It’s holiday in July as the gang gets back together to open mystery packages. We look forward to SDCC, talk about some personnel changes in the gaming industry, and the newest addition to Google StreetView. We take a look at White House Down, Best Friends Forever, Leviathan Wakes, and Copperhead. Finally, we talk with you about the strangest package you’ve ever opened in our NAQOTW. Ravenclaw!
We welcome the amazingly talented Brea Grant to the show to talk her new indie film, Best Friends Forever.
Abbie Heppe from Respawn Entertainment joins us to talk about Titanfall and the game’s big reveal at E3. Did you know that Abbie is tied to the origins of Nerd Appropriate? Hear the story and many other great tales in our interview. Lazer-pony!
Fresh off the whirlwind that is E3, Ashly Burch drops in to talk about her experience at the show, High School Game of Thrones, and the upcoming Borderlands 2 DLC: Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep.
On the weekend before E3, the gang is up early with guest, Miellyn. We talk a little about Titanfall, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and the great things coming to Geek Girl Con. We take a look at the XBLA title State of Decay, tabletop card game Food Fight, and indie title Gunpoint. Finally, we try to predict the most outlandish E3 announcement in our NAQOTW. Zomboni!
The guys get together for a whole mess of gaming discussion: Borderlands 2, FUSE, D&D, Gears of War, Double Fine, KOTOR, The Starship Damrey, Combo Crew, and Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre. Seriously. Finally, we discuss the high standards we set for the NAQOTW and reach into the ol’ mail sack. Whew.
The gang welcomes the voice behind Bioshock Infinite’s Elizabeth, the multi-talented Courtnee Draper, to the show. We talk about the balance between acting and law school, the passion that went into the realization of Elizabeth.
Combo Crew, the retro-themed beat em up from The Game Bakers, fights its way to mobile.
The gang is back at full strength again to talk about the newly announced Xbox One. We give our reactions to the press event, talk about the features of the system, and try to make some sense of the Internet response. In the NAQOTW, you tell us ONE thing you liked and ONE thing you didn’t like about the new system. “Give it a second… it’s going to space.”
The idea of being out in space is inherently both beautiful and terrifying. In many tales set in this environment, the curiosity that drives exploration often turns into complex situations fought with suspense and uncertainty. Creators Kazuya Asano and Takemaru Abiko capture this essence in the newly released The Starship Damrey.
On this episode we welcome the awesome Michael Biehn, whom you already know from such films as Terminator, Aliens, and Tombstone. We talk with Michael Biehn about movies, his directorial experience with The Victim, providing his voice to Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and more. Also, Miellyn Barrows stops by to put up with Scott and Ash, while Matt and Hilary are out; and we told you so about ABC’s upcoming TV show, SHIELD. See the future.
