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Episode 40: Our Visit to Pax East 2018!

Episode 40: Our Visit to Pax East 2018!  The guys go to Pax East in Boston.  We discuss our time at the Boston Convention Center for Pax East, Pickle Vic gives a quick movie review of Isle of Dogs, we discuss planning a trip to Pax West, planning a visit to Funko Pop headquarters, and Al discusses the time when he called in as a guest on a friends Youtube show.  We discuss this an more while Al tries to fix Evil Ray's mic.

Check out our video clip of our time at Pax East on our Adventures page:

https://nerdspork.squarespace.com/adventures/

We created a Youtube page as well!

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nerdspork

Visit our Blah Blah Blogs section where our good friend Carissa wrote about her first experience at Pax East 2018. 

 https://www.nerdspork.com/new-blog/

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Episode 35: Red Flags!

Episode 35: Red Flags! It's February and love is in the air.  The guys invite Gen, Carissa, Mattea and Rimi to play a card game called Red Flags, the game of terrible dates.  In this game the guys will draw cards, pick their best attributes, and try to win a date with one of the lovely ladies. However the guys will also be provided a red flag card which could ruin their attributes.  Now the guys argue why the single lady should pick their character to date and reject the other candidates.  Which one of the guys will win in the end? Find out!

Red Flags created by Darin Ross; Skybound.

If you like this game please visit their website and check out their products.

https://www.redflags.com/

Background music:

"let's Do it" -- Topher Mohr and Alex Elena

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Episode 30: Star Wars The Force Awakens Review: Flashback episode Part 2

Episode 30: This Part 2 flashback episode review of Star Wars The Force Awaken was recorded days after The Force Awaken theatrical release in 2015. We thought it would be great to release this episode prior to Star Wars the Last Jedi hitting theaters this December 15th 2017.  We continue our discussion and opinions of The Force Awakens as well as give you some of our theories of The Last Jedi.      

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Episode 27: Halloween Special 2017!

Episode 27: Halloween Special 2017!  It's Halloween and the guys read three tales of terror for you!  All rights of the stories belong to the rightful publishers and authors mentioned below.  They also discuss their favorite Halloween costume as kids and their favorite candy.

Horror Tales:

- Voices from Tales from the Midnight Hour Vol.2.  Published by Scholastic and Judith Stamper.

- The Gecko from Tales From the Midnight Hour Vol 2.  Published by Scholastic and Judith Stamper.

- There is a Reaper by Charles V. de Vet. Located on Free Domain websites.

Music and Sound Effects:

Gymnopedie No 3 

Gymnopedie No 3 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100785

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Comfortable Mystery 3 - Film Noire

Comfortable Mystery 3 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100536

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Classic Horror 1 - Dark World

Classic Horror 1 - Dark World by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100471

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

https://youtu.be/NoWHzcv1HeU

https://youtu.be/TuYOyDIeLEs

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https://youtu.be/0ohh5KirQdQ

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Episode 25: Beers and Cheers!

Episode 25: Beers and Cheers!  In this milestone 25th episode, we invite Jay, our special guest,  who is very knowledgeable of beers and even brews his own.  Jay was kind enough to educate the guys on the different types of beers, beer percentages, the properties of the different beers, and finally taste test each one that he recommended that we had on site.  On a side note, the guys where hung over the following day.

The beer with tasted (chugged!)

1) Victory Prima Pils --- ABV 5.3%

2) Sierra Pale Ale --- ABV 5.6%

3) Hi Res Triple IPA --- ABV 10.5%

4) Belgium Ommegang Abbey Ale -- ABV 8.2%

5) Weyerbacker Merry Monks Triple Ale --- ABV 9.3%

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Episode 24: Jerel's Trip to Japan, The Eclipse, and The Best He-man Video Game

Episode 24: Jerel's Trip to Japan, The Eclipse, and The Best He-man Video Game.  The guys discuss Jerel's trip to Japan, and his first time visit to VR ZONE in Shinjuku Japan.  The guys also discuss the next Batman movie, the eclipse, and the best He-man video game they found surfing the net.

VR Zone:  

https://vrzone-pic.com/en/

NOTE: The He-man game is free to download (at your own risk).  The game can be located on many different websites, just do a search for "Flash He-man game."

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