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The Geekbox: Episode 28

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, Movies1002 days ago

Jade Kraus and Justin Haywald of 1UP are on this week in place of Mike Cruz and Karen Chu.  Jade and Justin had a chance to interview Yoshitaka Amano, of Final Fantasy fame, last weekend and are sharing their experience which leads into discussion about cosplay.  With a podcast called The Geekbox, it is not surprising that some of the crew have a bit of personal experience with cosplay. With the closing of GRIN game studios the group is talking about some comments from a developer, Eric Kozlowsky, about game critics and how they are not servicing...

The Geekbox: Episode 27

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, Movies1009 days ago

G.I. Joe starts this one out with a luke-warm reception.  This leads into a discussion on ’80s cartoons and Mike flexes some serious ’80s nerd knowledge by recalling TigerSharks and SilverHawks. The topic of internet advertisements come up with Ryan mentioning the Evony ads that have been appearing on geekbox.net.  You may have seen them on CastMedium as well and they are egregiously sexualized for no apparent reason.  PopCap recently did a parody of these ads that features a “sexy” zombie lady. After Karen gives Civilization...

The Geekbox: Episode 26

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1017 days ago

First up this week is a welcome to Mike Cruz as the new regular “special guest” of the podcast and an introduction to Ryan Higgin’s friends who have a band called “God of Shamisen.”  They are a rock group with a member who plays the traditional Japanese instrument, the shamisen, as the core of the group. MMOs get a whole lot of discussion time with Ryan Higgins talking about the new World of Warcraft patch that came out yesterday.  They then move onto the Matrix Online, which nobody played, and Karen shares some of...

The Geekbox: Episode 25

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1023 days ago

The whole first part of this week’s Geekbox is interspersed with Karen’s fascination with a rather racy take on Alice in Wonderland extended fiction in comic form.  The world of comics is a crazy one, and this illustrates exactly why. Comic-Con gets the crew interested, but there is less actual comic book news coming out of the show every year.  The conversation quickly moves onto TV and then movies.  It sounds like Bruno entertained and Fitch has the best story to tell about his experience taking dates to both Bruno and Borat a few...

The Geekbox: Episode 24

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1030 days ago

It is a bit of a subdued episode this week without Karen and Greg to mix it up, but Jade Kraus and Justin Haywald from 1UP are on to round out the group.  As usual, Burn Notice starts off the discussion, but Jade and Justin are not followers, so things aren’t too lively. Justin hints at the fact that he has been playing the sequel to Professor Layton and the series sounds to only be getting better.  The first game got a lot of press coverage and was pushed pretty hard by Nintendo, but not everyone has played it.  Now may be a great time...

The Geekbox: Episode 23

by Jonathan Downin in Games1038 days ago

All episodes of The Geekbox should start out with Fitch spilling details about a date, just as he does here.  It sounds like we may be in for a string a somewhat successful Fitch Hitch stories.  His first dinner date was successful and he is getting ready for date #2 in which he will be going to the girl’s house.  The anticipation is thick. Comic book and movie news is a big topic this week.  The casting of Ryan Renolds as Green Lantern has comic book fans excited, but generally not in a good way. Karen and Ryan Scott gave the first Tales...

The Geekbox: Episode 22

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1044 days ago

The difficult job market stories continue with Karen talking about the recent lay-offs at her company PlayFirst.  It sounds like they handled it in the best way possible and Karen was spared in the process.  It’s interesting to hear the juxtaposition of the against the 1UP layoffs in January. This is a very Fitch-centric show, just as it should be.  His recent trip to England sounds like it was enjoyable, if not uneventful.  The campaign to get Fitch a date is still on and going strong.  If you or anyone you know is interested in going...

The Geekbox: Episode 21

by Jonathan Downin in Misc, Movies, TV1053 days ago

This week’s episode is a great one.  With Fitch gone, the crew has launched a campaign to get him a date.  If you are an eligible woman over 25 send your submission in to winadatewithfitch at geekbox.net.  This is going to be good. Special guests from the old 1UP days, Tom Edwards and Susie Ochs, are on the show so you can expect a lot of reminiscing.  There are some fun stories here. On a side note, Tom mentions the Korean film Oldboy.  If you haven’t seen it, and aren’t too easily disturbed, this is a movie you must watch. No...

The Geekbox: Episode 20

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1058 days ago

Starting this one is some TV talk as per usual, but Ryan reveals that in addition to Burn Notice, he has also been watching Jon and Kate Plus 8.  Things take a turn for the weirder when the crew gets into a little bit of Mario fan fiction creation though. There is a big discussion about games journalism in the middle here where the group talks about what gives one person more credibility than someone else.  Greg takes the chance to tell people to write for Bitmob if they want to break into the industry. Karen is getting her driver’s license...

The Geekbox: Episode 19

by Jonathan Downin in Games1066 days ago

Why must Nintendo pu out games that make us have to buy a Wii?  There aren’t that many amazing games on the Wii, but there are those games that are just good enough to make the system almost worth a purchase. The recent changes in the World of Warcraft progression has Karen upset.  The point is introduced by Karen talking about the iPhone 3GS.  Oh how the opinions change.  Has WoW finally started its decline? The topic of people coming up to the Geekbox crew at conventions as if they know them comes up.  Almost all of us surely don’t...

The Geekbox: Episode 18

by Jonathan Downin in Games1073 days ago

After a week’s absense for E3 the Geekbox crew is back.  In usual fashion, spoilers are not avoided in any way, so if you haven’t seen UP yet you may want to skip the first 20 minutes. E3 is the focus here, but the takes here are fresh as they tend to be on The Geekbox.  The trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic has galvanized the group with Karen and loving it and Greg feeling like it is not too cool to represent an MMO like that.  It really has to be taken as a “flavor piece.” There is some talk about Project Natal...

The Geekbox RAW EDITION: Episode 17

by Jonathan Downin in Games1086 days ago

The Terminator movie is the topic at the beginning here and the opinions are all over.  One thing is absolutely irrefutable though, T2 was and is completely awesome. Andrew Fitch is talking about his recent “romantic” adventures and it is entertaining as always.  Get ready for some stories about dates to vistas, being told he is not a very good dresser and a girl who is too intellectual to go play mini-golf. There may be no podcast next week due to E3, but Ryan relays that he is going to try and make that work. Wherein we discuss the...

The Geekbox RAW EDITION: Episode 16

by Jonathan Downin in Games, TV1094 days ago

This is the episode that did it, we have to add a TV category to the podcast list.  It probably should have been done a while ago and we can’t avoid it any longer. Lost takes up a good 25 minutes of the beginning of this week’s episode.  If you have not seen the finale and care about the series skip past the first 27 minutes. The Lost talk leads into a Star Trek that is not quite as long as the Lost talk, but again, the Geekbox crew goes into detail so if you care and haven’t seen it, skip it.  You should be safe after the 47...

The Geekbox: Episode 15

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1099 days ago

Star Trek talk headlines the podcast with everyone chiming in on what they thought of the film.  Everyone loved it, including Ryan Scott who has a weirdly dedicated aversion to all previous entries in the series. Karen is training to enter the competitive crossword world.  This is a side of gaming that most probably haven’t even thought about. There is curious change in the recent Punch Out! of Piston Honda character being renamed to Piston Hondo.  The only thing that can be surmised from the change is that there must have been some request...

The Geekbox: Episode 14

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1112 days ago

Mike Cruz and Jade Krause from at1UP are on this week.  Movie talk starts out this week’s Geekbox and the crew is all over the place.  X-men, Wolverine, Fast & Furious and many others get some time.  A lot of tastes are represented here with Fitch loving him some Vin Deisel.  He makes the point that he lacks charisma to such an extent that he becomes charismatic– he could be right. Ryan Higgins has been playing some Left 4 Dead and he is loving it with the new survival pack.  Jade makes a great point that Left 4 Dead’s...

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