The Geek Card - Episode 140 - The Lock-down Special!
We're back! Did you miss us? Well, thanks to a lock-down we are here again :D Our Geeky times Robbie WoW: Started out BfA as my Disc priest Void Elf and got most of the reps up to Paragon/Exalted but after we finished the third raid (Eternal Palace) I needed to switch it up and went back to my Balance Druid Night Elf and have been DPSing the latest raid content. M+ a similar story. We have been getting up to +7/+8s regularly each season. We cleared our first 7 last night in fact with a Freehold (Our new home?) Boardgame nights are still a thing thanks to the wonders of tech such as discord and tabletop games online! Razerbug D&D: figured out how to get group onto Roll20/Discord, and recording sessions WoW: raiding is a moment of sanity in an insane world, levelling warlock when I have downtime. Topical goodness this show How have we been coping with the lockdown? What have we been doing to pass the time or make working from home work for us? (Robbie Board Games online & Razerbug D&D online?) https://skribbl.io/ https://www.techradar.com/uk/how-to/how-to-play-cards-against-humanity-online https://tabletopia.com/ https://www.tabletopsimulator.com/ What have we been watching since the last show? Excited for anything? Obviously Cinema releases seem to be on the rocks for 2020 but what are we excited for in film? Bojack Horseman, Shameless US, Picard, Runaways season 2, Black Lightning S3, CW shows (batwoman writing disappointing, have we watched Crisis?) Re-watching MCU and more! Escapism, you’re doing it wrong people! https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/pandemic-related-programming-surges-on-netflix-amid-coronavirus-spread/ Wrestlemania plays to empty arenas: (Steve Corino) https://www.insider.com/coronavirus-wwe-wrestlemania-36-held-in-empty-arena-without-fans-2020-3 MCU pushed back https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-phase-4-has-been-delayed-1288535 Dr Who Watchalongs on Twitter https://twitter.com/Emily_Rosina/status/1246154814200991749 Torchwood returns?! (Editors note: After the episode was recorded we found out this news is no longer accurate. Boo!) https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a32031845/torchwood-john-barrowman-cast-reunion-idea/ Folding@Home is now the biggest collective computer power that is helping solve the Coronavirus! www.foldingathome.org https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/folding-at-home-worlds-top-supercomputers-coronavirus-covid-19 Bunch of services go Free-to-use during the lockdown (Inc Audible) https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/02/apps-and-services-coronavirus/ Contact details: Razerbug (Host): @rzbg Robbie (Co-host & Editor): @robbie_glow Show: thegeekcard.podbean.com Twitter: @TGCshow GGW Discord for those of you who are interested in joining their EU Casual raid nights: www.girlsgonewow.net/discord Stitcher and iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-geek-card/id968001881 Find us on ACast: https://play.acast.com/s/geekcard Look out for further lock-down shows as and when we are able to do so!