We talk about some controversies in the gaming community that have been both burning for a while and just lit recently. In other news, Mike revisits an old, unplayed game after actually playing it, Josh continues to waylay fools in FFXIV, and Charles connects the Dots and is also Super. Hot. This week's podcast is brought to you by iOS7, ninjas, and R(ub)2W(in) technology. Unrolled D20s: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Send us your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email. Show notes: Games Dots (iOS | Android) SuperHot News Hot 97, Mr. Cee, Ebro Darden Video Penny Arcade Celebrity D&D game with Patrick Rothfuss Music Elvis Costello and The Roots - Wise Up Ghost Ylvis - Stonehenge

Our late Summer break is over and we're back with a podcast show of audio content digitally rendered for your enjoyment. Both Chaz and Mike went on trips recently and tell you all about them. Also, lots of media and industry news are present, discussed, and concluded upon. You know, just like you like it. Avenues to the void: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Send us your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email. Show notes: Games Gyro (Android) Final Fantasy: A Realm Reborn River City Ransom: Underground (Kickstarter) Music Lake Street Dive Video In A World The World's End Don't Stop Believin: Everyman's Journey Words Spin - Robert Charles Wilson Acadia - James Erwin Manna - Marshal Brain Misc covermesongs.com Bionym Nymi Unified Music Media Keys

Unlike last time, no board games are mentioned this week on the podcast. However, we fill the airtime with plenty of speech upon things such as movies, TV, video games, and tech news. And since you never know what we're going to talk about, then it's basically like a rogue-like every time, randomly dungerated for your listening pleasure. Thankfully, unlike a rogue-like, you are not destined to perish by podcast's end. Enjoy! Pathways to doom: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Send us your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email.

There is a whole world of games outside of the video realm. Board and card games have been around much longer than their digital brethren, and friend of the show Jawn knows this well. He visited The Escort Mission recently and brought a bunch of them to try out, and try them out we did. Before that discussion, however, Chaz speaks on a cool rogue-"lite" game, Mike briefs us on his recent visit to Disneyland and California Adventure, and Josh reports on some Xbox One news he gained from Comic-Con. Suits of color: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Send us your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email. Show notes: Through the Ages Guildhall Love Letter Hanabi Tzolk'in Nexus Ops Uchronia Rock me Archimedes R-eco Bonanza Shadow Hunters Abandon Ship Corporate America

Whether you perceive or accept it as a round number or not, fifty episodes is a sizable amount of episodes in our book. Thank you to all who have stuck around with us to this momentous occasion. For your troubles, we give you deep discussion on the mathematical properties of "roundness", obscure forest arrow battles between famous celebrities, a non-discussion about a recent DLC, and all the rest of the things that happened that escape the poster's mind right now. It's a slimmer-than-usual ~90 minute discussion, as well, so get comfortable, turn up the volume, and dive in. Starbursted cheeks: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Send us your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email.

Have you ever put on a jacket in an interesting way? What about mounting a chair instead of gamely sitting in it like a normal person? We've wondered about these things, and much more, on this week's episode of The Escort Mission Podcast. Join us as we go unto the fray. Banal things done extraordinarily: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Send us your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email. Show notes: Games Hotline Miami Pivvot Apoc Wars Aquaria Final Fantasy: A Realm Reborn The Last of Us Words The Postmortal - Drew Magary Lexicon - Mark Barry The Architecture of Happiness - Alain de Botton Music National Broadcast Network - 7 Billion Volts Video Mark Blythe - Austerity Google talk Stolen Seas Free the Mind Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn Horrible Bosses Misc Riker Sits Down The West Wing Jacket Flip

After a week break, The Escort Mission has once again returned with another lively council on the recent past's comings and goings. It's yet another remote episode as we pack the portable audio recorder (so, mind the quality) and hang together outside the studio. Activities included, but were not limited to, checking out a new board game, Kickstarted almost a year ago, that recently shipped. Our main topic, however, is a lengthy breakdown of the upcoming AAA consoles, the Xbone and Playstellogram 4. We piece together some of the controversies surrounding E3, and go over specs and game exclusives, just for you. Cuz we like you. Software installation wizards: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Send us your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email. Show notes: Misc Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse Jony Ive Redesigns Things Games Quadropus Rampage Antichamber Hotline Miami Organ Trail Thomas Was Alone Words Women in Cinema Music Lou Johnson - Always Something There to Remind me Johnny Cash - Best Of Composer Quest - Conversation Video Easier Said Than Done - Trailer Bobby Fischer Against the World Kasparov v. Karpov, Lyon, 1990 Much Ado About Nothing

This week's lively discussion of all things cool that we three deign worthy of scuttlebutting are marked by various things: their cheapness, their goodness, their proximity to the beach, the side of the tracks in which they reside, and their ability to provide fresh Sculpin on tap. If nothing else, we can guarantee the aforementioned list items as attributes to all topics bandied about in the following podcast, laid bare in all their raw, naked emotional honesty before you. Feel free to be swept away, if the moment takes you. Leftover scrvples: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Send us your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email. Show notes: Josh's crazy movie list to follow... News Podcast Patent Troll Zynga Firings Deus Ex: The Fall Mirror's Edge 2 The Swapper Games Gods Will be Watching Fantasia: Music Evolved Words The Postmortal - Drew Magary Music The Eagles of Death Metal Chvrches Noxious Foxes Washed Out - Feel it All Around Video Family Tree Portlandia Misc Composer Quest

Two special guests join us this week -- one isn't even in the room! -- to discuss their experiences with some recent hot technology we all wish we had first-hand experience using. The Escort Mission will have to settle for second-hand for now. Regardless, our discussion of media, games, and news continues unabated, so join us as another podcast enters your consciousness and takes over your brain space for a couple hours. Dimensions: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Something to say? Hit us with your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email (mail[at]theescortmission[dot]com). Show notes: Duration: 01:58:07 Misc Oculus Rift VR Headset Google Glass Games GeoGuessr Lego City Undercover Video Ryokou - Keirin cycling documentary Tropes v. Women Words Amped - Daniel H. Wilson

This week on the illustrious collection of audio bits known only as The Escort Mission, the trio of Mike, Josh, and Chaz impart language upon your ears. There are video games, movies, music, books, and a major console release to get all up ins, so grab the latest episode, however you go about doing that, and hunker down. It's gonna be a pleasant ride. Four gigabytes: iTunes Download the MP3 RSS Subscribe to the RSS by email Something to say? Hit us with your quemments via Facebook, Twitter (@escortmission), Google+, or email (mail[at]theescortmission[dot]com). Show notes: Duration: 02:28:11 Games Jones on Fire Mosaique (Android | iOS) Monaco Battleblock Theater The Impossible Road Hook Champ Audio Northern Kings - Take On Me Brassft Punk Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Video Upstream Color YouTube Channels Devin Supertramp Jean Baptiste Chandelier Drive FZDSCHOOL Vice Daft Punk - Interstella 5555 The Town Where the Wild Things Are No Country for Old Men Burn After Reading Charge Words Robopocalypse - Daniel H. Wilson Amped - Daniel H. Wilson Misc reddit.com/r/contagiouslaughter