Serious Fun

Time to smash into a new episode of Serious Fun! Recorded live at Brown County Public Library Comic-Con, this fantastic crossover episode with “All The Rage” sees Bryan sitting down with “All the Rage” hosts Ryan Martin and Chuck Rybak for an episode unpacking the anger that fuels the Incredible Hulk and his superhero cohort. Is The Hulk an interesting and accurate depiction of anger? What can we learn – or fail to learn – from his exploits? How does anger manifest in different ways among different heroes and in other media? All this and misidentification of eye color this week on Serious Fun! SPECIAL MUSIC CREDIT: Joe Harnell – “The Lonely Man”, The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) soundtrack

Jiminy Jilikers! It's a live episode from the Brown County Public Library's annual Comic-Con event with comics artist Mike Norton! Bryan sits down with Mike to ask him about his work, his style, his affinity for pugs, and more in a wide-ranging interview. Learn about what it's like to work for DC Comics, how Mike developed a multiple award-winning webcomic, and more!

Oh my goodness, it appears Serious Fun is at it again! This time Bryan sits down with UWGB Computer Science professor and game industry veteran Ben Geisler to talk about the fine art of game design, from corporate challenges to finding sneaky ways to engage and empower players. Plus: electronic music is defended. Credits: "Music 6" - Bill Brown (Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction); "A Dream of Armageddon" - Sascha Dikiciyan & Cris Velasco (Prototype).

Like a whirling dervish of red, white, and blue Episode 4 of Serious Fun is here to show man's world what's what. This episode was recorded from a talk given by Bryan at the Brown County Library's Wonder Woman Day, part of a global celebration of the character's 75th anniversary and her new movie. If you ever wanted to know anything about Wonder Woman, her history, and her role in society and pop culture, here's the show for you! Bonus: hear what audience members had to say after the talk! CREDITS: "Is She With You?" - Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice OriginaL Soundtrack); "Hell Hath No Fury" - Rupert Gregson-Willams (Wonder Woman Original Soundtrack)

Episode 3 of Serious Fun is here and it brings with it a lovely chat with Tyler Scholz, recent UWGB grad and host -slash- creator of the Reading Pixels webseries on YouTube. Tyler talks to Bryan about his work analyzing games, the challenges a young YouTuber faces, and defends his fandom for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. All that, and a Special Celebrity Guest*! Check out Tyler's videos by starting with his first episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2hOA-P1YKc. CREDITS: "Last Surprise" - Shoji Meguro (Persona 5 Original Soundtrack), Arrested Development - Fox Television *Kind of!

Despite all warnings and wisdom to the contrary, here before you sits another episode of Serious Fun. This time, Bryan sits down with the hosts of Phoenix Studios' "All the Rage Podcast" (UWGB English professor Chuck Rybak and UWGB Psychology chair Ryan Martin) to dork out over the literary, psychological, and cultural dimensions of the incredibly lucrative and timely Marvel Cinematic Universe. Put this on as you drive to the theater to see Guardians! Or don't! I'm a podcast description, not a cop! (Please note: There are spoilers for pretty much all of the MCU films, as well as "Logan" and many other movies - if you're not up to date on your superhero cinema you might want to wait a minute. It's completely Guardians 2 spoiler-free though because none of us have seen it yet!)

Here it is, the first episode of Serious Fun! In this one, Bryan sits down with UWGB Music professor Michelle McQuade Dewhirst to talk about Metropolis, her new score for the film, and her guilty Cutthroat Kitchen fandom.