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Math That Works

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WEEK IN GEEK: Taking a break from the news, Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the things that have been interesting to them over the last week or so. First, Andrew goes back to finish Unknown Worlds Entertainment’s Subnautica. Then D. Bethel finds much to appreciate––and much to make him uncomfortable––in the recent film, Joker. Then, to round things out, Andrew also gets underwhelmed but intrigued by the possibility found in Lazy Bear Games’ Graveyard Keeper.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Bethel, D. “The Week – 18 October 2019.” Long John. Where D. Bethel wrote about his thoughts on Joker.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 21 – Love the Stank (30 Dec 2016): Where Andrew harvests his experience playing Stardew Valley.
Episode 126 – Not Choosable Parts (10 March 2017): Where D. Bethel discusses another challenging comic book movie, Logan.
Shortcast 28 – Linguistic Bravado (11 Aug. 2017): Where Andrew and D. talk about Lazy Bear Games’ previous game, Punch Club.
It’s Always A Game (08 Feb. 2019): Where Andrew first talked about his time with Subnautica.
Tummy Drums (04 Oct. 2019): Where D. Bethel mentions “grotesque” art when discussing Warhammer 40,000 (the show notes also include a link to the Wikipedia explanation of “grotesque” in art and literature).

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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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States of Play

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WEEK IN GEEK: The boys are back to video games as Andrew plays the 1.0 release of Klei Entertainment’s sci-fi survival game, Oxygen Not Included, while D. Bethel can’t believe he’s enjoying the heck out of Final Fantasy XV, especially because it makes no sense.

RELEVANT LINKS:

D. Bethel’s write-up about drawing this year’s “CrockerTron” poster for CrockerCon, a Sacramento-based art & comics event held at the illustrious Crocker Art Museum on Thursday, September 12!
There’s a Wikipedia article devoted solely to the long development of Final Fantasy XV.
Here’s a look at an Early Access version (from 2018) of Klei’s Oxygen Not Included:

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 96 – Applejacks. Hot Dogs. Thursday. Fire Truck. (13 May 2016): When Andrew talked about playing a previous Klei Entertainment game, Invisible Inc.

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Wet Shirt Feels

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Ultima (a.k.a. Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness) in the hopes of reverse engineering it so he can build his own browser game while D. Bethel is genuinely surprised by the depth and charm of Sabotage Studio’s action/platformer/exploration game, The Messenger.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Andrew’s in-development capstone browser game.
Voyager Dragon’s Ultima Upgrade Website.
Klepek, Patrick. “I Had No Idea It Was Possible to Hate the Mid-Game Twist in The Messenger.” Vice Games. Vice Media, 25 Sep. 2018.
- SPOILER ALERT––a nice look at how the game changes midway through. Read at your own caution.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 67 – Baguettevania (24 Aug. 2018): Where the metroidvania rogue-like game, Dead Cells, was discussed.
Episode 159 – Toxic Delivery Mechansim (12 Oct. 2018): Where Andrew discusses the metroidvania, Timespinners, which very much wears its devotion to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, on its sleeve.
Plants Having Sex (19 April 2019): Where Andrew first stepped into the open world mysteries of No Man’s Sky.
Good Gamefeel (28 June 2019): Where D. and Andrew spend the episode talking about the metroidvania glory of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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Biker Earthquake

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew takes a step further into Image & Form Games’ Steamworld, uh, world with their newest entry, Steamworld Quest. D. Bethel dusts off his bushido and patience as he’s both impressed and slightly confused by SNK’s reboot of their classic franchise, Samurai Shodown [sic].

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 127 – Dying Without an Error (17 March 2017): Where D. Bethel is horrified by Samurai Shodown VI.
Shortcast 31 – The Secret Was the Clap (29 Sep. 2017): Where Andrew covers his time with Steamworld Heist.
Shortcast 44 – The Game of Life (23 Feb. 2018): Where D. Bethel plays his hand with the solitaire RPG, Shadowhand.
We Still Don’t Know $#!& (31 May 2019): Where Andrew and D. Bethel make experience points talking about the proliferation of “RPG elements” across gaming genres.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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Good Gamefeel

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A RITUAL CIRCLE OF ARIAS OF THE NIGHT MOON: Mentioned last week, both Andrew and D. Bethel have put some time into the newest Igavania game––meaning a Metroidvania game specifically made by Koji Igarashi––Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and they are enjoying the presence of both nostalgic throwback and interesting choices that move the genre forward.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Diaz, Ana. “EA Calls Its Loot Boxes ‘Surprise Mechanics,’ Says They’re Used Ethically.” Polygon. Vox Media, 21 June 2019.
The amazing Igarashi video where he introduces the graphics overhaul made to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night:

Source: Sony

Part 1 of D. Bethel’s playthrough of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 62 – Not the Episode Title (06 July 2018): Where D. Bethel discussed playing Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon.
Shortcast 67 – Baguettevania (24 August 2018): Where Andrew and D. talk about another Metroidvania, Dead Cells (and Andrew comes up with a convincing definition for “Metroidvania”).
Episode 159 – Toxic Delivery Mechanism (12 October 2018): Where Andrew discusses Timespinner and its version of slavish devotion to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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Clip from “Harvester of Sorrow” by Metallica (written by Hetfield/Ulrich) from ..And Justice For All (Elektra Records, 1988).

08 February 2019 – It’s Always a Game

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Image Sources: Unknown Worlds Entertainment (top)/Team Cherry (bottom)

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew and D. finally return to video games for their Weeks in Geek. Andrew gets lost (in a good way) playing Subnautica by Unknown Worlds Entertainment while D. Bethel explores the mysterious labyrinthine world found in Team Cherry‘s Hollow Knight.

Andrew’s accidental screenshot while trying to escape the maw of a Reaper Leviathan in *Subnautica*.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Part 1 of D. Bethel’s playthrough of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 75 – A Sad Game About Nuclear Disarmament: Where Andrew shares how a mission from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain also triggered a strong response in him as a former Navy officer.

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-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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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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-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Shortcast 72 – Little Paper People

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Image Sources: @profounddark (top)/Boss Fight Books (bottom)

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew starts things off by falling in love with the crafty goodness of using paper mini-figures for tabletop gaming. D. Bethel dives back into consuming the written word (about video games) with Boss Fight Books’ Shovel Knight by David L. Craddock. Andrew wraps back around to dish a little about Stardew Valley on iOS and how its able to manage saves between platforms.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 27 – Super Sleep Mode: Where D. Bethel mentioned starting to read the book, Console Wars (originally posted in 2014).
Episode 117 – Five Minutes to Funny: Where D. Bethel discussed reading his first Boss Fight Books book, Metal Gear Solid by Ashly and Anthony Burch.
Episode 120 – Where the Hands Touch: Where D. Bethel talks about the mission statement of YouTube video game documentary producer, NoClip.
Shortcast 21 – Love the Stank: Where Andrew first talks about playing Stardew Valley.
Shortcast 58 – Quite Easily Done: Where Andrew and D. talk about NoClip’s documentary about the history of Bethesda Game Studios.
Shortcast 63 – Editing is Magic: Where Andrew and D. talk about another Boss Fight Books entry, Final Fantasy V by Chris Kohler.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Paper Forge – one of the paper mini creators Andrew recommends.
Printable Heroes – another paper mini creator Andrew recommends.
Trash Mob Minis – a third paper mini creator Andrew recommends.
Boss Fight Books
“Week in Geek: Metal Gear Solid by Ashly & Anthony Burch” – D. Bethel’s deeper look into the Metal Gear Solid book where he posts his thoughts about video game criticism.

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Episode 157 – Licking Controllers

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Wendy Crewson and Tom Hanks in a promotional still from *Mazes and Monsters*. Source: CBS

GAMES AT PAX WEST: We sent our man on the scene, Andrew, to PAX West while our Man in California, D. Bethel, watched on the internet. Now, they talk about the games they saw. Andrew muses over gameplay quirks in Stone Story RPG and Aground, while D. reacts to the strong sprites ethic in Get in the Car, Loser! and Star Renegades. Also, Andrew reflects on a series of panels he saw at the event, all of which focus on not just tabletop role-playing games, but specifically––and surprisingly––just Dungeons & Dragons.

Dan can’t get over these sprites! GIF from *Star Renegades*. Source: Massive Damage, Inc.

Also, D. Bethel will be exhibiting at the 2018 Crocker Con in Sacramento! It is on Thursday, September 13th, from 6-9:30pm at the Crocker Art Museum in Downtown Sacramento. For more info, click here, or check out the Facebook Event page.

The poster for this year’s Crocker Con event. Art by Melissa Pagluica.

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Shortcast 67 – Baguettevania

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WEEK IN GEEK: It’s an indie game kind of week as Andrew reports on the Zelda-like shop sim, Moonlighter, by Digital Sun while D. Bethel starts a conversation about everybody’s current favorite rogue-like platformer (kind of a Metroidvania, kind of not; definitely not a “roguevania”), Dead Cells, by Motion Twin.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 27 – Super Sleep Mode: Where Andrew first discussed Rogue Legacy.
Episode 53 – With Space Hands, Episode 54 – Noun the Adjective, and Shortcast 10 – Roll for Dark Meat: Chronicling D. Bethel’s time with Rogue Legacy.
Shortcast 62 – Not the Episode Title: Where D. Bethel discusses his first impressions of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, another game pulling influence from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (though it’s actually much more a pastiche on Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse).

RELEVANT LINKS:

Buy the Dead Cells soundtrack directly from the composer, Yoann Laulan, via Bandcamp

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