:
https://nerdyshow.com/2018/04/nerdy-show-305-nerdy-show-in-tennessee-weird-al-kid-koala

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52 min
April 12, 2018 Interview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness with Tom Waltz and Erik Burnham
Mutagen Man, Wyrm, The Pizza Thrower, The Utroms, Cudley the Cowlick... The Ninja Turtles are super weird - Awesomely unusual. IDW TMNT writers Tom Waltz and Erik Burnham are joined by Nerdy Show's Cap to celebrate the legacy of Ninja Turtles and the series' myriad mutations across all continuities. They play with action figures, thumb through old roleplaying books, and sift through the sewer of way cool mutants.

Hear the story of how Donatello's perceived "death" in the comics upset parents and turned Waltz's life upside down, the joys of being both a fan AND a creator, and why we've never seen the Turtles' movies' Master Tatsu in the comics.

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40 min
April 04, 2018 Interview: Christy Karacas' Ballmastrz: 9009
In the distant future there is only THE GAME. Do you have what it takes to pulverize all the other mutants, magical girls, cyborgs, and wasteoidz? Can you master the ballz?

Enter: Ballmastrz: 9009, the new series from Superjail's Christy Karacas. Whereas Superjail's animation drank deep from the acid-laced waters of 60s and 70s Western animation, this new series pulls heavy from the anime well. But of course, that's not all. There's also Jodorowsky, giallo films, every dystopian sports project ever, and other peculiar pop culture ephemera in the mix. Join Cap for a conversation with Karacas about his anime influences, the possible future of Superjail, and how Ballmastrz is different from anything he's done before.

For links and more info, head to the main episode page:
https://nerdyshow.com/2018/04/nerdy-show-interview-christy-karacas-ballmastrz-9009/

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29 min
March 28, 2018 Interview: Ninja Turtles Rise! Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, & Ben Bishop
Coming to you live from North Carolina Comicon - Oak City, Cap hosts a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle tell-all with series co-creator, Kevin Eastman, writer of the IDW TMNT series, Tom Waltz, and awesome artist, Ben Bishop. Whether you're a longtime fan looking to scrape the sewer for new intel or have fond, fuzzy memories of action figures and cartoons of yore - this episode's got something for you!

These simultaneous creators, artists, and fans discuss TMNT history; such as how the IDW series, now the longest running Ninja Turtles comic ever, came to be. And they also tease tales to come - such as some insider info on Nickeodeon's upcoming Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the return of the John Woo-inspired book, Bodycount, and Eastman and Bishop's new indie comic, Drawing Blood. We also discuss personal favorite TMNT video games, Waltz and Bishop's TMNT origin stories, and much more.

For links and more info, head to the main episode page:
https://nerdyshow.com/2018/03/nerdy-show-interview-ninja-turtles-rise-kevin-eastman-tom-waltz-ben-bishop/

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51 min
March 21, 2018 Microsode: Independent Sci-Fi / Fantasy Publishing with Alyson Grauer
Here at Nerdy Show, we know how to make our stories come to life by taking matters into our own hands with audio dramas and comic books... but what about books? That's right, prose - sentences, paragraphs, chapters - strung into bound volumes be they physical or digital; how do you break into that scene?

To help us solve this quandary, Cap and Bad Storytellers / Ghostbusters: Resurrection's Josh LaForge are joined by Alyson Grauer of the RPG podcast Warda. She's got experiences to share about breaking into independent sci-fi / fantasy publishing, in both novels and short stories, along with advice on leveling up your writing game and her personal tale of social networking her way to print.

For links and more info, head to the main episode page:
https://nerdyshow.com/2018/03/nerdy-show-microsode-independent-sci-fi-fantasy-publishing

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48 min
March 14, 2018 Episode 304 :: Peculiar Science
There IS such thing as a tesseract. A notion we take for granted here in the 21st century, but one that in 1962 made some waves - especially when it was the central focus of a children's book. Madeline L'Engle's sci-fi classic, A Wrinkle in Time, for all its hard sci-fi mixed with metaphysical fantasy, has been near-impossible to adapt in its 50+ years - but can the full weight of Disney's special effects budget and the powers of Oprah finally make some science magic happen? We've got opinions! And that's not all!

Join Cap, Trench, boR, and Jon as we discuss sci-fi anime and TV you may have already watched, odd films you might not have, and some baffling new explorations in science: VR murder in the court room, vortexes on Jupiter, and Alexa laughing manically when she hears a ghost.

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1 hr 7 min
March 07, 2018 Microsode: Westerns
What makes a "Western"? Is it the arid landscape of 1800s America? Is it the hats? Or is it something more? ...Some kind of "true grit", if you will, that gets into the boots of a story and chafes at the characters' collective psyches? In this listener-requested Microsode we might not be able to provide answers to the Big Questions in this Big Country, but we'll certainly dole out as many musings as we can muster.

Join Cap and 2/3rds of the Ghostbusters: Resurrection cast: Doug, Briggs, La Forge, and Poole for a rootin' tootin' travelogue through the world of Westerns. We've got advice on where to start if you want to dive into the genre, some off-kilter observations, and advice on what to watch in every era that spurs have hit the silver screen.

For links and more info, head to the main episode page:
https://nerdyshow.com/2018/03/nerdy-show-westerns/

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24 min
March 03, 2018 Nerdy Show Has Left Soundcloud!
The Nerdy Show Network's programming is no longer being uploaded to Soundcloud. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, any of your favorite podcast apps, and of course, http://nerdyshow.com
1 min

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