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In this episode of 3 Movies That Changed Your Life screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Director of East Midlands Film Office Emma Smith about: All Eight Harry Potter Films, Y tu mamá también, and Romeo + Juliet. Discover how these films shaped her screenwriting journey, personal growth, and understanding of cinema’s power. Plus, Emma Smith discusses the aims and ambitions of the East Midlands Film Office. Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about the the East Midlands Film Office and the lasting impact of cinema on Emma Smith’s life with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:20] the East Midlands Film Office 3 Movies That Changed Your Life [18:21] All Eight Harry Potter Films (2001-2011): Great to be a part of the communal analysis about whether the books translated accurately to what you imagined in your head [29:20] Y tu mamá también (2001): A movie not watched for over two decades but left an indelible mark. [34:35] Romeo + Juliet (1996): Went to watch it because of Claire Danes and Leonardo Dicaprio. Completely blind to the visceral experience this tragedy would put her through.   Key Take Aways:   Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.  The aims and ambitions of the East Midlands Film Office and how to get in touch. Understand cinema’s transformative power through All Eight Harry Potter Films (2001-2011), Y tu mamá también (2001), Romeo + Juliet (1996) Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast About my Guest:   Emma Smith is the founder of Spin Off Studios and Director of the East Midlands Film Office, Attracting and supporting high-profile film, TV and commercial productions to the region. Overseeing everything from location scouting, permissions and casting to working with local authorities and crew, ensuring world-class filming experiences while showcasing the East Midlands’ unique talent and locations. For more information or how to get in touch see https://eastmidlandsfilm.com/ Credits:   Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

• Episode 254 opens with “Shiver If Day,” Hot Trip Salad, platform plugs, ChatGPT jokes, and Bruce Buffer confusion.
• The crew discusses the Tupac case, Keith D., “Baby Lane,” old interviews, book confessions, and 30 years of delayed justice.
• The Tupac segment turns into food-based courtroom comedy with Savory Justice and fake detective John Savory.
• Parker’s car gets burgled, and the stolen items are weirdly personal: Bluetooth adapter, headphones, charger, cash, and his Aldi quarter.
• Fred admits to old car-handle-pulling behavior from the cassette-tape era.
• The guys revisit the story of Draper’s car getting stolen at a Braves game and returned with Funyuns and more gas.
• Allan tells a mugging story that ends with him admitting he actually was looking at the guy’s girlfriend.
• Parker tells a strange nun, tiger, cliff, and strawberry parable that immediately gets stepped on by the show.
• The USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand after 200 days at sea becomes the title moment: VD Day.
• Fred’s 50th birthday becomes a full roast, including AI-written jokes, Satan, AARP, and Bernie Mac.
• Sports returns with Fred’s son starting middle school football and facing a terrifyingly large 13-year-old lineman.
• The crew makes Super Bowl picks, including real teams and fake teams that sound like rejected fantasy football names.
• Parker calls the farmers market a scam after paying too much for asparagus labeled as a product of Peru.
• The episode ends with sourdough, agua fresca, grocery-store loyalty, and Fred’s Big 5-O.

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>Let’s just say it up front: turning a trading card game into a video game is a magic trick where the “trading” and the “card” both quietly slip out the back door, leaving you with a menu that goes “ding” when you win. And Marvel decided this was worth doing not once, but on two separate handhelds that weren’t even talking to each other, like a superhero team-up where nobody checked who else was showing up.

Somewhere, someone looked at the specific joy of slapping a foil Spider-Man card down on a table hard enough to rattle the juice boxes, and said: what if we replaced that with a stylus tap? What if deck-building, the sacred art of jamming eighty cards into a rubber band and hoping for the best, became a scroll menu instead? Visionary. Extremely quiet. Nobody’s little brother has ever stormed off in a rage over a scroll menu.

Dealing me in for this one is Gen Moonen, co-host of the “Fun” & Games Podcast alongside Matt Storm, a show built entirely around two people who genuinely, unapologetically love games, which honestly should be a requirement for every gaming podcast and somehow still isn’t.

So grab a deck, or a controller, or whatever the modern version of “shuffle and pray” is, and let’s find out if Marvel Trading Card Game is a genuinely good time, or a lesson in why some hobbies were never meant to leave the kitchen table.

Learn such things as:

• Is it as satisfying to play an amazing card in the game as it is to play that card in real life?
• Does it bother anyone that the winner of the fight is at least partly decided by random number generation?
• How is it even possible to get a story going when nobody can know what you’ll be able to do later in the game?
• And so much more!

You can find Gen on BlueSky @gnoisegenerator.bsky.social, on Instagram @gnoisegenerator, her podcast “Fun” & Games, and her own website GenMoonen.com.

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

Play Comics is also part of Art Comedy Pop-Culture Network, which is a long-standing creative organization spawning from a love of Adult Swim. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of entertainment news, commentary, and just plain fun stuff.

You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.

If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.

A big thanks to Adventures in Erylia and Once Upon a Geek for the promos today.

Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who would play this card game with you right now if he could find his deck. Or his other deck. Or his other deck. Or his other deck. Or his other deck. You get the idea.

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In Episode 35 of Tales From The Brick, Jon (8 Bit Bricks) is joined by Kate, AKA BrickHuntress, an award-winning LEGO mosaic artist and high school mental health counselor whose work combines art, unconventional parts, lighting, and even wearable LEGO creations.

Kate shares how building alongside her older brother introduced her to LEGO as a kid, how her son's interest brought her back after her dark age, and how seeing The Art of the Brick completely changed the way she looked at LEGO. That inspiration led to her first mosaic, painstakingly built over several months using pieces she dug out of the bulk bins at her local LEGO shop.

The conversation dives into how Kate's artistic background influences her builds, from using botanical elements and unexpected pieces to create hair and texture to hiding Easter eggs throughout her mosaics. She also talks about incorporating lighting into her artwork, creating a wearable LEGO dress using nets, and why she loves pushing LEGO beyond traditional building techniques.

Kate also brings her experience as a mental health counselor into the conversation, discussing the calming, tactile nature of LEGO and how students naturally gravitate toward the bricks in her office. She shares how she has brought LEGO into the classroom, used mosaics to teach art history, and seen firsthand how building can give kids a creative outlet.

Plus, Kate talks about collaborating with Eric Clough on a massive Harry Potter build, the magic of watching kids discover MOCs at conventions, and her plans for a new dinosaur mosaic that will combine three-dimensional building, LEGO nets, and motorized movement.

Find Brick Huntress:

• Instagram: @brickhuntress • TikTok: @brickhuntress

To find the best LEGO deals, check out the Bargain Bricks app.

Until next time... play well.

In this episode of 3 Movies That Changed Your Life screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with TV director George Kane about: Back To The Future, Monkey Business, and Faces. Discover how these films shaped his screenwriting journey, personal growth, and understanding of cinema’s power. Plus, George Kane talks about archiving his personal photographs and videos. Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about why George Kane archives his photographs and videos and the lasting impact of cinema on George Kane’s life with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:20] Archiving your photographs and video 3 Movies That Changed Your Life [15:08] Back To The Future (1985): this film is in his DNA [20:20] Monkey Business (1931): Joke for joke is funnier than the more popular Duck Soup [25:27] Faces (1968): Inspired a short film that was pivotal in his directing career   Key Take Aways:   Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.  Learn about the benefits and delights of archiving personal photographs and videos. Understand cinema’s transformative power through Back To The Future (1985), Monkey Business (1931), Faces (1968) Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast About my Guest:   George Kane directed episodes 1, 2 & 3 of season 2 of Ludwig. He is also known for Timewasters (2017), Flack (2019) and Crashing (2016). For Ludwig season 2 see BBC iplayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0022wvz/ludwig  Credits:   Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

• 00:00:57 — “Now Featuring Words”: Parker welcomes everyone to the “250th episode” and announces that the show now features words, which feels like an ambitious rebrand.
• 00:01:16 — All Fingers and Toes: The crew says they are broadcasting with all their fingers and toes, which becomes accidentally relevant later when the episode turns into death talk.
• 00:02:20 — Antonio Ben Fred: Fred starts doing an accent, Parker asks him to get closer to the mic, and the whole show briefly becomes a bootleg international lounge act.
• 00:03:05 — Spain Is Mexico’s Canada: The geography lesson nobody requested arrives early and confidently.
• 00:04:48 — Hayden Panettiere Name Disaster: The crew tries several versions of Hayden Panettiere’s name and lands somewhere between Italian restaurant and medical condition.
• 00:07:02 — Death Investigation for Pizza: The guys realize a nearby location has a pizza place, and Fred immediately sounds more interested in lunch than detective work.
• 00:07:08 — Crab Rangoon Pizza: The idea of crab rangoon pizza nearly derails the celebrity death segment, because BLC can mourn and menu-plan at the same time.
• 00:11:23 — RIP Dolly: The crew switches into sincere mode for Dolly Parton, which is rare enough to be its own special effect.
• 00:13:14 — Dolly Parton Day: The guys decide 9/25 should become Dolly Parton Day because of “9 to 5,” then start moving other national holidays out of her way.
• 00:15:19 — Make Room for Dolly: National Comic Book Day, Lobster Day, Quesadilla Day, and One Hit Wonder Day all get pushed aside because Dolly gets priority.
• 00:16:36 — BLC Hall of Fame: Dolly gets officially inducted and becomes the first BLC Hall of Famer with her own show holiday.
• 00:16:48 — Dolly’s Letterman Clip: The crew remembers Dolly telling David Letterman that people talk about one part of her body, but she has “a great ass too.”
• 00:21:59 — Tim Curry Left This Mortal World: Tim Curry becomes the third icon in the episode’s death-trifecta conversation, kicking off a massive filmography riff.
• 00:23:21 — Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties: The Tim Curry credits get increasingly strange, proving the man really was in everything.
• 00:24:28 — In Memoriam Before the Year Ends: The crew decides August is close enough to do an in-memoriam segment.
• 00:32:06 — Food News Begins: After a death-heavy first half, the crew pivots into Food News, because nothing heals grief like crackers and bad decisions.
• 00:32:56 — Fred Tries Matzo: Fred opens the matzo, smells cardboard, takes a bite, and immediately realizes the bit has betrayed him.
• 00:33:09 — “A Piece of Tile”: The matzo is described as backsplash, cracker, cardboard, and something large enough to hide behind.
• 00:34:11 — The Talking Matzo: Parker suggests Fred use the matzo as a face prop and become “the talking matzo,” which is probably a better character than planned.
• 00:36:44 — Matzo ASMR: Fred cracks the matzo near the mic while the crew treats it like high-end audio content for people with very specific problems.
• 00:37:04 — Fred Wants to Eat It but Hates It: The guys observe Fred repeatedly bringing the matzo close to his mouth, then pulling it away like it personally hurt him.
• 00:38:46 — Pro-Jelly, Anti-Jam: BLC takes its boldest food stance yet: “pro jelly, fuck your jam.”
• 00:41:17 — Coca-Cola vs. Jesus: The crew discusses the outrage over Coca-Cola allegedly blocking “I love Jesus” on custom bottles while rumors claimed Satan phrases got through.
• 00:43:35 — “I Love His Shoes”: Parker offers the perfect workaround for blocked Jesus Coke: just write “I love his shoes.”
• 00:46:31 — Questionable Meat: Imported meat, mystery sourcing, screw worm panic, and fast food distrust enter the chat.
• 00:48:24 — Screw Worm Joins the Show: The screw worm gets a voice and starts talking about meat, which is exactly as gross as it sounds.
• 00:55:05 — First-of-Its-Kind Bacon: Everything bagel-seasoned thick-cut bacon arrives, and Fred immediately starts questioning why anyone would mess with bacon.
• 00:57:39 — Stop Messing With Bacon: The guys reach food-news consensus: bacon is already great. Leave it alone.
• 01:00:16 — Upside Betrayal: Parker explains why the Upside app lost him forever after one denied submission.
• 01:01:23 — QT Hot Dog Trap: Fred remembers missing the $2.50 hot dog deal by one day and suddenly paying eight dollars for two gas station hot dogs.
• 01:03:15 — Thanks for Glistening: The episode ends with “thanks for glistening,” which is either a typo, a lifestyle, or the next BLC merch line.

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Every kid who ever begged a parent for money to hit GameStop on release day understands the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship series in their bones: it’s the same card game, sold back to you once a year, wearing a slightly fancier hat each time. Konami ran this bit from 2003 to 2006 with the discipline of a Swiss watchmaker and the restraint of absolutely nobody when it came to naming the things. Four games! Four years! Somehow four completely different amounts of the word “World Championship” crammed into each title!

And somewhere in that run, things got weird. By the last entry, Konami had apparently decided Yugi, Kaiba, and the rest of the cast had done enough work, and quietly let you duel the actual monster cards instead, like the whole show got replaced by its own trading cards in some kind of legal dispute. There’s also a tiny RPG town nobody asked for, a cartridge somehow refereeing six languages at once, and just enough real cardboard cards taped inside the box that there’s a real argument the packaging outsold the game.

Grabbing a seat at the table to help me sort genuine dueling nostalgia from pure cardboard-fueled compulsion is William Morgan, host of The Geek Gauntlet Podcast, self-billed as the fastest hour in podcasting, a claim that tracks given how fast he and the crew burn through a week’s worth of comics, movies, anime, and gaming news.

So keep an eye on your Life Points, don’t forget your face-downs, and let’s find out if the World Championship series was Konami’s finest run of Game Boy dueling, or just years of very well-packaged déjà vu.

Learn such things as:

• Why do I think this is so weird but yearly sports games aren’t?
• How far back into a game’s ruleset can you go if you weren’t there when it was current?
• Who bought the game for the game, and who bought it just for the included card?
• And so much more!

You can find William on The Geek Gauntlet Podcast.

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

Play Comics is also part of Art Comedy Pop-Culture Network, which is a long-standing creative organization spawning from a love of Adult Swim. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of entertainment news, commentary, and just plain fun stuff.

You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.

If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.

A big thanks to Anime Field Guide and Just the Facts and More for the promos today.

Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who can play the Yu-Gi-Oh theme on the theremin.

Check out our podcast host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-89f00a for 40% off for 4 months, and support Play Comics.

It’s been 11 years and 500 episodes, but Paul and Eli have made it to this significant milestone! To celebrate, they’re putting on the show of their lives with as much madness they can throw at you over the course of 2 hours. It’s a high concept idea done with NO budget and NO rehearsal but it’s packed with music, magic, sketches, games, asides, videos, cameos and the usual catastrophe that CheapShow embraces. There are surprises in store in this epic live show spectacular, so get comfortable, grab some instant noodles, a weird soft drink and listen to CheapShow’s biggest live show to date! With special guests Stuart Ashen, Ash Frith, Louis King, Nick Helm & Paul Putner… With special appearances from Sooz Kempner, Ethan Lawrence, Brian Wecht, Leighton Gray & John Rain! Thank you to ANYONE who’s taken the time to listen, share and love CheapShow… … we’re taking a break and back in October! 500 Art By Vorratony: www.vorratony.creator-spring.com Special Music By Noiselund: www.youtube.com/@noiselund See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-500-the-5th-live-one www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com For all other information, please visit: www.thecheapshow.co.uk Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Magazine Shop: www.cheapmag.shop Send Us Stuff: CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ

In Episode 34 of Tales From The Brick, Jon (8 Bit Bricks) is joined by Orion Pobursky, longtime administrator of LDraw, the open standard and parts library that has helped LEGO fans build virtually for decades.

Orion shares how a lifelong love of LEGO, a career in the Navy, and a lack of space for physical builds led him into the world of virtual LEGO building. That journey brought him to LDraw and the early online LEGO community through LUGNET, eventually leading him to take over LDraw.org in 2003 and help steward a project that dates all the way back to 1996.

The conversation dives into what actually goes into creating a digital LEGO element, from measuring physical parts and recreating complex geometry to reviewing, certifying, and releasing them into a library that now contains around 17,000 unique shapes and patterns. Orion also explains LDraw's surprising connection to BrickLink Studio, how the community handles everything from thousands of stickers to obscure vintage elements, and why maintaining backwards compatibility is so important.

They also explore LDraw's role in 3D printing, the challenges of recreating Bionicle parts, the history of virtual LEGO building, and what it takes to keep a community-driven project alive for more than 20 years. Plus, Orion shares how LDraw has evolved from a handful of large updates each year to monthly releases containing hundreds of new parts.

Find LDraw:

• Website: ldraw.org • Forums: forums.ldraw.org • Instagram: @ldraw_org • Threads: @ldraw_org • Bluesky: @ldraw_org

To find the best LEGO deals, check out the Bargain Bricks app.

Until next time... play well.

In this episode of 3 Movies That Changed Your Life screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with journalist and author David Nolan about: The Street Fighter, Society, and Samsara. Discover how these films shaped his screenwriting journey, personal growth, and understanding of cinema’s power. Plus, David Nolan introduces the world to CULT MANCHESTER. Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about why David Nolan created CULT MANCHESTER and the lasting impact of cinema on David Nolan’s life with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:20] What is CULT MANCHESTER 3 Movies That Changed Your Life [12:45] The Street Fighter aka Hard Times (1975): Saw this at the cinema aged 10 but got in because his dad insisted he was 14, short for his age and was embarrassed to talk about it [19:10] Society (1989): Saw this for the first time at a cinema in Ashton-under-Lyne as part of a Black Nights Film Festival [25:32] Samsara (2023): A surprise cinematic experience like no other   Key Take Aways:   Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.  Learn what is CULT MANCHESTER and where to find it Understand cinema’s transformative power through The Street Fighter (1975), Society (1989), Samsara (2023) Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast About my Guest:   David Nolan is a journalist, author and founder of CULT MANCHESTER For all your CULT MANCHESTER needs go to https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/ and follow their activities on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/cult_manchester/ Credits:   Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices