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COTB 020 – PAX, Kickstarter, and summer movies

28-Mar-13

Carlos and Ben give a shout out to their local gaming store before reviewing the Neverwinter beta and the upcoming MMOs from the PAX convention. Then they discuss the upcoming summer comic book movies and discuss Joss Whedon’s reaction to the Veronica Mars Kickstarter.

Dear Audible: Your DRM sucks

25-Oct-12

I would love to have the opportunity to easily buy and listen to books in my car. We have a fairly long drive to and from work, and we occasionally take very long drives to visit our families. On the audiobook front, the most popular website appears to be Audible. I tried it once before […]

Song of Fire and Ice Roleplaying Game

03-Sep-12

So, I took a look at Green Ronin’s Song of Fire and Ice Roleplaying Game. I’m actually pretty interested. It’s actually fairly unique (at least among the systems I know) in mechanics. It’s sort of like a lot of things, but doesn’t match any of them. It’s mainly based on attributes, which is fairly true […]

Start Kicking….

08-Jul-12

I thought it might be nice for us to have a place for Basement dwellers to mention stuff they’re kickstarting, or stuff they think others might be interested in Kickstarting. I figure the comments make a reasonable facsimile of a thread….

I don’t want to go off on a rant here….

24-Jun-12

In which I am made very very angrysad by Microsoft.

COTB 010 – Batman and Bronies

24-Jun-12

A review of the popularity of My Little Pony and the creation of Bronies (Ben then surrenders his mancard) followed by some Batman talk to cleanse the palate.

COTB 009 – Dresden Files and Some Online DM tools

11-Jun-12

Carlos and Ben review the Dresden Files in novel, comic book, television, and RPG format. Then they talk about the variety of online tools available for running games via a virtual table top or play-by-post campaign.

COTB 008 – League of Legends and board games

31-May-12

For the first time Carlos and Ben have 3 guest hosts on the podcast to discuss board games and League of Legends. It may be a crowded room, but there’s a diverse experience where it comes to the hobby with this group (except for League of Legends, which is apparently the only MOBA game they […]

Speaking of isms in geekery…

17-May-12

Lots of things have come up this week. Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting – Author John Scalzi attempts to talk about privilege in a gamified way, because a lot of people get freaked out by the term. A Look at Sexism in Fantasy by Sarah Darkmagic. This is in reaction to the Sexism […]

COTB 006 – Geek music and DnD 5th edition news

16-May-12

Carlos and BJ cover the world of geek music and then spend some time discussing the recent news and changes coming from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.