In this episode, DJ Roger, and I talk about gaming from a Gen X perspective, ponder how many streaming services is “too many”, and admit that futbol is indeed life.

Audio:

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Show notes:

Acknowledgments and apologies

The part of the show dedicated to our Canadian listeners and followers

• I would like to apologize to the person on Twitter who just started listening to the podcast starting at episode 1 for the direction the show has taken
• I would further like to apologize for the ridiculous video version of episode 40

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• Roger: Days Gone, Star Trek Online, Fall Guys
• Brax: Eve Online, World of Warships, The Outer Worlds, foundation
• DJ – Terraria (last few achievements), Lawn Mowing Simulator, Powerwash Sim, NYT Crossword of the Day app

Topics for discussion:

• Corona 
  • It’s back, and worse than ever! Our state has just re-required masks at all indoor facilities. 
  • It’s back but most of the public and the government just wants to move on, so they’re ignoring it. The chickens will come home to roost roundabout Christmas.
  • Remote schooling is doing good at least this time around. Trying to figure out if I am being cautious or developing agoraphobia slowly. But hey: still haven’t caught covid yet!  
• Gaming at “our age”
  • I still have peers of a comparable age to me who no longer game. They just stopped in the late 90s. Freaks.
  • I used to dislike MP games. Now even more so. But I am finding little gems to play along with my sons and we go hard on it for a few weeks like Terraria, Minecraft, and Subnautica for example. Games where you can set up controlled private servers locally. Wish I could do that for Covid.
• How many streaming platform subscriptions is too many?
  • I currently subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime and BritBox and there is still a lot of material that is “officially” falling through the gaps. I couldn’t find any Ken Burns documentaries. However, things can always be found by hook or by crook.
  • I got opinions about this! I fly my cable cutter flag very hard, but I also advocate filling in those cracks with nefarious means. We live in an age where everything should be on demand somewhere and it makes me mental when something isn’t streamable somehow. I still have Netflix, Prime(thanks to my wife’s crafting addiction), HBOMax (prob best value), and YouTube Premium (second best value). Still have an active Apple TV+ trial for next year which is nearly worthless.

What are we into?

• Roger
  • Revisiting the History of Middle-earth. Audible has a wealth of audio books that make digesting this complex lore a lot easier. Plus the pronunciation is spot on.
  • Watching old movies. Anything between 1930 and 1990. Fed up with contemporary mainstream cinema. Franchises can be dull and repetitive.
• Brax
  • Ted Lasso (you can use this one too, DJ, since you’re responsible)
  • Breaking the gaming news cycle
• DJ
  • Ted Lasso is my new spirit animal
  • Electric car tetris
  • Roadrunner was amazing. 

What are we looking forward to?

• I’m in a strange place where I’m not really looking forward to anything right now
• Being left alone. Oh and I bought a second freezer.
• I like Roger’s idea more than anything I can think of. Cobra Kai renewed. I feel like I should be gardening more in my yard but it is so boring. Like maybe if someone filmed it and called it Gardening Simulator I’d be the best at it?

You can send your feedback to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the podcast. A reminder that Beyond Bossfights is on iTunes, Spotify and PlayerFM and would appreciate your ratings and reviews!

Contact information:

DJ:

• Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
• E-mail: [email protected]
• DJ’s YouTube Channel

Roger:

• Twitter: @moderateperil
• Blog: Contains Moderate Peril

Me:

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Blog: braxwolf.wordpress.com

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

In this episode, DJ and I celebrate our 40th episode with Roger Edwards! We talk about our Covid experiences, returning to Normalcy, biscuits and gravy, and our gaming picks de jour.

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Acknowledgments and apologies

The part of the show dedicated to our Canadian listeners and followers

• DJ – Apologize for double spacing after each sentence on twitter. I can’t stop and it is wasting precious characters..
• Honourable mention of the late Christopher Plummer.

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• Roger: Fall Guys, Mario Kart, STO, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag very badly on a Switch, oh and as an “after thought” LOTRO. Also Greedfall and Blackwood.
• Brax: ESO Blackwood. World of Warships. Elite Dangerous Odyssey.  I gave up on FO76
• DJ – Beat Subnautica twice – I despised this game in Early Access. Now obsessed with it. Euro Truck Simulator 2 DLC, The Invisible Hand, several Dragon Quest titles, PowerWash Simulator

Topics for discussion:

• Corona 
  • I get the impression that in Ohio everyone who wanted a vaccine now has one, so now we wait and see what happens next.
  • Remote schooling is slowly failing from what I can see. They are pushing to restart state testing which is laughable.
  • I am determined to continue to WFH with no pants indefinitely
  • My cat is no longer employee of the month
  • The UK Corona experience. How I had a legitimate reason to avoid, ignore and berate my fellow man for a whole year. Plus it felt like a continuous bank holiday in some respects. I’ve certainly been eating and drinking like it is. Fully vaccinated. The 1st UK lockdown from March to July was the most “interesting”. Less people and traffic about. Really did feel different.
  • Fully vaccinated and maskless ←-loser

• Work environments (in light of “returning to workplaces”), types, pros, cons
• Explaining how good biscuits and gravy is to an Englishman (As a Unionist I see myself more as British)

What are we into?

• Roger
  • I like walking for exercise. Joined The Cool Dude’s Walking Club. 
  • Toying with the idea of doing a new podcast of some kind. Possibly movie related.
  • Watched all 8 of The Conjuring Universe movies for a blog post. They’re commercial but better than expected. A lot of attention goes into the production design that the public will never see.
• Brax
  • The Expanse (still)
  • James D Hornfischer’s Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
• DJ
  • The movie Nobody was fantastic if you are into that kind of film.
  • I started listening to K-pop somehow.
  • Find myself reading more about Stoicism these days

What are we looking forward to?

• Farming Simulator 2022 late this fall
• Returning to movie theaters, or at least having the option
  • My first movie back will be Road Runner in July. That Anthony Bourdain doc.

 Ask Us Anything

Nobody cares

You can send your feedback to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the podcast. A reminder that Beyond Bossfights is on iTunes, Spotify and PlayerFM and would appreciate your ratings and reviews!

Contact information:

DJ:

• Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
• E-mail: [email protected]
• DJ’s YouTube Channel

Roger:

• Twitter: @moderateperil
• Blog: Contains Moderate Peril

Me:

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Blog: braxwolf.wordpress.com

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

In this episode, DJ and I talk about Elite Dangerous, The Expanse, and the affect of Covid-19 on new media, but do not utter a single word about Cyberpunk 2077

Audio:

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Video:

(none this time, better luck next episode)

Show notes:

Acknowledgments and apologies

The part of the show dedicated to our Canadian listeners and followers

• Sorry for the title of this episode. It was DJ’s idea
• Sorry for what I said about Texas. I’m also sorry you chose wrong and didn’t get Skyline….jerk

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• Elite Dangerous – reminds me of The Halley Project from when I was a kid
• Red Dead Redemption
• World of Warships
• Among Us
• Farming Simulator 2019 – Cows, lots of cows
• Super Mario Maker 2
• Mana Trilogy – switch

Topics for discussion:

• Corona 
  • Updates since the last episode
    • Holidays have been canceled
  • DJPimpDaddy notes
    • I thought this would be a golden age of getting through backlogs of games
    • I think Among Us is so good thanks to the political atmosphere
    • It’s fascinating to see the delay in production to TV, all my reality tv shows we are watching are now caught up to Covid and dealing with it.
    • The entire idea of entertainment will forever be changed, from film to cable, streaming to on demand, amature YouTube to professional video. Maybe that’s a good thing too?
    • Time for social media reset?

What are we into?

• Cobra Kai
• The Expanse
• Below Deck

What are we looking forward to?

• Elite Dangerous Odyssey expansion
• Hugs, and local craft breweries 
• Amazon’s LotR TV series
• Gonna vlog more in 2021
• Wife and I decided to watch every Tom Hank movie in 2021

 Ask Us Anything

@HeyitsBwags

Q: hot dog: Sandwich or not – Clearly it’s a pita

You can send your feedback to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the podcast. A reminder that Beyond Bossfights is on iTunes, Spotify and PlayerFM and would appreciate your ratings and reviews!

Contact information:

DJ:

• Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
• E-mail: [email protected]
• DJ’s YouTube Channel

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Blog: braxwolf.wordpress.com

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

In this episode, DJ and I give our covid vacation stories, plus we talk about the movie Greyhound and how entertainment delivery is changing. Plus a myriad of other gaming, entertainment, and life thoughts from a couple of guys who can’t remember when they got old

Audio:

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Acknowledgments and apologies

The part of the show dedicated to our Canadian listeners and followers

• Sorry for insulting the video listeners just now

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• ESO Greymoor
• World of Warships
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• *sigh: my kids got me playing Animal Crossing New Horizon…
• ARK multiplayer on Origin is busted
• Beat Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition.
• Zamboni Simulator 2019

Topics for discussion:

• Corona 
  • Updates since the last episode
    • Went on vacation, 12-hour drive
  • DJPimpDaddy notes
    • I gave myself a haircut
    • Everyone is getting on each other’s nerves in my house
• Taught myself to solder plumbing pipes using YouTube, never calling a plumber again – I think we have reached peak information sharing, honestly. The biggest hurdle to doing literally anything you want is just getting over the fear of trying.

• What the heck is Facebook gaming?

• When was the first time you can remember thinking “I’m getting old” and what happened to precipitate that thought?
  • “Fortnite” and the process of getting a new mortgage with a lower rate
  • When I learned that e-mail is “too slow” for the younger generation

• The “Into the Wild” bus was airlifted out of the wilderness by the Alaska National Guard. Excellent alternate ending to the Chris McCandless tale, or destroyed history? https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1273816790284500993

What are we into?

• Community, and the Darkest Timeline podcast with cast members
• My new (gaming?) chair – literally, I’m in it right now

What are we looking forward to?

• Fallout series
• Greyhound (exclusively on APPLETV ARRRGGH! July 10th) – brings up questions about the future of movie theaters
• AppleTV is really trying to break into this, but I still don’t recommend subscribing. I do think that they will outlast any Google product at least. Also I can discuss details about the movie theater industry if we have time.
• Coworker told me to check out The Alienist: A TNT show exclusive to Netflix, but not available in the US or Canada, and streaming on HBOMax…  That description is the entire problem summed  up

 Ask Us Anything

@moderateperil

Q: Thin glass or Tankard? Choose wisely and don’t let Michael Caine influence your choice.

You can send your feedback to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the podcast. A reminder that Beyond Bossfights is on iTunes, Spotify and PlayerFM and would appreciate your ratings and reviews!

Contact information:

DJ:

• Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
• E-mail: [email protected]
• DJ’s YouTube Channel

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Blog: braxwolf.wordpress.com

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

DJ and I talk about such far-ranging topics as the current Covid-19 global pandemic and the Netflix series Tiger King with Joe Exotic

Audio:

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“Reasonable” banter section

Acknowledgements and apologies

• Sorry for being so socially distant lately
• Sorry for quitting beer. I didn’t think Corona would be such a jealous ex 

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• ESO Greymoor preview server
• Witcher 3
• Lotro, Not Dragon Quest Stars, D&D (Webex), installed Witcher 1(PC)

Topics for discussion:

• Corona 
  • How are we coping? 
  • What’s changed?
  • When do we think this will end?
  • What will the fallout be?
• Tiger King
• The Witcher

What are we into?

• Brax
  • PC Build – I’m trying to boost the economy
• DJ
  • L2 charger for my van

What are we looking forward to?

• nothing

Ask Us Anything

Corona question from Jonathan Andrist:

“What is your theme music for your self-isolation?

@loco_storm

Is there anything you want to do that you feel like you haven’t done? Anywhere you want to go? Someone you want to meet?

Contact information:

DJ:

• Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
• E-mail: [email protected]
• DJ’s YouTube Channel

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Blog: braxwolf.wordpress.com

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

Brax and DJ talk about turkey basting, gaming journalism, Ford v Ferrari and more!

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“Reasonable” banter section

• Why can’t we seem to podcast more? Life comes at ya fast – since the last show I’ve had one kid graduate and leave for college
• Yeah, and my zipper got stuck.

Acknowledgements and apologies

• Apologize for my slactivism
• I’d like to acknowledge the grassroots campaigners out there that helped me guilt Brax into podcasting again, you know who you are…

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• ESO: Created a Nord tank, necromancer class
• World of Warships
• Finished Jedi: Fallen Order
• My Time At Portia PC
• Skyrim VR PS4
• Train Simulator 2020 update PC
• Dragon Quest 4 iOS
• Dragon Quest 11 PS4
• Dragon Quest My Story – Netflix

Topics for discussion:

• Hey, I went to Vegas! – courtesy of ZeniMax
• Should I release my unfinished secret project from 2017?
• Films: Ford vs Ferrari (Le Mans 66 in the EU)

What are we into?

• Brax
  • Writing – I’m writing again! (kinda)
  • Band of Brothers
• DJ
  • Andrew 2.0 is going well. Trying to figure out how to cook a turkey.
  • Looking for documentary topics – P Go
  • I keep wanting to get to Mordor in LotRO – fighting that completionist urges which is a terrible urge to have in a MMO
  • Remind me to discuss the terminal velocity of a Dell 2900 server

What are we looking forward to?

• No longer care about Marvel films
• Greymoor chapter in ESO
• Dragon Quest iOS games coming – DQ Walk, DQ Tactics
• Starfield – Bethesda’s new space RPG
• A good snow day that lasts like 2-3 days\

Ask Us Anything
@mmosyl

• what’s gonna be your next watch purchase and will it be a 24hr-cycle?
  • Christopher Ward C60 Trident Pro 600

@brandywinefred

• Have your dining habits or the foods you eat changed in the last 10 years?

You can send your feedback to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the podcast. Reminder that Beyond Bossfights is on iTunes and would appreciate your ratings and reviews!

Contact information:

DJ:

• Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
• E-mail: [email protected]
• DJ’s YouTube Channel

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Blog: braxwolf.wordpress.com

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

Brax and DJ talk about the FFVII port, the Rocky films, Family D&D experiences, what they’ve been playing and even answer some listener questions!

Audio:

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“Reasonable” banter section

• Why can’t we seem to podcast more? Life comes at ya fast – since the last show I’ve had one kid graduate and leave for college
• Yeah, and my zipper got stuck.

Acknowledgements and apologies

• Apologize in advance for any references to 90’s rock bands
• Formerly apologize if we are saying Reese’s Pieces incorrectly

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• ESO: Playing a healer in dungeons for the first time
• Rage2
• World of Warships
• GTA: San Andreas PS4
• From Rust Beta
• Dr Mario World (Toilet game of the week)
• Real life YouTuber simulator

Topics for discussion:

• How much is enough in gaming?
  • In-game MMO hoarding – currency, housing items, crafting items, etc
  • What games can you actually be the crazy cat lady?
• Ports of ported ports – Why I am not buying Final Fantasy 7
• Hey, I now write for MassivelyOP! (and have since March)
• How did DJPD “accidentally” end up at a Hootie and the Blowfish concert?
• How goes the Vlogging? The fence update!
• Did I see that you installed GW2 Brax?

What are we into?

• The Rocky Movies
• Happiness quest
• Zelda Link’s Awakening (Switch rerelease)

What are we looking forward to?

• Jedi: Fallen Order
• Midway (film)
• Mr Robot final season

Ask Us Anything
@ctmurfy
What is your experience with D&D and have you ever considered introducing it to your children for “family fun nights”?
@SonicaGH
Marshmallows, any variation of golden brown or burnt black as cinders?
Feedback

You can send your feedback to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the podcast. Reminder that Beyond Bossfights is on iTunes and would appreciate your ratings and reviews!

Contact information:

DJ:

• Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Twitch: twitch.tv/djpimpdaddy

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Twitch: twitch.tv/braxwolf

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

Brax and DJ complain about the polar vortex, talk about the Lego Movie 2, and fly drones around the room. In between all that, they discuss hangups that don’t allow them to play certain races/classes in RPG’s and MMORPG’s. Enjoy!

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“Reasonable” banter section

• We suck. We don’t have time for podcasts.
• Streaming sucks. We’re not doing live streams any more. It just contributed to me putting off doing a show due to the increased anxiety of getting all the technical stuff working again – Ok with whatever make you comfortable. Def understand there was extra tech pressure, and we had little turnout live

Acknowledgements and apologies

• Dedicated to our Canadian listeners & viewers
• We’re sorry for taking such a long break. But Canada took revenge by sending us the polar vortex, so who’s the real villain here?
• Building the wall on the wrong border ha ha – Winter is coming

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• ESO: leveling some races I don’t currently have maxed
• Started Wolfenstein: A New Order but quit for some reason
• Orwell – playing through slowly
• I’m so retro: Fallout 4 and Stardew Valley have been my poison. Decided to watch people play KH3 instead of buying it. Still on deck: Dragon Quest 11, RDR 2, Persona 5 on PS4

Topics for discussion:

• For MMO’s and RPG’s are there certain races/classes/factions that you refuse to play & why?
• DJ notes – the struggle of magic vs might. Lizards. Bards (reformed)

What are we into?

• With all the viewing options available to us in 2019, I’m rewatching Seinfeld on DVD. This seems to be one of those shows that you either love or you just don’t get at all. Where do you fall?
• EVERYTHING IS AWESOME! Lego Movie 2 released
• The vlogging saga

What are we looking forward to?

• Elsweyr and Necromancer Class in ESO
• Season 8 of Game of Thrones https://www.nextgot.com/

Ask Us Anything

@fredelas on twitter:

How would you react if you were outside and noticed a hobby drone with a camera flying overhead? Would you react differently if you were inside and saw it flying outside a window?

Feedback

You can send your feedback to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the podcast. Reminder that Beyond Bossfights is on iTunes and would appreciate your ratings and reviews!

Contact information:

DJ:

• Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Twitch: twitch.tv/djpimpdaddy

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Twitch: twitch.tv/braxwolf

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

Brax pulls this one out of the archives. Back when I was a co-host on MMORPG.com’s Game On podcast, I had the opportunity (along with Ryan Getchell) to interview world renowned composer Inon Zur. I generally consider it the best/most interesting interview I’ve had the pleasure to be a part of. Thanks to Bill over at MMORPG.com for allowing me to re-release this episode! Make sure to check out MMORPG.com for all your MMO related news.

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Beyond Bossfights broadcasts live on twitch on no particular schedule, so watch Twitter closely!

Contact information:

DJ:

•     Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
•     E-mail: [email protected]
•     Twitch: twitch.tv/djpimpdaddy

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Twitch: twitch.tv/braxwolf

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

Brax and DJ talk about vacations, progression servers, sentient vacuum cleaners and a whole lot more!

Audio:

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Show notes:

“Reasonable” banter section

• Where have you been? – both on vacations (Also new job) – One Blockbuster left

Acknowledgements and apologies

• Dedicated to our Canadian listeners & viewers
• No apologies

What have you been playing this week(s)?

• Been playing through ESO Summerset & first Oblivion playthrough
• Lotro Summerfest & Dunland, Heliborne, DQB Chapter 2, and Westworld Mobile(meh) – Wall Drug “game”

Topics for discussion:

• Progression Servers
• Why do gamers love to hate on sports?
• Steam login issues on ESO – is anybody accountable?

What are we into?

• Watches! http://reddit.com/r/watches
• Upgrading your home’s tech infrastructure (Wifi, routers, switches, servers?). Trying to get my Roombas to fight each other
• Blaugust

Ask Us Anything

• Nobody cares

Feedback

Please leave us a review on iTunes! We’d much appreciate it!

(iTunes)

Very entertaining

***** in iTunes by Dime78 from UK on May 25, 2018

    Great host, good mix of game and RL chat.

You can send your feedback to [email protected] and I’ll read it on the podcast. Reminder that Beyond Bossfights is on iTunes and would appreciate your ratings and reviews!

Beyond Bossfights broadcasts live on twitch on no particular schedule, so watch Twitter closely!

Contact information:

DJ:

•     Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
•     E-mail: [email protected]
•     Twitch: twitch.tv/djpimpdaddy

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Twitch: twitch.tv/braxwolf

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov

Brax and DJ talk about MMO Guilds, Fortnite, Stranger Things Season 2, and Cobra Kai!

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Introductions

• Me
• DJPimpdaddy direct from the ‘natti

“Reasonable” banter section

New Intro music!

Acknowledgements and apologies

• Dedicated to our Canadian listeners & viewers
• Video cut off early – sorry!
• Brax’s audio skipping – sorry!
• DJ sorry for all the sorrys

Topics for discussion:

• Brax, please explain Fortnight to me. Use crayons if necessary.
• What happened to AR gaming? Was Pokemon Go the best and last? I want the future darnit!
• Stranger Things 2 – This show has given me nightmares about Christmas lights
• Red Dead Redemption 2 release date announced Oct 26th
• Westworld Season 2 – aka “Who the heck let the robots start shooting humans?”
• Cobra Kai – aka is anyone actually paying for YouTube Red?

Ask Us Anything

If your family was lost in space, what’s the first argument you’d have? – Fredelas

Feedback

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Beyond Bossfights is also on stitcher, AND Player FM so add it to your playlists!

Contact information:

DJ:

•     Twitter: @djpimpdaddy
•     E-mail: [email protected]

Me

• Twitter: @Braxwolf
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Twitch: twitch.tv/braxwolf

Music by Michael Meadows

Voiceover by Alexa Rubinov