Hosts John Ross and Alex Barnes talk about their favorite nerdy things, including (but not limited to) books, comics, movies, video games, and board games. Then they get all excited while they talk and sometimes make some robot noises.
Alex and John gab about Hulu's timeloop comedy, Palm Springs, directed by Max Barbakow and starring Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg. For suggestions, tweet at us @GMGGMS!
Alex and John discuss This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - a Hugo Award winning novella!
Barnes, John, and a special guest best known as "Hollywood" talk the trials of climbing a mountain in the excellent Celeste made by Matt Makes Games!
Barnes and John gush about Rian Johnson's excellent murder mystery, Knives Out!
Barnes and John go deep on Scott McCloud's excellent 2015 graphic novel, The Sculptor!
John and Barnes and LISA?!?!?! Discuss 2019's Booksmart, directed by Olivia Wilde!
John and Barnes explore the old timey west with Alexander Pfister's Great Western Trail! Probably our last board game review until COVID ends, so savor it while it lasts!
After nearly 15 years of waiting, Alex and John finally get a chance to dive into the "finale" of the Kingdom Hearts trilogy! Then, after another year of waiting, they released a podcast episode about it!
John and Alex end the season on what they believe will be a cult hit! Listen to them talk about Brigsby Bear, a 2017 release directed by Dave McCary and starring Kyle Mooney! If you have any recommendations you can hit us @GMGGMS!
Alex and John take on Fantasy Flight's new edition of an old classic - Cosmic Encounters! This game designed by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Peter Olotka, and Bill Norton. To give a recommendation tweet at us @GMGGMS
John and Alex go so mainstream that it almost hurts! But what can you do when a new sponsor comes on the scene? :/ Spider-Man was created by Insomniac Games and published by Sony! For recommendations tweet us @GMGGMS or shoot us an email at GMGGMS@gmail.com!
John and Alex have a special guest today in Lisa Navarro! The three take on John Chu's smash hit rom-com, based off the book by Kevin Kwan. For suggestions and comments, find us on Twitter @GMGGMS!
John and Alex try their best not to mansplain a movie that is sort of a guy mansplaining what it's like to be a 14 year old girl! For recommendations find us @GMGGMS on Twitter!
Alex and John walk through Craig Thompson's beautiful, heartfelt "Blankets", a graphic novel published by Top Shelf. For recommendations find us @GMGGMS on Twitter and please don't forget to rate us on iTunes! Please....
John and Alex still won't say which Evolution they're talking about but this time it is published by North Star games and created by Dominic Crapuchettes. For recommendations and feedback hit us @GMGGMS on Twitter and please review us on iTunes!
John and Alex talk about Evolution. Which Evolution? We refuse to say. Evolution is directed by Ivan Reitman and was released in 2001, featuring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, and Sean William Scott. To make a recommendation tweet us @GMGGMS
Alex and John are back on superhero comics! Get ready for them to dive into The Vision, written by Tom King, illustrated and colored by Gabriel Hernandez Walta and Jordie Bellaire. To give new recommendations to cover please visit the GMGGMS team on Twitter @GMGGMS!
John and Alex are tackling the novelization/showization of one of America's watershed moments! Listen in as they talk through love and nostalgia in Stephen King's 11/22/63 and its partner show, Bridget Carpenter's 11.22.63! For recommendations head over to Twitter and message us @GMGGMS!
John and Alex get into it with Ernest Cline's book and Steven Spielberg's film, "Ready Player One"! Is it okay to love something you also sort of hate? Find out inside! For recommendations tweet us @GMGGMS.podomatic.com!
Alex and John take a recommendation and cover "Dark Science", an arc from the popular webcomic, Dresden Codak. Dresden Codak/Dark Science is written and illustrated and colored by Aaron Diaz and you can find his work at dresdencodak.com To make more recommendations find us on Twitter @GMGGMS
John, Barnes, and special guest Alex Moore talk over their experience playing the Tragic Horror Tabletop game, Ten Candles! Ten Candles was created by Stephen Dewey and published by Cavalry games. To make recommendations go to Twitter and find us @GMGGMS!
John and Alex continue to say things in bad Irish accents as they discuss Saiorise Ronan's starring role in Lady Bird, the 2017 film written and directed by Greta Gerwig! For recommendations, please leave us a message on Twitter @GMGGMS!
John and Alex are joined by one of our most tenured guest hosts, Zach "Hollywood" Haldeman as they discuss the under-the-radar classic: Until Dawn. Until Dawn is developed by Supermassive games and was published by Sony Computer Entertainment! For recommendations, shoot us a tweet @GMGGMS
John and Alex get their Irish warlord on as they talk about Inis- er- I mean- Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King! This game is designed by Andreas Pelikan and Alexander Pfister and is published by Mayfair Games. For more recommendations, you can find us @GMGGMS on Twitter!
Barnes and John dive into director Malcolm D Lee's excellent Girls Trip. John confesses to Barnes that he thinks about him while he watches movies. For recommendations go to @GMGGMS on Twitter, please feel free to rate us on iTunes too!
John and Alex talk about Inis, the game of Irish folklore and myth designed by Christian Martinez and published by Matagot gaming! For recommendations, tweet at us @GMGGMS and leave a review on iTunes!
Alex and John take on an interesting entry in an even more interesting blockbuster series of video games, Final Fantasy XV! They debate topics such, "Was the story good or weird or both?" and "Did we both actually play the same game?" because maybe they didn't? Final Fantasy XV was developed and published by Square Enix and Hajime Tabata is credited as director! To make recommendations tweet us @GMGGMS!
Another episode of GMGGMS - this one features John and Alex getting VERY excited about NBC's often overlooked "The Good Place" produced by Michael Schur. For suggestions please tweet us @GMGGMS!
Time to get your druidic card gaming on! Alex and John go deep into the beautiful world of Mystic Vale, a board game made by AEG Games and designed by John D Clair! Send suggestions to @GMGGMS on Twitter and rate us on iTunes!
Aaaand we're back! Welcome to season 3 as Alex and John dive into the VERY under-the-radar game, Overwatch! Overwatch created by Blizzard with Lead Game Designer, Jeff Kaplan. Leave comments and recommendations on Twitter @GMGGMS! Leave all reviews on iTunes!
John and Alex take a moment to talk about how they got so nerdy and what it means to be that way. Thanks to all of our listeners for making the first 50 episodes a blast! Another special thanks to Adam Skov for the music and Alex Moore for the graphics, still sounding and looking good 50 episodes in. Feel free to leave recommendations and comments on Twitter @GMGGMS or at GMGGMS.podomatic.com. You can also leave reviews on iTunes!
Barnes and John break the mold by talking about a... romantic comedy? A very funny, somewhat heart warming romantic comedy! Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is directed by Jake Szymanski and stars Aubrey Plaza, Anna Kendrick, Adam Devine, and Zac Efron. Producers note -- sorry if John's audio sounds off, he recorded his half in a car! To leave recommendations and comments go to Twitter @GMGGMS or online at GMGGMS.podomatic.com. Review the show on iTunes as well!
John, Alex, and special guest Lisa Navarro get into the nitty gritty of Judd Apatow's cult classic, Freaks and Geeks, and how it paved the way for the "Golden Age of Television"! Leave comments and recommendations on Twitter @GMGGMS or at GMGGMS.podomatic.com! Leave all reviews on iTunes!
Barnes and John walk through their day spent at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH! Nerd stuff galore! Leave recommendations @GMGGMS on Twitter and at GMGGMS.podomatic.com. Feel free to review the show on iTunes as well!
Barnes and John dive in (pun intended) to the depths with one of Marvel's earliest antiheroes! Sub-Mariner: The Depths was written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Esad Ribic. This episode was chosen by YOU, the listeners, on twitter @GMGGMS and will conclude our three-part Marvel special. Feel free to leave more episode recommendations or comments at GMGGMS.podomatic.com and we encourage you to review us on iTunes!
John and Alex go over round two of the Merry Marvel Special and talk over Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's heart-wrenching "Spider-Man: Blue". Some wet eyes show up in this episode. To leave comments or recommendations head to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or tweet at us @GMGGMS. Also, feel free to leave a review on iTunes, we love reviews!
John and Alex discuss the bloody, brutal, dystopian take on Marvel's favorite Canadian berserker. Old Man Logan is written by Mark Millar and Illustrated by Steve McNiven and published by Marvel. To leave comments or recommendations head to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or find us on Twitter @GMGGMS. Feel free to rate us on iTunes as well!
The GMGGMS boys talk about the power of audio and language in 2008's zombie thriller, "Pontypool", written by Tony Burgess and directed by Bruce McDonald. If you have comments or recommendations you can reach out at GMGGMS.podomatic.com, or on Twitter @GMGGMS. Like always, please feel free to leave a review on iTunes for us!
Alex and John dive deep into the muck and the mire of Cold War era bureaucracy in Lucas Pope's "Papers, Please", published by Pope's 3909. To leave comments or recommendations go to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or hit us up at Twitter @GMGGMS. Feel free to leave a review on iTunes as well and we will shout you out on the show!
Alex and John dive into what makes Superman such a great character as they dissect Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All-Star Superman, published by DC Comics. For any recommendations of comments go to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or hit up Twitter @GMGGMS. You can also rate and review the show on iTunes!
Alex and John continue to gush over the acting prowess of Brie Larson with her 2013 film "Short Term 12" directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and now available on Netflix and DVD! Leave recommendations and comments at GMGGMS.podomatic.com and on Twitter @GMGGMS
Alex and John walk you through everything new happening with all of their previous topics! Miss yourself the DnD episode? They talk about that! Can't stand not hearing people talk about Dark Tower? There's going to be a movie and they talk about that too! It's a regular smorgasbord of updates folks! To leave comments or recommendations go to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or visit us on Twitter @GMGGMS
John, Alex, and a few friends (including one in Spain) join up to talk about Subterfuge, the "week long mobile strategy game" that kept them all from sleeping for two weeks straight. To give a recommendation or leave a comment go to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or on Twitter @GMGGMS
Barnes and John talk their way through Bungie's follow up to the legendary Halo series, Destiny, published by Activision. To comment or leave recommendations go to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or tweet us @GMGGMS
John and Alex get giddy after not doing the show for so long and talk about Master of None created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang and available on Netflix! To recommend future episode topics go to gmggms.podomatic.com OR check us out on twitter @GMGGMS.
John, Alex, Hollywood Haldeman, and Birthday Boy McClain tackle the sci-fi classic, Dune by Frank Herbert! Leave recommendations/comments at GMGGMS.podomatic.com or on Twitter @GMGGMS
John and Alex join forces with Zach "Hollywood" Haldeman and Jack "The Birthday Boy" McClain to talk about.... another space thing! aka Faster Than Light made by Subset Games! Give recommendations or comment at GMGGMS.podomatic.com or on Twitter @GMGGMS
John and Alex talk about watching a little cult classic named Tremors with grandmas! Tremors stars Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward and is directed by Ron Underwood. To comment or make a recommendation go to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or on Twitter @GMGGMS
John, Alex, and their very special guest wrap up their discussion on Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower series! Comment or leave recommendations at GMGGMS.podomatic.com or on Twitter @GMGGMS
Alex and John and a very special guest talk about books 1-4 of The Dark Tower series by Stephen King! If you would like to comment or leave a recommendation go to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or tweet us @GMGGMS
John and Alex chat it up about a hot li'l game called Bastion, created by Supergiant Games! For recommendations and suggestions go to GMGGMS.podomatic.com or tweet us @GMGGMS!
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