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Episode 42 - Marvel's Phase 3 Extravaganza

Julian Meush October 31, 2014

Its been another huge couple weeks in comic book movie news and the guys are here to discuss the massive news-bomb that was the Marvel event in LA. We break down the announcement from every angle and give you our take, particularly in the wake of the DC slate from a few weeks back. But we don't stop there, we also take a look at Nintendo's all Smash Bros for Wii U Nintendo Direct, some interesting Game of Thrones news and everything in between.

Episode 41 - Words Mean Something

Julian Meush October 18, 2014

This weeks episode is a doozy. Not only did Marvel drop some major news but DC countered with a bombshell of their own. We breakdown the full DC movie slate as well as Marvels "Civil War" news and Daniel takes issue with some film title naming conventions. We also discuss the premieres of both The Flash, Arrow season 3 and Star Wars Rebels. And of course we talk some video games with Smash Bros for the 3DS, The Evil Within, Shadow of Mordor and some more Destiny.

Episode 40 - Too Much to Talk About

Julian Meush October 2, 2014

Its been a crazy two weeks leading up to this 40th episode of the Tower of Babble Podcast. Several new shows were announced to be in development, the Deadpool movie was given the go-ahead and season 2 of True Detective was cast. Lets not forget the premiere of Gotham and the release of Shadow of Mordore. All of this and so much more movie, television and video game news and debate in this weeks jam-packed episode.

Episode 39 - Destiny

Julian Meush September 17, 2014

As the guys continue to get settled into their new routines they sit down to discuss what was supposed to be a light two weeks of news, but instead ended up going for almost two hours. The list of topics includes but is not limited too: The release of Destiny, Super Smash Brothers for 3DS and Wii U characters, The Walking Dead, Matt Damon and the Bourne franchise, Batman and the Batmobile, Daredevil, NHL 15 and much more.

Episode 38 - A Change of Pace

Julian Meush September 3, 2014

So even though it's been slow for news we pulled together another great episode. Out of Nintendo we discuss the New Nintendo 3DS as well as some rumored characters for Smash Bros. We break down a few news bits out of Gamescom. In particular, the Rise of the Tomb Raider hullabaloo. And of course it wouldn't be a ToB podcast unless we discussed Star Wars and Game of Thrones and as luck would have it we got a story that combined both. All that and much more in this episode of the Tower of Babble Podcast; now broadcasting from the Cayman Islands!

Episode 37 - SDCC, TMNT and GotG

Julian Meush August 13, 2014

We're back after a month long summer 'vacation' and just in time to cover everything out of San Diego Comic Con. Of course we try to touch on everything else we may have missed while also finding time to breakdown some of things we've been watching and playing while we were away. We discuss the recently released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film as well as Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and so much more.

Episode 36 - Penny Dreadful

Julian Meush July 1, 2014

Daniel and Julian sit down to discuss the last two weeks geek news. Starting with Penny dreadful and moving through to Transformers and 22 Jump Street. We also discuss the latest in from TMNT, Star Wars, DC and Marvel. Enjoy your long weekend with the Tower of Babble!

ToB Interlude - Episode 35.5 - Everything NOT E3

Julian Meush June 23, 2014

If you listened to last weeks podcast, Episode 35 you know that we have something extra for you this week. In this weeks bonus episode we discuss all the non-gaming news that took place over E3. We start by dissecting the rumoured DC movie slate and move into a discussion on the maligned Ant-Man film. We also talk Game of Thrones and True Detective as well as, of course a bit of Star Wars.

Game of Thrones S4E10 "The Children": ToB Breakdown

Julian Meush June 17, 2014

Season 4 ended off with a bang. Following last weeks battle at The Wall we catch up with almost all the key players before they all take a ten month break. Jon meets Mance, Stannis makes an appearance, Bran reaches his goal, Danni makes a tough choice, Brienne meets The Hound, Cersei makes a stand, Jamie helps his brother and Tyrion confronts his father.

Episode 35 - E3 Spectacular

Julian Meush June 17, 2014

The guys sit down to discuss as much E3 news as they can squeeze into an hour and a half. Unfortunately they spend most of the time talking about Smash Bros for Wii U and Nintendo's future. They spend the rest of the time on No Mans Sky, Far Cry 4, Uncharted 4 and so much more.

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