No show Sunday 5/13/12

Due to family commitments surrounding Mother's day this week, we will not be able to do our usual live Sunday show.

We will return next week at the usual time!

'Wise

URL: http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/5/12/no-show-sunday-51312.html

Casually Hardcore Episode 209 - Licorice Sucks

![][1]Ryncol is consumed. This may have been a mistake. Lightsabers are REAL, man! Boba Fett in line for his own movie or TV series? Yet Another Fantasy MMO is announced. We cannot talk about The Avengers yet. A week of many holidays, and much, much more!

Listener Participation thread here: [http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9204.0][2]

Donation Drive: [http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/5/5/2012-conventions-donation-drive.html][3]

Show notes and Research Thread available here: [http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0][4]

Episode: [http://media.blubrry.com/casuallyhardcore/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/casuallyhardcore/vtw-ch-05-06-12.mp3][5]

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[2]: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9204.0
[3]: http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/5/5/2012-conventions-donation-drive.html
[4]: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0
[5]: http://media.blubrry.com/casuallyhardcore/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/casuallyhardcore/vtw-ch-05-06-12.mp3

URL: http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/5/7/casually-hardcore-episode-209-licorice-sucks.html

2012 Conventions - Donation Drive

As we approach the beginning of the 2012 convention season, we would like to ask for your assistance with some of the new plans we have.

For our first convention, **[Phoenix Comicon][1]**, we would like to build recording kits to cover additional conference rooms and panels. Each kit consists of:

* One Zoom H1 digital recorder - $99.99
* One Zoom H1 accesory kit - $25.00
* One XLR-to-3.5mm stereo cable - $10.00
* One security case with lock down cable - $22.00
* Two 32GB Micro SD memory cards - $44.00

Each complete kit we are able to assemble will allow us to record an additional room's worth of panels for the duration of the convention, resulting in a lot more content for all of you to enjoy.

Additionally, the H1 recorders will allow more of our staff at future conventions to each have their own dedicated recorder to carry with them at all times, instead of having to share the single unit.

Beyond Phoenix Comicon this year, we are also planning on covering:

* **[Nerdtacular 2012][2]**
* **[w00tst0ck 4.0][3]**
* **[PAX Prime 2012][4]**
* BlizzGONE 2012

Donations above and beyond what are needed for PHXCC recording kits will be used to help offset the travel and lodging costs for team members covering out of town conventions.

Please us the above ChipIn widget to contribute if you wish to. We greatly appreciate any assistance you can offer, and we look forward to bringing you more great content from conventions this year.

Thank you!

The Casually Hardcore team

[1]: http://phoenixcomicon.com/
[2]: http://www.nerdtacular.com
[3]: http://w00tstock.net/
[4]: http://www.paxsite.com

URL: http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/5/5/2012-conventions-donation-drive.html

Casually Hardcore Episode 208 - Arch Nemesis Gives Good Baby

![][1]The team takes on a food recommendation from Pusser. It involves vodka. It seemed like a good idea at the time. BACON is discussed. Apps apps baybee. Swimming in gold coins, not just for ducks anymore? An advertisement for an advertisement. A 92 year old bootlegger, and much, much more!

Listener Participation thread here: [http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9164.0][2]

Show notes and Research Thread available here: [http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0][3]

Episode: [http://media.blubrry.com/casuallyhardcore/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/casuallyhardcore/vtw-ch-04-29-12.mp3][4]

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[2]: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9164.0
[3]: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0
[4]: http://media.blubrry.com/casuallyhardcore/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/casuallyhardcore/vtw-ch-04-29-12.mp3

URL: http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/4/29/casually-hardcore-episode-208-arch-nemesis-gives-good-baby.html

Casually Hardcore Episode 207 - The X-Men Cometh

![][1]Ken and Wayne from Show X join us for a part of the show this week! We plan our eventual alcohol poisoning, to take place next week, live on the air! Gwenora is a Mech fashionista! D3 is inbound. Grail compliments BarryVA. The End Times approach...

Listener Participation thread here: [http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9104.0][2]

Show notes and Research Thread available here: [http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0][3]

Episode: [http://media.blubrry.com/casuallyhardcore/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/casuallyhardcore/vtw-ch-04-22-12.mp3][4]

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[2]: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9104.0
[3]: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0
[4]: http://media.blubrry.com/casuallyhardcore/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/casuallyhardcore/vtw-ch-04-22-12.mp3

URL: http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/4/23/casually-hardcore-episode-207-the-x-men-cometh.html

Casually Hardcore Episode 206 - These aren't the Bongs you're looking for

![][1]Topics this week include: Kickstarter changing the face of the entertainment world, Goddamnit Arizona, Ashton Jobs, SWTOR Patch 1.2, converting your R2 unit into a bong, and much, much more!

Listener Participation thread here: [http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9025.0][2]

Show notes and Research Thread available here: [http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0][3]

Episode: [http://media.blubrry.com/casuallyhardcore/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/casuallyhardcore/vtw-ch-04-15-12.mp3][4]

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[2]: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9025.0
[3]: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0
[4]: http://media.blubrry.com/casuallyhardcore/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/casuallyhardcore/vtw-ch-04-15-12.mp3

URL: http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/4/15/casually-hardcore-episode-206-these-arent-the-bongs-youre-lo.html

Alpha Geek Interviews Episode 23 - Darrell "The Trek Nerd" Skeels

Todd Whitehead and Darrell Skeels discuss Trek Fandom in the 21st century. Darrell: "I became a Trek nerd way back in 1969 during the original run of Star Trek on NBC. I still have the images in my head of diamond-shaped spaceships spinning a web around the Enterprise. That was my first exposure to Star Trek, The Tholian Web: 11/15/1968. I was only 6 years old, but my life was set on a fantastic course that influences my life even to this day."

Episode: [http://media.blubrry.com/aginterviews/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/aginterviews/vtw-agi-04-13-12.mp3][1]

[1]: http://media.blubrry.com/aginterviews/media.vtwproductions.com/archive/aginterviews/vtw-agi-04-13-12.mp3

URL: http://www.vtwproductions.com/alpha-geek/2012/4/13/alpha-geek-interviews-episode-23-darrell-quotthe-trek-nerdqu.html

Casually Hardcore off this week

URL: http://www.vtwproductions.com/casually-hardcore/2012/4/8/casually-hardcore-off-this-week.html