Marooners' Talk

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 029 – “One BILLION Dollars!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:03:36 +0000

I’m going to be punching bears left and right once Assassin’s Creed III comes out. I may spend an entire day just running around punching bears. In “One BILLION Dollars!,” Episode 029 of Marooners’ Talk, we discuss the Assassin’s Creed III gameplay trailer, the successful marketing efforts of the Assassin’s Creed III team in involving [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 028 – “Avengers Assemble”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:55:50 +0000

It may be pretty obvious from the title, but Episode 028 of Marooners’ Talk (“Avengers Assemble”) is all about the recent Dark Knight Rises trailer. That’s right, folks, an hour and a half of dissection and discussion on the trailer for the thrilling climax to Nolan’s Batman trilogy is yours, mere clicks away. Truth be [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 027 – “Thom Clancy Talks Ghost Recon”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:10:49 +0000

If that episode title doesn’t grab your attention, then I don’t know what will. What’s that? I spelled his name wrong? No, we weren’t lucky enough to have Tom Clancy himself join in and discuss his creation. In “Thom Clancy Talks Ghost Recon,” the 27th episode of Marooners’ Talk, I, along with Thom Clancy, son [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 026 – “Spidey’s Turning 50″

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:00:29 +0000

In keeping with Ahmed’s run of Spidey Month pieces, Episode 026 of Marooners’ Talk, titled, “Spidey’s Turning 50,” focuses primarily on Spider-Man, with the occasional tangental comic character stealing focus for a few moments. We ran a little long, as we will often do when we get into our critical nerd modes, but managed to [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 025 – “The One Where We Complain About Shit”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:04:43 +0000

As I mentioned in last week’s episode posting, our Episode 024 recording of Marooners’ Talk ended up running over two hours long. At a certain point, I decided to just call the second half of last week’s conversation Episode 025, titled, “The One Where We Complain About Shit.” Sitting here, a little over a week [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 024 – “Everyone Dies”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:17:23 +0000

Episode 024 of Marooners’ Talk, titled, “Everyone Dies,” ran extremely long. Instead of pushing out an episode clocking in at well over two hours, we spontaneously decided to simply title the second half of our conversation as Episode 025, which will be available for you next week. Episode 024 was originally intended to focus solely [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 023 – “Looking Forward”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:14:47 +0000

The original idea for this episode of the Marooners’ Talk podcast was to really get into our anticipated titles for the rest of calendar year 2012. While we eventually got around to that, I believe our first 30-45 minutes focused on Internet providers, Doctor Who, used games, and various other topics. Come to think of [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 022 – “Oh, the horror!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:31:39 +0000

We should be back on our regular schedule of recording and publishing next week, with the podcast being available earlier in the day on Monday. This week’s episode of Marooners’ Talk, our 22nd, titled, “Oh, the horror!” jumps all over the place. We spend some time talking about the decline/demise of the survival horror genre, [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 021 – “IDDQD”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:39:52 +0000

I know that most of you will see “IDDQD” as the title for Episode 021 of Marooners’ Talk and think, “Hey, this must be a great episode completely centered around DOOM and other games of its time and genre!” Yes, we do spend a few minutes on DOOM and the infinitely superior, yet unfortunately less [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 020 – “The Not Mass Effect Episode”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:08:21 +0000

Marooners’ Rock has reached Episode 020, titled, “The Not Mass Effect Episode.” Despite its name, there is actually a great deal of Mass Effect discussion that takes place in this episode. That being said, there are also a great deal of spoilers for those who have not played Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, or Mass [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 019 – “Stop Playing Tekken and Make Me A Sandwich”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:57:31 +0000

As soon as we came up with the podcast title for this week’s episode, I had a sudden urge for a sandwich. I could have asked my wife to make one for me, but I am particularly averse to getting slapped in the back of the head. “Stop Playing Tekken and Make Me A Sandwich” [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 018 – “Handhelds are dead, long live handhelds!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:49:36 +0000

You know, it’s been a pretty slow week. Nothing new has really happened, no big events or releases…not much to talk about, really. That brings us to Episode 18 of Marooners’ Talk. “Handhelds are dead, long live handhelds!”, as the title may suggest, is an hour long discussion of holding hands, the social stigma attached [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 017 – “Scandal and Success on the Internet (The Tribute)”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:46:50 +0000

This one’s a couple of days late, but I blame technology, the harsh, cruel mistress that deals us all a slap on the face at one point or another. Due to unavoidable circumstances, we were unable to record on Sunday for a Monday release. We did record Monday evening, but technology (the aforementioned harsh, cruel [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 016 – “Avengers vs. X-Men and Other Comics Shit”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:57:27 +0000

We take a break this week from our normally scheduled video game discussion to focus on another topic near and dear to our hearts: comic books. Continuing our weekly production streak (three in a row makes it an official streak), episode 16 of Marooners’ Talk, titled “Avengers vs. X-Men and Other Comics Shit,” was originally [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 015 – “Final Fantasy Sequels Are Just Weird”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:54:32 +0000

I spent a good chunk of Friday evening and Saturday playing NeverDead. Sunday morning, I started working up plans with the missus to go play some mini-golf, because California is giving us t-shirt weather in February (suck it, places that have winter). Suddenly, I remember. “OH SHIT! PODCAST!” An email goes out to Adam, and [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 014 – “Something About Used Games and Online Passes”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:32:32 +0000

So another week, another episode! Looks like we’re making good on the weekly return so far. Today’s episode of Marooners’ Talk, titled “Something About Used Games and Online Passes,” spends a considerable amount of time talking about the backwards compatibility choices of the Xbox 360 in regard to one title in particular: Barbie Horse Adventures. [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 013 – “The One Where We Talk About Some Games…And Shit.”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:33:45 +0000

I know I probably said this in the last episode (This is Episode 12), as well, but this time I mean it: Marooners’ Talk is returning to a weekly format! WOOO! FANFARE AND APPLAUSE! Today’s episode of Marooners’ Talk, titled “The One Where We Talk About Some Games…And Shit” (so titled because I forgot to think [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 012 – “This is Episode 12″

talk@maroonersrock.com — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:23:23 +0000

We’re a few days shy of five months since our last episode went live. With my consistent co-host ABANDONING ME, the podcast entered a kind of de facto hiatus. Helping bring us back this week are Chris G and Vinny, who have a lot to say about Skyrim and Saints Row: The Third. Having said [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 011 – “Get Off My Lawn You Damn Noobs!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:34:55 +0000

This is our second attempt at Episode 011. The first attempt was recorded over a week ago, covering mainly post-E3 jibber-jabber. Unfortunately, due to technical issues (of a similar nature to the technical issues you will notice in this episode, but to a far higher level), our first recording of Episode 011 had to be [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 010 – “Pirates Say Arrrgh!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:30:58 +0000

Our tenth episode, titled “Pirates Say Arrrgh!”, marks our second recording with podcast superstars Thom Clancy and Vinny Luongo, with a first appearance from new friend Jack. We talk about E3 overall, with a bit of a focus on what we saw on Day 3. No cookware this time, just good old fashioned game talk. [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 009 – “Dammit, Vinny!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:27:39 +0000

“Dammit, Vinny!”, which is Episode 009 of Marooners’ Talk, was referenced as Episode 010 multiple times within the episode. Why did we reference it as 010? Well, because it has been almost three months since our last podcast, and I forgot we had only gone up to 008 in our numbering. So, you know…shut up. [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 008 – “Hack the planet!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:20:21 +0000

Marooners’ Talk soldiers on as we complete our eighth, that’s right EIGHTH episode, titled “Hack the planet!” We break the three-week Chris & Lindsey only streak with two of our writers: John, returning for his second podcast recording, and Adam, joining in on his first podcast recording. Together in a four-part harmony of excellence we [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 007 – “GIR! Why was there bacon in the soap?!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:39:37 +0000

Why, indeed? Episode 007 of the critically acclaimed (not really) Marooners’ Talk podcast, titled “GIR! Why was there bacon in the soap?!” is done and ready for your listening pleasure! This episode again features the dulcet tones of Chris and Lindsey only, since none of our writers like us enough to chat with us about [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 006 – “The Badger Flies at Midnight…”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:00:55 +0000

UPDATE: Due to an unforeseen technical difficulty, the deadline for the Marvel vs. Capcom 3/Marvel Digital Comics contest is pushed back until 11:59 PM PST on Wednesday, March 9th giving you all time to get your submissions in. Also, we realize that the phrase might be a little more obscure than originally intended so here [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 005 – “Mmm, beefy!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:09:49 +0000

A milestone has been hit! The fifth episode of the groundbreaking podcast Marooners’ Talk, titled “Mmm, beefy!”, is complete and available for your listening consumption below and, either sometime today or tomorrow, on iTunes! Of course, if you’ve already subscribed on iTunes, you don’t have to worry about continually checking! Episode 005 of Marooners’ Talk [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 004 – “I Wanna Take You For a Ride!”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:38:46 +0000

The fourth episode of Marooners’ Talk features our new numbering system where the episode number actually matches the number of episodes! I know, I know, we’re bucking our system, throwing your world on its head, shattering everything you once believed to be true. Frankly, we got tired of explaining that Episode 2 was actually our [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 002 – “Bo Knows Podcasting”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:07:24 +0000

The third episode of Marooners’ Talk, Episode 002, is now available on our site for listening and download in MP3 format! It should be available on iTunes this weekend, so make sure you keep your eyes open and your iTunes accounts ready to automatically download, since you must have subscribed by now. Episode 002, “Bo [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 001 – “Feeling Like a Ham and Mustard Shake”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:16:47 +0000

The second episode of Marooners’ Talk is now available for listening and download here on the site, and will soon be available on iTunes. Episode 001, “Feeling Like A Ham and Mustard Shake,” has a couple of inappropriate moments in it, so make sure there are no children present when you listen. We talk about [...]

Marooners’ Talk is Now on iTunes

talk@maroonersrock.com — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:00:12 +0000

They said this day would never come. They told us we were fools for ever daring to hope that our voices could be heard and our ideas shared over a directory as large and expansive as iTunes. They told us that we would never amount to anything, and that the world would eat us alive [...]

Marooners’ Talk: Episode 000 – “A Hedgehog Named Frank”

talk@maroonersrock.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:04:31 +0000

Episode 000 of Marooners’ Talk is now up. Why did we start off our number at “000?” Because one of our asshole writers thought it would be cool and unique. Now we’re going to have to celebrate our tenth episode during Episode 009, our 50th episode during Episode 049, and our 100th episode during Episode [...]