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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/godzilla-franchise-enters-new-era-with-multiple-sequels-in-the-works/ar-AA1ISBUf

Oh No, there Goes Tokyo, Go Go Godzilla.

No, this story isn’t about Blue Oyster Cult, but we could do a full episode on the Long Island Psychedelic Rock Band that gave us Don’t Fear the Reaper and of course Godzilla. No, this story is about Godzilla himself. There are 33 Japanese movies about Godzilla with another 5 English language films.

Currently a sequel to the fantastic Godzilla Minus One is in development along with a sequel to 2016’s Shin Godzilla. There is also collaboration with Legendary Pictures upcoming Godzilla x Kong Supernova and Monarch: legacy of Monsters Season 2 on Apple TV.

With that much Godzilla out there I can actually hear Chrsitina smile. We will start with you Christina, what do you make of all the Godzilla love?

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Mike, why do you think Godzilla is back dominating the box office again?

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Next, we have a major announcement from Critical Role. Matt Mercer will be stepping aside as the GM for the 4th campaign and Brennan Lee Mulligan will be stepping in.

https://www.enworld.org/threads/brennan-lee-mulligan-to-gm-critical-role-campaign-4.714671/

This was announced right before Critical Role’s live show in Indianapolis during GenCon.

Matt Mercer has been the only GM behind the first 3 campaigns of Critical Role so this is a big departure for the series, but Brennan Lee Mulligan is no stranger to Critical Role and the Live Action Play space himself. Mulligan is a writer, actor and comedian who has been featured as the gamemaster on Dimension 20 and has also run several short spin-off adventures for Critical Role in the past.

Mike, what are your thoughts on this. Good, Bad, Indifferent?

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Christina, I believe you’ve been a fan of Mulligan for a while, what do you think this move means for him and critical role.

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And there you have it, all the news you’ve already heard.

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I have a thing for Kickstarter. I find myself backing a lot of roleplaying games so it’s not unusual for me to browsing the new Kickstarters looking for something that might spark my imagination.

And that’s when I saw it.

Singularity.

A brand-new massive adventure for Mongoose Traveller.

Longtime listeners know our love of Traveller on this show and you might have even listened to our three part “Anatomy of a Campaign” series where we talked you through our Pirates of Drinax campaign.

The idea of another massive campaign intrigued me and the more I read through the description the more I was hooked.

I backed it.

I then brought it to the podcast. Mike, Christina and I talked briefly about Singularity in S3E11 on You Heard it Here Last, but that didn’t quite scratch the itch enough. So I reached out to Mongoose Publishing and spoke to Mathew Sprange the Managing Director who put me in touch with the author of Singularity Chris Griffen.

Chris was nice enough to take the time to sit down and talk with me about this new campaign setting.

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Let’s start with something different.

https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/follow-hbp/news/2023/09/04/learning-brain-make-ai-more-energy-efficient/

This article from the Human Brain Project outlines the power requirements for the human brain and the results are staggering. The human brain uses only 20 watts of power to work. That’s the equivalent of a computer monitor…on sleep mode.

In contrast an AI requires 2.7 billion watts just to simulate even basic cognitive functions.

This is the kind of article that just blows my mind and gets the creative juices flowing. So many sci-fi ideas, and it kinda flips The Matrix on its head.

Christina, thoughts?

[Kick to Christina]

Game ideas?

EN World has an article about the May 2025 Kickstarter for Deathstalker the TTRPG. You all remember 1983’s Deathstalker right.

Deathstalker…Conan with more boobs

It was a Roger Corman rip of Conan and it has a bit of a cult following. Now I was never a big fan of Deathstalker. I felt it was one of Corman’s less interesting and very un-original films. But somebody at EN World loves Deathstalker because the wrote not 1, but 2 articles about the movies (yes, they made a sequel) and the game.

https://www.enworld.org/threads/where%E2%80%99s-the-deathstalker-rpg-part-1.713549/

https://www.enworld.org/threads/where%E2%80%99s-the-deathstalker-rpg-part-2.713550/

Does everything deserve a TTRPG? I mean just looking at Corman’s filmography and we can find several ideas that would likely make cool and interesting games. Death Race 2000, Deathsport, Rock and Roll High School, and even Frankenstein Unbound are all ripe for a little TTRPG fun.

But Deathstalker?

Christina, I know you love the B-Movie as much as I do, what’s your thoughts on this one?

[Kick to Christina]

And there you have it, all the news, you’ve already heard.