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Episode 82: Iron Man 3

Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin | 4 Comments

The summer blockbuster movie season has officially begun! Last week’s release of Iron Man 3 has already seen it reach the second highest opening take behind Avengers, but, as always, not everyone is impressed (such is the way of us geeks)! Join us this week as we discuss the movie, Robert Downey Jr., and all manner of geeky and Iron-y Man-y (yeah, it’s a thing) goodness. Charge up your Unibeam, polish up the Mark XLII Armor, and get ready for some holiday cheer as we talk Iron Man 3 on a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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

Tagged 4E, @d20Monkey, Aldrich Killian, Amazon Pilots, Avengers, Black Widow, Borderlands 2, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Captain America Winter Soldier, Channing Tatum, Corey Stoll, d20monkey webcomic, Dread, Dungeons & Dragons, Durex Funderwear, Far Cry 3, First Person Shooter, fx, Gaming, Geek, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guillermo Del Toro, Guy Pearce, Guys and Dolls, Hawkeye, HommeMystere, Horse Right Here, House Party Protocol, Hulk, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Iron Patriot, Jon Favreau, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joss Whedon, Kevin Durand, kickstarter, Lingerie for Men, Mark 42 Armor, Mark Ruffalo, Mark XLII Armor, MitC, Mjölnir, Monkey in the Cage, NASA, Neverwinter MMO, Open World Gaming, Pepper Potts, Podcast, Pop-Tart ice cream sandwiches, PTSD, R.A. Salvatore, Robert Downey Jr., Roleplaying Games, RPG, Shadowfell, Shane Black, Staples 3d printer, Table Top Roleplaying Games, Tesla-Coil, Thanos, The Forgotten Realms, The Ghost King, The Incredible Hulk, The Mandarin, The Strain, The Strain Trilogy, The Sundering, Thor, Thor The Dark World, Tony Stark, Traveller, Traveller 5, Unibeam, War Machine, Zombieland TV Show, Zombies

Episode 80 – What’s in Your Closet?

Posted on April 23, 2013 by admin | 3 Comments

If you’re a gamer and a geek, then undoubtedly you’ve amassed a grand collection of wondrous treasures, from boxes and books to cartridges and discs. While some of these items may be considered mundane or even relics of geek ages long past, we all know that it goes against our very nature to part with such great gifts of enjoyment, even if we’ve never taken the shrink wrap off yet! Join us this week as we delve into our geek closets and discuss games of all types – purchased, played, and otherwise. Clear off the table, charge up those controllers, and for God’s sake read some damn instructions as you prepare for a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Posted in Board Games, Books, Card Games, Comics, Food, Gaming, iDevice Games, Movies, Music, Podcast, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, Television, Video Games

Tagged 21 Jump Street, 5 Second Rule, 7 Wonders, Arkham Horror, Ascension, Battleship, Battleship Galaxies, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Blazing Saddles, Boba Fett, Cards Against Humanity, Castle Ravenloft, Catacombs, Chewbacca, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Congo, Cranium, Crossbows and Catapults, Cthulhu Fluxx, Cyberpunk, Dave Bautista, Deck Building Games, Defiance, Discworld, DJ Qualls, DnD, Dogs in The Vineyard, Drax the Destroyer, Dungeon Fighter, Dungeons & Dragons, elder sign, Face Off, Fiasco, Filibuster, Firefly, Flashpoint: Fire Rescue, Gamora, Graham Greene, Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, GURPS, H.G. Wells, Han Solo, Hero, Hiro Protagonist, Horse Punching, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Jaime Murray, James Gunn, Jenga, Jim Jefferies, John Hughes, Jules Verne, Julie Benz, Justified, Keith Baker, Killer Bunnies, Kittens in a Blender, Knock Your Block Off, l.a. noire, Legend of Drizzt, Legend of Zelda, Legit, Link to the Past Sequel, Loaded Questions, Locke and Key, Loki, Lords of Waterdeep, Mal, Mansions of Madness, Michael Crichton, Michael Rooker, Mongo, Mouse Guard, Munchkin, Neal Stephenson, Newcastle Football, Nine Inch Nails, Nintendo, Nintendo 3Ds, Nolan, Nuts, Ocarina of Time, One Direction, Parks and Rec, Patton Oswalt, Penny Arcade, Poo, Risk, RISK Legacy, Robotech, Rocket Raccoon, Scrabble, Shadowrun, Small World, Small World Underground, SNES, Snow Crash, Soccer Hooligans, Spycraft, Star Wars Episode VII, Star-Lord, Sting, Strategicon, Super Nintendo, SyFy, Terraform, Thanos, The Crow Remake, The Last Night on Earth, The Walking Dead, Thor, Ticket to Ride, Tok Tok Woodman, Tom Hiddleston, Tsuro, Tsuro of the Seas, Uno, WCW Wrestling, Weird Science Remake, Wild Talents, World of Darkness, Wrath of Ashardalon, Y.T., Yondu, Zoe Saldana, Zombicide

In Conflict Bound: Part 4 – Freedom and Explosions

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Matt | 2 Comments

Here it is, the epic finale to the Star Hero: In Conflict Bound saga! Will our heroes fight their way to freedom, or are they forever destined to by the Terran Empire’s puppets?!? We’ve reached the epic climax and conclusion, so onward into danger!

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Posted in Conventions, Gaming, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games

Tagged @JazzisBlues, Baldur, Conventions, Freyja, Gaming, GMing, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, Hela, HERO System, JiB, Loki, Norse Gods, Norse Mythology, OrcCon 2013, Player Characters, Role Playing Games, Role-Playing, RPG, Sci-fi, Science Fiction, Skaal, Space Combat, Spaceships, Star HERO, Strategicon, Table Top Games, Tabletop Gaming, Thor

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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Posted in Apps, Books, Comic Books, Conventions, Food, Gaming, iDevice Games, Movies, Music, Podcast, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, Television, Video Games

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

In Conflict Bound: Part 3 – Sibling Rivalry and Absolute Mayhem

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Matt | 2 Comments

So last week I detailed what constituted a game-plan as how the Norse God A.I. super-android spaceships were going to break their bonds, gain a little vengeance, and make their bid for freedom from the Terran Empire. IXB-Thor and IXA-Loki have set off into the space station in android bodies, IXA-Skaal is having an identity crisis, and IXI-Hella is actually the only one trying to go about things in a reasonable manner, so, on to the action!

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Tagged @JazzisBlues, Baldur, Freyja, GMing, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, Hela, HERO System, JiB, Loki, Norse Gods, Norse Mythology, OrcCon 2013, Player Characters, Role-Playing, RPG, Sci-fi, Science Fiction, Skaal, Space Combat, Spaceships, Star HERO, Strategicon, Tabletop Gaming, Thor

In Conflict Bound: Part 2 – Self-Awareness and a “Game-Plan?”

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Matt | 2 Comments

Last week, I introduced you to the characters of the Star Hero game run by JiB at OrcCon 2013, so this week I’ll delve right into the set-up and my plan for action. Be warned, this is as I (in character) remember it, so details may be either slightly inaccurate, or wildly hyperbolized. Truth be told, the most random things you read will undoubtedly be spot-on. Now, on with the adventure!

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Tagged @JazzisBlues, Baldur, Freyja, GMing, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, Hela, HERO System, JiB, Loki, Norse Gods, Norse Mythology, OrcCon 2013, Player Characters, Role-Playing, RPG, Sci-fi, Science Fiction, Skaal, Space Combat, Spaceships, Star HERO, Strategicon, Tabletop Gaming, Thor