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Nerd Lunch Episode 77: Atari 2600 VCS retrospective

Posted in Activision, Atari, pop culture, video games with tags Activision, Atari, Cavalcade Arcade, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast, pop culture, video games on March 19, 2013 by Paxton

This week on the show CT abandons us so Jeeg and I invite The Retroist back for his second appearance and he brings along Vic Sage, one of the head writers on The Retroist blog, for his first appearance on the show. We bring in these retro experts to help us discuss one of the greatest gaming systems of all time, the Atari 2600 VCS.

We each talk about our own history with the system, then we discuss a bunch of our favorite and least favorite games. Yes, we even discuss our own views on the extremely controversial E.T. game. Also discussed in this episode are the Activision Master Gamer Badges, the Atari port of Pac-Man as well as the bootleg Atari Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween video games.

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Nerd Lunch Episode 76: Nerds Talkin’ Sports

Posted in movies, podcast, sports with tags movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast, sports on March 12, 2013 by Paxton

So, for episode 76 of Nerd Lunch we return to what the TAG Network calls a “3 Way Dance”. It’s just Carlin, Jeeg and I and we start talking about sports. You heard me right, SPORTS.

(Via International Quidditch Association)

We discuss our thoughts on watching sports, we talk about our own personal experiences playing sports and then we talk about some of our favorite sports movies. It’s a fun discussion in which we discuss a topic that seems the opposite of what this podcast is about.

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Nerd Lunch Episode 74: Catering a Nerd Lunch Party

Posted in food, podcast with tags food, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast on February 26, 2013 by Paxton

This week we are joined by Jasmin from the awesome food blog, One Fine Cookie.

The goal? To cater a nerdy yet tasteful get-together for the Nerd Lunch crew and their closest friends. Imagine tasty yet geeky dishes with awesomely dorky names. It’s all in here. If it sounds like I’m being vague, I am because, unfortunately, I was unable to join the fellas for this episode. But I am told it is EPIC. So bake yourself some Wookie Cookies, crack open a can of Yoda Soda and listen to CT, Jeeg and Jasmin make preparations for a Nerd Lunch party.

Cause ain’t no party like a Nerd Lunch party cause a Nerd Lunch party don’t STOOOOOOOOOP!

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Nerd Lunch Episode 73: Drilldown: Pirates of the Caribbean movies

Posted in pirates, podcast, pop culture with tags movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, Pirates of the Caribbean, podcast on February 19, 2013 by Paxton

Welcome to episode 73 of the Nerd Lunch podcast. This week we are again joined by fellow Jacksonville-ian Robert Zerbe from To The Escape Hatch. And since we are again without Jeeg, we call on Jay from Sexy Armpit to fill in. This week we begin our drilldown of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise.

We talk about the movies that we think worked. We talk about the movies that didn’t work. We discuss why we think they did or didn’t work. We talk about our favorite characters and scenes. We even ponder what we think would make a good fifth movie now that has been officially announced. It’s lots of good pirate-y fun.

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Cult Film Club Episode 4: The Beastmaster (1982)

Posted in 80s, movies, podcast, pop culture with tags Cult Film Club, movies, nostalgia, podcast, The Beastmaster on February 14, 2013 by Paxton

The Clubhouse is now open. For this installment of Cult Film Club we are discussing the awesomely phantasmagorical 1982 fantasy movie, The Beastmaster.

We all discuss our personal recollections of watching the movie, we talk about the things we love. We talk about the things that makes us cringe. We discuss the awesome glory that is Marc Singer all muscle-y and oiled up. We even attempt to simulate the “hawk cry” with varying degrees of success.

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