Crunch Time With Brian & CliffyB
Weekly show with comedian Brian McGuinness and Cliff Bleszinski talking about what's going on out there in the world.
Episodes
Today on the show we talk with hilarious comedian and author, Mike Drucker about many things including his time working at Nintendo to writing stuff like the novelization of "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties".
Follow Mike on Bluesky, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Today we have a very special guest, Tom Bissell! You know him as the writer of 11 of his own books, Gears of War games, Uncharted 4, Andor series on TV, and many more!
Today we're joined by former Epic person and current awesome person, Stephanie "Briledozer" Briles! She's a huge advocate for all things indie games and we talk about that and 100 other things.
Follow Briles on IG at Briledozer
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Joining us today we have musican/composter/voice actor extraordinaire Alex Brandon! You know his work from Jazz Jackrabbit, Deus Ex, and many many other games. We talk about everything from a young CliffyB, working on big blockbuster games, and why music is so important in gaming.
Follow Alex on Instagram at AlexBrandon and on Twitter at FunkyRustic
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Today for our official first episode, we're joined by gamer, streamer, cosplayer, and all around cool person Lauren Bleszinski, aka L337Lauren! We talk about video games, Gamestop, movies, and toilets.
Follow Lauren on Twitch and Instagram @L337Lauren
Follow Cliff on Instagram @DudeHugeTank
Follow Brian on Instagram @LaughAtBrian
Buy Cliff's comic book Scrapper
Buy Brian's new book Playable Characters Podcast: The Book
The premiere episode of Crunch Time with Brian & CliffyB! Join us each week as we talk video games, movies, TV, comedy, and anything else that pops up into our heads. This week is episode 0, an introduction of sorts. Upcoming episodes will feature guests from the world of video games, pop culture, comedy, and more. Find us wherever you listen to podcasts.
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