Episodes
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
The Casual Martial Artist 9: Mixed Martial Arts
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
This week Al and Marcus delve a into the history of mixed martial arts and talk a little about the UFC. Marcus also shares a story about how he almost got a paid MMA fight.
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Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Geekery in General 227: Black Mirror S1E3-The Entire History of You
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
WARNING: This episode contains discussion of mature and sexual topics. Listener discretion is advised.
Chad returns to help Al discuss the last episode of Black Mirror's first season. We discuss the episode "The Entire History of You" as well as the implications that the technology of this episode could have in real life.
Editor's note: There are a couple of places where we were having some audio issues. I worked around them the best I could.
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Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Al and Wayne have survived another week of Wisconsin's winter in order to bring you more pointless conversation on video games. This week's topics:
Super Mario Marker 2 release date
Square trademarks several titles. What could this mean?
UK study on violence and video games
Can video games be good for your brain?
Playstation and multiplayer games
Opinion: Games and pricing.
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Sunday Feb 17, 2019
Geekery in General 226: Legendary Weapons part 6-Norse Mythology
Sunday Feb 17, 2019
Sunday Feb 17, 2019
This week we take a look at some of the many legendary weapons from Norse mythology. We'll also learn a little bit about the Eddas and Norse poetry.
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Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
The Casual Martial Artist 8: Form and Function
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
They are known by many names: kata, pinan, taolu, hyung, aka, quyen, or simply forms. Other people call them useless. But are forms really a waste of time? This is a question Al and Marcus have differing opinions on. This episode we discuss our experiences with forms and whether or not they are an important part of martial arts training or if they should be swept into the dustbin of history.
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Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Geekery in General 225: The Mysterious Purple Plug and Play
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Al has a love/hate relationship with plug and play games. In this episode he takes a look at an unmarked, unbranded plug and play he picked up at a thrift store for a whopping 53 cents! The only thing lower than the price are his expectations.
The video of this episode can be viewed on Point of Insanity Game Studio's YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/0la2C_bDtCg
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Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Another week, more news to talk about. Today's topics include:
Unofficial Breath of the Wild role playing game
Mortal Kombat 11 Update
ZOINKS?! WIll Shaggy be Mortal Kombat DLC?
More Nintendo mobile games
Google's Project Steam
Opinion: What we want to see in the next gen consoles
CORRECTION: While talking about the Street Fighter 2 role playing game Al mentions Bison. He meant to say Balrog
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Geekery in General 224: Legendary Weapons part 5-Poland
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
This week we take a look at some legendary and historical weapons from Poland. We'll also learn a little about the Battle of Vienna, coronation swords, and the Polish equivalent of Robin Hood.
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Sunday Jan 27, 2019
The Casual Martial Artist 7 : Are Traditional Martial Arts Still Relevant?
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Many people who grew up in the 60s, 70s, and 80s remember watching media featuring karate masters, ninjas, and kung fu monks jump kicking through the air. We were memorized by the almost supernatural abilities these martial artists seemed to possess, and no doubt watching these movies and TV shows inspired more than one child to beg his parents to sign him up for karate classes.
But things changed in the 90s as mixed martial arts and Brazilian jujitsu exploded onto the scene. All of a sudden the aforementioned ninja, karate masters, and kung fu monks lost their aura of mystique. Go to any martial arts forum or look through YouTube videos and you will probably find people claiming that if you aren't studying BJJ, boxing, or Muay Thai you are wasting your time. But is this really the case? Are traditional martial arts like karate, kung fu, and tae kwon do still worthwhile in a world where the competitive fighting scene is dominated by boxers and grapplers? That is the topic Al and Marcus will tackle today.
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Al and Wayne are back with more news stories and commentary! This episode we cover:
No more Nintendo consoles?
New Sega Nomad in the works
New Arcade 1up games announced
Soulja Boy again
The Solider 76 controversy
Opinion: Video games and LGBT characters
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