The Grasscast

On this episode, we talk to our guest Justin Melville, a network surveillance and operations specialist and retired Ingress legend.

We talk about Number Munchers, MOBA auto-grouping issues, real estate as a game, Ingress experiences, truck driving experiences, and RPGs

On this episode, Shawn and Kwab talk about...

• What they talked about on the last 'Shawn & Kwab Talk About...'
• Ice skating experiences
• http://hideandseek.world
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• What podcasts they're listening to
• What movies they're watching

Plus some post-credit outtakes for you super-fans!

On this episode, we talk to our guest Zach Showers, friend of the show and software developer.

We try using an app called rpsgame.org in hopes of finding an easier way to play Paper, Scissors, Rock on the podcast.

We also talk about Tetris, Breath of the Wild, TCGs (Trading Card Games), Seasons, gaming at the workplace, Peloton bikes, favorite Seinfeld characters, the problems with asking a favorite game question, would Tetris be a good game to send into space, and the gamification of the stock market.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Mita Williams, a librarian at the University of Windsor and general gaming enthusiast. 

We talk about PONG, Buzz Off, Hogwarts Mystery, Kentucky Route Zero, UNO, the value of libraries, Elsinore, Portal, Monikers, and designing educational games.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Sherri Wheeler, a software and game developer who, among other things, owns and operates Silver Key Games. 

We talk about Commander Keen, The Long Dark, Subnautica, Mice and Mystics, Duke Nukem level design high school projects, Children of Morta, Outward, Pandemic Legacy, Half-Life, developing Roboid.com, easy/ hardcore game modes, and introducing games to kids.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Evan Barnes, our friend and game developer at a local company called Red Piston.

We talk about his early game development inspirations, teaching User Experience (UX) design to college students, early memories of Sonic the Hedgehog, DIY Magic The Gathering decks, Arduino programming, using games in parenting, HALO LAN parties, the benefits of campaigns/ tutorials in games, forecasting the future of gaming and voice-controlled games.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Kayven Beemer, unofficial head of the Board Game Group, and possibly Spiderman?

We talk about his great-grandfather's gaming experiences, playing Cyberpunk 2077 on an old XBOX, the efficacy of timers in board games, ranking board game websites, origins of the Board Game Group, Avalon and Game of Thrones.

In this episode we are reviewing the Cristopher Nolan time travel movie Tenet.

This episode features Kwab, Aman Turdaliev, our past guest, and Kayven Beemer our hopefully future guest.

The guys dissect pretty much everything wrong with the movie, and Aman explains the bootstrap paradox which is a really cool concept, and great fun to listen to how it completely melts Kwab’s brain.

They also talk about other Cristopher Nolan flicks, and how they stack against it.

On this episode, we review the year 2020, and talk about our pandemic experiences.

We also talk about the KFConsole, Cyberpunk 2077, Animal Crossing, Among Us, Next-Gen Consoles and TikTok.

On this episode, we talk to our guest Mike Percy, our musically-talented friend, Risk collector and Ikariam trading expert.

We talk about Bart Vs The World, Red Dead Redemption 2, Ikariam, e-feds, Minecraft, early childhood memories of Risk, Walking Dead: Risk, bad memories of Need for Speed: Underground, good memories of Goldeneye, meta-gaming, growing up in the 90s, Command and Conquer and childhood antics