3rd Coast Nerds

DISCLAIMER: If you're easily butthurt, you should probably skip this episode. Then again, you guys seem like good peeps...you've withstood us bashing George Lucas before. Chad sits down with a former lobbyist, a software developer, a child psychologist and educator, and Mills...you know him. We talk about a few of the positives and negatives from the first 30 days of the Trump administration. The show was so YUGE it had to be split into two parts. In part one, we compare the state of the union at the beginning of Obama's first term and the beginning of Trump's term, we cover some of the executive orders and memos, and talk about some of the appointments. Like 3CN: https://www.facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Follow 3CN: https://twitter.com/3rdCoastNerds

On this episode we're joined once again by John and Meg.  Neal wraps up his Owl Con experience, Neal and John talk the best card setups for Dominion, and finally, we discuss Emerald City. Like 3CN: https://www.facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Follow 3CN: https://twitter.com/3rdCoastNerds

On this episode I'm joined by Donte Burks, a longtime friend and creative mind that I've had the opportunity to share a lot of ideas with over the years.  Donte is a horror fan, musician, writer and voice actor.  Mike takes the co-pilot seat for this episode, and we discuss writing better zombies, the common traps in writing zombie fiction, voice acting, music, and the evils of koala bears. Like 3CN: https://www.facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Follow 3CN: https://twitter.com/3rdCoastNerds

Jen. Gaia. Mom. Momma Earph.  Call her whatever, she's the most interesting person I know.  She joins me for an epic podcast that dives deep on parenting, healing, physical wellness, competition, and personal philosophy.  Gaia and I have had so many of these conversations, it's about time we recorded one.  I hope you enjoy. Like 3CN: https://www.facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Follow 3CN: https://twitter.com/3rdCoastNerds

Neal is back from PAX South with stories of loot and games.  We cover Marvel Legendary, Poker Assault, and a few other standouts.  We also discuss the difficulty of developing a game from scratch and finding the best combination of features from other games to roll in.

Once again, we're joined by John and Meg. John discusses his love for automation and robotics, and where we should shift our goals for education. Check out 3rd Coast Nerds on Facebook - http://facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Subscribe to us on YouTube and iTunes

We're back for another draft day with Aether Revolt.  Neal and Chad have ranked their top 8 cards for draft and go over some interesting features of this release. Check out 3rd Coast Nerds on Facebook - http://facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Subscribe to us on YouTube and iTunes

The trio is reunited once again.  We start off with our reaction to the Logan trailer, which we watched right before we rolled the intro music.  For some reason Anne Hathaway can control giant robot things all of a sudden?  We talk about the possibilities for her movie Colossal without knowing any of the relevant details.  Neal has a new must-own game, and he has an interesting question for us that taps into the nature of artificial intelligence.  All that and outro music, because we know how much you missed that. Check out 3rd Coast Nerds on Facebook - http://facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Subscribe to us on YouTube and iTunes

It's been a few months since we last talked to Kenneth (badmonkey_fpv). The tech behind quadcopters is evolving so fast, it's difficult to keep up with what's going on. We talk about the evolving tech, chassis design, and the growing sport as a whole, and we have Mills in the mix. He asks a lot of questions that newcomers might ask. Lots of detail in this episode to digest. You can see more from badmonkey_fpv on his YouTube channel... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabUjOCqRdoezBkKGzJpmiQ Check out 3rd Coast Nerds on Facebook - http://facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Subscribe to us on YouTube and iTunes

In this episode, Mills and I scratch the surface on philosophy, relationships, physics, and then Kenneth (badmonkey_fpv) joins and things get even stranger. This discussion was the result of an epic New Year's Eve conversation where we discussed the life lessons that "children's" entertainment can convey. Check out 3rd Coast Nerds on Facebook - http://facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Subscribe to us on YouTube and iTunes

I dive in deep with Derryc from Sourbunny Productions. We talk about the changes in the convention scene from the artist's perspective, his hands-on approach to creating art, plagiarism vs homage, and the charitable intent behind the art. It's a lot of show, but it's well worth it to get to know this evolving artist. You can learn more about Sourbunny productions via their social media and web pages... http://www.sourbunny.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/SourbunnyProductions https://twitter.com/Sourbunny_Prod https://www.instagram.com/sourbunnyproductions/ http://sourbunnyproductions.deviantart.com/ http://sourbunnyproductions.tumblr.com/ Check out 3rd Coast Nerds on Facebook - http://facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Subscribe to us on YouTube and iTunes

Neal is busy trying to rescue his ailing refrigerator, but we're joined by John and Meg for this episode.  Somehow Kyle had never seen the Dark Crystal re-dub.  We had to change that.  We also talk Everquest, Legendary Firefly and what they got wrong, house rules that fix broken games, how odd noises can make everything better, and finally, some of our favorite story arcs. Check us out on Facebook - http://facebook.com/3rdCoastNerds Subscribe to us on YouTube and iTunes

We're kicking this year to the curb, and we're bringing in Mike to help take out the trash.  We discuss some games, and what toys almost killed us when we were kids.  We'll see you guys in 2017...have a good one!

We're joined by Garcia and Kristin for this episode...the first 3CN cast from Chad's house.  There were some unfortunate technical issues throughout the show that were no noticed until editing...but it is what it is.  We talk Westworld (we swear we're done with it), and Rogue One.  Some things are liked.  Some things aren't liked.  We have a good time.

We swear we're going to actually finish Westworld and do a more in-depth episode about it.  Until then, we discuss some of the points of the show, artificial intelligence, and some Magic The Gathering.  All that, and mental gymnastics trying to remember music from old video games.

We're joined by Sak to discuss everything...toys from our childhood, how would artificial intelligence kill us, and the labor of building things.  It's a long show...lots of info to mow through.

Mills is back...and he's sorry.  We talk about a lot of things.  A lot of gaming going on lately.  How do you store and transport your Dominion collection?  Do you sleeve?  What about foosball?  What about basketball?  What about UFC?  What about all the things???

Happy Thanksgiving y'all.  We're joined by Mike again to get back to nerding as it should be.  We touch base with Neal after his brief hiatus, talk games, a little Flash...it's all the good up until the sugar high from the pre-show apple pie starts to wear off.

No fear...damn the torpedoes!!  There will be jokes...we will have fun again!!  On this episode, we're joined by our favorite soldier Mills, and we go in on where we are, where we're going, and where we'll always be.  Serious, but not serious...sorry, but not sorry.  Also, UFC 205, Irish bare knuckle boxing, and dogs that don't know how to bark.

IT'S MAGICAL TREVOR!!  We're joined by one of our best friends and Harry Potter afficianados Trevor.  Anyone remember that person that was in that thing that one time?  We dive back and try to remember things, there's some game talk, and you get to listen as Chad tries to troubleshoot the video that fails just a few minutes into the show.