Mike and Jarys sit down with Bay Area LARP coordinators and mainstays Channing Johnston, Spencer Winter, Lauren Skinner and Peter Svensson, for a two-hour deep dive into the world of LARPing. In Part One, we discuss how everyone got into this pasttime, and share some great stories and insights into running your own game and thinking about everyone's fun.

This is part two of a two-part podcast! Make sure you go and listen to part one first! Mike and Jarys sit down with Bay Area LARP coordinators and mainstays Channing Johnston, Spencer Winter, Lauren Skinner and Peter Svensson, for a two-hour deep dive into the world of LARPing. In Part Two, we discuss diversity in a LARP. Can you play a race other than your own and not have it be offensive? Should you EVER use costuming or makeup for this? And what's the best way to discuss it with your fellow players?

Itâ??s the Monday after Dundracon, and the yearly podcast is happening! Mike, Jarys and Mae Linh start by discussing the fantasy book City of Stairs, and the Haunted House game the three of them had the pleasure of playing in on Sunday night. Did Mikeâ??s anxiety about a serious game, and Melissa anxiety about LARPing at all, affect their fun? Plus â?? we ran a game, by the skin of our teeth and the grace of some seriously awesome GMs who gave up their game so ours could live, and Mike tells the story of derailing a South Korean Sci-fi Game entirely! Ben of RP_OK joins us to discuss Guy-Ritchie-inspired Fiasco game we all played Sunday morning, and then Jim and Ben of Geekly Roundup appear to break down the L5R-meets-Harry-Potter of Rival Schools: United by Fate. It was a great con, hear all about it!

Mike, Jarys and Mae Linh are joined by Tumblrista Luke Farr and IGN's Frank Knight - and we record literally RIGHT after watching the season premiere of Lucha Underground. Does this new style of pro wrestling finally pull Jarys in? Plus! Everyone hated the first episode of the X-files! Why? And who the hell thought it was a good idea to cast a white guy as Michael Jackson?

Mike, Jarys, Mae Linh and Melissa are all back together once again for the first time in the new year! We'll talk about the new Steven Bomb, video game design, Rocket Jump the show, and the many faces of Oscar Issac!

Jarys and Ben Fried-Lee, of the RP_OK podcast, sit down together virtually to discuss a favorite pastime. That's right, noble listeners, here you have an hour and forty minutes of thoughtful consideration of roleplaying games! We get down to the brassiest of tacks on the crunch and the fluff, from the GM to the PC's. We cover Jarys' controversial article, and civility reigns! As the article is titled "This is everything I don't like about D&D... and I like D&D", we go on to discuss Dungeons and Dragons in bardic detail. Make a roll of the die and listen on...

In the first podcast of the new year, Jarys and Melissa discuss The Force Awakens after seeing it a second time. Much geeking out over characters and dialogue is had while flaws are hotly debated. Theories are thrown around, especially a certain romantic pairing you may have heard about online. Much comparison between this movie and and the prequels is made, to the detriment of the latter. In the end, so many spoilers are laid out that, if you have not seen this movie, I recommend you drop this podcast, drop everything, and see The Force Awakens.

It's Christmas time, and Mike and Mae Linh are just rolling out of bed on Christmas morning to bring you this special podcast! We'll discuss the Kaiju Christmas Marathon on El Rey, Star Wars merchandise (#WheresRey, god damn it?!) and crying hot tears over your fandom. And Mae Linh once again reveals exactly how Slytherin she is. That's not how Make a Wish works, Mae Linh. Plus! A special guest appearance by Mike's Mom!

We had the distinct pleasure last weekend at Gaymer X to interview folk duo, and one of our favorite bands, the Doubleclicks! Aubrey and Angela are two sisters who write hilarious and often poignant songs about the things that they love, including Jane Austen and Velociraptors. We talked to them about their song writing process, the state of geek culture, and what it's like to basically live on the convention circuit. Plus - check out their cover of the Steven Universe opening theme at the end of the show!

With less than a week left until Star Wars, Jarys and Mike HACK THE PLANET to bring you this week's Ace of Geeks Podcast! We'll talk about old timey radio shows, when, if ever, it's ok to post spoilers on Facebook, Sparrow Racing in Destiny, and what 90s Game Shows should make a comeback.