Good Brews Bad Views

Greg Stolze waltzes over to Dicing & Drinking to talk to Max and Claire about Dueling Fops of Vindamere, a procedurally generated role playing game about fanciful dandies seeking to display their fencing abilities while proving themselves to their beloveds now on Kickstarter. As well as talking about trifling people, the trio also discuss RPGs not requiring a GM, collaborative gaming experiences, and getting what you sign up for when sitting at the table. 

Check out Dueling Fops of Vindamere on Kickstarter.

Check out Greg Stolze's website for games and a load of free fiction, he's also on Twitter

Opening theme: Dee Yan-Key - Sonata for 3 Flutes in E Minor

When investigating a raid on an organized crime facility in Brighton Beach, New York due to operational history, a Working Group from The Program learn that The Hunt never ends.

Cast:
Claire - Evelyn James, IRS Criminal Investigative Division
Robert - Vasily Kuztnesov, Library of Congress Slavic Folklore Specialist
Noah - Elmer Newborn, FBI Special Agent

Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime and check out his mini painting and gaming Twitch Channel.

Find Max, Claire, and Robert on Twitter.

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Opening theme: Daniel Birch - The Gates are Locked

It's Summer so that means Good Brews Bad Views is diving into movies where it is best that you stay out of the water as opposed to cooling off in it. First up is Piranha 3D a remake of the 1970s horror flick that is likely the Gooiest Movie we've watched on the podcast so far.

Jump to 1:26:00 for post movie wrap ups on this fish filled flick and the beer that we accompanied the movie with, a bunch of other movies we've been watching for both podcasting and otherwise, and Ryan getting traumatized.

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Opening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

With the release of Fast 9, Good Brews Bad Views decides to change things up a little: we are going to actually watch a Good Movie for a change. Armed with only a brief summary of the proceeding films, our latest Blind View posits the question "Can someone jump on at Fast Five?"

Jump forward to 2:07:54 for our wrap up on the turning point of the Fast Franchise, the accompanying beers, our retrospective of the original films release, and whether or not you should watch these like we have.

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Opening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

When a string of gas station robberies takes a bizarre turn, three Delta Green agents descend upon the town of Groversville, Tennessee to figure out what is going on in the heart of UFO Country. A time tested classic, Convergence is the scenario that would eventually lead to the publishing of the original Delta Green source book.

Agents:
Claire - Dr. Charlotte McKnight, CDC Public Health Service Commission Corps.
Rob - Garrett Russell, NSA Remote Device Activities Unit
Robert - Marlon Hazard, DEA Operations Division

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Opening Theme: Hexenkraft - The Dirge of Tharsis

For June Good Brews Bad Views brings you Motor Month, in which the podcast will be checking out motor focused movies due to an upcoming theatrical release ofa billion dollar franchise at the end of the month. For now though the GBBV Patrons decreed that Max, Ryan, and James watch Maximum Overdrive, written and directed by master of horror Stephen King. AC/DC and ludicrous deaths ensue in this 80s film of questionable quality.

Fast forward to 1:37:19 for our post movie thoughts on Maximum Overdrive and accompanying beers, to find out how many members of the podcast now own this movie, the storytelling prowess of Stephen King, and a recap of the other movies from this month's poll.

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Opening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

The GBBV Patrons have sent the podcast deep into the swamps for the Wes Craven directed adaptation of Swamp Thing. Shot in an actual swap movie has everything you would expect from a creature feature: glowing green fluid, guys in horrible rubber suits, distinct looking goons, and air boats. And don't worry a movie this strange requires a beer just as odd to pair it with.

Jump to 1:32:30 for our post movie wrap up on the movie and beer, Swamp Thing alternatives to this movie, some Max Centric actor trivia, Alternate History, and a discussion of the other Patreon Poll movies.

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Opening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Caleb Stokes swings by Dicing and Drinking to talk to Claire and Max about his upcoming game, Fae's Anatomy: A Melodramatic Medical Mystery RPG coming to Kickstarter on May 28th. Can your supernatural physicians stop making out in the medical supply closet to diagnosis and treat Spectral Apraxia, Narcassitic Ebola or any other of the 10,000 diseases in the game?

Plus learn more about how the proverbial RPG Sausage is made, how certain RPGs are better starters than others, and Caleb's use of defamiliarization to unsettle experienced hands when it comes to Lovecraftian Horrors.

Check Out Fae's Anatomy on Kickstarter!
A recorded playtest of FAMMM with RPG designer Greg Stolze!

Caleb's Patreons and Projects
Delta Green: Dead Channels - In which Agents jump SAN score first into terrifying situations
Hebanon Games Open Design - Learn how RPGs are made
The Mixed Six - Six Beers, Six Conversations, terrible opinions on food. Our loving podcast friends.

Trash thoughts on Twitter:
@mmnestorowich
@claire2themax
@gbbvpodcast
@HebanonGCal

Opening/Closing Theme: Anonymous 420 - Interstellar Capitalism

When another Delta Green agent seemingly commits suicide in a New Jersey home with a storied past, two Agents pay a visit to 1206 Spooner Ave. to investigate and find out how a place a can go Wrong.

Cast:
Claire - Dr. Vanessa Woodard, FBI Forensic pathologist
Rob - Lawrence Coldwell, FBI Special Agent

Opening/Closing: ROZKOL - Burn Your Lovely Town

Welcome to Dicing and Drinking, the Good Brews Bad Views RPG Spinoff that no one asked for but we decided to do anyways. Join Max and Claire as they discuss, play, and promote different RPGs in an effort to have a good time while getting into ridiculous situations. First up is Delta Green: The game of Lovecraftian Horror and Conspiracy

Chances are your inbox is currently getting flooded with announcements of upcoming concerts coming to A City Near You after the obvious live music drought. Good Brews Bad Views + Steve Cuff of Optimism Vaccine are going with "we totally planned this," with Detroit Rock City, in which 4 teens from Cleveland head to Detroit to see Kiss play Cobo Hall. As one would expect from GBBV there's beer, actor confusion, Lord of the Rings references, a pretty good soundtrack and as a bonus, James' tale of struggling to figure out when this movie was made

Skip to our not so hidden track at 1:33:45 for the post episode wrap up, stories from bands the gang have gone on road trips to see live, everyone's first concert, Ryan being Extra Petty, and a very opportune URL currently up for grabs.

Check out Optimism Vaccine where ever podcasts can be streamed, on Twitter, and their Patreon

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Rounding out Fighting Game Movie Month, the GBBV Patrons sentenced the podcast to endure Tekken, the 2010 adaptation of the classic fighting game series. Grab your power gloves, contraband coffee, and beverage of choice as Max, Ryan, James, and returning guest DuJuan marvel at the hair of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

Jump to 1:32:30, animated adaptations of fighting games, the other movies from the Patreon poll, and DuJuan's various projects.

Check Out DuJuan on YouTube on Day One Reacts, and the movie he wrote Stay In Your Place.

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Opening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

With the upcoming release of the new Mortal Kombat movie, Good Brews Bad Views revisits the original 1995 film with help of Arcade Aficionado Dave to see how the iconic fighting game franchise film holds up after 26 years. The bigger question to ask is "Does the soundtrack still slap?" Answer: You bet it does.

Jump forward to 1:52:20 for an extra long post movie discussion featuring our final thoughts on our beers and Mortal Kombat, Japanese laser disc content, tortuously bad concept art, Ying Yangs and Orientalism, Arcades, retro gaming, and the evolution of narrative in gaming.

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The GBBV Patrons have spoken and decreed that James, Max, and Ryan wrap up Kaiju month with 2002's Reign of Fire, one of the greyest movies to grace the podcast, dragon filled or otherwise.

Jump to 1:40:50 for our post episode wrap up debating the merits of Reign of Fire, the qualities of the beers that made it go by quickly, the evolving nature of storytelling in action movies, and Matthew McConaughey & Christian Bale movie recommendations.

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GBBV takes a break from the usual format to sit down and talk with Jim Toscano, the organizing force behind Free Blockbuster Detroit. Learn the full unabridged history behind the project, future plans for the distinctly blue box, and childhood memories of peddling to the video store.

Check out the Free Blockbuster Detroit box on Instagram
Learn more about Free Age Productions via their website, Instagram, or Vimeo

Find out if there's a Free Blockbuster near you as well as information about how to start you own at www.freeblockbuster.org

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Opening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Welcome to Kaiju Month, where Good Brews Bad Views will be watching giant monster movies leading into the release of Godzilla vs Kong. To kick things off GBBV is joined by Podcaster, RPG Designer, and self proclaimed "Kaiju Snob" Ross Payton to watch Rampage, the 2018 adaptation of the classic arcade game in which giant monsters destroy cities and eat countless citizens. Join us as we scratch our heads on how this movie got a PG-13 rating.

Jump to 1:47:54 for post-movie discussion on our surprising thoughts about Rampage, the beers we had along side of it, Marvel Brain Poisoning, Dwayne Johnson flexing his creative control on the conclusion of the movie, the other movie Rampage and threatened legal actions from director Uwe Boll.

Find Ross on various podcasts including Role Playing Public Radio, RPPR Actual Play, Night Clerk Radio, and The Mixed Six. Inform him of all of his correct/incorrect opinions on Twitter @rosspayton

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Opening theme: Tha Silent Partner – Prohibition Brew and Pork Chops

Always seeking to be topical, Good Brews Bad Views ushers in March with Miss March, a late 00's sex comedy starting the guys from The Whitest Kids You Know about waking up from a coma to find out your high school sweetheart now poses for Playboy. I'm sure you can hear 1 of the hosts groaning already.

Jump to 1:30:50 for a deep dive the finals thoughts on Miss March and accompanying beers, the importance of clearing your sidewalk, the subjectivity of comedy   and how it ages quickly, and what The Whitest Kids You Know sketches are worth checking out.

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Good Brews Bad Views continues Cageuary with the 2020 release of Jiu Jitsu, in which an alien that looks and acts suspiciously like The Predator, but is not The Predator, taught humanity jiu jitsu thousands of years ago and demands that we fight him every six years. An insane sword wielding Nick Cage is here, and so is Tony Jaa, so maybe it won't be all too terrible. Hopefully?

Jump to 1:51:30 for the GBBV after action report on Jiu Jitsu and the accompanying beers, as Noah expands on his love of The Predator, and James is decried as a monster.

Find Noah on Twitter and his podcast Thinking Too Hard About Anime and check out his mini painting and gaming Twitch Channel.

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 Good Brews Bad Views settles in for the annual event formally known as Cageuary, a month long celebration of the films of the one and only Nicolas Cage. Starting off the 2021 installment is Outcast - an American, Canadian, and Chinese co-production political intrigue action film set in Dynastic China starring everyone's favorite moody Jedi, Hayden Christensen, a Gene Simmons haired Nick Cage.

Jump to 1:37:45 for the post film wrap up where James, Ryan, and Max go over their complicated thoughts and feelings on this movie that will make you want to reinstall Age of Empires 2.

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As 2020 never really ends GBBV did a last minute audible and decided to watch the 2001 specter filled spooktacular, Thir13en Ghosts,  joined by GBBV All Star and Matthew Lillard Appreciator Claire.

Jump to 1:29:40 for our final thoughts on Thir13en Ghosts, Film Twitter, Horror Film Twitter, and to hear James say some swears.

Good Brews Bad Views wraps up 2020 and SupleXmas with The Scorpion King starring the most most electrifying man in Sand Entertainment, The Rock. Wrestler/Bad Movie Connoisseur Russ returns to the podcast for an exciting 90 minutes of rappelling and a rotating cast of sidekicks.

Jump to 1:41:19 for our final thoughts on Scorpion King, the beers, the weird state by state differences for mail ordering beer and liquor, a lengthy discussion on how movie watching habits change once you have children, a Mummy Film Retrospective, and the constant failed effort to make a Universal Monsters Universe.

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It's December which means its time for the time honored tradition known as Suplexmas! Our first wrestler helmed movie is Christmas Bounty, a made for TV film starring The Miz which focuses around hiding your past life as a bounty hunter from your fiance despite having to come out of retirement for One More Job, at Christmas. Loads of Made for TV Hijinks and New Jersey Stereotypes abound in what may be our shortest movie to date.

Jump forward to 1:16:00 for our final thoughts on Christmas Bounty, Christmas Beers, and what other better movies Ryan owns on Vudu, which apparently is a video platform. Who knew.

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Opening theme: Dee Yan-Key- Alpine Bells

With the announcement that all 2021 Warner Media movies will appear on HBO Max the same day that they release in theaters, James, Ryan, and Max sit down to discuss the possible implications of this distribution model, how they feel about it, and the repurposing of  theater space. Plus James did Anti-Trust Law homework! Also Ryan details The Gravity Project.

We're looking for a title for these brief discussion episodes, have something in mind? Let us know!

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The GBBV Patrons have selected Santa Jaws, a movie whose title alone has piqued our interest for this month's Patron Voted Episode. And what better premise than a holiday shark slasher to Blind View, which seems to have become a November tradition.

Jump to 1:27:00 for our final thoughts on Santa Jaws, the variety of beers Max, James, and Ryan drank, the under utilization of this movie's premise, and what other Shark Based movies The Algorithm recommends.

For the foreseeable future we have switched to remote recording for our safety and in typical GBBV Fashion we experienced some technical difficulties in recording this episode.  We managed to salvage 98% of the episode but lost some of the intro and outro and have taken steps to prevent this in the future. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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In this episode The Mixed Six host and noted RPG designer Caleb Stokes joins in to watch Ghosts of Mars, the notorious movie that got John Carpenter to stop making movies. Have your Carpenter Trope Bingo card ready.

Jump to 1:44:48 for the final thoughts on Ghost of Mars and the accompanying beers, what would be changed to make this a Snake Plisken movie, and Caleb's familial connection to Escape from New York.

Find The Mixed Six on their website and Patreon
Follow Caleb on Twitter.
More info on Caleb's Ennie nominated RPG >>Red Markets<<

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