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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew continues his trend of trying things out years after their initial release by sitting down with 2014’s Sims 4 while D. Bethel tries to wrap his head around the opaque––but good?––X-franchise reboot in House of X #1 and Powers of X #1, both written by Jonathan Hickman. SPOILERS for these two titles; you’ve been warned.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• Terror, Jude. “House of X, the Second Coming of Morrison’s New X-Men?” Bleeding Cool. 24 July 2019.
  • A more critical look of the hyperbolic reception to House of X #1. -D. Bethel
• The John Rogers tweet about showrunners on television shows:

My goal as a showrunner is to get to the day I can accidentally step in front of a bus, everyone is sad for a week, and then they make four more years of the show. Diva showrunner bullshit is thriving in this weird environment and I’ll have none of it. https://t.co/GOE2q7UUMg

— John Rogers (@jonrog1) July 28, 2019

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• Episode 130 – Form a Constant Voltron (14 April 2017): When D. and Andrew talked about the controversy that sprung up in the wake of the last major X-Men reboot, X-Men Gold and the hidden messages placed by its artist.
• Episode 141 – The Unpop Culture (28 July 2017): When Andrew talked about playing The Sims 3.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• “Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• “District Four” by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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