Totally Sort Of

We’re back and it’s time we filled you in on everything we have been doing for the last 10 months. Hell no it isn’t! Endgame is in theatres and we have both seen it so it’s time for a full and thorough chat about everything we loved immensely and even some things we loved slightly less. This episode is full of SPOILERS! Basically from beginning to end so if you haven’t seen Avengers : Endgame yet and you don’t want it spoiled you should avoid this episode like the plague, where seeing the movie is like the cure and you should come back with said cure after you have seen it. Anyways, see Endgame then come back and hear what we thought. Leave us a comment and tell us what you think. What did you like? What did we get wrong? Only the comments can tell...

It’s almost time for summer vacation, but before we go, we’re going to take a look back at all the geeky goodness we’ve covered over the last 6 months. That’s right, it’s a season finale! We’ll update our opinions on some of our favourite (and least favourite) series, movies and games from our first nineteen episodes. We run the gamut from podcasts to movies to card games to soundtracks we’ve discovered (or abandoned) through the show. Because we couldn’t leave without some new stuff, we dissect season 2 and the finale of Legion. And in our final take-home top 3, Chris talks about some of his earliest and favourite comics. Have an awesome summer - we’ll be back soon with Season Two! ----more----  Listener feedback form here! We want to know what you thought of season one. Take this short survey and give us your opinions - good or bad!   Thanks to K’Bana Blaq for permission to use the song Punk in our intro. Legion Season 2 Finale The Incredibles 2 Shux 2018 The best comic book, ever. Period. 

This week we return to the vaults for our last “unreleased” episode, and there’s a lot in here!  We compare notes on the premier of Black Lightning and Darren dishes the lowdown on a variety of Marvel TV shows including Runaways and The Gifted. Boardgame coverage includes Bargain Quest and the “Cthulhu” flavour of the classic Pandemic which launches Chris on a tangent about the author H.P. Lovecraft. Plus, this episode marked our very first stab at a Take-home Top Three, and we look at great TV shows that either ended too soon or went on too long. This raises the question... which category would this episode fall under?   ----more---- Henry Rollins Black Lightning Runaways Maximum Apocalypse Bargain Quest HP Lovecraft & Racism Carnivale

Chris has been keeping up with Season 2 Of Legion, but Darren has not. Darren’s caught up on Westworld season 2 but Chris isn’t. We give each other (and you) a spoiler-free review of these two great shows. Meanwhile, Darren binge watched the second half of Agents of Shield season 5 on the promise of a great crossover with Agengers : Infinity War - find out if he was delighted or disappointed. Chris played the card-drafting game Treasure Hunter, we run down the Geek News of the week, and the Take Home Top 3 has us both reminiscing about the days when we played with toys (or at least when it was more socially acceptable for us to be playing with toys). Thanks to K’Bana Blaq for permission to use the song Punk in our intro.----more---- Westworld Legion Agents of Shield Treasure Hunter Game of Thrones : Prequel Series A Second Joker Stand Alone Movie? Kingsman and Kick-Ass : An Extended Universe Kevin Smith Writing Hit Girl Arc Vans X Marvel Cloak and Dagger (Showcase doesn’t have a link yet) Bulletman Smash Up Derby Star Wars :Death Star Playset (Barbie’s Dream House for Geeks)  

It’s a bit of an eclectic mix this week! Darren reports on his highlights from the recent Toronto music festival Field Trip. We both get a little moony-eyed for Saga, the long-running and still excellent sci-fi comic series by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan. We’ve each seen a movie about not-quite dead people and talk about the drastically different flicks Cargo and Coco. Then I hand in my top-three assignment and name three of my all-time favourite animated movies. Whether they’re really meant for kids or not, these are some excellent films!  Thanks to K’Bana Blaq for permission to use the song Punk in our intro.  ----more----  Field Trip Saga Cargo Coco Kubo and the Two-String Fantastic Mr. Fox Wall-E

This Time it’s Darren coming back from his vacation in Italy with stories of Food and Art.  He also spent his vacation catching up on the USA Network show Colony. Chris killed time while he was gone watching Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and playing the hybrid card and board game Ex Libris.  Solo : A Star Wars Story is in theatres and Chris and Darren have both seen it - spoiler alert - this is a full on review. Finally, in our take home top three Darren has a confession to make about his feelings for Musicals while discussing the top three that made an impression on him..   Thanks to K'Bana Blaq for permission to use Punk as our theme song.    ----more---- Hunter and Co. Italia -Sandro Botticelli : Birth of Venus Colony King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Ex Libris Jesus Christ Superstar Hedwig and the Angry Inch Evil Dead The Musical  

Flashback time again! This time Darren is off on vaction so we're pulling another "unreleased" practice episode from the TSO vault.   We cover a lot of ground in this one, touching on a trio of TV shows (The Orvillle, The End of the F@#%ing World, and Black Mirror) and a trio of games (Otrio, Gloomhaven and Halcyon 6). Plus, Darren goes on a tear about the ultra-violoent Brawl in cell Block 99. A note on audio: We didn't yet have much in the way of music at this point but we had at least improved our basic vocal recording technique. Still, it's a bit rough in places so thanks for indulging us in this "cheat" episode. ----more---- Thanks to K'Bana Blaq for permission to use Punk in our intro. The Orvillle End of the F***ing World Black Mirror Brawl in Cell Block 99 Otrio Gloomhaven Halcyon 6        

This week we look up (waaaay up) at Andre the Giant in the new biopic from HBO. Darren dabbles with Revisionist History (the podcast) and has some probing questions and theories about what Infinity War will mean for future Marvel movies. We look at a couple of newish games: the mobile quickie Meteorfall, and the grim followup to This War of Mine that is Frostpunk. Finally, we lighten up with memories of  some favorite Arcade games of the eighties.   Thanks to K'Bana Blaq for use of his song Punk as our intro. ----more---- Fun Home, the Musical Andre the Giant Frostpunk Meteorfall Revisionist History    

Chris is back from Portugal and has some food discoveries to talk about. Meanwhile, Darren went into seclusion to read The Order of Nature. We both saw Avengers : Infinity War so a spoiler laden review seems in order. Finally, Chris connived through his Take Home Top Three assignment to get Darren to watch The IT Crowd and he has three of his favorite episodes to discuss.----more---- K’Bana Blaq Portugese Duck Rice The Order Of Nature by Josh Scheinert Avengers : Infinity War The IT Crowd American Remake - Third Attempt  

Take a trip back in time with us to the first ever recorded but previously unreleased episode of the Totally Sort of Podcast.  Chris is still away so Darren dug this gem out of the vault. As far as gems go it is pretty unpolished - hear the slight hum of the poor sound quality, the creaking of Chris’s chair, Darren rubbing his hands together way too close to the mic and other signs of two guys with microphones taking their first leap into the wonderful world of podcasting.  Or, if you don’t want to cringe along with us, come back next week when we will be back to new episodes which hopefully evidence some modicum of improvement from this early recording.----more---- Thanks to K’Bana Blaq for allowing us to us his song Punk as our Intro Song. All the guitar interludes were done by our good friend Dan McKenna and you should go buy, download or stream his debut album Willow Tree right now from iTunes, Spotify or Google Play. Someday we hope to find time to take him up on his generous offer to create a custom musical theme for the podcast. Looking Glass Escape Rooms The Toys That Made Us Agents of Shield Disney Acquiring Fox’s Film and Television Division The Shape of Water Star Realms Halcyon Six Fallout Four Witcher Three Lords of Waterdeep Zombicide Dead of Winter Massive Darkness Unstable Unicorns No Such Thing as a Fish Under the Influence The Dark Crystal  

Chris is away on vacation but never fear, we still have a podcast for you.  No new consumables, but we finally wrap up the Tournament of Fools. Who will emerge as our Ultimate Champions? Listen to find out. ----more---- The Fandom website is a great place to look if you want more information on any of the shows or characters in the Tournament of Fools   Darren mentions the availability of Chevy Chase’s phone message to Dan Harmon but all links to the actual audio seem to have been removed (perhaps someone has better search-fu than us). Here are links to two articles with the text to the voicemails.    Call One Call Two  

This week the lads are talking B-Ball and Nashville, hopping bodies back into the Netflix show Altered Carbon, and taking some shots at Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Darren thinks the Rat Queens is really worth catching, and Chris has some advice on getting your friends hooked on board games. As always, thanks to K’Bana Blaq for permission to use Punk as our theme song. ----more----   Harlem Globetrotters   Altered Carbon   Justice League (2017)   Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass and Sorcery   Ticket to Ride   Pandemic - Z-Man Games   Dice Forge

Chris and Darren have both seen all of Jessica Jones season 2 so it must be time for a review - a spoiler filled one so be warned. Darren talks about the reissue of the 1994 Spiel des Jahres winning board game Manhattan. We get through the second half of round one of the Tournament of Fools and Darren gives his top 3 Gateway Comics. Once you’ve had a taste it will leave you wanting more! Our Intro Song is Punk and is used by permission of the artist K’Bana Blaq Lan Restaurant Jessica Jones Manhattan Tournament of Fools - link to come Maus Garbage Pail Kids Pretty Deadly God Loves, Man Kills God Loves, Man Kills: the creators of the legendary X-Men story reflect on its 35-year legacy  

This week on the podcast there’s a lot of nostalgia because Roseanne is back on TV, Ready Player One is in Theatres and Chris’s Take Home Top 3 assignment is all about Sequels, Prequels and Reboots. Chris goes even further back in time to talk about the 168 year old mystery of the loss of the HMS Terror on their ill-fated Arctic Expedition in AMC’s aptly titled, The Terror,  while Darren goes interstellar and back to the time of Superman’s grandfather to talk about how he was sold on SiFi’s Krypton. Our new Bracket Challenge segment has a lot of old and new tv sitcoms as we do a Tournament of Fools to discover who is the ultimate sitcom oddball. ----more----   Our intro song is Punk and is used by permission from the artist K'Bana Blaq.   Dickson Bonfield - Low Dickson Bonfield - Black River Killer (Blitzen Trapper Cover) Roseanne Ready Player One The Terror Krypton Tournament of Fools - link to come Batman Returns War of the Worlds Sherlock  

On this episode, Darren and Chris catch up on some not-so-new releases - Bright and It. Chris got to play Mythic Battles: Pantheon and Darren fills us in on the comic series East of West and his favorite uses of music from movies and TV.    ----more---- NCAA Basketball Writing Excuses Podcast IT (2017 version) Bright Mythic Battles: Pantheon East of West   John Williams - Star Wars Scores Main (Title) Theme Force Theme (Binary Sunset) Darth Vader’s Theme (The Imperial March)   My So-called Life High Fidelity

Darren gets all serious about Snakes and Lattes while Chis completes an epic board game. A family movie from a classic novel and a unique horror film were watched. Darren returns to Wakanda and the Song Exploder podcast, but is it really just an excuse to poke Chris again because their Black Panther score is now Darren - 3, Chris - 0? Chris has been reading this week, specifically Joe Abercrombie’s latest short story collection Sharp Ends. We have an update on some comic book movie news, and some classic comedy gold from Late Night with David Letterman ends it off in the Take Home Top Three. Thanks to K’Bana Blaq for our theme song, Punk.----more---- Pandemic Legacy Drama at Snakes and Lattes A Wrinkle In Time The Ritual Black Panther Original Musical Score Song Exploder Episode 131 : Black Panther Joe Abercrombie : Sharp Ends   Ava Duvernay : New Gods Flunky the Clown The Regulator Guy Dropping Things from a Five-Storey Tower Rupert and Dave annoy people

Because Infinity is too big to fit into a regular episode, here's our first mini-episode! Or is that a baby episode? A teaser episode? Darren and Chris talk Infinity War and the return of Legion.

Our intrepid duo catch up on a lot of comic book movies and TV, with one notable omission. Check out our thoughts on the return of Jessica Jones and The Tick. Darren unveils the unlikely setting of the Crime Town podcast, while repeatedly mixing up the city of Providence and the state of Rhode Island, and Chris advises whether or not The Walking Dead is actually worth catching up on at this point. The Take-Home Top 3 has us reminiscing about City of Heroes and other major time-sinks. Hey… that could be a superhero name: Major Timesink! ----more---- Our intro song is Punk and is used by permission from the artist K'Bana Blaq.     Small town theatres 10 Games 10 Times Challenge The Tick Jessica Jones Jesssica Jones Episode Covers Black Panther Taste of the Past Crimetown Walking Dead Update City of Heroes Diablo Dark Souls

How much is too much? Chris thinks Dark earned its Grimm Preis. Darren bemoans when simple games (like Tsuro) get too big for their britches, and Chris drools over the bloated behemoth that is the new Batman game on Kickstarter. Zombies in video games are a dime a dozen, but what if They are Billions? Our first attempt at a “rapid fire” segment goes into bullet time, and the take home top three takes us from PBS broadcasts to VHS tapes. ----more---- Thanks, as always to K’Bana Blaq for use of his song Punk in our intro. Project Play Come From Away Jerusalem Dark Tsuro of the Seas Batman: Gotham City Chronicles They Are Billions Star Trek: TNG Doctor Who Battlestar Galactica Totally spontaneous twitter banter about Infinity War

It's a bit of a comic-themed week! Darren catches us up on Legends of Tommorow, Arrow, and Supergirl and a great podcast about vintage comic book ads. Chris has a dim view of the new iOS game Starman, but gushes over Blade of the Immortal. Together we take a closer look at Cyclops' Visor, and Darren fills you in on the the best movies yet-to-be-made. ----more---- As always, thanks to K’Bana Blaq for permission to use his awesome song Punk in our intro. Deer Tick Axe Throwing The CW Network  Legion Flight Rings  Blade of the Immortal  Unstable Unicorns  Starman  Under The Influence  Cyclops  The Kingkiller Chronicles  Elektra: Assassin  The Change  

Join us this week as Chris skims the surface of two new Netflix shows, Dark and Altered Carbon, Darren gives a mostly spoiler free review of Black Panther and we find out if the RPG character creating game Roll Player is as fun as it was with pencil and paper. Three podcasts have been in our ear-holes this week, Song Exploder, Endless Thread,  and the Futility Closet - you will believe in bat bombs. Darren falls down a rabbit-hole of information about Overwatch League and Chris fails to guess Darren’s hidden agenda in the Take Home Top Three but leaves you with some creepy movies to check out. ----more----As always, thanks to K’Bana Blaq for permission to use his awesome song Punk in our intro. King Charles III London Family Game Day Dark Altered Carbon Black Panther Roll Player Song Exploder Endless Thread Futility Closet Wired article on Overwatch League Xtro Poltergeist Signs  The Blair Witch Project

Join us as we run through Amazon's The Tick and My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, introduce you to Stuffed Fables and Hardback. Chris nominates The Cloverfield Paradox for a dubious honour and Darren ruminates on some less-than-stellar comic book movies. ----more----As always, thanks to K’Bana Blaq for permission to use his awesome song Punk in our intro. Smuggler’s Notch History The Breadalbane Inn Home The Tick Stuffed Fables Hardback My Next Guest Needs No Introduction The Cloverfield Paradox Gifted by Joss Whedon X-Men #137