Writer Kelly Thompson joins us again as we give her the “Best Friend of the Show” designation! We talk about her original graphic novel, Heart in a Box, reflect on her first year and the upcoming arc of Jem, and talk about some of the big goings on that happened the prior weekend at the…
Episode 177: Back to Back to the Future Part II
GREAT SCOTT! On October 21, 2015, Marty McFly is opposed to arrive from 1985! In preparation, Drew, Myles, and Patrick take a look at the classic sequel, Back to The Future Part II. We discuss the film, but, more importantly, compare and contrast the visions of what writers from the 1980’s thought what 2015 would…
Episode 176: Nerd Rage From The Borderlands
Very rarely will you see the boys from The More You Nerd succumb to a little nerd rage, however, Edge Magazine’s “Top 100 Video Games of All Time” list elicited very passionate responses from our hosts. We discuss the nature or lists and our problems with them before touching on Nickelodeon’s new 90’s nostalgia block,…
Episode 175: The Martian
Trapped on a desolate planet, with nothing but their wits about them, Drew, Myles, and Patrick should be using their only communications to summon a rescue party. Instead, they use their dying signal to talk about Andy Weir’s wildly successful science fiction novel, The Martian. There’s even just enough power left for a little Talk…
Episode 174: Patrick: The Gathering
For Patrick’s grand birthday bash, our friend Steven Sunu, returns to the show! We chat a little bit over our current obsession, Destiny’s new expansion, The Taken King, before diving into Patrick’s birthday challenge of playing the legendary collectable card game, Magic: The Gathering. We discuss in depth the game’s origins, mechanics, the culture its developed,…
Patrick and Myles’ Comic Book Buy Pile 9/16/15
Myles: It feels like #6 just came out, but I will not complain in the slightest about more Jem! Jem and the Holograms #7 sees artist Sophie Campbell taking a breather and handing the reins over to Emma Vieceli. Transitioning artists can sometimes feel awkward for readers, but Vieceli arrives flawlessly. Though her personal…
Episode 173: Now Entering: Gravity Falls
Can you feel the love tonight? We certainly could as we chronicled our love affair with Gravity Falls, Disney’s hit animated series and to date our most challenged show! But the love fest doesn’t go just to this wonderful series alone. Drew finally gets his moment in the sun to talk about his favorite game series…
Patrick and Myles’ Comic Book Buy Pile 9/9/15
Neither Patrick nor I anticipate our little fireside chat reviews to be a thing of any kind of regularity, but we had a lot of fun last week sharing the duties over Jem #6. It was sort of an unsaid agreement that we probably wouldn’t try this again unless it was something we both felt…
Episode 172: The A, B, DC's With Ashley and Jason
Ashley V. Robinson and Jason Inman return to the show to talk a bit about season two of their successful YouTube show, The Red Shirt Diaries as well as their respective creative endeavors like DC All Access, Geek History Lesson and Apollo IX. What transpires is a huge nerding out that jumps all across the board…
Patrick and Myles’ Comic Book Buy Pile 9/2/15
Patrick & Myles Pick: {P}: So I figured instead of Myles and myself fighting each month with who gets to pick IDW’s “Jem and the Holograms” by Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell as their favorite comics, I would provide a place for us to settle our differences, and both gush over it. Issue #6 is…