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Unpacking the Shelf episodes
- Episode 30 - One Year Later With Glacier Bay
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we reconvene after Small Press Expo (SPX), chat a little about our individual experiences with the show, look ahead to MICE (The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo), then delve into the main attraction, Glacier Bay Books. A list of the titles we focused on:
- Glaeolia Vol. 1 (13:10)
- Give Her Back To Me by Hana Chatani (33:22)
- A Favorable Wind on Full Sails by Arantoochika (47:24)
- PANDORA by Hagiwara Rei (1:05:00)
- Mothers by Umi Kusahara (1:15:40)
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
1 hr 53 min - Episode 29 - Down By The River's Edge
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we read and discuss Kyoko Okazaki's River's Edge. First published in 1994, but newly released in North America by Kodansha this year (2023).
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
1 hr 41 min - Episode 28 - Back To Comics With Atomic Robo!
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode Alex has convinced Adam to start reading Atomic Robo. We chat about the history of the comic and our impressions from reading it (or in Alex's case revisiting it many years later).
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
1 hr 47 min - Episode 27 - Building Up The Baldur's Gate
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we delve into (some) of the history behind a game like Baldur's Gate 3, and then speak to our early experiences in the game.
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
2 hr 13 min - Episode 26 - Going Back to Final Fantasy 4
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we follow-up our conversation on Final Fantasy XVI by going back to 1991 and Final Fantasy IV.
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
2 hr 24 min - Episode 25 - Our Adventures With Superman + More!
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back with cat updates & lots to talk about:
- Alex made Adam watch My Adventures With Superman, and we have thoughts to share (5:45)
- Adam delves into tokusatsu, Super Sentai, and Avataro Sentai Donbrothers (52:40)
- Then Adam checks in on Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury now that it's finished airing (1:31:30)
- Finally, Alex has finished Final Fantasy XVI (1:53:00)
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
2 hr 29 min - Episode 24 - Dissecting Final Fantasy
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we celebrate the release of Final Fantasy XVI by talking about the series, and what we each expect from a Final Fantasy game.
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
2 hr 4 min - Episode 23 - Into the Broken Earth
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we return from vacation and delve into N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series.
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
2 hr 21 min - Episode 22 - (Mostly) Talkin' Manga With Sarahti
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're both still on vacation, but prior to leaving Alex was able to coax Sarahti, manager of Fantom Comics, into guesting on another episode. In this episode we talk about a lot of manga, but then round out the conversation with an unexpected comic's connection:
- Find out that Alex will be seeing a football (soccer) match in Romania, then go off on many tangents (1:02)
- Sarahti shares everything about Run on Your New Legs by Wataru Midori (17:22)
- Alex does the same with Frieren: Beyond Journey's End written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe (37:53)
- Then Sarahti rounds out the manga conversation with Magilumiere Co. Ltd. (Kabushiki Gaisha Majirumie) written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki (52:46)
- Lastly, Alex finds some connective tissue behind the latest X-Men comics event Sins of Sinister and Star Trek: Picard Season 3, and then we go completely off the rails talking comics (1:23:04)
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
1 hr 59 min - Episode 21 - Concluding Pollack's Doom Patrol & More
Double AA is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're both currently on vacation, so here we are our past selves talking about all the things! In this episode we:
- Learn that Alex has not read the Broken Earth Series by N. K. Jemisin (0:54)
- Conclude our conversation on Pollack's Doom Patrol (19:04)
- Get sidetracked by Babylon 5 & J. Michael Straczynski, before returning to Pollack (31:19)
- Adam talks Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and we discuss Baldur's Gate and the works stemming from it (43:44)
- And there's always more SaGa: Scarlet Grace Ambitions (1:24:48)
You can find us on Twitter (@wendeego & @AlexTheLup), Twitch (thinbalion13), and Adam's writing on Crunchyroll & Slashfilm.
Intro & Outro track: A.T.M. (Alien Time Machine) by Atum.
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A gaming, comics & pop culture podcast by Adam & Alex.