A plus-sized episode! A review of the Dark Souls board game; a Nerd Culture Report about happy people on YouTube; Mike’s vacation to Turner Falls, Oklahoma; plus a double dose of Nerd Rage! Then it’s R2’s turn, and he serves … Continue reading →

Thanks to a wealth of listener feedback, Mike revisits the tricky subject of complimenting strangers. Then he talks about his own game setting for post-apocalyptic superheroes, Legacy of Justice. On the Science Corner, there’s great white sharks and why you … Continue reading →

Mike reviews Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (spoiler: it tastes terrible). Then, after a couple random tidbits and a rant about checkout lines, Mike spends a while trying to sort out his feelings on the ways our world objectifies women and … Continue reading →

Fingertips episode: Mike talks about Guardians of the Galaxy, Magic the Gathering, chewy candy, how The National Enquirer has its finger on the pulse of the Trump voter, plus Lootcrate and other odds and ends. After that, R2 delivers a … Continue reading →

Mike opens up with a Gaming Table to nowhere. He literally has nothing. But he follows it up with a complaint about prescription medication and a review of the Percy Jackson books. But then it’s Pod-O-Matic time! R2 rolls up … Continue reading →

Starting at the Gaming Table, Mike’s tried two new games this week, Forbidden Island and Oregon Trail, the card game. He talks about the beauty and tragedy of Fearless Girl. And then there’s a three-fer Nerd Rage rant about all … Continue reading →

What a great day! Mike talks about all the media he’s been consuming the last couple week: podcasts, TV… even a book. Then Jacob joins him for the Science Corner and talks about his encounter with a real live astronaut. … Continue reading →

Great episode! Elijah joins Mike on this episode to talk about Otzi the Iceman, poetry, a long stretch on politics where both of them get quite worked up and passionate, and finally a little Nerd Rage about the miniaturization of … Continue reading →

Just a quick one today. Mike finally reviews Get Out and then rants about movie trailers. On the Pod-O-Matic, R2 brings out just two new listener-submitted questions about wicked cool dice and Aidan’s key ring. Then we even score some … Continue reading →

Mike’s first playtest of Mars Needs Cows! And it was awesome! Then Mike geeks out about Pascal’s Triangle… cuz y’know… he’s a geek like that. And then Mike talks about time travel movies–the BEST kind of movies–and the latest one … Continue reading →