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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 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

Episode 40 – Post San Diego Comic-Con 2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin | 1 Comment

Another Comic-Con has come and gone, and the Monkey in the Cage crew is WORN OUT! Even with back-up and thorough planning, tackling the awesomeness that descends on San Diego every year proved to be more challenging and rewarding than ever, and we weren’t even on the floor (legitimately)! Join us this week as we are once again joined by our favorite intern, Jared the Intern, and artist/illustrator extraordinaire Dennis Salvatier to recap all of our experiences outside of the convention center. Gas up the Batmobiles, throw back a couple of beers, and don’t let those zombies get you as we talk SDCC 2012 on a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Tagged assassin's creed III, Avengers vs. X-men, Batman, Batmobile, Borderlands 2, Captain America, Comic Books, Cryptozoic, Cryptozoic Entertainment, Cthulhu Fluxx, Cthulhu Gloom, DC Comics, DC Entertainment, Dennis Salvatier, Disneyland, Django Unchained, Eberron, Firefly, Gamers vs. Evil, Grant Imahara, Guardians of Middle-Earth, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Joss Whedon, Keith Baker, Mythbusters, Penny Arcade, Penny Arcade Game, Playstation, Quentin Tarantino, Resident Evil 6, Robert Kirkman, Salvatier Studios, San Diego, San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC 2012, Sony, Steampunk, Super Heroes, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Avengers 2, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit, The Mandarin, The RealmCast, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Escape, Thor The Dark World, Winter Soldier, Xbox, Zombies

Episode 39 – The Goonies

Posted on July 10, 2012 by admin | 3 Comments

HEY YOU GUYS!!!! This week it’s a blast to the past and a chance at redemption as we’re joined in the Goondocks by none other than our very own Jared the Intern, fresh off the plane from the middle of nowhere (aka Missouri). Join us as we discuss our geektastic viewing of the classic adventure film, The Goonies. Grab your Baby Ruth, set booby-traps for the Fratellis, and Truffle Shuffle your way to somewhere comfortable as you prepare to hear our thoughts on the search for One-Eyed Willie’s gold on a whole new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Tagged Activision, American Vampire, Andrew Garfield, Apple iPad, Ascension, Avengers, Bang! The Bullet, Bill Murray, Brian Michael Bendis, Bronies, Chronicle of the Godslayer, comiXology, Days of Wonder, Emma Stone, FPS, Fred Savage, gamerstable, Gaming, Gwen Stacey, iOS, J.J. Abrams, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Hughes, Just Cause 2, Labyrinth, Legend, Little Monsters, Marvel NOW, My Little Pony, Mysterio, Peter Parker, Playstation 3, Robert Jordan, Roleplaying, RPG, RPGs, Rube Goldberg, Rube Goldberg Machine, Sailor Moon, Sally Field, Scott Snyder, Settlers of Catan, Square Enix, Stan Lee, Star Wars, Super 8, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, The Lizard, The Lord of the Rings, The Neverending Story, The Walking Dead, The Wheel of Time, The World of Darkness, Ticket to Ride, Time Bandits, truffle shuffle, Uncanny Avengers, X-Men, Zombieland.

Episode 38 – Metagaming: Player vs. Character Knowledge

Posted on July 3, 2012 by admin | Leave a comment

Tabletop roleplaying games are all about stepping outside of yourself and wreaking havoc…er… having fun with your friends in fantastic and action packed ways. But what happens when the geek by day / PC by night saddles up to the gaming table brimming with real-world knowledge and challenges the game, or worse, the other players? Join us this week as we discuss the oft controversial and absolutely annoying facet of metagaming know as player vs. character knowledge. Butch up those acting skills, leave the day job in the car, and just live in the (Player Character) moment as you enjoy a brand new* episode of Monkey in the Cage!

*Now with super-awesome better sound quality! Yay for figuring out technology!

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Tagged 4th Edition, AD&D 2nd Edition, Arkham City, Assassin's Creed, assassin's creed 3, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Batman, Batman: Arkham City, Cards Against Humanity, Cryptozoic, Cryptozoic Entertainment, DC Comics, Duels of the Planeswalkers, Dungeons & Dragons, Harley's Revenge, i4E, Magic: The Gathering, Mouseguard RPG, Paizo, Paizo Publishing, Pathfinder, Pathfinder RPG, Penny Arcade, Player Character, Podcast, Roleplaying, RPG, RPGs, San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC, Spiderman, Squids: Wild West, Supernatural, Tabletop, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spiderman, The Death of Joker, The Joker, The World of Darkness, Tweet RPG

First Scene from The Amazing Spider-Man

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Karen | 5 Comments

The Amazing Spider-Man set to release July 3, 2012

When I first heard that they we doing a re-boot of the Spider-Man movies I, along with probably every other comic book movie fan, let out a groan. It just hadn’t been long enough to warrant a re-boot. Then I saw X-Men: First Class which I had similar feelings about and I was completely blown away. So I started rethinking my initial reaction.

After seeing the trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man I have to say that I think that this movie could turn out being really good. I enjoyed Andrew Garfield in The Social Network and I think Emma Stone is awesome, Easy A and Zombieland were both fantastic. So, naysayers be damned, I am going to be see this movie.

Below is a the first look at a clip from the movie. It’s short and doesn’t have any action in it but it does show Garfield’s portrayal of Peter Parker rather well. While I liked Tobey Maguire in The Cider House Rules and Brothers he was never my idea of who Spider-Man should be. From this scene and the trailers I can tell that Andrew Garfield will be playing a better Peter Parker/Spider-Man than Maguire. He’s better portraying how lovably hopeless Peter can be and he has that smart-mouthed bravado that the the webslinger is known for.

Do I lose “geek cred” for wanting to see this movie?

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Episode 65 – Best of 2012

Episode 44 – Current Addictions

Episode 40 – Post San Diego Comic-Con 2012

Episode 39 – The Goonies

Episode 38 – Metagaming: Player vs. Character Knowledge

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