Episode 127 Choosing Your Crown with Jas Hubbard, Kleo, and Lucrecer Braxton

Hey Listener, you're going to need your headgear and some dice this week because Michael Williams from Smiling Demon Games is on the show to talk about creating his own martial arts trading card game: Warrior Within Underground. WYI?’s resident martial artist/nerd Jaimie Filer is the perfect co-host for this episode. This week’s topics include: The spreading of Warhammer 40K to new media. Why are they doing this to the Crow? Playing Magic the Gathering during wrestling tournaments. The journey into no holds barred fighting. Don’t use the time machine. Picking a good walkout song. Looking at fighting like a computer. How do you beat up your friend in a deathmatch? Planning how to fight a guy who knows Kung Fu. Sometimes you learn with a concussion. An oil check leads to a full special meter. Being dudes is making fun of things your friends like. I’m not a mad dawg psychopath. Men that create their fantasyland of toughness. What was the first fight like? Conan. No one wants to fight you so lets get you a pro fight on a card where Royce Gracie and Don Vito will be in attendance. Defeating racism and then getting a weird pep talk from Royce Gracie. Gravity works. Going solo, creating, and pitching the game. The intimidation of MTG. Drawing inspiration from Street Fighter II. Being able to move your character into all of the different worlds of fighting. Creating a system. The importance of creating cool looking stuff.

Hey Listener, grab your gear bag because I’m sitting down with Heather Sampanis (bass/singer) of Alex Kasznel & The Board of Directors and Luke Effler (guitar) of Ten Gauge to talk about being parents that are in bands. Topics this week include: Check out the Company Picnic Music Festival on March 23rd at Oddfellows in OTR (Cincinnati, Ohio). What is it like to be a band that gets a vinyl album pressed? What is a Costumer? BFAs of the world unite! Hailing from a family with musicians. Power chords for children. Life/Band balance. The differences between being a solo creator and someone working with others. Critiquing your friends. Faster and louder. Playing out and being cool with low standards. What’s it like being in the backstage locker room? The tricks of figuring out the name of someone you’ve already met. Pre show rituals. I’m inspiring you, not intimidating you. Tap dancin’ Luke Effler and the karate robot. The heartache of a bad show. Go watch The Greatest Night in Pop. 

Hey Listener, did you download your tickets, because today we’re talking being a live sports fan with Josh Wilson from 5th Line. You might recognize him from his work at 16 Lots Brewing or as the guy with the braids in his beard that sits in front of the drummers in the Bailey at FC Cincinnati games. Topics this week include: Beer art and bad ways to die. Beer festivals of yore. Your host loves staying at home. The perks of being a season ticket holder. Things that weren’t designed for the 21st century. Finding your place in the Bailey during the bad times. Which is better tailgates or pregaming at a bar? Wearing body paint is how you impress a girl. Interacting with the bad guys when the come to town. Now that’s a hot ass mascot. Broadway and live wrestling shows. What is the worst thing to pee in at a living sport event? Always making noise. Random video game talk. Stadiums and arenas that we want to go to.

Hey Listener, grab a broom because this week Jack Emery and Thomas Cochill are on the show to talk about the sport of Curling. Topics this week include: The host meets someone that actually listens to the show and it’s weird. It doesn’t matter what you collect, everyone wants variants. Going from soccer fans to season ticket holders. This a very pro Nippert Stadium podcast. Jack loves wordy bands. Finding Curling through the Winter Olympics. Caring for and appreciating the ice. 2 quarries in Scotland. Equipment. Competing on a deteriorating playing surface. The strategy of the game. Welcome to your rookie season. Finding your Yoda. A game with etiquette. The joy of kicking teeth in and the misery of being paired with a team that doesn’t like each other. Husband down. The skills you need to be a good Curler. How do you practice if you aren’t on the ice?

Hey Listener, its Part 2 of our sit down chat with Jackie Mellinger and Kelvin aka Mistah_Mojo from Retro Records Podcast about the Gamecube. This episode where are focusing on Nintendo exclusives. Topics this week include: Are you sure it’s Gale and not Veil? Kirby’s Air Ride was made for children and high people. Ain’t no Party like a Mario Party because a Mario Party don’t stop. Mario Kart: I Keep Dat Thang on Me. The fun weirdness of Mario themed sports games. Pikmin is so weird. Making friends and celebrating holidays in Animal Crossing. Trying to figure out where Metroid Prime fits. Cartoony Link vs. serious adult Link. The strangeness of Luigi’s Mansion. The goodness of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Why does Mario need a squirt gun backpack? The perfection of Super Smash Bros Melee.

Hey Listener, get ready to pick up some small discs because Jackie Mellinger and Kelvin aka Mistah_Mojo from Retro Records Podcast are here to talk about the Nintendo Gamecube. Topics this week include: 2024 Oscar talk. Retro gaming, a mixture of childhood nostalgia and sometimes frustrating controls. Life skills. Kelvin was a Nintendo boy. Getting Keanued on Nintendo facts and back when drug commercials were fun. Nuts and bolts of the Gamecube. A very unfortunate release date and Slayer Conspiracy Theories. You want the Dolphin? Was the small disc a mistake? The Gamecube controller. The handle for the party cube. The Mega Man X Collection. Singing the songs on a Sonic soundtrack. Getting hammered to add a new level of difficulty to Super Monkey Ball. Eternal Darkness a cool, odd title for the Gamecube. Playing a fun JRPG with your cousins that makes you grow up quick. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle: Kelvin and Jackie become best friends. Resident Evil 4: zombies(?) in Spain(?), the President’s daughter, and a jet ski.

Hey Listener, set your phasers to listen, because this week Callie Wright from the podcast Philosophers in Space is on the show to talk about Star Trek. Topics this week include: Is it better to be the host or the hosted on a podcast? Microphones are scary. The cast dives into philosophy, religions, and death. From Enter Sandman to being in a band. How people engage in fandom. Trying to find a friend who likes the Enterprise. Teaching a Klingon bonding ritual. Friends. Never cut your hair. Living in a Post Scarcity future. They’re not gay, they’re aliens. Learning about life from Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The Misfits. Riker isn’t a normie? What’s your favorite vessel? Whats up with the shirts? Learning about the culture of Klingons. How do you make an alien language? Stories outside of Star Fleet.

Hey Listener, I don’t think you’ll need your SAG card, because Stand Up Comedian/Creator of Quaint Volcano Jeremy Johnston is on the show to talk about his love of indie movies and film making. Topics this week include: Coming out the gates wobbling. Writing new jokes. You can’t be to cool of a teacher. Being into Jim Carrey and getting a video camera at a young age. Being able to plan how to hurry up and wait. Jarring edit. Shooting films on very obtainable cameras. Video game side quest. People and Permits. Making a movie for $5,000 or less. Find a dentist and ask for money. Video camera talk. Going home safe. Filming in a replica Michael Myers house. They could’ve been weird looking boobs. The gateway drug of anime. Putting more tools in your tool belt. Stealing from Netflix. Not knowing that punk rock is easy. Making a film. 

Hey Listener, leave the safety gear and learn how to fall because this week Kleo returns to the show to talk about her journey into skateboarding from quad rollerskating. Topics this week include: Being a Rink Rat and mom’s don’t like alligator pits. Tribalism and skatepark politics. The importance of balance. The complexity of hitting an Ollie. The safety differences between Street and Vert skaters. Check out WYI? Episode 33 Skateboarding is a Flat Circle with Chris Rice and Ryan Malott as the companion episode of this one as we discuss the art vs the sport of skateboarding. How does competition and friendship work in skateboarding? We can’t skate together.Getting credit carded. Yelling at the scooter kids. Blacklist Boardshop shout out. Is Longboarding skateboarding? Going to skateboarding school. The importance of documentation in skateboarding. Being able to roll through the city. Learning the lingo. Going to the spot. Skate Park etiquette tips.

Hey Listener, get your fantasy apps out because this week I’m on the road in Pennsylvania to talk with my brother-in-law Jonathan Bishop about our mutual love of Fantasy Football. Topics this week include: A small budget and a fixer upper first home leads to DIY construction. The sheer amount of NFL games to watch. Moving franchises to new cities. Finding and staying in a Fantasy League. The sheer joy of trashing your friends on Draft Day. Shout out to The Magazine. Sun, Sand, Salad. Snakin’. Trading and waivers. What's up with the refs? Sports betting, a new weird world. The short career spans of Running Backs. Buying jerseys for your fantasy guys. Game Day nerves. The Stanley Cup is the best. Fantasy 4 Life.