Podcast Extra: Spectaculars RPG with Rodney Thompson of Scratchpad Publishing Highlights: Interview with Rodney Thompson about the new Spectaculars superhero RPG from Scratchpad Publishing! Plus: What's Rodney reading right now? What the heck is Neon City Outlaws? ...
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Spectaculars Superhero RPG with Rodney Thompson of Scratchpad Publishing
Interview with game designer Rodney Thompson about the new Spectaculars superhero RPG from Scratchpad Publishing! Plus: What's Rodney reading right now? What the heck is Neon City Outlaws? What are the design differences between Dusk City Outlaws and Spectaculars? And: Surprise appearances by the Emerald Stranger and Shane's archenemy Shane ...
Comic Book Talk! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 162
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 9/1/2018: Comic Book Talk! Highlights:Shane makes a splash and hosts himself as a panel of one while touching on several borders of the comic book industry. Are you on the same page ...
Iron Man with Lennon Parker (the Arkansas Iron Man)! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 159
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 8/4/2018: Iron Man with Lennon Parker (the Arkansas Iron Man)! Highlights:It’s all about Ol’ Shellhead, the Golden Avenger himself as guest Lennon Parker the Arkansas Iron Man talks his Iron Man charity cosplay and Guinness ...
New Challengers #1 – DC’s The New Age of Heroes: Comic Book Review [Spoilers]
Does New Challengers #1 from DC's New Age of Heroes challenge us in a good way, or challenge us to toss it away? Are these four (five?) brand new adventurers, or are they familiar Challengers faces from the past? And what's up with the Prof??? We'll go ahead and tell you the villain isn't Hush, ...
Steve Ditko! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 155
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 7/7/2018: Steve Ditko! Highlights: Tribute to Steve Ditko, without whom Marvel Comics (and mainstream comics) would literally NOT be the same. Also: Shane’s take on Batman #50 (“The Wedding") and Bendis’s Man of Steel ...
The Curse of Brimstone #1 – DC’s The New Age of Heroes: Comic Book Review [Spoilers]
There's a new hero (villain?) in town, not that there's actually much town left to speak of since the coal and factories left. What did Shane think of The Curse of Brimstone? Is it DC's Ghost Rider or something else, and is there any connection to the previous Brimstone? Let's heat things up and find ...
Total Geeky Carnage! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 152
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 6/16/2018: Total Geeky Carnage! Highlights: Great googly mooglies! Lock up your bunnies and hide the whiskey! On short notice I was unable to do my live show, so Dave Elswick of the Dave ...
Tom King’s Mad Butcher Comic Book Draft Repair Writing Workshop
Comics scribe Tom King recently pushed out a series of tweets giving real time insight into one aspect of his writing process. In honor of a grocery store from my youth, I dub it his Mad Butcher mode. I've collected ...
Comics Talk with Bob Bretall, Largest Comic Book Collection Guinness World Record Holder! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 150
Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 5/26/2018: Comics Talk with Bob Bretall, Guinness World Record Holder for Largest Comic Book Collection! Highlights: Bob Bretall of Comic Spectrum (Guinness World Record holder for largest comic book collection) hangs out for a little ...