HTGYG Show #48: The Colony and I Fight Dragons

Posted on 2009 under Board Game Reviews, Cool Music, Shows, TV Show Reviews | 3 Comments

21 Aug

 
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This week, I review the new reality/experiment show on the Discovery Channel, The Colony. Next, I have a great song for you from the group I Fight Dragons, who use old video game music in their songs. Their song is a cover of Jonathan Coulton’s “The Future Soon,” which I use as my theme song. Finally, we have an email from listener Joe, who recommends the following RPGs as being kid-friendly!

Mouse Guard Game and a Mouse Guard Review

Update – Mouse Guard recently won ENie awards for Best Production Value, and Product of the Year!

Misspent Youth

Inspectres

And don’t forget, our friend Doug is at sea on the JOIDES Resolution expedition, and is blogging and Twittering back his experiences as a science teacher witnessing lots of scientists studying the sea floor. Check out Doug’s blog!

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast! We had a show on Aug. 18, all about helium and the Sun!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums. And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Promos: The Dollhouse Podcast and Angel Between the Lines

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

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3 Comments so far »

  1. by Martin Ralya, on August 22 2009 @ 7:23 am

     

    Thanks for the Mouse Guard review mention! MG also won an Origins Award this year — its buzz and accolades are well-deserved.

  2. by susiethegeek, on August 22 2009 @ 4:09 pm

     

    Thanks for the comment, Martin! Mouse Guard does look like a really good game!

  3. by the lows, on August 23 2009 @ 7:08 pm

     

    Hey,
    you beat me to a review! hehe. We have been playing this since it first came out. And we love it, everyone is playing. Even Jenny. Dad makes up the story and we play it out. The comics are really great and the roleplaying game is so much fun! It gets two Darcy thumbs up! hehe,

    Darcy

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How To Grow Your Geek, or HTGYG for short, is a podcast created to share a love of geeking and parenting, and to provide advice on how to combine the two. There will be reviews of movies, board games, books, television shows and video games on their fun value as well as their family appropriateness, and discussions of geeky topics and parent issues. Audience participation, both parents and children, is encouraged, and email and voicemail questions will be answered if at all possible.

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