Geek Improvement Podcast

Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, co-authors of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series, join us to talk about their new book, podcasts and other projects! Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear what you think and your suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show notes: Pip Ballantine - http://www.pjballantine.com/ Tee Morris - http://teemorris.com/ Dawn’s Early Light - http://amzn.com/0425267318?tag=geekimpro-20 The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences - http://www.ministryofpeculiaroccurrences.com/ Books of the Order - http://www.pjballantine.com/writing/books-of-the-order/ Imagine That! Studios - http://www.imaginethatstudios.com/ One Stop Writers Shop - http://www.onestopwritershop.com/ Brute Force Leather - http://www.bruteforceleather.com/ Steamtopia - https://twitter.com/Steamtopia_Con Balticon - http://www.balticon.org/ Wild Blue Yonder - http://shop.idw

This week we talk with the minds behind the freshly-launched IndieBox and recap our MegaCon adventures. Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear what you think and your suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show notes: Indiebox - https://theindiebox.com/ MegaCon - http://megaconvention.com/ MegaCon Photos - http://geekimprovement.com/megacon/

Make programming more like spellcasting, recreate a historic tea and much more with Episode 40 of the Geek Improvement Podcast! Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter:@geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear what you think and your suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show notes: Videogames Hearthstone’s vanity card backs and golden heroes - http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/13154924 Planets3 - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1247991467/planets3 NES Voxel Engine - http://home.comcast.net/~plotor/, Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCeFpLMn3sc Analogue NT: an NES machined from a solid block of aluminum - http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/12/nintendo-entertainment-system-mod-aluminum-analogue-interactive/ - Shinjuku Dungeon - http://tinycartridge.com/post/79357544680/shinjuku-dungeon-makes-a-train-station-into-an Dolphin emulator puts pixel processing problems to res

Explore the world as a goat, craft your own fonts and much more on episode 39 of the Geek Improvement Podcast! Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Glyphr: an HTML 5 font creator - http://glyphrstudio.com/ Snag Pokémon X or Y for free - http://club2.nintendo.com/3ds-pokemon-promo/ Famitracker - http://famitracker.com/ Goat Simulator - http://www.goat-simulator.com/ Portal Board Game - http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/08/portal-board-game-coming-to-enrich-your-aperture-in-q4-2014/ Shaq-Fu - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shaq-fu-a-legend-reborn Tiled - http://www.mapeditor.org/ Jurassic Park computer system recreation - http://www.jurassicsystems.com/ Tauntaun Hoodie - http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/18bb/ Dragon Ball Z Season One free on Xbox Video - https://video.xbox

Throw trucks with your mind and rock out to pirate metal as Alexis goes solo (thanks to a botched recording) in this unorthodox episode of the podcast. Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Calculords - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calculords/id777125004?mt=8 Nintendo 64 HDMI converter - http://www.destructoid.com/someone-is-making-an-internal-board-to-convert-n64-to-hd-271278.phtml Throw Trucks with your Mind - http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/1/5458766/throw-trucks-with-your-mind-closed-beta-starts-today Twitch beats Pokemon Red, moves onto Crystal - http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/01/twitch-slays-pokemon-ends/ Teleport - http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/ Atom - http://atom.io The Eevee EP - http://eevee.ocremix.org/ Alestorm, Black Sails At Midnight - http://amzn.

Build a Twitch Plays Pokemon clone, score a robot as your personal tailor, and much more on episode 37 of the Geek Improvement Podcast! Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Google Music for Mac - http://kbhomes.github.io/google-music-mac/ Hopscotch - https://www.gethopscotch.com/ Project Tango - http://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/ Open Knit - http://openknit.org/sample-page/ - Video: http://boingboing.net/2014/02/20/openknit-a-reprap-inspired-op.html - Files: http://doknityourself.com/ Import.io - http://import.io/ Fish driving its wheeled tank through computer vision - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw Twitch Plays - https://github.com/aidraj/twitch-plays Shadow of Mordor gameplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fB64APq_jk&feature=youtu.be Shadow of Mor

Hacking Twitch for Gaikai-like game streaming, Cards for Humanity, a chanting robot version of Alexis and more on this week’s episode of the podcast! Remember, CoastCon is coming up  March 7th through the 10th! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Cards for Humanity - http://cfh.io/ House of Cards Against Humanity -  http://www.houseofcardsagainsthumanity.com/ Indiebox - http://www.theindiebox.com/ Blackmore - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iqioi/blackmore-a-steampunk-adventure-game via http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/12/snatcher-devs-reunite-for-steampunk-adventure-blackmore/ King’s Assembly keyboard - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/70308014/kings-assembly-a-computer-mouse-full-of-awesome Twitch Plays Pokemon - http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplay

Genetic analysis of wookies, an open source Windows clone, The Great Language Game and more on episode 35 of the Geek Improvement Podcast! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Blizzard to fund competitive gaming at the college level - http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/07/blizzard-to-fund-competitive-gaming-at-the-college-level/ A Real Adventure Time Card Game. And A Digital One. All The Card Games - http://kotaku.com/a-real-adventure-time-card-game-and-a-digital-one-all-1518441914 Mailpile - https://www.mailpile.is/ React OS - http://www.reactos.org/ and https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thorium/thorium-core-cloud-desktop Reporter for iOS - http://www.reporter-app.com/ - http://daytum.com/ Middle Earth Digital Elevation Model - http://www.me-dem.org/ Einst

After eating far too much roast beast over the holidays, we ring in the new year almost a month late with talk of steampunk nerf guns, a one-wheeled skateboard and more! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Onewheel - http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/11/onewheel-self-balancing-skateboard-test-drive-video/ Oculus Rift “Crystal Cove” prototype - http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/07/oculus-rift-crystal-cove-hands-on/ “Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture” - http://amzn.com/0812972155 Steampunk Wasteland nerf guns - http://steampunkwasteland.com/ Star Wars: Dark Resurrection - http://www.darkresurrection.com/ via http://majorspoilers.com/2014/01/26/dark-resurrection-volume-1-star-wars-fan-film-pretty-awesome/ Man at Arms - ht

On this week’s episode we visit the Indienomicon Expo and chat with eight indie game devs who call Central Florida home! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Indienomicon - http://indienomicon.com Terncraft Games - http://terncraftgames.com Hapa Games - http://hapagames.com/ Gentleman Squid Studio - http://gentlemansquidstudio.com/ Depth First Games - http://depthfirstgames.com/ Phyken Media - http://phykenmedia.com/ TBA Games - http://periareion.com/#!about-us/ ThatWhichIs Media - http://thatwhichismedia.com Astro Crow - http://astrocrow.com/

After a few months of work, we’re finally ready to pull back the curtains on Quest Foundry: a quest creator for pen-and-paper RPGs where you can share, buy and sell quests. Listen in for the full skinny and more! Support Quest Foundry on IndieGoGo here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/quest-foundry-a-quest-creator-for-pen-and-paper-rpgs/ Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Quest Foundry - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/quest-foundry-create-share-buy-and-sell-quests-for-pen-and-paper-rpgs/ DM-ing for your toddler - http://gygaxmagazine.com/selected-content/dming-for-your-toddler/ Das Horn: The Drinking Horn You Never Knew You Needed, But Your Soul Has Always Longed For - http://dashorn.com/ Eon Altar cancelled - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flyi

We’ve got a short show in store for you this week, as we’re busily planning to launch something new. Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Snow Fight: A Warcraft Tale - http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100002787

On this week’s show we visit IndieNomicon, discuss Warlords of Draenor, chat about Eon Altar (a tabletop videogame) and more! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: IndieNomicon - http://indienomicon.badpilcrow.com/ PeriAreion - http://www.periareion.com/, Steam Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=193010307 AstroCrow Games - http://astrocrow.com/, The Last Ace of Space: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-last-ace-of-space/id429228289 Eon Altar - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flyinghelmetgames/eon-altar-a-tabletop-videogame-for-2-5-players Warlords of Draenor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYueIdI_2L0 Heroes of the Storm - http://www.heroesofthestorm.com/en-us Creating a fake identity using the deep web - http://motherboa

On this week’s show we’re back to the normal format, and we cover a book within a book, learning to program by playing games, Captain Worf and more! Click here to download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Events on Geek Improvement - http://geekimprovement.com/events/ Dangerous Games: How to Play - http://www.forbeck.com/product/dangerous-games-how-to-play/, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvVez38SOXc S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst - http://amzn.com/0316201642, Video: http://boingboing.net/2013/11/01/s-a-novel-conceived-of-by-j-j.html Code Combat - http://codecombat.com/ Pokemon detective game - http://kotaku.com/pikachu-gets-a-speaking-role-in-upcoming-pokemon-detec-1453555155 Pokemon 3DS XL Cases - http://pokewalls.wordpress.com/pokemon-list/ and http://www.gelaskins.com/create/new/ninte

This week we interview Matt Vancil, writer and director of two fantastic series: The Gamers and JourneyQuest! Support Matt and Co. by picking up some DVDs, Blu-Rays and or merch! http://fansupported.net/ Click here to download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Dead Gentlemen Productions - http://deadgentlemen.com/ Zombie Orpheus Entertainment - http://zombieorpheus.com/ The Gamers - http://deadgentlemen.com/projects/the-gamers-series/the-gamers/gamers-watch-it-now/, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiTEHqAeanw The Gamers: Dorkness Rising - http://deadgentlemen.com/projects/the-gamers-series/dorkness-rising/, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3buuXcHOBkI The Gamers: Hand of Fate - http://watchthegamers.com/, Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/72313320 JourneyQuest - http://www.journey-quest.com/, Yo

We visit Nerdapalooza, chat about the Cloak and Blaster pub, discover geeky children’s books and more! Click here to download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Nerdapalooza - http://nerdapalooza.org/ Geeky kids books by Charles Thurston - http://charlesthurston.com/ Southern Pinball Festival 2013 - http://southernpinballfestival.com Leather Beer Bottle Holster - http://www.etsy.com/listing/130699189/leather-beer-bottle-belt-holster The Cloak and Blaster - http://www.cloakandblaster.com/ Second Hand Choppers - http://secondhandchoppers.com/ Steampunk Tower - http://www.cultofmac.com/250309/steampunk-tower-is-our-ios-game-of-the-week-editors-pick/ SweetFX - http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/sweetfx_shader_suite_download.html Minecraft Shaders - http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1924484-162-glsl-sha

Friend of the show Sean Buckley (@seaniccus) joins us to talk Pokémon X and Y, the virtues of filmmaking, comics and more! Click here to download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Pokemon X and Y are out, baby! - http://geekimprovement.com/videogames/videogame/pokemon-x/ and http://geekimprovement.com/videogames/videogame/pokemon-y/ Cookie Clicker - http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ Neo Geo Drama - http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/08/tommo-denies-breach-of-contract/ Null Divide - http://mtmbstudios.wordpress.com/games/null-divide/ Pen-and-paper RPG content generators - http://donjon.bin.sh/ The Strange by Monte Cook Games - http://www.montecookgames.com/next-week-will-be-strange/ Golem Arcana - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613260297/golem-arcana History Must Be Curved - http://www.popeh

Geek Improvement Podcast Episode 25 We visit Indienomicon, gawk at fancy Pokémon dinnerware, discuss Beorn’s ugly mug and more! Click here to download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Development updates - http://blog.geekimprovement.com/post/62906603353/geek-improvement-update-3-item-submission-revamp-and Cookie Clicker - http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ The Geek Easy - http://www.acomicshop.com/geekeasy.htm Indienomicon - https://www.facebook.com/IndieNomicon Axis Game Factory - http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/after-kickstarter-failure-axis-game-factory-returns-with-pro-game-creation-tools-exclusive/ 8BitMMO - http://www.joystiq.com/2013/10/02/8bitmmo-sticks-a-flag-in-pc-desktops-ahead-of-steam-launch/ Pokemon China - http://ollymoss.bigcartel.com/ ICE - http://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ D

Geek Improvement Podcast Episode 24 Award-winning indie game developer David J. Sushil joins us to discus his latest game, Neo-Victorian Skirmish Squad (which is on Kickstarter!), and geek out about tabletop RPGs, SteamOS and more!  Click here to download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Neo-Victorian Skirmish Squad - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/terncraftgames/neo-victorian-skirmish-squad Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix & Her Nightmare - http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/12945/vanessa-saintpierre-delacroix-her-nightmare/index.html Indienomicon - http://indienomicon.badpilcrow.com/ Learn Tabletop RPGs - http://learntabletoprpgs.com/ D&D Deluxe Edition - http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/09/dungeons-and-dragons-white-box/ and http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dnd

Geek Improvement Podcast Episode 23 Hobbit Day, the Mythgard Institute, the Siege of Orgrimmar and more on this week’s episode! Zac may be MIA, but we’ve got two of Geek Improvement’s own to keep his seat warm. Click here to download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: podcast@geekimprovement.com or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Hobbit Day on September 22nd - http://legendarium.mymiddleearth.com/2013/09/19/heath-dill-hosting-hobbit-day-on-middle-earth-network/ Medium Rare & Back Again - http://dilliciousfoods.com/product/uncategorized/medium-rare-back-again-hardcover-pre-order/ Lord of the Rings Subway Signs  - http://puckworks.blogspot.com/ via: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=569796133055996&set=a.291674244201521.63650.160617097307237&type=1&theater The Mythgard Institute - http://www.mythgard.org/ and http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-mythgard-ins