The Geekerific PAXCast, Day 1, is now available! On this episode, the Geekerific crew discusses Andy’s drinking habits, the comparative hygiene levels of gamers at different cons, and the indie games room at PAX Prime 2011!
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PAX Prime 2011 is almost here, and the Geekerific crew is almost there! This weekend, the entire gaming industry descends on downtown Seattle for the largest fan expo in the country. Stay tuned each day as Geekerific.com brings you the Geekerific PAXCasts, where hosts from both After The Fact and Trade Secrets will be on hand to describe their experiences. Each evening we’ll tell you what we liked, what we didn’t, what excited us, what enraged us, and what disgusted us.
Friday, August 26th: The Geekerific crew tackles the first day of the show
Saturday, August 27th: The Geekerific crew will be joined by IGN.com’s own Greg Miller
Sunday, August 28th: The Geekerific crew will be joined by PAX’s own Jeff Kalles
The Geekerfic crew loves PAX, and we can’t wait to share our enthusiasm with our fans. If you subscribe to either of our regular shows, you’ll get the PAXCasts in your regular stream. If you’re not already a subscriber, then what are you waiting for?
After the lull that was last week, it seems that comics that are back in season. We’ve got Dark Horse’s war on multi issue stories with a new DHP, Greg Rucka’s new take on Frank Castle’s war on crime with Punisher #2, and a John Laymans taking a break from his personal war on scorpions to write about the war on poultry with Chew #20. (If that last one doesn’t make sense to you look up the hashtag #Laymanvsscorpions on Twitter, the guy has some issues.)
Also the subtitle of Doomsday isn’t just a footnote, but the grand finally of Acton Comics with it’s final issue before the reboot of the entire DCU in two weeks. And I think that Obi-Wan said exactly how I feel about it with “It’s as if millions of fanboy voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced as five years of continuity were erased.” Because this is, what the fourth or fifth reboot for the DCU now? ( I mean one reboot was to fix the previous mistakes of a reboot that happened to fix a reboot that didn’t go well right?) It’s all very confusing for me.
On the front of independents, if you hate super villains, then you should read the Intrepids to watch super-spies destroy everything super villains love. And on that note, Mark Millar has taken a break from rolling around his giant bank filled with money from licensing his properties like some sort of foul mouthed Uncle Scrooge to grace us with his writing in Kick Ass 2 #3. It would be really nice if he could finish up some of his projects like War Heroes at some point in the future, I’m sure he can find time between casting Wanted 2 and writing the script for War Heroes… waitagoddammedminute he’s finishing the script for the movie based on a comic he hasn’t even finished…
Andy’s Pulls: Chew #20, Dark Horse Presents #3, Incorruptible #21, Intrepids #6, Kick Ass 2 #3, New Mutants #30, Punisher #2, Uncanny X-Force #13
| Luke’s Take: This week also brings John Rozum’s exceptional series Xombi to an end with issue #6, an unfortunate casualty of the DCU reboot. And for everyone who remembers the early ’80’s, the heroes in a half-shell are back as Kevin Eastman returns to his seminal creation with IDW’s new iteration of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Luke’s Pulls: Incorruptible #21, Punisher #2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, Xombi #6 |
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Penny Arcade Expo – PAX Prime – is only a week away! The annual celebration of all things geeky invades Seattle August 26-28, and Geekerific.com will be there! Join the Geekerific podcast crews – members of both After The Fact and Trade Secrets will be on-hand – as we jabber on about all things PAX.
We’ll record 3 shows during the expo, one on each day of the show. Each evening we’ll tell you what we liked, what we didn’t, what excited us, what enraged us, and what disgusted us. We’re working on some pretty awesome guests, as well, so be sure to tune in!
Friday, August 26th: The Geekerific crew tackles the first day of the show!
Saturday, August 27th: The Geekerific crew will be joined by IGN.com’s own Greg Miller!
Sunday, August 28th: The Geekerific crew will be joined by PAX’s own Jeff Kalles!
The Geekerfic crew loves PAX, and we can’t wait to share our enthusiasm with our fans! If you subscribe to either of our regular shows, you’ll get the PAXCasts in your regular stream. If you’re not already a subscriber, then what are you waiting for? Just click on your favorite service on the right to subscribe!
One of Capcom’s most recognizable and memorable characters was a hearty Knight that spent most of his time running around in his underwear. It might not even go too far to say that Arthur has died more times than any other video game character in history. Why? He just happens to be the star of Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts – arguably the hardest game of the 16-bit generation, and one of the hardest games of all time. Then why the hell do people love it so much?
Come with the ATFP crew as they discover why so many people wax nostalgic over a game that’s built around making you feel bad about yourself. Got questions? Post them to the Ask The Hosts forum, or e-mail the hosts at afterthefact@geekerific.com!
