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What time is it? GAME TIME! By that I mean it is time for another installment of the fan-favorite segment – Indie game spotlight! That Guy Named John is joined by This Guy Named Steve as they talk about “Inside” and “Batman: The Telltale series”. The first game they talk about is a phscological puzzle platform called “Inside” by “Playdead”, and you can find more information by going to there website here: Playdead.com. Next on the list is “Batman: The Telltale Series”, by “Telltale”, which is a very story driven game where very action has multiple choices that change the way the game unfolds. You can check them out here: Telltale.com. Before we dive into the episode, I wanted to talk about the new podcast exposure incentive that I came up with, which should hopefully give some podcasts a broader audience. Here is the plan: * Take a screenshot of your top 6 podcasts from your podcast app * Upload it to social media and use the hashtag: #top6podcasts and tag your favorite hosts and shows * Share and retweet others using the same hashtag The goal is to share you favorite podcasts with people without being limited to the 140 characters on Twitter. I will be retweeting anything I see that uses the hashtag, so join in and see what difference we can all make! Time codes for this episode: 0m:00s – 3m:00s: Introduction of the #top6podcasts idea 3m:00s – 5m:45s: Intro to this edition of the Indie Game spotlight 5m:45s – 13m:00s: Recap of games that we have covered on previous episodes, plus Steve talks about his upcoming work writing reviews of puzzle rooms on Roomescapeartist.com . 13m:00s – 21m:00s: Steve talks about his first suggestion, which is the game “INSIDE” 21m:00s – 32m:00s: Steve talks about his second suggestion which is “Batman: The Telltale Series” 32m:00s – 50m:00s: John’s review and rating of “INSIDE” 50m:00s – 1h:03m: John’s review and rating of “Batman: The Telltale Series” 1h:03m – 1h:10m: John’s review and rating of the Telltale game for “Game of Thrones” 1h:10m – 1h:13m: Steve talks about his new side gig/ passion project; writing reviews of puzzle rooms for Roomescapeartist.com . 1h:13m – 1h:17m: Final thoughts and wrap up Thank you to Steve for joining me on this latest Indie Game spotlight! You can find Steve on Twitter: @steveblog,  Instagram: @standinside plus you should check out his video work with National Geographic Expeditions at his website: http://standinsidemedia.com/. Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.

Joining That Guy Named John this week is award winning author, engineer, podcast host, and Star Wars fangirl: Tricia Barr! We talk about her self published book “WYNDE”, and also the new book she co-authored: “Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia”. Time code breakdown: 0m:00s – 1m:50s: Intro 1m:50s – 15m:00s: Talking about her self published novel; “WYNDE”. More info can be found here: Triciabarr.com/WYNDE 15m:00s – 25m:40s: Star Wars memories and discussions of Tricia’s first experiences with the movie 25m:40s – 45m:30s: The transition from loving Star Wars, to working within the Star Wars universe (plus mentions of the infamous “Lucas binder” at 34m:30s) 45m:30s – : Discussions about her work on “Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia”, available here: DK.com/starwars 49m:50s – 57m:11s: Wrap up and talking about other projects like “Fangirls Going Rogue”, “Priority Transmission” and “Hyperspace Theories”. Thank you again to Tricia for taking the time to talk with me! Also a huge thank you to Julia O’Halloran, a Senior Publicist at DK for sending this amazing book that we talked about on this episode! For any and all information regarding DK’s amazing offerings, head over to their website: DK.com/US Twitter links for the guests on this episode: You can find Trica on Twitter: @fangirlcantina, her podcast: Twitter: @fggoingrogue Lastly, you should absolutely check out her website which has a whole bunch of her amazing works on it: triciabarr.com Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.com/abouttoreview and chip in a dollar if you can, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, you can email those to the show at: abouttoreview@gmail.com Audio editing services provided by Brandon (@bsmith125) at Vexing Media. Vexing Media is a graphic design, website design, and digital media company. You can find them at their website: Vexingmedia.com or follow them on Twitter @vexingmedia and Facebook: Facebook.com/VexingMedia  

Join the 50th episode celebration as That Guy Named John sits with the person who was there from the beginning; Dr. Andy! They take a departure from the usual film and TV talk, and talk about food, then rate and review “T2: Trainspotting” and “Ghost in the Shell”. 50 down, 100’s more to go! Right off the bat, I wan to thank everybody for being with the podcast during this journey, which has been an absolutely wild ride. I could not do this without your support, and I thank you so much! Time codes: 0m:00s – 2m:56s: Intro 2m:56s – 4m:00s: Sponsor plug – American Music and Vexing Media 4m:00s – 9m00s: New reviews! 9m:00s – 21m:40s: Food! We went to Vegfest 2017 and ate a bunch, then we talked about it 21m:40s – 39m:15s: Discussion, review, and rating of “T2: Trainspotting” IMDB link: T2: Trainspotting 39m:15s – 59m:35s: Discussion, review, and rating of “Ghost in the Shell”. IMDB link: Ghost in the Shell 59m:35s – 1h:03m: Wrap up and gratitude.   Sponsor info: A huge thank you to American Music who sponsored this episode! American Music is a locally owned music store with an incredibly experienced staff of musicians who provide their knowledge and expertise in guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, pro audio, recording, lighting, amplifiers, effects and accessories. It is a store for musicians run by musicians! Check them out at their website: American Music.com and also like and follow them here: Twitter.com/AmericanMusicWA Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.com/abouttoreview and chip in a dollar if you can, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, you can email those to the show at: abouttoreview@gmail.com Audio editing services provided by Brandon (@bsmith125) at Vexing Media. Vexing Media is a graphic design, website design, and digital media company. You can find them at their website: Vexingmedia.com or follow them on Twitter @vexingmedia and Facebook: Facebook.com/VexingMedia

On this week’s episode, That Guy Named John is joined in the studio by This Guy Named Steve and Carmen as they discuss the “Nostalgia filter” as it relates to movies from our childhood. They each give a “good”, “bad” and “ugly” film, plus some honorable mentions! To further explain the topic, a “good” movie is one they watched as a child, or when they were younger, that still holds up now. A “bad” movie is one they liked as a kid that does not really hold up, but they still like it, and finally, an “ugly” movie is something that they liked as a kid that upon watching it again realize it is atrocious. Stay tuned and see if any of your favorites made the list! Time codes: 0m:00s – 8m:00s: Introduction of the guests and the topic for this week 8m:00s – 14m:10s: Carmen’s “Good” choice has to do with toons and an evil mayor 14m:10s – 20m:10s: Steve’s “Good” choice is a dark, secretive, and creepy cartoon 20m:10s – 27m:35s: John’s “Good” choice exhibits some of the best puppetry work of our generation 27m:35s – 38m:15s: Steve’s “Bad” choice starred the great Orson Welles in one of his last performances 38m:15s – 44m:10s: John’s “Bad” choice deals with robots and racism 44m:10s – 56m:00s: Carmen’s “Bad” choice returns us a magical land with Dorothy and bizarre characters 56m:00s – 1h:01m: John’s “Ugly” choice has unicorns, magic, and a giant red bull (but not the kind that gives you wings) 1h:01m – 1h:13m:Carmen’s “Ugly” choice is all about collectible, disgusting children 1h:13m – 1h:25m: Steve’s “Ugly” choice is about the journey of two brothers who want to play in a video game tournament 1h:25m – 1h:29m: John’s “honorable mention” stars “Puck” and “Mad Martigan” 1h:29m – 1h:32m: Carmen’s “honorable mention” involves a young boy going on a crazy space adventure 1h:32m – 1h:35m: Steve’s “honorable mention” has the same name of a much better comic book 1h:35m – 1h:37m: Another one of John’s “honorable mentions” is about kids and pirate ship, and lost treasure, and it sucks 1h:37m – 1h:41m: Recap and wrap up A huge thank you to the guests on this episode! You can find Steve on Twitter: @steveblog,  Instagram: @standinside plus you should check out his work with National Geographic Expeditions at his website: http://standinsidemedia.com/.   To find Carmen, hold out a bottle upper middle shelf and/or top shelf tequila and yell “free shots!”, and she will find you. Oh yes, she will find you. Sponsor info: A huge thank you to American Music who sponsored this episode! American Music is a locally owned music store with an incredibly experienced staff of musicians who provide their knowledge and expertise in guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, pro audio, recording, lighting, amplifiers, effects and accessories. It is a store for musicians run by musicians! Check them out at their website: American Music.com and also like and follow them here: Twitter.com/AmericanMusicWA Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter,

Oh Canada! You continue to amaze me with your amazing film scene, generous hospitality, and of course the incredible festivals that you have. On this episode, That Guy Named John travelled north again to British Columbia to cover the Vancouver Web Fest 2017 ! On this episode there is an interview with the producer of the event, as well as interviews with some of the content creators. Then John breaks down his favorite selections from each screening block, culminating in crowing his best of the Vancouver Web Fest! Time codes: 0m:00s – 1m:45s: Intro and sponsor shout outs 1m:45s – 4m:00s: Where is John and what is he covering? The Vancouver Web Fest, that is what! 4m:00s – 28m:00s: Interview with festival creator and producer; Suzette Laqua 28m:00s – 50m:35: Interview with producer and director Brett Patrick Jenkins (IMDB: Brett Patrick Jenkins) 50m:35s – 1h:15m39s: Interview with Trip Hope from “League of S.T.E.A.M.” (Twitter: @leagueofSTEAM) 1h:15m39s – 1h:35m:45s: Interview with Dolan Bloom (Twitter: @dolanbloom), Caitlin Morris (Twitter: @sirromcc), and Sean Murphy (Twitter: @seanmurphy516) from “Sublets” (watch here: Sublets) 1h:35m:45s – 1h:48m:50s: Interview with Darren Barrowman (Twitter: @dborrowtime) from “Telegraph Cove” (watch here: Telegraph Cove) 1h:48m:50s – 1h:57m:24s: Interview with Kyrie Hunan-Jackson (Instagram: KyrieCapri) from “Wizards of AUS” (watch here: Wizards of Aus) 1h:57m:24s – 2h:01m:45s: Wrap up and my best of screening block #1 2h:01m:45s – 2h:03m:10s: My best of screening block #2 2h:03m:10s – 2h:04m:35s: My best of screening block #3 2h:04m:35s – 2h:06m: My best of screening block #4 2h:06m – 2h:08m:24s: My best of screening block #5 2h:08m:24s – 2h:10m:15s: My best of screening block #6 2h:10m:15s – 2h:13m:50s: My best of screening block #7 2h:13m:50s – 2h:16m:25s: My best of screening block #8 2h:16m:25s – 2h:18m:25s: Rundown of the best of the blocks, and then crowning my best of show 2h:18m:25s – 2h:21m: Thank you to everyone who helped me and wrap up There are so, so many people to thank for this opportunity, and I was lucky enough to be able to cover this incredible event. Thank you again to Suzette and her whole crew, and to all of my guests on this episode! Sponsor info: A huge thank you to American Music who sponsored this episode! American Music is a locally owned music store with an incredibly experienced staff of musicians who provide their knowledge and expertise in guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, pro audio, recording, lighting, amplifiers, effects and accessories. It is a store for musicians run by musicians! Check them out at their website: American Music.com and also like and follow them here: Twitter.com/AmericanMusicWA Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and

Another crazy week in pop culture gets broken down by your host, That Guy Named John, and returning guest Tim Hall! They talk about a ton of new trailers for movies that may or may not be terrible, two short films, and then review and rate “Kong: Skull Island”! Thank you to our sponsor “American Music” for supporting the show! They support us, so please support them! Check them out at their website: American Music.com and also like and follow them here: Twitter.com/AmericanMusicWA Time codes: 0:m:00s – 1m:30s: Intro with Tim Hall 1m:30s – 10m:00s: Tim talking about Danny Boyle and who else we would like to interview (John: Levar Burton @5m/ Phil LaMar @7m & Tim: Logan Browning 7m:40s) 10m:00s – 12m:30s: Trailer talk – Ghost in the Shell (trailer link) 12m:30s – 18m:40s: Trailer talk – Atomic Blonde (trailer link) 18m:40s – 22m:40s: Trailer talk – Alien Covenant (trailer link) 22m:40s – 27m:40s: Trailer talk – Baby Driver (trailer link) 27m:40s – 38m:40s: Trailer talk – Wonder Woman (trailer link) & and Transformers (trailer link) 38m:40s – 41m:35s: Trailer talk – Geostorm (trailer link) 41m:35s – 50m:25s: Jack is back! Samurai Jack! (Samurai vs Ninja link) 50m:25s – 54m:20s: Short film talk: “Ticky Tacky” (film link) 54m:20s – 58m:15s: Short film talk: “Status” (film link) 58m:15s – 1h:06m: Domino casting and Deadpool movie talk! 1h:06m – 1h:26m: Discussion, review, and rating of “Kong: Skull Island” 1h:26m – Wrap up and social media links (Shout out to Ella @1h:27m) 1h:29m:50s – 1h:31m: Sponsor spotlight: American Music!   Guest info: The one and only People’s Critic, Tim Hall, can be found by checking out his Twitter: @peoplescrtic, Instagram @peoplescritic,  or his website: The Peoples Critic blog! Sponsor info: A huge thank you to American Music who sponsored this episode! American Music is a locally owned music store with an incredibly experienced staff of musicians who provide their knowledge and expertise in guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, pro audio, recording, lighting, amplifiers, effects and accessories. It is a store for musicians run by musicians! Check them out at their website: American Music.com and also like and follow them here: Twitter.com/AmericanMusicWA Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now 

What more could you ask for in one episode? We cover “Filmapalooza”, Emerald City Comic-Con, and then review and rate “Beauty and the Beast”! This episode features Mark Ruppert, Dr. Andy, and Tim Hall as guests. This past weekend Seattle hosted the international competition for the 48 Hour Film Project; “Filmapalooza”, which That Guy Named John and Dr. Andy were fortunate enough to cover on part 1 of this episode. In part 2, Tim Hall, AKA: The People’s Critic joins the show as he and John talk about Emerald City Comic-Con, and Beauty and the Beast! You can find a lot of the films we mention during the episode from this link: http://www.48hourfilm.com/home. Time code breakdown: 0m:00s – 2m:03s: Intro 2m:03s – 2m:54s: Sponsor shout out! American Music, located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle is your one stop shop for all things music. They support us, so please support them! www.americanmusic.com 2m:54s – 18m:36s: Interview with Mark Ruppert, who is the executive producer and founder of the 48 Hour Film Project <Disclaimer: There are some feedback issues due to the recording space we were in. I apologize> 18m:36s – 38m:35s: Dr. Andy and John talk about what they think of the 48 Hour Film Festival as a whole, before diving into the breakdown of the films they saw. 38m:35s – 1h:14m: Our individual favorite honorable mentions and best of the festival 1h:14m – 1h:35m: Tim Hall, AKA: The People’s Critic joins John for a discussion of Emerald City Comic Con 1h:35m – 2h:04m: Review, discussion, and rating of the new live action Disney movie: “Beauty and the Beast” 2h:04m – 2h:07m: Wrap up and credits A huge thank you to everyone who helped out during Filmapalooza; Mark, Liz, Scilla, Austin, Krk, Emmet, you were all amazing and a pleasure to work with! Guest info: You can find information about Mark Ruppert and the 48 Hour Film Project at their website: http://www.48hourfilm.com/home. or Facebook page: Facebook.com/48hourfilm The People’s Critic, Tim Hall for joining this episode! You can find Tim by checking out his Twitter: @peoplescrtic, Instagram @peoplescritic,  or his website: The Peoples Critic blog! You cannot find Andy on the internet unless you know how to speak Python … backwards, while also speaking Danish. Sponsor info: A huge thank you to American Music who sponsored this episode! American Music is a locally owned music store with an incredibly experienced staff of musicians who provide their knowledge and expertise in guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, pro audio, recording, lighting, amplifiers, effects and accessories. It is a store for musicians run by musicians! Check them out at their website: American Music.com and also like and follow them here: Twitter.com/AmericanMusicWA Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well!

2 guests and 3 crazy topics are on the agenda for this episode! Join your host; That Guy Named John, as he sits down with Dr. Andy and This Guy Named Steve while they discuss the “Crazy 8’s Film Festival”, then review the new thriller “Get Out”, and finally give a full breakdown of the 2017 Oscars! Time codes: 0:00 – 2m:20s: Intro 2m:20s – 4m:40s: Sponsor shout out to American Music. Go to their Twitter page and check them out! Twitter.com/AmericanmusicWA 4m:40s – 6m:35s: New iTunes review! 6m:35s – 21m:51s: Breaking down the amazing Crazy 8’s film festival that happened in Canada this past weekend. (Cypher: 9m:50s-14m:57s)__(The Prince: 14m:57s-18m15s)__(Ahn Hung: 18m:15s-20m:25s) 21m:51s – 36m:30s: Review, discussion, and rating for: Get Out – IMDB.com/GetOut 36m:30s – 1h:18m: 2017 Oscars. What surprised us? What did we like? What did we hate? 1h:18m – 1h:24m: Video game minute! (That lasts for much longer than a minute). We talk about “Shadow of War”, the sequel to “Shadow of Mordor”. Watch the trailer here: Youtube.com/ShadowofMordor 1h:24m – 1h:27m: Wrap up and final thoughts 1h:25m – : Sponsor shout out! American Music! Guest info: You can find Steve on Twitter: @steveblog,  Instagram: @standinside plus you should check out his work with National Geographic Expeditions at his website: http://standinsidemedia.com/. You cannot find Andy on the internet unless you know how to speak Python … backwards, while also speaking Danish. Sponsor info: A huge thank you to American Music who sponsored this episode! American Music is a locally owned music store with an incredibly experienced staff of musicians who provide their knowledge and expertise in guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, pro audio, recording, lighting, amplifiers, effects and accessories. It is a store for musicians run by musicians! Check them out at their website: American Music.com and also like and follow them here: Twitter.com/AmericanMusicWA Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.com/abouttoreview and chip in a dollar if you can, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, you can email those to the show at: abouttoreview@gmail.com Audio editing services provided by Brandon (@bsmith125) at Vexing Media. Vexing Media is a graphic design, website design, and digital media company. You can find them at their website: Vexingmedia.com or follow them on Twitter @vexingmedia and Facebook: Facebook.

Two guests for the price of none! That Guy Named John is joined by the two people who have made this podcast possible: Dr. Andy and Tim Hall, AKA: The People’s Critic. They talk about 3 films: “Fist Fight”, “The Great Wall”, and “Logan”, then give their Oscar predictions. Enjoy! Timecodes 0m:00s – 1m:32s: Introduction of Tim and Andy 1m:32s – 2m:50s: Sponsor plug #1: American Music in Fremont! They are an awesome music store which has an incredible helpful staff, and an expansive website. Check them out here: http://www.americanmusic.com 2m:50s – 6m:40s: New 5 star reviews on iTunes! 6m:40s – 21m:00s: Fist Fight review and rating 21m:00s – 43m:10s: The Great Wall review and rating 43m:10s – 1h:04m: Logan review and rating 1h:04m – 1h:07m: Sponsor plug #2: Andy waxes and wanes about the amazing selection at American Music 1h:07m – 1h:37m: Oscar breakdown and predictions 1h:37m – : Wrap up and final thoughts Twitter links for the guests on this episode: Thank you again to the two people who continue to help me along this journey; Dr. Andy, and The People’s Critic, Tim Hall for joining this episode! You can find Tim by checking out his Twitter: @peoplescrtic, Instagram @peoplescritic,  or his website: The Peoples Critic blog! You cannot find Dr. Andy through social media because he is an international man of mystery. Sponsor info: A huge thank you to American Music who sponsored this episode! American Music is a locally owned music store with an incredibly experienced staff of musicians who provide their knowledge and expertise in guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, pro audio, recording, lighting, amplifiers, effects and accessories. It is a store for musicians run by musicians! Check them out at their website: American Music.com and also like and follow them here: Twitter.com/AmericanMusicWA Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.com/abouttoreview and chip in a dollar if you can, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, you can email those to the show at: abouttoreview@gmail.com Audio editing services provided by Brandon (@bsmith125) at Vexing Media. Vexing Media is a graphic design, website design, and digital media company. You can find them at their website: Vexingmedia.com or follow them on Twitter @vexingmedia and Facebook: Facebook.com/VexingMedia

Holy action movie Batman! This is one jam packed episode! On this week’s episode, That Guy Named John is joined once again by returning favorite; Tim Hall, AKA: The People’s Critic. They talk about FX’s “Legion”, “John Wick: Chapter 2”, and “Lego Batman”! Time codes: 0m:00s – 8m:00s: Intro and reminiscing about 80s/90s R&B groups. 8m:00s – 16m:50s: Review and discussion of the pilot episode of “Legion”, the new mutant/ superhero show on FX 16m:50s – 24m:12s: Gushing over the latest behind the scenes footage of “Avengers: Infinity War”, which you can watch here: Youtube.com/Avengers 24m:12s – 58m:00s: Review, rating, and discussion of “John Wick: Chapter 2” 58m:00s – 1h:09m: Review, rating, and discussion of “LEGO Batman” 1h:09m – 1h:16m: Wrap up and final thoughts, plus we stumble onto a future topic: Rappers turned actors Twitter links for the guests on this episode: Thank you again to the fan favorite People’s Critic Tim Hall for joining this episode! He can be found by checking out his Twitter: @peoplescrtic, Instagram @peoplescritic,  or his website: The Peoples Critic blog! Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.com/abouttoreview and chip in a dollar if you can, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, you can email those to the show at: abouttoreview@gmail.com Audio editing services provided by Brandon (@bsmith125) at Vexing Media. Vexing Media is a graphic design, website design, and digital media company. You can find them at their website: Vexingmedia.com or follow them on Twitter @vexingmedia and Facebook: Facebook.com/VexingMedia  

Tighten the turnbuckles, break out the face paint, and dust off your leotard, because this episode is all about the “Golden Age” of wrestling movies from the 1980’s! That Guy Named John is once again joined by Ryan Berkley, and this time they fall down the rabbit hole of cheesy action movies that feature one or more wrestlers in them. Time codes: 0:00 – 10m:30s: Introduction of Ryan and his journey into the world of professional wrestling 10m:30s – 23m:30s: The first movie we talk about involves babes and frogs 23m:30s – 40m:10s: Moving down the list, the next movie is about Arnold Schwarzenegger running from things and delivering one-liners 40m:10s – 57m:20s: The only WWF (not WWE) production on our list, starred Hulk Hogan and Deebo, I mean, “Zeus” 57m:20s – 1h:02m: Shimmering aliens, gratuitous muscle shot, and a mini-gun that clears a forest are the highlights of this next film 1h:02m – 1h:13m: “BONE SAW IS READY!” 1h:13m – 1h:22m: One of the greatest films of all time, and it just so happens to feature one of the most iconic wrestlers in history. 1h:22m – 1h:34m: The biggest cult classic movie that stars a golden age wrestler as he “fights” aliens while wearing some sick shades. 1h:34m – 1h:41m: Wrap up and final thoughts on this amazingly crap-tastic, yet highly entertaining genre of films. If you want to see “The Ultimate Warrior” throw around Phil Collins, check out this amazing (re: terrible) music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs0pyWCNEIY Thank you again to Ryan Berkley for taking time out of his incredibly busy life to be on the show! Check out Ryan and Lucy’s tremendous work out social media: 1. Berkley Illustration on Twitter: @Berkleys 2. Berkley Illustration on Instagram: @theberkleys 3. Ryan’s crazy pop culture side on Instagram: @party_guy_ray Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.com/abouttoreview and chip in a dollar if you can, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, you can email those to the show at: abouttoreview@gmail.com Audio editing services provided by Brandon (@bsmith125) at Vexing Media. Vexing Media is a graphic design, website design, and digital media company. You can find them at their website: Vexingmedia.com or follow them on Twitter @vexingmedia and Facebook: Facebook.com/VexingMedia

On this truly international edition of the podcast, your fearless host; That Guy Named John traveled to the great white north of Vancouver, British Columbia to cover the Vancouver Short Film Festival, (AKA: VSFF)! Listen in as he talks to the festival’s directors, as well as some of the filmmakers! The Vancouver Short Film Festival was a two day festival held at Vancity Theater, that showed 28 films in a 24 hour period, held over 4 different programs, on Friday, January 27th, and Saturday, January 28th. What made this festival so unique is that all of the films submitted and screened had to include a person from British Columbia in the cast and/ or crew. This was awesome because it truly showed how much talent there is in the film community scene up there, and I cannot wait to see more of it. Time code breakdown: 0:00 – 2m:46s: Intro recorded live on the opening night of the festival 2m:46s – 27m:28s: Interview with festival co-directors; Kristyn Stilling and Marena Dix as they talk about the festival and what their experience is with it. 27m:28s – 1h:01m: Interview with Arun Fryer, Ana Carrizales, and Greg Brown, the creative team from the film “Before She’s Gone”. Join their Facebook page here: Facebook.com/BSG, and you can watch the film here: Vimeo.com/BSG 1h:01m – 1h:14m: Interview with Elad Tzadok, the director and producer of the award winning film “RUN” which you can find here: www.run-film.com 1h:14m – 1h:19m: Wrap up and best of Program #1 1h:19m – 1h:23m: Best of Program #2 1h:23m – 1h:27m: Best of Program #3 1h:27m – 1h:33m: Best of Program #4 1h:33m – 1h:41m: Final thoughts and crowning the “Best of Show” for the entire Vancouver Film Festival Acknowledgements: I cannot thank the people who helped me out during this festival enough, because they were all so incredible. Kristyn Stilling and Marena Dix provided me the amazing opportunity to cover such a unique and special event, and I hope that we continue to work together in the future. Emily Weldon, the volunteer coordinator was also a huge help, and deserves some much needed credit for organizing all of the volunteers! To the filmmakers I had as guests; Arun Fryer, Ana Carrizales, Greg Brown, and Elad Tzadok – Your passion and dedication to the world of film making was tangible, and I learned so much from all of you. Special shout out to Matthew Lucas and Luvia Petersen who were not able to be on the podcast, but we got the chance to hang out on Saturday and they are both fascinating people who are producing some very engaging work. For more information about the festival, and all of the films, check out the Facebook page for the Vancouver Short Film Festival here: Facebook.com/VSFF Twitter links for the guests on this episode: * The Vancouver Short Film Festival: @VSFF * Kristyn Stilling, VSFF festival co-director: @K_Stills * Marena Dix, VSFF festival co-director: @Marenadix * “Before She’s Gone”: Arun Fryer: @Aaronisarun, Ana Carrizales: @anagowild Greg Brown: @imagewrx * Elad Tzadok: Director/ producer of “RUN”: @eladtzadok   Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on 

Sleep? Who needs sleep?! Your host; That Guy Named John was joined by his gaming confidant; This Guy Named Steve, as they covered the Seattle division of the Global Game Jam which happened over this past weekend. On this episode there will be creator conversations, gaming insight, and more, and it was all recorded live from the Seattle Indies workshop during the Global Game Jam! The Global Game Jam is a 48 hour indie gaming extravaganza, during which teams of programmers, artists, and sound engineers are tasked with coming up with a fully functional video game within 48 hours, based on a surprise theme. This event was incredible to watch and be a part of, and I highly encourage everyone to make the time to support your local gaming scene. To view, and/or play any of the games mentioned on this episode, head on over to: Global Game Jam Seattle – Indies Workshop! Time code breakdown: 0m:00s – 5m:10s: Intro 5m:10s -11m:45s: Friday night: Interview with Tim Cullings, a man who has his hand in just about every gaming cookie jar in Seattle, and serves as the organizer for both the “Seattle Indies Workshop”, as well as the Global Game Jam, and so much more! 11m:45s – 21m:05s: Friday night: Interview with award winning game designer Jenn Sandercock, who is a truly global designer and “jammer”, and has designed and presented her games all over the world. 21m:05s – 35m:45s: Friday night: Interview with local game designer, artist, friend, and frequent participant of the Global Game Jam, Tap Prippenow 35m:45s – 42m:50s: Sunday Night: Second interview with Jenn Sandercock towards the end of the game jam 42m:50s – 54m:25s: Sunday Night: Second interview with a somewhat (ok, very) sleep deprived Tap Prippenow after the closing ceremony of the 2017 Global Game Jam 54m:25s – 1h:18m: Final wrap up with John and Steve as they go over some of their favorite games of the Jam, plus the audience favorites A massive thank you to the entire staff of the Seattle Indies Workshop, including Constance Chen, Alex Schearer, Chad Jenkins, and Thomas O’Connor, and I especially want to thank Tim Cullings for extending the invite to me cover this amazing event! A massive thank you goes out to all of the creators and developers who agreed to be on this episode to talk about their projects Twitter links for the guests on this episode: * The Seattle Indie Expo: @sixatpax * Tim Cullings, producer for the Seattle Indie Expo: @timcullings * Jenn Sandercock, head designer of “J Wobbler” from team “Jennina”: @jennsandercock * Tap Prippenow, game designer of “Hue Me Baby” from team “Sticky Biscuits”: @tapofgames * The one and only Steve from Stand Inside Media: @steveblog and @standinsidemedia Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to 

On this episode you will be treated to three movie reviews for price of none! … that means free …. That Guy Named John is joined by returning favorite guest, the one and only Tim Hall, AKA: The Peoples Critic. They discuss three new movies: “Silence”, “Live By Night”, and “Patriot’s Day”. Enjoy! The 3 movies reviewed in this episode are: The spiritual drama “Silence” by Martin Scorsese, which centers on a jesuit priest’s struggle with faith in historical Japan. This is followed by Ben Afleck’s bootlegger action movie “Live by Night”, and finally “Patriot’s Day”, which is a melodramatic biopic about the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Timecode breakdown: 0m:00s – 3m:15s: Intro 3m:15s – 8m:10s: New reviews on iTunes! 8m:10s – 11m:30s: We serve up a side of beef … Twitter beef … 11m:30s – 28m:00s: Golden Globes and Oscars talk 28m:00s – 39m:50s: Silence review and rating 39m:50s – 54m:20s: Live by Night review and rating 54m:20s – 1h:21m: Patriot’s Day review and rating 1h:21m -1h:23m: Outro and social media plugs Twitter links for the guests on this episode: Thank you again to the man, the myth, the legend, Tim Hall for joining this episode! He can be found by checking out his Twitter: @peoplescrtic, Instagram @peoplescritic,  or his website: The Peoples Critic blog! Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.com/abouttoreview and chip in a dollar if you can, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, you can email those to the show at: abouttoreview@gmail.com Audio editing services provided by Brandon (@bsmith125) at Vexing Media. Vexing Media is a graphic design, website design, and digital media company. You can find them at their website: Vexingmedia.com or follow them on Twitter @vexingmedia and Facebook: Facebook.com/VexingMedia

Hello true believers! Dig out your long boxes and follow along on this journey through comics as That Guy Named John is joined by award winning fantasy, sci-fi, and comic book author Alex Irvine! Alex Irvine has been a fantasy and sci-fi writer for decades, as well as writing for both Marvel and DC extensivley on multiple projects involving comic books, and encylopedias. Oh yea, and he was also a Jeopardy champion! Timecode breakdown: 0m:00s – 3m:00s: Intro 3m:00s – 7m:15s: The beginnings of Alex’s writing journey 7m:15s – 17m:30s: Phase 2 of Alex’s journey – Crossing the streams of multiple genres and how he continues to gain momentum 17m:30s – 30m:00s: Marvel: MAX line leading into the gaming community 30m:00s – 56m:00s: Alex talks about his process of writing both the Vertigo, and DC Comics Encyclopedias 56m:00s – 1h: Wrap up and future projects Thank you again to Alex for taking the time to talk with me! Also a huge thank you to Christi Sheehan, an Associate Publicist at DK for sending the amazing books that were talked about on this episode! For any and all information regarding DK’s amazing offerings, head over to their website: DK.com/US Twitter links for the guests on this episode: You can find Alex on Twitter: @Alexirvine, Facebook: @Alexirvine  Lastly, you should absolutely check out his website which has a whole bunch of his amazing works on it: http://alexirvine.blogspot.com Podcast info: Make sure to follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @abouttoreview, and click here to subscribe on iTunes and now Stitcher as well! Do you like the show? Great! Well if you want to help out the show you can head on over to Patreon.com/abouttoreview and chip in a dollar if you can, we would really appreciate it! If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, you can email those to the show at: abouttoreview@gmail.com Audio editing services provided by Brandon (@bsmith125) at Vexing Media. Vexing Media is a graphic design, website design, and digital media company. You can find them at their website: Vexingmedia.com or follow them on Twitter @vexingmedia and Facebook: Facebook.com/VexingMedia