2011: The Year In Review

Chad, Charlie, Dylan, and John are joined by Doctor from the SSAA Podcast to talk about their experiences in 2011, including conventions, video games, books, and their side projects (including Anime Fans Give Back to Japan).

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Game Night: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Charlie, Dylan, John, and Liz spend some time with the latest installment in the classic fighting franchise.

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GMXv3 Wrap-Up and Interview with Con Chair Lucas

Charlie, Dylan, Jen, John, and Liz sit down to talk about their trip to Geek Media Expo volume 3… if they can stay on topic! Then, we talk to Lucas Leverett, con chair of MTAC and GMX, about running two conventions, the future of GMX, and MTAC’s upcoming move into the Nashville Convention Center.

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Just The Two Of Us

With Dylan absent, Charlie and John decide to do a brief re-cap of New York Comic-Con 2011, talk about Alton Brown’s “Fanifesto” and general rules for meeting celebrities, and talk about their upcoming appearance at Volume 3 of the Geek Media Expo.

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Interview with Holly Ray/AWA 2011 Roundup

After a brief hiatus, the podcast returns with Charlie, Jen, and John reliving their misadventures at Anime Weekend Atlanta. Then, Charlie and John sit down with the Vice President of MTAC, Holly Ray, to discuss the convention’s move to a new location and what it means for the future.

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Fantasy Football Draft 2011

Dylan, Geoffrey, and John talk about the upcoming football season and their fantasy teams.

Edit: Apologies to Joe Theisman. It was Joe Namath who hit on Suzy Kolber. A slip of the tongue on my part. -John

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Muppets Playing SNES Games on Smartphones

Chad, Charlie, Dylan, and John start out discussing the unceremonious death of the HP Touchpad. Then we talk about @ssaapodcast’s assertation that Bones is the reverse Gonzo (and we don’t mean the doctor from Star Trek, the weirdo Muppet, that Fox show, or journalism… although we do talk about Muppets later). In light of the 20th anniversary of the Super Nintendo, we talk about our favorite games from that generation. And to tie it all together, we discuss why ALF was a pedophile.

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Game Night: Mortal Kombat (2011)

In this video podkast, hijenks and konsonant replakement run rampant as Dylan, Geoffrey, and John share their early impressions on the reboot of the fighting game klassik.

(Warning: Mature Kontent, inkluding violenke, language, and partial nudity)

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Comic-Con 2011 News

Chad, Charlie, Dylan and John discuss the news from Comic-Con, including the DC Reboot protests, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Knights of Badassdom, Street Fighter X Tekken character announcements, exclusive con toys, and the upcoming Voltron game. We also discuss the next Anime Fans Give Back To Japan event (on August 13) and follow up our Eden of the East Anime Club podcast with our impressions of the full series.

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Anime Club: Eden of the East

Charlie, Dylan, Jen, John, and Liz watch the first 3 episodes of Eden of the East, and discuss their thoughts on the style, story, and unanswered mysteries of this series.

Eden of the East follows the story of Akira Takizawa, who wakes up in front of the White House naked and devoid of memories. With only a gun and a special cell phone that connects him to an organization known as the Seleção, he begins searching for answers, eventually dragging Saki, a tourist from Japan, into the game.

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