Crossing Swords

Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 39: Some Kind of Liver

Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:24:58 -0600

It’s a short one this time on the Crossing Swords Podcast, as we were busy earlier in the same day filming a bunch of fun crazy stuff (which will be out sometime soon-ish)! So on this episode we get into the recent controversy around the Academy Award nominations, Hideo Kojima and Mark Cerny going on a ten day technology world tour? Jamal played through pretty much the entire Uncharted series in one weekend, and Nathan saw The Revenant. All of that and just a little more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

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Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 38: The Grand Metal Gear SPOILERcast

Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:59:34 -0600

Holy moly it’s here at last! The GRAND METAL GEAR SPOILERCAST! Wherein we talk about everything Metal Gear, especially the latest entry, The Phantom Pain. It begins about 44 minutes in, and goes for nearly two hours! But before that we cover a few things we’ve checked out recently including the latest Sherlock special, the adaptation of Childhood’s End by Syfy, The Last Kingdom on Netflix, another adaptation from Syfy called The Expanse, and the fantastic Mr. Robot. All of that and just a little more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.
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Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 37: A Very Noggy Holiday To You!

Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:24:19 -0600

This time on the Crossing Swords Podcast, we get deep into the best part of the holiday season… EGG NOG! It’s seriously the best you guys. Then we get to chattin’ about the cool stuff from the Game Awards and the PlayStation Experience, the upcoming sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from Netflix, Jamal closes the book on a year of Hideo Kojima and Konami controversy, David Fincher and Charlize Theron are bringing a new crime drama to Netflix, Jamal gives his thoughts on River after finishing the first season, and Nathan played and completed three games between the last podcast and this one! The Silent Age, The Beginner’s Guide, and Journey. All of that and so much more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.
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Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 36: Peeta Poppin’ a Squat.

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 05:32:17 -0600

On this episode of the Crossing Swords Podcast, we get right down to business and talk about our usual assortment of stuff, including a new ridiculous anime called One Punch Man, news about the Prometheus sequel, the latest show from Marvel and Netflix called Jessica Jones, the oh-so-necessary-super-exciting remake of Memento, the way Walking Dead and Game of Thrones rely on character deaths as an audience hook, the final Hunger Games movie making a paltry $100 million during its opening weekend, a new series on Netflix from Aziz Ansari called Master of None, and another new series on Netflix starring Stellan Skarsgard called River, Kevin McDonald of Kids in the Hall fame being at the Saskatoon Soaps, the Bloodborne DLC The Old Hunters is now out, and then a whole lot of Fallout 4 talk. All of that and so much more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.
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Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 35: Back in the Saddle Again!

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 09:37:22 -0600

It’s been a whiiiiiiile, but we’re back! On this episode of the Crossing Swords Podcast, we catch up on old news, and new news! We get into some of the announcements and trailers at Paris Games Week including the new David Cage (Quantic Dream) game, Detroit: Become Human, the new Humble Bundle subscription service, the continuing Batman: Arkham Knight PC problems, George Miller talking up Mad Max sequels, FX possibly making a Y: The Last Man series, Nathan saw a supernatural horror movie called “III” at the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, Jamal saw Pixar’s latest movie Inside Out and The Martian, Nathan played Tales From The Borderlands by TellTale Games and also SOMA by Frictional Games, Jamal gets into Destiny and the latest expansion The Taken King, there’s going to be a new Star Trek TV series, and the trailer for AMC’s upcoming series based on the Preacher comics. All of that and so much more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.
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Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 34: Serpicooooo!!!

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:05:45 -0600

This time on the Crossing Swords Podcast, we get pretty nutty and TAKE IT DOWN TO CITY HALL! That’s what Serpico was about, right? Getting nutty at City Hall? I should really see Serpico some time. But until then, here’s a podcast! We talked about Beasts of No Nation premiering at TIFF and how we can’t wait to be emotionally destroyed by it, a cute, fun and cool little game from Ubisoft called Grow Home, Orange is the New Black, a little bit of MGSV talk, Netflix making more episodes of Black Mirror, an amazing rumour involving a live-action Akira and Christopher Nolan, some TGS 2015 news including an incredible trailer for Bloodborne: The Old Hunters DLC, the StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void cinematic, a load of super exciting news about AMC’s adaptation of Preacher, a little bit of Mario Maker, and loooaads of Destiny talk. All of that and so much more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.
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Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 33: Snake Beater

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 08:03:55 -0600

Metal Gear, Metal Gear, Metal Gear! It’s all anyone wants to talk about! But we want to talk about some other things too (before we also talk loads about Metal Gear (at 1:24:16)), such as: some new trailers for upcoming TV shows like Colony, Into the Badlands, and The Man in the High Castle. We then talk about the premiere of the Walking Dead spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead, and then some more live action Attack on Titan talk, some news from PAX about Final Fantasy XV, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s insane pre-order plans, Idris Elba being the perfect choice for James Bond, and then we finish up with a little bit of MGSV, and a whole lot of Metal Gear Solid in general. All of that and so much more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.
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Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 32: From a Brisk Walk to Warp Factor 5.

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:10:01 -0600

Heeyyyoooooooo! It’s another episode of the Crossing Swords Podcast! This time we talk about some silly marketing for Fallout from Bethesda, Twitch playing Dark Souls, a little bit about Microsoft’s GamesCom Conference and the games therein, the Star Wars marketing hype train, Konami treating their employees like garbage, the amazing return of Wet Hot American Summer on Netflix, the live action Attack on Titan movie, Nathan played Wolfenstein: The New Order, Jon Stewart’s final episode of the Daily Show, the upcoming kickstarted “console” known as “Ouye”, and Nathan also played Costume Quest 2! All of that and so much more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.

Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 31: F**king Rocket League is the Best.

Thu, 23 Jul 2015 08:11:23 -0600

On this episode of the Crossing Swords Podcast, we go super nuts over Rocket League. IT’S THE BEST YOU GUYS. We then get on to non-Rocket League stories, because I guess we have to, and we talk about the possible Xena: Warrior Princess reboot, the Minecraft: Story Mode trailer, Amy Schumer’s Star Wars photo shoot, America challenging Japan to a Giant Robot Battle IN REAL LIFE FOR REAL, the very sad news of the passing of the wonderful Satoru Iwata, the fascinating indie game Her Story, more Konami and Hideo Kojima news, we get deep into the Batman v. Superman and Suicide Squad trailers from comic-con, the MADNESS of ever rising video game prices in Canada, some hilarity from this years EVO, and some Street Fighter V news. All of that and so much more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.

Crossing Swords Podcast - Episode 30: Penguin Costumes and Wiener Dogs

Thu, 02 Jul 2015 06:33:36 -0600

This time on the Crossing Swords Podcast, we get into our usual assorted mix of junk. We talk about Neil Gaiman’s American Gods being adapted for TV by Bryan Fuller, Jamal saw Jurassic World, Penny Dreadful season 2, Sense8 on Netflix, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 exclusivity with Sony, the Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, Shenmue 3′s kickstarter weirdness, Wayward Pines being pretty darn cool, and we get spoiler-y about the first episode of season 2 of True Detective. All of that and so much more, this time, on Crossing Swords!

Intro/Break/Outro music: Enthusiast by Tours.