Cast : Rob, Mike, and Matt
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Transition Music : “Sore Spot” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Game re-releases and new editions

03:35 : Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures
06:15 : Fear the Boot
07:55 : Paizo Publishing
08:15 : Pathfinder
13:05 : Ozark Fitness
17:25 : Darwin Awards
21:45 : Nerf Guns
24:10 : All Flesh Must Be Eaten
24:15 : Munchkin
26:30 : TruTV
27:45 : Superbad
29:35 : The Incredible Hulk
29:50 : Iron Man, Batman Begins
32:45 : Edward Norton
32:55 : William Hurt
33:05 : Tim Roth
33:15 : Pulp Fiction
34:30 : Get Smart
34:35 : Steve Carell, Dwayne Johnson, Masi Oka
37:10 : The Watchmen
38:15 : Great Expectations
43:10 : The Watchmen (movie)
43:20 : Zack Snyder
43:40 : Jeffrey Dean Morgan
43:45 : Supernatural
44:20 : Wanted
45:20 : Dresden Files
45:35 : Battlestar Galactica **SPOILER ALERTS GALORE SEASON 3**
57:45 : Battlestar Galactica spoilers are over
58:00 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses new game editions and releases.
01:03:45 : Mike Mearls
01:04:15 : Bruce Cordell
01:14:45 : World of Darkness
01:22:05 : Legend of the Five Rings
01:24:30 : BattleTech

Shoutouts
Rob: The Watchmen
Matt: H. P. Lovecraft
Mike: Sryth

 

 Episode 11- Talk about Monkeys [97:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A sixth Bear Swarm! Bumper!

Keep watching www.bearswarm.com for Bear Swarm! Updates.

Bear Swarm! Intro song
“Haters” by SORE found via www.podsafeaudio.com
Vocals by Naetuir found via www.BearSwarm.com/forum

 

 Bear Swarm! Bumper 006 [0:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, & Sarah

00:55 : Horton Hears a Who
01:35 : Jim Carrey
02:00 : Will Ferrell
02:05 : Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
02:20 : Doomsday
03:10 : Superbad, Balls of Fury
03:20 : I Am Legend
04:35 : Will Smith
04:50 : Johnny Depp
05:00 : Sweeney Todd
06:15 : Suspect Zero
06:35 : Se7en
07:05 : Rob Zombie
08:05 : Training Day
08:20 : Breach
09:05 : Vantage Point
09:40 : Cloverfield
10:15 : Hitman
10:35 : Timothy Olyphant
10:45 : Deadwood
12:35 : Dogma
13:40 : Chupacabra Terror
16:55 : Lord of the Rings
17:35 : New Star Trek Movie
18:50 : Bloodsport
21:15 : Team America, World Police
22:10 : Sin City
22:35 : 300
22:50 : Beowulf
23:40 : Iron Man
24:20 : Confessions of a Super Hero
25:30 : Batman Begins, The Dark Knight
29:10 : Zombies!
33:50 : Gangland
37:00 : Office Space
37:15 : The Fifth Element
37:30 : Starship Troopers
39:45 : Savage Worlds
40:35 : Fear the Con is an event in St. Louis hosted by the guys from Fear the Boot

 

 Bear Swarm! Bonus 001 [58:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, Dan and Beezley
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Transition Music : “Sore Spot” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : World Wide Game Day Interviews

08:05 : Battlestar Galactica
08:30 : Supernatural
08:55 : Suspect Zero
09:15 : The Watchmen
12:00 : Family Feud
16:40 : DDR
17:40 : You Don’t Mess With the Zohan
18:10 : Indiana Jones
21:35 : Interview with Evan Lindsey and Samantha Lather
23:20 : Savage Worlds
23:50 : Rolemaster
26:00 : Keep on the Shadowfell
34:30 : Interview with Bret and Carl from Meta-Games
49:40 : Burn Notice

Shoutouts
Dan: Mos Def
Jacob: Sam Winchester
Rob: Unhallowed Metropolis
Matt: Six old people at Subway
Mike: HIMSELF!

 

 Episode 10 - Lets Include Matt [50:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, and Beezley
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Transition Music : “Sore Spot” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Midnight Release Interviews

Interview #1 : Jeremy Elder - mguinc.com
Interview #2 : Mark Bohdanyk - GamersLedge.com
Interview #3 : Homero - mguinc.com

Shoutouts
Rob, Mike, Matt, & Beezley: 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons

 

 Bear Swarm! Bonus 2 [93:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, and Beezley
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Transition Music : “Sore Spot” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Luck-balancing mechanics in tabletop gaming

04:20 : On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, from Penny Arcade
07:35 : Comix Zone
08:20 : Age of Conan
14:05 : Fallout
15:20 : A Hunger Like Fire and Marriage of Viciousness and Virtue, by Greg Stolze
15:45 : Blood In, Blood Out by Lucien Soulban
16:25 : Games Workshop
21:45 : Munich
23:10 : The swarm is set to gain another bear.
25:55 : Battlestar Galactica
26:10 : Mike’s Mass Effect campaign portal
27:30 : Grand Theft Auto IV
27:35 : Equilibrium
28:05 : The Strangers
29:00 : 16 Blocks
29:10 : Mos Def
29:30 : Zombies!
31:15 : Resident Evil: Extinction
32:05 : Order of the Stick board game, and the associated comic
32:55 : Tannhauser
33:05 : Rock Band
33:25 : Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters
36:45 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses various luck and luck-balancing mechanics in different game systems
37:30 : Eberron
38:40 : Savage Worlds
38:55 : Skies of Glass, from the guys at Fear the Boot
40:15 : Warhammer
42:20 : World of Darkness
44:45 : Legend of the Five Rings
45:25 : Star Wars SAGA
47:25 : Unhallowed Metropolis
56:10 : CyberPunk 2020
58:25 : Fireborn
01:02:00 : WarMachine and Hordes

Shoutouts
Rob : Spirit of the Century & Carl @ Meta-Games
Mike : Solomon Birch
Matt : Jacob’s wife, Megan
Beezley : Iron Man

 

 Episode 9 - An Interesting Fact [81:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Cast : Rob, Mike, Jacob, Dan, and Beezley
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position: by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Why we don’t have a new Episode of Bear Swarm!

Shoutouts
Jacob : World Fest
Beezley : DeviantArt
Rob : Supernatural
Dan : George Lucas & Steven Spielberg
Mike : Hot Head Games

 

 Episode 8 - Not Recording [4:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, Dan, Kirk, & Beezley
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position: by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Supplemental material in roleplaying games (and wargaming, too!)

04:05 : Crawl for Cancer in Kansas City
05:10 : Beerfest
10:00 : Cartoons, an oyster bar and grill in Springfield
10:50 : Prince of the City
10:55 : WarMachine
15:15 : Tech N9ne
17:40 : Mindless Self-Indulgence
18:00 : “Bitches” by Mindless Self-Indulgence AMV, featuring Pikachu
23:40 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses using supplemental material in games.
27:45 : Eberron and Forgotten Realms
28:15 : Wizards of the Coast
31:15 : World of Darkness
35:35 : VII (The Seven)
43:45 : Liber Mechanika
44:00 : “Living” campaign realms are managed by the RPGA
47:30 : Games Workshop
1:14:20 : Palladium
1:16:10 : Dogs in the Vineyard
1:17:30 : Urban Dead
1:19:20 : Urban Dead Wiki

Shoutouts
Beezley: Godzilla
Kirk: Jacob’s wife, Megan
Rob: Tech N9ne
Dan: Wendy’s Chicken Caeser Salad
Matt: Crawl for Cancer
Mike: Travian

 

 Episode 7 - Break that Girl [81:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We here at Bear Swarm! received our first bit of “hate mail” and would like to take the time to respond to it in a similar manner in which it was toned.

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Cast : Rob, Mike, & Matt
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : First Sessions

01:30 : Roleplaying Public Radio (RPPR)
03:00 : Heineken
03:10 : Guinness
03:45 : Battlestar Galactica
03:50 : Dresden Files
04:00 : Mass Effect
05:50 : Mike’s Mass Effect campaign wiki on Obsidian Portal
09:45 : Burn Notice, Supernatural
10:05 : Assassin’s Creed
10:30 : The Dark Knight
10:50 : Iron Man
12:05 : ScreenVision
13:15 : Forbidden Kingdom
13:50 : The Avengers (Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America)
14:20 : Dexter’s Laboratory, Justice Friends
14:40 : Edward Norton
17:00 : Shia LaBeouf
17:15 : Transformers, Constantine
17:40 : Hitman
18:25 : Savage Worlds
19:45 : Dethklok
20:30 : The Mall of America
21:55 : Marvel Zombies
22:00 : The Hamiltons, After Dark Horror Festival
22:20 : Suspect Zero
22:50 : Slither
23:00 : Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters
24:55 : Heroes
27:10 : Jason Bourne
27:55 : The Sum of All Fears, Tom Clancy
28:35 : Harrison Ford
28:45 : Ben Affleck
28:50 : Patriot Games, The Hunt for Red October
29:30 : John Clark
30:50 : Children of Men
31:40 : The Prestige
32:35 : A Farewell to Arms
32:50 : The Mod Squad
33:10 : Tears of the Sun
33:20 : The Score
33:40 : TiVo
34:25 : 16 Blocks
34:30 : Master and Commander
34:35 : Eisenhorn
36:10 : Mortfiles
39:15 : Street Fighter: The Movie
39:40 : Monster Rancher
40:25 : Digimon
40:35 : Something Awful
41:35 : Urban Dead
45:30 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses common issues and ideas for first gaming sessions
46:30 : Fear the Boot, Yog Radio, Sons of Kryos, The Butcher Block, Dragon’s Landing Inn
51:10 : Aunt Jemima (no, seriously)
55:30 : We all start coughing here, and then we leave the room for like 5 minutes. Rob sped it up to cut the time down, and it sounds really freaky.
01:03:25 : Shadowrun
01:06:35 : Legend of the Five Rings
01:08:20 : Living Greyhawk
01:10:30 : Morrowind and Oblivion

Shoutouts
Mike: John Winchester
Rob: Dethklok
Matt: ZaReason

 

 Episode 6 - Next Week [76:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download