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[https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/meatgrinder-season5card-yt-1024x709.jpg][https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/meatgrinder-season5card-yt-150x150.jpg] Look, the security team is doing their best. The only problem is that their best still isn’t very good. Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is advised. The Meatgrinder uses the “Super Awesome Action Heroes [http://www.trhonline.com/viewcat.pl?saah]” role playing system. Season 5 episodes release every Friday from June 20th 2025 to August 15th 2025. Click here for subscription options and more [https://www.nerdandtie.com/meatgrinder/]. The post S5E7. Secure the Area [https://www.nerdandtie.com/2025/08/01/s5e7-secure-the-area/] first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network [https://www.nerdandtie.com].

[https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bsfwc-card85nt-1024x709.png][https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bsfwc-card85nt-150x150.png] It’s July which means it’s time for the annual feedback/Q&A episode of the show! In this episode I sit down and answer questions that you, the audience, has been sending me over the last few months. It’s the same dance we do every summer, and this year you guys sent me some great questions. It’s a fun one. > Conventions: > > > * Aug 2-3 Big Minneapolis Anime [https://bigminneapolisanime.com/] – Minneapolis, MN > * Aug 9-10 Anime 414 [https://www.anime414.com/] – Milwaukee, WI > * Sep 13 Eau Claire Comic Con [https://www.facebook.com/EauClaireComicCon/] – Eau Claire, WI Remember you can always buy Trae’s Books [https://www.nerdandtie.com/books/trae-dorn/] and visit Trae’s website [https://www.trhonline.com/]. Apple Podcast Users – please switch to the white logo feed [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bs-free-witchcraft-nerd-and-tie-network-feed/id1823696842] to find the missing episodes in the archive. (And, of course, don’t forget this show is part of the Nerd & Tie Network [http://www.nerdandtie.com/], and funded by listeners like you via Patreon [http://www.patreon.com/traegorn]. Consider joining our Discord [http://www.nerdandtie.com/discord] or our forums [https://nerdandtie.social/]!) Music: “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library) The post 85. Feedback/Q&A Special 2025 [https://www.bsfreewitchcraft.com/?p=1042] first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network [https://www.nerdandtie.com].

[https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/meatgrinder-season5card-yt-1024x709.jpg][https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/meatgrinder-season5card-yt-150x150.jpg] Someone finally asks the important question: If it’s the end of the world, why are so many people still at work? Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is advised. The Meatgrinder uses the “Super Awesome Action Heroes [http://www.trhonline.com/viewcat.pl?saah]” role playing system. Season 5 episodes release every Friday from June 20th 2025 to August 15th 2025. Click here for subscription options and more [https://www.nerdandtie.com/meatgrinder/]. The post S5E6. It’s a Metaphor for Capitalism [https://www.nerdandtie.com/2025/07/25/s5e6-its-a-metaphor-for-capitalism/] first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network [https://www.nerdandtie.com].

[https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/casualtreks-site-1024x709.png][https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/casualtreks-site-150x150.png] Strap on those babies and keep clear of the wet ghosts, we’re finally talking about Death Stranding! Yes, Casual Trek Episode 69’s going to have to wait as the boys are very excited about the work of the game designer, dreamweaver, visionary plus actor, Hideo Kojima. (Network Note: We have this down as episode 78, but we count the non-Trek episodes as episodes… because they’re episodes.) Sit back and listen to the attempts to explain what Death Stranding is actually about, the ways Hideo Kojima’s works are somehow both deep and very stupid, in the best possible ways. Timecodes: 00:01:17 What Non-Star Trek or Death Stranding Thing We’ve Been Enjoying? 00:13:17 How did we get into Death Stranding? 00:25:00 What is Death Stranding? Pedant’s Corner: Charlie’s thinking of Final Fantasy VII: Remake, but in his defence they’re incredibly similar names. Also, MULE stands for Multi-Use Labour Element. It may be a reference to an Atari game of the same name Talking points include: 28 Years Later, The Walking Dead, Men (the movie), Quiet Year, Apocalypse World, Nosferatu, monster peen, a nice walk, Kubrick, Chvrches, Theory for Turntables, Spider-Man (PS4, Mega Drive, Commodore 64 versions), Final Fantasy Remake, time is nothing anymore, Jedi Survivor, Metal Gear Solid, Low Roar, Breath of the Wild, loner characters. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek. [ Additional Show Notes [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/casual-trek/episodes/Death-Stranding-Somehow-Both-Deep-and-Very-Stupid-e35pkhd] ] Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog [http://www.mareidlobatto.wordpress.com] or Charlie’s blog [http://www.fakedtales.com]. [ Support this show on Ko-fi [https://ko-fi.com/casualtrek] ] Subscribe to this Podcast: Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/casual-trek/id1637941191]Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/22vInew8Qxo5K26tNUUHJZ]Android [http://subscribeonandroid.com/anchor.fm/s/ad3d8238/podcast/rss]RSS [https://anchor.fm/s/ad3d8238/podcast/rss] The post 78. Death Stranding: Somehow Both Deep and Very Stupid [https://www.nerdandtie.com/2025/07/21/78-death-stranding-somehow-both-deep-and-very-stupid/] first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network [https://www.nerdandtie.com].

[https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/meatgrinder-season5card-yt-1024x709.jpg][https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/meatgrinder-season5card-yt-150x150.jpg] Grittney calls a friend and they do a little shopping. Also a dude rises from the dead, but that’s not as important. Content Warning: This series contains scenes of violence and horror. Listener discretion is advised. The Meatgrinder uses the “Super Awesome Action Heroes [http://www.trhonline.com/viewcat.pl?saah]” role playing system. Season 5 episodes release every Friday from June 20th 2025 to August 15th 2025. Click here for subscription options and more [https://www.nerdandtie.com/meatgrinder/]. The post S5E5. She’s Going to Stanford [https://www.nerdandtie.com/2025/07/18/s5e5-shes-going-to-stanford/] first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network [https://www.nerdandtie.com].