Play on, Nerds

Play on, Nerds

A bi-weekly buffet of assorted geeky topics focusing on tabletop gaming, comic books, and film and television, with Mark Alan and Ron Rader.

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January 15, 2024 52 mins

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Mark and Ron discuss the supernatural spirit world in this episode all about various haunting tropes found in pop culture.

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Join Mark and Ron as they discuss mimics of all types in your favorite franchises!


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December 18, 2023 34 mins

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Join Mark and Ron as they discuss the terrifying world of little creatures.

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Join Mark and Ron as they discuss the Kaiju genre!

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November 6, 2023 63 mins

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Join Mark and Ron as they run away from civilization and into the cursed earth!  In this episode, they talk about all the post-apocalyptic stuffs that they can think of!


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Join Mark and Ron as they discuss the modern Prometheus (or to be more precise)  FRANKENSTEIN!  In all its various incarnations throughout pop culture

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Mark and Ron discuss various races, heritages, ancestries and cultures from the most famous tabletop roleplaying game, and in comic books and movies! Also, Mark makes an important announcement in this episode!


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Join Mark and Ron as they dive into the history of sci-fi and horror movies!

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Join Mark and Ron as they discuss comic books from the Silver and Bronze ages! 

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This episode Mark and Ron discuss various historic tropes and the history of your favorite games, movies and comics!  


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Join Mark and Ron as they discuss the various dragon types of Dungeons and Dragons and dragons in other tabletop games, fantasy themed comic books, and continue their discussion on fantasy movies of the 80s and 90s.

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Mark and Ron discuss various comedic tropes in your favorite geeky topics!

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This week Mark and Ron discuss martial classes for DnD, martial arts in comics and other media, and have a great talk about Chuck Norris!

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Join Mark and Ron as they discuss all the joys of being bad...

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February 6, 2023 53 mins

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Join Mark and Ron as they discuss all sorts of Piratical plunder in the great world of geekery!  

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Join Mark and Ron as they talk sidekicks and companions in tabletop rpgs, comics, and more!  

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Mark and Ron get their chocolate in your peanut butter, or you get your peanut butter in their chocolate (if you have to ask, Google "Peanut butter cup commercial 1982" )  Either way, they are discussing space...in fantasy settings with Spelljammer for Dungeons and Dragons, various space themed tabletop games, and sci-fi in comic books and movies.  Enjoy the ride!

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Ron and Mark continue their discussion about being an 80s (and 90s) geek!

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Join Mark and Ron as they take a trip back to the 80s and 90s in part 1 of this special 2 part episode!  

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A discussion of characters and character building in the world's most popular tabletop roleplaying game, characters in comic books.  A discussion about what to watch for "geeky streaming".

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