Who is Xopher Reed?

I sit upon my throne as the owner/shogun of this site, WatchPlayRead. But it wasn't always so. I too have had blogspots, I've done other community blogs, I've even written professionally for other sites out there...yet none of them provided the content I had a real passion for.

It's is then that I became tired of being a small cog in a big machine, and of writing about nothing but game news after game news article and the periphery that comes from such schlock, like knowing who Michael Pachter and Bobby Kotick are.

I decided to start MediaWhoreNetwork.com and ran up my post count there for about 2 years, commenting about any and everything that I wanted to. I even started a weekly podcast that I feel has come into its own.

It wasn't until earlier this year that I realized that having the word "whore" in your URL might be a bit limiting to my potential audience. I then made the website and its branding move over to WatchPlayRead.com. Sure, you may think that what we're offering isn't unique, but our community is. And that's something that comes for free with participation in this website, just like our podcast hosting services.


RLR #133 – It Has A Face

Hey everybody! It’s Wednesday and a couple of days past it’s sell-by date, but we’re still fresh enough for the brave to consume.  

RLR #132 – Beargasus

Sorry for the lateness of the episode, but anytime there’s a Monday holiday, this show’s timeliness takes a beating!  

RLR #131 – Bear Rider

Mwahahahaha, we’re on video again, and you know you love it. That’s right, it’s week 3 of RLR Live on YouTube and all in your ears.  

Sayonara iPhone – Part I

You might recall recently that I have planned on switching from my trusty Apple iPhone, which I’ve been using since 2008 and has been by my side for the birth of all three of my children, to an unknown world of Android OS on a Samsung Galaxy Note II. Today I bring you the first steps in this journey.  

RLR #130 – The Flying Dutchman

Returning for its second week as a video podcast and amazing audio show, we bring you this week’s episode of RLR ON TIME!!!  

All Caught Up – Justified

Peer pressure is a mother effer. I had zero inclination to watch this series on FX until a few friends of mine twisted my arm.  

RLR #129 – Ugly Mug

For the first time ever, RLR has recorded a video podcast LIVE via Google+ Hangouts and it was actually a ton of fun.  

Apple…I’m Done, Seriously I Quit.

I’ve made my mind up. I’m done.  

RLR #128 – Taffy Nuts

No words, no bells and whistles, just the podcast. Apologies for being late!  

From the Redbox – Looper

These days/weeks/years, my time is focused mainly on family activities and therefore my shows and movies that I can usually watch have to be kid friendly. I can’t tell you the last time I went to an adult movie at a theatre and watched something NOT for kid consumption…probably Avengers.  

RLR #127 – Dragonbro69

Continuing on with the year of RLR, I bring you our second episode of the 5th year of this podcast.  

So I Joined a Gym – No Hungy Editorial

It was with a giant gnashing of teeth and much wailing and thrashing that I decided to do the one thing that I was trying to not do when it comes to my philosophy of No Hungy…I joined a damn gym.  

The Old Man and the C – A Back to College Adventure

Damn, I really wish I would have worked harder at finishing my degree when I was actually in college.  

No Hungy: Nathan Sports Lock Laces – Review

I won’t get long winded on this review, because let’s face it…it’s shoelaces.  

All Hail the GabeCube

Gabe Newell, the plush faced head of Valve and personal lord and savior for many of the WPR staff has announced that the once thought vaporware Steambox is reality and has given some details.  

No Hungy In Extremis

This year, I made a hell of a 2013 resolution and I’m here to talk about it.  

How I Ruin Television For Myself

I love watching TV with my kids, I love watching it with my wife…for the love of Crom, I even enjoy watching the boob tube with complete strangers in bars (though that may be VERY infrequently). However there is something festering inside of me that is destroying the fantasy, that thing is my own... 

RLR #126 – Turkitten

We start 2013 off right, with Evan and myself being completely stone sober!  

RLR #125 – Farewell 2012

So long to the damn year that seemed like it would never end.  

RLR #124 – Chinese Cartoons

I like the equation for this show. Me + Random Skype Friends + Little Bit o’ Liquor = Great times.