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Found in the Ruins episode 12: Smackdown — The Omega Man vs. I Am Legend

Found in the Ruins episode 12: Smackdown — The Omega Man vs. I Am Legend

Greetings Wastelanders! It’s the return of the FITR Zombie Smackdown! In this corner is 1971’s The Omega Man with “glistening” Charlton Heston in his Honkey Paradise. Machine guns, Halloween masks, and convenient lighting abound! In this corner is 2007’s I Am Legend with Will Smith. It has Home Alone-style traps, dodgy medical ethics, and CGI night(ish) monsters! All this with guest host and Vampire movie...

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Found in the Ruins episode 10: Radio Nowhere by Lee Beard

Found in the Ruins episode 10: Radio Nowhere by Lee Beard

Welcome to the Bunker, Wastelanders! This time your hosts with the mosts Boom Mike and Doc Benny talk with the Post-Apocalyptic author Lee Beard on her Young Adult book Radio Nowhere; a viral apocalypse that was written well before Covid. We talk about the PA genre, her sequel and third book in the works, and the most important question of all…what wouldn’t you eat in the wastelands? So, take a listen and keep in mind we are...

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Found in the Ruins episode 9: Twilight 2000 with Shane

Found in the Ruins episode 9: Twilight 2000 with Shane

It’s time to look back at the nightmare that the year 2000 brought us. No, not Y2K; the inevitable war between the US and the USSR in Europe! Don’t remember that? Neither do we! Which is why “Bam Shane” from the Shane Plays podcast is here to help us understand that terrible time in Poland when Command told us, “Good luck. You’re on your own!” So, take a listen and keep in mind we are spoiler-rich!...

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Found in the Ruins episode 6: The Guardians by Richard Austin

Found in the Ruins episode 6: The Guardians by Richard Austin

That’s right, it’s that decade where we loved to end the world, the 1980s! Specifically, it is 1985, the year that saw the first book in The Guardians series by Richard Austin published, helpfully named The Guardians. 🙂 Your two favorite Wasteland survivors Boom Mike and Doc Benny both literally grew up on these books, so expect a nostalgia-rich ride in this latest episode of Found in the Ruins! So, take a listen and keep in...

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Found in the Ruins episode 5: The Other Other White Meat

Found in the Ruins episode 5: The Other Other White Meat

Let’s talk about something safe…Cannibalism! Like it or not, it comes up in virtually every Post-Apocalyptic tale you can imagine. Beyond the inevitable questions of “would you or wouldn’t you”, how do these tales treat the ramifications of engaging in this cultural taboo? What games deal with it, and how? Is there a such thing as a “Good Cannibal”? Come for the deli, stay for the Anthrax Ripple! So, take a listen and keep in mind we...

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