Author Archives: Shane

Sword Coast Legends

Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #17

This episode: This episode: Wererats, plague rats, infernal rats and giant rats. Get the point? There’s rats. Plus we become honorary Dead Rats.

This a let’s play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends.

Set in the lush and vibrant world of the Forgotten Realms, Sword Coast Legends offers an all-new way to enjoy the time-tested magic of playing Dungeons & Dragons as a shared storytelling experience. With a deep narrative developed by a team of long-time industry veterans and a partnership with Wizards of the Coast, the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends brings the world of Faerûn home like never before.

https://swordcoast.com/

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Warhammer 40K & Frontline Gaming – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 32

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 1/9/2016:
Warhammer 40K & Frontline Gaming!

Highlights: Geek news; Frontline Gaming and Warhammer 40K.

Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!

Like what you hear?
Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays

KryptonRadio1Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
http://kryptonradio.com/

Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.

Podcast Episode Direct Download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/Shane_Plays_1-9-16.mp3

Listen Here via Embed:

NEWS ITEMS

Replicant Roy Batty of Blade Runner’s inception date was the 8th of January, 2016

Roy Batty’s “Tears in the Rain” Monologue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_rain_monologue

Star Wars passes Avatar, sets domestic record | USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/01/06/star-wars-passes-avatar-rule-box-office/78355590/

Daredevil Season 2 to Debut March 25th Against Batman V Superman | Comicbook.com
http://comicbook.com/2016/01/04/daredevil-season-2-to-debut-march-25th-against-batman-v-superman/

NBC orders Office-like series based in the DC Comics universe | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/8/10736324/nbc-orders-office-like-series-based-in-the-dc-comics-universe

M. Night Shyamalan Revamps ‘Tales from the Crypt’ As Part of New TNT Horror Block | Variety
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tales-from-the-crypt-m-night-shyamalan-tnt-horror-block-1201674257/

New Guillermo del Toro show headed to Netflix & All Dreamworks movies coming to Netflix | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/5/10715408/guillermo-del-toro-show-headed-to-netflix-dreamworks

BBC America Gives Series Order to ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ | Variety
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/bbc-america-douglas-adams-dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-1201674933/

HBO Announces Game of Thrones Season 6 Premiere Date – April 24 | NERDRAGENEWS
http://nerdragenews.com/hbo-announces-game-of-thrones-season-6-premiere-date/

Just in time for Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary year: STAR TREK Creator Gene Roddenberry’s Long Lost Data Re-materializes with the Help of DriveSavers
http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/blog/star-trek-creator-gene-roddenberrys-long-lost-data-re-materializes-with-the-help-of-drivesavers/

The island of Catan is under new ownership
http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/7/10729416/the-island-of-catan-is-under-new-ownership

Gamer leaves SNES powered on for 20 years to keep his gamesave alive
http://www.polygon.com/nintendo/2016/1/2/10701068/snes-powered-on-20-years-gamesave-data

Steam hits new peak with 12M playing over New Year’s | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/4/10708676/steam-hits-new-peak-with-12m-playing-over-new-years

Activision Aims to Create “ESPN of Esports” With MLG Acquisition | Gamespot
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/activision-aims-to-create-espn-of-esports-with-mlg/1100-6433501/

Canadian subdivision uses World of Warcraft cities for real-world street names | Venture Beat
http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/31/canadian-subdivision-uses-world-of-warcraft-cities-for-real-world-street-names/

GUEST: FRONTLINE GAMING

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Frontline Gaming and Warhammer 40K.

Frontline Gaming: http://www.frontlinegaming.org/

Frontline Gaming on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/frontlinegaming_tv

Games Workshop Warhammer 40K: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Warhammer-40-000

TWEET OF THE WEEK

@hahildebrand Funeral directors get all the credit, but it’s funeral writers who do all the real work.

NEXT WEEK:

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Doug Davison and Dave Middleton discuss virtual table tops and Fantasy Grounds.

Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop: http://www.fantasygrounds.com/ 

SmiteWorks USA, LLC: http://www.fantasygrounds.com/press/index.php

Dave (Table Topping) on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/table_topping

Star Wars The Old Republic Trooper

Let’s Play Star Wars The Old Republic Trooper #3

This episode: Effen’s boss continues to fail to acknowledge his amazingness and the trooper armor collection starts coming together. Plus the usual carnage.

This is a let’s play series of the Trooper story line in Star Wars The Old Republic.

Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is the only massively-multiplayer online game with a Free-to-Play option that puts you at the center of your own story-driven Star Wars™ saga. Play as a Jedi, a Sith, a Bounty Hunter or as one of many other Star Wars iconic roles and explore an age over three-thousand years before the classic films. Become the hero of your own Star Wars adventure as you choose your path down the Light or Dark side of the Force™.

http://www.swtor.com/

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Let’s Play Serpent in the Staglands #24

This episode: The Hallowed Grove harvesters and save scumming extravaganza continues! At least we get to level up.

Join Shane as he plays through a hardcore computer RPG that has the mechanics and style of a 90s CRPG, and that’s just dripping with beautiful atmosphere!

Thanks for watching!

About Serpent in the Staglands:

A true role-playing adventure.

A campaign within the world of Vol, a fully realized setting inspired by the late bronze age in a Transylvanian landscape, with unique politics, races and gods steeped in history. Featuring a chosen party of five, you role-play Necholai, a minor god of a celestial body who descends to the Staglands for a moonlit festival only to find the way home blocked and immortality slipping away. Seeking answers and aid, you take on a mortal body and the guise of a traveling Spicer. This isn’t a story of good and evil, saving the world or being a hero, it’s about intrigue and your adventure of survival in a harsh land.

Buy on GOG:
https://www.gog.com/game/serpent_in_the_staglands?pp=6a3236f5f213960de5c415fd15c6d1cb5a46d04e

Buy on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/335120/

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Attack of the D&D / RPG Memes!

I’ve been collecting D&D / RPG / Fantasy related memes that tickled my fancy for a while, and thought I’d post them here for your edification and enjoyment oh my fellow geek.

If all goes well this will be the first in a series. What’s your favorite? Comment below!

THACO meme

Stay away from that crazy old wizard Kenobi. 

D&D mimic joke meme

I imagine this has been mimicked in a game session

ye olde periodic table meme

Here be humours

Dungeon mastering with Dungeon Master

Almost a dire comic

Gary Gygax cars d&d meme

I call shotgun, er… crossbow?

Door Mordor Gondor meme

Gone, baby, gone

Batman who'd the DM meme

Are you really going to argue with Batman?

Knights of the Dinner Table GM meme

Choose your idiot wisely, players…

DM lots of death recipe meme

The DM is your friend. No, really.

D&D big wheel box

Now that’s a fantastic ride

D&D 5 minutes vs 3 hours meme

Not to mention the snack breaks

Table top reple-playing you're doing it right meme

Yep

Ban assault dice meme

That’s just how they roll

Anatomy of rpg adventures meme

Even more detailed than Grey’s

Ghostbusters dog shaming meme

Who’s a good boy?

Teach your kids how to play magic they won't have money for drugs meme

Or money for dates. But, hey, priorities…

Drums in the jeep meme

A little drivin’ music

You reach out to push the orc off the bridge meme

New relationships are sometimes awkward

Vin Diesel D&D birthday cakes

This is Vin Diesel’s birthday cake (no foolin’)

The 5 stories of D&D

6: Man vs. Free Time

Austin Powers I see your party has no cleric meme

Oh, behave

When fighting a dragon choose range meme

They forgot medium well done

D&D pie chart meme

Who’s ready for pie?

Dog such adventures meme

Doggone good session

Raccoon DM pull the lever meme

I can confirm, some of us DMs are bandits

cat charisma meme

It’s the purrfect attribute

Bruce Campbell alignment meme

Lawful Campbell

D&D nerdiest game requires friends meme

Things that make you go hmmmmm…

D&D PC plans helicopter meme

It was totally obvious in retrospect

David vs Goliath critical hit meme

And the first slack-jawed stunned silence followed by cheering from those watching

D&D cool story bro vault boy meme

This is me, trying to pretend you’re not over the top

Grumpy Cat DM everyone dies meme

Rule #1: The DM is always right. Rule #2: Don’t play D&D with Grumpy Cat.

If only people could see... with more than their eyes meme

Us geeks can 🙂

And that’s a great one to end on… Make sure to leave a comment on your favorite (or maybe least favorite?) below!

Sword Coast Legends

Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #16

This episode: It’s back into the sewers for more Dead Rat-erific questing. Hommet starts using animate dead and gets lightning bolt. General leveling up all around.

This a let’s play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends.

Set in the lush and vibrant world of the Forgotten Realms, Sword Coast Legends offers an all-new way to enjoy the time-tested magic of playing Dungeons & Dragons as a shared storytelling experience. With a deep narrative developed by a team of long-time industry veterans and a partnership with Wizards of the Coast, the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends brings the world of Faerûn home like never before.

https://swordcoast.com/

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Spoilerific Star Wars! – Radio Show / Podcast Episode 31

 

Shane Plays podcast title 1-2-2016

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 1/2/2016:
Spoilerific Star Wars!

Highlights: Geek news; Shane rants about so-called hoverboards; Spoilerific Star Wars discussion (with a bonus rant).

Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!

Like what you hear?
Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays

KryptonRadio1Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
http://kryptonradio.com/

Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.

Podcast Episode Direct Download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/Shane_Plays_1-2-16_podcast.mp3

Listen Here via Embed:

NEWS ITEMS

Star Trek Axanar being sued by CBS & Paramount | Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/31/star-trek-axanar-lawsuit/

What the heck is up with these new so-called hoverboards? We’ve been bought off cheap people! The best thing about them is one knocked out Mike Tyson and some models spontaneously combust.
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/buy-a-hoverboard/

The Untold Story Of The Invention Of The Game Cartridge
http://www.fastcompany.com/3040889/the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge

Benedict Cumberbatch casts a spell as Doctor Strange in EW’s First Look issue | EW.com
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/28/doctor-strange-first-look-benedict-cumberbatch-ew

X-Force Movie Lineup Possibly Revealed | ComicBook.com
http://comicbook.com/2015/12/28/jeff-wadlows-x-force-movie-lineup-revealed/

Game of Thrones is the most pirated show of 2015 | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/28/10674172/game-of-thrones-is-the-most-pirated-show-of-2015

DC COMICS TAKING SOME SERIES BI-WEEKLY IN 2016 | Comic Book Resources
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dc-comics-taking-some-series-bi-weekly-in-2016

DC Comics adult coloring book covers | Comic Book Resources
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dcs-adult-coloring-book-variants-bring-out-our-inner-child

Fan spends a year building 7,500-piece Millennium Falcon from The Force Awakens
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2015/12/26/fan-spends-a-year-building-7500-piece-millennium-falcon-from-the-force-awakens/

‘Force Awakens’ becomes fastest movie to $1 billion | AP
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/937e730fac6f463f96ff46e4f1079c26/force-awakens-becomes-fastest-movie-1-billion

Rotten Tomatoes has The Force Awakens at 94%
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_episode_vii_the_force_awakens/

TOPIC: SPOILERIFIC STAR WARS

Shane has already said he liked Star Wars: The Force Awakens but it’s been enough time and now it’s time to get spoilerific and dig in with a real discussion! Plus a bonus rant!

star-wars-spoiler-meme

TWEET OF THE WEEK

@ChrisAvellone: I keep wondering if the Sick Stick from KickAss should be paired with the Bowel Disruptor from Transmetropolitan

NEXT WEEK:

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Frontline Gaming and Warhammer 40K.

Frontline Gaming: http://www.frontlinegaming.org/

Frontline Gaming on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/frontlinegaming_tv

Games Workshop Warhammer 40K: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Warhammer-40-000

Star Wars The Old Republic Trooper

Let’s Play Star Wars The Old Republic Trooper #2

This episode: Shane loves the pulse charge ability plus a nice stroll with explosions through a refugee camp and the Talloran village.

This is a let’s play series of the Trooper story line in Star Wars The Old Republic.

Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is the only massively-multiplayer online game with a Free-to-Play option that puts you at the center of your own story-driven Star Wars™ saga. Play as a Jedi, a Sith, a Bounty Hunter or as one of many other Star Wars iconic roles and explore an age over three-thousand years before the classic films. Become the hero of your own Star Wars adventure as you choose your path down the Light or Dark side of the Force™.

http://www.swtor.com/

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January 2nd Show Notes

Show notes and links for the Shane Plays radio show on 1/2/2016.

Highlights: Geek news; Spoilerific Star Wars: The Force Awakens review and discussion.

Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com.

Shane Plays is now also carried on Krypton Radio! http://kryptonradio.com is SciFi for your Wifi!
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Like what you hear?
Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays

SHOW NOTES

NEWS ITEMS

Star Trek Axanar being sued by CBS & Paramount | Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/31/star-trek-axanar-lawsuit/

What the heck is up with these new so-called hoverboards? We’ve been bought off cheap people! The best thing about them is one knocked out Mike Tyson and some models spontaneously combust.
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/buy-a-hoverboard/

The Untold Story Of The Invention Of The Game Cartridge
http://www.fastcompany.com/3040889/the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge

Benedict Cumberbatch casts a spell as Doctor Strange in EW’s First Look issue | EW.com
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/28/doctor-strange-first-look-benedict-cumberbatch-ew

X-Force Movie Lineup Possibly Revealed | ComicBook.com
http://comicbook.com/2015/12/28/jeff-wadlows-x-force-movie-lineup-revealed/

Game of Thrones is the most pirated show of 2015 | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/28/10674172/game-of-thrones-is-the-most-pirated-show-of-2015

DC COMICS TAKING SOME SERIES BI-WEEKLY IN 2016 | Comic Book Resources
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dc-comics-taking-some-series-bi-weekly-in-2016

DC Comics adult coloring book covers | Comic Book Resources
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dcs-adult-coloring-book-variants-bring-out-our-inner-child

Fan spends a year building 7,500-piece Millennium Falcon from The Force Awakens
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2015/12/26/fan-spends-a-year-building-7500-piece-millennium-falcon-from-the-force-awakens/

‘Force Awakens’ becomes fastest movie to $1 billion | AP
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/937e730fac6f463f96ff46e4f1079c26/force-awakens-becomes-fastest-movie-1-billion

Rotten Tomatoes has The Force Awakens at 94%
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_episode_vii_the_force_awakens/

TOPIC: SPOILERIFIC STAR WARS

Shane has already said he liked Star Wars: The Force Awakens but it’s been enough time and now it’s time to get spoilerific and dig in with a real discussion!

star-wars-spoiler-meme

TWEET OF THE WEEK

@ChrisAvellone: I keep wondering if the Sick Stick from KickAss should be paired with the Bowel Disruptor from Transmetropolitan

NEXT WEEK:

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Frontline Gaming and Warhammer 40K.

Frontline Gaming: http://www.frontlinegaming.org/

Frontline Gaming on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/frontlinegaming_tv

Games Workshop Warhammer 40K: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Warhammer-40-000

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Let’s Play Serpent in the Staglands #23

This episode: More Hallowed Grove, more natives and a really frustrating room with a couple of harvesters.

Join Shane as he plays through a hardcore computer RPG that has the mechanics and style of a 90s CRPG, and that’s just dripping with beautiful atmosphere!

Thanks for watching!

About Serpent in the Staglands:

A true role-playing adventure.

A campaign within the world of Vol, a fully realized setting inspired by the late bronze age in a Transylvanian landscape, with unique politics, races and gods steeped in history. Featuring a chosen party of five, you role-play Necholai, a minor god of a celestial body who descends to the Staglands for a moonlit festival only to find the way home blocked and immortality slipping away. Seeking answers and aid, you take on a mortal body and the guise of a traveling Spicer. This isn’t a story of good and evil, saving the world or being a hero, it’s about intrigue and your adventure of survival in a harsh land.

Buy on GOG:
https://www.gog.com/game/serpent_in_the_staglands?pp=6a3236f5f213960de5c415fd15c6d1cb5a46d04e

Buy on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/335120/