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Feb01

Digital Drift 50: The Legend of Korra – Book 4: Balance [Part 2]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Feb 1, 2015

Kuvira reveals her plans of attack and it’s up to Korra and her companions to hold the line. This time we’re talking about why Korra’s fighting style is her own worst enemy, patching things up with one’s family, the amazing finale and our hopes for the possible futures of the series and this world we don’t want to leave behind. Joining me to see Korra off are my co-host; Sharon Shaw, Daniel Floyd, the...

Jan25

Digital Drift 50: The Legend of Korra – Book 4: Balance [Part 1]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Jan 25, 2015

With the world unbalanced, Korra and her companions struggle to manage the repurcussions from the pendulum-swing back from chaos to order. This time we’re talking about Prince Wu, Kuvira, some old swamp lady, and the rather contentious coupling at the end of the series. In a pinch of nostalgia I went back to the intro from that first Korra show we did all those years back… well two and a half, but it feels like a lot...

Jan20

Digital Drift 49: The Legend of Korra – Book 3: Change [Part 2]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Jan 20, 2015

[Drift #49 – Part 2] Change continues, painfully, violently and somehow, frequently hilariously. Joining me once again are my co-host; Sharon Shaw, Daniel Floyd, the voice of Extra Credits, Joshua Garrity of the Cane and Rinse podcast and The Animation Archives, and Jerome McIntosh, now of GameBurst. In this second part we cover the following themes; Loss and death, sacrifice and trauma, resentment and best of all, love. Next...

Jan13

Digital Drift 49: The Legend of Korra – Book 3: Change [Part 1]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Jan 13, 2015

The long awaited, much-demanded continuation of the Avatar podcasts is here. We’re releasing four podcasts throughout this month, two each for Books 3 & 4 of The Legend of Korra. It’s the last we’ll see of the series, maybe forever, but certainly for a while, so let’s take our time and enjoy ourselves. Joining me once again after another year I have my now co-host; Sharon Shaw, Daniel Floyd, the voice of...

Jan06

Digital Drift 48: Dramatic Readings

Posted By Alex Shaw on Jan 6, 2015

After the uproarious reception that the Bad Reviews Against Humanity shows brought, we decided on a series of dramatic readings. This is based on a sci-fi convention game wherein one of the worst pieces of fantasy literature in history; The Eye of Argon’ gets read aloud. If the current narrator laughs he or she must pass it on. We went beyond Argon by embracing a now infamous children’s book, a movie script written by a...

Dec30

Digital Drift 47: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [Theatrical Edition]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Dec 30, 2014

Middle-earth #11 This is the first impressions review of The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies. Next year we will be covering all three movies with a deeper focus on production in our Extended Edition podcasts. If you’ve just joined us for Digital Drift you can of course hear the reviews of the Lord of the Rings and first two Hobbits on the Digital Gonzo section of the podcast feed. It’s been hard-going for some of us to...

Dec23

Digital Drift 46: Xbox One VS. Playstation 4

Posted By Alex Shaw on Dec 23, 2014

In this episode, recorded just over a year after the release of these new generation consoles we weigh up the choice between the Sony and Microsoft machines. Yes you could buy both, yes you could buy neither or you could opt for a Wii U or high performance gaming PC rig, but for many people the two machines seem very similar from the outside and I was interested in delving below the shiny, black surface to see if the decision...

Dec16

Digital Drift 45: Never Mind the BuzzGeeks [Vol. 5 – The 90s Sucked!]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Dec 16, 2014

This episode is the return of a quiz show I put together in the early days of Digital Gonzo. We recorded four episodes on Cartoons, Commercials, Music and Toys of the 1980s between February and October 2011. They are some of the funniest shows I’ve ever taken part in. In early January 2014, after finishing Digital Gonzo but before starting Digital Drift I recorded this episode just for a bit of fun, without any direct plan on...

Dec08

Digital Drift 44: Bad Reviews Against Humanity: Vol. 3

Posted By Alex Shaw on Dec 8, 2014

This week, we tracked down some of the funniest reviews all over the internet for all kinds of products, not just movies and not just Amazon. The main reason was variety but we also had the pleasure of Joseph Grabinski the editor of the @AmznMovieRevws Twitter feed as a guest so we wanted to present him and his followers with something they might not have read yet. It was a packed show; as you might imagine this format has been...

Dec02

Digital Drift 43: Bad Reviews Against Humanity: Vol. 2

Posted By Alex Shaw on Dec 2, 2014

We’re back for more incisive, scathing and occasionally insane critique from some strange people. The first installment was met with adulation from everyone. In fact this is an official warning not to listen while driving, your uncontrollable fits of hysterical laughter could result in catastrophic car pile-ups. Once again these mini-review snippets were gleaned from the Twitter feed @AmznMovieRevws who very kindly retweeted our...