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Shortcast 37 – Rusty Interruptions

24 November 2017 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

THE FORCE IS…EXPENSIVE?: With the hotly anticipated Star Wars: Battlefront II released recently, with it came a lot of controversy. It stands at the apex of a recent trend toward big-budget titles adopting monetizing tactics more commonly found in free-to-play mobile games, this time in the form of blind boxes aka loot boxes. Andrew and D. dive into this controversy and try to find the middle ground.

LINKS:

Brightman, James. “Loot Boxes Are Not Bad Game Design, Says Devs.” GamesIndustry.Biz. 20 Nov. 2017.
Kamper, Soeren. “It Will Take 4,528 Hours of Gameplay (or $2100) to Unlock All Base-Game Content In Star Wars: Battlefront II.” Star Wars Gaming. 14 Nov. 2017.
Klepek, Patrick. “‘It Feels Wrong’: Why a Popular Clicker Game Sequel’s Ditching Free-to-Play.” Waypoint. 20 Nov. 2017.

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Episode 141 – The Unpop Culture

28 July 2017 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: In a fit of nostalgia, Andrew picks up The Sims 3 again (starts at 1:49) while Dan can’t get past a nit-pick to enjoy anything Netflix’s Castlevania has to offer (20:46).

SDCC 2017: [starts at 34:04] It was a big weekend for nerd culture as the San Diego Comic Con dropped a bunch of new trailers on the world. Dan and Andrew look at three trailers and how they seem to be pointing out the creative direction of their respective studios with Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, DC/Warner Bros.’ Justice League, and Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One.

For reference, here are the three trailers the discussion focuses on.

Thor: Ragnarok

Justice League

Ready Player One

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 29 – “Guitar Mode”: Andrew discusses reading the Ernest Cline novel, Ready Player One.
Episode 42 – “Unology”: Dan and Andrew discuss the announcement that Steven Spielberg would be adapting Ready Player One as a film.

WORKS CITED, REFERENCED, OR CONSULTED:

Purdom, Clayton. “The Ready Player One Backlash Has Begun.” A.V. Club. Onion Inc., 24 July 2017.

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