Listen in to hear Ian and Mike build a fantasy team in a PPR league picking from the 7-hole. Lots of interesting questions popped up as they had to try to make their decisions. Marshawn Lynch or Matt Forte? Calvin Johnson or Jordy Nelson? Arian Foster was still around really late...do you take him? What round did Peyton Manning become too good to pass up? Will Mike's love for Ameer Abdullah for him to draft him way too early?
All these questions are asked on our most recent episode, go check it out!
News Covered in this episode:
Feedback/Questions from Listeners:
Question from Jason: Is Rice Rice Worth Drafting if he is reinstated? - Being discussed in Cleveland
Question from Matt: "Who do you plan on targeting in the 1st round?"
Breaking News and Body Parts
Niles Paul AND Logan Paulsen out for the year for Redskins.
Leaves Jordan Reed as literally the only option...can he finally stay healthy?
Jameis Winston had a spotty day
Looked lost a few times, but hit a few long passes and ran in for TD.
Bills QB Competition is a Mess
EJ looks to be on the outs, even though he hit a beautiful 50 yard TD
Tyrod Taylor looked like a dual-threat
Matt Cassel looked solid, but he is Matt Cassel
Nelson Agholor is taking 1st team reps in practice and makes TERRIFIC TD grab
Hoyer and Mallet had solid games
Hoyer scored a TD in only drive
Mallet only had 1 incompletion in 11 attempts
Alfred Blue also had solid game - 59 yards on 9 carries
Andre Ellington looks good
59 yard reception and short TD
CJ Spiller has knee scope surgery - Clean up
Should be ready by week 1
Kevin White - Rookie WR for Bears - to have surgery on Shin
Will miss at least the first 6 weeks of regular season
Julius Thomas fractures hand
Out at least for the rest of Preseason, maybe longer
Marcus Mariotta had a very rough start
INT, Fumble
BUT his INT was his only incompletion
Tannehill looks great on one drive - 5/6 with TD
Ameer Abdullah...omg...I'm in love
7 carries for 67 yards - 9.1 YPC
Eye ball test: passing
Jimmy Garoppolo isn't Tom Brady
Got mauled by GB
7 sacks and 1 INT
Martavius Bryant - All he does is score touchdowns
5 targets, 3 receptions for 55 yards - 44 yard TD
And here is the maybe TOO realistic RG3 McFarlane figure I got at the end of the 2012 season:
Mike goes solo this episode to bring the breaking news that happened at GamesCom in 2015. If you own an Xbox, you definitely want to listen to this!
Here are the show notes:
What exactly is GamesCom? It is a trade fair for video games held annually in Germany and it is gaining popularity every year. Attendance for the event went up from 335,000 to 345,000 from 2014 to 2015.
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront took home the title of "Best-in-Show" by revealing this gameplay trailer at the event, which introduced the Fighter Squadron mode:
Pretty slick huh? Look, you can even play as the Millennium falcon!
Microsoft Announcements DVR compatibility with Xbox One
Free and coming in 2016
The features will be limited to TV users who get their shows via free over-the-air antennas
Microsoft released an adapter in 2015 that allows for hook-up of antennas
New DVR section showing all recorded shows
Stream recordings from the Xbox One to Windows 10 devices
Downloaded to devices
Schedule recordings, even remotely
Future 360 Games with Gold Titles Available on Xbox One
All Games with Gold titles are FREE on Xbox One because of Backwards Compatibility
This means 4 FREE games for Xbox Gold users
Launches in November with over 100 titles available!
2TB External HD from Seagate
Compatible with Xbox One
$109
Chatpad
A "texting" accessory that attaches to the controller
360 had something similar to this
Headsets/headphones will be functional when plugged in
November 3 - $35
Windows 10 Coming to Xbox One
Faster, simple Interface
Cortana
Increased voice command recognition
"Hey Cortana, record the last minute and share it to my activity feed
"Hey Cortana, start a party and invite Amanda"
Quantum Break
Plot: A time travel experiment has gone wrong. This event not only causes time to start breaking down, but also grants the three main characters—Jack Joyce, Beth Wilder, and Paul Serene—the ability to manipulate time. Jack Joyce, the main character is a survivor of a failed science experiment that killed his brother.
This is a TV Show/Video Game Exclusive to Xbox One
Four episodes - 20 minutes each
Game will tell story of Heroes - TV show will give you the villians
Well known actors
Shawn Ashmore (X-men)
Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones)
Dominic Monaghan (Lost)
Lance Reddick (The Wire/Fringe/Lost)
Episodes based off your decisions in the game?
"Afterward, the game will unlock an episode about Serene's evil company, Monarch. These will reflect your decisions and have ramifications in the game, further personalizing the experience. Each junction also has alternate episodes, so players have a reason to replay what would otherwise be a linear, story-driven experience."
"The TV show ships with the game and, based on what we've seen so far, it appears the two are heavily dependent on each other. You can't watch the show like a season of True Detective and likewise, your experience of the game will probably suffer if you're not paying attention to the live-action episodes."
This Gameplay trailer shown at GamesCom, and it looks amazing! Has a ton of great bullet-time effects. Just hoping it isn't too repetitious:
Release Date was revealed (After 2 years of promoting): April 5, 2016
Scalebound
Control a character who is bound to a Dragon companion
Action sequences look incredible
During action sequences you command your dragon pet to attack while dishing out damage yourself
Very fast paced, action RPG feel
4 Player Co-Op
This gameplay trailer was shown at GamesCom, and really has me intrigued:
Release Date is Holiday 2016
Halo Wars 2 Announced
Coming Fall 2016
Blizzard Announcements World of Warcraft: Legion Expansion Announced
Plot: In this dire new chapter of the World of Warcraft saga, the great enemy of the Horde and the Alliance—the demonic Burning Legion—has returned. Illidan looks to be the main antagonist
Level cap goes to 110 (expansion comes with boost to lvl 100)
New Continent to Explore: The Broken Isles
New Class to play: Demon Hunter
Only available to Elves
Artifact Weapons: Grow character power and are fully customizable
Several new dungeons
New PvP Honor System that allows for leveling in PvP
Beta coming later this year (BlizzCon?)
This announcement trailer was shown at GamesCom:
Hearthstone adding Jousting abilities to cards
This is an ability that forces players to randomly reveal one minion from their decks - whoever has the highest mana cost wins the "joust" and thus gives the card with the ability special attributes (taunt/divine shield/etc.)
This isn't a new gamemode - just an ability on 11 new cards
Coming in the next expansion "The Grand Tournament" releasing this month
Example of a joust in action:
Other News * Bungie Replacing Peter Dinklage in Destiny with Nolan North * John Wick is coming to Virtual Reality - Spring 2016 * Winners announced in Valve's $18 Million International DOTA championship
What up nerds?! Episode 10 has the guys going over their top 5 Quarterbacks and see if they can come up with some sort of agreement. Who's better, Aaron Rodgers or Andrew Luck? Is Russell Wilson in the top 5? Matt Ryan sneaking his way up there? They also discuss some potential sleepers at QB if you happen to miss on some of the higher end players.
What about some of the players who have joined new teams? What will their impact be to their new clubs in 2015? The guys talk about that as well!
An interesting Harvard Study puts the Miami Dolphins in the Super Bowl this year against the Seahawks. That is kinda weird huh? We chat about this study that obviously has some sort of significance with Harvard attached to it.
Also, the guys are joined by Jason Oliver, who we have deemed our resident Eagles expert. He gives us some great info an opinion on his favorite team.
Lastly, the guys play a very entertaining round of "Who Am I?" where Mike reads off a stat line and the other guys have to try and figure out which player from 2014 that stat line belongs to. See if you can figure it out faster than the crew!
The entire crew is back again to suggest some amazing TV shows to check out in the summer of 2015. Usually, summers are pretty dry when it comes to good television, but for whatever reason, this summer is different!
In a pretty entertaining twist, Ian and Mike get Ronnie and John to try and guess the premise of this summer's hottest TV shows with only one clue: the title of the show. You don't wanna miss the things that they come up with. We had a ton of shout outs as well!
Join the AH Crew as they discuss their thoughts on some of Comic-Cons biggest reveals in 2015! In this episode they discuss: X-men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad and Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Some lively debate sparks up between the team in regards to comic book movies...and Will Smith.
In this episode, the AfterHours team discuss the trailers revealed at Comic-Con including: Walking Dead Season 6, Fear the Walking Dead, Heroes: Reborn, Colony, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Deadpool. Listen in! Do you agree with our thoughts? Visit the Contact Us page to send in your feedback!
Join the AfterHours crew as they try to make sense out of what has been a very interesting start to the NBA free agency period. Ian takes the reigns of the podcast, as the resident NBA-expert with McQ offering insight. Mike, however, makes references to retired NWO wrestlers who he thought played Basketball and Ronnie compares DeAndre Jordan to an Aziz Ansari segment. You can really tell who knows basketball and who doesn't, based off of this description.
Ian also hosts the second edition of his game show - where he compares the questions to a rap song...and either tries to rap or sing that said song.
How are you guys not entertained by just reading this? Check out the episode below:
Mike and McQ debate the greatest ten games of all time! Well, Mike has a list of ten, McQ was a little more "in no particular order" with his list. See which games made the cut and which game they enjoyed playing the most! Some of the games mentioned may surprise you.
Show Notes: Currently Playing:
Mike -
- Witcher 3
- Smite
- Black Flag
- Ocarina of Time
Jurassic Park was such a precious movie to me when I was a kid. I remember being terrified but full of wonder the first time I sat through it. Instantly, I knew it was going to be something special and it was, it really was. The sequels never hit the level that the original did...but now, I can say, 12 years after the first iconic T-Rex scene, they came pretty close with Jurassic World. At least for parts of the movie.
I found myself in awe during a handful of scenes. I also found myself shaking my head a bit on others. But all in all, this movie was wondrous - just as the first. What did the rest of the AfterHours crew think of the movie? Join me, Ian and McQ as we talk about several aspects of the film, and compare it to some interesting things. We'd definitely recommend going to see this movie during the long 4th of July weekend!
We know it's June, but DURNIT, August will be here before you know it and you will have no idea what to do in your draft! Well, get a head start, prep early by listening to Episode 3 of AfterHours! In this episode we talk about potential 1st round RBs that will be taken in drafts and if you can really trust them as 1st rounders. We also go over the surprise players from 2014 and if we think they will play at a similar level in 2015. What about the players that didn't play up to expectations? We talk about them too and if they will bounce back this season!
However, the best part of this episode is an awesome game that Ian put together that included some rapping and 12 year old NFL trivia for one of the most forgotten about players this season. Listen in and get in the game!
Show Notes: - Introductions - News and Injuries - Top RBs in 2015 - Trust or Bust in 1st round?
Adrian Peterson
LeVeon Bell
Jamaal Charles
Arian Foster
Eddie Lacy
Marshawn Lynch
Matt Forte
DeMarco Murray
- Pleasant Surprises in 2015 - Bounce Back Candidates for 2015 - Ian's Game Show - Matthew Berry's 100 Facts for 2015 - We reference this several times throughout the podcast. A very insightful listing of stats compiled by Mr. Roto himself. - AfterHours' Fantasy Football Rankings - Mike references his rankings, view them here. - All music heard on this podcast is credited to either Bensound.com or Incompetech - Kevin MacLeod
Here's the second part of the SUPER long reactions episode of E3's 2015 conferences.
In this episode, we chat about Nintendo's underwhelming announcements and everything from ALL of the rest of the conferences (Bethesda, EA, Square Enix, Ubisoft, etc.). What did Mike and McQ think of Nintendo's very...odd...Nintendo Direct they decided to show at E3?
And, the big question of the day, where is Fallout 4?! Well, never fear folks! We got you covered, give it a listen!
Ok, you try to talk about a week long conference in the span of an hour long Podcast show!
Yeah...it is pretty difficult isn't it? That's why we've split this into two parts...first, which I know is longer than an hour, we talk about the announcements from the Sony and Microsoft presentations. We all know that Sony has been doing well with the current generation of consoles...did Microsoft gain any ground on their arch-rival? Listen to find out!
McQ and Mike discuss several topics from the Sony and Microsoft stage including:
In the inaugural episode, Mike, McQ, Ronnie and Ian sit down and discuss the CRAZINESS that was the Game of Thrones Season 5 Finale. But, not before introducing themselves, having some tough ice-breaker questions and discussing which Ninja Turtle each member is of the show. And no, Ian, it isn't JUST because there are four of us.
What happened to some of our favorite characters in the 50th episode of the greatest show on Television? Cersei had an embarrassing walk, Jon gets stabbed in the back...ugh...literally...,Stannis has a no-good-very-bad-day, Brienne MAYBE finally fulfills an oath, Arya plays Ophthalmologist with Meryn, the Boltons are relaxing in Winterfell and Theon and Sansa take a leap of faith.
That's a lot to cover in one episode! But we do it, even though most of the episode we can't hop off the Jon Snow express...choo-choo. What do Mike and Ian really think happened to our beloved Bastard of Winterfell? Find out by listening below:
Bonus Game of Thrones talk (this was recorded before we saw the Finale episode), includes predictions and recaps of Episode 8 and 9, check it out.
