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Episode 74 – TV Character Deaths

Posted on March 12, 2013 by admin | 3 Comments

It seems like not that long ago, the characters on our favorite TV shows were untouchable. Sure, most have been far from infallible, some not even remotely likable, but they definitely seemed to be somewhat immortal. Then, one day, writers go this great idea that killing important characters in dramatic fashion wasn’t just good entertainment, but good story-telling, so the fans could cray all they wanted, because, you know… ratings! Join us this week as we discuss some (but definitely not all) of the TV show character deaths that have made a lasting impact on us, the viewers. Grab you box of tissues, play some sad background music, and maybe even get some confetti poppers ready as we talk TV character deaths on a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Posted in Books, Comic Books, Gaming, Movies, Podcast, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, Television, Video Games

Tagged A Mile in My Moccasins, Animation, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Bicycle Playing Cards, Bobby SInger, Bruce Willis, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Burn Notice, Chevy Chase, Community, Cordelia Chase, Cthulhu Steampunk, Dan Conner Heart Attack, Dead Space 3, Death of Maude Flanders, Downton Abbey, Doyle, Elizabeth, Emperor Palpatine, Fiona, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Gabrielle Anwar, Game of Thrones, Gaming, GenCon 2013, Ghim the Dwarf, Glee, Hobby-Con 2014, Ian Somerhalder, In the Arms of an Angel, inXile, Jack Shepherd, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Jessi Spano, Jim Beaver, John Winchester, Justified, kickstarter, King of the Nerds, Knights of Badassdom, Logan, LOST, Lydia Adams, Matthew Crawley, Milk Smashing, Monte Cook, Nate Moretta, Ned Stark, Netflix, Numenera, Opie, Paperman, pc gaming, PETA, Peter Dinklage, Peter Parker, Pierce Hawthorne, Piney, Planescape: Torment, R. Kelly Ignition Remix, Red Dead Redemption, Regina King, Rick Grimes, Roseanne, RPG, Sammy Bryant, Sarah McLachlan, Saved By the Bell, Sea Shepherd, Sean Bean, Showgirls, Sons of Anarchy, Southland, Spider-Man, Storytelling, Stupid Tattoos, Summer Glau, Supernatural, Table Top Roleplaying Games, Taco Bell, Tara, The Record of Lodoss War, The Rock, The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead, The Wiggles, Tiffani Thiessen, Torment: Tides of Numemera, TV Character Show Deaths, Unicorn City, video games, Warlocks of the Beach, Wasteland 2, Wesley Wyndham Pryce, White Collar, Willow, Wizards of the Coast, Wolverine, Wolverine Weapon X: Adamantium Men, WOTC, Wreck-it-Ralph

Episode 65 – Best of 2012

Posted on January 8, 2013 by admin | 2 Comments

Are you exhausted? Because we sure are! 2012 turned out be a geek’s best friend and it didn’t matter what your nerdgasm of choice was, either! Be it movies, gaming, television, comics, or whatever else, 2012 surely did deliver… and there are absolutely no signs that 2013 is going to do any less. Hell, it’s probably going to do more! Join us this week as we gather around the mics and discuss what “got our geek” the most in the past year. Prioritize your superheroes, stock up on convention passes, and be sure to try out a bit of the meatloaf as you settle in for a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Tagged 3D Printing, 7 Wonders, Amanda Seyfried, American Horror Story, Anne Hatheway, Arrested Development, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Court of Owls, Best of 2012, blaxploitation, board games, Books, Brave, Bristol Stool Chart, Channing Tatum, Christoph Waltz, Chronicle, Comic Books, Cryptozoic, Death Troopers, Denny's Hobbit Menu, Disney, Django Unchained, Edge of the Empire, Ermahgerd, Fantasy Flight, Flash Point: Fire Rescue, Game of Thrones, Gateway 2012, Geek, Ginuwine, Grumpy Cat, Hugh Jackman, Jaime Foxx, Jaime McDonald, Jeopardy, Joe Manganiello, Leonardo DiCaprio, Les Miserables, Looper, Lucasfilm, Magic Mike, Marvel: Civil War, Matthew McConaughey, MitC, Monkey in the Cage, movies, My Pony, Ninja Warrior, Podcast, Punch Quest, Quentin Tarantino, Red Dead Redemption, Russell Crowe, Sharp Objects, Sith Lord, Sniper Elite V2, Spider-man 700, Spike Lee, Squids, Star Wars, Steven Soderbergh, Television, Television Shows, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dresden Files, The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Escape, Ticket to Ride, Timbaland, Uncharted 3, Wipe Out, WonderCon

Episode 51 – Uncaged 4 – Back 2 Tha Hood

Posted on October 2, 2012 by admin | 2 Comments

That’s right boyz and gurlz! We’re keeping it real and bringing fro the hard hitting suburban streets of So Cal for this week’s pimptastic episode… or something… Join us this week as we bring you another “Uncaged” episode where we get wild and crazy and go top(ic)less for a full hour, just for you! We’ve got a little bit of everything for your geeky sensibilities, so lock and load, expect the unexpected, and definitely get ready for some brain frying craziness on a whole new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Posted in Apps, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Contests, Gaming, iDevice Games, In-Joke Explainations, Movies, Podcast, Pop-Culture, Ramblings, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, Television, Video Games

Tagged A Knight's Tale, Annie, Bacon Apocalypse, Bill Posley, Billy Connolly, Bioshock, Bioshock Inifinite, Boondock Saints, Borderlands 2, Bruce Willis, Calisi, Claptrap, Dain Ironfoot, Ernest Cline, Ethan Hawke, First Person Shooter, Game of Thrones, Gearbox Software, Geek, Geek Podcast, Guillermo Del Toro, Hollywood Babble On, iOS6, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Smith, Khaleesi, Looper, Mama, MitC, Monkey in the Cage, NBC, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Podcast, Psycho Midgets, Ralph Garman, Ready Player One, Reign of Fire, Savage Worlds, Short Change Hero, Shotgun Midgets, Sinister, Skynet, Stan Lee, Sundered Skies, Survivor: One World, Tesla, The Forgotten Realms, The Governor, The Heavy, The History Channel, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Sharks and Jets, The Strain, The Walking Dead, The Zombie Apocalypse, Thomas Edison, TV, TV Shows, Warehouse 13, West Side Story, Zombies, Da Vinci Demons

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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Posted in Board Games, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Food, Gaming, Inspiration, Movies, Podcast, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, Television, The Creative Process, Uncategorized, Video Games

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

Episode 47 – Building a Gaming Community

Posted on September 4, 2012 by admin | 8 Comments

What’s better than breaking out a board game, rolling up some characters, or snatching up some controllers with your closest friends? Okay, maybe a lot of things, but in terms of gaming and having fun, nothing! However, those of us with established groups can often take that reality for granted, so what’s an isolated gamer to do to help plant the gaming seed and make that community grow? Join us this week as we tackle listener @AllenStucker’s question and offer an insiders-looking-out perspective on how to help a fledgling gaming community grow. Make nice-nice with the locals, gather up your games, and put on your extrovert pants as we talk gaming communities on a whole new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Posted in Apps, Board Games, Conventions, Gaming, iDevice Games, Jared the Intern, Kevin Smith, Movies, Podcast, Pop-Culture, R. Backstrom, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, Television, Video Games

Tagged Alternative Press Expo, Being Elmo, Building a Gaming Community, Call of Duty, Clash of the Titans, Comicon, Conan, D&D, DnD, DragonCon, Dungeons & Dragons, Game of Thrones, Gaming Conventions, Gateway 2012, God of War Movie, GURPS, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, HERO System, iOS Games, Jim Henson, Kratos, Mage Knight, Michael Fassbender, Michael Jai White, Monkey in the Cage, Obsidian Portal, PAX, PAX Prime, Pen and Paper, Playstation, Playstation 3, Podcast, Rock Band, Savage Worlds, Sesame Street, Skyrim, Sparta, Square Enix, Storytelling, Strategicon, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Forgotten Realms, The Golden Lasso, The Kraken, The Lord of the Rings, Total Recall, Wild Talents RPG, WonderCon 2012, WorldCon, Wrath of the Titans

Episode 44 – Current Addictions

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin | 1 Comment

We’ve all been there. Breaking into cold sweats in the middle of the night with cravings. You can’t sleep, you can’t eat, your family keeps asking why you’re acting so differently. You know they just won’t understand, because deep down, you know you need just one more hit… one more bump to keep you going until the next one… just one more.. GOOD TIME WITH YOUR GEEKINESS!!! Join us this week as we discuss our current geeky obsessions. If you’ve been listening, you’ll know that it can be almost anything. Hit the ATM, bring a whole bunch of patience, and kiss the heat wave goodbye as we discuss what’s got us all hot to trot on a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Tagged 2012 Olympics, 50 Shades of Gray, Arrested Development, Avengers 2, Bat Boy, Batman, Captain America, Carcassonne, Comic Books, Comic-Con, comics, David Duchovney, Doom on the Atlantic, Game Mastering, Game Night, Game of Thrones, gamerstable, Gateway 2012, Gen Con 2012, GenCOn 2012, George R. R. Martin, GURPS, HERO System, How I Met Your Mother, Infiltration, Jonny Nexus, Justice League of America, King of Tokyo, Kung-Fu Panda, Loch Ness Monster, LOST, Mage Knight, Mansions of Madness, Mouse Guard, Numenera, Numenera RPG, Red Dawn, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Roleplaying Games, RPG, Savage Worlds, Scott Pilgrim, SDCC, Shadowrun, Sith, Song of Fire and Ice, Strategicon, Supernatural, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Doom That Came to Atlantic City, The World of Darkness, Tsuro of the Seas, Twilight Struggle, Twilight Struggles, Victoriana, video games, Winter Soldier, X-Files, Zombicide