Podcast 16: Spock is Dead

Will, Jeff, Lucas and Noah sit down to discuss the Oscar nominations, the return of Lost, Mass Effect 2, Star Trek Online and its effects on social lives, Iron Man’s suit redesign and what people can expect from Iron Man 2.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “The CN Tower can work it out (Final Fantasy ft. Q-Tip)” by Tor
• 2:26 — Academy Award nominations
• 19:20 — Lost Season 6 Premiere
• 24:49 — Dorky television and franchise cross-pollination
• 28:42 — “Royal Flush (Instrumental)” by Big Boi ft. Andre 3000 & Raekwon
• 29:26 — Mass Effect 2
• 42:31 — Star Trek Online and Martin Luther King Jr.
• 52:43 — Iron Man redesign, Iron Man 2 and The Avengers
• 46:15 — “Cousins” by Vampire Weekend

Discussed:

• Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Star Trek Online
• The Avengers, The Invincible Iron Man, Captain America
• Lost, The Hurt Locker, District 9, Inglourious Basterds, Avatar, Star Trek, Iron Man 2

Podcast 15: New Word Unlocked

Will, Lucas, and Chris talk about what they’re looking forward to in 2010, mostly video games.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “Casio Bossa Nova” by Holy Fuck
• 2:30 — Comics and Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire
• 9:00 — BioShock 2, Deus Ex 3, and ten-year titles
• 19:40 — Mass Effect, continuing game stories and characters
• 29:30 — “Go Shoppin’” by Bran Van 3000
• 33:00 — Melville and his narcissists
• 37:30 — Clash of Heroes and Dark Messiah
• 46:15 — “Boxcutter Emporium Pt. 2″ by Sixtoo

Discussed:

• BioShock 2, Deus Ex 3, Mass Effect 2, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
• Scott Pilgrim, Transmetropolitan, A Song of Ice and Fire
• Game of Thrones, Avatar, Jean-Pierre Melville

Podcast 14: High Rise Jeans

Jeff, the thief, Will, the knight, and Lucas, the wizard, take a break from stacking boxes and dissolving in acid to talk about what they’ve been playing and what the new year may bring. Lucas details his least favourite Genghis Khan biopic. Jeff talks about what DC has planned for next year, what looks promising. Oh, and Will saw Avatar. Hike up those pants, listen in, and continue the discussion in the comments.

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Programme:

• 0:05 — “Soft Revolution” by Stars
• 3:30 — Trine and class warfare in TF2
• 10:00 — System Shock, franchises, and Arkane’s Arx
• 14:00 — Jeff on DC’s 2010 comics: Earth One
• 27:20 — “Öngyilkos Vasárnap” by Venetian Snares
• 27:55 — Batman’s lost in time; Krypton is orbiting Mars
• 35:00 — Talk about Mongols
• 39:15 — On Avatar
• 53:00 — “Killed by a Horse” by Buck 65

Discussed:

• Trine, Team Fortress 2: War!, System Shock, Arx Fatalis
• Earth One, Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne, War of the Supermen
• Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea, Mongol, Avatar
• Jay Pinkerton, J. Michael Straczynski, “Still your favourite MILF!”

Podcast 13: Inside This Glass

The triumvirate is back for this sixth prime-numbered episode, almost none of which was recorded behind glass. The dorks find themselves deluged with games, fatigued by comics events, and infected with empathy—but it’s all good.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “Blood Line” by iTAL tEK
• 2:30 — On Assassin’s Creed II
• 9:00 — Comics event fatigue, twisted back-stories
• 21:10 — Branagh’s Thor
• 29:30 — “Dundas, Ontario” by Manitoba
• 30:00 — Summary of Winterbottom’s Code 46
• 32:00 — Xbox Live, Modern Warfare 2
• 46:45 — Significant others’ gaming; Peter Hyams
• 49:10 — “Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts” by Wolf Parade

Discussed:

• Assassin’s Creed II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Wii Sports Resort
• Everyone Poops, Green Lantern, Blackest Night, Dark Avengers
• Thor, Code 46, Outland, Capricorn One

Podcast 12: Transformers

To celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Jeff, Joel, Lucas and Will discuss all things Transformers. From the original 80’s cartoon and comics to the toys and the recent live-action films we’ve got our giant shape-shifting alien robot bases well covered.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — Segue from the last podcast
• 0:30 — “Another Life” by Kano
• 1:30 — Transformers movies, comics, TV show
• 28:15 — “Theme from Transformers” by Russell Lieblich
• 29:00 — More about Transformers
• 41:45 — “Flaming Heart” by Meat Puppets

Discussed:

• Nothin’ but Transformers

Podcast 11: Zombies and Robots

Will and Lucas brave the cold and hordes of undead to talk about what they did around Hallowe’en and to look back and wonder about giant robots in computer games. Will dressed up in red and is always the first to get killed, and Lucas has been investigating and beating up armoured junkies. Will Twilight be discussed? Find out in episode one-one.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “Captain Carter’s Fathoms” by Pepe Deluxé
• 2:15 — Romero’s x of the Dead, and more zombies
• 12:45 — Fun and mercilessness in recent horror movies
• 21:00 — Condemned: forensics and fisticuffs
• 27:45 — Challenge and Uncharted 2
• 32:50 — “Totem Crackerjack” by Clark
• 33:30 — Giant robots in computer games
• 48:45 — “Rock On” by Jackson and His Computer Band

Discussed:

• Night of the Living Dead, The Return of the Living Dead, Drag Me to Hell, Wolf Creek, Saw
• Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, One Must Fall 2097, Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance, Shattered Steel
• George Romero, Sam Raimi, Monolith Productions, Zombie vs. Shark clip

Podcast 10: TIFF Roundup

Will, Lucas, Noah, and Shelagh put on their ten-gallon critics’ hats and rustle together all the films they’ve seen recently. Covering films from grindhouse to arthouse, the four cowpokes break down what they saw, what they liked, and why they liked it.

Also, be sure to check out Dork Shelf’s TIFF reviews and let us know what you think.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “Memory Loss” by Deltron 3030
• 2:30 — Midnight Madness
• 13:00 — Solomon Kane
• 23:00 — The mood of The Road
• 27:15 — “Blade Runner (End Title)” by Vangelis
• 27:45 — Disturbing arthouse films
• 39:30 — Disney’s 80’s rebirth
• 49:00 — Quickly: Hamilton superhero, Can-con, Charles Manson
• 56:20 — “Sweet Jane” by The Velvet Underground

Discussed:

• Symbol, The Loved Ones, [Rec] 2, A Town Called Panic, Solomon Kane, Micmacs, The Road, Enter the Void, Antichrist, Waking Sleeping Beauty, Defendor, Passenger Side, Leslie, My Name is Evil

Podcast 9: Bearded Sharks

In this “mantastic” episode Lucas, Will, Jeff, and Joel find themselves trapped in a cage deep underwater, assaulted from all sides by the desperate later seasons of The Simpsons. The dorks talk about how Matt Groening’s show has changed over time, about what they’ve been consuming, and some hot news from the worlds of film, video games, and email spam.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “Paris” by MSTRKRFT
• 2:00 — Playing Sim City 4, watching Timecrimes
• 9:30 — Marvel’s Ultimate comics
• 17:30 — Doom, Dune, and Star Wars novels
• 20:30 — Killing dudes; pissing contest
• 30:00 — “Super” by Neu!
• Reminder: Visioneers tonight at Innis Town Hall
• 32:25 — “Down in Mexico” by The Coasters
• 34:00 — On The Simpsons
• 47:00 — Alien again
• 52:00 — Early reviews of Arkham Asylum; Warren Spector’s Disney game
• 62:25 — “Dare” by Stan Bush

Discussed:

• Sim City 4, Doom, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Epic Mickey
• Timecrimes, The Simpsons, Alien
• Marvel Ultimatum, Rapture, Doom: Knee Deep in the Dead
• Frank Cho, Kevin J. Anderson, growing the beard, jumping the shark

Podcast 8: Bacon-Con 2009

Sarrah joins Jeff and Will for a discussion of Green Lantern, Comic-Con, James Cameron’s cure for cancer, and much more. Exclusives! Events! Bothering George—and it’s kosher!

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “Shake Your Rump (Instrumental)” by Beastie Boys
• 1:00 — Word counts and toy fights
• 9:00 — Blackest Night got ‘em clappin’
• 19:30 — Upcoming DC/Warner Bros. movies
• 28:45 — “Medication” by Queens of the Stone Age
• 30:00 — San Diego Comic-Con
• 41:00 — TIFF Midnight Madness
• 50:00 — Visioneers discussion, part 2 of 1024
• 58:00 — “Terrapin” by The Quantic Soul Orchestra

Discussed:

• Green Lantern: The Blackest Night, The DC Crises
• HypaSpace, Sailor Moon, Green Lantern: First Flight, Avatar, Visioneers
• Mighty Muggs, Geoff Johns, Comic-Con, TIFF Midnight Madness

Podcast 7: Cannes, Not Khan

Special guests Peter Kuplowsky, programmer at the Bloor and the After Dark Film Festival, and Noah Taylor, blogger extraordinaire, join Jeff, Lucas, and Will for a discussion of recent films and comics. Peter lets us know what he saw at The Cannes Film Festival, and Jeff talks to us about Batman and Robin #1. “Here we go!”

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “The Hard Sell (Encore)” by DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
• 2:30 — Up and 3D cinema
• 9:30 — Drag Me and Katie Holmes on A–B replay
• 15:15 — The Hangover, Old School, and Visioneers
• 22:00 — “Credit River” by Constantines
• 26:00 — Cannes: Moon, Basterds, Tarantino’s cuts
• 36:00 — Who is the French Elvis? Incestuous vampires?
• 40:00 — Terry Gilliam’s Imaginarium. The second
• 50:45 — Bat-Dick and Robin al Ghul
• 60:15 — “4th Chamber (Instrumental)” by GZA/Genius

Discussed:

• Up, Drag Me to Hell, The Hangover, Moon, Inglourious Basterds, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Vengeance, Thirst
• Batman & Robin, Park Chan-wook, Terry Gilliam, Johnnie To, Heath Ledger, Brangelina

Podcast 6: Look at All Those Tentacles

The dorks are back with a sixth podcast. The Star Trek movie is discussed, as is a slew of video games. Will has been playing Broken Steel, Lucas talks about thievery, and Jeff explains how to learn more about upcoming comics through solicitations. This podcast is dedicated to one of our Italian fans. I’m not too keen on shokushu goukan myself, but I hope you find this episode is as gripping and as pleasurable as a horny cephalopod.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “San Francisco Knights” by People Under the Stairs
• 3:45 — Abrams’ Star Trek, DS9
• 14:00 — Zeno Clash and the good Wolverine
• 27:30 — “Cannonball” by The Breeders
• 29:00 — Thief II, Deadly Shadows, and Thi4f
• 35:00 — Strong Bad’s adventures and more Fallout 3 DLC
• 43:30 — Jeff explains how to use comics solicitations
• 54:00 — “Steppin’ Out” by Cream

Discussed:

• Zeno Clash, Wolverine: Uncaged Edition, Thi4f, Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, Fallout 3: Broken Steel
• Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space 9
• Wolverine, Wilford Brimley, Thieves (Rogues)

Podcast 5: Phone Journey

Know what to expect when you go to see Wolverine—at least, what to expect from the trailers. Will, Jeff, and Lucas analyze a bevy of movies, video games, and promotional TV shows. Lucas Preys, Jeff tells us what he thinks of documentaries, and Will survives wave after wave of zombies. All this, Daredevil, and Montalbán’s chest are in the fifth episode of the Dork Shelf Podcast.

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Programme:

• 0:00 — “Theme from Dirty Harry” by Lalo Schifrin
• 2:00 — G.I. Joe, Megan Fox, and alien apartheid
• 18:00 — Wall-walking and zombies
• 30:00 — Why it’s “the source engine”, MvC 2, and Free Comic Book Day
• 39:00 — “Any Way You Want It” by Journey
• 40:00 — Star Trek movies, and Space’s fan shows
• 50:00 — Cylons and the war on acne
• 56:00 — “Moby Dick” by Led Zeppelin
• 57:00 — Documentaries, Jeff’s “apple segment”
• 75:45 — “I Need More Time” by The Meters

Discussed:

• Prey, Alice, Left 4 Dead: Survival, Marvel vs. Capcom 2
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Star Trek, Troll 2
• G.I. Joe: Resolute, Dune, Fandom Forum, Caprica
• Phil Noto, Chris Pine, Free Comic Book Day, Winnebago Man, Hot Docs