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Episode 15: Halloween Time

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

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Your favorite nerds are back and joined once again by indie horror writer and director Blake Clouser.  We get you ready for the Halloween season by discussing recent thrillers Zombieland and Paranormal Activity, along with the creepy crawly FPS game Dead Space.  We take a trip down nostalgia lane as we revisit some of our favorite scary video games and horror comedy movies.  Tune in also to find out about our listener contest and to hear Jessie relate her own personal journey to hell as she belatedly reviews “GI Joe: Rise of Cobra”.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Blake

Show Outline:

  • Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:34)
  • Zombieland (0:03:18)
  • Where the Wild Things Are (0:10:47)
  • Paranormal Activity (0:23:15)
  • Dead Space (0:35:13)
  • Favorite Spooky Video Games (0:50:44)
  • Favorite Horror-Comedy Movies (01:06:44)
  • Jessie’s G.I. Joe Review (01:23:12)
  • The First Ever Nerdaverse Listener Contest! (01:33:38)
  • Mail Bag (01:37:15)
  • Good Byes (01:40:48)

Music Credits:

  • Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
  • “Halloween Theme Song”  by John Carpenter
  • Intermission 1 Music – “Anything Can Happen On Halloween” Performed by Tim Curry
  • Intermission 2 Music – “Contact” by Tugboat Annie
  • Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

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Episode 14: Twisted Pixels

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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Mark and Jessie are visited by Twisted Pixel Game’s Art Director David Leung who shares with us some insight into the work of game animator on titles such as The Maw and ‘Spolsion Man. David sticks around and joins us for a discussion of our favorite works of animation. Tune in to learn what life is like working in the videogame industry; plus all the cartoon and anime goodness you can shake a stick at. There may or may not be cake.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, David

Show Outline:

  • Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:2)
  • 3 Facts about Dave Leung of Twisted Pixel Games (0:01:04)
  • Poop or Puppy – Green Lantern: First Flight (0:10:31)
  • Poop or Puppy – Wonder Woman (0:17:07)
  • Interview With David Leung of Twisted Pixel Games (0:26:07)
  • Essential Nerd Films: Animated (01:03:21)
  • Mail Bag (01:30:51)
  • Goodbyes (01:35:43)

Music Credits:

  • Opening Intro – “Nerdaverse” by The BeerJays
  • Intermission 1 Music – “Explainations” by Tugboat Annie
  • Intermission 2 Music – “Contact” by Tugboat Annie
  • Outro Music – “Nerdaverse 2” by The BeerJays

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The Best Band that Never Was

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

On our most recent episode of Across the Nerdaverse (Episode 14 available soon) my co-host Jessie and I took the time to discuss some of our most favourite pieces of animation.  I of course couldn’t let the chance slip by to discuss my all time favourite anime series “BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad”.   This series follows the exploits of 5 Japanese high school who set out to create the world’s greatest band and just might accomplish that goal.  As promised during our discussion I’m going to put down some of the high lights of the band’s music from the show here.  Any show that deals with the subject matter of an up and coming band would not be nearly as effective if the music they put out wasn’t up to snuff, and BECK certainly does not disappoint in this department.   The music in this series is so good that I count BECK (or the Mongolian Chop Squad as they are called in the States in the series do to the existence of a certain skinny scientologist.) as one of my all time favourite bands.  Which is odd, because I still can’t decide if the band actually exists.  However, don’t take my word for it.  Listen below and let your ears decide for you.

BRAINSTORM – This song rules.  Here the band channels Rage Against the Machine to amazing results.

SPICE OF LIFE

FACE – A slower song featuring vocals by the show’s protagonist Koyuki

I’VE GOT A FEELING – A cover of a Beatles tune.  I actually think this is the definitive version of the song, and one of my favourite songs ever.

MOON ON THE WATER – Not a BECK song, but another song from the series.  I think this song is gorgeous.

HIT IN THE USA – Also not a BECK song.  This is the theme song for the series and performed by a band called “The Beat Crusaders”.  I personally feel this song should be the theme song to every show.  EVER.

So that is a brief sampling of some of the excellent music contained in this series.  I hope you enjoyed it.  The entire series is available for purchase on DVD’s that feature both the original Japanese voice cast with English subtitles as well as a redubbed English version.   If you have the means I would highly recommend watching the series with the original Japanese voice cast, as they are by far more talented singers and perform the songs better.  Plus, a good portion of the plot of the series revolves around the language barrier between Japanese and English speaking characters.  A tone that sadly gets lost in the dub version.  Plus in the English dub version for legal reasons you are cheated out of the amazing climactic cover of the Beatles “I’ve Got a Feeling.”  Enjoy!

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Episode 14 Teaser!

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Last night Jessie and I sat down and recorded Episode 14.  We were both very excited to welcome David Leung of Twisted Pixel Games to the show.  Dave joined us to give us some insight into his creative process as Art Director behind games such as The MAW, ‘Splosion Man. He also gave us a little tease of Twisted Pixel’s newest project Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley.  Check out some of the videos below to get a sample of the fine work being turned out by Dave and the crew at Twisted Pixel!   Episode 14’s release will be announced via our Facebook Group as soon as it is ready!  Click here to join the Facebook Group and receive updates on new episodes as they are made available!

The Maw

 

‘Splosion Man

 

Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley

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More Robots

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

I found some more robots.


– Posted from my iPhone

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Robots invade Chicago

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Over the last few weeks I have noticed these small robot creatures all over Chicago. Anyone know what they’re for?


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Episode 13: Poop or Puppy

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

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Mark and Jessie welcome Eddie back to the show as they weigh in on some current and upcoming video games as well as some of the summer’s biggest movies.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Eddie

Show Outline:

  • Introductions and Welcomes (0:00:18)
  • Poop or Puppy Round 1: Games
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum demo (0:02:33)
  • DemiGod (0:19:21)
  • Bookworm iPhone edition (0:29:40)
  • Poop or Puppy Round 2: Movies (0:37:53)
  • District 9 (0:38:05)
  • G.I. Joe (1:02:00)
  • Goodbyes (01:15:32)

Music Credits:

  • Opening Intro – “My Name is Young” by Young MC
  • Intermission 1 Music – “Cold Slither” by Cold Slither
  • Outro Music – “St. Teresa” by Joan Osborne

Links to Awesome Stuff:

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We Love to talk…let’s hear you!

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

So we’re really glad that you like to listen to us talk.  We’d love to hear you guys too.  Have a question that you would like to hear Jessie and I tackle?  Well why don’t you send us an mp3 question.  All you have to do is record a question and e-mail it to us at mailbag@nerdaverse.com.   Have an iPhone 3GS?  Well then, it is even easier.  Record and e-mail us questions directly from your iPhone using the default “Voice Memos” app.  (Thanks to ChiefSpecialK for the tip!)

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iPhone games and apps we love

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Hi all,

I know I’ve been a bit lax updating this site for the last episode, but bear with me. In case you didn’t have a pen and paper ready last episode, you may have missed some of our recommendations for essential iPhone games and apps. So, here ya go:

Games

Apps

In addition, I stumbled across this nifty app today that I just downloaded. It’s free, so if you’re addicted to Achievements on Xbox like I am, this will probably tickle your fancy:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/27/iphone-app-offers-achievements-for-life-booyah/

In addition, I promised links to articles discussing the dilemma of how to price iPhone games to move:

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Episode 12: iRobots

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

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Jessie and Mark welcome guest host Eddie to the show to nerd out about their favorite iPhone apps and games.  Mark and Jessie also get into a Nerd Fight over the “Ultimate Killer Robot”: Megatron vs. the T-1000.  Lastly, the robot discussion continues as we explore our favorite Essential Nerd Films for Robot Lovers.

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Hosts: Mark, Jessie, Eddie

Show Outline:

  • Introductions (00:00:28)
  • 3 Facts About Eddie (0:02:25)
  • LARPing Digression (0:09:09)
  • What’s Entertaining You? – iPhone Edition (0:16:18)
  • Nerd Fight: Who’s the Ultimate Killer Robot? (0:46:47)
  • Essential Nerd Films: Robots (01:04:44)
  • Mail Bag and Good Byes (01:26:46)

Music Credits:

  • Opening Intro – “Be” by Common
  • Intermission 1 Music – “Robot Parade” by They Might Be Giants
  • Intermission 2 Music – “Sex Robot” by Saskia Dolores
  • Outro Music – “St. Teresa” by Joan Osborne

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Contact the podcast: mailbag (at) nerdaverse (dot) com

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