Trivia Game

A Christmas Story The Board Game

December 5, 2011

It’s the holiday season, so what better time to play the game based on the popular Christmas comedy: A Christmas Story The Board Game. And who better to play it with than movie critics Alonso Duralde and Dave White of the Linoleum Knife podcast.

We of course talk a lot about movies, but also Brian’s mysterious magazine subscription. Plus we get a surprise visitor.

You can subscribe to Dave & Alonso’s podcast at linoleumknife.libsyn.com or through iTunes. You can also hit them up on Facebook and follow them on Twitter: @linoleumcast.

Also be sure to check out Alonso’s book Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas available on Amazon.com. It makes a great stocking stuffer.

Thanks to Dave & Alonso for joining us. We had a ton of fun and no one shot their eye out.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:17 — 43.2MB)

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Codigo Cube

November 8, 2011

It’s trivia night here on Game Night Guys. Tonight we play a game called Codigo Cube. It’s a QR coded die that uses an app on a smartphone to give you trivia questions and keep score. Nifty, right?

Big thanks to Todd at Four Clowns Game and Toy Company in Scottsdale, Arizona for sending us this game to play. Learn more about Codigo Cube at codigocube.com.

We also give shout outs to a few podcasts: Linoleum Knife, Live It Up!, and The Satyrsphere.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:00 — 51.1MB)

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GLBT Grand Prix 2011

September 18, 2011

This week’s show was recorded LIVE as a part of the Pride 48 Podcast Marathon. For this special show, we invited our friends Jon & Paul from Secretly Timid to play a game we made up about gay pop culture and current events we call the GLBT Grand Prix!

Big thanks Jon & Paul for joining us early on a Sunday to record. Listen to Secretly Timid at secretlytimid.com or on iTunes.

Also, thanks to everyone who was in the Pride 48 chat room during our broadcast, including Romo from Pod Cubs’ POV.

We want to give a shout-out to the fabulous LaLa Lauren for the Pride 48 show art.

Also a huge hat tip to the whole gang at Pride 48 for helping us get online and ready for the event. Be sure to check out the Pride 48 shows for some great GLBT and GLBT-friendly podcasts on pride48.com.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:09 — 64.8MB)

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Brian’s Birthday Extravaganza

August 7, 2011

This week is Brian’s birthday and Mike has created a special game just for him. Join us as we find out which of Brian’s friends — Meredith or Thomas — knows Brian better as they play Brian’s Birthday Extravaganza!

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Foodie Fight

April 18, 2011

The game Foodie Fight is known as a trivia game for serious food lovers, so we called in the big guns from the laugh-out-loud funny podcast Spilled Milk. Matthew Amster-Burton and Molly Wizenberg join us to talk games, recipes and “food as fear.”

Big thanks to Matthew and Molly for being on the show. We had so much fun! You can find their podcast at spilledmilkpodcast.com or on iTunes.

Molly’s blog is orangette.net and her book is A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table. Follow her on Twitter: @mollyorangette.

Matthew’s blog is rootsandgrubs.com and his book is Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father’s Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater. Follow him on Twitter: @mamster.

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Balderdash

March 15, 2011

Do you know the difference between a wappenschawing and a nurdle? It doesn’t matter if you do when you play the bluffing game, Balderdash. Things we discuss in this episode include Elayne Boosler and other 80s comediennes, people who say expresso instead of espresso, Mike’s upcoming birthday tattoo possibilities, and the dangers of binging on sugar-free Peeps.

Congrats to Israel for winning our Steam Powered Giraffe contest.

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VH1 Pop-Up Video Game

January 18, 2011

We invite our friends from Unload with Madge and Dave to play this week’s game, because who better to play VH1 Pop-Up Video Game than self-proclaimed PhDs in pop culture who love to sing?

You can see examples of Pop-Up Video on YouTube.

Big thanks to Madge & Dave for coming on the show and playing with us. We had so much fun with them. If you haven’t already subscribed to their podcast, you are really missing out. They are hilar. Fo shizz.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:07 — 66.7MB)

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Justin Bieber Backstage Pass

December 28, 2010

Now that the holidays are over, Mike & Brian discuss the problems with workplace holiday gift exchanges as we play a game Mike received this year. Brace yourselves. Tonight we are playing Justin Bieber Backstage Pass. Oh Em Gee!

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Did you get a Snuggie, Chia Obama or something awful at your work gift exchange? Let us know!

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TriBond

November 10, 2010

What do these three things have in common? Batman, The Bee Gees & Mrs. Doubtfire.* If you know the answer, you can play TriBond, the game where you try to find the common bond between three clues.

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* All three have Robins.

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Eat It!

October 27, 2010

It’s Halloween and we are celebrating the true reason for the season… CANDY! Join us as we play Eat It!, a trivia game about sweets, snacks and other junk food.