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Non-Fiction and Documentaries In this episode: Non fiction! Beej watches a lot of documentaries and has lots of recommendations He follows up with memoir, biography, and other non-fiction book recommendations Both of us read non-fiction articles of various sorts. Weekly Geekery Beej on TV! Void has played a ton more Persona 5! Be sure to subscribe to the Geek to Geek Podcast your favorite podcast app,   drop a review   so we know how we’re doing, and feel free contact us via email at   geektogeekcast@gmail.com   or   @geektogeekcast   on Twitter with any comments, questions, or suggestions for the show. Thanks for listening, and we can’t wait to hear from you! Geek Offer of the Week: audibletrial.com/geektogeekcast Subscribe: iTunes Overcast Pocket Casts Google Play Music RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network: Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Health Hacks The Comic Box Geektitude Music by   CarboHydroM

Buying Games Later & Star Wars The Last Jedi Teaser Trailer In this episode: We talk all about buying games on day 1 vs buying games later. Save money, get a more complete game, and have all the bugs squashed at the same time. Then we may tangent onto the new Star Wars The Last Jedi Trailer before stumbling into a surprising amount of Weekly Geekery Weekly Geekery Lots of things!  Listen to find out :p Be sure to subscribe to the Geek to Geek Podcast your favorite podcast app,   drop a review   so we know how we’re doing, and feel free contact us via email at   geektogeekcast@gmail.com   or   @geektogeekcast   on Twitter with any comments, questions, or suggestions for the show. Thanks for listening, and we can’t wait to hear from you! Geek Offer of the Week: audibletrial.com/geektogeekcast Subscribe: iTunes Overcast Pocket Casts Google Play Music RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network: Geek to Geek Geek Fitness...

Joss Whedon In this episode: We talk about the works and history of Joss Whedon! Weekly geekery includes Photoshop, Persona 5, S-Town Podcast, and Running! Be sure to subscribe to the Geek to Geek Podcast your favorite podcast app,   drop a review   so we know how we’re doing, and feel free contact us via email at   geektogeekcast@gmail.com   or   @geektogeekcast   on Twitter with any comments, questions, or suggestions for the show. Thanks for listening, and we can’t wait to hear from you! Geek Offer of the Week: audibletrial.com/geektogeekcast Subscribe: iTunes Overcast Pocket Casts Google Play Music RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network: Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Health Hacks The Comic Box Geektitude Music by   CarboHydroM

Worldbuilding, Storytelling, and Genre Conventions In this episode: We get interested in different pieces of media for different reasons. Generally, there are two types of stories: character stories and idea stories. Sometimes, a setting can make us bounce off a piece of media really hard (real-world stuff for Void and traditional high-fantasy for Beej), but it can also be enough of a draw that we push through mediocre stories to find out more about the world. We discuss various settings such as Star Wars, the Brandon Sanderson Cosmere, Mass Effect Andromeda, Fallout, and Zelda. There are lots of draws to each of them, but in the end, we discuss the conventions that make each of them work for us and why others don’t. Weekly Geekery Beej - Card thief / Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze / Splatoon Void - Card Thief / Dynasty Warriors Unleashed / Blaster Master Zero / A King's Tale / Planet Coaster / Torment Tides of Numenera / Shovel Knight Be sure to subscribe to...

Beating Mass Effect Andromeda and Buying Video Games in Installments In this episode: OMG! BIG NEWS! We are incredibly excited to announce that we m ade a new friend! YAAAAAY! The   Geektitude podcast   has joined the Geek to Geek podcast network.   Geektitude   is an interview show, which our network has been looking to include for quite a while. We just had to find the right one. And Joe is the right guy for th e job. We couldn't be happier with the addition, and we certainly hope y'all will give him the same kind of love and warm-fuzzies that you have given the rest of us. Make sure you head over to the   Geektitude Facebook page   and give it a like, subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and give him a shout at   @epicgrays   on Twitter. And you know what's best of all? He has like 70ish episodes to listen to already, so what are you waiting for? Get to streaming! Mass Effect Andromeda Void beat Mass Effect Andro...

Introducing your friends to Star Wars In this episode: Getting into Star Wars can be tough. It has a huge history and a gigantic fanbase, and with 50 years behind it, some people are intimidated by the franchise and don’t know how to jump in. Never fear, geeks! We’re here to help. Inspired by our resident Jedi Noobs Chocobochica and CapsuleJay (among others!), we want to make sure that Star Wars is not unapproachable. We provide suggestions on the best viewing order on the movies, as well as jumping-on points that aren’t necessarily even tied in with the films. There is a huge swath of Star Wars-related media out there, so if you’re a book person, we recommend books (specifically,   audiobooks !), or if you’re a gamer, there are always video games, and if you like to binge, you can even jump in with some of the cartoons and even different ways to watch those! We discuss the oft-mentioned Machete order, as well as how The Force Awakens (Episode 7) changed the way you jum...

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild In this episode: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is finally out, and Beej and Void are playing (and loving) it. Void has it on the Switch, and Beej grabbed it on Wii U. We discuss the differences in the versions and how each piece of hardware handles the game (hint: they’re pretty much the same). We discuss how Breath of the Wild treats armor and weapons differently than other games in the series, making it much more like a traditional RPG, but still feeling totally like Zelda. The setting is a unique version of Hyrule, and it’s a welcome change. You can see the other Hyrules there, but this one feels more alive...even though it has technically been destroyed. Nintendo did what Nintendo does: makes a game full of fun little details. In a way, they did what Blizzard did with World of Warcraft--took an existing genre and perfected it. The game assumes you’re not stupid and doesn’t have a real “tutorial.” You have an intro, get ...