What happens when a 4X shaves off an X or two? Where’s the shrink ray? And why is there so much sound in space? Tom Chick, Nick Diamon, and Jason McMaster answers these questions and more!
Planetfall at 1:06, Ion Fury at 16:44, and Rebel Galaxy Outlaw at 29:31
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One of the best Rose Byrne movies since Neighbors 2: Sorority Row?
Next: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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Tom Chick talks with filmmakers Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner about their latest movie, Nekrotronic, available now wherever fine VOD is sold. They also cover important issues, such as John Carpenter’s most underappreciated movie, who should play a young Ellen Ripley, and whether Griffin Dunne’s ghost is real in American Werewolf in London.
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Tom Chick needs to roll a peril icon, Tony Carnevale needs the wizard to sit this one out, and Mike Pollmann needs a few more days to see everything being shown.
Elder Sign at 2:30, Set a Watch at 22:45, and Gencon 2019 at 49:50.
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Still fast, still furious?
Next: I Am Mother
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What makes an action RPG great? What’s next from the guys who just released Oxygen Not Included? Why do these girls have Southern accents? We struggle with these questions, and more!
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 at 1:00, Griftlands at 13:24, and Wolfenstein: Youngblood at 27:25.
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I was crestfallen when Marvel Heroes, an online action RPG that ran for nearly five years, shut down in 2017. Not necessarily because I played it a lot. I didn’t, really. I indulged in fits and starts. Bursts of colorful nonsense now and then, here and there. Whenever I wanted I could drop in and make some little Wolverine or Iron Man punch things and shoot lasers. A colorful swirl of whooshing effects, leveling up, and loot scooping. I even learned things. Did you know there’s a superhero named Squirrel Girl? She was to squirrels what Willard was to rats, except with the chipper demeanor of an Eisenhower-era sorority girl on her way to the malt shop. Oh, Marvel.
We’ve seen White Boy Rick (1:15), Before I Go to Sleep (16:36), and Sword of Trust (25:20). Then we slice into a discussion of sandwiches in movies at 36:22.
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Next: Hobbs and Shaw
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Mike Pollmann speaks German, Tom Chick continues his search for a way to keep people from checking their phones, and Hassan Lopez is getting too old for this shit.
Doppelt So Clever at 2:07, Valeria Card Kingdoms at 16:33, and Brook City at 28:05.
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Come for the epic Schwarzenegger/Costner showdown. Stay for the killer alligator discussion.
Next: 3×3: sandwiches
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Jason McMaster can’t escape Autochess, Nick Diamon hates himself, and Tom Chick reads a whole book.
Teamfight Tactics at 4:15, Dishonored 2: Doing It Wrong at 16:30, and Field of Glory: Empires at 33:30.
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Some thing don’t stay dead. For instance, crappy Stephen King adaptations.
Next: Crawl
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It’s probably not a good sign that some girl is reading from her diary about how her boyfriend is all moody and stuff, but I’m distracted by the fact that her footprints aren’t lining up with her feet. Whenever she puts a foot down, the footprint appears about two inches to the outside side and a full foot-length behind her. Is she phase-shifted? Is this a metaphor for being out of sorts with yourself? Or is this just what you get with indie games like Sea of Solitude? A heap of emotional poetry spackled over some half-baked attempt at a game, where lining up footprints doesn’t really matter because the real reason we’re all here is to hear someone hold forth about the life lessons she learned when she was in high school.
I’m guessing the latter.
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How can you have crusades without a holy land, why is Princess Leia so darn predictable, and what good is a race of duck people in a war among gods?
Crusaders: Thy Will be Done at 1:38, Star Wars: Outer Rim at 20:35, and Glorantha: The Gods War at 43:30.
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Hey Peter Parker, do you have something for us?
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