Technology, toys and gadgets all the hallmark of any tech nerd and as such Birdman loves to talk about all sorts of things. In today’s episode of Geek Gamers- Geek gadgets we take a look at items to make your life easier, more fun and interact with those that matter to you and of course [...]

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This just in, Double D thinks he’s on the wrong news show! More on this and other stories at 11! Flubbed lines, thought derailments and so, so much mroe on this weeks episode of the Nerd News, so tune in, sit down and enjoy, because it’s the Nerd News Network! So Download and enjoy! News Anchors: Stefan “The Skunk” [...]

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We’ve been having alot of interviews recently haven’t we? Well, we continue that trend today and we talk to someone who will be familiar with to those of you who have seen the Spiderman movies and One Tree Hill. We are talking to actor Joe Manganiello, who played Flash Thompson in spidey and Owen in One [...]

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This just in, Double d has gone missing! More on this and other stories at 11! The world splitting itself apart, and microtransactions. What do these both have in common? IF you answered that they are both part of this weeks NNN episode, then you’d be right. So sit down, tune in and geek out, it’s [...]

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So what do Stimpy, Bugs Bunny and Doug Funny and Fry from Futurama all have in common? Once again, if you said animated characters your a smart ass, but they have a legend of voice acting behind them! The answer is Billy West! Billy West has voiced so many iconic characters that have such a connection so many [...]

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This just in, Birdman is engaged! More on this and other stories at 11! This time we’re dead serious about the above news bit, listen in to find out the details, of course, we’ve still got this weeks great geeky news, which seems to have fallen heavy on the video Game side of things this week. [...]

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Who are your 4 favorite mutants? The X men? The Fantastic Four? Nope! The Teenage mutant ninja turtles! TWIG’s 4 season is underway and we ninja kick it off with a bang! We are talking about the heroes in a half shell who are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year! Join Dave, Mike and Pierce as [...]

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This just in, Birdman is a father! More on this and other stories at 11! We bring you yet another week of geeky news footage, and more of Mike’s crazy antics. This week stories cover Left 4 Dead 2, Mad Max, Xbox Live and much much more. So sit down and tune in, because it’s the [...]

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This just in, TWIG opens news desk! More on this and other stories at 11! Just kidding about the 11 part. We here at TWiG strive to constantly improve the way we deliver content, and the weekly news is no different, which is why we’ve split it from our by-weekly topic shows in order to keep [...]

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We love to partner with cool people and one of those people is Mike Blanchard and the Geekcast radio network. Recently Birdman sat down for a few episodes with the other Mike in his life and talk about Sam Raimi’s Spiderman Franchise but also about one of the greatest cartoons ever, Teenage mutant ninja turtles [...]

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So what do Spiderman, Revolver Ocelot and a boy band all have in common? If you answered they are words, well first off your a smart ass, however if you answered, Josh Keaton, a winner is you! Today Birdman and Double D sit down with veteran voice actor Josh Keaton and talk about video games to [...]

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Common sense says “Don’t go into the dark” and “Don’t go lookin’ for trouble” but in the EA’s Dead Space Universe, this advice is generally ignored and thats what makes REAL SPACE and REAL TERROR. TWIG gets armed with our rivet guns and don our space suits and go huntin for those alien Necromorphs and show [...]

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In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night, TWIG Listeners. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back. Today the BRPD opens it’s doors to the crew of This Week in Geek and we talk about the world’s most famous Paranormal Investigator, Hellboy! Comic [...]

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What?s up Film lovers! Welcome to a special presentation of TWIG as Pierce & Charly team up to talk about their experiences from the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. They?ll be covering the best & the worst of the fest with high profile flicks such as ?Up In The Air?, ?Whip It?, ?Bad Lieutenant?, [...]

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Skint! What’s up bub? We’re the best at what we do and what we do ain’t very nice….the immortal words of the TWIG who are paraphrasing Wolverine! In today’s DVD commentary we take a look at Fox’s X men Origins:Wolverine Join Dave and Stefan and Mike as they learn what it takes to go through the Weapon [...]

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Note: Birdman was lazy and couldnt find a new piece of artwork for this episode, so that’s why the image is outdated. You thought it died? Man were you WRONG! TROMACAST: Welcome to Tromaville LIVES AGAIN! and now with more gay discos! Mike and Pierce are back in Tromaville and this time, we’re sticking around and causing trouble with [...]

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Ever thought that living a video game would be cool? Well what if your luck wasn’t always good and suddenly you find yourself on a random quest with a Ninja and a space bounty hunter fighting an against an evil overlord who is more cut out to be a manager at McDonald’s then evil? Well if [...]

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Who wants to go outside when you have video games, movies and more importanly more video games then you know what to do with? It’s hot, it’s humid out, so that means hiding in your room with the A/C cranked and playing some video games. Birdman comes out and tells you what’s going on in the [...]

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Hey guys, welcome back to a very special episode of This Week in Geek. We went there for the last two years and we went back again this year. That’s right, we’re talking about Canada Fan Expo 2009. We’re going to bring you all the exclusive coverage of our experiences with the largest convention in [...]

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Don?t you forget about me! That?s right. It?s Birdman, The Skunk and Double D comin? at ya with another episode of This Week in Geek where we?re talking about the man, the legend, the director that defined what it was to be an angsty 16 year old in 1985, none other than John Hughes himself. [...]

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Birdman and company have gotten some cool movies and TV series that have kept themselves inside the House this summer. honestly, who needs sunshine when you have HD and 5.1 Surround sound? Take a listen here and see what is trash and treasure and if you like what you hear, then go and check it out [...]

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Welcome to Jurassic Park, where jur ass is always on the line. Get it? Yeah, it?s a lousy joke, but this certainly isn?t a lousy episode of This Week in Geek as Mike, Dave and Stefan take you back to Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna where dinosaurs come to life no one is safe. This [...]

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Once again mike has jumped ship to go guest host another podcast! But I think we can let this one slide, because this time around Mike was invited to guest host an episode of the MWIRE Podcast to talk about none other the one movie he loves to quote, that contains tons of insane carnage and [...]

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Greetings Hogwarts Students and TWIG Listeners! Hogwarts has entered it’s 6th year of magic and wizardry and of course, that means a new movie! Warner Brothers Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince opened a few weeks ago and they invited Birdman out to Toronto’s AMC theater to check it out. As Birdman watched the film, he sought [...]

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We do apologize for the lack of episode updates for the past week, unfortunately we all are recovering from the Black Plague. That’s right someone exacted revenge on the TWiG crew(we’re looking at you Cuba Gooding Jr. Yeah you heard me!)…..never mind. So this week since we were not able to record a new [...]

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Today Mike sits down with Filmmaker Ian Cofino the man responsible for the new documentary about competitive fighting gaming called “I Got Next” found at http://igotnextmovie.com. Mike and Ian talk about how Ian got started as a graphic designer and it morphing into going to video game fighting tournaments and it becoming a full [...]

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Recently Steve got to sit down to be a part of the first episode of MWIRE(Movie Week In Review) A Movie review show on the Geek Cast Radio Network at http://geekcastradio.com. Steve had a great time discussing with Mike Blanchard and Steve Megatron the Back to the Future Franchise reviewing the finer points of [...]

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Today Mike sits down with award winning Canadian director Harvey Glazer. Harvey’s latest Direct-to-DVD film is the prequel to the comedy Van Wilder called Van Wilder Freshmen Year(out now on DVD). Harvey and Mike talk about Harvey’s life creating his own skateboard company, working as a Music Video Director, and as a filmmaker. Check [...]

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This week, we make you an offer you CAN’T refuse! That’s right, Mike, Steve, Dave, Stefan, and Goose talk about the latest news in geek as well as talk about Mafia, Gangster, Heist, and Crime movies. This was a hefty topic, and we didn’t cover all of those films, but enjoy as we [...]

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Today Mike sits down with Jon and Dan from a cool video game themed web series called “Life In A Game“. It’s a comedy/action show that parodies and satirizes games featuring games like Chrono Trigger, Starfox, Diablo, Half Life, Resident Evil, and Paper Mario. Listen in as the guys talk about how they [...]

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This week Mike, Steve, Stefan, and Lorenzo are back as we discuss the latest geek news, and our favorite board games such as Yahtzee, Monopoly, Risk, Battleship, Twilight: The Imperium, plus we talk briefly about Clue. Special thanks to Hasbro and Fantasy Flight Games for helping making this Board Game Episode possible. This episode is brought to [...]

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Today Mike and Lorenzo sit down to discuss a form of geekdom that sometimes is often overlooked considering the popularity of video games, and that’s board games. Enter Corey Conieczka, one of the Lead Designers of Fantasy Flight Games, a company that took some popular franchises such as Battlestar Galactica, Lord of the Rings, [...]

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Today, Mike talks to the Localization Specialist of Namco Bandai America’s Bryant Green. Bryant is responsible in part for bringing Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 and convert it from Japan to North American audiences. Mike and Bryant discuss their love for the Gundam series, and an in depth look at what it takes to [...]

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Today Steve sits down with Musician, New Media Innovator, and Co-Founder of RingtoneFeeder.com, Geoff Smith. Steve and Geoff talk about Geoff’s career in music, launching his own business making ringtones in a very cool way, and a new way to release music online. Also listen in as Steve plays two songs by Geoff, [...]

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WARNING:  THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS OF TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. Today Mike and Goose prepare to transform their world without the power of the Allspark cube but with their Autobot allies of Ryan and Spada from Tfwire.com. They are ready to stand up to the Decepticon forces and solve the mystery of the Fallen! Today’s [...]

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Today, Mike and Stefan get to play shinigami for a day and control who lives and who dies by merely writing down names as they talk about Viz Media’s Death Note. Will your name be one that gets written down? Tune in and find out! This episode is brought to you by POWNZ.com ComicConnection.ca GameAccess.ca. If you sign up [...]

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This episode of Geek Gamers, Dave joins Mike and Stefan on the reviews of: InFamous – PS3 – Sony Computer Entertainment Punch-Out!! – Wii – Nintendo X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition – Xbox 360 – Activision Terminator Salvation – Xbox 360 – Warner Brothers Interactive Klonoa – Wii – Namco Bandai Games So download and enjoy! Gamers: Mike “The Birdman” Dodd Dave “Double D” [...]

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Today we bring you an interesting episode, it’s a roundtable/interview talking about one of our favorite all-time Table Top RPG’s and that’s Dungeons and Dragons. Mike, Lorenzo, and Chris Perkins of Wizards of the Coast talk about D&D 4th Edition, the wonderfulness that is D&D and now how a Canadian helped shaped what the [...]

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It’s been a while, but we’ve been getting some awesome stuff in the TWiG house and we wanted to take the time to really find out if this crop of goodies is trash or treasure. So listen in as Mike, Pierce, and Dave talk about the following: Fanboys- Alliance Films -DVD Star Trek Motion Picture Collection- [...]

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This week Mike, Dave, Stefan and a brand new co-host Lorenzo take on the geek news of the week, and talk about Wizards of the Coast’s famous franchise Dungeons & Dragons. This episode would not be possible without the help of Gina and Emil at Wizards of the Coast. Special notes- New hosts for TWIG- Justin “Goose” Caisse Liz [...]

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Today, Mike sits down with Dave Beeler and Tom Konkle, creators of a really funny webseries called Safety Geeks SVI. Basically think what if Inspector Clouseau from the Pink Panther movies(the good ones with Peter Sellers), and expand his wackiness to a team of safety inspectors in a cool CSI kind of style. [...]

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This week for TWiG Live Mike, Pierce, and Stefan discuss the latest in geek news and also discuss the craze that started making anime extremely popular in North America, Pokemon. This episode is brought to you by POWNZ.com ComicConnection.ca GameAccess.ca. If you sign up to GameAccess and use the promo code “TWIG” you get a 15 day free [...]

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On today’s Birdman’s Boombox, Mike speaks to Entity and The Ranger from the nerd rap group 8 Bit Boys. The 8 Bit Boys album, 8 Bit Diagrams, samples primarily from the music of classic NES games and the lyrics are laden with references to games and gaming. The free and retail versions of their album [...]

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You may remember back in the day we had a few reviews on TWiG Live from the Nostalga Critic?  Well Mike wanted to sit down with The Nostalga Critic himself, Doug Walker of http://ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com to talk about the video series that spawned many awesome characters and some of the most hilarious reviews I(I being [...]

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This week, Mike, Dave, Stefan, and introducing Justin “Goose” Caissie; talk about the latest in geek news, and what it feels like to join the resistance in the form of Terminator Salvation. This episode is brought to you by POWNZ.com ComicConnection.ca GameAccess.ca. If you sign up to GameAccess and use the promo code “TWIG” you get a 15 [...]

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Today, Mike takes the reigns of TWiG Fan Service to interview Chuck Huber. You may remember him from Dragbonball Z as Android 17 and Garlic Jr., but did you know he was in the TV show, The Untouchables(The 1990’s version not the one made in the 1959 series)? Well find out all the [...]

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We apologize for the delay, but here it is our TWiG Live with Mike, Dave, and Stefan talk about the latest geek news and realize the difference between us and you, we make podcasts look good; we’re talking about Men in Black. This Week’s Promos: The Dragon Page with Class The Big Bald Broadcast The Adventures of Indiana Jim To [...]

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This week, Steve covers the latest TV Episodes for the week of May 11, 2009 covering How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory(Season Finale), The Unusuals, Reaper, Smallville(Season Finale), and Supernatural(Season Finale). As well as a season overview of Castle. So download and enjoy! Channelsurfers: Steve “Snowball” Saylor Subscribe to us using iTunes or Use any other podcatching [...]

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Today, Mike has the floor as he talks to the creator/actor of Spike TV’s Mocap LLC, Chris Deluca. Mocap LLC is a comedic look at Motion Capture Studio for Video Games. Think The Office + Video Games + craziness. In this interview Chris talks about the inspiration for the show, the characters [...]

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Today we welcome back to the show Podcast Author J.C. Hutchins, author of The 7th Son Trilogy (Book 1: Decent soon to be in print Fall 2009) and author of the soon to be released Personal Effects: Dark Art (In Print June 10th 2009). Hutch talks about writing, his experience podcasting his first [...]

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Ever want to see the ultimate matchup between Hulk Hogan(before he became Hollywood) and Andre the Giant? Well I know they did in real life, but want to maybe change the course of the match? Play as the Hulk or The Giant? Well you can with THQ’s Legends of Wrestlemania. Recently [...]

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This week, everyone is back on board for TWiG Live as Steve, Mike, Pierce, Dave, and Stefan discuss the latest news of the week in geek as well as review the 11th film of the Star Trek Franchise directed and produced by J.J. Abrams! Live Long and Prosper! This Week’s Promos: The Big Bald Broadcast To leave [...]

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This week, Steve covers the TV Week in Review for the week of May 4, 2009 for the shows How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Reaper, Smallville, Supernatural, Southland, and Dollhouse (Season Finale). So download and enjoy! Channelsurfers: Steve “Snowball” Saylor Subscribe to us using iTunes or Use any other podcatching client by using http://feeds.feedburner.com/thisweekingeek or Download TWiG-JTSEpisode006.mp3

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Birdman is back with his personal blog of music awesomeness and this week Mike brings back Brent Morris (http://twitter.com/closetgeekshow) showcasing the music that both Mike and Brent love. Playlist: 8Bit Boys – 8bit Blisters Bryan Simon – One Shot on my X Coco Loves Alcorn – Intellectual Boys Falco Lombardi – The Girl Oceanic The Mountain Goats – Sorry Your Princess [...]

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We apologize for the delay in releasing this episode this week, we blame the Swine Flu. No in all seriousness, Pierce, Dave, Stefan, and introducing Charlie Smith to the show as they discuss the latest in geek news and talk about the latest X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This episode is brought to you by POWNZ.com ComicConnection.ca GameAccess.ca. [...]

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This week Steve presents the TV Week in Review for the week of April 27, 2009 with shows like: Heroes(Season 3 Finale), Chuck (Season 2 Finale), How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, The Unusuals, Reaper, Smallville, Supernatural, Southland, and Dollhouse. So download and enjoy! Channelsurfers: Steve “Snowball” Saylor Subscribe to us using iTunes or Use any other podcatching [...]

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Today, Mike and Stefan sit down to discuss the latest video games that have come across our TWiG studio. The games covered in this review are: H.A.W.X for the PS3, Sonic and the Black Knight for the Wii, Guitar Hero Metallica for the 360, Pokemon Platinum for the DS, Burnout Paradise – The Ultimate [...]

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This week while Mike is traveling across the U.S. Steve and Stefan take over the show to give you your weekly geek news. As well they talk about Bryan Fuller’s great TV show Dead Like Me. This episode is brought to you by POWNZ.com ComicConnection.ca GameAccess.ca. If you sign up to GameAccess and use the promo code [...]

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This week’s TV Week in Review for Jump The Shark covers the latest episodes of TV for the week of April 20, 2009. The shows covered in this episode are Heroes, Chuck, The Unusuals, Reaper, Smallville, Supernatural, Southland, Dollhouse, and a quick review of season 2 and season finale of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles. So [...]

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Today, Steve brings into TWiG a small bit of the “Music” portion that we talk about in our theme song. Steve sat down with the members of the Canadian Alternative Rock band Arcadia; Andrew Hanes, Matt Klassen, and Tim Saylor. To hear their music check out http://myspace.com/arcadiacanada As well as you can purchase the song Perilous [...]

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