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Episode 99 - The Age of Adaptations

Julian Meush July 8, 2017

After a nice Canada Day/4th of July long weekend the ToB Crew are back at it. The news didn't take a vacation so there's a ton to cover. Starting with movie news the guys discuss the major shakeup with the Han Solo movie, the future of the MCU, Wonder Woman's tremendous box office success and much more. On the TV front it seems like there's a never ending rumour mill of possible adaptations and reboots. This time it's HBO possibly adapting Watchmen, a live action Jetsons series from Robert Zemeckis and Kevin Bacon talking a Tremors reboot. Finally in gaming news Nintendo announced the Super NES Classic Edition and Julian and Dan debate the merits of removing the "Game Over" screen from Super Mario Odyssey. All this and so much more in this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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Episode 98 - E3 2017 Special!

Julian Meush June 18, 2017

E3 2017 is over. The booths have been packed up, the LA Convention Centre emptied and cleaned. But that doesn't mean we are done talking about it. Julian, Daniel and Jeremy sit down to discuss all the biggest announcements, reveals and trailers from the years biggest gaming event. From the reveal of X-box One X to Mario Odyssey, if you're at all a fan of video games there's something at this show for you. The guys break down and unpack the Metroid Prime 4 reveal, the God of War trailer, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 multiplayer details, State of Decay 2 and much much much more on this Tower of Babble Podcast E3 Special!

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Episode 91 - Switch Launch

Julian Meush March 11, 2017

It's been a few week's since the ToB Crew has tackled the news but now that the Oscars are over it's time to dig deep into all the latest goings-on in the nerd world. Starting with the DCEU as things have been busy over at Warner Brothers. The guys discuss Matt Reeves directing The Batman, the Nightwing movie announcement and a ton more DC movie tidbits before moving onto some TV talk. Including: Another delay for Star Trek: Discovery but at least they cast their captain, Star Wars Rebels has been renewed for a 4th season and Castlevania is getting an animated series on Netflix. Finally, Julian, Dan and Jeremy cover the Nintendo Switch launch and the unprecedented reception of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. All this and so much more (including X-Men rumours and Tron 3 news!) on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Oscars, Indiana Jones, Wonder Woman, Batman, Suicide Squad, Gotham City Sirens, Nightwing, Lego, X-Men, HBO, Tron, Dune, Star Wars, Rebels, Riverdale, John Wick, Star Trek, TMNT, Game of Thrones, Netflix, Castlevania, Switch, Nintendo, Zelda, Breath of the Wild, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Sony, South Park, Uncharted, VR, PSVR, PS4, Valve, Black Sails
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Episode 83 - Star Wars & Plenty of Tangents

Julian Meush October 20, 2016

Julian and Daniel sit down, sans Jeremy, to discuss the latest in geek news. Starting with, of course, Star Wars.  They break down the Rogue One trailer, Ewan McGregor's idea for Obi-Wan movies and whats happening with the Ghost crew and Star Wars: Rebels. They move onto talking about the reveal of Amber Heard's Mera as well as the nonstop news train coming from the set of Logan. As far as TV news, there wasn't much but the guys talk about the popularity of Netflix and The Simpsons 600th episode. Moving to games, they delve deep into Red Dead Redemption 2 announcement and the reception of PSVR after its release last week. To wrap up Dan and Julian both discuss some of what they've been watching including Fincher's Zodiac and more! 

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Episode 79 - Campfire Union

Julian Meush September 14, 2016

This week on the show Julian sits down with Lesley Klassen and Rachael Hosein of The Campfire Union, a local VR development studio here in Winnipeg. The discussion moves from the founding of the studio and what they've been working on to a conversation about the challenges of VR development and what it means for the technology when massive companies like Facebook, Google and HTC get involved. They also shine some light on the local game dev scene and give their take on why they believe Canada has become such a hotbed for amazing game development. All this and so much more on this weeks episode of the Tower of Babble Podcast!

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Episode 76 - Playstation VR Impressions

Julian Meush August 18, 2016

Its another two man show this week as Daniel is still on vacation, but the news doesn't stop so the show must go on! We start off, like we always do, by discussing the latest movie news, which in this case, means going over some of the Suicide Squad aftermath. There's a sentiment out there that the DCEU is in real trouble and we try to examine what that really means. We then move into some TV talk and we couldn't avoid another brief discussion on Stranger Things. But that's not all! There's always DC CW news as we move closer to their fall premiers, and this week is no different, as rumours of non other than Joss Whedon potentially directing an episode of Supergirl began to swirl. We end the news segment discussing a few gaming stories including a coming PS4 Firmware update and a new Metal Gear game from Konami. We then cap off the show with Julian's impressions of Playstation VR, as he had a chance to demo a few of the launch games coming to the platform in October. No one in the ToB Crew had yet to try VR so we went into detail talking about the comfort of the headset, motion sickness, the level of immersion, the types of experiences you can expect at launch and much more.

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