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Episode 0038: I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
posted on: Aug 17, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
Not so terribly long ago, Overlord Miller and I gathered an elite group of minions in a conference room and asked them a very important question: Who...
Episode 0037: Monster Week 2010
posted on: Jul 27, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
Is Mr. Kenneth Newquist’s so-called Monster Week 2010 an examination and retrospective of movie monsters or a damning, behind-the-scenes...
Monster Week: Building a Better Shark
posted on: Jul 25, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
Monster Week has kicked off over at Nuketown and the esteemed Mr. Newquist has posited that Jaws (1975) is the “prototypical modern monster...
Review: Kobo eReader
posted on: Jul 23, 2010 | author: The Secretary of Artistic Propaganda
As if there weren’t enough eReaders in the world, Borders recently released the Kobo eReader. While not as spiffy cool and full of magical...
Review: THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi
posted on: Jun 28, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi is the 2010 Locus award winner for Best First Novel. The story takes place in the 22nd century; petroleum is a...
Episode 0036: The Robert Downey, Jr. Show
posted on: Jun 15, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
In this episode of The Secret Lair podcast, the Overlords get together to discuss a couple of recent movies starring Robert Downey, Jr. Note that...
Flash Fiction: Touched by an Angel
posted on: Jun 10, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
“What are you doing?” Marc asked. The angel held up a finger. “One second,” he said, his eyes fixed on the television....
Review: Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 1
posted on: Jun 8, 2010 | author: Chris Miller
For those of you who missed it in Twitterspace last week, a new science-fiction-oriented magazine has hit the intertubes. It goes by the name...
You Be Iron Man, and I’ll Be Whiplash
posted on: Jun 7, 2010 | author: Chris Miller
This morning, in chat: Chris: Would you like to record an Iron Man 2 show tomorrow? Kris: I think we can do...
Culinology Lab: Oolongassam Tea
posted on: Jun 7, 2010 | author: The Secretary of Artistic Propaganda
Following a brief discussion on the intertubewebs about oolong and assam teas, Overlord Johnson suggested new blend of tea that had never been seen...
Review: SOULLESS by Gail Carriger
posted on: Jun 1, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
If you listened to episode thirty-something of the podcast1 you may recall me wondering whether steampunk worked better as an aesthetic than as a...
The Ghosts of Krypton
posted on: May 31, 2010 | author: Chris Miller
For Memorial Day, I went to the birthplace of Superman. I drove to a neighborhood called Glenville on the east side of Cleveland. There, at 10622...
The Kerfuffle Archive: Kerfuffle à Trois
posted on: May 13, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
Welcome to The Secret Lair’s Kerfuffle Archive! The Intarweb is a busy place, and we know it’s tough to keep track of whose hackles are...
Agent Hunt
posted on: May 11, 2010 | author: Chris Miller
Rick squinted, peering through the grimy windshield at the woman crossing the lot. She was crisp. Professional. Her heels click-clacked on the...
Lair Links for 2010.05.07
posted on: May 7, 2010 | author: Chris Miller
Ze Frank’s Chillout song is yet another interesting experiment from the man who brought us The Show. Stupid Fight lets you compare the...
Lair Links for 2010.04.30
posted on: Apr 30, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
Microsoft has officially terminated Xbox LIVE support for the original Xbox console, but a handful of die-hard HALO 2 players managed to keep...
Interactive Fiction Documentary at PAX East
posted on: Apr 28, 2010 | author: Chris Miller
Jason Scott, who we have mentioned in a previous podcast, had a one-hour screening of his documentary Get Lamp at PAX East about a month ago. The...
The Frugal Geek: Games
posted on: Apr 26, 2010 | author: Chris Miller
“Games lubricate the body and the mind.” - Benjamin Franklin Games, in general, are expensive. The games geeks like are even more so....
Lair Links for 2010.04.23
posted on: Apr 23, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
“They’re used. Some of them have stains. We cover that up.” Robert Lee owns Cullman Liquidation. They sell mobile homes....
Episode 0034: Potpourri for $100, Alex
posted on: Apr 20, 2010 | author: Kris Johnson
I want to try something a little…experimental with the show notes for this episode of The Secret Lair. Let’s call it an exercise in the...
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The Secret Lair is a podcast and blog which follows the real life adventures of Kris Johnson and Chris Miller. Together with their staff of contributors and countless minions, they seek to dominate the planet, or at least the tri-county area, using the twin weapons of Discussion and Overwhelming Opinion. And zombies. And maybe a Death Ray. Or two.