Best Jef Aldrich Podcasts (2025)

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Movie Mastery - Guyver: Dark Hero (1994) 1:19:35

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A lower budget sequel to the American live action movie based on the Japanese manga that tries to be more dark and gritty and is mostly more boring Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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310 - It's Funnier If He's Southern 58:48

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Well boy, ah say boy, we done found the voice for one of our particular villains in this here page-turner and it dominates the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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310 - Tales from the Floating Vagabond 2e 1:15:06

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Part of this job is getting to hold extremely weird things in our hands, things we never expected to be real, and this is certainly one of those times. Three hundred and seven episodes ago we discussed Tales from the Floating Vagabond. Between then and now the author, Lee Garvin, passed away years ago. Now we have the second edition ANYWAY, and it'…

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Movie Mastery - Crossroads (2002) 1:18:43

12d ago1:18:43

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Britney Spears gets everything she's ever wanted while her friends' lives crumble around her. Woo! Fun road trip! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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309 - Galaxy Class Ass 55:09

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One of the perils of recording early is I'm guaranteed to forget what the episode was. But good news, I think they met one of this book's big bad guys, a pugnacious and dangerous Imperial officers hanging around in a ziggurat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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309 - Invisible Sun Lore 1:53:13

27d ago1:53:13

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Yeah yeah, we did the thing. God knows there was plenty more content. James is still here to help us process all this stuff. Thanks James! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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Movie Mastery - Magic Mike (2012) 1:22:39

26d ago1:22:39

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The raw charisma and undeniable talent of Channing Tatum can only do so much to save this mostly forgettable movie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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308 - Don't Neglect the Dualities 56:15

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Hey hey, it's time to meet Halla! She's a fun archetype that was made common in West End Games Star Wars RPGs, the burnout force user. We're also gonna find out about the big MacGuffin of the book this chapter, the Kaiburr Crystal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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308 - Invisible Sun 1:43:51

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This is almost certainly the largest product we've ever attempted to review! As a result there are some gaps in coverage here. We may yet revisit this game just to do a deep dive on the setting, if there's interest. Otherwise, welcome to the whimsical world of not quite wizards that is Invisible Sun, recorded twice for various reasons, and featurin…

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307 - Kissing A Miner 58:24

2M ago58:24

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In this episode our heroes discover a hidden city on their homeworld, and if you thought going back to 1978 would fix the Leia characterizations, you've got ... another think coming, I guess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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307 - Micro Game Roundup 2 1:16:51

2M ago1:16:51

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Let's lay out what we're discussing here this week. It's three games (in four books) comprising Clever Girl, #Flirt Squad, and Anyone Can Wear The Mask. We love checking in on micro games from time to time, they're a refreshing change from the elderly tomes we normally peruse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Movie Mastery - Gleaming the Cube (1989) 1:07:41

2M ago1:07:41

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A totally radical skateboarding movie that has very little to do with skateboarding and a lot to do with Vietnamese crime drama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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306 - Mimban Number Five 47:19

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You can't get earlier Star Wars EU novels than this right here. Welcome to the "sequel in case the sequels didn't happen" of Star Wars, where the force was still mysterious and Luke didn't know who his sister was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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306 - The Expanse 1:19:53

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More TV sci-fi! More TV sci-fi! Actually wait, hold on, this one is based on the books. No TV in here, which is probably for the best, because you guessed it, neither of us watched the show. Is this relatively modern relatively hard sci-fi space game fun? Well let's find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Movie Mastery - Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014) 1:07:16

2M ago1:07:16

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A movie with an absolutely bananas concept that squanders it on mostly being about how boring, crappy dudes are good actually Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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305 - Time Lord 1:26:32

3M ago1:26:32

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Who loves Doctor Who? Specifically and exclusively any Doctor Who made before 1991? Not us it turns out, though this game is pretty fun! It's got some neat design ideas and good advice and writing, and also a lot of information about old Doctors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Movie Mastery - Outlaw Prophet (2001) 1:18:53

3M ago1:18:53

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A sci-fi movie that is incomprehensibly religious and religiously incomprehensible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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305 - Jedi Twilight Wrap Up 1:07:11

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Why, it's the twilight of Jedi Twilight! And frankly? Good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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304 - Runequest (1984) 1:14:42

3M ago1:14:42

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This is one of the venerable old giants of the fantasy gaming industry. Avalon Hill producing Chaosium's Runequest. Couldn't be more classic. But how does it read 40 years later? Let's all find out together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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Movie Mastery - Carpool (1996) 1:17:13

3M ago1:17:13

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From a hotel room in Wisconsin, we drag James into our muck and watch a Tom Arnold film that is extremely Tom Arnold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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304 - Don't Call it a Comeback 58:59

4M ago58:59

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That ended abruptly! Sure enough we get a chapter containing both Vader and Xizor, but... eh you'll see. Also there's some robots and some big-ish reveals, I suppose! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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303 - Superhero 2044 1:12:26

4M ago1:12:26

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By all account, this is the first ever superhero RPG, but don't let that fool you, it contains virtually nothing you'd recognize as a superhero game. In fact, it's wild what it contains. You'll see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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302 - Capers 1:16:10

4M ago1:16:10

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Okay the rumors that we like every supers game are scurrilous, devious, and increasingly accurate. This is Capers, and it's a supers game set in a slightly less socially shitty 1920s, which is a neat thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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Movie Mastery - Sexy Evil Genius (2013) 1:20:42

4M ago1:20:42

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Buffy, BSG, and Lost collide in a bar with a Baldwin and what happens is, you know, fine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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303 - All I Need Is A Miracle 56:23

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Vader packs up and rides to join the party, Jax and company fight some crazy robots, and Xizor meets Nick Rostu, surely that's fantasic, right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

Jef Aldrich Podcasts

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Movie Mastery

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Expounded Universe

Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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System Mastery

Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

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Movie Mastery - Guyver: Dark Hero (1994) 1:19:35

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310 - It's Funnier If He's Southern 58:48

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310 - Tales from the Floating Vagabond 2e 1:15:06

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Movie Mastery - Crossroads (2002) 1:18:43

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309 - Galaxy Class Ass 55:09

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309 - Invisible Sun Lore 1:53:13

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Movie Mastery - Magic Mike (2012) 1:22:39

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308 - Don't Neglect the Dualities 56:15

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308 - Invisible Sun 1:43:51

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307 - Kissing A Miner 58:24

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307 - Micro Game Roundup 2 1:16:51

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Movie Mastery - Gleaming the Cube (1989) 1:07:41

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306 - Mimban Number Five 47:19

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306 - The Expanse 1:19:53

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Movie Mastery - Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014) 1:07:16

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305 - Time Lord 1:26:32

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Movie Mastery - Outlaw Prophet (2001) 1:18:53

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305 - Jedi Twilight Wrap Up 1:07:11

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304 - Runequest (1984) 1:14:42

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Movie Mastery - Carpool (1996) 1:17:13

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304 - Don't Call it a Comeback 58:59

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303 - Superhero 2044 1:12:26

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302 - Capers 1:16:10

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Movie Mastery - Sexy Evil Genius (2013) 1:20:42

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303 - All I Need Is A Miracle 56:23