The Crossbox Podcast is me, Jay (Fishbreath), and the editor here at the Soapbox, John (parvusimperator), gabbing for about an hour a month on topics of interest in the fields of gaming, firearms, and defense and foreign policy. Sometimes we delve into books, movies, and technology.
The most recent few episodes can be found below. Find an archive of all past podcasts here. Find the feed for new episodes here.
The Crossbox Podcast: Episode 17 - Grab Bags
In this episode, we can’t decide on one item for each topic, so instead we bring you a grab bag of grab bags. Jay talks about backwards aircraft carriers and the origin of the minimap, John tells you about news which was fresh when we recorded and old when we publish, and new audio setup reduces Jay’s obnoxious breathing noises by up to 80%.
Further reading
John breaks the Wilson Combat EDC X9 story several hours before any major source
John decides the EDC X9 is stupid
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The Crossbox Podcast: Episode 16 - Winter, Planely Negative
In this episode, Jay picks a horrifyingly punny title, we agree that shotguns are for door locks, beanbags, and pigeons clay and live, John picks older items in a gaming topic than Jay for once, and we discuss the only pitiful species of hornet in the world.
Further reading
Clashes and 11 Days of Christmas, Marshall L. Michael III
A Gripen-C (payload 11,400lb) can indeed carry an empty A-4F (weight 10,450lb). We couldn’t find payload figures for the Gripen-A in our admittedly abbreviated after-show research.
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The Crossbox Podcast: Episode 15 - Two Favorites
After yet another month of failing to finish our special project, we knock together an episode at the last second to keep our monthly schedule going, sort of like this.
Further reading
P320 selection
Borgundy pistol selection
DCS Viggen videos
InRange TV AK mud test
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The Crossbox Podcast: Episode 14 - Christmas Special
Merry Christmas! We dive into our wishlists for a very special special episode.
Further reading
YAGM-169
In defense of the single-seat attack helo
Website search for ‘tank’, since John has written about a million of ’em
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The Crossbox Podcast: Episode 13 - Qualified Approval
We’re back to our normal format for a very late November episode. Join us for some griping about one thing which really isn’t tacticool, some games which we don’t understand, and the case of the missing quals.
Further reading
PC Gamer writes up some terrible adventure game puzzles
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