Posts Tagged ‘Geek Culture’

Out Of The Basement Podcast – Episode 28

Thursday, May 8th, 2014

The boys get together to talk about various geeky topics, including video games, RPGS, MMOs, movies, comics, etc. In today’s episode, we’re joined by Paul’s friend Adam, an up and coming cosplay prop and costume designer. His designs can be found at the following link.

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Out Of The Basement Podcast – Episode 26

Sunday, April 13th, 2014

The boys get together to talk about various geeky topics, including video games, RPGS, MMOs, movies, comics, etc. Recorded live at Adepticon 2014, this episode is part 1 of a 2 part look at the convention by some of the attendees. We talk about the positives and negatives of the tournaments, events, classes and other activities that went on this year, along with a ton of laughter and joking.

As always, these travel episodes are brought to you by Geek Nation Tours, official travel partner of the Out Of The Basement Podcast.

Also, here is the link to the picture we’re discussing in the middle of the episode.

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A New Turn For Out Of The Basement

Sunday, March 16th, 2014

 

Success!  We have reached 25 great episodes, and it has become apparent to myself and my fellow hosts that we need to expand on what we have started by moving in a more detailed direction.  To achieve this goal, we have decided that we need to spend more time promoting our Podcast by branching out on other media, such as this website, and Facebook and Twitter.

Although we feel we have been quite active on Facebook, we decided that if we are to fall under the category of an independent media source we need to provide our loyal followers with more then just our Podcast.  Patrick Gleason has already started this by branching out to YouTube in his video blogs and discussions. Devrim has been hard at work spreading our name and what we do in the community.

I myself have worked hard to find ways to contribute.  While I do not have the knowledge of comics and older science fiction topics that Devrim and Patrick have, I have found several ways to add my opinions on video games, current television shows and movies to make our productions that much richer.  As well as managing this website as best as I can with my limited computer knowledge, I hope to provide as much as I can to our success.

The three of us are going to attempt something here that none of us have ever done before.  We hope to inform and  entertain our viewers and listeners with our opinions and discussions.  By making our posts open to public comment, we are finally providing a way for the public to engage us directly on the topics discussed.  Where Facebook provides this it is very general and topics get lost.  This site will allow the public to weigh in on discussions where their opinions are heard and valued.

The hardest part of this is finding topics and material that the public want us to discuss and post.  So we ask that people feel free to post comments with ideas that we can incorporate into this website.

Thanks everyone, and we’ll see you in the future!

Paul

Out Of The Basement Podcast – Episode 25

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014

The boys get together to talk about various geeky topics, including video games, RPGS, MMOs, movies, comics, etc. In another of our Skype chat conversations, we delve into the standard discussion about what’s been going on in our lives since Pat moved away, and have the usual geeky conversations about movies and games. We pay special attention to a couple of video games coming to the end of their Kickstarter campaigns, namely Darkest Dungeon and Star Crawlers

 

Darkest Dungeon Kickstarter page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1460250988/darkest-dungeon-by-red-hook-studios

Star Crawlers Kickstarter page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/125859261/starcrawlers

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield:
http://www.amazon.ca/Gates-Fire-Novel-Battle-Thermopylae/dp/0553580531

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Out Of The Basement Podcast – Episode 21

Monday, November 4th, 2013

The boys get together to talk about various geeky topics, including video games, RPGS, MMOs, movies, comics, etc. In today’s Anniversary episode, we’re joined by our friends Chris and Sean, and we mainly discuss movies and dip a bit into video games.

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Out Of The Basement Podcast – Episode 8

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

In today’s episode, the Pats are not available so I’m joined by my sister, Ayse Turak. We talk a bit about Adventure style video games, and then delve into a variety of topics from the declining standards in TV shows and their effects on the feminist movement to particle physics and the newly discovered Higgs-Boson particle. This is one of those episodes that you really dont want to miss, even if you dont give a toss about gaming in general. There really is something for everyone.

Also, there are a number of articles that I reference in the News and Rumours section, mainly from the dailymail.co.uk and bbc.co.uk websites, which I promised to provide links to:
Robocop Headset
3D Virtual Workspace
4D Printing
Organic 3D Printing / Prosthetic with Touch
Wireless Control Through Brainwaves

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