Category Archives: Podcasts

Game and movie podcasts featuring Tom Chick and guests.

Qt3 Movie Podcast: Spring Breakers

In Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine explores the moral depravity of today’s youth, or something like that. We’re a bit confused. At the 43-minute mark, we talk about American flags in movies. Next week: Evil Dead

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Qt3 Games Podcast: the latest on Lord British

While Tom is at GDC, Jason has a nice conversation with Gus Mastrapa about not going to GDC, how LEGO can melt the hardest of hearts, and why we envy Richard Garriott.

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Qt3 Movie Podcast: Olympus Has Fallen

This week we see this year’s first White House under siege movie, Olympus Has Fallen. Who’s better at rescuing besieged Presidents? Gerard Butler or Channing Tatum? We won’t know the answer until June. If you want to avoid spoilers, skip … Continue reading

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Qt3 Games Podcast: nothing to see here, folks!

Unfortunately the podcast is down this week. But we’ll be back next week with Vickie, McMaster, and Bioshock Infinite.

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Qt3 Movie Podcast: The Call

Among her many roles in Cloud Atlas, Halle Barry did not play a 911 operator who saves the girl from Little Miss Sunshine. To find out how that would look, you have to see The Call. Which we have done … Continue reading

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Qt3 Games Podcast: Starcraft for casuals

We kick off this week’s podcast with a visit from Vickie to discuss her Tomb Raider let’s play series. Then Rob Harvey joins us to plumb the shallow depths of our Starcraft II expertise. Is this really a game for … Continue reading

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Qt3 Movie Podcast: Oz the Great and Powerful

As one character says in the movie, “Not so great and powerful, after all”. We all agree. But we have a spirited disagreement about the original Wizard of Oz, variously calling it creepy, charming, hilarious, and dated. Then this week’s … Continue reading

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Qt3 Games Podcast: sins of a MOBA developer

We call out Ironclad Games’ Blair Fraser on why he’d want to make Sins of a Dark Age, a MOBA, when everyone is already playing League of Legends, also a MOBA. And are we really going to keep calling them … Continue reading

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Qt3 Movie Podcast: The Last Exorcism Part II

Some of us feel very strongly about this critically panned and commercially disappointing follow-up to that earlier found-footage exorcism movie. Not the one with the nuns. The other one. At the one-hour mark, we discuss our favorite explosions for this … Continue reading

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Qt3 Games Podcast: Metal Geared

This week we discuss Metal Gear Rising: Revengance and all things Metal Gear. Since we’re not really qualified in that department, we’ve called in a professional. Metal Gear fan and Engient founder Ian Slutz, whose “hands hold many controllers”, joins … Continue reading

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Qt3 Movie Podcast: Dark Skies

This week we see Dark Skies, a horror movie from the director of Legion and Priest. You can kind of imagine how that’s going to turn out. But against all odds, one of us quite likes it! Then, at the … Continue reading

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Qt3 Games Podcast: making strategy games even better

This week we welcome Stardock’s Derek Paxton to talk about add-ons that make strategy games even better. For instance, the upcoming Legendary Heroes add-on for Fallen Enchantress. We also talk about Crysis 3, Nooky Koodie Poodoo: Wrath of the White … Continue reading

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Qt3 Movie Podcast: A Good Day To Die Hard

We see A Good Day To Die Hard so you don’t have to! Then we talk about elevator scenes in movies for this week’s 3×3, which starts at the 50-minute mark. Next week: Dark Skies

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Qt3 Games Podcast: Dead Space oddity

Graham “Giaddon” Trail joins us to talk about why we love Dead Space 3. Spoilers abound, so you might want to finish the game if you care about the story. In which case, ha ha, you care about the Dead … Continue reading

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Qt3 Movie Podcast: Identity Thief

This week’s podcast is a two-to-one split on the critically panned but commercially successful Identity Thief. If you want to avoid spoilers, jump to the 37-minute mark for this week’s 3×3 of bad ideas with great execution. Next week: A … Continue reading

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