(static)
- Oh, so close, so close.
There it is.
All right.
Hey g-- (static)
('80s 8-bit music)
(antenna sizzling)
OK.
All right.
So yeah, I'm Marisha Ray on Signal Boost, you guys.
It's our new weekly show.
OK, so clearly, there's endless amounts
of cool stuff in the world.
And you know, it's (scream effect) distracting.
But every once in a while,
you find something that's really cool,
and it just hits your core
and gets you so dang excited
that you just want to share it with the world.
You know, like that feeling you got in high school,
when you fell in love for the first time,
and you just wanted to shout it from the rooftops,
I'm in love!
(crash)
Oh, fuck!
Who bought the drone?
(dramatic bass drum)
That's Signal Boost.
Think of it like show and tell.
And every few episodes, we'll be switching hosts,
so that they can share their unique stuff that they love.
Stuff that often gets missed
in the blitz of what's trending. (beep)
Let's get this son of a bitch started!
This is my run on Signal Boost,
the age of Marisha is now, God, ow!
('80s 8-bit music)
Rat Queens.
All right, if you follow me at all
or are relatively caught up on Critical Role,
you probably have heard one--
(beep)
- We're dressed as Rat Queens.
- We're, we're Rat Queens, I'm Violet.
I'm Hannah.
- Obviously, we love Rat Queens.
(dice rolling)
- Obviously.
- Yeah.
- Rat Queens.
- Or several of us gush about this comic.
Written by Kurtis Wiebe and published by Image Comics,
this series takes that fantasy adventure trope
and gives it a shot of whiskey.
The characters are phenomenally well-written,
and proof that you can feature powerful,
dynamic female characters
without it only being about how they're
powerful, dynamic, female characters.
I adore each gorgeous filthy page of this comic,
for every expectation it broke,
and every unique way it taught me to say the word (beep).
(quarters clinking)
On that note, don't recommend this for kids.
Someone asked me once if they should get it
for their 11-year-old niece's birthday,
and I was like, "Uh, yeah, not so sure about that."
I'd say mature 13-year-olds and up,
maybe,
but I'm also a burner and I don't have children.
So I don't really know what's considered appropriate.
I'm not an expert.
And I don't know if I wanna have kids,
so don't ask me that question.
Just read Rat Queens.
('80s 8-bit music)
OK, I love gardening.
But I'm also pretty sure I'm not the norm,
and most people are like--
- Ugh, gardening!
- Which brings me to my next boost.
Back to the Roots is a company that's dedicated
to the notion of undoing food,
really breaking down the food-growing process
and well, getting us back to the roots
of where our food comes from.
They offer a few ready-to-eat options,
but what I really love about this company
is their ready-to-grow products.
They take out all the pain-in-the-ass parts of gardening
to where all you're left with is the fun!
(balloon pops)
Not only is everything organically
and sustainably produced,
but they also have a grow-one-slash (beep beep beep).
(quarters clinking)
(beep)
They have a grow-one-give-one-slash-pour-it-forward program
that I am in love with.
If you upload a picture of yourself to their Web site
with the awesome plants that you grew,
they will donate the same growing kit
to an elementary school of your choice.
I am partial toward the organic mushroom farm kit.
True story, I had one of these guys once,
and for reasons still (laughs) unknown to this day,
the kit got a bit damp.
Next thing I knew, there were like
mushrooms busting out of the seams of the box.
Ian Malcolm woulda been impressed.
That's all I have to say.
('80s 8-bit music)
My final boost for the day is Spaceteam,
a dope mobile game that you can download
for the low, low price of free, free, free.
It's a group co-op game that you can connect via Bluetooth.
The setup is that you're trying to all fly this spaceship
without getting sucked into a nearby star.
It's very loud, very intense, but is a great game
if you and a group of friends wanna look insane in public.
I suggest playing in a library or a museum.
I imagine it would be kind of what
Geordi La Forge and Scotty would sound like
if they all did crack and started shouting
techno-babble at each other.
Worth it, for that reason alone.
"Realign the thermal gradient resonating
"induction coil, Scotty."
(sci-fi sound effect)
('80s 8-bit music)
That's it for our first episode of Signal Boost.
Catch us here next week,
where I'll have some more dope sheiza
to share with all of you lovelies.
Until then.
Oh, what, what?
We can't do that gag more than once?
I don't care if it's repetitive.
It's not for them, it's for me.
No, I, I wanna be like Geordi.
OK, you know what?
Sorry guys, this was gonna be a cool outro,
but I guess I'll just see you next week.
Rage quit.
(signal fades)