Sneaky Geek

You get two Pokémon games with every new generation, so we're giving you two parts to this Pokémon episode! Because... because it's part 2 of our Pokémon episode... get it? This episode was first streamed LIVE on Twitch.tv/sneakygeekpodcast, and it was so big, that we broke it into two episodes for you! In this episode, we discuss how the nuzzlock and soul link work, what these new iterations bring with new features, and talk about the card game! This episode features music from Mikel's album Poké & Chill, Music provided by GameChops GameChops.com/poke-and-chill

It's Sneaky Geek's 50th episode! You asked, we listened, and now we're here to talk about Pokémon! This episode was first streamed LIVE on Twitch.tv/sneakygeekpodcast, and it was so big, that we broke it into two episodes for you! In this episode, we discuss how pokémon came to be, its many iterations, and how pokémania has taken the world by storm on more than one occasion! Timestamps: 0:05:00 Introductions 0:27:00 What's your favorite starter 0:34:00 History and origins 0:52:00 What did you name your rival? 1:11:00 Pokémon Unite 1:20:00 Edible pokémon vs. Cuddleable Pokémon This episode features music from Mikel's album Poké & Chill, Music provided by GameChops GameChops.com/poke-and-chill

Is Echo worth the watch? How does it fit in with the MCU? What is all this Marvel Studio's Spotlight business about? Why is Biscuits your new favorite MCU NPC? How is Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin still managing to surprise us in all the right ways? All these questions and more in this week's exciting episode of Sneaky Geek! *Warning: Contains Spoilers*

So it turns out Ahsoka is your new favorite... or maybe it's Sabine... if it's neither it's obviously Chopper. The problem is, you wanna learn more but you don't know where to start. We have excellent news for you! Bryce hit record right as he and Bryan were discussing this exact subject and before you could say Follow the white Loth-cat, a bonus episode was formed. We go through some of the key moments to watch without being too spoilery! What episodes do you think are quintessential Ahsoka plot points?

"Let's split that Blue Beetle episode into two parts!" Bryan and Bryce said excitedly. Our comic historian Dave is back again with us this week as we get to the second part of our Blue Beetle History. Then we talk about what we're reading for a while. Maybe those "what are you reading?" bits should be their own episodes at this point... Hmm... What was I saying? Oh yeah, I was telling you about this episode. It's great. Go see Blue Beetle when you're done listening. We hear it's really good.

Did you know the Blue Beetle comic is almost as old as Super Man? Or that he wasn't originally owned by DC? Or that there was a team of super heroes called the Mystery Men and no one on that team even bowled? Well we didn't, and that's why Bryce went over to our favorite Comic Historian Dave's house to record a podcast episode remote with Bryan back at home as the man in the chair. Blue Beetle is in theaters August 18th, and you can learn all about Jaime's (and a few other Blue Beetles) history here on Sneaky Geek!

The whirlwind blur of SDCC has come and gone. Bryan and Bryce try to piece together what exactly happened and when after only a week of being back home. After parties, panel cancellations, signings, trailer drops and so much more happened! Have a listen and do your best to follow along. Let us know in the comments what you thought of Comic-Con this year!

The long awaited second half of our WandaVision episode is finally here! We thought, given that we've been back for only a month that the best thing to do would be to keep our momentum going with an episode about something that was totally relevant two years ago! You're welcome for our genius career move to let you hear something recorded about a character who isn't even in current MCU things. It makes TOTAL sense that we're doing this.

Bonus episode! We know it's off schedule but Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny came out last week and we felt compelled to do a quick review of Harrison Ford's swan song for his clearly preferred franchise. We happened to like the film very much so don't expect a ton of complaining from us.

The Illumination Super Mario movie was great, but before Mario could run with his arms stretched out wearing a tanuki costume, Bob Hoskins had to drunkenly walk with a couple of broken fingers, in weird shoes, next to John Leguizamo, also drunk... and with a fractured leg... and through pain, we got the truest form of art. We caught up with our Video Game Historian, Nick Fratto to talk all about the bizarre story of the original masterpiece that is the 1993 Hollywood Pictures dystopian classic, Super Mario Bros.

We're Back with a vengeance! A new season of Sneaky Geek is upon us and we've missed quite a bit since we last hung out. So let's catch up and rapid fire as many things that we missed since the world shut down as we can think of! See you in two weeks! (no but seriously we actually have an episode planned for two weeks from now and we're back on a schedule)

It's that time of year again! Comic-Con is here! Except this time, it's special! November 26th through 28th marked the first ever Comic-Con Special Edition. So instead of Black Friday shopping, we went to the exhibit hall! Joining us on the podcast today are Bridget Kelley and Nicole Jones to talk about their first con experience, we also reflect on past cons and what what the absence of Marvel, DC, and film & television meant for a con as big as this one.

So you've finished watching WandaVision and you're thinking to yourself, man oh man... who are those extra characters? Where I can I read their backstories? What if I want to read the greatest young super hero book of all time? When should I start? The answer? Yesterday. We're joined by our in-house historian and fact checker extraordinaire, Dave Ziegler as we navigate the publication history of all your new favorite characters from WandaVision!

Episode 40! Would ya look at that! Lucasfilm Games is BACK! But what does it mean? Star Wars The High Republic is up and running! And there's a new Pokemon Snap on the horizon? Sound the dubstep horn! Hosted by Bryce Rankins and Bryan Romero Recorded at SGHQ - Garden Grove Edited by The Legendary Mitchell Thompson

Remember that time that we did an episode, didn't drop it, so recorded a follow-up, added it to it, and it was all really timey-wimey and confusing? Well we've decided to update it! We updated it in October! And now you're getting a new episode! Three months later! You're welcome. This episode was edited by our new editor, Mitch Thompson! How about that?!

Sometimes we record episodes that never make it to you guys, and that makes us sad. So we decided to rectify that problem by presenting to you an old episode of Sneaky Geek, featuring an even older segment with Special Guest Clay Davis! We talked about what was going on in comics, predictions for upcoming events, and a whole bunch of expectations we had long before the world shut down and we all sat at home finishing Netflix. From October 6th, 2019, we present to you, The Sneaky Geek Vault. Enjoy!

Here at Sneaky Geek we like to keep things reliable. We like to hit you with a new episode every week. And last week we did not end up succeeding in that mission. But that's okay! We're only three days late! It's fine! It's totally fine. Bryce has set forth to come up with new content. Even if that content is absolute nonsense. He makes some lists, calls a friend, and talks about this week's geek news! So here's our new segment: Bullsh*tting with Bryce. We even spruced up our theme song! There's supposed to be an "i" there but we put an asterisk there instead (for the kiddos). Plus we're joined by Ameer! And we love Ameer! @BryceRankins @Meerski_ @SneakyGeekPodcast

Episode 36! Long before the Dune trailer dropped or the premieres of Lovecraft Country or Bill and Ted Face the Music, back on Kevin Smith's birthday, we recorded our recap of Day 3 of SDCC @ Home! We talk about our favorite Panels from the Saturday lineup and how Comic-Con International has handled mid-pandemic con life. We discuss: Dune (6:00) Magic the Gathering (17:30) Bill and Ted Face the Music (27:00) Lovecraft Country (40:20) An Evening with Kevin Smith (54:45) Enjoy! Lovecraft Country is available on HBO Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bogus Journey, and Face the Music are available from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Kevin Smith owns Kevin Smith aaand audio from the panels is owned by Comic-Con International

Episode 35! We're back for more Comic-Con @home panel discussions! We watched quite a few panels from Friday! Adventure Time Distant Lands Star Wars books Drawing Ninja Turtles Marvel's new Empyre event Avatar The Last Airbender expanded universe Zoom into Xadia with The Dragon Prince! We also discuss what we miss and what we do not miss about Comic-Con with it being cancelled.

Part 2 of our Black Panther episode, we continue our discussion of the events that led to the Black Panther comic being made, and to the Black Panther film being made, as well as discuss our favorite moments. We'd like to again thank our guests Alita Leshae and Steven Littles, as well as our other contributors Mychal Thompson, John-Michael Angel, and David Archer. All audio from Black Panther from Disney and Marvel Studios. Black Panther is available for viewing on Disney+

On August 28th the world was shocked to hear that Chadwick Boseman, King T'Challa, The Black Panther, had lost his battle with colon cancer. We had a Black Panther episode from 2018 that we had planned to release after Black Panther 2 began filming. However, we felt it would be best to release to release that episode this week instead. This being our tribute to a man who transcended the film industry. Chadwick Boseman was a hero to so many for his actions on screen and off; and we are devastated to have lost such a force for good in the arts. Special thanks to our guests Steven Littles and Alita Leshae for joining us on this episode. Audio clips taken from Black Panther are the rights of Disney and Marvel, audio taken from CBS and ABC broadcasts used from public archives. Wakanda Forever.

Cons are cancelled and we won't be getting con-flu, but SDCC brought us panels to watch online! We watched as much as we could and are here to give you the run-down! We talk: Cons from home Solar Opposites Marvel's Storyboards Joined by Nicole Jones this week we are excited to be back! (And we mean it this time, we're really back.)

An extension of our interview with NFL Blitz World Record Speedrunner and long-time friend of the podcast Nick Fratto is here! Doom Eternal! Animal Crossing! What to do in the face of a cancelled E3?? How the gaming community has risen to the occasion in the face of a pandemic! All this and more on today's Sneaky Geek!

Welcome back to an all new season of Sneaky Geek! We've got a slightly new format for ya with lots to talk about! Cons are pushed back! Movies are pushed back! But Animal Crossing is here and life on an island suits us during this time of social distancing! We hope you enjoy! Be sure to like this track, comment on it, and subscribe if you haven't! IG: @SneakyGeekPodcast IG: @Brycerankins IG: @Brom1137

San Diego Comic-Con was a month ago, and in a sudden inexplicable plot twist, Bryan managed to score last minute tickets! So now we're here to talk about all the cool things that happened at SDCC! Trailers, comics news, tv news, all the things!

We hope you aren't burnt out on Star Wars just yet because we have a rundown on our early thoughts about Star Wars Galaxy's Edge! Now open at Disneyland in Anaheim, California! Joining us today are long time friend of Sneaky Geek, Glynnes, owner and operator of the Comic Book Hideout in Fullerton California, and Alex, costumer and cosplayer extraordinaire! Glynnes, Bryan, and Alex have all been to Galaxy's Edge and loved it. Meanwhile Bryce, who has not been there yet, got to ask all the questions and weep silently while drowning in envy. Follow us and our guests online at: @sneakygeekpodcast @comicbookhideout @AxcelerationDesigns

Our last breakdown episode for Star Wars celebration 2019! We go over everything that went down at Star Wars celebration on Monday and finish up this oh-so-long podcast so we can move on to other exciting geek news! Once more we are joined by our dear friend Ameer to discuss everything that happened at the show and our take on what's to come in the Star Wars franchise! Give it a listen! and find us on our social media! @sneakygeekpodcast @shieldagentbrom @brycerankins @meerski_ and of course you can find us on Facebook by searching Sneaky Geek Podcast and twitter at @SneakyGeekPod

Day three of Star Wars Celebration was crazy exciting! We've got deets on The Mandalorian, Clone Wars, and we finally call out our dear friend Ameer for watching The Last Jedi more times than anyone we know despite claiming he hates it! It's great! And guess what!? There's going to be a part 4 because celebration went on to MONDAY.

We're back again to give you the low down on what happened this year at Star Wars Celebration! We're joined by artist Meerskii to discuss all the happenings that went down that day and give you all the deets we can remember! Plus our analysis, and a few tangents here and there. Stay tuned for episodes 27.3 AND 27.4 coming very soon!

Star Wars Celebration is back again and we got a sweet new Star Wars trailer! So many exciting things happened last weekend and this is just our coverage of day one! Stay tuned later this week for more analysis and gushing, but for now, here's a trailer breakdown and a quick (ish) recap of what happened on Friday!

We're still here! After a lengthy hiatus and some serious time away from the things we love, we are back and ready to once again help fans everywhere evade the pitfalls and dastardly tactics of gatekeepers! Welcome to season three of Sneaky Geek! Man oh man, if you guys saw the white board when we started planning this, you'd be stoked! Want to know more about stuff? Well we gots the info! Want more backstory on its creators? We gots the info! Want to know where to go next for more info? We gots the info on that info! We're glad you stuck around and grateful for it too. Consider us the Nick Fury at the end of Iron Man, there's a whole lot of geekery to be had this year and we aim to cover it as much as we have time for! WE'RE BACK!

Holy Podcast Batman! It's our 25th episode! And it's a podcast about podcasts! The podcastberries taste like podcastberries! Today we're talking with our ol' pal Scooter, but we're also joined by his lovely wife Jenny! And to make matters more complicated, Mitch Thompson and Molly Sanchez from Failure to Launch were there too! They're the ones that helped us get started with this whole thing! BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE! We also have an interview with Ming Chen of AMC's Comic-Book Men! We're talking today about the world of podcasts, our favorite podcasts, how we learned about our bodies, pole position, and how we got started listening to AND making our own! Cheers! Ming Chen Interview: 10:15 Http://www.soundcloud.com/sneakygeek

Almost-Doctor Erik joins us this week to discuss the musical stylings of Coheed and Cambria! Why discuss a band on a geek podcast you ask? BECAUSE WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT. Also because the band's entire discography is related to a single fictional universe that has comic and novel tie-ins! Erik tells us what approach you should take when exploring the band's musical stylings so that Bryce can finally give them a proper second chance.

We interviewed Nick Colianese, owner and creator of Key Collector, an app designed with the first online database for finding 'key issues' of comic books! He found us out at SDCC this last year and we loved his app, but thought it might be good to see how a comic store owner might feel about it! So then we went to The Comic Book Hideout (The comic book store where Bryan and Bryce have their weekly pull subscriptions) and asked Glynnes Pruett what she could tell us about the pros and cons of being a key collector! We hope you enjoy our tangenty ramblings once again now that we're back and at it again!

And finally, our four parter Sneaky Geek Goes to Comic-Con comes to a close! We bring Reid and Nick back on for a segment and then head over to Dave Ziegler as he recounts his entire stay at SDCC this year (to the best of his ability given that it happened months ago). Heads up listeners, some feels were had in this episode. We love what we do and love that you listen, so please give us a like, a listen, and then a subscribe when you're all said and done with it!

We're still riding this one day of comic-con at a time thing because stretching out stories means we don't have to create new content just yet! Nah that's not really true, we just have so many crazy great stories from Comic-Con! From grievances about the Wired Lounge DJ selection (He didn't even have the cupid shuffle! Who doesn't have the cupid shuffle!) to our love of collectibles and the many different directions a con can sometimes take you without you realizing it, we're here to talk about Saturday. Bryce met his hero, Bryan rekindled his excitement for the Dragon Ball franchise (I mean did it need rekindling?) and then we discuss the many ways Con Flu can manifest itself! (sometimes it's not a virus. Sometimes you're just dumb and get massive exhaustion with a touch of hypothermia from not changing before getting into a pool you snuck into) Join us with Nick and our new guest Reid as we talk SDCC Saturday! Also, our audio is a mess and hopefully you'll forgive us for it!

A TRAILER CAME OUT FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL AND WE ARE EXCITED. (see? all caps. that's how you show excitement.) We go through shot by shot and explain all that we can without spoiling too much for ourselves because we may be here to report on these things but it doesn't mean we're desperate to know the plot before it hits us. We talk about who some of these characters shown are in the comics, give a smidgeon of backstory (not too much though, this one's a quickie) and then talk about what some of this could mean for the Captain Marvel story! Hope you guys like it! And if not, we'll be back Thursday with our semi-regularly scheduled shenanigans.

Comic-Con day two was twice as exhausting as day one with twice as many people! So much so that midway into recording we wound up giving up and getting distracted and had to record the latter half of the episode weeks later after we recovered! We start at a train station (sorry for the audio) with Tate and end up finishing the episode in a living room with Logan Lirette! Plus Bryan found his white whale of collectible figures: A Darth Revan that wasn't astronomically expensive! We also discuss panels we wound up at, what it's like to go to industry parties for the con, and all the various ups and downs of navigating the crowds. Enjoy!

WE'RE BACK BABY! Season 2 of Sneaky Geek is back with a four part Comic Con break down detailing every day of our stay in the beautiful city of San Diego with the chaotic fabulous exhausting wonderful mess that is navigating the crowds and events surrounding San Diego Comic-Con! We discuss what we saw, who we saw, what we're excited about (Did you guys hear Clone Wars is coming back?) and what Con life is all about! We also finally have our dear friend Tate on! He's a major contributor to our geekiness and we love him dearly! We hope you enjoy this short sweet episode and get ready for three more SDCC breakdowns to follow!

It finally happened! Our podcast with Dave finally concludes with this humongous conclusion. If you aren't fully capable of catching up with Doctor Who, this podcast (without being too terribly spoilery) will get you all caught up! We talk about what's been happening in the show and behind the scenes, how the fans had handled it, and what other Doctor Who related adventures you can enjoy after the big reboot in the mid-2000s! It's our longest episode ever but hey, when you've got two (and sometimes three) weeks between each episode, why not?

HOLY CRAP WE MADE IT TO TWENTY EPISODES. I DON'T EVEN MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO TWENTY JUMPING JACKS! C.S. Lewis once said "When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." and he wrote The Chronicles of Narnia so he's pretty qualified. We all used to put our childish things away but came back. Now we put away our childish things because we're worried our nephews are gonna mess them up. Seriously. Kids are destructive. Also we have special guest Scooter on with this week and boy are we excited! He's got a slick collection of Lego Mini-figures that are available for viewing on our Instagram! Thanks for listening!

SPOILERS AHEAD! We saw another Star War! Because we live in a beautiful time where not only do we get a new Star Wars story every year but we also can set up a microphone and a laptop in my car and record an episode right after we see it! We briefly go over all that we loved in the new Star Wars film Solo: A Star Wars Story and touch on some of the easter eggs we noticed on our first viewing! Enjoy!

This week in Sneaky Geek, we got comic store owners, board game designers, professional artists, cosplayers, and comic slingers all here to tell you the ups and downs of their passions! Bryce and Bryan attended Wonder Con in Anaheim, California and interviewed people from all over the industry! So enjoy this two hour episode with laughter, tears, controversy, and even a little time travel! Special thanks to our guests: Dave Baker and Nicole Goux @xdavebakerx and @NGoux Brian Mosely and Kenny Carroll of Safe Haven Games @SafeHavenGames Glynnes Pruett of Comic Book Hideout @ComicBookHideout Dave Ziegler (FROM THE FUTURE)@MrDaveZiegler Blayne Poon @IndoFear and Kate @HelloIAmKate

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen Avengers: Infinity War then you have no business listening to this episode! We're spoiling everything! Go watch it! Don't listen! Go! If you have though, Cinematographer Logan Lirette joins us to weigh in on his thoughts both as a geek and a film buff. Also Bryce is sick so he sounds disgusting.

So you remember that time when we had a full schedule and everything was coming together for a great second half of our first season? And then remember that time that Bryce dropped his hard drive and lost all of his archives? Pepperidge Farm Remembers, but Bryce's hard drive doesn't. It doesn't remember anything. So here's where we're at and here's what you should know going forward!

A long time ago when we first started making this podcast we sat down with Dave and discussed Doctor Who. It went well and promptly got shelved. But now it's back! So we are here to get you entirely up to date on what has happened with the Doctor Who series. We got industry insights, we got outdustry outsights, we got wibblies and wobblies and timies and wimies. We have real words and fake words. From "extended hiatus" to "Whoboot." We got it all here for you in part one of our Christmas Spectacular! How is it Christmas related? It was supposed to be released two months ago!

Bryce and Dave sit down to expand on the Thor Ragnarok conversation some more by going deeper into the original lore that inspired the original comic stories that inspired the film. We expand on many of the characters within the film and some of their best stories in their many runs over the years. So sit back and soak up the wealth of knowledge Dave continually spews any time he starts talking comics. Also I apologize for this pun title. It's not my best.

My fellow geeks, Bryan and Bryce present to you the State of the Podcast address. It's a lot like The State of the Union address, and about as long once you take out the embellishments, the bragging, and the applause. Plus we call out one loyal listener and start our first giveaway!

SPOILER WARNING: THIS IS SO FULL OF SPOILERS. SO SO VERY FULL OF THEM. Sleepy and coming down off of their excitement from the film, Bryce and Bryan, joined by the lovely Florence Bullock (Known as Glitbiter in the synth world) sit down in Bryan's car and quickly give their thoughts as to The Last Jedi and how much they loved it.

In this spoiler free lead up, Bryan and Bryce discuss what books in the expanded Star Wars canon are most helpful in fully understanding The Last Jedi. Recorded before The Last Jedi's release date, there are a number of guesses you might find didn't quite turn out as they thought, but that's half the fun of predictions! Learn where to look to find more information about your favorite Star Wars characters!

In this quick little extension of our Justice League recap episode, Dave gives us some books to read up on so we can learn more about The Justice League and all of their members. SPOILER WARNING: There are plenty of spoilers here too! Don't be fooled by the short episode we pack in a lot more than you'd expect!