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Episode 25 – Lover of the Light
Episode 25 – Lover of the Light This week we’re talking about Mumford & Sons’ latest album Babel. We discuss the music, what it means to be a Christian band or not, and whether we can classify...
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Episode 26 – Totally Bogus
Episode 26 – Totally Bogus This week we’re all a bit run down due to final papers and finals. So we discuss the rousing topic of Death! We bring up touchstones of modern pop culture like The...
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Crossed Wires Review: Steve Jackson’s Sorcery!
Title: Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! Developer: Inkle Score: 7/10 Time Played: Approximately 40 minutes We Did Received a Review Copy of this game. Listen to our first audio review of a game here on the...
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Episode 27 – House of Cards
Episode 27 – House of Cards This week we discuss the Netflix Original series House of Cards, and promptly forget everyone’s name. This is a spoiler filled podcast and the second to last of the season,...
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Episode 28 – Covenants
Episode 28 – Covenants This week we discuss covenants, fittingness, and try to keep Rebecca from spoiling the season ending of Doctor Who for everyone. It’s the last episode of season two, and the...
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Mama – Less Would Be More
One of the scarier trailers I’ve seen in the past year belongs to director Andrés Muschietti’s film Mama, which came out in theaters on January 18. The trailer leaves an incredible amount to the...
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Missing the Man of Steel
I have a strange relationship with the Man of Tomorrow. I love the idea of Superman; the symbol that he can sometimes be. I have Superman floor mats in my car, and regularly wear a Superman shirt...
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Crossed Wires Review: Scurvy Scallywags!
Listen to our first audio review of a game here on the second episode of Crossed Wires: Our review of Scurvy Scallywags! Title: Scurvy Scallywags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty...
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That I Should not Be Alone: Considering The Last of Us
The much derided medium of the video game has often lived down to its critics’ unfavorable judgments. Yet, as well with great consistency, game creators deliver to us stories and experiences that...
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Templar: Adding to the Myth
We get a lot of requests to review things that seem to have something, anything to do with religion. It is rare that one of them jumps out as actually relevant to what we do here. But it was with...
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Crossed Wires Review: Call of Juarez Gunslinger
We give our two cents about Techland’s latest game, Call of Jarez: Gunslinger here. Title: Call of Juarez Gunslinger Developer: Techland Score: 8/10 Time Played: Approximately 5 Hours We Did Not...
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Light Perpetual: Ryan Davis 1979-2013
Today we learned that Ryan Davis, formerly of GameSpot and one of the founding members of Giant Bomb, died on July 3. Ryan was 34, and I met him only once while sitting at a bar in Boston at PAX East...
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No Avatars Allowed Episode 104
No Avatars Allowed Episode 104 is up after…let’s say 20 months of downtime. Crossed Purposes is splitting up its media coverage into “smaller” podcasts (this one is not small at all). No Avatars...
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Crossed Reels 1 – Mimetic Desire, Old Sport
In the first Crossed Reels podcast Joshua Gonnerman is joined by Fr. Paul Hunter to talk about The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann. It gets real Girardian up in here as they discuss the mimetic desire...
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No Avatars Allowed Episode 105 – It’s Got Lasers
Ian Riley joins the No Avatars Allowed crew to help us talk about news, new releases, and what we’ve been playing. Then, in the first Cross Section in a long time, we discuss the concept of value . ....
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Shadowrun Returns: Not At All Drek
Rarely do you come across a game that lives up to everything you hoped it would be. The process of reading about a game on Kickstarter, deciding to back the game, and then waiting for it to arrive, is...
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No Avatars Allowed Episode 106 – Adorable Baker
We’re all here for the first time! We discuss Dragon’s Crown, Payday 2, and Shadowrun Returns. We also talk about news, new releases, and the resurgence of old games. Get it here!
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Dragon’s Crown: More Than Skin Deep
Many people will judge Dragon’s Crown by its art style. The latest game from Vanillaware is a gorgeously painted two dimensional side scrolling brawler that features lush landscapes, foreboding...
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No Avatars Allowed Episode 107 – Taking Sexism’s Temperature
Ian, Nicole, and Josh sit around talking about Dragon’s Crown, Payday 2, news and new releases. Then it’s on to a discussion about sexism in gaming at 1:31. Get it here!
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No Avatars Allowed Episode 108 – Interview with Ken Levine
It’s a three man show this week as Ian and Josh discuss a bunch of news, new releases, and Bioshock. Then in the second half, Josh gets to sit down with Ken Levine, Creative Director of Irrational...
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