Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast

As you've heard our hosts say before, role playing games (RPG's) are some of their favorite video games to play and in some cases, play again.

Join Chelsea, Joe, and Mark as they talk about some of their favorite RPG's as well as a few honorable mentions...

Welcome back to Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast!

On today's Side Stitch we talk about Action RPGs!!...and how we kind of hate them...well we definitely have problems with them and now you're going to hear about it.  But do we think they are all that bad? Listen and find out!

Music Credits:

"Pixel Peeker Polka (Faster)"

Written and Performed by Kevin MacLeod

This is one of our most anticipated weeks ever, we will be talking with esteemed video game Designer and Director Josh Sawyer on Wednesday!

Today Mark and Joe talk about some of the games Josh has worked on as well as the different companies that he'd connect with over the years. If you aren't familiar with him you'll have a little background before this week's main episode...

So, like most lifestyles, how we gamed in the midst of a pandemic was different than how we did before life seemed to have shut down.

Doug Eberle rejoins us today to talk about how he upgraded his gaming during this time while some of us actually slowed down and enjoyed life on an island...a virtual island...run by a racoon. 

Music Credits:

"Pixel Peeker Polka (Faster)"

Written and Performed by Kevin MacLeod

The term "Nerd" has changed over the years, and it has done so for the better.  With nerd culture having become pop culture, people can wear their interests on their sleeves with relative acceptance.  However, this wasn't always the case. For many years interests that were considered to be nerdy typically had to be kept secret or at the very least limited in order to maintain social acceptance...

On today's Side Stitches, Mark and Joe talk about some other their favorite films featuring Dian Bachar -- a dive into some of the properties we didn't discuss during our main episode. Dian's background goes far beyond his most well-known works, check out some of his expanded history in this episode!

Music Credits:

"Pixel Peeker Polka (Faster)"

Written and Performed by Kevin MacLeod

What happens when you mix a story about fighting corporate greed, an immersive online world, a dash a romance, strong friendships, and pop culture references that span four decades?

You get Ernest Cline's READY PLAYER ONE -- a best selling novel (2011) followed by a movie adaptation in 2018! It'd go on to feature roughly a million Easter eggs as a full blown pop culture celebration Directed by Steven Spielberg....

On today's Side Stitch Mark and Joe regale what the world thought it would look like at the turn of the century!  Would the world be moved to the skies? Would we have self cleaning houses? Would entire meals come in pill form? NO! But you already knew that since you're currently alive and living with none of those things!

We also keep talking a little Ready Player One with some of the early social MMO's we used to enjoy, and one of is still is, a part of...

It's Saturday morning in the late 80's, you've just poured yourself a bowl of cereal, and now it's time to sit down an enjoy your favorite cartoon.  For at least two of us here at Digital Dissection that cartoon followed four dudes in New York City that weren't afraid to throw down with any problem poltergeist...

Throughout our childhood an into our adult lives, we here at Digital Dissection love us some good cartoons, anime, and video games.  Something that always makes the characters of these mediums stand out are the men and women who provide their vocal talent to bring those characters to life.  

On today's Side Stitches, we talk about some of our favorite voice actors in preparation for this week's interview with the incredibly talented Kyle Hebert...