This week, Paul’s catching up on season 3 of Penny Arcade: The Series and riding the high off the season finale of Legend of Korra tries to talk about it in the vaguest terms possible which confuses Nathan. After, he extensively talks about some Indie Game: The Movie after watching it twice in the last week and spending probably way too much money on it. Nathan, on the other hand, goes to see Moonrise Kingdom and after determining “…it’s a Wes Anderson film…” argues with Paul over the quality of Bill Murray. For some reason, Chronicles of Riddick gets a new viewing and Nathan meets up with weirdos from Redditonly to find they’re totally normal.

Also, Paul makes light of Nathan’s sad story about slavery in Korea.

This week, Paul hasn’t watched a single movie due to spending all his time trying to catch up on Naruto (34 episodes down, only 451 to go…) and Legend of Korra. Nathan spits the film talk after doing a “second-run double feature” of The Five Year Engagement/The Raven and Cronenberg’s newest serving Cosmopolis. Between anime and movies, both the monks have been gaming quite a bit as Nathan finally picks up Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and can’t turn it off long enough to fully realize Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker while Paul hits up a double feature of Suda51 by returning back into Shadows of the Damned and enjoying the colorful nature of Lollipop Chainsaw. Speaking of video games, everyone should probably go ahead and sign-up for PlayStation Plus right away and start getting free shit. Just saying.

Also, non-sequitors as usual along with a healthy dose of local-only references and suggestions (representin’ the YYC).

SPOILER ALERT:

We talk some in-depth Prometheus between 1:18:40 – 1:36:16 with spoilers riddled throughout. If you haven’t seen it yet, you have been warned…

Nathan’s back from E3 (although to you, he never left) and brings with him a full hour of E3 talk to start us off. Then, Paul is catching up on some Breaking Bad, the finale of Parks and Recreation and reliving his childhood watching some Are You Afraid Of The Dark? on Netflix while also explaining what the show is to Nathan and any non-Canadian listeners. Both the monks saw Prometheus and talk about their thoughts on that while Paul is unimpressed with Snow White and the Huntsmen. Also, music from the 90s and pinpointing the year Paul lost interest in what was “popular” in music.

Oh, and Paul briefly talks about some plans for a new weekly feature and congrats to the Pixel Response Humble Indie Bundle Giveaway winners!

We gotta be completely honest with you, not much happened this week! Nathan’s been planning his trip to E3 and in doing so was only able to watch Dinner for Schmucks between playing a whole lot of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and starting with earlier games of the series after completing it. Paul hasn’t done much better, only watching The Grey while playing some indie games he wasn’t too fond, specifically one entitled Bureau: Agent Kendall. I guess we talk about the awesome Humble Indie Bundle V that came out a little bit.

Also, Nathan finds out the finer points of internet debate when he gets sucked into a heated discussion on turkey and ham sandwiches. Enjoy!

**SPOILER ALERT: We ruin the only “spoilery” type thing in Men in Black 3 between 00:47:00 to 00:48:20. You have been warned.

This week, Paul finally starts his quest to catch up on Game of Thrones and knocks down four episodes while also finishing off season 3 of Community. Nathan agrees with the New York Times about Game of Thrones’ lacking in draw lately and tries some Lilyhammer on Netflix while continuing on with more Eastbound and Down. Both the monks went to see Men in Black 3 and discuss it in depth and Paul talks a bit about Chernobyl Diaries before his review went up. Nathan still loves Animal Crossing and Max Payne 3 while Paul finds it hard to get into Diablo III and spends more time playing the indie game Decay.

Also, a discussion on Geek Pride Day sparks a chat about Remembrance Day, which Nathan feels strongly about. And YOLO is kind of a stupid term with a decent message.

This week, a yearly convention named Otafest hits town so Paul and Nathan recount their differing experiences with that including awkward Fleshlight situations, over-sexualized 14 year olds and a random guy masturbating in the bathroom. Nathan watched Blues Brothers again for the first time in years and goes to see The Dictator while Paul catches Men in Black II on television in preparation for MiB3 this weekend and tries to sit through Land of the Lost (but can’t do more than 30 minutes).

Both the Monks went to see Battleship this week and talk a little bit about their disappointments with that (mostly Nathan because Paul simply agrees with him). In more pertinent news, Dan Harmon gets fired from Community which leads to a rather angry conversation about the future of the show. Oh, also Diablo III is OK and Max Payne 3 is pretty good

This week, Paul’s been doing almost nothing but work on stuff so due to his incompetence The Media Monks welcome back guest Eno Metzo of The Awful Gamer to banter and keep things going… to successful and failed outcomes. Nathan, disappointed still with The Avengers decides to hit up X-Men: First Class to see how well that holds up with his new realization of not liking most comic book movies. Eno reveals his love of Army of Darkness and suggests everyone watch Machete Maidens Unleashed while Paul laments at how little there is on the Canadian Netflix. Also, Duke Nukem Forever is no longer $2.99 at Best Buy which leaves Nathan disappointed.

Earlier in this week, our Avengers/Indie Game: The Movie podcast was released so we’re sure to steer away from that here. Instead, Paul’s been watching some more 2 Broke Girls, Community and The Legend of Korra. We discuss some Walking Dead Episode 1: A New Day game by Telltale and Nathan brings up some ghosts from the past by watching The Talented Mr. Ripley. 

Also, Bad Santa is pretty good. Just to make sure we don’t have too good a time, Nathan reminds us that Bernie Mac is dead along with the recently deceased Adam Yauch (MCA) of the Beastie Boys.

***SPOILER ALERT!***

We get heavy into major spoilers for Cabin in the Woods and recommend if you haven’t seen it to skip 00:56:20 to 01:04:20. You have been warned!

Despite some rocky moments (which Paul elaborates on in detail), the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo 2012 Edition was a rollicking success, so sit back and here some tales pertaining to Star Trek, Undergrads, Futurama and, best of all, Ponies!I’m hereby declaring Calgary Canada’s Brony Capital. The lines, the panels, the autographs, all of it is discussed in exhaustive detail. In addition, what films and games were consumed are discussed including James Cameron’s Titanic (in 3D!),Lockout,  The Cabin in the Woods (watch out for spoilers on that one), Fez, Lone Survivor (which both of us played) and The Walking Dead, though more on that one later as Paul has yet to delve into it.

Nathan’s back with stories from his road trip to Coachella and we talk about the finer points of music, road trips and of course bringing the dead back to life. April 20th (or “4/20”) happened which sparks some conversation about marijuana, Hitler and that stupid KONY2012 “Cover The Night” campaign… all while we show how ignorant we are of the *ahem* “holiday’s” origin.

Paul neglects watching Game Of Thrones yet again and instead throws in The Devil Wears Prada and makes him call into question any real worth to Anne Hathaway besides when she exposes her chest… and speaking of chests, he continues to watch 2 Broke Girls simply to creep over Kat Dennings. Being the scholar that he is, Nathan instead waxes poetic about more Herzog with Into The Abyss and shares Paul’s passion over the latest episode of Community while berating the United States for their lack of recycling.

Oh, also a dog being set on fire and dying prompts Paul to seek a lifestyle change with the Calgary Humane Society.