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Episode 39 – The girlfriend showdown

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Join Megan and Steven as they demonstrate their world-class mathematical abilities, build hype for MAGFest 2017, and finally get around to discussing Megan’s first Renaissance Festival experience.  Other topics include:

  • donating (or not) to our alma mater;
  • Megan’s intense aversion to hipster headbands;
  • Megan and Steven’s “professional” opinions about Lolita;
  • why Megan will most likely be killed off after this episode airs.

Episode 38 – Amazon outed Megan’s girlfriend

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Here at Swag Tier, we only loosely plan our topics, roughly budget time for each within a 30-minute episode, then go for it. We wanted to talk about the Megan’s playtest of Thornwatch (5 minutes), her Black Beauty revelation (5 minutes), Steven’s trip weeklong to Puerto Rico (10 minutes), then Megan’s first Rennaisance Faire (10 minutes). But this episode is a classic example of how much we (don’t) care about those marks. We’re 20 minutes into the episode before we even start in on Puerto Rico, and ignore any sights to focus in on Steven missing his flight. Classic Swag Tier.

Episode 36 – Market trading > racing

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Megan gives a recap of her performance at last weekend’s Korus Festival and then prompts an awkward segue into game talk.  Tune in to hear about:

  • Twitch Prime, which is free for Amazon Prime subscribers – link your Twitch and Amazon Prime accounts by November 5th to get free digital swag;
  • Steven’s first mediocre recommendation, a follow up to Megan’s first mediocre recommendation back in episode 27;
  • Megan’s dying obsession with Bejeweled Blitz;
  • the two latest Mii Plaza/StreetPass games, Slot Car Racers and Market Crashers.

And as promised, don’t forget to check out the Beyonce clown video.

Episode 35 – How sure is 99.9999% sure?

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From a bizarre Canadian ski trip, to a seemingly widespread distaste for people who haven’t seen the Disney movie Hocus Pocus, to a ridiculous Google search that somehow still yielded the desired results, to discussing old school RPG’s, this episode is packed full of stories, nostalgia, and inside jokes!  Tune in to also hear about:

  • Megan’s latest kpop performance at the 2016 Korus Festival;
  • Megan almost crapping her pants about the factual accuracy of Disney properties;
  • an executive summary of the Disney Channel Original Movie, How to Build a Better Boy;
  • and Steven’s latest obsession with the free to play trading card/tactics game, Duelyst – be sure to check out Jumbo Bundle 7 from Humble Bundle for 20 free card packs (a $30 value!), and use Steven’s username as a referral: thisrandomguy

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Episode 34 – Special Guest Dave Rottino and Stevie-G / S-Money

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This week, we’re joined by Dave Rottino from Rated G for Gamers, the podcast that Steven guest starred on last month. We had plans to chat about how Dave has been going to PAX for years just like we have, but in true Swag Tier fashion, we throw all that out the window to embrace the natural banter and flow of friends catching up with one another.

Episode 33 – The passive aggressive art of cleaning up

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In the latest episode of Swag Tier, Steven recaps his adventures at the 2016 Boston Festival of Indie Games, otherwise known as Boston FIG.  Tune in to hear about:

  • Steven’s top 5 Boston FIG games, Sad Hill Cemetery, Stage Fright, Insane Traffic, Ten Candles, and Clean Up Your Room!;
  • Megan’s mom’s terrible driving;
  • the origin of last episode’s big debate, “easy as pie;”
  • and Megan’s (crazy) neighbor’s passive aggressive attempts to get her to clean her messy house.

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Episode 32 – Baking semantics 101

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Megan and Steven discuss the intricate differences between baking and broiling (read: we actually have no idea what we’re talking about).  Tune in to also hear about:

  • Steven’s pride in recognizing a kpop song played in public (twice!);
  • Megan’s hope to establish the Kpop Killers, a Kpop Academy Overwatch group;
  • better than mediocre recommendations for two great indie games, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime and Blade Ballet;
  • Megan’s money woes, which she plans to solve by suing an ex-girlfriend.