At The Counter

Collections. Love or Money?

Christian and I say... Where's the love gone?

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Christian explores his own fan theory about Back to the Future... What do you think about it?

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Does superior and more photo realistic CGI detract from Sci Fi?

Questions, Comments, etc... you know the drill

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What are the most identifiable Sci Fi Sounds? Not voices, not music, but sound effects...

Let us know whatever you want to let us know.

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Do you get turned off a movie or show due to label slapping?

do you even know what that is?

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Sorry everyone, my fault... I thought we had one more in the tank.

We don't, so here is a quick apology. We should have another new episode next week.

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The title says it all. A discussion on Canon, gatekeeping, and the history of Nerdom.

Let us know your thoughts...

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Dude... Spoilers....geez

What should be the ettiquette? What rules of thumb to we follow?

Answers to all this and more in this weeks One Shot...

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And now you have.... the rest of the story. Or Podcast.

Regardless, due to time between episodes, we forgot we did a dive on the Musical Episode of Strange New Worlds, and ended up repeating a bunch of facts and opinions, so it was cut for time.

But the rest is fun.

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Star Trek. So much to talk about, and we concentrate mostly on Modern Trek, ie Discovery forward.

This is a second attempt at this conversation, as the first was In the Window, and we had technical issues.

Let us know what you think, you want us to talk about, or whatever you want to say

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It's coming again!!! Another Ghostbusters movie is upcoming at the end of March, so Christian and Marcus make wild guesses, find trivia bits, and go on tangents... as usual.

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The last of the windowcast is here!

We talk about the Strange New Worlds Musical Episode Subspace Rhapsodie.

If you haven't seen it, go watch it before this cast.

And Happy New Year to Everyone!!!

Live in the Window of the Frugal Dutchman during Ridgefest Winter Festival.

we asked people in The Games Room behind us at the Dutchman, and this is the topic we got, so to rise to a challenge we did it.

We're BACK!!!

Apologies to all for the dead zone, we have both had some life disruptions.

But we're back in the window at The Frugal Dutchman, during the Christmas On The Ridge event this year. We're discussing the classic Home Alone and Home Alone 2 movies.

There may or may not be a small break during the christmas holiday, but we'll be back regularly as possible in 2024.

Could the toy companies be working on a Toy Cinematic Universe?

Thoughts and ramblings...

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Shocking, I know... But there are a number of movies about sports that we actually like, some we even love. We list a bunch.... What did we miss?

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We found ourselves with 3.5 generations of Parents and Kids around the table at our first Round Table Discussion.

That being said, please note the Sound Quality isn't the best...We used only 2 mics and had to digitally boost a few of the interviewees.

So thanks to our guests, Peter, Matt, and Victoria.

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Pop, Soda, whatever you want to call it, we have it! And although this does come off as more of an infomercial, we are passionate about the wonderful beverages that we purvey in The Game Room.

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Here is what turned out to be a Part One of the question

What are the most influential video games in your lives that made you the gamer you are today?

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What are some games that characters in movies, games, books, etc. play that you know of?

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More Fan Theories!!!

But we still want more... send them to us....

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Thats right... another new potential series!!

Will It Muppet? Let us know what movie you want us to Muppet cast...

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We haven't talked about new games lately, so we bring a review of a few of the new accquisitions to the Game Room shelves.

Think you want to try one of the games we're talking about? Come on down to The Game Room, beside The Frugal Dutchman in lovely Downtown Ridgeway.

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So to continue the Wars vs Trek theme this month, C3P0 v. Data.

Nerdiness abounds, friends.

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Well folks, here is it. Probably the nerdiest thing we've ever discussed.

Who would win in a battle? The Millenium Falcon versus Enterprise.

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Anything we can attempt to extrapolate, finagle, or down right speculate on what we saw in the Flash Movie Trailer.

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Hey DM's... what the worst form for a Mimic you can think of...how do you screw with your Party best?

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Christian found a list of some fun Fan Theories. We discuss, dissect, and he tries to see if Marcus can guess the theories.

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Walkthroughs... useful? cheating? and a history...

As usual, we want to hear from you...

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Due to sickeness, Christians weekend of playing video games was shot, so why not torture him by talking about it?

The usual...Questions, comments, show ideas? let us know.

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What board game might benefit from a Legacy Makeover? Don't know the Legacy concept? Don't worry, we'll tell ya...

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Talking Board Games - The difference between Expansions, extentions, series, re-skinning, and much more besides.

Ideas on games that fall into those categories and advice for those looking.

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We finally hit the end of the burger saga... What's your best, would get immediately right now if you could burger or burger place experience?

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Wednesday and her Family. We talk about Charles Addams wonderful creation and how it looked over the years culminating currently with Wednesday.

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If you don't want hamburger row, where do you go?

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The Indiana Jones trailer dropped, and we decide to see what we have to say about it.

We will bring a spoilercast to you when the movie comes out, but here's what we got

Thank to special guest Mr. V...

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Yes folks, we were hungry when we recorded this...

Best Burger Chain... part one... the Big Contenders

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If you want to do an escape room, who should you bring with you?

We explore the archetypes that make up an Escape Room D&D Party. Special thanks to our guest this month, the inestimable Mr. V!!!

We're back folks....

This is the last episode recorded at the Ridgeway Summerfest.

We talk Kenobi, and a bit about the Star Wars Disney Universe.

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So what exactly is card grading and why do you want to do it?

We delve a little into the whys and wherefores of crad grading.

Recorded live from the Window of The Frugal Dutchman during Ridgefest.

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Live from the WIndow of The Frugal Dutchman during Ridgeway Summer Festival, it's At The Counter One Shots!

This week, we give you the discussion about Pinball Illegality and Arcades. Just a fun discussion, and you may learn something...

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Another episode, recorded LIVE from Ridgeway Summer Festival in the Window of The Frugal Dutchman.

What games are traditionally at the cottage, and which ones could be left there? Or brought from home.

Again, as this is a live recording, I've tried to edit out the distractions and  interruptions, so there may be a few weird cuts.

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Hello folks - For the next month, we will be posting the results of our Live Broadcasts from the Window of The Frugal Dutchman

during Ridgeway Summer Festival. Much like our Christmas shows, we broadcast live to the street, and recorded it for you.

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The first in what will end up being an ongoing series, although not consecutively, about the most interesting Pop Culture Conspiracy Theories.

Not is the earth flat, or nonsense like that... more like this...

The Pixar Theory. The Theory states that All Pixar movies are contained in one universe and are at different times along the same axis.

We present it, but we always welcome more theories. Let us know which ones are your favourite.

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We finally hit the end of the list! The 90s and the 2000s.

Join us live at Ridgeway Summerfest! We'll be live again July 9th, in the window of The Frugal Dutchman.

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Do you have kids or Grandkids and are forced to watch what they want? LIved through the horrible ones?

Here are a few we can recommend hooking your kids on so that you can enjoy the TV too...

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What do we think of how Disney is handling the Star Wars expansioning? Here we go.

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