Episodes
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast--your source of geekly entertainment!
(Editor's Note: For your reference, this episode was originally recorded in January of 2018, just after the release of The Last Jedi. That's how far in advance we record these.)
Featuring a brand-new opening segment, join Seth and David this week as they dive deep into all 35 years' worth of Legends lore and name off their favourite characters, all the way through the alphabet! (As such, there will be spoilers in this episode too.)
Don't worry if you've never heard of most of these characters, either--we love talking about these stories and will explain just enough to pique your interest. ...Yeah, who are we kidding? We'll explain way more than you ever wanted to know!
Either way, come along with us for another trip through hyperspace into that galaxy far, far away! (And also discover that neither David nor Seth can count letters. Oops.)
Fun Facts & Extra Stuff! - Seth
A (David) - Admiral Ackbar's homeworld is known by two names--it's referred to in-universe either as "Dac" or as "Mon Calamari."
C (David) - The only other name by which Darth Cognus is ever referred to in Dynasty of Evil is simply "The Huntress."
E (Seth) - Etain's son, named Venku, reappears in the first several volumes of the "Legacy of the Force" series as a prominent figure in Mandalorian politics.
I (Seth) - By "controversial topic," I mean that the Jedi Order has been extremely inconsistent about their stance on marriage throughout the stories. During the time of the Tales of the Jedi comics, for example (set in 4000 BBY), marriage wasn't forbidden amongst Jedi as it was during the Rise of the Empire era. Luke Skywalker's restored New Jedi Order also did not disallow marriage (for obvious reasons, as you'll see later)
K - Interestingly enough, Kyp Durron has been a controversial character both in- and out of universe, due to his impressive Force abilities, headstrong nature, and overall character arc throughout numerous books.
L (David) - Timothy Zahn, author of the Heir to the Empire trilogy, wrote a short story called "An Apology" several years back that prominently featured Luuke Skywalker.
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
EPISODE 2.2 - Ask the Internet: Does Wheatley...? (Portal/Portal 2 Google Autofill)
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast--your source of geekly entertainment!
Here we go again with another Google Autofill game, this time centered on the much-beloved puzzle series Portal! (As such, this episode contains heavy spoilers for both Portal and Portal 2. You have been warned.)
Join Seth and David as they ask Google (and each other) insightful questions about gaming's dumbest robot, gaming's most cake-loving robot, and possibly the worst company CEO of all time--looking at you, Cave Johnson.
Fact Checks & Extra Stuff! - David
"Does Wheatley Love Chell?" -- Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
"Is GLaDOS Evil?" -- All we had to do was pull that lever
"Is Cave Johnson a Real Person?" -- More of J.K. Simmons' memorable voice roles
"Is Cave Johnson a Real Person?" -- The famous lemons rant
David's Fun Fact: In the Portal games, abusing the camera is one of my favorite pasttimes! I used detached cameras to speedrun two different test chambers in Portal 1--Chamber 17 (using only two portals and a camera stacked on the Companion Cube), and Chamber 18 (cleared in 47 seconds using a detached camera to prop open the door).
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
EPISODE 2.1 - You Should Definitely Read These Books! (Star Wars: Legends)
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast--your source of geekly entertainment!
Welcome to the first episode of Season 2! It's been a long time in coming, but it's finally here. We've got all sorts of new stuff in store for you guys, so buckle up and grab your beverage of choice--it's gonna be a trip!
Join Seth and David as they travel back a long time ago, to a galaxy far, far away as they discuss and expound on Star Wars: Legends! We mentioned it a handful of times in Season 1, but the Legends canon is something very dear to our hearts. In this episode, we explain just exactly what that means and why we love it so much. (And also spoil a lot of books. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. TWICE.)
Not only that, but we give you some free lessons on literary terms, so you're even learning something useful! ;)
Seth's Fun Fact: David and I first met while both of us were trying to explain the game of sabacc, which we mention about halfway through the episode.
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
EPISODE 27 - Mythological Creatures and Where They're From (S1 Bonus #3)
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast! Here, for your listening pleasure, is the third installment of the GNAPcast Season 1 bonus features!
In a special aftershow episode following their discussion on Greek mythology, join Seth and David again as they chat about their favourite mythological monsters (as well as some less mythological ones), and show exactly why they should never be freestyle rappers in a new bit called "Deliberately Awkward Raps!"
Now for some quick updates:
Season 2 of the GNAPcast will premiere in January 2019! We have a lot of new things in store for this season and can't wait to share them with you.
We mentioned this one being a Patreon episode at the very beginning. That was a plan we had for the GNAPcast that wasn't able to go anywhere at the time due to life, but we are working on setting up a Patreon account! You can follow Seth on Twitter @seaofinkmedia for updates and whatnot.
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
EPISODE 26 - Who's On First? (S1 Bonus #2)
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast! Life has an odd way of interrupting things that are supposed to happen, but without further ado, enjoy this second offering of bonus features!
Featuring Seth and David, join the GNAPcast hosts once again as they tackle the famous Who's On First? sketch, originally performed by the comedy duo Abbot and Costello.
See you soon!
Thursday Aug 23, 2018
EPISODE 23 - Cube 'Til You're Crazy! (David's Special #1)
Thursday Aug 23, 2018
Thursday Aug 23, 2018
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast! Well, it worked last time, so here we go again! Welcome to a very technical episode of the GNAPcast, where we switch roles and David gets to explain something very dear to his heart--Rubik's Cubes!
(Just a quick note, though: the records we talk about apparently get broken faster than our egos, so there will be a lot of outdated information in this episode. More on that below.)
From discussing numbers bigger than we can really comprehend to learning that "cubing" is apparently a verb, it's bound to be quite an experience this week in Season 1's penultimate episode!
Extra Info and Updated Records --David
As of today, these are the most recent records and statistics on what we talked about...hopefully that doesn't change as soon as we upload the episode. Also, since speedcubing is extremely hard to explain in an audio podcast, here are some videos!
-World Cube Association Records
-Corner-cutting on a traditional 3x3 Rubik's Cube
-My in-competition personal best solve
-Fridrich method tutorial (and a much easier method)
-The current world record for a 7x7 solve (1:47.89) was set on July 20th of 2018 by Max Park.
-The current world record for a pyraminx solve is now 0.91 seconds, set by Dominik Górny.
-Marcin Maskow Kowalczyk (whose name I unfortunately couldn't pronounce in the episode) no longer holds the world record for multi-blind solves--that is now dually held by Shivam Bansal, completing 48 out of 48 correctly in 59 minutes 48 seconds; and Mark Boyanowski, completing 43 out of 44 correctly in an hour. On a side note, Maskow's non-competition, personal best multi-blind record is 49/50 in 58 minutes 25 seconds, which is still better than the world record despite being three years old at this point.
-Feliks' world record solve of 4.73 seconds has since been surpassed by Feliks himself--twice!
-My fastest unofficial solve time is now 6.68 seconds. If you're curious, here is a link to my YouTube channel, where I do a lot of speedcubing reconstructions.
-Mats Valk's world-record single from 2013
-Juan Pablo Huanqui's record megaminx solve
-Max Park has set a lot of new world records lately! Here are just a few examples of what he's been up to: new single and average solves for 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, and 7x7s; a new one-handed 3x3 average time; and a new world record for the 2x2 to 7x7 relay!
-Kevin Hays' underwater 3x3 world record
-A puzzle bigger than 22x22 does now exist! Check out the 33x33 here!
-Tony Fisher's "big cube" world record solve
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
EPISODE 20 - Actors and Accents and Iowa, Oh My!
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast! Firstly, we'd like to say that we're okay--we just weren't able to publish last week's episode due to more technical issues. Yay!
Okay, now that that's out of the way, on with the show!
From The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to Meredith Andrews' The Music Man! and some (terrible) stage accents, join Seth and David as we talk theater and drama stuff with returning guest Anna. As a subject that's dear to our hearts (but one that some of us don't have much experience in), we end up with a wide variety of perspectives...as well as an unfortunate incident with a tree and a cat.
This episode features Anna once again, our foremost theater expert from Iowa and an IRL Lucy Pevensie!
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Episode 19 - Would You Rather 7: Do You Wanna Be An X-Man?
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast! Here we go again--it's time once again to debate our way through the Internet throug the predictably wacky Would You Rather!
Join David, Seth, and our new friend Anna as we answer those questions absolutely no one is asking, discovering new things about each other in the process! After freeing our inner carpenter, we find out that Anna enjoys drinking shots of maple syrup, that in addition to being a monkey, Seth apparently also really, really wants superpowers; and that David thinks responsibility is the worst superpower anyone can have. Hey, wait a minute...
This episode features Anna, a theater afficionado from Iowa who doesn't want to be experimented on by the government and likes walking...even at the expense of an arm.
You can play along at home, too! Ask yourself only the most important question: Would You Rather?
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
EPISODE 17 - Would You Rather 6: One Sherlock in a World of Watsons
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast! It's that time again--time to spin the Wheel of Mor...uh, that is, to play Would You Rather!
Join David, Seth, and new guest Jesse as we once again try to logic our way through the Internet, with some life-altering questions and bizarrely thought-provoking conundrums (to absolutely no one's surprise). As Jesse points out, some of these are simply terrible, but we do find out that Seth wishes he was a genius, we all prefer the Beatles over the Rolling Stones, and that despite our best efforts, none of us can do the Epic Trailer Guy's voice.
This episode features Jesse, a computer engineer from Missouri who thinks Dawn of Justice would've been better with Nicholas Cage in it and hates sleep. (But really, don't we all at some point?)
You can play along at home, too! Ask yourself only the most important question: Would You Rather?
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
EPISODE 15 - Would You Rather 5: We've Gone Mainstream!
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Heyyy, welcome to the GNAPcast! Here we go again--we're about to tackle another lively attempt to logic through some bizarre and totally relevant hypothetical situations--it's Would You Rather!
Join David, Seth, and brand-new guest Abi on an adventure through the Internet, where we discover that after 15 episodes we've managed to finally go mainstream!...according to this game, at least. We also learn that David wishes he had a Batcave, Seth wants to be an Ewok, and that some of us (not naming any names) really, really hate spiders.
This episode features Abi, a broadcasting tech-in-training from Ohio who has no sense of balance and thinks Superman is overpowered. (You can decide for yourselves if she's right, we refuse to comment.)
You can play along at home, too! Ask yourself only the most important question: Would You Rather?