Episode 1: Dr. Randy Savage Explains Chloroform    It's the premiere episode of Pods Unknown. A podcast where long time wrestling fan Matt tries to explain weird characters, story-lines and matches to his friend and new fan Ryan. This is our Wrestlemania episode where Matt picked three strange Wrestlemania matches for Ryan to watch and then got his reactions. We discuss the Hollywood Backlot Brawl between Goldust and Roddy Piper, Undertaker vs Giant Gonzalez and the first ever blind fold match between Rick Martel and Jake "The Snake" Roberts. We also open our podcast with the story of how Kevin Nash and Scott hall got even more money from WCW all thanks to behind the scenes workers believing fake reports from fake wrestling commentators.       Follow us on twitter: @PodsUnknown

Episode 39: Last Picked in Gym Class

For those that like board games, but aren't too serious about it here's a new episode of Matt and Ryan Get Board. On This episode we play NFL Rush Zone, a board game that is basically an attack die game with some football flare. We remember back to the days of backyard football and getting picked last. We also discuss the state of the NFL today and wish for the return of the XFL.

Episode 38: Get Board's Year End Review Extravaganza

Get Board is still ALIVE! It's Episode 38 where Matt and Ryan do a year in review where they rank the games they have played from worst to best. Join in as we talk about some of the worst games (CLUE VCR) and best (King of Tokoyo, Wrestlemania.)

Episode 37: John Cena vs Snagglepuss

Episode 37 of Matt and Ryan Get Board is here! This week we play WWE: The DVD Game. Matt and Ryan get into a great discussion by how out of touch Owner Vince McMahon is. Did this guy just discover Russell Brand? We talk about how long it takes to play this game and how you don't really need the DVD. The game involves paying wrestler salaries so we think Vince was trying to teach us how difficult it is to run his company. We talk about the CM Punk's appearance on The Art of Wrestling and if that will chnage anyything in the word of wrestling today. We hope you enjoy! For fans of Motorhead, piledrivers and the Ruthless Agression era!

Episode 36: The McAllister's are Awful (w/ Travis Walling)

It's Episode 36 of Matt and Ryan Get Board! We're joined by comedian Travis Walling and play the board game version of Home Alone. We discuss novels based on movies and how they changed parts of the story to fit the book for children. We point out the weird art direction of this game and we wonder if any of the designers saw the film. We go back with the segment Matt and Ryan Get Old and talk about seeing the movie for the first time and what memories we have of it. We also bring up the many sequels that followed it.

Episode 35: Mighty Ducks 4: Casey Jones Begins

Its Episode 35 of Matt and Ryan Get Board! Listen in as we play VCR Hockey...yes they made a VCR game out of hockey! Are you asking if we talked Mighty Ducks? You bet we did, Matt and Ryan share their opinions on the films and Ryan talks about his early days playing Dek Hockey. We open the episode with our thoughts on Bill Cosby and then go into the game. Be warned, it's a little grim in the opening BUT we get lighter after that!

Episode 34: The Dark Side of Mall Santas

t's episode 34 of Matt and Ryan Get Board! On this weeks episode we play National Geographic On Assignment The Board Game! That's right, your favorite travel photo magazine was turned into a board game. Matt and Ryan learn about the world from a map that is dated back to 1990. We learn of the terror known as the Soviet Union and what it's like to have a part time job as Mall Santa photographer. We talk about the first time we discovered National Geographic and how surprised we were that the magazine had nudity. Not that young versions of ourselves were complaining! We talk about how this is just another game to trick you into learning things and doesn't have much do with photography. We also bring back the segments Calling on Dream Phone and Get Stumped!

Episode 33: Nightmare on Get Board Street (w/ Shannon Norman)

Welcome to Episode 33 of Matt and Ryan Get Board! Although Halloween is over, Matt and Ryan are still in the spirit and decided to play the game Nightmare on Elm Street Freddy's Game. Our close friend and brother from another podcast Shannon Norman joins us as we discuss a whole bunch of topics on this episode. Things discussed include our first memories of Freddy and the Nightmare on Elm Street series, unlike the first film this board game does not hold up very well. We talk early nintendo horror games, Freddy's use of the word bitch, Freddy using weird ideas to kill people like turning them into pizza and how quickly Matt died playing this game. Special thank you to Rosa Mesta for supplying the game for this episode!

Episode 32: Welcome to BORRORLAND

It's Episode 32 of Matt and Ryan Get Board! The very scary Halloween edition! We play a not very scary game, Goosebumps Welcome to HorrorLand. Matt and Ryan discuss how strange of a game this is, it acutally wants you to play Rock, Paper, Scissors or in this case SHOCK, paper and scissors! Also you must have a thumbwrestling match in the mdidle of the game! No kidding. Matt and Ryan get into the history of the Goosebumps books, Matt was a fan while Ryan stayed away from it. They discuss weird movie novels they had own and the Goosebumps TV show. We also touch on Are you afraid of the dark? Pizza Hut Book It and the Goosebumps film coming out next summer.

Episode 31: See you on the Island!

It's Episode 31 of Matt and Ryan Get Board. On this episode we head to the Island, the Fireball Island that is! This game got a lot of request and we are finally playing it. Matt and Ryan LOVED this game. Matt brings up Forbidded Bridge and Torando Rex. Ryan brings up Indiana Jones and wonders where everyone got those sarfari hats? We also learn about the creator of this game and how he disappeared from the board game scene for awhile befoe coming back with a ame that was not very good. Matt relates him to Vince Russo. We've got Calling on Dream, Matt and Ryan Get Old, Aladdin on sega and a Century 3 mall update!

Episode 30: The Twilight Saga, New Moon, The Movie, The Board Game, The Cereal.

We've made it to 30 Episodes! On Episode 30 of Matt and Ryan Get Board our two host find themselves in the Twilight universe. Matt and Ryan decided that since we are in the month of October we need some Halloween themed games. Sadly this game is not fun or scary. Listen in as Matt and Ryan discuss how much they know about the Twilight films. Their favorite vampire films, Count Chocula, and how bad they are at Twilight trivia.

Episode 29: Get Geeked Out

On Episode 29 of Matt and Ryan Get Board our two host decide to switch things up and add in some new segments. This weeks episode features new segments like Calling on DreamPhone where Matt and Ryan talk about games they wished they owned. We have a new segment called Matt and Ryan Get Old where we talk about trying to learn new games or youutube videos at the age of 30 and Are you shitting me?!? A segment where we write up three ideas for board games. One is real two are fake. Can you guess?

We play the game Geek Out! Which is a trivia game of one-upmanship. Listen in as we explain our knowledge of the Pam Anderson hit film Barb Wire, Ryan name drops Black Knight and a Kid in King Arthur's Court and Matt talks about old anti-drug PSA's.

Episode 28: Guess Who Sucks?

It's Episode 28 of Matt and Ryan Get Board! This is a special traveling episode of Matt and Ryan since we had to record while on our way to see Knights of the Arcade LIVE! Matt and Ryan played a quick game of Guess Who? and wonder was this another lazy game designer creation? Who are these guys missing their deadlines for game development? Matt and Ryan discuss what would make a better game and new characters they would add. Is it possible that these photos are all bad actor head shots? We also talk barcades, running into cops while recording a podcast and how unfun this game was.

PS. We LOVED the live Knight of the Arcade show. Go check it out sometime.

Episode 27: Don't let anyone Settle your Catan (w/ Alex Stypula)

On Episode 27, Matt and Ryan welcome back Alex Stypula to the show. You might remember him as our very first guest on this podcast. Well, he's also a very hilarious comedian and a fan of board games. This time Alex jons Matt & Ryan for Settlers of Catan Dice Game. We were a little too timid when it came to the full board game so we just went with the dice game for now. On this episode we are of course all over the place with our topics. This episode features, difficulties with games that take over 5 years to play. Animal privates, artwork for games and pinball machines, Revolution X arcade game and how dumb it was, how this game features no battles only building and Italian Village Pizza.

Episode 26: Shannon Norman is not a fan of Jeff Buckley

It's Episode 26 of Matt and Ryan Get Board! We welcome the very funny Shannon Norman back to the show for a second time. Last time we had Shannon on the show he supplied the awful game of Titanic. This time we return the favor with a worse game Rodney Dangerfield's No Respect. Yep, Rodney had his own game and it has NOTHING to do with him. In this episode we talk about the first time we saw the film Caddy Shack. Is there a right time on a date to say that you like wrestling? How much would it cost to get your face on a board game? And did Rodney Dangerfield ever play this game?

Episode 25: Ready Boss Monster

It's Episode 25 of Matt and Ryan Get Board! On this episode our two host find themselves as not the hero of a dungeon level, but as the Boss Monster. This week we play the card game Boss Monster! Our conversation brings us into the world of 8-bit gaming thanks to the artwork seen throughout the game. Matt and Ryan discuss rage quit games, favorite 8-bit games, Ryan tells the tale of wasting a Christmas present on Moon Shoes and Matt tells the tale of getting electronic football. Matt and Ryan realize that they aren't very good at card games like this and need some more practice. We also discuss the game Retro City Rampage and the dark side to Bill & Ted.

Episode 24: Soup with Chopsticks

In Episode 24 of Matt and Ryan Get Board our two host are still in the Clue universe, this time on VHS! We play the VCR version of Clue and learn that dinner theater actors got a good gig going here. We discuss this HOUR long video that comes with the game and how not much happens, there are no murders. That's right, no murder sin this game of Clue. We learn that this was a very popular game that even got squeal! We discuss how all of the weapons are seen in plain site and no one seems to have a problem with it. We also notice that we are terrible note takers when it comes to a VHS game. Producers note, please excuse our guest this week Ryan's daughter. She was a little cranky and needed a nap. We've all been there!