Welcome to the Sappy Crap Podcast, where the names are changed but the stories are real.Two long-time friends, Jarman and Steve, talk about growing up in central Florida and adolescent angst in the 90s and early aughts. Join us for some nostalgia and Sappy Crap!
On today’s podcast, we get all sappy about the video games! 'Member Halo lan parties? Game Genie/Shark? Marathon gaming sessions with no guilt? Touching boobs? (Wait, how is that related?) Come get sappy with us!
Episode 56 - Meet the New APON Writers!
On this episode we welcome our new writer/contributors for APlayOnNerds.com, Ben Tuchenhagen, Garrett Yoshitomi, Jerry Herrera and Kaylynn Kasandra! Unfortunately, Kaylynn was unable to record with us at the last minute, but look out for her on the web site doing weekly reviews of Supernatural, and hopefully on a future episode of the podcast!
We talk to each of the new writers about their geeky influences, they're favorite fandoms, and what they are currently writing about on the site. It gets ridiculous as always, so you can see just how much of a good fit these fine folks are for the A Play On Nerds family.
We also cover some Nerdy News involving dolphins that are freakishly smart, and in Trailer Reviews we cover the new Ghostbusters reboot and the Patrick Stewart/Anton Yelchin thriller, Green Room.
Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!
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Episode 42 - Fallout Shelters, Bat Dung and Killer Gods
First up it's Nerdy News, where we discuss the passing of Nintendo's CEO, Satoru Iwata, as well as the perplexing relationship between bats and pitcher-plants. Also, those creepy lights on the planet Ceres are still causing problems for our friends at NASA...
For our main feature, Steve and Jarman, along with our special guest co-host, Patrick, jump into the world of Bethesda's Fallout. It's an awesome game series with it's fourth (technically 5th) installment coming out soon. With all the buzz over the new game, we thought we would discuss the history of the game and what makes it awesome.
For Trailer Reviews we have the great bounty from San Diego Comic Con; a new Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer, and the very first Suicide Squad trailer. Come hear our take on them!
New intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!
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Episode 31 - Asst. Prof. Kristin Bezio - Video Game Analysis and Much More!
Interview with Asst. Prof. Kristin Bezio on equal representation in video games, "Gamer Gate" and more! With Nerdy News, Trailer Reviews and a warped game of Would You Rather
In our monster sized 31st episode we speak with Kristin M.S. Bezio, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond in Virginia. Her background is in technical theater and literature, and her research interests include early modern drama, leadership studies, and game studies. She is the resident contributing games editor for The Learned Fangirl: A Critical Take on Online Culture and Social Media and has written opinion pieces on violence in games and GamerGate for a variety of news outlets, including the Christian Science Monitor and Seattle Times. Recent academic gaming publications include “Maker’s Breath: Religion, Spirituality, and the Godless World of Dragon Age II” in the special issue “Religion and Digital Games” in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet and “Friends & Rivals: Loyalty, Ethics, and Leadership in Dragon Age II” in Identity and Leadership in Virtual Communities: Establishing Credibility and Influence. Her work explores the intersection of popular media – games, film, television, theater, and literature – and questions of leadership and citizenship in both the early modern and contemporary eras. She currently serves on the board of the Unorthodox Arts Foundation, is a member of Host of Sparrows Aerial Dance, and has worked with the Madison Creative Arts Program, the Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Willing Suspension Productions, and the Virginia Repertory Theatre.
We also cover some Nerdy News with some prehistoric developments about birds and some quantum entangling science news.
There is a quick yet disturbing game of Would You Rather, followed by Trailer Reviews. This time we cover Cinderella, Kingsman, and Terminator: Genisys.
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