Wandering Geek Podcast

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to post a little note explaining where Game Bage Review Show 5 is real quick.

I’ve heard it said that “May you live in interesting times.” is an old Chinesse curse. I honestly don’t know if it is or not…but it should be. I’ve had quite enough interesting to last me a lifetime, and still it continues. Having my scheduled vacation messed with wasn’t enough for the powers that be. Then toss in an unplanned move and the upheaval that has cause.(Like sucking up every spare moment while I’m home to pack-up the last two decades of my life and revisit the two before that.) But then, when I finally had some free time on the road, I was recording the show and Audacity ATE THE DAMN THING WHOLE!!! I either have to re-record it or try to reconstuct it from the temporary files. (Six seconds at a time!) So needless to say, the show will have to be re-recorded as soon as I can.

This period is not without some good things happening. Mrs. Camera Guy found a great place for us to hang our hats for the next year while we get ready to move down south and we will be moving in June 1st. The show has moved up the charts on iTunes. (Which makes this delay particularlly annoying) And my little filk side project is starting to take off. With a couple of recent appearences over on the Mad Music Archive’s Top 20 Countdown. I’ve also started a page on this site for the CD project I have going on. If you want to check it out you can click here. And I know it’s not much, but there is a brand new song there for my listeners that was recorded BEFORE my computer trouble today. It’s called “Dwarven Mine”

Show Map - WGPR 9 - This one’s for Gary

This is the April edition of my “all-music” show. This is my musical tribute to E. Gary Gygax. You will be missed, sir. And I tell the story of my OCD and where this show and my new song came from. There is also another musical tribute to Mr. Gygax over at the blog Hipster, Please! if you want to check it out. (Warning: Not work or kid safe.)

Keep in mind that my bit-rate is not really music quality, so if you enjoy the songs you might want to visit the artist’s website for a better copy of it. Or better yet buy the CD that the song is on so you can listen to all the other cool music on it. All the songs in this episode are available as MP3 downloads or streaming on the various artist’s websites. So honestly, go check them out.

Thank-you Gary Gygax - Uncle Monsterface, Geeks of the Industry - The Great Luke Ski, D&D Online Medley (DDO Theme-Part1/Tavern Rock Volume1/Behold The Beholder) - Turbine Inc, Dungeons and Dragons - Bowfin, Always The First To Die - Jinx

Roll and a Prayer - Hot Waffles, I Waste ‘Em With My Crossbow - Serious Black, One Hit Point - Curt the Camera Guy, Insert Geek Cliché Here - Tom Smith, Talk Nerdy To Me - Possible Oscar, Roll The Dice - Beatnik Turtle

The Ring of Hope - The Brobdingnagian Bards, GM Hold Music (Vol. 1) - R. Dominelli, Dragon - Alyssa Hendrix, Dragon Boxing - Yang Chen, The Faire Is Over - The Brobdingnagian Bards, Goodbye -George Hrab

Promos and Ids Played - RPGPodcasts.com, Goblin Broadcast Network, Game Bag Review Show, BoardgamePodcasts.com, Role Monkeys, Geek Radio Daily

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This is my interview with The Gamer Traveler himself, Daniel Perez. We talk about how to get to your dream convention, geeky trends in travel and how to turn any destination into a potential game setting. 

 A full show map will be posted as soon as I can.

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Wandering Geek Show Map for Episode 14 - Game Store Tournaments

Opening - The Origin story of Eberk (Written by Justin Hall)

Listener E-mail & Show News - Luke from North Star Games corrects the host, Donald let’s us know about a Music Contest at On Board Games, Matthew from Chaoticon writes in, Ed tells us about his Gen Con experiences, Michael in Minnesota invites me for a game and lets us know what conventions he‘ll be at, Chris lets me know he likes the show, Victor praises the opening skits and lets us know about internet City Guide for Columbus (Origins), Contest Winners Announced!!!, iTunes reminder, We‘re now listed on BoardGamePodcasts.com, “Filkstar” makes #12 on the Top 20 Countdown at Mad Music Archive.

Geek Buzz - Star Trek caskets, FREE SOUTH PARK!

DVD News - Still not back because no one has asked for it.

MMO Report - Freebies: You can still email me for trials of City of Heroes, Lineage II and Guild Wars.

News: Video games relax players, City of Heroes adds in game ads and “Midnight Hour“, MMOvie, Avatars testify in House or Representatives (WTF!), WoW declares war, Blizzard storms South America.

Skid marks - A tour of the Mobile Studios.

Feature Topic - Game Store Tournaments

Interview show 3, Wizards of the Coast, World D&D game day, Upper Deck Entertainment, Wiz Kids, My Friendly Neighborhood Gaming Store (Adventures in Gaming)

Closing - Contact Information, Random Encounter 10 next week, Please vote for “Filkstar“ over on The Mad Music Archive Top 20 Countdown, Closing Credits, Beatnik Turtle.

Promos and ID for the Episode - Gaming Broadcast Network, BoardGamePodcasts.com, The Random Encounter, RPGPodcasts.com, Hamishakia, International Detective Dragon From Outer Space, Chad Ellis ID, Fist Full of Comic and Games, Power Girl ID, Kore Philosophy.

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Wandering Geek Podcast Game Bag Review Show 4:

Opening - Welcome, Party Games, Review Round Table Intro, Ratings Scoring.

Reviews - Cluzzle <3/ 4>, Dancing Dragons <2/4 for Adults, 3/6 for Kids>, Wits & Wagers <4/7>, Good Question <2/3>, Queen of the Orcs Trilogy (Books) <3/NA>.

Closing - Contact Info, Music Contest at On Board Games, Topic for WGP Episode 14.

Promos - RPGPodcasts.com, Wandering Geek Podcast, Gaming Broadcast Network, On Board Games, Pulp Gamer’s Game Kennel, All Games Considered.

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WGPR Episode 8 - “I-survived-another-year Day”

This is the March edition of my “all-music” show. It‘s DJ choice month (Since it‘s my birthday, after all), but themes creep into the show anyway. I guess even chaos has order in it if you look hard enough.

Keep in mind that my bit-rate is not really music quality, so if you enjoy the songs you might want to visit the artist’s website for a better copy of it. Or better yet buy the CD that the song is on so you can listen to all the other cool music on it. All the songs in this episode are available as MP3 downloads or streaming on the various artist’s websites. So honestly, go check them out.

I want to thank George Hrab for providing the new theme for WGPR and Marc Gunn over at The Renaissance Festival Podcast for spreading the word that we’re looking for more bands for the show.

Heaven Must Be Boring - George Hrab, Playing For Keeps - Beatnik Turtle, Shakespearean Pie - Robert Lund, Stealing Like a Hobbit -The Great Luke Ski, I Feel Fantastic - Johnathon Coulton, Exclamations & Happy Birthday Dear Hobbit Friend - Brobdingnagian Bards.

Everything is Dangerous - Tom Smith, This Oughta Cheer You Up - Positive Attitude, The End - Hot Waffles, Babaganoush - TV’s Kyle, Nursery Rhyme Lawyer - Throwing Toasters, Back In The Stocks Again - The Lost Boys.

At The Con - Possible Oscar, A Geek Like Me - DJ Particle, Hair On The Soap (2006 Mix) - Worm Quartet, The Ballad of Eddie Praeger - Paul and Storm.

ID’s and Promos: Gaming Broadcast Network, The Game Bag Review Show, RPGPodcasts.com, The Geologic Podcast, The Renaissance Festival Podcast.

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Random Encounter 9 Show Map

Opening - Roll once on Table 1 and once on Table 2.

Margaret Weis and Jamie Chambers Interview - TSR, Dragonlance, Tracy Hickman, Doug Niles, Larry Elmore, Gen Con, Dragon Con, Starshield, Sovereign Stone, Wizards of the Coast, Dragon Ships, Tor Books, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragonlance PDFs, D&D 4th Edition, Dragons of Spring, Battlestar: Galactica RPG, Serenity RPG, Supernatural RPG, Cortex System, Dead Gentleman’s Productions, Demon Hunters, The Gamers, Dancing Dragons, Dragon Lairs, Wonder Woman Graphic Novel, Fly Ball Racing, Gameboy DS, Pokemon, Rock Band for Xbox360, Kingsburg, ElfinWerks, Margaret Weis Productions.

Steve Tucker Interview - Living Greyhawk, SPARKS, Sparks Force 7, d6 Star Wars RPG, Gen Con, Origins, Fire & Ice, Conception, d20 Star Wars RPG, Concentric, Cod Con, Chicago Wolf Con, Vern Con, Winter Dark, Lake Geneva Con, Spark Force 7 Yahoo Group.

Closing - Contact Information, Back next month, Beatnik Turtle.

Promos and IDs - Goblin Broadcast Network, The Groovecast, Evil Hat, RPGPodcasts.com, Role Monkeys, Richard Hatch ID.

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Wandering Geek Show Map for Episode 13 - Game Conventions

Opening - A day at the life of The Mobile Studios, The Topic That Ate The News Segments!,

Listener E-mail & Show News - E. Gary Gygax passes, Ed writes in on interviews, reviews and High School Drama Button Men, Christopher send a note about the Gen Con bankruptcy, Brian let’s us know about GW:EN at Target for $10, NCSoft trial codes and game reviews, Walt calls in on TV Theme radio.

“Name the Dwarf” CONTEST, Fire and Ice game convention, The corruption of Mrs. Camera Guy, Metal Krushers, Gee-Con recap, Chaoticon, Rising Phoenix Con.

Feature Topic - Game Conventions

Why go to a game convention?, Warhorn.net, Fandom Conventions Yahoo Group, Locus Online, Southern Fandom Resource Guide, Dan Kelm of Fire & Ice, Tanga.com, Game Base 7, Origins, Gen Con Indy, Con Friends, Dragon Con, PAX, San Diego Comic Con, Essen, On Board Games, The Dice Tower, Mur Lafferty’s 3-2-1 Rule on conventions, Challenges and Pitfalls, Send in your convention schedules.

Closing - Contact Information, Playing catch-up for March, Closing Credits.

Promos and ID for the Episode - Gaming Broadcast Network, RPGPodcasts.com, Geek Radio Daily, Anim5 ID, On Board Games.

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Wandering Geek Podcast Game Bag Review Show 3:

Opening - Welcome, Thanks for your support.

Reviews - En Garde! <3/8>, Wicked Witches Way <4/7>, High School Drama <4/7>, The Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow amd the New Moon Expansion <3/7>, The Red Dragon Inn <4/8>

Closing - Contact Info, Thank-you’s to Asmodee Editions, Slugfest Games, and Shifting Sky Games, Topic for Episode 13.

Promos - RPGPodcasts.com, Gaming Broadcast Network, All Games Considered, Pulp Gamer.

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Name the Dwarf Contest:

The Dwarf that drives the d20 Tractor in the Wandering Geek logo needs a name and YOU can give him one!

All you have to do is send an email to wgpodcast@gmail.com with “Name the Dwarf” in the subject line and your name submission in the body of the email. One entry per person, please. Your email address will not be used for any purpose other than to notify you if you have won.

This contest runs from February 18^th until Midnight Central Time on March 31^st, 2008.

Winners will be notified my email and then you will need to send an address that I can ship your prize to. You may provide this in your original email to expedite the shipping of your prize in case you win, but it is not necessary.

Winners will also be announced on Episode 14 of The Wandering Geek Podcast the first week of April.

Prizes:

For the name chosen as the new name for our Dwarf the chosen entry will win Succession by Your Move Games, a Gen Con picture DVD (With over 5,000 pictures on it), a baseball cap from Celebrations IV and a complete set of High School Drama Buttonmen provided by Shifting Sky Games.

Of the remaining entries one (1) will be randomly chosen to receive an autographed copy of the Amara Wintersword Lost Worlds Book by Flying Buffalo, 2 Knights of the Dinner Table Lost Worlds Books, a Gen Con picture DVD (With over 5,000 pictures on it), a complete set of High School Drama Buttonmen provided by Shifting Sky Games, a baseball cap from Celebrations IV and trial disks for City of Heroes and World of Warcraft.

Wandering Geek Show Map for Episode 12 Online Comics

Opening - Nothing to see here, move along.

Listener E-mail & Show News - Walt writes in about WGPR, Ed sends us a note about Rocketmen and here’s Ed’s Puppet Show, Charles Tan wishes a Merry Christmas and check out his great blog, “Bibliophile Stalker”, Alex writes in on several topics, Walt calls in about PenAndPaper.com, and Reindeer calls in about game ratings for younger kids. New show rotation schedule, Playing Guild Wars (Search for “Wandering Geek”), Playing City of Heroes March 7^th-15^th (Look for “Drew Blue”), Fire and Ice game convention, Need a place to crash at Dragon Con, Supergirl Episode 10, The Adventures of Captain Kendrik, “Name the Dwarf” CONTEST, Begging for reviews, High School Drama.

Geek Buzz - Gen Con files for Chapter 11, Japan’s Robot Convention, Free E-books from TOR, On Board Games, 10 Million in The Pirate Bay.

DVD News - Still not back because no one has asked for it.

MMO Report - Freebies: D&D Online, Game Fly, Everquest Trilogy. News: Brazilian MMO Ban, Second Life Banking Scam, NASA MMO, WoW Gold Limit Hit in Europe, Star Trek Online looking for a New Home, Second Life Muggings, WoW Figureprints.

Skid marks - More Audio in the Future, Cows in the Night, TV Themes Go Radio.

Feature Topic - Online Comics

Post your favorite comics on the Forums, “Comic Linkmarks Access to comics read by Kent Paul Dolan“, International Detective Dragons From Outer Space, Looking For Group, Order of the Stick, Girl Genius, Fist Full of Comics and Games, Comics Radar, Playing for Keeps, Heroes Graphic Novels, City of Heroes Comic Book, Drive Thru Comics, Marvel’s new comic book viewer.

Closing - Contact Information, Game Bag Review Show 3 next week, Contest Reminder, Closing Credits.

Promos and ID for the Episode: Gaming Broadcast Network, RPGPodcasts.com, Comics Radar, The Stealth Geek, Phil and Kaja Foglio ID, Fist Full of Comics and Games, Playing for Keeps.

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WGPR Episode 7 - Valentine’s Day

This is the Febuary edition of my “all-music” show. In honor of this celebration of love we take a look at love, relationships and dating in all it’s..uh..varied forms.

Keep in mind that my bitrate is not really music quality, so if you enjoy the songs you might want to visit the artist’s website for a better copy of it. Or better yet buy the CD that the song is on so you can listen to all the other cool music on it. All the songs in this episode are available as MP3 downloads or streaming on the various artist’s websites. So honestly, go check them out.

Vader Boy - The Great Luke Ski Featuring Carrie Dahlby and The Nick Atoms, A Pirate’s Love Song - Jake Waters, Your Love Is (Love Song With Metaphor) - Paul and Storm, Re Your Song About My Client Delilah - Robert Lund, She’s Like - Throwing Toasters, TiVo - The Great Luke Ski

Code Monkey - Johnathon Coulton, I Wonder If She’s A Girl - Rick Cormier, You’re An Eight - Jim Paquette, WYSIWYG - Eric Coleman, Butt-floss Girl - Project Sisyphus, Love Like A Geek - Hot Waffles

Talk Nerdy To Me - Possible Oscar, Wish I Couldn’t Read Her Mind - Tom Smith, Ultimatum - Throwing Toasters, That’s What She Said - Beatnik Turtle, Thinking About Leaving - TV’s Kyle, Great Idea For A Song - Worm Quartet

Virtual Baby Shower - Carrie Dahlby, My Irish Valentine - Brobdingnagian Bards

ID’s and Promos: Gaming Broadcast Network, RPGPodcasts.com, SciPhi Show, All Games Considered, Geeklabel Shirts

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Wandering Geek Random Encounter 8 - Phil and Kaja Foglio

Opening - Playing musical shows due to my bad cold.

Phil and Kaja Foglio Interview - Studio Foglio, Myth Adventures, What’s New, Magic:The Gathering, Girl Genius, Girl Genius Yahoo Group, Buck Godot, Drive Thru Comics, Girl Genius Radio Theater, Succession, Wizards of the Coast, Paizo Publishing, GURPS, Steve Jackson Games, SPANC, Girl Genius GUPRS, Diamond Comics Distribution, Eric Burns, Narbonic, Dresden Codak, Goblins, Order of the Stick, Something Positive, Lackadaisy, Home on the Strange, Punch and Pie, Planet Karen, Full Frontal Nerdity, ps238, UI Computing Center, General Technics, San Diego ComicCon, Gen Con (Indy), World Science-Fiction Convention.

Closing - Contact information and credits. Beatnik Turtle provided “A Synthesis Of Logic” as the new theme for Random Encounter. Many thanks to those talented fellows.

Promos and ID for the Episode - Gaming Broadcast Network, Girl Genius Radio Theater, RPGPodcasts.com

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