Our nerdy nostalgia podcast has somehow reached 20 episodes

Our nerdy nostalgia podcast has somehow reached 20 episodes

Posted inGeek Stuff, Promotions, Videos, Works by Eric
About a year ago, I had a terribly stupid idea that I pitched to a friend during a brief moment when I was out of my damn mind. It went something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB5VqznRJ0U   And that was it. I mean, not really. There was planning and this and that, setting up pages and feeds, yada frickin' yada. All the boring behind the scenes stuff. But the gist of it all was, "Let's do a podcast waxing nostalgic about the 1990s" ... which was an odd idea for me, since I'm not a particularly nostalgic person. Look forward, says I.…
The Nerd Out With Me podcast is now a thing, and I have no idea why

The Nerd Out With Me podcast is now a thing, and I have no idea why

Posted inGeek Stuff, Videos, Works by Eric
I've been doing Youtube videos for a little over a year now, and by "doing" I mean sitting in my attic drinking beer with a friend and letting him turn them into fun video nonsense about board games, toys, movies, and whatever else suits our fancy. They've been fun and, for me, low impact -- which is exactly what I wanted when I signed up for it, because the last thing I needed was another project. So I don't know what the hell was going through my head when I suggested we do a podcast. What a terrible idea. See,…
Classic MS-DOS games, rare board games, and more: my latest Youtube shenanigans

Classic MS-DOS games, rare board games, and more: my latest Youtube shenanigans

Posted inGeek Stuff, Videos, Works by Eric
You may or may not know that I co-host a goofy little Youtube show called Nerd Out With Me, formerly Hours in the Attic. We drink beer and talk about nerd stuff we like, usually older stuff from ye ol' days o' yore. It's fun. I like doing it. And these are some of the recent episodes we did. Fun stuff like our favorite MS-DOS games, a rare early edition of my favorite board game, Axis & Allies, a sneak peek at a totally outlandish B-movie called Attack of the Killer Shrews, and a review of a SUPER COOL indie…
Breaking Down Breaking Bad

How do I make a second edition of Breaking Down Breaking Bad worthwhile?

Posted inTelevision, Works by Eric, Writing
Back in late 2013, I decided to try an experiment: I decided I'd self-publish a book of television commentary on a show I was obsessed with at the time, Breaking Bad. The result was Breaking Down Breaking Bad. The idea was a culmination of several things coming together at once. I'd had over a decade in journalism and knew I could meet a deadline, and with the show coming to an end it looked like a great time to hit the world with something. I'd also been Editor in Chief for a website devoted to movie and TV criticism for…
I’ll be broadcasting live this Friday from Youtube, because I am a colossal idiot

I’ll be broadcasting live this Friday from Youtube, because I am a colossal idiot

Posted inGeek Stuff, Videos, Works by Eric
You may know that I co-host a modest little nerd&nostalgia show on Youtube. It's fun. And sometimes stupid. And fun. But mostly stupid. I'd not have it any other way. The really stupid thing, though, is that I let my co-host, Tig of Nerd Out With Me, convince me to do a live Christmas special this Friday night. So that's what we're going to do. We're going to broadcast live for hours, doing god knows what. Maybe singing Christmas songs while drinking beer and swinging replica Lord of the Rings axes at one another and accidentally breaking family heirlooms. We'll…