Shane Plays Geek Talk

Shane Plays Geek Talk

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Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 1h 18m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 4.1 (9)
Since Jun 2019
Latest Episode Nov 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
64%
Hosting
shaneplays.libsyn.com

Contact & Outreach

About This Podcast

A journey into the things we love: D&D / RPGs, tabletop games, wargames, video games, comics and comic books, Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, fan films, movies, TV, books, sci-fi, fantasy, more! Hosted by a fellow geek that supports and encourages geeks and our fandoms in all of their various splendor! Come along and get your geek on (or maybe even discover you inner geek)!

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Recent Episodes

Heroes of Might and Magic (and Other Goodness) with Neal Hallford - Episode 287 - 11/24/2025

Nov 24, 2025 1h 27m

Neal Hallford joins to discuss his new book Heroes of Might and Magic: 30th Anniversary Retrospective. The history of HoM&M games is, in many ways, an "epic story" that tells the history of the…

S1E286 The Quatermass Experiment with Toby Hadoke - Episode 286 - 9/28/2025

Sep 28, 2025 2h 27m

The Quatermass Experiment, the highly influential series considered the "birth of TV Sci-Fi", with Toby Hadoke (Quatermass Experiment megafan, Doctor Who megafan, special features do-er, author, and…

Vampire Movies - Episode 285 - 8/29/2025

Aug 29, 2025 2h 1m

Sink your teeth into a slew of vampire movies from 1922 through 2025 that may or may not suck with returning movie lovers Chris Holmes and Michael Stewart (Save for Half podcast, Found in the Ruins…

TSR & WotC Veteran Steve Winter - Episode 284 - 7/28/2025

Jul 28, 2025 2h 23m

TSR and Wizards of the Coast veteran Steve Winter (Steve achieved one of the longest tenures across both companies). Steve plays guitar. Steve likes Shadowdark RPG, and is also interested in Knave,…

Twilight: 2000 RPG With The Found In The Ruins Podcast - Episode 283 - 5/15/2025

May 15, 2025 1h 3m

A RAD-SATURATED BONUS EPISODE! The Cold War gone hot! "Bam" Shane joins "Doc" Benny and "Boom" Mike on the Found in the Ruins podcast to execute maneuvers on the Twilight: 2000 RPG and reconnoiter…

Comic Books, "New" Doctor Who 20th Anniversary, D&D 2024, and Tariffs - Episode 282 - 4/26/2025

Apr 26, 2025 2h 13m

Shane waxes eloquent (ok, he might rant mildly) on several aspects of the mainstream comic book industry including the direct market business model, variant covers, multiple characters with the same…

S1E281 Banquet For Fools With Game Developers Hannah And Joseph Williams - Episode 281 - 11/26/2024

Nov 26, 2024 1h 14m

Game developers Hannah and Joseph Williams join to chat about their new "Dark Crystal"-like CRPG Banquet For Fools. Shane jokingly laments a missing element from the game, but Joseph promises they…

Star Trek Video Games With Mat Bradley-Tschirgi - Episode 280 - 10/23/2024

Oct 23, 2024 1h 10m

Star Trek Video Games: An Unofficial Guide to the Final Frontier with author Mat Bradley-Tschirgi. There are a LOT of Star Trek video games and Mat had some hard decisions and set boundaries on what…

RPG & Gaming Scholar Jon Peterson - Episode 279 - 9/27/2024

Sep 27, 2024 1h 1m

RPG and tabletop gaming historian Jon Peterson returns for a fantastic conversation on D&D and RPG history, and his related current books and projects. A new edition of Playing at the World and…

S1E278 RPG Designer Merle M. Rasmussen - Episode 278 - 8/14/2024

Aug 15, 2024 1h 47m

Merle M. Rasmussen, the man in the tux himself, joins to talk about the Top Secret RPG and his game design career. What was his first (mistaken) understanding of what D&D was? Memories of working…

S1E277 Zombie Movies with Chris Holmes and Mike Stewart - Episode 277 - 7/22/2024

Jul 22, 2024 2h 27m

Shane, Chris Holmes, and Mike Stewart aka DM Mike (Save for Half podcast, Found in the Ruins podcast) shamble relentlessly through over 40 zombie and zombie-ish flicks in their inhuman hunger for…

Comics & Comicsgate With Preston Poulter - Episode 276 - 4/29/2024

Apr 30, 2024 1h 35m

Preston Poulter of Pocket Jacks Comics joins to talk comic books, the current status of his Comicsgate trademark lawsuit, and his reasons for pursuing it. Plus the economics and challenges of…

MASSIVE GEEKOUT With David Finn Of Signal Of Doom - Episode 275 - 3/29/2024

Mar 29, 2024 2h 32m

Wide-ranging geekout with David Finn of Signal of Doom!! Lots of comic book and MCU chat (like, a lot). Pi Day. Doctor Who, old and new. Google Gemini vs. ChatGPT. Judge Dredd satirizes fascism but…

Greyhawk With Allan "grodog" Grohe - Episode 274 - 2/29/2024

Mar 01, 2024 2h 2m

Despite what you might think from its famous box art, Greyhawk (the first D&D setting published by TSR) isn't just knights and chivalry… so what is it then? Major Greyhawk fan Allan T. Grohe Jr.…

Strat-O-Matic Baseball with Champion Bill Meinhardt - Episode 273 - 1/31/2024

Feb 01, 2024 1h 7m

Strat-O-Matic Baseball might be one of the biggest games you've never heard of, and three-time champion William "Bill" Meinhardt joins to share his passion for playing it. How long has the game been…

Star Fleet Battles With Bill Barsh - Episode 272 - 12/29/2023

Dec 29, 2023 1h 18m

Star Fleet Battles is the Star Trek-based wargame that's been in constant publication since 1979, leading to an expanded range of games and lore known as the Star Fleet Universe. SFB fan, expert, and…

Stan Lee With Comics Creator Tom Scioli - Episode 271 - 11/20/2023

Nov 20, 2023 1h 54m

Discover the real Stan Lee (not the public PR persona) and his story in Tom Scioli's amazing I Am Stan biographical graphic novel. Plus: Simple comic book character design versus convoluted and…

Zombie Bytes with James T. Wilson - Episode 270 - 10/23/2023

Oct 23, 2023 1h 5m

All-around groovy geek and author Tracy Wilson (aka James T. Wilson) on his indie horror novel Zombie Bytes, also chatting about cool things like his involvement with the Star Wars costuming…

Incredible Cosplay With Simple Tricks & Nonsense - Episode 269 - 7/16/2023

Jul 16, 2023 1h 26m

Johnny Havoc (John McDonald) and Newt (Rebekah McDonald) of Simple Tricks & Nonsense join to discuss their incredible cosplay. What does cosplay mean to them? The economics of cosplay, including…

The Legend of Drizzt with Mike Witwer – Episode 268 – 5/30/2023

May 30, 2023 1h 36m

Author and D&D historian Mike Witwer shares the details on his newest book The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary, which is not only chock full of goodness on everyone's favorite drow but the…

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