Episodes

Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
The Casual Martial Artist 10: The Perfect Art
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Martial art enthusiasts love to debate what art they think comes closest to being the perfect fighting style. This week Al and Marcus chime in as we discuss our thoughts on what we think the perfect martial art should incorporate.
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Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Geekery in General 228: Black Mirror S2E1 Be Right Back
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Al and Chad kick off season 2 of Black Mirror with Be Right Back, an episode that explores the theme of grief and artificial intelligence.
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Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Al and Wayne are back with more video game news. This week our faith in humanity is both broken down and built up.
Nintendo CEO Reggie Fils-Aimé retires
Swatter gets 20 years
Elder Scroll cookbook out March 26
PA state rep proposes tax on violent video games
Study shows video games can make you happy
Opinion: Who asked for this???
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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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