Talking About Stuff #167
Christiana and Mike discuss touristy stuff in Boston and Liverpool, and also the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut
Notes:
Boston Freedom Trail
“The Big Dig”
Bunker Hill Monument
Film: In Bruges
Avenue Q
The Blue Man Group
Beatles Magic Mystery Tour
Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut
Talking About Stuff #166
Mike shares a tale of travel-woe, then Christiana talks about Balticon.
Then, together, Christiana and Mike discuss Season 2, Episode 09 of Game of Thrones
Links:
Talking About Stuff #165
Podcast Notes: Christiana and Mike talk about videogames! Including Civilization V, the value of critics, PaxEast and the glory of retro gaming.
Miscellaneous life lessons
Civilization V and 1-star reviews: the value of critics
PaxEast
Civilization V: Gods and Kings
Battleblock Theater
Tanks for the Memories
Harbinger: Skeleton Crew (couldn’t find a current link)
Lawnmower Challenge
Bean’s Quest
Guacameleé
Awesomenauts
Monaco
Super Time Force
Mike interferes with my attempt to describe Crokinole
Contra and early “social” videogames
Videogame music going both ways, Legend of Zelda Symphony and Chiptune Music
The greatness of retro games
Talking About Stuff #163
This episode’s stuff:
Game of thrones Simpsons intro (video unfortunately has some talking head stuff at the beginning, but stick with it.)
Beyond the Wall podcast at SpecFicMedia.com
Game of Thrones Season 2
BBC op-Ed about medieval accents
A spoiler-free discussion of the controversy surrounding the ending to Mass Effect 3
Talking About Stuff #162
Christiana and Mike discuss:
The Mass Effect Trilogy
The Playstation Vita and the state of portable gaming
Trying to change personal habits – Getting up earlier and competitive swimming
Some good TV Shows, including Luck, Downton Abbey, and The Life and Times of Tim.
Talking About Stuff #161
A 2-hr Spectacular to clear out the backlog! We talk about my move to Boston, Mike’s travels in England, comic books, Kindle Fire and Soccer Science.
Links:
Wikipedia entry on “Bath Stone”
Miles Morales is the new Ultimate Spiderman
Christiano Ronaldo: Tested to the Limit
Talking About Stuff #160
A long overdue release with lots of dated conversation! Yay! Christiana and Mike talk about Fringe, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Tron Legacy, Inception, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Death Note.
Talking About Stuff #159
Note: This episode was recorded several weeks ago, before Dragon*Con, and therefore some information is out of date. The next episode will be the second half of this recording, but we are recording a new one soon, that will bring us all back to current. 🙂
In this episode, we talk about…
- Christiana is moving to Boston!
- Using Google Tasks or Evernote for personal organization
- Mike’s buying a bike
- Christiana reviews “The Magicians” and “The Magician King” by Lev Grossman
Talking About Stuff #158
Christiana reviews inFamous 2 for the PS3,
and then Mike talks about his recent trip to Barcelona and Venice, including discussion of the under-construction La Familia cathedral.
