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Blood Bowl the card game? Unboxing
Here it is, the timely unboxing of Blood Bowl: Team Manager. While Blood Bowl the miniature game hasn’t had a true update since 2001, Games Workshop has been spreading out the Blood Bowl love in a...
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S’Quarrels Vs. Nuts!
Happy SOPA Blackout Day, everyone!? With the likes of Google, Wikipedia, and Reddit going dark in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act I’ve decided to use MitC’s internet freedom to publish a post...
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You want to do what in here?: Play in Public.
About a year ago when randomly stumbling on the internets, I came across a post about a group trying to increase interest in board gaming. They were asking people to board game in public and were...
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Please, take all my money: Kickstarter the indie wave of the future?
So two days ago Double Fine Productions, a fairly large and well known game company decided to try something interesting. They started a Kickstarter page in an effort to fund a new point-and-click...
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Episode 22 – Board Games: Traditional vs. Niche
Do you love being a Slum Lord and driving everyone into bankruptcy? Perhaps you prefer attempting to save the world from simultaneous E. coli, Bird Flu, and Gonorrhea outbreaks? Or is a night of...
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Once a Cultist, Always a Cultist
So, I can’t really pinpoint when it was exactly that I became a fan of Cthulhu and H.P. Lovecraft. I believe it was someplace where my years of gaming, reading fantasy novels, and my first few trips...
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Episode 23 – WonderCon 2012
Well, July is just around the corner. You know what that means!?! San Diego Comic-Con! Wait, what did you just say? You didn’t get tickets? Well, neither did we. Luckily, we were able to take...
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Unboxing: Locke & Key The Game
One of the first booths we came upon at WonderCon this past weekend was the Cryptozoic booth. They had game demos going on and I immediately spied Locke & Key. I had been meaning to get my hands...
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Unboxing: The Hunger Games… Games
A phenomenon like The Hunger Games wouldn’t be quite as… well, phenomenal without a plethora of merchandise. Whether it be collector’s editions, movie companions, spoofs, cookbooks, jewelry, or...
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Episode 26 – To Remake or Reboot, That is the Question
We all love an original, right? Be it a movie, a TV show, a book or a game, there is nothing quite like the Real McCoy. The OG. The Numba One Stunna… or something… But, what happens if an original...
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Episode 31 – Failure in the Geek Game
Being a geek is an investment in time, money, and most importantly interest. But what happens when the time isn’t available or the interest isn’t there? With so many things to keep up on, past and...
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Episode 32 – Gamer Shame
The time has finally come! Geeks, Nerds, and Dorks of the world unite! We can finally be acknowledged as legitimately cool, hip, contributing members of society. Comic books? Right on. Video...
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Episode 33 – Favorite Apps
These days, everyone has a smartphone. You’ve got one. Your mom has one. Hell, even the 2nd graders down the street have one, and they probably know more about how to operate it than the techs at...
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Episode 34 – Gaming Peripherals
If you’re old like us, you remember the good old days of video gaming. One console, one controller, and usually no more than two buttons and some sort of directional device… and a gun! These days,...
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Episode 35 – Geek Sub-Cultures
Geeks, Nerds, Dorks, and Dweebs of the world, unite! Too long have we stood in the shadows of the Jocks and Norm-ies! Too often have the “Popular” cast us aside! Now is our time to look beyond our...
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Episode 38 – Metagaming: Player vs. Character Knowledge
Tabletop roleplaying games are all about stepping outside of yourself and wreaking havoc…er… having fun with your friends in fantastic and action packed ways. But what happens when the geek by day /...
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Episode 39 – The Goonies
HEY YOU GUYS!!!! This week it’s a blast to the past and a chance at redemption as we’re joined in the Goondocks by none other than our very own Jared the Intern, fresh off the plane from the middle...
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Episode 40 – Post San Diego Comic-Con 2012
Another Comic-Con has come and gone, and the Monkey in the Cage crew is WORN OUT! Even with back-up and thorough planning, tackling the awesomeness that descends on San Diego every year proved to be...
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Hide yo kids, hide yo wifes: [insert something about boardgames]
So after a 9 hour workday and a 3 hour drive home I sit at my computer without a single topic rattling around in my head. With this in mind, I have decided to take the easy way out and … Continue...
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No one can see me cry when I play by myself: Friday
Recently I’ve run in to the issue with work and life getting in the way of my normal boardgame times and have started going in to withdraws. It was at this point when I started looking through Amazon...
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One Wonder To Rule Them All: 7 Wonders
When I was younger I was always fascinated by ancient cultures and the amazing things they built. I loved watching those old TV shows that would try to explain how the pyramids were built, or how the...
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Episode 50 – Why We Love RPGs
Of the multitude of geek hobbies and influences that guide the MITC crew through their everyday lives, there is one in particular that has served as glue to keep us together. It's the ketchup to our...
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CHAOS!… oh, and Alchemy
Every now and then you’ve got some time to kill with your buddies. For me I like to have small, easily accessible, (and better yet quick!) games at the ready for such an occasion. Not to mention that...
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Episode 60 – How the Internet has Changed Geekdom
The world is getting smaller. We hear it so much nowadays that the statement has become totally cliché, but it's the truth. While the immediately world is getting smaller because we are all inevitably...
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Episode 65 – Best of 2012
Are you exhausted? Because we sure are! 2012 turned out be a geek's best friend and it didn't matter what your nerdgasm of choice was, either! Be it movies, gaming, television, comics, or whatever...
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Episode 80 – What’s in Your Closet?
If you're a gamer and a geek, then undoubtedly you've amassed a grand collection of wondrous treasures, from boxes and books to cartridges and discs. While some of these items may be considered...
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“What am I doing at GenCon, you ask?”– A Response
As a high school teacher also writing my thesis, the last five months have been an unending headache, and the next month and a half will be much of the same. That being said, there’s one thing on the...
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Episode 97 – Gen Con 2013
Well, we actually managed to do it! We got half of the Monkeys to Gen Con 2013 to represent the podcast, and not only was it "The best four days in gaming," it was likely to be the best four days of...
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Episode 101 – Uncaged 15: The Secret of the Ooze
It’s that time, everyone! The Monkeys have broken out of their cages at To-Ag Studios and are now running amok all around the Internetz! From the awesomely epic to the mildly offensive, join us this...
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Useless Drivel – Is The Shine Off Kickstarter?
Kickstarter is like a drug, only the first hit is definitely not free. Sure, it might be cheap, but before you know it, you're hooked! Want this new game sometime next year? Sure! Want to see this...
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Useless Drivel – WonderCon 20XXX (2015)
Another year, another convention. While we did our darndest to enjoy as much of WonderCon 2015 as possible, even a smaller big convention is hard to tackle in three days, let alone one. Join your...
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Useless Drivel – When in Doubt, Swing a Dog
It’s Misinformation Friday here on the internetz! Another week, another episode, and the guys are all over the place with this one. Join your hosts Matt and Robert this week as they discuss all manner...
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Useless Drivel – Cirque du Apocalypse?
We’ve emerged from our turkey comas like the fat bastards we are and return to you this fine week with a brand new episode of stupidity! Join your hosts Robert and Matt as they discuss all manner of...
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Useless Drivel – Man-Junk Biting Spiders
Welcome back to our disturbing little hole of the internet! Join your hosts Robert and Matt as they discuss all the important things in life this week. From the earth-shattering relevance of breakfast...
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Useless Drivel – Strangers in a Strange Land
It’s Friday, y’all, well for most of us. Be thankful (or regretful) that an episode got produced this week, seeing as poor Robert is stuck in IT workplace hell, but he manned up and we’ve got...
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Useless Drivel – Murder Mart on Vinyl
Today is a Friday, unlike any other Friday. One that will go down in the history books as a turning point for the entire world. What is it that could have such a resounding influence on the world, you...
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