Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #281 - 11/26/2024 Game developers Hannah and Joseph Williams join to chat about their new “Dark Crystal”-like CRPG Banquet For Fools. Shane jokingly laments a missing element from the game, but Joseph promises they won’t ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #280 - 10/23/2024 Star Trek Video Games: An Unofficial Guide to the Final Frontier with author Mat Bradley-Tschirgi. There are a LOT of Star Trek video games and Mat had some hard decisions and set ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #279 - 9/27/2024 RPG and tabletop gaming historian Jon Peterson returns for a fantastic conversation on D&D and RPG history, and his related current books and projects. A new edition of Playing at the World ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #278 - 8/22/2024 Merle M. Rasmussen, the man in the tux himself, joins to talk about the Top Secret RPG and his game design career. What was his first (mistaken) understanding of what D&D was? ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #277 - 7/22/2024 Shane, Chris Holmes, and Mike Stewart aka DM Mike (Save for Half podcast, Found in the Ruins podcast) shamble relentlessly through over 40 zombie and zombie-ish flicks in their inhuman hunger for ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #276 - 4/29/2024 Preston Poulter of Pocket Jacks Comics joins to talk comic books, the current status of his Comicsgate trademark lawsuit, and his reasons for pursuing it. Plus the economics and challenges of self-publishing ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #275 - 3/29/2024 Wide-ranging geekout with David Finn of Signal of Doom!! Lots of comic book and MCU chat (like, a lot). Pi Day. Doctor Who, old and new. Google Gemini vs. ChatGPT. Judge Dredd ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #274 - 2/29/2024 Despite what you might think from its famous box art, Greyhawk (the first D&D setting published by TSR) isn’t just knights and chivalry… so what is it then? Major Greyhawk fan Allan ...

Dig into the world of the D&D Greyhawk setting online and sooner or later you'll run across mentions of an essay from 1996 called "Putting the Grey in the Hawk" by Nitescreed. However, the essay no longer seems to have ...

Recently while doing some research for a writing project for Planet X Games (it's not my beans to spill on what the project is, so we'll have to wait for Planet X's Levi Combs to splatter those particular leguminous seeds) ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #273 - 1/31/2024 Strat-O-Matic Baseball might be one of the biggest games you’ve never heard of, and three-time champion William “Bill” Meinhardt joins to share his passion for playing it! How long has the game ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #272 - 12/29/2023 Star Fleet Battles is the Star Trek-based wargame that’s been in constant publication since 1979, leading to an expanded range of games and lore known as the Star Fleet Universe. SFB fan, ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #271 - 11/20/2023 Discover the real Stan Lee (not the public PR persona) and his story in Tom Scioli’s amazing I Am Stan biographical graphic novel. Plus: Simple comic book character design versus convoluted and ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #270 - 10/23/2023 All-around groovy geek and author Tracy Wilson (aka James T. Wilson) on his indie horror novel Zombie Bytes, also chatting about cool things like his involvement with the Star Wars costuming association ...

Transparency Note: I was provided an advance reader's copy of this book via the publisher. Gather 'round, my friends, and listen to a story. What if… the world's most famous tabletop role-playing game was in fact based on real monsters, ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #269 - 7/16/2023 Johnny Havoc (John McDonald) and Newt (Rebekah McDonald) of Simple Tricks & Nonsense join to discuss their incredible cosplay. What does cosplay mean to them? The economics of cosplay, including material and ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #268 - 5/30/2023 Author and D&D historian Mike Witwer shares the details on his newest book The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary, which is not only chock full of goodness on everyone’s favorite drow but ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #267 - 5/12/2023 Chris Holmes has a unique historical perspective on fiction writer John Eric Holmes and Holmes Basic D&D, given that he’s JEH’s son. Chris is doing cool stuff in his own right, including ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #266 - 3/14/2023 Hey there, friend! If you're into classic games and fascinating stories, you'll love our latest podcast episode featuring the multi-talented Neal Hallford. Join us as he shares insider details on the renowned ...

Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #265 - 2/9/2023 Zach Glazar (Frog God Games), Bill Barsh (Pacesetter Games) and Levi Combs (Planet X Games) share the personal impact (here’s a hint: "existential threat") and professional impact that Wizards of the Coast’s ...