An unsung genre of video games that focused on puzzles, storytelling and often times, incredible artwork.
The fact is, not all gamers are looking for ACTION and MAXIMUM KILL COUNTS. For many, the Point and Click genre offered an alternative, relaxed experience with simple controls and puzzles that really made you think.
In this episode, we'll sweep the mouse over the genre's initial heyday in the early 90s
James returns to deliver a surprise spin-kick to our collective stomachs in the form of his new immersive radio-style horror series Beneath The Red Umbrella.
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"It" toys have come in many shapes and sizes over the years and you sure as heck didn't want to be the last one on your block without one!
We've all experienced the phenomenon of it feeling like a toy came out of nowhere to become the must have holy grail of kid property that absolutely every single person your age already had!
In this episode, we'll be talking all about Toy Fads and to do so, we have some help
Master of horror, humor and reading in funny accents, Rob Smales dishes on the craft and reads from his novella "Laundrylegs"!
Our good friend Rob Smales finds himself (and his pooch) locked in the BRIG! We have a sprawling discussion about his writing process, his two newest books, bad movies and horror books we loved as kids. And smashed in at about the halfway point, you'll find a reading from his new novella "Laundrylegs" which is absolutely not to be missed!
It's time again for Nintenjoe to lead us into a bunch of blocks of theme songs! This time, it's video game title screens!
It's music time again, folks!
Nintenjoe's popular recurring Themes From a Memory is BACK. This time, the mission was to choose title screen music from our favorite video games! And to do so, we welcome back our old pal (and 4th host of the first 2 seasons of this very show) Synopsis Grim AKA Boss
Killarney Traynor comes on to talk about her work & read from her haunted house novel "Tale Half Told"
This week, in the damp, dark BRIG, we've tossed the multi-talented Killarney Traynor!
Aside from having a crazy cool name, Killarney is a New England-born actress, novelist, stunt-woman, singer, director and martial artist, who has has written 8 novels and is a regular actress on the PNN web series as the chronically unimpressed Lenore!
An extensive discussion on 8 cartoon movies we love that weren't made by Disney!
We bring a friend on to discuss some seriously fantastic animated films that deserve more love. The thing is, not a one was made by Disney! Cartoon movies by Dreamworks, Don Bluth, Rankin Bass and more are covered in this sprawling discussion, so buckle up!
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We had a little too much fun with Andrew Parks when he was in the BRIG including this bonus preamble that just didn't fit anywhere else!!
We hope you enjoy this supplemental mini-episode! This was taken from the unpublished pre-interview from our recent BRIG with veteran actor Andrew Parks!
Not only do you get about 20 minutes of more Andy, you'll be "treated" to some unedited behind the scenes stuff for the podcast itself.
A retrospective of video games through the years featuring your favorite super heroes from Marvel Comics!
Greetings, Mad Marvelites!
We've got a whole action packed episode all about video games that feature your favorite fearless super heroes like Spider-Man, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk and of course, those marauding mutants, the Uncanny X-Men!
Our guest is the multi-talented Stephen Lomer, author of Typosquad novels and producer and star of the Parody News Network. He came on thinking the entire episode was going to be about him... he was mistaken.
Stephen Lomer is many things. Aside from being a pal, he's an Amazon Best Selling author, as well as a talented actor, producer and screenwriter!
For his first appearance in the BRIG, we decided to do something a little different, by getting 4 cast members of his YouTube show The Parody News Network to appear throughout