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Episode 79 – Pointless Fun Stacking Leopards and Foxes

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/ns79.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSWe are super happy to have Special Guest KAREN THUL on this episode! We hope she’ll return….   Mel’s Recommendation: Movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938) Mel finally has a recommendation older than Kelly’s! Stars Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant and was directed by Howard Hawks.  This is probably Mel’s very favoritest RomCom/Screwball Comedy EVER! There’s a LEOPARD named Baby, a Zoologist/Paleontologist, Intercostal Clavicles, Screwball Characters SPOILER ALERT: Oddly for Mel, this movie has a happy ending. You may be able to … Continue reading →

Episode 76 – The Long Dark Open Table

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS76.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS    Kelly’s Recommendation: App: OpenTable a “Must Have” app for your smartphone if you ever need to make a restaurant reservation. It’s available on both Android and iOS. For all you introverts out there… you never have to interact with an actual human being! At least until you get to the restaurant. It allows you to make reservations at participating restaurants (good ones too!) by what’s available right now, or whenever you like in oodles of areas and even internationally. … Continue reading →

Episode 69 – Play the Misfit Card

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS69.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS   Mel’s Recommendation: Game App: Card Crawl A fun solitaire style dungeon crawler game. Let me explain: You pit your avatar card’s face value against monster cards attack value while collecting coin cards and health potion cards. If you survive to the end, you win the hand and get to keep the coins you collected. You get to use these to buy special ability cards. Simple right? It’s more challenging than it sounds. The app is available on iTunes for $1.99 … Continue reading →

Episode 63 – Lemon After Dark

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS63.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSScavenge in the mysterious post apocalyptic world of ‘A Dark Room’. If you’re lucky you’ll find some pasta and shrimp to make a yummy meal. So, Post-Apocalyptic Pasta, anyone?   Mel’s Recommendation: Game App: A Dark Room Available as either an iOS app or play it in your web browser at adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com An intriguing text based post-apocalyptic adventure! Stoke your Fire, talk to a Stranger, explore mysterious caves, and scavenge in abandoned neighborhoods. Can you survive?     Kelly’s recommendation Food: … Continue reading →

Episode 59 – Toads of War

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Episode 58 – MS-DOS Meets the Bride

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS58.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSThis week Kelly brings you some old school gaming that’s free, and Mel shares some The Princess Bride love. Kelly’s Recommendation:     Webiste/Games: Archive.org MS-DOS Games Yet another treasure in the archive.org site Play 2400+ MS-DOS based games in YOUR BROWSER FOR FREE! No special set up required!! Wolfenstein 3D, Red Baron, Donkey Kong, and FROGGER!   Mel’s Recommendation:   Audiobook: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden This … Continue reading →

Episode 53 – Freddie and the Dragon Rebels

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Episode 52 – One Year!!!!

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS52.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSWe have been “sharing all the awesome” for ONE YEAR!  Thanks to all of you who have listened. commented, retweeted, fav-ed, etc…  we truly appreciate it.   Kelly’s favorite Mel recommendation: Loot Crate http://www.lootcrate.com/ (episode 3) Kelly’s Top 10 Viva Joe Strummer – The Clash and Beyond (episode 12) Monument Valley (episode 31) QR Codes Kill Kittens: How to Alienate Customers, Dishearten Employees, and Drive Customers Away (episode 1) Alice Cooper – Special Forces (episode 38) gifgifmedia.mit.edu (episode 15) Suck (episode 21) Attack … Continue reading →

Episode 50 – Andy Warhol and the Cube

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS50.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSWe’ve got an album about Andy Warhol and an iOS Cube game this week. Then it’s all wrapped up with some Steampunk and a little bit of Francois.  Kelly’s Recommendation Music: Songs for Drella (Album) by Lou Reed and John Cale (1990) An Andy Warhol tribute album by former members of The Velvet Underground. Gives a chronological musical depiction of Andy’s life. Available everywhere: iTunes, Amazon, Google, Spotify.   Mel’s Recommendation Game App: Cubes 3D Revolution by Simiotica Probably Mel’s oldest … Continue reading →

Episode 48 – Space Showoffs

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS48.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSThis week, we have an app that turns watching tv into a game, and a strategy/sim game that takes humanity to space. Kelly’s Recommendation: App: SHOWoff Television Gaming App An iOS only app where you are challenged to make predictions for some of your favorite tv shows to earn points and leave your friends in the dust. It’s like Fantasy Football for non-sports people. (cough…Mel) DOES NOT require Facebook to create an account.     Mel’s Recommendation: Game: Sid Meier’s Civilization: … Continue reading →