Geeksploration: The Podcast

In this episode, Ben and Jon take a deep dive into the idea of artificial intelligence. They discuss the history of the concept and how it has evolved from science fiction to real technology. They explore the moral and ethical implications of AI and what it might mean for the future of humanity.
 
Geeksploration: the Podcast is a proud member of The Geekly Grind family. They are a collective of geek-minded folks covering gaming, comics, movies, and more. Go check out the other great stuff they have going on!
 
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Theme song is "Cruisin' for Goblins" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
AI abused in the commission of this ear-crime:
 - Speak AI (Transcription)
 - Character.AI (Script)
 - Eleven Labs (Voice)
 - Night Cafe (Art)

We are back with another Creator's Corner (I swear we'll record some regular content when our friends stop creating awesome art!), this time we are talking with Alex Osborne about Polar Destroyer and his podcast, What's Your Spaghetti Policy. What inspired Alex to try his hand at comic book writting? What is the purpose of his podcast? What happened in his childhood that made him hate penguins so much? These questions and more will be answered!
 
Back POLAR DESTROYER now!
A polar bear, whom we know as Jack, is king of the North Pole and sits atop the societal hierarchy of arctic animals.. until he doesn't.  A mutinous uprising, led by the Penguins with their superior technology and nefarious experiments, succeeds at dethroning Jack, or so it seems. Against all odds and from the brink of death, Jack must be rebuilt from the shadows to become a cybernetic killing machine fueled by rage and bent on revenge...a POLAR DESTROYER!
 
Listen to What's Your Spaghetti Policy!
Bug Alex on Twitter!
 
 
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Into music is "Fanfare-Rondeau" by Jean-Joseph Mouret
 
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It is time for another Creator's Corner! This time with local Sacramento storytellers, David Andry and Christopher Alvarez. Even though we've knows these fellas for a while we got to chat with them about there background and influences. But more importantly we got to talk DEAD BLOOD, there new comic book (live on Kickstarter now)!!!
 
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Comics of the 90's; bold, bodacious, ground breaking, and most of all, FUN! Dead Blood is Christopher Alvarez and David Andry's (Resonant, End After End) wild take on this beloved genre of comics. Filled with big guns, wild characters, colors by Bruno Furlani (Troy and Crash) that blast off the page, and letters by Micah Myers (DC, Image, Dark Horse) this first issue introduces Cull, our beefy protagonist, along with Rip, the ghostly remnant of his vestigial twin brother. They fight against necromantic gangs who want to harvest the living to gain dark powers. Our first issue is 24 pages, 18 pages of our main story...
Dead Blood double page spread
... and a 6 page backup origin story featuring Rip and Cull playing everyone's new favorite sport, Allball! Art by Adam Cahoon (The Nasty) colors by Matt Harding (All the Devils are Here) and letters by Micah Myers (DC, Image, Dark Horse). 
 
Also, got check out some of the other stuff these guys do
Ghost Thunder Collective
David Andry:
Comics
Resonant
End After End
Nightfall
Twitter
Instagram
Christopher Alvarez:
Twitter
Instagram
 
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Into music is "Fanfare-Rondeau" by Jean-Joseph Mouret
 
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The boys are back with a impromptu Debrief, now with 27% more bullshit! In this episode give their thoughts (spoiler free) on the Mario Bros & D&D movies, wish Superman a happy birthday, ask Google's new AI what it thinks of them, and probably a few other things.
 
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Theme song is "Celebration" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Welcome back, Geeksploronauts!!!
For their glorious return, the boys decided to go back to where it all began: Time Travel. What better way to do it than to join a kid and a wild eyed scientist on their journeys through the space time continuum. Buckle up. When this podcast hits 88mph, you’re gonna see some serious sh**!
Geeksploration: the Podcast is a proud member of The Geekly Grind family. They are a collective of geek-minded folks covering gaming, comics, movies, and more. Go check out the other great stuff they have going on!
 
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Theme song is "Cruisin' for Goblins" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Oh, hello there. It has been a while, but we're back baby!! It was a nice break but we are ready to get back in the game (albeit not quite as veraciously as before). We figured we would start with a good old fashion debrief the way we originally intended. So it is more of a chat with less rapid fire geek news topics. That said here are the topics:
 
Time stamps
Intro/plans for the future (00:00)
James Gunn's DCEU announcement (09:46)
Wizards of the Coast's January shit show (35:20)
 
Geeksploration: the Podcast is a proud member of The Geekly Grind family. They are a collective of geek-minded folks covering gaming, comics, movies, and more. Go check out the other great stuff they have going on!
 
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Theme song is "Celebration" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We are briefly back to take a hiatus from our hiatus! A couple things happened in the Geekosphere that we just had to talk about. First we lost the absolute legend, Kevin Conroy. This hit both of us pretty hard. Second Weird: The Al Yanchovic Story came out. And don't worry, we'll warn you before we get into spoiler territory. So it is a bit of a bittersweet episode.
 
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Theme song is "Celebration" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The final Debrief before our break is here! Enjoy.
 
Links &Timecodes
Super Mario trailer (05:54)
One more round for Hugh (19:18)
Daredevil in She-Hulk (21:22)
Batman: The Silent Motion Picture (24:56)
Retraction (27:59)
Recommendations
    - Jon: Inktober (31:44)
    - Ben: Spaceteam (32:59)
 
This week's game giveaway is Organ Trail: Director's Cut! Like the classic educational game from your youth, but now with zombies and more action! To enter join out Discord and checkout the #Giveaways channel.
 
Geeksploration: the Podcast is a proud member of The Geekly Grind family. They are a collective of geek-minded folks covering gaming, comics, movies, and more. Go check out the other great stuff they have going on!
 
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Theme song is "Celebration" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Today's promo is for Not Suitable For Adults! Join Rich and Natalie as they peruse the kid's TV space in search of tolerable, or even good programming!
 
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Theme song is "Cruisin' for Goblins" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

We are back for another delve into the Geekosphere. This week we breeze through some pop culture goings-on and then gush about how great Weird Al was live! Also, we have a big announcement.
 
Timecodes & Links
Jon calls out local kid's soccer league (02:46)
More Ezra Miller...uhg! (09:00)
Official Monty Python TTRPG (12:05)
Whos got chess butt? (15:13)
She-Hulk impressions (19:19)
Weird Al Live! (24:33)
Jon bums everyone out (38:46)
Recommendations:
    - Ben: Sandman [Netflix] (42:13)
    - Jon: Severance [AppleTV] (45:53)
Mailbag! (50:13)
 
This week's game giveaway is Orcs Must Die! GOTY, again! Because I totally forgot to actually post the giveaway last time. To enter join out Discord and checkout the #Giveaways channel.
 
Geeksploration: the Podcast is a proud member of The Geekly Grind family. They are a collective of geek-minded folks covering gaming, comics, movies, and more. Go check out the other great stuff they have going on!
 
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Theme song is "Celebration" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Do you like your video games to channel the non stopped pace of a classic 80’s action flick, both in the cover art and gameplay itself? Do you enjoy having a barrage of bullets to run, jump, blast, and die in? Do you love an almost impossible challenge?
Join the boys as they run and gun through one of the greatest and most important video game franchises to chat about the highs and lows and all I’m between.
 
This week's promo is for our good friends Grand Rapidians Play Video Games! They are the premier video game and urine receptacle based podcast in the entire Great Lakes region! 
 
Geeksploration: the Podcast is a proud member of The Geekly Grind family. They are a collective of geek-minded folks covering gaming, comics, movies, and more. Go check out the other great stuff they have going on!
 
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Theme song is "Cruisin' for Goblins" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

It has been a bit, but we are back with another Creator's Corner and this one is a doozy! We got the chance to chat with Kevin Cole, developer of video games, podcaster extraordinaire, and the twisted mind behind the new TTRPG Space Kings! What makes this 21st century Renaissance man tick? You'll have to listen to find out!
 
Play Space Kings!!!
Kevin's varied and multitudinous contact info
Twitter for the man himself: @RealKevinCole
Get Space Kings: SpaceKings.Space
Get a physical copy of Space Kings: Book.SpaceKings.Space
Twitter for Super Try Studios: @SuperTryStudios
Check out Kevin's games: https://supertry.itch.io/
Listen to Pretend Friends
Twitter for Pretend Friends: @Pretend_Friends
Listen to Goosebuds
Twitter for Goosebuds: @GoosbudsPod
Kevin's Patreon: GiveKevinMoney.com
 
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Into music is "Fanfare-Rondeau" by Jean-Joseph Mouret
 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

He there loyal Geeksploronauts! Jon and I were out of town last week and a bit jammed up this week. So today's episode is yet again not an episode, but we did want to put out a call to arms. Next week is going to be our 4 year podiversary! It is hard to believe that it has been that long, but calendars don't lie (except for the Mayan one about that whole world ending in 2012 thing)! We would love to hear from you! If you have a minute and have enjoyed the show please leave us a voicemail at (916) ORC-TURD! It can be about why you listen, what you enjoy about the show, or just about something rad you've done in the last 4 years.
Thank you to every last one of you for listening. We know there are a dizzying array of entertainment options out there, and the fact that we made the cut for anyone still boggles out minds.

Hey everyone, this week the boys were all jammed up stuffing comics into boxes to fulfill the Space Oddities #2 Kickstarter and they pretty much forgot to pick a topic. So they fell back on old reliable, comic books. In this episode Jon & Ben go over the current comics they have been enjoying, a few titles they are on the fence about, and just a couple disappointments. If your headed to your LCS and are interested in some spoiler free recommendations (only a couple of which are from the big two), then this is the episode for you! And if you don't give a shit about comics, then we won't fault you for skipping it. 
 
Timestamps & book links
Books we are digging:
End After End [Vault] (11:16)
Do A Powerbomb [Image] (14:21)
Ian Fleming's 007 [Dynamite] (17:00)
Dan Mora - World's Finest [DC] & Once And Future [Boom] (19:18)
Past the Last Mountain [CEX] (23:33)
8 Billion Genies [Image] (27:52)
Beware the Eye of Odin [Image] (30:02)
Count Crowley: Armature Midnight Monster Hunter [Dark Horse] (32:24)
Heart Eyes [Vault] (35:09)
A Calculated Man [Aftershock] (37:28)
Minor Threats [Dark Horse] (39:19)
Chip Zdarsky - Public Domain [Image] (41:46)
Mike Allred - Superman: Space Age [DC] (46:18)
DC vs Vampires [DC] (47:15)
Books that are on the fence:
Fire Power [Image] (50:32)
Starhenge [Image] (54:25)
Stillwater [Image] (56:26)
20th Century Men [Image] (60:40)
Books that pooped the bed:
Banner of War [Marvel] (62:51)
Damage Control [Marvel] (Ben didn't have time to bring this one up but it was a bit of a snooze with comedy that was trying, unsuccessfully, to channel a Mad Magazine parody of itself)
Superman 78 & Batman 89 [DC] (69:21)
Ending on a high note!:
Blacksad: They All Fall Down Pt. 1 [Dark Horse] (70:55)
Everyone You Love Will Be Eaten By Wolves by Steve Wetherell [Falstaff Books] (71:45)
 
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Theme song is "Fartin' Around" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Hello faithful Geeksploronauts! We are back to blab about some bullshit. Enjoy!
 
Timestamps & Links
More like HBO-Axed (04:11)
The scourge of Ezra (14:49)
Next Flash? (22:18)
She-Hulk smash? (24:45)
Cavill rumor time (27:06)
GoT: Dragon us back? (30:41)
One D&D is here (43:09)
Ben Cooper returns (47:28)
Recommendations: 
    - Jon: The Stanley Parable [video game] (49:50)
    - Ben: Auralnauts [YouTube] (53:57)
Best, review, ever (56:06)
 
This week's game giveaway is Orcs Must Die! GOTY. To enter join out Discord and checkout the #Giveaways channel.
 
Geeksploration: the Podcast is a proud member of The Geekly Grind family. They are a collective of geek-minded folks covering gaming, comics, movies, and more. Go check out the other great stuff they have going on!
 
You can find more information about the show at GeeksplorationPodcast.com
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Theme song is "Celebration" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

What movie franchise delivers the goods when it comes to violence, machismo, wisecracks, guns and explosives, bodies skinned and hanging upside down? What series of films has survived by producing and reproducing movies about...survival? Gear up and get ready to hang out with the boys as they chat al about Predator
 
 
This week's promo is for the spooktacular They're Not Shadows podcast. Spooky stories of the paranormal, the supernatural and the unexplained.
 
Geeksploration: the Podcast is a proud member of The Geekly Grind family. They are a collective of geek-minded folks covering gaming, comics, movies, and more. Go check out the other great stuff they have going on!
 
You can find more information about the show at GeeksplorationPodcast.com
Contact us on social media: Facebook Geeksploration: The Podcast page/ Instagram @GeeksplorationPodcast / Twitter @GeeksplorePod or you can join us on Discord
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Theme song is "Cruisin' for Goblins" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)