Off Target Podcast

This week Mike sits down with J.R. Ralls, the writer, and producer of Dark Dungeons. We discuss the work of Jack Chick, the process of securing the rights from the reclusive author and what it was like to work on an independent passion project.

You can find Dark Dungeons here:

http://www.darkdungeonsthemovie.com/

This week we return from a 4-month hiatus to bring you the second part of our two-part D and D panic double feature: Dark Dungeons.

Mike, James, and Andrew lovingly go through the fun and absurd adaptation of one of the most famous tracts by Jack Chick.

As always you can find the rest of our work on www.offtarget.org

This week we kick off a two-part Movie Club with an episode all about the 1982 made for TV movie Mazes and Monsters

This film was an adaptation of a novel that capitalized on the panic over Dungeons and Dragons in the 70's and 80's. Oh, and it's Tom Hanks first leading film role.

Watch the whole movie here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpcL-fQNPfQ&t=118s

For the HD footage that James mentions of 1993 New York look here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT4lDU-QLUY

set the player to 1080p 60fps for the full experience.

Join us next week for the second part of the double feature when we discuss another D and D panic movie "Dark Dungeon"

This week, after a long absence, James and Andrew school Old Man Mike on the E-Sports Scene.

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Our weekly get together to discuss what we've been watching, playing and listening to.

Highlights from this weeks show:

-Everyone gives me shit about how long it takes to edit these episodes

-Deadpool 2 talk

-I have to explain what “Fridging the Girlfriend” is

-Andrew misremembers wide swaths of Deadpool 1

-James Talks about Warhammer 40K Spacehulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

-Andrew talks about the summer shit he's done

-Andrew describes Tabletop Simulator

-Andrew voices his displeasure over Red Dead Redemption

-The crew shares their experiences with Absolver

-We argue about how the 2D brawler evolved

-Mike gets shit for playing Vermintide 2

-Mike is in love with Far Cry 5

-We have a D and D intervention with Andrew

-Mike Talks about The Meg

Mike and the crew sit down to discuss the highs and (many) lows of the second season of Westworld

This week Mike and the crew sit down to talk about the 2013 Michael Bay movie Pain and Gain.

We talk about the movie itself and how the true story it's based on impacts our enjoyment of the movie.

As with all club episodes we are spoiling the entire movie so make sure you watch it before listening!

Hello all. This week we are trying something new. Normally each episode would be about 2 hours and have two segments. Instead of doing this each week we will release the seciton where we talk about our week as a seperate episode from our main topic. Only the main topics will get episode numbers, whicle the weekly roundup shows will be dated.

This allows us to do a few things.

1- It lets me release content on a more rapid schedule. Editing almost 3 hours of audio each week takes a while. Releasing the first segment as its own episode gives me more time to ensure the main topics are properly produced while still giving you guys content to listen to.

2-It allows those who ONLY want to listen to the main topics decide if they want to do so. This was a piece of feedback i recieved often, so I'm curious to see how it goes.

Without further ado, heres the crew's chat for the week of 7-6-18

Our next main topic episode will be a club episode for the movie Pain and Gain

 

Highlights from the discussion

-Andrew defends fidget spinners

-James Workshops some interesting names for our new format

-Obligatory GOATSE reference

-James shares some lovely airport stories

-James branches out into traditional Japanese Kyoto Archery

-We discuss the Ghosts of Tsushima E3 flute performance (http://www.shacknews.com/article/105625/the-ghost-of-tsushima-e3-presentations-opener-featured-a-shakuhachi-performance)

-Mike complains about the postmodern literature class he took as an undergrad

-James Interrupts Andrew for 2 weeks running.

-Spoilers for Infinity War

-Mike takes issue with the female/female exclusive fights in superhero movies

-Andrew talks about  *drumroll* Dark Souls remastered and darkest dungeon

-Andrew seems to be surprised by his own notes.

-James talks about the Florida Project

-Andrew talks a bit about how much he admired  Anthony Bourdain despite his views on vegetarianism

-Mike talks Deadpool 2 (non spoiler talks)

-Mike talks shit about Rob Liefeld

-Mike talks the xbox 360 game Red Faction Armageddon

-Andrew baffles all of us with his talk of “Blue Computers”

-We talk briefly about the 30th anniversary of Who Framed Roger Rabbit

This week Mike and the crew sit down to talk about shows they feel don't get enough love!

Highlights From The First Half

-James talks about the quiet place

-We veer off into a discussion about Will and Jaden Smith

-We analyze the career of Ryan Gosling

-We speculate about Red Dead Redemption 2

-Andrew needs a Dark Souls intervention

This week the crew sits down to head into ultimate nerd argument territory: book adaptations.

Main Topic Starts at 68 min

Highlights from the first half:

-We start with an important discussion about legally binding nature of finders keepers

-Vocabulary talk: we dissect the word Aloof

-We kick around the idea of episode title subtitles

-We spend some time talking about other, more popular podcasts

-James takes us to a Spy Party

-Clearly other podcasts are stealing from us

-Off Target Discusses Having An E3 Booth

-Andrew surprisingly talks about Dark Souls

-We talk the pitfalls of remasters replacing the original game

-NERF TIME!

-Some Hockey Talk

-We argue over the legacy of Keanu Reeves

-Mike Really Enjoys Shadow of War

-Titanfall 2 is a masterpiece on the hardest difficulty

-We announce our next club episode movie: Pain and Gain