Geek Grills

Games Of Horror And Such-Episode 211

Ember and Rey have a chat about Horror games. Old games, new games, video games, tabletop games…

Here’s some of our reference links:

See ya next week for our Halloween party! 10/25

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Too Many Chainsaws – Episode 210

In which the Grills talk about their experiences and opinions on haunted walks and houses and woods and mazes and such…

Here are links to some we have visited recently:

The Village | 13-stories (13storieshauntedhouse.com)

NETHERWORLD Haunted House in Stone Mountain, Georgia – #1 Haunted House in America! (fearworld.com)

https://midwaywickedwoods.com

Rey’s Zoe Costume:

Here’s a pic of Linda’s Minnie Bounding Dress for her Disney trip:

and here’s Ember and her husband’s date night at home ceramic project after firing:

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That’s My Secret, I’m Always Hungry – Episode 209

NineOf12 and Reiaino are joined by Author J-F Dubeau in this episode.

We catch up on what’s new in our lives, and then chat about J-F’s upcoming book Song Of The Sandman, which is a sequel (2/3) to A God In The Shed.

You can read a bit about J-F here: https://www.jfdubeau.com/

To purchase the latest book: https://bookshop.org/books/song-of-the-sandman-9781713626114/9781942645962?fbclid=IwAR0gw9HKGTuTqVtbCciiM_GbSonBE88ly6gDEfFsJujOk-oJM4OioT-LiYU

Other works we talked about are a podcast he is on: 40K Radio Podcast | The Freebooter’s Network (freebootersnetwork.com)

Of course, there’s also Achewillow, which you’ve heard about before either because J-F (the show’s writer) and Amy (who narrates it) have been on our show before-or because we talk about it all the time. https://www.achewillow.com/

We hope you enjoyed our conversation, and tell your friends!

OH, and here’s that pierogi festival Rey mentioned: https://pcaaa.org/pierogi-festival/

Bloodlines Is Not A Dating Sim-Episode 208

In this episode, the Grills have our Book Club meeting!

We read “Lamb-The Gospel according to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore”

We enjoyed it, and talked about other things it reminded us of like some musicals and plays, and movies and games!

We forgot to mention how well female characters are portrayed in the book, oops.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28881

Here’s a link to the game Rey talked about: http://www.sjgames.com/innomine/

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I Own A Glue Gun, And I’m Not Afraid To Use It – Episode 207

The Grills catch up, and then talk about the 2021 Olympics!

New events, uniform controversies, and even Nerdy moments!

Here are links for some of the stuff we chatted about:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Gymnastics_sex_abuse_scandal

https://metro.co.uk/2017/03/04/muslim-swimmers-will-now-be-allowed-to-race-in-burkinis-6487404/

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Less Sexy Vampires, More Serial Killers-Episode 206

Linda and Reiaino talk about YA Horror.

What was your gateway to the Horror Genre?

…and here’s the movie Rei couldn’t remember the name of: High Spirits https://youtu.be/tTf25FJdGYI?t=4368

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Star Trek Lower Ducks – Episode 205 with Hammond Chamberlain

The Grills have a chat with @jhammondc (Hammond Chamberlain) – Host of Beyond the Playlist and Soundography, Producer of Women Kick Ass and America’s Next Top Podcaster, and More!
If you’re interested in our little “grilling” session where Hammond answers some rapid fire Q&A, check out our Patreon at patreon.com/grills

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The Angriest Crocheting – Episode 204

This is a difficult conversation about the content of the lawsuit brought against Activision/Blizzard, and their response so far.

It’s emotional, it’s potentially triggering, but it’s a discussion we feel we MUST still have (unfortunately) over and over again.

As promised, here are links to a lot of the content we referred to in our talk:

The Lawsuit: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/08/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-women-sexual-harassment

Contract based employment: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-27/video-game-contractors-receive-poor-treatment-and-low-salary-as-business-booms

Unionization: https://www.axios.com/games-industry-unionization-4e63a526-ae3a-4f7c-8946-c9a765d6958c.html

This is an episode we did in april of 2019. We talked a lot about how we thought the state of streaming and podcasting for women had gotten better…women getting seen as “real” gamers and becoming less objectified. Too bad the actual development industry didn’t keep up!