Nerding Under The Influence

Nothing worked the way it was supposed to in this episode. There were technical difficulties, and there were brain malfuctions. Telson and Shane rant about people, chat about WoW Forever, and touch base on their book writing challenge. Topics & Timestamps: Intro - Drinking and Ranting (0:00), Grumpy Old Gamers - World of Warctaft Forever (43:58), Grumpy Old Gamers - Satisfactory Stuff (1:08:14), Grumpy Old Gamers - Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and BioWare's Shutdown (1:14:18), Book Report - Book Writing Challenge, Outlines Part 1 (1:27:55), Parting Gifts - Wyrmwood Vlogs (1:50:29), Parting Gifts - Snopes (1:55:47)

In this very professionally produced episode, Telson and Shane briefly address the elephant in the room before chatting about the possibility of de-googling their lives. Shane gripes about prologues and pitches a new Nerd Fights adjacent challenge. Topics & Timestamps: Intro - Talking about not talking about the trade war (0:00), Serious Talk - Can we de-google our lives? (9:05), Grumpy Old Gamers - Everquest update (33:44), Grumpy Old Gamers - Assassin's Creed update (47:08), Book Report - What's the deal with prologues? (1:02:43), Book Report - A new Nerd Fights challenge (1:22:38), Tabletalk - Game updates (1:40:22), Podbag - Do we make choices or do we merely follow the script of fate? (2:09:26), Parting Gifts - Big Merla (2:17:51)

Telson got a new Toy, and Shane went to the theatre twice in a week. Videogames, a long overdue discussion about The Bobiverse Series, and a recap of this year's summer chaos weekend. Topics & Timestamps: Intro - Telson's New Toy (0:00), Random Tangent - The Odyssey and Spiderman (15:25), Grumpy Old Gamers - Everquest Legends (24:40), Grumpy Old Gamers - Assassin's Creed Shadows (47:18), Book Report - The Bobiverse Series by Dennis E. Taylor (58:36), Tabletalk - Chaos Weekend (1:26:42), Parting Gifts - Making Things With Your Hands (2:21:51)

Shane thinks there's cause for Canadian Optimism. Telson's starting a Substack. Subnautica 2 early access is great so far. Also a spoiler-filled review of The Interdependency Series by John Scalzi. Topics & Timestamps: Intro (0:00), Serious Talk - Accidental Canadian Optimism (18:45), Grumpy Old Gamers - Subnautica 2 Early Access (56:40), Book Report - The Interdependency Series by John Scalzi (1:13:25), Tabletalk - Summer Shindig and Game Updates (1:51:38), Parting Gifts - Telson Mightbewrong (2:21:02)

A very spoiler filled episode reviewing Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary. Light tabletalk, discussing West Marches Campaigns, Knife Theory, and our upcoming summer D&D get together. Topics & Timestamps: Intro and Coffee Pedantics (0:00), Book Report - Project Hail Mary (12:53), Book Report - The Interdependency Series by John Scalzi (1:15:53), Tabletalk - West Marches Style Games (1:28:54), Tabletalk - Sharing Duties, July Get Together, Misc. Ramblings (2:13:42), Parting Gifts - Stated Clearly - Bacterial Flagella Evolution Series (2:19:44)

This is the shittiest episode ever. Literally, we spend way too much time talking about poop and butt stuff. Somehow, we also find time to talk about video games, books, and D&D. Topics & Timestamps: Intro and Butt Stuff (0:00), More Butt Stuff (11:09), Grumpy Old Gamers - Yearning for the Old Days (21:43), Grumpy Old Gamers - Multiplayer Situationship (31:31), Grumpy Old Gamers - Looking Forward (52:31), Book Report - We're Discussing Project Hail Mary Next Episode (1:09:16), Tabletalk - Game Updates (1:16:25), Tabletalk - Crafting and Creativity (1:31:28), Parting Gifts - Dr. Hilary Agro (1:58:16)

After some accidential serious conversation, Shane and Telson talk about the potential Firefly animated series, their experiences sharing a (Satisfactory) sandbox, and catch eachother up on their ongoing D&D campaigns. Topics & Timestamps: Intro and Unscheduled Serious Talk (0:00), Firefly's Back… Maybe (25:40), Grumpy Old Gamers - Satisfactory Multiplayer Experience (54:16), Tabletalk - Game Updates and Discussion About Dungeons (1:22:08), Parting Gifts - Chef Zappi (2:02:26)

This episode was recorded back in early August. Some dicussions may be a tad out of date. Shane & Telson talk about the divisions being force fed by everyting in modern society, which somehow led to Shane ranting about Intel for way too long. Lots of Satisfactory, Telson said books are overrated, and Shane's ripping off Pitch Black for his D&D campaign. Topics & Timestamps: Intro & Golf Stuff (0:00), Serious Talk - Brand Tribalism & A Tangent About Cars (9:19), Serious Talk - Intel vs. AMD (21:15), Grumpy Old Gamers - Let's Game It Out & The Long Dark (43:46), Grumpy Old Gamers - Satisfactory Update (52:30), Book Report - Telson's Hot Take (1:23:00), Tabletalk - Monster Design (1:34:57), Parting Gifts - Nile Red, Robinson Foundry, No Dumb Questions Again (1:56:57)

It's been awhile since we had serious talk on an episode. Hopefully it wasn't a terrible mistake. Coping with the state of the world, cutting out negativity, and the need for everyone to watch more cat videos again, followed by lighter discussion about Satisfactory, and being a better dungeon master. Topics & Timestamps: Intro - The Ramblings of Two Broken Old Men (0:00), Serious Talk - The World Sucks (17:04), Serious Talk - Coping With -gestures broadly- (29:37), Serious Talk - Watch More Cat Videos (42:26), Grumpy Old Gamers - Satisfactory Update (55:10), Tabletalk - Being a Better DM (1:22:50), Book Report - Robert Heinlein (1:54:51), Parting Gifts - jij ~ Cat Jazz ~ (1:57:34)

To celebrate our 50th episode, Shane finally ruins Telson's life by buying him Satisfactory for his birthday. We're a Satisfactory podcast now. Topics & Timestamps: Intro (0:00), Grumpy Old Gamers - Satisfactory (9:58), Tabletalk - D&D Weekend at Telson's (1:00:16), Parting Gifts - ImKibitz (1:18:14)