Jason Cordova – Page 132 – The Gauntlet G+ Archives

We’re currently fiddling with the format of the podcast, and we’d like to get some feedback on what you’d like to see (hear?). Do you have ideas for new segments; are there certain types of topics we’re missing; do you have a great idea for a topic? That sort of thing.

iOS Board Game Club!

If anyone is interested in playing iOS board games together, I thought we could use this thread for organizational purposes.

Many of the games use your Game Center ID for matchmaking. Others have their own separate logins. If you list a game you are interested in playing, please be sure to include the necessary info.

Here are the games I am interested in playing:

Agricola (username jgc742)

Small World 2 (Game Center ID JGCordova)

Carcassonne (Game Center ID JGCordova)

Ticket to Ride iPad (Game Center ID JGCordova)

Lost Cities (Game Center ID JGCordova)

Here are some pics from our weekend-long Dungeon World extravaganza.

Here are some pics from our weekend-long Dungeon World extravaganza. We discuss it at some length on the upcoming episode of The Gauntlet Podcast, but for now, just know that it was an extremely fun sixteen hours of DW.

Thanks to everyone who particpated: Jorge Salazar Daniel Fowler Kyle Kowalski Russell Benner David LaFreniere Jeff Burke and Stephanie!

I watched the new Avengers movie this weekend.

I watched the new Avengers movie this weekend. It was pretty good, particularly in that it may have felt like a bloated mess in the hands of a lesser director. There were a few things I had problems with, though…

-Why did Ultron have moving lips? Whenever he was onscreen, those lips were all I could focus on. And I don’t mean just a mechanical jaw going up and down; he had fully articulated lips! Also, the dance sequence with Ultron and all his little Ultrons during the end credits was a bit off to me, tone-wise.

-Also, I don’t think Eric Stoltz was the right move for Ultron’s voice.

-Jeremy Renner is about as uncharismatic as actors come. I was glad to see the heavy focus on his character’s background and home life was setting us up for his death. Good riddance!

-This movie’s version of Quiksilver is so much lamer than the one in X-Men: Age of Apokalips.

-The accents of the two new actors were annoying as hell. I can do a way better Sekovian accent, and I’m not even from there!

-Why was the Hulk purple in this one?

-I’m a little bored with Loki. This is, what, his fifth movie appearance? Come on, Marvel, there are so many awesome villains you could be using, like, I don’t know, the Joker???

-When is Iron Man going to finally get it on with the Terrence Howard character? I feel like they have been building up to that for a long time now, and I’m ready for the pay off. Especially with that show Empire Records being such a big hit, you’d think they’d want to find a way to give that character more screen time.

-Has Paul Bettany always been the voice of Alfred? I feel like it used to be someone different.

All in all, though, a pretty good movie. Nicely paced, snappy dialogue, and, like I said, it miraculously manages to introduce a ton of new characters without feeling bloated. It just goes to show you, in the hands of a good director, you can do the impossible!