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Episode 78 – NPC’s, Allies, and Adversaries

Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin | 1 Comment

NPCs; they are the lifeblood of any adventure, campaign, or gaming world. Sure, the story is created by the actions of the Player Characters, but without NPCs, who would the heroes turn to for help, sell all their (sometimes ill-gotten) treasures off too, or shiv prison-style in a back-alley for some easy XP? Join us this week as we jump back almost two decades to discuss some of the memorable NPCs – allies, adversaries, and otherwise – from our epic AD&D 2nd Edition campaign! Ready your fantasy cellphones, lock down that split-personality disorder, and for the sake of your family take out a life insurance policy as you prepare for an all new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Tagged 3rd Edition, @Sortageek, A Critical Moment of Awesome Podcast, AD&D 2nd Edition, Adversaries, Allies, Anaheim Convention Center, Arabel, Arrested Development, Battlefront, Boba Fett, Boomers, Braid, Chrono Trigger, Chun-Li, Crouching Tiger Hiding Dragon, Cthulhu, Cthylla, DnD, Downtown Disney, Drow Elves, Duck Tales Remastered, Dungeon Magazine, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, Epic Campaign, Fez, Fez-o-Rama, Finding Dory, Finding Nemo, Francis the OtherGuy, full throttle, Gaming, Geek, Geek-Love Radio Podcast, GMing, Harlem Shake, Indie Game: The Movie, Iritar "The Dark" of Calaunt, Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries, Isaiah Mustafa, J. August Richards, Joss Whedon, Kristin Kreuk, Lich, LucasArts, Mario, Mario Lopez, Meme, MitC, Monkey in the Cage, Myrmeen Lhal, Neti Pot, Nonplayer Character, NPC, NPC's, Old Spice, Player Characters, Player's Option, Playstation 3, Podcast, Priest of Lathander, Priestess of Lloth, Red Wizard of Thay, Regal Blue Tang, Rokugan, Roleplaying Games, RPGs, S.H.I.E.L.D., Shadowcloaks, Skullport, Smallville, Sri Lanka Tarantula, Star Wars, Star Wars 1313, Steel & Magic Adventuring Company, Strasus "The Bold" Thingolier, Super Mario, Super Meat Boy, Swedish Fish, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Terry Crews, The Forgotten Realms, The Night Parade, Vadering, Vikings Season 2, Waterdeep, WonderCon 2013, xbox 360, xbox Live

Episode 76 – Heroes: Part Deux

Posted on March 26, 2013 by admin | 2 Comments

So, way, way, WAY back in Episode 8, we here at To-Ag Studios talked Heroes and Villains. Seeing as the Monkeys still had their podcasting training wheels on, we approached two very broad and interesting topics with the reckless abandon of Hulk and Wolverine on a bender. So now, 68 weeks later, we have reconvened our Monkey council in order to once again discuss the hero figure and why we love them. Draw down your cowls, make some therapy appointments, and get your butt out of retirement as were headed for round 2 to discuss Heroes (NOT the show) on a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Tagged A&E, Albino Dragon, Anakin Skywalker, Avengers Arena, Avengers vs. X-men, Bates Motel, Batman, Bicycle Playing Cards, Bioshock, Brian Michael Bendis, Bruce Wayne, Bryan Fuller, Cal McDonald, Chicken and Waffles Chips, Clash of Clans, COD 3 Medics, Community, Criminal Macabre, Cthulhu, Cyberpunk, Cyclops, Daredevil, Dark Phoenix, Darth Vader, Duck Tales Remastered, Ed Gein, Emma Frost, Everyman Heo, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy Dimensions, Flawed Heroes, Freddy Highmore, Gabriel Byrne, Geek, Harvey Dent, Hellboy, Heroes, History Channel, House of M, Iron Man, Katniss Everdeen, kickstarter, Lays Do Us A Flavor, Luigi, Luke Cage, Magneto, Mario, Michael Hirst, MitC, Monkey in the Cage, Nestor Carbonell, Nintendo 3Ds, Norma Bates, Norman Bates, Obama as Satan, PAX East, Podcast, Pushing Daisies, Ragnar Lodbrok, Rob Thomas, Roleplaying Games, RPG Clerics, Savage Worlds, Sons of Anarchy, Square Enix, Star Wars, Steampunk, Superman, Temple Run 2, The Bible, The Clone Wars, The Harmless Hunter KillShot, The Tudors, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Thor, Thor: God of Thunder, Tony Stark, Uncanny X-Men, Veronica Mars, video games, Vikings, Wolverine, WonderCon 2013, Wonderfalls, X-23, X-Men, Zynga

Episode 61 – Gaming With Friends vs. Strangers

Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin | 4 Comments

Gaming as a hobby and the experiences it brings can swing from one end of the spectrum to the other. Be it tabletop RPGs, online gaming, or a good old-fashioned roundabout with a board game, there are always inherent pros and cons when it comes to living the gamer lifestyle (or life in general). We here at To-Ag Studios have been fortunate to have maintained a core gaming group, but what’s a solitary gamer to do when a local group isn’t available? Join us this week as we discuss the process of gaming with strangers and offer our insights on how both enjoy the positive experiences as well as survive the not so positive ones. So, pop those social anxiety pills, make sure your PING is decent, and definitely DON’T smell like cold-cuts and prepare yourself for a new episode of Monkey in the Cage.

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Tagged 'Murica, Alice in Wonderland, Basic Roleplaying System, Brad Pitt, Call of Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Chaosium Inc., Cookiebit, Counter-Strike, Cthulhu, Dennis Haysbert, Disney, Dungeons & Dragons 4E, EverQuest, Fiasco, gamerstable, Gaming, Gaming Conventions, Gaming Creativity, Geek, George Takei, Golden Spike, Guillermo Del Toro, Half-Life, Halfling Ranger, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, Helena Bonham Carter, HERO System, Hit Somebody, Jason Mewes, Johnny Depp, Journey, Kevin Smith, LARP, LARPing, Little Big Planet, Mage Knight, Master of the Mix, McDonalds, Mia Wasikowska, Miskatonic University Podcast, MitC, MMORPG, Momentum Machines, Monkey in the Cage, Moon Flights, Mountains of Madness, Musical, Netflix, Pan's Labyrinth, Pathfinder RPG, Paul Williams, Penn Jillette, Penn's Sunday School Podcast, Pizza Hut Perfume, Playstation 3, PlayStation Home, Podcast, President Palmer, Realms of Cthulhu, Red Wasp Design, Riding Dog, Rosario Dawson, RPG, Sandbox Campaigns, Savage Worlds, Scott Snyder, Sin City, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Soap Opera LARP, Space Tourism, Strategicon, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Sing Off, The Unit, Tim Burton, Traveller, Urban Ranger, video games, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Episode 48 – How Entertainment Influences Itself

Posted on September 11, 2012 by admin | 4 Comments

Do you ever find yourself watching a movie, reading a book, or playing a game and thinking to yourself, “This has happened before”? Of course, we all have? But, this form of entertainment deja vu isn’t because you’ve decided to re-watch, re-read, or re-play. Join us this week as we discuss the phenomenon of entertainment influencing itself, for better or for worse. From classic literature to classless television, it seems there are no bounds. Dust off that tome of Shakespeare, spike up that blow-out, and whatever you, don’t feed the Honey Boo Boo as you settle in for a certified original episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Acthung! Cthulhu, Adventure is Waiting, Amazon, Anne Rice, Battleship, Battleship Movie, Bethesda, Blow-outs, Brian Michael Bendis, Call of Cthulhu, Charles Dickens, Clint Eastwood, Cloud CIty, Clubber Lang, Clue, Clue the Movie, Cockroach Rights, Commander Shepard, Cthulhu, DC New 52, Deaf Robots, Dishonored, Disney Cartoons, double fine, doublefine, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, E.T., Electronic Arts, Emo Vampire, Emo Vampires, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Eye of the Tiger, Falling Skies, Fantasy Flight Games, Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones Board Game, George Lucas, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Guidos, H.P. Lovecraft, Hamlet, Henry David Thoreau, Honey Boo Boo, Jersey Shore, Jumanji, kickstarter, lens flare, Liam Neeson's Penis, Lord of the Rings by Fantasy Flight Games, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect 3 Ending, Michael Bay, Modiphius, Monomyth, Monopoly Movie, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Mr. T, Mutant Chinese Worm, Nazi's, Nostradamus, Numenera, Ouija Board, Ouija The Movie, Penis Snake, Playstation 3, PS3, R.A. Salvatore, Reaper Minis, Richard Wagner, Risk Boardgame Movie, Rocky, Rocky III, Savage Worlds, Savage Worlds RPG, Shakespeare, Skyrim, Skyrim DLC, Skyrim DLC Delay, Smallville, Sons of Anarchy, Spider People, Spiderman, Star Wars, Stephanie Meyers, Survivor, Sylvester Stallone, Terry Brooks, The Amazing Spiderman, The Black Bear Casino, The CW, The Death of Chewbacca, The Hero With A Thousand Faces, The Hero's Journey, The Many Deaths of Uncle Ben, The OC, The Reapers, The Republican National Convention, The Ring of the Nibelung, The RNC, The Vampire Diaries, Thematic Overload, Toddlers and Tiaras, Twilight, Ultimate Spiderman, Uncle Ben Dies, Vampires, Vector Prime, Wagner, Walden: The Video Game, Wild Talents, Wild Talents RPG, William Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman Origin Story, World of Warcraft, World's Largest Bacon Burger, Worst Case Scenario Game, Zathura, ZeniMax

Changing it Up – My Switch to a Different System

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Matt | 4 Comments

I have long touted myself as a devout d20 system player, and never for the life of me could I imagine straying away from the rule-set when it comes to running a game. Sure, I’m completely open to trying new systems out as a Player, but as a GM, it might be safe to assume that sticking with the rule-set you know best is likely to garner the most success when it comes to running a campaign. Well, boys and girls, in my quasi-masochistic journey of redefining myself as a GM and Gamer in general, I have decided to break ties with the d20 system I know and love and venture into rules of a more “savage” variety…

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Posted in Gaming, Inspiration, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, The Creative Process

Tagged Actual Play Podcast, Alternate History, Cthulhu, Cthulhu RPG, d20, d20 system, gamerstable, Gaming, Gaming Systems, GenCOn 2012, Generic Gaming Systems, GMing, GMing Advice, Mouse Guard, Players, Role Playing Games, Role-Playing, Roleplaying Games, Rolling Dice, RPG, RPGs, Rule Systems, Rule-sets, Rules, Savage Worlds, Steampunk, Steampunk Cthulhu, Storytelling, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Victorian, Victorian England, Victoriana, Victoriana 3rd Edition, Weird War II, World of Darkness

Episode 35 – Geek Sub-Cultures

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin | 7 Comments

Geeks, Nerds, Dorks, and Dweebs of the world, unite! Too long have we stood in the shadows of the Jocks and Norm-ies! Too often have the “Popular” cast us aside! Now is our time to look beyond our differences and show the world what we’re made of! Join us this week as we discuss the many layers of Geek subculture. We peel back the skin of the Funyun and look at the subcultures within the subculture, from Gamers and Cosplayers to Trekkies and Furries. So, make sure your Battlebot is charged up, strap on your foam sword, and get your character sheets in order because it’s about to get meta up in here on a whole new episode of Monkey in the Cage… Oh, and roll initiative!

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Tagged 30 Days of Night, Ace of Dice, AD&D, Anime, Archer, assassin's creed 3, Assassin's Creed Vita, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Battle of The Nations, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cosplay, Cosplayers, Counter-Strike, Cthulhu, Darkon, Destiny Beginner RPG, Destiny RPG, Dr. Who, Dune, Dungeons & Dragons, Edgar Rice Burroughs, End of Life Care Machine, Gamer Girls, Gamers, Geek, Geek Girl Con, God-king RPG, Gotham by Gaslight, Han Solo, kickstarter, LARP, LARPing, Live Action Roleplay, Manga, Mass Effect 2, MitC, MMA, MMORPG, Monkey in the Cage, Monster Camp, Mouse Guard, movies, Nerd, NHL, Office Space, Pirate Fluxx, Podcast, Princess Leia, R2-D2, Role Models, Samurai RPG, Sci-fi, Science Fiction, Skyrim, Star Trek, Star Wars, Steampunk, Steampunk Stormtrooper, Subcultures, Supernatural, Telekinesis, The Patriot, UFC, Undercover Monsters, Vampires, video games, Weird Al Yankovich, World of Warcraft, Zapped