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MarSilF magazine Issue one who is Silf from the song My Goddess Silf?
By Mars | 2011-06-04
MarSilF magazine Issue one who is Silf from the song My Goddess Silf?
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Rabbis in RPGs
By Mars | 2011-03-19
RPGs have Priests and other religious character classes, but Mars can't think of a single RPG with a Rabbi.
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5 Things Zombie Movies Stole from Night of the Living Dead
By The Zeus | 2011-03-08
Every gimmick designed to set zombies apart from Romero's can be traced back to the original Night of the Living Dead.
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Hog Mandoon Season Two! Episode Six!
By The Shorties | 2011-02-24
Season two of the fantasy adventure radio play, featuring Mr. Pig, Ebenezer Crunch, Dogman and introducing Yellowphant.
In a scenario all too familiar to those familiar with The Last Unicorn -- though not familiar enough to get us sued -- Hog Mandoon sets out to help Yellowphant, the last of his kind, unravel the mystery of what happened to his baggy bretheren. Along the way they bump into Crunchy Fortuna, some kind of hunchback Dogman, and a special guest star from all your favorite harlequin romance covers.
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Or catch up on past episodes of the Hog Mandoon Radio Play Drama Half Hour Adventure in Farawayland to Northyways and Other Stuff.
Bloody Good Time Game Guide
by Zeus | 2011-01-17
If Doom was a game of gladiatorial combat, and Team Fortress 2 is a sports game with balls replaced with bullets, then Bloody Good Time is a snuff film whose cast is made up entirely of serial killers. Zeus gives you Secret Weapons and Tactics, hot tips and cool cheats. Okay, maybe not cheats.
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Terminal Invasion (2002) Movie Review
By Zeus | 2011-01-13
The first Bruce Campbell Sci-Fi Channel movie of the week. Passengers in a snowed-in airport realize that aliens walk among them, and it's up to The Chin to save the day.
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Arc Rise Fantasia is the Best RPG Since Arc the Lad: Twilight of The Spirits
By Mars | 2011-01-07
Arc Rise Fantasia for the Wii is old school without being boring, second rate, portable or budget friendly. In other words no apologies are offered for the fact that this is a turn based JRPG released for a major home console in 2010, and that's what makes it rock like 1994.
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Hey, watch it: Human Target
By Zeus | 2011-01-07
Welcome to the first in a series of main-page updates covering the TV shows I've been watching. These could easily wind up as Bodyslams, but for now, it's just me boring you to tears with old-guy rambles about the magic picture box.
Human Target is an action/adventure program about the insanely capable Christopher Chance (Mark Valley). This man can literally handle anything. He'll whip up MacGyver gizmos in a pinch or crash land jets while sitting next to the shamed commercial pilot. He's a hand-to-hand combat master, an ace shot, a tactical genius, and he can charm his way into any situation. One time, Christopher Chance had to infiltrate a mixed-martial arts organization. Not only was he immediately hired, he joined a tournament and won. In other words, he applied himself to MMA for a week and not only didn't he get his spine cracked, he managed to defeat all the mean nasties who dedicated their adult life into ground and pounding fellow scarred up smash-heads.
Chance's job is to protect clients from danger. Typically he does this not by keeping them hidden, but by putting them out in the open and catching the bad guys when they make a move. This leads to humorous conversations, like the following: "What? You want me to walk into the crowded mall, with a bomb strapped to my chest, even though we know for sure that my crazy ex-husband is holding the detonator?"
"Don't worry, ma'am. I'm a professional."
Then he smirks. And by smirk, I mean no mere tug on the side of his mouth. If there were a god of smirks, it would be Christopher Chance. He's created his own language, one made up entirely of smirk. And a Chance smirk can mean anything from, "You know I can shoot that gun out of your hand," to, "Don't worry about it, ma'am. This one's on me, and in five minutes, so will you."
But Chance doesn't work alone. The best heroes have a sidekick, and the best around--Chance, who's never gonna let you down--has two. Winston (Chi McBride) is his frowning and sarcastic partner, an ex-cop turned detective type who you may recognize from a similar role on Pushing Daisies. There's also Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), a tough guy who's called upon for especially tricky missions, and man, he annoys the hell out of me. Pockmocked and sporting a surfer haircut and handlebar mustache, he looks like someone glued Owen Wilson's scalp on Danny Trejo. Winston and Guerrero don't get along, and when they fight I usually side with Winston, since Pushing Daisies is one of my favorite shows, and Guerrero's face reminds me of the kind of public toilet seat that you want to wipe down and then cover with no less than two sanitary paper toilet seat covers.
Human Target has a good sense of adventure, especially the first season, where one week Chance would go undercover in a Canadian monastery hidden deep in a pine forest to recover a hidden relic, and the next go blow up some South-American warlord who kidnapped a feisty freedom fighter. I also like that it doesn't take itself too seriously. The good guys get roughed up, but no one gets killed or tortured or anything. The action scenes are better filmed than some movies, and there's a lot of entertaining dialog between the main characters during the slow parts. Even if you don't like the usual action shows out there, give Human Target a try for some lighthearted (but never silly) fun.
Bodyslam Podcast Episode #034: Best Video Games of the Decade 2000-2009 - Part 3
Published: 2011-01-04 | Recorded: 2010-09-??
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We save some of our very-favorites for last: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Sega's Viking, Dragon Age: Origins, Portal (which Zeus spoils!), Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Mount & Blade, and others I'm keeping as a surprise slash can't remember right now.
Bodyslam Podcast Episode #033: Best Video Games of the Decade 2000-2009 - Part 2
Published: 2011-01-03 | Recorded: 2010-09-??
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Part 2... or IS IT?! Midway through the second episode, we warp back in time to introduce the series. Non-linear retrospecting, yo! Favorite games include Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, The Elder Crolls IV: Oblivion, Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and much, much more!
Bodyslam Podcast Episode #032: Best Video Games of the Decade 2000-2009 - Part 1
Published: 2010-12-28 | Recorded: 2010-09-17
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The countdown begins! Just shy of 2010, Mars and Zeus weigh in on the best games of the past decade. Games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2006.
Bodyslam Podcast Episode #031: Monkey Month
Published: 2010-12-16 | Recorded: Mid-November 2010.Warning: NSFW Language.
Monkey Month! Monkey Month! Monkey Month!
Monkey Month! Monkey Month! Monkey Month!
Monkey Month! Monkey Month! Monkey Month!
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Bodyslam Podcast Episode #030: Scary Stories
Published: 2010-11-06 | Recorded: Halloween, 2010.Warning: NSFW Language.
Happy Halloween! Sit back, grab a bag of leftover candy, turn out the lights and cower in fear as the Bros make up scary stories on the fly. Hair raising, knee-knocking, teeth-chattering stories that will have you glancing over your shoulder and looking under the bed. As an added bonus, Mars enthuses over Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii.
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Bodyslam Podcast - Episode #029: Jurassic Park
by The Bros. | 2010-10-02Warning: NSFW Language.
Jurrassic Park is the most awesome movie ever made. It's so freakin awesome, It's awesomtastic and Broyesohyes if anything is, and if nothing is, it is a sad day indeed. Jurrasic Park is a movie about dinosuars and if you don't like it, what pod did you come out of? Thought so. Like Jurrassic Park, or hate my face. The Choice is yours. 8-)
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Links Mentioned in Episode #029
- Drunk Jeff Goldblume - 3 Steps
- Drunk Jeff Goldblume - Pizza
- Drunk Jeff Goldblume - The Original
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - Jurassic Park
5 Reasons I Bought Elemental: War of Magic
by Zeus | 2010-10-02
Elemental: War of Magic is a fantasy 4X strategy game for the PC, developed by Stardock, makers of Galactic Civilizations. As a wizard-king tasked with restoring life to the broken world of Elemental, you're free to stride into battle like a magical warbeast, assemble a party and venture forth to complete quests, or glue your butt to the throne and micromage your empire.
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Hog Mandoon Radio Play - Episode Five
by The Shorties | 2010-09-24
Hog Mandoon - Episode Five
References abound! The Shorties explore a cave filled with sparkling vampires, meet up with a foreman who loves graveyard shifts and hates college boys, and complain loudly about Harry Potter.
Yoshitaka Amano Art Collage
by Zeus | 2010-09-24
Here's a collage of art by Yoshitaka Amano, my favorite JRPG artist and character designer. I first saw his work in the feature length anime adaptation of Vampire Hunter D. Nintendo Power's guide to Final Fantasy was brought to life with his fantasy art, which reminded me like something out of a D&D manual, only more hazy and dreamlike. But I didn't really know who Amano was until Final Fantasy 6 (then "3") made me want to learn more about the artist behind characters such as Edgar, Mog and Kefka.
How awesome is he? Six and a half awesomes. In 1999, Yoshitaka Amano won a Bram Stoker Award for his collaboration with Neil Gaiman. I want to do that! But I can't do art, just the uh things with the letters in 'em... words.
Dude Bro Bro Dude Since '04
by Mars | 2010-09-24
Here Is A Bro Dictionary. An Encyclapedia Brotanica if you will. Will you???
Dude.
Bro.
Dudebro.
Brotastic.
Brorama.
Brobot.
Broboat.
Brodude.
BroGames.
BroGame.
Bromance.
HoboBro.
YourMomBro.
MyMomBro.
YourMomIsMyMomBro.
Bromamma.
YoBroMamma.
BroPandemic.
Brozerk.
Bropsycho.
NecBromancer.
Brolicious.
Brorebate.
Bromadomadingdong.
BroBabies.
Brotwins.
Broquints.
Bro Bro Bro.
Bro Bro Bro Bro Dude.
Dude Bro Bro Bro Bro.
Bodyslam Podcast - Episode 028: An Impromptu Salute to Nicolas Cage
Published: 2010-09-08 | Recorded: Late July, 2010.Warning: NSFW Language.
Having not gone to the movies for some time, the Bros. (okay, Zeus) decide it's "H.I." time for an impromptu salute to Nicolas Cage. From Raising Arizona to Kick Ass, and all those Vegas movies in between--Nicolas Cage, we salute you!
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Bucket Bros. Bodyslam - Episode 027: Grown Ups
2010-07-27Warning: NSFW Language.
The Bros. review Grown Ups, a surprisingly good Adam Sandler flick wherin the Waterboy rounds up all his old friends from Saturday Night Live and spends the weekend just having fun. We thought it was the funniest thing he's done in years. Naturally, the critics disagree, but that's why you listen to the Bodyslam and not the critics.
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Bodyslam Podcast - Episode 026: MacGruber & Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
2010-07-07
Warning: NSFW Language.
Mars and Zeus take on two movies in a special double feature movie review. Mars says that MacGruber is the greatest movie of all time... perhaps? Zeus complains about Jake Gyllenhaal's creepy bedroom eyes. Both movies are spoiled, thoroughly.
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Hog Mandoon radio play #4
2010-06-28Note: Right click and save the MP3 link found below.
Hog Mandoon - Episode Four
Captured by the fish-headed King of the Castle, thrown into the Donjon, our heroes search for treasure and escape.
Hog Mandoon radio play #3
2010-06-21Note: Right click and save the MP3 link found below.
Hog Mandoon - Episode Three
The shorties drop everything and enter American Idol. Yellowphant, Dogman and Mr. Pig are contestants, while Ebenezer Crunch judges them.
Superman is a Nazi
2010-05-28Superman was huge buisness in the 80's. Movie after movie danced across the screen as audiences across the globe cheered on their favorite superhero superman. But times change. And now as it turns out, a white guy who claims to be superhuman and has no minority friends isn't as politically correct as it once was...
Episode 025: Clash of the Titans (2010)
2010-05-22
Warning: NSFW Language.
Flash ahhhh Savior of the Universe! Er, wait. Wrong movie. This is Clash of the Titans, the 2010 remake. Expectations were low, but our eyebrows were raised high by this surprisingly good fantasy action movie.
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Hog Mandoon Raido Play: Episode Two
2010-05-12
Hog Mandoon - Episode Two (right click and save link)
Hog Mandoon loses a souffle cooking challenge and kicks Marilyn Manson in the keister. After the show, there's a brief introduction to each of the characters.
I don't watch movies with McLovin in them
By Mars | 2010-05-02Mars really, really hates McLovin.
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Bucket Bros Bodyslam Presents
By Bucket Bros. | 2010-04-10
Hog Mandoon - Episode One (right click and save link)
The start of the journey, Mr. Pig talks Dogman and Yellowphant into going northyways, run into an angry giant, and argue over who's going to raid a castle. Also, there's Crunch. Couldn't be helped.
Bucket Bros. Bodyslam Episode 024: James Cameron's Avatar
By Bucket Bros. | 2010-03-18
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James Cameron's Avatar: The Podcast! We like the movie a lot, but it's hard to tell from our grump-tastic podcast. Thrill as Zeus and Mars go on for like ten hours about how Avatar went on for like ten hours. And other stuff!
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