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25 January 2019 – Slapdash Hot Mess

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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew takes dives into season three of Netflix’s The Travelers and ponders how it continually plays with time travel in interesting ways while D. Bethel gets educated and affected by the Netflix documentary, Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski––a documentary about artist Stanisław Szukalski and his time trying to create a national artistic identity for Poland, his brush with nationalism, his loss of everything due to Nazi occupation, and his rediscovery by a bunch of scraggly Los Angeles underground comix makers.

Here’s the trailer for Travelers, season 3:

And here’s the trailer for Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 49 – Muting the Ambulance (15 May 2015): When Andrew talked about another Netflix original, Grace and Frankie.
Episode 121 – Almost an Andrew Sandwich (27 Jan. 2017): Where Andrew reflected on the first season of Travelers.

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18 January 2019 – Sandwich Poets

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Image Source: Chooseco. Art by Paul Granger.

NERD LAW, 2019: Two unrelated but intriguingly similar trademark cases have made the rounds in the news this last week. Chooseco, the owner of the Choose Your Own Adventure franchise has brought a lawsuit to Netflix over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and the tenuous if not honorific connections that movie has to the classic children’s book series. In the world of video games, the Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations has sued Take Two––owners of Rockstar Games––for the apparent vilification of the company in the developer’s highly successful late-2018 release, Red Dead Redemption 2. Andrew and D. Bethel sound the Nerd Law alarm and discuss these two cases in depth.

Dan will be tabling at Stocktoncon Winter this Sunday, January 20, with Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics yet again (which hints at a return of the Con Artists limited podcast series)! If you’re in the area, please stop by. For more information, read this post at Long John or go straight to the source at Stocktoncon.com. Hope to see you there!

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 03 – Interview with André La Roche (31 Dec. 2014): A talk Andrew has with fellow lawyer and nerd to talk about writing for tabletop RPGs.
Episode 150 – Comivention (15 Dec. 2017): A Nerd Law episode where Andrew examines Epic Games’ suing of players cheating in Fortnite.
Episode 156 – River City Rampage (17 Aug 2018): A smorgasbord episode of Nerd Law as Andrew discusses the acquisition of Fox properties by Disney and Nintendo’s drop of the hammer on emulation sites.
Episode 158 – Bluster and Impotence (05 Oct. 2018): A Nerd Law discussion about ComicsGate’s Richard Meyer suing Mark Waid for “tortious interference with a contract.”
Shortcast 76 – A Sense of Place (30 Nov. 2018): Where D. Bethel discussed his early time with Red Dead Redemption 2.
11 January 2019 – Close the Loop: Where Andrew talked about his experience with Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.

LINKS:

The Pinkerton Detective Agency was a job; it was not a requirement to be a hero as this tweet from JoeWV testifies:

Pinkertons put a Gatling gun on the railroad car and shot at my great grandparents living in tents while on strike at Paint creek, wv. They absolutely were hired thugs

— JoeWV (@JOEWV) January 16, 2019

Despair, Inc.’s first and only installment of the “Lose Your Own Adventure” series of books.

Asplund, Andrew. “Nerd Law 101: Intellectual Property Basics.” A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 22 Mar. 2017.
Doctorow, Cory. “Games Workshop Trademark Bullying Goes Thermonuclear: Now They Say You Can’t Use ‘Space Marine’ in Science Fiction.” Boing Boing. Happy Mutants, 06 Feb. 2013.
Goslin, Austen. “Netflix Hit With a Choose Your Own Adventure Lawsuit Over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” Polygon. Vox Media, 11 Jan. 2019.
Robertson, Adi. “Red Dead Redemption 2‘s Pinkerton Agents Are at the Center of a Lawsuit.” The Verge. Vox Media, 14 Jan. 2019.
Wales, Matt. “Gearbox Boss Randy Pitchford Accused of Taking Secret $12m Bonus, More During Legal Tussle With Studio’s Former Lawyer.” Eurogamer. Gamer Network, 11 Jan. 2019.

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11 January 2019 – Close the Loop

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew…watches? plays?…the Black Mirror interactive movie (episode?), Bandersnatch, while D. Bethel gets sentimental about Transformers again after watching Bumblebee.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 06 – Heart Law, Article 9 (03 July 2014): Where D. Bethel relays his thoughts on the fourth Transformers movie, Transformers: The Age of Extinction.
Shortcast 26 – It’s Fun to Do Less (07 July 2017): Where D. Bethel discussed his thoughts of the previous Transformers movie, Transformers: The Last Knight.
Shortcast 57 – Fair Point, Dude (01 June 2018): Where Andrew steps into modern coding by taking a Udemy course.
End-Of-Year-Cast 001 – #WIN (28 Dec. 2018): Where Andrew talks about programming Choose-Your-Own-Adventure styled browser-based games.

LINKS:

Rubin, Peter. “How the Surprise New Interactive Black Mirror Came Together.” WIRED. Condé Nast, 28 Dec. 2018.
The Cave of Adventure: A HTML5 Choose Your Own Adventure Series – Link to Andrew’s early efforts at programming a “Choose Your Own Adventure”-styled browser-based game.

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04 January 2019 – Increasingly Without a Difference

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LOOKING FORWARD: With 2018 behind them, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss what they’re looking forward to in 2019. Andrew is interested in the upcoming premium Disney streaming service, Disney+, as well as to Bethesda Game Studios adding more content to Fallout 76, while D. Bethel can’t wait for It, Chapter 2 to hit theaters as well as playing the new game from Firewatch‘s Campo Santo, In the Valley of the Gods.

What are you looking forward to in 2019? Let us know in the comments!

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 84 – Your Cursor is My Prisoner (19 Feb. 2016): Where D. Bethel discussed his time with Campo Santo’s Firewatch.
Shortcast 17 – YouChoob (08 July 2016): Where Andrew discusses his experience playing Gone Home.
Shortcast 31 – The Secret Was the Clap (29 Sep. 2017): Where D. Bethel enjoyed the first installment of the new It movie.
Shortcast 54 – Cameo Train (11 May 2018): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss Avengers: Infinity War.
Shortcast 76 – A Sense of Place (30 Nov. 2018): Where Andrew talks in depth about playing Fallout 76.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Fienberg, Daniel. “The Duffer Brothers Talk Stranger Things Influences, It Dreams, and Netflix Phase 2.” The Hollywood Reporter. 01 Aug. 2016.

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End-Of-Year-Cast 001 – #WIN

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THE YEAR THAT WAS: With the final week of the year barreling toward us, Andrew and D. Bethel decide to throw format out the window and just talk. Guided by the question, “What does 2018 make you think of?”, they veer all over the place from Fallout (of course) and learning how to code to the many-tiered beast that was ComicsGate and the panacea to that garbage with things like the new Halloween and She-Ra.

What do you think of when you think of the 2018 that was? How would you summarize this year? Let us know!

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 46 – Wakandan Skip Fires (09 Mar. 2018): When Black Panther was discussed.
Shortcast 57 – Fair Point, Dude (1 June 2018): When Andrew first discussed stepping into the game-development world with classes through Udemy.
Shortcast 75 – Llamas on the Beach (23 Nov. 2018): When D. Bethel talked about the emotional impact that the new Halloween packed.
Con Artists Episodes 1-3: Where D. Bethel and friend of the show, Kyrun Silva, talked about reading, making, and selling comics during StocktonCon 2018.
Episodes mentioning Fallout: Instead of writing out each episode where Andrew talked about Fallout, here’s a list to all the times the game series has been mentioned in the show.

RELEVANT LINKS:

The Cave of Adventure: A HTML5 Choose Your Own Adventure Series – Link to Andrew’s early efforts at programming a “Choose Your Own Adventure”-styled browser-based game.
Taurus Comics, the home of comics created by Kyrun Silva.
Rupert, Liana. “Insomniac Community Director Comments on Spider-Man’s Raimi Suit.” Comic Book. ComicBook.com, 20 Dec. 2018.

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-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Guestcast 03 – Muted Police Action

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A TAYLORED EXPERIENCE: With D. Bethel locked behind closed doors to grade the work of his beloved students, friend-of-the-show Taylor Katcher has graciously stepped in to help Andrew in his hour of need. Together, they run the gamut of nerdy topics, from Super Smash Bros. to Betrayal Legacy to Civilization VI on the iPhone to the most recent DC/CW crossover event, “Elseworlds.”

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Guestcast 02 – Ready Taylor One: Taylor’s last appearance on the last Guestcast. Also, in the “Related Episodes” section of the notes, you can find all of the other times Taylor has appeared on the show.

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Episode 161 – Mustache Nonsense

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew gets impressed with The Bard’s Tale Trilogy remastered collection on Steam while D. Bethel watches Venom and, even though he enjoyed it, wonders why it’s hitting such a strong chord with viewers.

DOCTOR BOO!: With Spookytober drawing to a close, Andrew and D. couldn’t not talk about Doctor Who, so they dove into the archive to talk about what they argue may be one of the series’ scariest episodes yet, series 4’s “Midnight.”

LINKS:

“Haddonfield Has a Posse.” Episode 7 of Halloween Unmasked, where John Carpenter talks about the two types of fear.

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Episode 160 – Business Exempt

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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, it’s a dive into the Fall tv shows that both our hosts were excited to see as Andrew watches the first episode of Alton Brown’s Good Eats: Reloaded while D. Bethel reacts to the first three episodes of the second season of The Gifted.

GAMES WORKERS UNITE: In the wake of massive layoffs by developers like Telltale Games and Riot Games, The Vulture published an article under the auspice of being a “behind the scenes” look at Red Dead Redemption 2‘s development at Rockstar Games. The article sparked a lot of controversy, specifically around the (walked back) claim of the team working 100-hour weeks multiple times during 2018 to make sure this game is top of the line in terms of quality. These incidents bring again a highlight to the labor practices of game development, through which D. and Andrew try to wade.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 55 – Ga-Don’t-Ken: Where Andrew first discusses Alton Brown’s Good Eats.
Episode 128 – His Curry Name: Where Andrew reminisces about seeing the Alton Brown live show, Eat Your Science.
Episode 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It: Where D. discusses the first season premiere of Fox’s The Gifted.
Shortcast 40 – Shortcast Your Mom: Where D. Bethel gives his impressions after the first season finale of The Gifted.
Shortcast 70 – Mr. Moustache: Where Andrew and D. discuss their hopes for upcoming fall tv.

LINKS:

“Alterna Comics Publisher Issues Statement About Social Media Policy.” Comic Book Resources. CBR, 11 Sep. 2018.
Batchelor, James. “Rockstar has been ‘working 100-hour weeks’ on Red Dead Redemption 2.” GamesIndustry.Biz. Gamer Network, 15 Oct. 2018.
Cross, Katherine. “What Will Be Left of the People Who Make Our Games?” Polygon. Vox Media, 17 Oct. 2018.
Game Workers Unite!
Goldberg, Harold. “How the West was Digitized: The Making of Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2.” Vulture. New York Media, LLC, 14 Oct. 2018.
Klepek, Patrick. “The Industry Won’t Change if Reporters Let the Powerful Off the Hook.” Waypoint. Vice Media, 15 Oct. 2018.
Matadeen, Renaldo. “Creator Claims He Was ‘Forced Off’ Alterna Book Over Block Chain Ban.” Comic Book Resources. CBR, 02 Sep. 2018.

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Episode 159 – Toxic Delivery Mechanism

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HALLOWED HALLOWEEN: The Spookytober topic for this week is the forty-years later direct sequel to John Carpenter’s breakthrough––and culturally important––hit, Halloween. This new movie, Halloween, sees the return of Jamie Lee Curtis to her role as Laurie Strode but instead of being the prey of Michael Meyers, it is he who becomes the hunted. Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the series and what they’re expecting/hoping from this new movie.

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew gets his Metroidvania on with Chucklefish’s Timespinner and how eerily Castlevania: Symphony of the Night it seems to be at times while D. Bethel becomes enthralled with the first five episodes of the podcast audio drama produced by a collaboration between Marvel Comics and Stitcher (the podcast streaming website), Wolverine: The Long Night.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 10 – Nerd Business: Where Andrew and D. Bethel argue that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a game worth playing.
Episode 39 – Jerry Goldsmith White Noise Machine: Where D. Bethel praised John Carpenter’s music album debut, Lost Themes.
Episode 70 – The Big Fiddle: Where D. Bethel and Andrew discuss Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
Episode 100, Part 1 – Missing the Middle: Where D. and Andrew talk about the resurgence of audio dramas.
Episode 100, Part 2 – Action Noir Theater: Featuring the debut of Andrew and D.’s audio drama starring Nick Springer.
Episode 102 – An Existential Poem: Where D. Bethel discusses John Carpenter’s follow up to Lost Themes––Lost Themes II.
Shortcast 62 – Not the Episode Title: Where Andrew discussed exercising to Zombies, Run!
Con Artists #03 – StocktonCon, pt. 3: At the very end, Kyrun asks D. Bethel if Wolverine is overpowered and overrated. They also talk about making, selling, and reading comics.

LINKS:

Bethel, D. “News Blast: Marvel Announces Scripted Podcast with ‘Wolverine: The Long Night.’” A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 06 Dec. 2017.
Halloween Unmasked––podcast about the Halloween series by Amy Nicholson for The Ringer.

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Episode 158 – Bluster and Impotence

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MEYERED IN CONTROVERSY: Richard Meyer and his “Diversity and Comics” YouTube Channel have been no stranger on this podcast with his leading the charge of the abhorrent ComicsGate dissention among comic book fandom. After gaining notoriety with his “Dark Roast” YouTube video (since deleted) that accused various popular industry creatives of committing sexual, devious, and illegal acts to get their way to the top, Mark Waid––among others––reached out to Antarctic Press to voice concerns with their decision to publish Meyer’s comic, JAWBREAKERS. After hearing those concerns, Antarctic Press terminated their contract with Meyer and went to the internet to spew bile in response. At the end of September, Meyer sued Waid for “tortious interference with contract” and “defamation.” D. Bethel and resident nerd lawyer, Andrew Asplund, dive back into this cesspool to navigate what exactly is going on throughout this new development.

NOTE: No comment made by Andrew during this episode constitutes legal advice or establishes client-lawyer relations.

TWILIGHT RETURNS: It was recently announced that the previously announced Jordan Peele-produced reboot of The Twilight Zone will actually star Mr. Peele himself as the host for the digital-only streaming service CBS All-Access. Andrew and D. talk about their excitement––and fears! (to make it spooky for Spookytober)––for the upcoming show.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 38 – Love is Made for Chicken Noodle: Where D. Bethel finds Lovecraftian undertones in Get Out.
Shortcast 55 – Occam’s Complexifier: Where Andrew and D. talk about the Antarctic Press incident.

LINKS:

Jackson, Gita. “Video Game About Dating Supreme Court Justices Has a Different Ring To It These Days.” Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group, 01 Oct. 2018.
Johnston, Rich. “Richard Meyer Sues Mark Waid Over ‘Tortious Interference With Contract and Defamation‘.” Bleeding Cool. Bleeding Cool, 29 Sep. 2018.

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