Literally the Worst Podcast

In this episode, we're talking about Comic Book Movies! We talk about translating stories, what's important and what isn't, how Comics Are For Kids And That's OK, and a bunch more stuff which we don't remember since we recorded this a while ago.

We're back! In this episode, we talk about spoilers - the etiquette, their downsides, when you can or can't really spoil, the good and bad kinds of plot twists. We do this almost without spoiling anything (except Game of Thrones season 1, which, come on). Film Crit Hulk's highly recommended article about spoilers: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/06/05/film-crit-hulk-smash-hulk-vs.-spoilers-and-the-4-levels-of-how-we-consume-a

In this episode, we talk about perfect sci-fi books. We analyze what constitutes a truly great science fiction book, and give examples! Mentioned books: Dune / Frank Herbert The Stars My Destination / Alfred Bester Good Omens / Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman Left Hand of Darkness / Ursula K. Le Guin Dirk Gentley’s Holistic Detective Agency / Douglas Adams Grass / Sheri S. Tepper

This week, we talk about pen & paper role playing games - what you might think of as "D&D" but is actually so much more. What are they? How to get started? Why should you play? How should you play? (There's no "should you play". The answer is yes.) On the Shoulders of Dwarves podcast (Hebrew): http://www.dwarves.org.il/

Welcome to Literally the Worst Podcast! A weekly podcast where we (Alon Schwarz & Eden Kupermintz) talk about, well, whatever we want. Usually around geek culture and media. This week, we set up the basic structure of the podcast, and discuss culture consumption, the sheer amount of media there is to watch/read/play/consume, FOMO, and ways to deal with all that. The mentioned xkcd, Ten Thousand: https://xkcd.com/1053/ Alon's consumption goals thing: https://www.facebook.com/smiley.alon/posts/10153812198696192?pnref=story Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist: http://store.steampowered.com/app/409160/