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The Week in Geek - Vol 1 #23 - Week of May 5, 2008

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Passing the Sonic Screwdriver

1. Iron Man opens in theaters this week. Go see it, you’ll thank us later.

2. Benton – RPG Gaming wrap-up

a. Tuesday - Eberron campaign – Check out Bruce Cordell,brucecordell.com, has extra content for certain encounters for Grasp of the Emerald Claw

b. Underwater magic

c. Sunday – Planescape: more monster than was bargained for; Changlings are cool; don’t bother with the Beguiler

3. Nate – Gaming report

a. Grand Theft Auto 4 – sold out all over; minimum 9.5 score

b. Speed Race video game, movie ticket inside

c. Chaos War exclusive at Game Stop only

d. Age of Conan coming out soon, MMORPG with a Cimmerian Sack

e. Disgaia port on DS and PS3 announced

f. Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles movie

g. Wii virtual console update - River City Ransom, Double Dragon and Phantasy Star III

4. Darin

a. Back Issue #28

b. The Other Boleyn Girl – great for courtly intrique

5. Victor

a. Carrier on PBS – great for the hierarchy of command and background for any military campaign

6. John

a. Found some old comics he made in his attic

b. Free Comic Book Day – Graphic Classics

7. JJ

a. London – Thanks again to Sarah and Nev

b. Game Chef submission this week

8. James

a. BSG

b. Bought new Star Wars figure

9. Victor

a. Watched 2 episodes of the new Robin Hood

10. Benton

a. New Speed Racer on Nickelodeon

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #22 - Week of April 28, 2008

Monday, April 28th, 2008

John

  • DC: The New Frontier
  • Amory Wars TPB
  • Persona 3: FES
  • Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Boy
  • Fist Full of Comics and Games is going to Wizard World

James

  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Torchwood
  • Big Love

Darin

  • Lord of the Spiders
  • Pathfinder: Curse of the Crimson Throne
  • The Demon Within
  • Pathfinder Chronicles: Classic Monsters Revisited
  • 30 Rock
  • Gossip Girls
  • Valiant Comics

Nate

  • Gamer Report
    • Mario Kart (Wii)
    • Grand Theft Auto IV
    • Iron Man
    • Speed Racer
    • Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
    • Gears of War toys
  • Shoot ‘Em Up
  • Equilibrium
 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #21 - Week of April 21, 2008

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Passing the Star Trek commnuicator…

News

  1. Vote for seeing Ed singing Karaoke www.fistfullofcomics.com/forums
  2. Where were you? Cloverfield video, come vote for us www.fistfullofcomics.com/cloverfield
  3. FFoCaG is your portal for Iron Man movie and contest www.fistfullofcomics.com/iron_man

John

  1. War is Hell from Marvel Comics by Garth Ennis
  2. South Park episode 6 the internet is gone;
  3. Jason from the forums was at New York Comic Con and has pictures.

Nate

  1. Grand Theft Auto 4 with on-line game play
  2. Mario Cart this week
  3. re-release of Persona 3: FES edition
  4. Rondo of the Swords for DS came out, tactical RPG
  5. World Ends With You; Metal Gear Solid Beta, konami.com forums for help getting 12 digit code, must have your 9 digit code from the game
  6. Download Iron Man game n XBox Live AND PS3

Darin

  1. LARP adventure, sort of, Follow the North Star set in 1831 where you take on the role as a fugitive slave
  2. WotC releases the news of GSL for 4e D&D

Victor

  1. Forgetting Sarah Marshal, a good payback film (with geek appeal) and lots of nudity
  2. Saw Juno again, highly recommended
  3. Do not see August Rush!!!! Can’t say this more!!!1

Benton

  1. Played Planescape, we’ll leave it at that
  2. Bought The Mist 2-disk DVD, second (better) version of the movie in B&W
  3. Player prep in Tuesday game made all the difference

Victor

  1. Played HeroClix at Ed’s from the MCB using with dream team of Legionaries and won (sweet!)
  2. Saw Ed’s dungeon.

Benton

  1. WotC is previewing more information of 4e on the website every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

James

  1. Picked up his Star Trek communicators
  2. Torch Wood spoiler
  3. BSG spoiler as well
    1. Starting a thread on the forums to discuss the themes from the show

JJ

  1. Game Chef is underway www.game-chef.com/af2008
  2. Played demo of SenSo with one of the designers www.twinbladegames.com/senso

Victor

  1. Picked up the first issue of the Dresden Files comics based on the books
  2. Dresden Files RPG should be out by GenCon
  3. Mouse Guard RPG on the way
 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #20 - Week of April 14, 2008

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
The Persona 3 statue was passed aroundBenton’s games this week:
  1. Whisper of the Vampire’s Blade – Rewind!
  2. 3rd part of Shattered Gates of Slaughtergard: TPK!
  3. No Epic Level Game played Zombies instead
  4. Upcoming Naruto reviews, start reading one a week
  5. New anime series in Japan
  6. Re-watching season 1 of Battlestar Galactica

Victor

  1. Batman: Death Mask
  2. Getting ready to start Witch Hunter Robin
  3. Plays Wingman
  4. Went to see Company at B.G.S.U.

Nate

  1. PC: Final Fantasy: XI The ‘08 collection
  2. PC: Rainbow Six: Vegas - On-line
  3. DS: Mystery Dungeon Dark, Mystery Dungeon Time
  4. Wii: Mario Cart
  5. Xbox 360 speculations and other rumors…
  6. Wii: Battle of the Bands
  7. Wii: Rock Band
  8. PS2: Arcana Hearts
  9. Finished watching Tenchi in Tokyo
  10. NIN: Ghosts CD

Darin

  1. Reading Hangman’s Noose – Paizo Publishing
  2. Hulu.com – free videos of older TV shows and movies

JJ

  1. Ashcan Front interview: http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/2008/04/11/log-vol-2-86-ashcan-front/
  2. Game Chef ’08: http://www.game-chef.com
  3. My new night-wear…

James

  1. The Jester’s Tryst at Uptown sponsored Frequency Mutineers and rewiredbg.com
    1. Special thanks to:
      1. Christine from Dark Horse
      2. Paul Sizer; whose new project is BPM (Beats Per Minute)
      3. Jamie Chambers from Margaret Weis Productions
      4. Ed from Monarchs Cards & Comics
  2. Cloverfield video contest
  3. Torchwood
 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #19 - Week of April 7, 2008

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

James, Benton, Victor, Nate, John and JJ

The JLA book was passed around…

1. Benton

a. Epic Level Game – the group has yet to be united, endless battle, more complex than expected

b. Running two D&D campaigns – lots of fireballs going off, Benton working toward a TPK

c. Watching Noir – slow to start, gets better

d. Ergo Proxie – Soundtrack rocks, great for gaming background music

2. James

a. Hot Fuzz – Fabulous

b. BSG – Holy Frak!!

c. Torchwood – Darker

d. Run, Fat Boy, Run – Simon Peg

e. New Amsterdam

f. Still watching Farscape

3. JJ

a. Four Color – Highmoon Media Productions Heroic Moments – My Favorite Charity RPGNow.com

b. Four installments by Mark Gedak of Purple Duck Creations, Layout by Daniel Perez

c. Phil Reed – Gadget supplement

d. Random character generation

4. John

a. Comic Book Club – Bowling Green and Facebook, sharing books to read

b. Reading New Frontier – can’t wait for to see the movie

c. Secret Invasion – accessible for new readers

d. Abe Sapien: The Drowning

5. Nate

a. Grand Tourismo 5 – The Prologue

b. DS – Teenage Zombies

c. DS – Rondo of Swords

d. DS – The World Ends with You

e. Wii – Okami – re-release

f. Arcana Heart – Animated J-pop 1-on-1 fighting game – 4/09/08

g. Metal Gear Online available for preorders of Metal Gear 4

h. Warhammer Online beta invites available at Game Stops

i. Worlds of Warcraft CCG new set with new loot cards

6. Victor (Benton – jumps in)

a. Gives The Batman (the latest animated version) a fair shake

b. Samurai Champloo (big break and laugh)

c. What to watch next? Make your suggestions in our forums…

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #17 - Week of March 17, 2008

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
James

  1. New Amsterdam http://www.fox.com/newamsterdam/
  2. Lost http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=index
  3. Farscape, 2nd Season http://www.farscape.com

JJ

  1. Sword’s Edge Publishing
    1. http://www.swordsedgepublishing.ca
    2. http://www.christianchildrensfund.org/
  2. New Yorker article by Michael Chabon http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/10/080310fa_fact_chabon
  3. Special shout out to Kroh
  4. Dave Stevens passes away
  5. World Metahuman Factbook: GermanyHighmoon Media Productions - HEROIC MOMENTS themed for St. Patrick’s Day!
  6. New Speed Racer trailer http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808406004/info
  7. Britney Spears anime video http://video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=58399380

Nate

  1. Debut of Nate’s theme music
  2. Metal Gear Solid Essentials http://www.konami.com/Konami/ctl3810/cp20110/si3163071/cl1/metal_gear_solid_the_essential_collection
  3. Rainbow Six Vegas http://rainbowsixgame.us.ubi.com/
  4. World in Conflict - Xbox360 http://www.worldinconflict.com/
  5. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - PSP http://www.crisiscore.com/
  6. Viking: Battle for Asgard http://www.sega.com/gamesite/viking/us/
  7. Ikki Tousen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikki_Tousen
  8. Marvel Comics event Secret Invasion – Check out the forums http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=467

Darin

  1. Figures from DC Universe Classics line
  2. Hellboy: The Golden Army – See the text review
  3. Raven miniseries from DC http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=8964

Benton

  1. Whisper of the Vampire’s Blade http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/eberron/864300000
  2. Shattered Gates of Slaughtergard http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/0786941960
  3. The Lord of the Rings Extended http://www.lordoftherings.net/
  4. Essential Man-Thing http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=5375

Victor

  1. Marvel Classic Figurine Magazine #59 (Power Man) http://www.Marvel-figurines.co.uk
  2. Serenity: Better Days #1 of 3 - Review by Peacekeeper
  3. Dollhouse http://www.televisionaryblog.com/2007/10/welcome-to-dollhouse-joss-whedon.html
  4. Green Lantern Corps http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=5221
  5. Young Bottoms in Love http://www.popimage.com/industrial/032107poppreview.html
  6. Serenity Travel Posters http://www.quantummechanix.com/Blue%20Sun%20Travel%20Posters.html

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #16 - Week of March 10, 2008

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The part of the speaking conch played by the Wolfman action figure from Dr. Who

A moment of silence for the passing of Gary Gygax.

Benton

  1. Echo #1 http://www.strangersinparadise.com/
  2. Logan #1 of 3 http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=8305
  3. My-Hime #5 http://www.tokyopop.com/shop/1687/MYHiME/5.html
  4. Claymore #11
  5. Variante #2 http://www.dccomics.com/cmx/?action=on_sale&i=9072
  6. Full Metal Alchemist

Victor

  1. Pkerkatya posts on YouTube.com episode of PC vs. NPC: Union

Ed and Matt

  1. DC HeroClix: Crisis http://www.wizkidsgames.com

Nate

  1. Wolfman action figure from Dr. Who
  2. Super Smash Brothers Brawl - Wii http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/index.html
  3. Persona 3 - FES http://www.atlus.com/persona3/
  4. Okami - Wii http://ww2.capcom.com/okami/
  5. Ratchet and Clank - PS2 http://www.ratchetandclank.com/
  6. Metal Gear Solid - PS2
  7. Rainbow Six Vegas - XBox360 http://rainbowsixgame.us.ubi.com/vegas/
  8. Dark Sectors - XBox360
  9. Wild Arms XF - PSP http://www.wildarmsxf.com/
  10. Final Fantasy VII - PSP http://www.square-enix-usa.com/games/ff7/
  11. Final Fantasy Crystal - DS
  12. Ninja Gainan - PS3 http://ninjagaidengame.com/ninjaGaiden/index.html

Darin (fresh from vacation in NYC)

  1. Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/
    1. Cloisters
  2. The Adding Machine http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news/jan08/adding25jan08.htm
  3. Countdown to Crisis #08 http://dccomics.com/comics/?cm=8949
  4. Zapped re-released on DVD

JJ

  1. Gary Gygax passing - tribute episode
  2. Highmoon Media Productions http://www.highmoonmedia.com/
    1. Heroic Moments - Unregistered Mutant
    2. Boneyard Review
    3. Upcoming interview with Fraser of Sword’s Edge Publishing regarding Mundus Novit and Covert Forces Redux http://swordsedgepublishing.ca/
    4. Vegas Showdown boardgame from Avalon Hill

James

  1. Two weeks behind on Torchwood
  2. Serenity/Firefly
  3. Sarah Connor season finale http://www.fox.com/terminator/
  4. Lost
  5. New Amsterdam http://www.fox.com/newamsterdam/

What Nots…

  1. The Boondock Saints http://www.boondocksaints.com/
 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #14 - Week of February 25, 2008

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

John

1.)   Detective Comics #841

http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=8870 

2.)   Lost Odyssey

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/l/lostodyssey/?WT.srch=1 

3.)   Aliens in America

http://www.cwtv.com/shows/aliens-in-america 

Nate

1.)   Willow Creek comic

http://www.zenescope.com/bookpages/wc00.htm 

2.)   Anita Blake Comic

http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.659 

3.)   World of Warcraft comic

http://www.dccomics.com/dcunlimited/wow/?action=the_comic 

James

1.)   Lost update

http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/ 

2.)  Jumper update

http://www.jumperthemovie.com 

3.)   Ergo Proxy

http://www.ergoproxydvd.com/ 

4.)   Star Trek Toy update

Benton

1.)   D&D: City of Stormreach

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/eberron/216507200 

2.)   D&D: Rules Compendium

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/215397200 

3.)   Vision of EscaFlowne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vision_of_Escaflowne 

4.)   Act Razor

5.)   Fantasy Star II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_Master  

6.)   Blaster Master 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_Master 

Victor

1.)   Jericho

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/ 

2.)   Blue Submarine #6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Submarine_No._6 

3.)   T:SCC

http://www.fox.com/terminator/ 

4.)   Mattel DC Toys

5.)   1 million page reads

What Nots:

1.)   Bradley died

2.)   Gears of War II

http://gearsofwar.com/ 

3.)   PSP Update 3

http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/About/SystemUpdate 

4.)   Oreskaband

5.)   City of Heroes

 http://www.cityofheroes.com/

6.)   WBGUFM.com

http://www.wbgufm.com/welcome.php 

7.)   Haxley MMO

http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/1105/Huxley-Interview/p1/

8.)   Half-Life 2: Orange Box w/ Portal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orange_Box 

 

 
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The Week in Geek Podcast - Week of Feburary 18, 2008

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

JJ

John

James

Benton

Nate

Victor

What nots…

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #12 - Week of February 11, 2008

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Nate, JJ, Victor, John, Benton, and James

Benton

John

JJ

Nate

Victor

James

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #11 - Week of February 4, 2008

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

John

Victor

Benton

James

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #10 - Week of January 27, 2008

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Victor, Benton, James, John, JJ and newcomer Nate

John geeks out!

Superboy is passed

JJ

Victor

Nate

Benton

James

  • Finished Season 7 of Buffy
  • Season 2 premiere Torchwood
  • The BIG announcement!
    • Fist Full of Comics & Games is in official webmaster program for the new Star Trek movie!!!!!

Nate with upcoming video games

  • Turok - PS3 & XBox 360 - 1/31/08
  • Devil May Cry 4 - PS3 & XBox 360 - 2/7/08
  • American Civil War - PC - 2/29/08

Starting the beginning of February

  • Kareokee Revolution
  • Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Nobunaga’s Ambition
  • Twisted Metal: Head On - from PSP to PS2
  • Zoo Tycoon 2 - DS
  • Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles - DS
  • Wii Zapper

Fist Full of Comics & Games on your mobile device:

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #09 - Week of January 20, 2008

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

John, JJ , James , Benton, and Victor News:

John


James


JJ

Benton

Victor

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #08 - Week of January 13, 2008

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

With Victor, Chris, JJ Benton, James, and Nate

Victor

JJ

Chris

James

Benton

Hey Hobbit, you code!

Upcoming interview:

Victor

Nate

 
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The Week in Geek Vol 1 #07 - Week of December 30, 2007

Monday, December 31st, 2007

James (PeaceKeeper), John (Knight Ranger), Benton (Arcane Guyver), JJ (Working Man) and Victor (Tangent) discuss geek related presents they received for the Holiday season…

JJ forgot to take notes to the deatiled notes will follow at a latter date…

 
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