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TV RECAP: ‘The Walking Dead’ – Episode 402: ‘Infected’

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Hey folks, I’m back after a couple of week layoff. I had some family stuff to attend to, and was unable to do any recaps. But I’m back now, and ready to go!

A flashlight is shown shining on the walkers outside of the prison. A rat is fed to them, but the person feeding them is never shown. I immediately thought of The Governor, but perhaps someone on the inside is doing his bidding.

Tyrese and Karen part ways for the evening, as they stay in different cellblocks. Karen stops off in the bathroom, and thinks she hears a noise. As we all wait for the zombified Patrick to attack, she sees nothing and leaves. Patrick emerges after she leaves.

Patrick enters the cellblock and almost goes into Karen’s cell, but hears another man cough and goes to him. Patrick enters the man’s cell, and kills and eats him. Patrick hears another person coughing, and goes to them. We see the man he just killed wake up, now a zombie.

Rick is teaching Carl about the importance of their farming duties, when the alarm sounds. People have found the walkers in the cellblocks. Carl is heading to the watchtower, when he sees Michonne trying to get back into the prison grounds. He lets her in, but several walkers follow her.

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Impulse Buys: The Danger of Mash’Ems

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As mentioned before, the geek lifestyle isn’t a cheap one. Even when we find things we like that aren’t individually expensive, we end up buying enough of them at once so it ends up costing us more than we would have wanted in the first place on one single larger purchase. That’s the danger of the impulse buy.

It is easier to mentally justify to ourselves a spend if we get more items out of it, even if it costs more than what we wanted to spend because we as geeks value both quality AND quantity. As long as something isn’t terrible or poorly made, it is good enough for us. And if we can get a bunch of them on the cheap, we want them all.

This week on Whiskey & Waffles, WallE and I address our recent disaster of impulse buying with Mash’Ems. After WallE had already begun purchasing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, I got pulled into the mix too which resulted in the blind box purchase of some TMNT, Power Rangers Samurai, WWE and Marvel Mash’Ems.

If you aren’t familiar with Mash’Ems, they are little oversized heads and shrunken bodies (except in the Marvel series which is just heads). They are soft and squishy and perfect to have on your desk as a miniature stress ball just in case.

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The ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ Launch Trailer Is Here

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If there’s one thing you can say about most of us here at The Flickcast, it’s that we love a good shoot ’em up. And that’s just what the Call of Duty franchise has been delivering for years.

That trend definitely looks to continue with the latest installment, Call of Duty: Ghosts, arrives. But don’t take our word for it, you only need gaze at the new launch trailer for the game to know it’s gonna be one hell of a ride. Here’s what the folks at Activision are saying about the game:

Outnumbered and outgunned, but not outmatched. Call of Duty: Ghosts takes players to a world altered by a devastating mass event. Following an elite squad of soldiers known as the “Ghosts,” lead the fight back against a newly emerged global power.

Um, yes, count us in. Take a look at the launch trailer after the break.

Look for Call of Duty: Ghosts to arrive November 5, 2013.

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‘Tinder: The Movie’ Takes a Cue from ‘The Social Network’

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As the Flickcast’s resident bachelor, I am well acquainted with the world of dating apps. Of those, one that stands out amongst the crowd is Tinder. What starts out as a binary system of yes or no, users are able to hop on and swipe one way if they are interested and another if they aren’t. Get a match and skip the initial fear of rejection since you only find out if someone is interested in you if you both have swiped yes. But since it is a dating iPhone app, it is ripe for comedic mocking and possibilities. That brings us to Tinder: The Movie.

Tinder: The Movie is a mashup of the popular dating app combined with the storytelling from The Social Network’s trailer. What Bad Weather Films does alongside fellow YouTubers Matthias, Justin James Hughes and Olga Kay is create one of the most interesting and comical trailer parodies currently on YouTube. These guys hit all the beats with their humor but still get across why the Tinder app is as popular as it is because of its unique functionality. Sam, from Bad Weather Films, takes the starring role while his counterpart Peter takes the role of the computer geek that makes it all possible.

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The Flickcast – Episode 223: More Brains!

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Chris and Joe are back again this week with a brand new episode of The Flickcast. That’s right, two in a row! Amazing, right? Speaking of amazing, this week’s episode includes lots of amazing topics covering all things geek.

Some of these amazing topics include new movie trailers like the one with Liam Neeson called Non-Stop, the new season of The Walking Dead, even more on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., some of the boy’s favorite podcasts (besides The Flickcast), rebooted movie franchises and a whole lot more. Plus, Joe goes into his favorite announcements from the recent New York Comic Con and shares his thoughts on DC’s “New” 52.

Picks this week include Joe’s pick of the Kickstarter campaign for artist Chad “Blacky” Shepherd called Blacky’s Beauties and Chris’ pick of the amazing (there’s that word again) new Blu-ray of Pacific Rim. You want it, believe us. It’s that good.

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques, offers of sponsorship or whatever, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter, at FacebookGoogle+ or via email.

Bad Lip Reading Takes ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Medieval Land Fun-Time World’

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Westeros is not a happy place. If you’ve watched Game of Thrones or read it, you know that it’s not all sunshine and puppies. Actually the only reference to puppies was the suggestion of the demented Geoffrey being gleeful because he had killed a bunch of them. But that is what makes Bad Lip Reading’s Medieval Fun-Time World so damn good. While some Bad Lip Reading had people saying completely nonsensical things, this Game of Thrones version tells a fantastic story of a Westeros from the first season of Game of Thrones that is VERY different from what the show’s audience is used to.

Keeping both the show and the video below spoiler free, Medieval Land Fun-Time World is actually what one would expect from its name. Meet a cast of characters who are all actors and employees of a medieval theme park where hilarity ensues. Just like Game of Thrones right? It feels like your average comedy flick with guys like Eddie the leader and the jive talking Terry but for those who know the story of the Game of Thrones world, it makes these out of place dubs so much funnier.

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Trailer Thursday: ‘Non-Stop’, ‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’ and More!

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This won’t necessarily be a regular thing here at The Flickcast, but we seem to be seeing a lot of cool trailers this week, so we thought we would bring a few of them to your attention. Some of these cool trailers include Liam Neeson as a guy with a particular set of skills in Non-Stop and the next installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise, a spin-off called The Marked Ones.

We also have the trailer for Wes Anderson’s next opus and it’s called The Grand Budapest Hotel. From what we’ve seen so far, it looks like he’s going to deliver an engaging and poignant story once again. We don’t get tired of watching his movies, and hopefully you don’t either.

Anyway, here’s three of the hot trailers out there right now. What do you think about these movies? Looking forward to any of them?

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Get Your First Look at Marvel’s ‘Night of the Living Deadpool’

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It would seem the walking dead are still as popular as ever. So popular, in fact, that Marvel keeps pitting it’s most popular characters against them. Case in point today is the upcoming comic Night of the Living Deadpool (great title, btw) wherein the titular character takes on hordes of flesh eating zombies.

Want to know more? Of course you do. Here’s the scoop directly from Marvel:

After waking up from a pretty epic food coma, our hero finds himself in the middle of the zombie apocalypse! And Deadpool’s not the only one with a full belly – there’s plenty of brainless eating machines just looking for their next good meal! Nothing says “tasty meal” like a mutant who can re-grow his flesh!

Look for Night of the Living Deadpool, written by Cullen Bunn with art by Ramon Rosnas, to hit stores in January. Check out some preview pages after the break.

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