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D&D Sessions: Episode 1

What is this? A new episode of the Bastcast?!

Kind of.

With everyone being busy, the Bastcast has been put on a mild Hiatus. But rest assured, we’re still dedicated to the podcast! Which is why Mark and Thomas have posted a recording of their D&D Session this summer. We apologize for the abruptness of the recording, Mark didn’t even inform the other players he was going to record them (a side-effect of his training as a Russian Spy), and just gave Thomas a USB stick while whispering “Here’s the package, bub” (a core part of his work as a UPS package deliverer). As a result, the first ~20 minutes are missing, but we’ve filled you in on the details with an introduction.

We had a ton of fun playing, and hope you enjoy the recording. We plan on having more sessions over the summer, and will be posting them as well.

And as always, Semi-NSFW

The Players

  • Thomas (@LockeCole117) – “Glorn Hammerfast” & GM
  • Mark (@aDevilishTurtle) – “Terrance ‘Medic’ Cidem”
  • @galahir950 – “Galahir”
  • Thomas’s Girlfriend – “Pelenor?” (See the Audience Challenge Below)

Audience Challange!

It’s mentioned in the audio introduction, but one of our players cannot come up with a name that they like for their character. So we decided to ask the audience to come up with a name! If you have any names for a Male Elf Rogue, please comment on the episode, email postcast (at) bastcast.com, or @reply them to @thebastcast. Thanks!

D&D Sessions: Episode 1 [ 1:15:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Croooow! (A Bastcast fan’s favorite MST3K episodes)

@Galahir950 sent us in his favorite Mystery Science Theatre 3000 episodes and shorts. Feel free to discuss the validity of his claims in the comments!

Top 11 Movies

  1. Future War
  2. Pod People
  3. Santa Claus
  4. Laserblast
  5. Mitchell
  6. Girl in Lover’s Lane
  7. Final Justice
  8. Teenagers from Outer Space
  9. Beatniks
  10. Robot Vs. Aztec Mummy (Please explain to us what this is about, we really have no idea)
  11. Secret Agent, Super Dragon

Top 3 Shorts

  1. Junior Daredevils
  2. Marriage Conseling
  3. Gumby

See you later Space Cowboy: Thomas’ List of Top 7 Cowboy Bebop Episodes

Just as we mentioned in Episode 6, Thomas has decided to don his hat specifically used to make conceited suggestions and present his Top 7 Cowboy Bebop Episodes. Why 7? Because choosing 10 would be cheating, since there are only 26 episodes, and it helps create a “distilled” version of the show. Luckily, each episode can more or less be taken independently of each other, so you can pick and choose from this list based with little ramifications!

Cowboy Bebop on: Amazon and Netflix

  1. Ganymede Elegy: Oh man, this has to be my all-time favorite episode of the series. It’s got some fantastic writing, great music, and encompasses a lot of the noir aspects that are crucial to the show.
  2. Black Dog Serenade: A close second to “Ganymede Elegy”, which wins out because I feel the writing is stronger. Personally, I consider these two episodes part of the “Jet Session”, because they work so well together and both focus on his past.
  3. Stray Dog Strut: A fun little romp, which introduces Ein into the show, and highlights the series’ quirky moments.
  4. Mushroom Samba: A peculiar episode with a lot of references to Blaxploitation, soul, and funk. Oh, and hallucinogenic drugs.
  5. Asteroid Blues: The pilot is a great primer for newcomers, but unfortunately falls slightly flat at the end. Focusing on a distinctly Western theme, spending enough time on the action sequences to help ease in the audience, and highlighting Spike and Jet’s method; while skimping on the plot, do a lot to make sure the audience understands what the show is trying to do?
  6. Heavy Metal Queen: Despite how clichéd it might be at times, it’s a very solid episode with a heavy metal soundtrack. How could I resist?
  7. Ballad of the Fallen Angels: Despite how much I dislike the “main plotline” episodes of the series, I love the fatalistic tone of the episode and the homages to John Woo.

Feel free to comment on this post! I’d love to hear your thoughts on this list (or how wrong I am, which is usually the case).

Episode 6: Moonbeam Cowqueef

The BastCast Episode 6: Moonbeam Cowqueef
Despite the fact we talk about Japanese animation, we still swear in English. BAKA!

 

Contact us! Email us at postcast (at) bastcast.com or send us a message on the twitters @thebastcast!

CAUTION! Cursing is a normal part of human interaction. At least, that’s the excuse we use.

Hosts:
Christine (@justchristine), Daniel (@MrArcys), and Thomas (@LockeCole117)

Intro and outro is provided by Sean Harkins! (apparently he’s too cool for the internet)
Break music is Line of Flight by Revolution Void!  To hear more Revolution Void, visit their page on Jamendo!

 

Show Notes:

Topic of the Week: Anime and what 66% of the hosts like about it.

Random Topics:

Episode 6: Moonbeam Cowqueef [ 1:29:06 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

JustChristine Recommends…

…watch THESE episodes of The X-Files!

As part of Daniel’s “Geek 101″ homework (listen to Episode 4 to hear about this), and also just because I can, I’ve compiled a list of my personal favorite episodes of The X-Files (from seasons 1-7 only, as I have yet to watch 8 or 9).

The majority of these episodes have nothing to do with the ongoing mythology story arc (mytharc) of the series, which makes them much easier to watch without having watched the rest of the series.

Presented in chronological order, the episodes of The X-Files (Seasons 1-7) that I recommend watching:

 

Sidenote: After re-watching all of the old trailers I could find, it’s amazing how different they make some of these episodes out to be!

Episode 4: Cowboy Bleepbloops

The BastCast Episode 4: Cowboy Bleepbloops
I think is time to blow these bleeps, get everybody the bloops together.

 

Contact us! Email us at postcast (at) bastcast.com or send us a message on the twitters @thebastcast!

CAUTION! Cursing is a normal part of human interaction. At least, that’s the excuse we use.

Hosts:
Christine (@justchristine), Daniel (@MrArcys), Mark (@aDevilishTurtle), and Thomas (@LockeCole117)

Intro and outro is provided by Sean Harkins! (apparently he’s too cool for the internet)
Interstitial music comes from our collective childhood.

 

Show Notes:

Topic of the Week: Themes, Soundtracks, and Scores.

Random Topics:

Episode 4: Cowboy Bleepboops [ 1:35:03 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 3: Death Metal Bonanza

The BastCast Episode 3: Death Metal Bonanza
Lorne Greene shreds a bitchin’ theme song.

 

Contact us! Email us at postcast (at) bastcast.com or send us a message on the twitters @thebastcast

CAUTION! We impersonate professionals that occasionally use foul language.

Hosts:
Christine (@justchristine), Daniel (@MrArcys), Mark (@aDevilishTurtle), Thomas (@LockeCole117)

Intro and outro is provided by Sean Harkins! (apparently he’s too cool for the internet)
Interstitial music is known as tejano music.  The bleeps and boops we had lined up couldn’t be mixed properly.

 

Show Notes:

Topic of the Week: Typecasting!

Random Topics:

  • The Supermoon
  • Box Office Flops helping the movie industry?
  • Gamma World Session (and the madness of @Sean_MC and @bradymikep
Episode 3: Death Metal Bonanza [ 1:08:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 2: Like It or Suck It!

The Bastcast Episode 2: Like It or Suck It!

::Insert something about Electric Boogaloo here::

Contact us! Email us at postcast (at) bastcast.com or send us a message on the twitters @thebastcast

BEWARE! Words commonly known as “curse words” might have been uttered during the recording of this aural blabfest.

Hosts:
Christine (@justchristine), Daniel (@MrArcys), Mark (@aDevilishTurtle), Thomas (@LockeCole117)

Music provided by: Sean Harkins

 

Show Notes:

Note: there’s a lot of Bullshit in this episode (like over an hour of it). Not sure how that happened.

Topic: The importance of cult media

Some of the Random Topics:
•    Thomas and Daniel has awesome moments of social awkwardness
•    Christine’s view on the “The Book of Mormon” musical! (http://www.bookofmormonbroadway.com/)
•    Our shitty movie recommendations.
•    We continue to reminisce about 90′s televisoon
•    We splurge about Bioware, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age 2, for a LONG time.
•    A revelation about Mark!

Episode 2: Like It or Suck It! [ 1:33:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 1: Growing Up Sucks

The Bastcast Episode 1: Growing Up Sucks

“Good news everyone! It’s a suppository!”

Contact us! Email us at postcast (at) bastcast.com or send us a message on the twitters @thebastcast

Warning!  Kinda NSFW but totally Teenage Friendly.

Hosts:
Christine (@justchristine), Daniel (@MrArcys), Mark (@aDevilishTurtle), Thomas (@LockeCole117)

Music provided by: Sean Harkins

Ramblings:

•   Christine is a pancake addict.
•   Charlie Sheen, and watching his downward spiral.
•   We love 90′s cartoons.
•   Mr. Arcys and the quest for the USB headset.
•   Christine lives in the future (where Best Buy is obsolete and conveyor belts do your shopping).
•   The Blade Runner franchise is getting more movies, along with every other franchise from the past 20 years. (http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2011/03/youre_getting_blade_runner_pre.php)
•   Cars 2 makes us pissed, because we still don’t have an Incredibles sequel.
•   The painful death of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, despite how cool Johnny Depp is.
•   Inception is still a fantastic film, and shows how people are dumb.
•   Brick is just as good, and is on the Instant Queue (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/) (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Brick/70024088)
•   We hate the Oscars.
•   Evangelion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion), why Mark hates it, and why Thomas is happy he left Ohio.
•   Thomas has to mention Pinkerton.
•   Daniel and Mark bond over Eureka 7.
•   The addictive nature of television.

 

Topic for this week: Things we haven’t finished yet (television, games, books).

•   None of us have watched Dr. Who (and Thomas is a complete moron who confuses Dr. Who and Dr. Horrible).
•   Thomas has not watched Star Trek: The Next Generation (and has an awesome plan to rectify this).
•   Despite how fundamental it was to her geek development, Christine has never finished the X-Files.
•   Mark tries to pin watching the V reboot in Thomas (who denies any involvement).
•   Thomas is a giant wimp.
•   Christine cannot finish an “arcade” game, and doesn’t play story-based games.
•   We love Mario Kart: Double Dash, and reference Mass Effect (get used to this).
•   The Elite 4 are Cylons.
•   Mark and Daniel have not finished Ocarina of Time, while Thomas and Daniel have not finished Majora’s Mask.
•   Thomas has not finished Final Fantasy VI (despite the fact it’s one of his favorite games).
•   Final Fantasy XIII is ridiculous.
•   Halo: Reach disappoints Thomas.
•   Daniel hasn’t finished Asimov’s Foundation Series.
•   Mark is a better reader than all of us.
•   Everyone except Daniel hasn’t really read Orson Scott Card’s work.
•   Thomas doesn’t feel he finished Harry Potter, and try to pitch himself as Internet Famous (™).

Episode 1: Growing Up Sucks [ 1:33:48 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download