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Big Brother vs. Goliath

14 May 2021 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

FREEDOM FOR APPS: Andrew and D. Bethel dedicate this week’s episode to discussing and parsing and debating and understanding and reacting to the very, very strange lawsuits being fought between Apple and Epic Games. SPOILER: They have no answers.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Hackett, Robert. “The Apple and Epic Games Court Case is Literally Bananas.” Fortune, Fortune Media, 11 May 2021.
Lopatto, Elizabeth. “In Epic v. Apple, Everybody is Losing at the Game of Defining Games.” The Verge, Vox Media, 7 May 2021.
Robertson, Adi. “Epic v. Apple Keeps Coming Back to the Gap Between Ignorance and Inconvenience.” The Verge, Vox Media, 11 May 2021.
A tweet featuring the clever TikTok video about DnD classes using a bow (via the @bluminek TikTok account):

Hahah! This is awesome! https://t.co/oe7407kptP
— Andi Ewington 🐉🐲🎲⚔️🏹 (@AndiEwington) May 12, 2021

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Shortcast 62 – Not the Episode Title” (6 July 2018): Where Andrew discussed his time with the mobile exercise app, Zombies, Run!
“Aiming for Whales” (28 August 2020): Where Andrew and D. Bethel first address the battle between Epic Games and Apple.

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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
Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Shortcast 72 – Little Paper People

2 November 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 2 comments

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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.

INFO:

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
*Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Shortcast 52 – Double Rhymes

27 April 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: With D. Bethel back in the saddle, our hosts settle back into routine. Andrew discusses playing the forgotten entry in the Assassin’s Creed oeuvre, Assassin’s Creed Rogue, and its strange and bold narrative through-line through more than a few other AC games. D. Bethel snuck in some mobile gaming while he was supposed to be grading and fell in love with the vocational routine of the giant robo sim, Last Colossus by Game Stew.

What was your Week in Geek like this week? (Avengers: Infinity War, probably.)

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 77 – That’s Not A Euphemism: Where Andrew discusses playing Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.
Episode 93 – The Clay Man Incident: The episode named after the Clay Man debacle from Dan & Andrew’s 7th grade art class. Thus began a friendship.
Shortcast 18 – Magic Incarnate: Where D. Bethel is impressed by the pilot to the Starz show (now cancelled) Ash vs. The Evil Dead.
Episode 139 – A Warm Heat: Where Andrew is also impressed by the first season of Ash vs. The Evil Dead.

RELATED LINKS:

“Spotlight: The Marvel Minimum: The Four Movies to See Before ‘Avengers: Infinity War’” by Taylor Katcher.

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Shortcast 37 – Rusty Interruptions

24 November 2017 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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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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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Thunder Busters” by Wax Audio

Episode 99 – Jaw-Jackin’

15 July 2016 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew spent his week diving deeper into the Lego muck and mire, watching a bit of the Lego Ninjago animated series in order to get some more context to the more esoteric Lego Dimensions levels he has encountered.. Dan didn’t stray to far, playing Resident Evil 7: Beginning Hour, the proof-of-concept demo for Capcom’s sequel Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (or Biohazard 7: Resident Evil in Japan).

MAKING UP WORDS: In the first look at mobile gaming this week, Dan and Andrew talk about a game that seems to be made just for them, Square Enix and A-Lim’s Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and how it scratches certain itches while causing others.

POKE MONGO: Pokémon Go is just about the biggest thing in the world right now, topping the charts of the iTunes free apps and is, purportedly, even bigger than porn with Google searches. It’s a veritable point-counterpoint discussion as Andrew relates his experience playing the game while Dan remains in ignorance while discussing the world-wide phenomenon that is Nintendo’s latest genius move.

LINKS:
-Help local Sacramento comic shop, Big Brother Comics, recover from a dreadful fire that ravaged the store by contributing at the GoFundMe page.

FEATURED MUSIC:
-“Stayin’ in Black” by Wax Audio
-“Cayenne (Cyan)” by Nobuo Uematsu (from Final Fantasy VI)
-“The Chase is Better Than the Catch” by Motörhead
-“Through the Fire and Flames” by Dragonforce