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Episode 0038: I Don’...

Episode 0038: I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

Not so terribly long ago, Overlord Miller and I gathered an elite group of minions in a conference room and...

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The Secret Lair Comic 0023: Squirrels

It’s a good thing the Bad Doctor always has a stock pile of kaiju sized tranquilizers. It's a good...

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Culinology Lab: Let Them ...

Culinology Lab: Let Them Eat Cake!

Happy Bastille Day everyone!1 Here at the Secret Lair we like a good overthrowing, so long as the Overlords...

Episode 0038: I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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