For newcomers
who do not know what Geek & Sundry is, it’s an awesome YouTube channel that
everyone should check out! The channel provides fun videos that range from the well-known web series by Felicia Day (The
Guild) to board gaming (Tabletop) and entertaining hangouts, such as MetaDating
(hosted by Day9) and that’s just the tip of it.
I have only
recently discovered Geek & Sundry and The Guild, which is intriguing
considering that The Guild in particular has been going for 6 season so far.
Nevertheless, I am absolutely delighted that I am able to enjoy such geek
filled entertainment on an almost weekly basis (Mon-Fri). To prove how awesome
Geek & Sundry is, I want to show the Geek & Sundry introduced items I
have so far.
1.
The Guild: Knights of Good
Comic Vol. 2
I have always
wanted to read The Guild comics, but never really did. Thankfully a few days
ago, I went to the ‘local’ comic store in the Brisbane CBD and went searching
for them. (The use of the term ‘local’ is somewhat biased, considering that the
comic store I mentioned was in the city 15 mins from where I live.)
Unfortunately I was told they only had volume 2, which kind of made me sad, but
I still could not resist the urge to buy the comic. Who cares if it’s the second
volume, it’s The Guild! So, here are a few AWESOME elements of the comic:
i.
Comic Book as a medium:
Using the comic
book medium as a way to show the prequel stories of the guild characters was a
very smart and creative method in my opinion. If these earlier storylines were
done in a separate web series, I feel that they would not have been as
entertaining. Most likely the prequel series would have distracted viewers,
going in between the present Guild episodes to the prequel series.
ii.
Comedic expression:
One thing that
this comic was able to do that other comics do not focus on, was making me
laugh. There were times when my friends gave me awkward looks as I laughed out
loud, while reading this comic. The transition of the comedic elements from the
web series to the comic book is flawless and is clearly well written by Felicia
Day and Jeff Lewis. (You should also check out Jeff Lewis’ 5 minute comedy
hour. First episode almost made me suffocate from laughter!)
iii.
Behind the Scenes Snippets
Being a huge
admirer of comic art, animations, and artwork in general, I was pleasantly
surprised and grateful that the comic book included snippets of the working
sketches done by the various artists. I personally felt that by having this
section alone makes The Guild comic above others. Nothing shows appreciation
than to actually illustrate the thought process and collaboration of the
various artists.
2.
Tabletop: Munchkin
Hosted by the
Wil Wheaton, Tabletop is a series that is primarily about introducing board
games to the public. Inviting 3 guest appearances, Wil and the guests play a
selected board game for that episode, which have included so far: Small World,
Elder Sign, Settlers of Catan and the one I’m going to talk about, Munchkin.
Munchkin is a
rather simple RPG styled board game, which was introduced early on in the
series. The reason why I am talking about this game in particular is that,
Munchkin is the first board game I bought BECAUSE of the show. After the
Munchkin episode was released, my friends had to endure countless whingeing and
trips to the closest board game store, as I look at the game and mumble, “It
will be mine! It will be mine!” Sometime later I finally bought it and here are
my thoughts why it’s enjoyable:
i.
RPG elements:
As an avid PC
gamer, RPGs are one of the most enjoyable and time consuming genres available.
The ability to equip weapons and armour that changes character stats feels
gratifying. Thankfully, Munchkin enables you to have a snippet of that fun, but
in a more compacted and simpler way.
ii.
Game scenarios:
Munchkin can be
played in many ways, all depending on the players. From personal gameplays, I
have observed two common scenarios that can occur.
Scenario 1: You
just so happen to have extremely friendly and selfless friends, where everyone
helps everyone. This sort of gameplay tends
to end quickly as one player easily wins by being ‘carried’ to the top.
Scenario 2: Combination
of nice people and jerks. (Not saying that those who play mean are really
jerks, they just embody that personality *Cough*.) This scenario usually takes
longer and is where shenanigans occur that make the game fun and interesting.
Denying my
friend’s win became a common strategy of mine, where I constantly place a curse on his character and
increase the level of the monster. This rose to my friend swearing and waving
his hands irritably and the rest of us laughing our heads off. Needless to say,
sometimes a little bit of douchie-ness can make the game hilarious.
3.
Sword and Laser
A fantasy and
sci-fi book series that introduces monthly picks, discussion and interviews got
me into reading again! I usually go into reading phases, where I continuously
read books (usually a book/ week) and ignore everything else (even gaming). Recently
I was finally able to buy Nocturnal
by Scott Sigler, which was one
of the books featured on Sword and Laser. Hosts, Tom Merritt and Veronica
Belmont gave such informative opinions that just makes you want to read the
book and find out how and why they got their opinions.
Ending this
extremely long post, I am sad that I was not able to keep listing the shows
that Geek & Sundry provide to the public. Felicia Day, Kim Evey and Sheri
Bryant aimed to bring the general public and the geek community, original and
creative videos and did they? Absolutely! Evidently so, considering the items I
bought, but also because I have not seen a network so far that can inspire me
to play board games, read and write more and the utmost important being
creative! So check them out and please subscribe!....stop reading this and go! K GOGOGOGOGO! <-- SC2 :D
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