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Episode 366: Tetris – The Games People Play

Episode 366: Tetris – The Games People Play

Recorded on February 4, 2018. Episode 366: Tetris – The Games People Play It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had …

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Episode 350: The Comic Book History of Comics

Episode 350: The Comic Book History of Comics

Recorded on May 10, 2017. Episode 350: The Comic Book History of Comics For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! Music by The Melvins and Ministry Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site, and the entire Gutter Trash Podcasting …

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Episode 340: Aleister & Adolf

Episode 340: Aleister & Adolf

Recorded on December 11, 2016. Episode 340: Aleister & Adolf In a story spanning generations, and featuring some of the most notable and notorious idealists of the 20th century, legendary occultist Aleister Crowley develops a powerful and dangerous new weapon to defend the world against Adolf Hitler’s own war machine spawning an unconventional new form …

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Episode 323: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Episode 323: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Recorded on March 31, 2016. Episode 323: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Now in his early 70s, Chan has been making comics in his native Singapore since 1954, when he was a boy of 16. As he looks back on his career over five decades, we see his …

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Episode 288: Shackleton

Episode 288: Shackleton

Recorded on August 3, 2014. Episode 288: Shackleton Ernest Shackleton was one of the last great Antarctic explorers, and he led one of the most ambitious Antarctic expeditions ever undertaken. This is his story, and the story of the dozens of men who threw in their lot with him – many of whom nearly died …

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