The Escort Mission Podcast

On this week’s Escort Mission, we argue the merits and dangers of free speech on the internet. And good news, we solve it! We resolve the whole issue in a way that’s satisfying to literally everyone in the world. Oh wait, no we don’t. Spoiler alert: it’s a grey area. We do bring it full […]

The Escort Mission goes to the movies this week, and we watched Looper. SPOILER ALERT: we spoil the crap out of it. If you want to avoid said spoilers, jump to 58:06 once we start discussing the movie. We also played Asura’s Wrath. Newsflash: Japanese games (and lots else about their culture) are weird. Chaz […]

There’s never been an episode of The Escort Mission that’s come off with more aplomb, more professionalism, more panache than this one. Never have we been more buttery, or less stuttery The three of us didn’t play many games this week, but rest assured, we manage to argue about things anyway. In large part, we […]

The Escort Mission is here, queer, David Alan Greer, a steer, mere pier, quite dear, and sheer. This week we talk about Kickstarter’s strengths and pitfalls. Why it’s awesome and where it falls down. What project funders should know and how good a job Kickstarter does telling them. We played several games, read some books, […]

Here you go, loyalists. A compact ninty-one minutes of TEM goodness. ‘Nuff said. We have our first ever multi-letter mailbag segment, and a surprise alterna-performance of the mailbag jingle. Also, Josh likes Guild Wars 2, and we all like Mark of the Ninja. Give it some gas: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the […]

One more TEM podcast unto the breach, dear friends; one more. Or close up the wall with our gaming dead. In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility: but when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the Tiger. Because we’re serious about this […]

Welcome loyal listeners! We took a week off because reasons. Now we’re back, though, and we’re playing some games that are out of our wheelhouse. Wheelhouses? Regardless, it’s not the stuff that we typically go in for. So buckle in for a TEM cast such as you’ve never known, in the most specific sense of […]

We played a few games this week, and watched a lot of the Olympics. Some games were good, some bad. Some Olympic events are fun to watch, some not. There, no need to listen to the show! Game theory, tournament structure, and rulesmaking. All these could have been topics in our discussion of the Olympic […]

Some of us watched the Olympics this week. Team Handball and Micronesia feature prominently. Then, Josh and Mike talk about music for OMG LIKE THREE YEARS AMIRITE? Also we mention quite a few mobile games and the best piece of advertising ever. Then we get down and dirty with the “bad guys” of gaming – […]

I punch a guitar twice this episode. I’m not sure why I can’t manage to make it through a show without doing that, but there it is. Just Cause 2 gets the Best Game Ever treatment. I’ll give you a hint – we like it. Also, we discuss the Nexus 7, Louis CK, and TNGHT. […]

TEM crew is back and better than ever. Actually, we’re probably not better than ever. Let’s say we’re on par with ever. Josh is back, though, and we hear about his trip to Oregon. Comicon happened in our fair city, so there’s some talk of that. We also get into a long discussion about the […]

No Josh this week! In his absence, we conscript two guest hosts, Matt and Robyn. (See! Proof that we know women.) They fill in admirably and we have some good discussions in another random grab bag show. We also played Cards Against Humanity (great title) before the show, and that’s fun, yo. Also, the mailbag […]

This week we take on women. Can they be allowed to drive cars? Pants, are they merely inflammatory or the downfall of civil society? And is childbirth really that big a deal? Actually, we have the kind of nuanced discussion about gender and games that we wish occurred in more developers’ offices. Also, we played some games, […]

Guess who’s back? That’s right, TEM’s back. Our two-week break did us good. Or at least it did us no harm. It’s Hippocratic in that respect. We watched another movie this week, and let me tell you, shit’s tough in the FP. Also, Portal and Portal 2 put up their respective dukes in the Best Game Ever […]

We’re in the double digits! Woooooo! This episode count is only going one way, baby! Higher! Up! It will increase. As we record more episodes it will continue to increment by one. Next show’ll be number eleven. Escort Mission fever, CATCH IT! This week we three hosts watched a movie film picture show and then […]