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Chekhov’s Mud Pit

19 August 2022 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

HIGH PREYS: Our hosts discuss how incredibly blindsided––in a good way––by the newest entry into the very wobbly Predator franchise, Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Louis, Brandon. “How Prey‘s New Predator Design was Created for Prequel Movie.” ScreenRant, 12 August 2022.
Jesse Ventura’s tweet praising Prey:

#PreyMovie Great, great, film. @AmberMidthunder you definitely ain't got time to bleed. Welcome to the Predator family. @DannyTRS Thank you for making a such a thoughtful, creative, and wonderful film.
— Jesse Ventura (@GovJVentura) August 7, 2022

“VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGI 71.” Corridor Digital, 07 May 2022: Where CGI artists discuss how the Polish film, The Champion, uses face replacement so the video matches the English language dub. (The discussion of The Champion starts at 09:59 in the video:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Chekhov’s Honk” (22 January 2021): Where our hosts previously referred to Anton Chekhov and the principle of “Chekhov’s Gun” in a title to an episode.
“Ding Dong Bowser” (10 June 2022): Where our hosts previously discussed the trailer for Prey and the news of the included Comanche audio dub.

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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/)

Ding Dong Bowser

10 June 2022 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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NEWS CRUISE: This week, our hosts dive into a variety of news of the shocking, weird, and downright questionable.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Intro – Old Man Talk: Allergies
(02:43) News Cruise: Monte Cook Games’ Announcement
(10:50) Nintendo uses sentencing of a hacker to make a statement.
(16:33) Upcoming Predator prequel, Prey, will be available with a Comanche language audio track.
(22:12) Confusion and deception (maybe?) from Blue Box Game Studios
(31:06) Outro – Netflix’s Sandman and the danger of trailers.
(33:14) Outtakes

RELEVANT LINKS:

Andrew’s short series of tweets about the Monte Cook Games announcement:

It’s funny how an announcement that a TTRPG publisher is releasing their game system ruleset under their own custom open license is enough to rankle me something serious.

It’s 2022. The Creative Commons license is right there for you.
— the profound dark (@profounddark) June 7, 2022

The teaser trailer for the Predator prequel, Prey (the full trailer has since been released and made the connection much more explicit):

Asplund, Andrew. “Legal Issues in Gaming: The Open Game License.” Tales from the Gamer Viceroy, 19 December 2012.
Asplund, Andrew. “Week in Geek: Fantasy AGE RPG.” A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes, 25 August 2016.
Colangelo, BJ. “Prey Will Give Viewers the Option to Watch the Film in Comanche Language.” SlashFilm, Static Media, 07 June 2022.
Phillips, Tom. “Jail Term for Nintendo Pirate Gary Bowser was “Unique Opportunity” to Set Example, Court Documents Reveal.” Eurogamer, Gamer Network Limited, 07 June 2022.
Ryan, Charles. “Announcing the Cypher System Open License.” Monte Cook Games, 06 June 2022.
Schilling, Vincent. “Navajo-Dubbed Finding Nemo and Star Wars: A New Hope Now on Disney+.” Indian Country Today, The Arena Group, 12 February 2021.
Winslow, Jeremy. “OMG, PS5 Horror Game Abandoned is Mired in Controversy Yet Again.” Kotaku, G/O Media, 07 June 2022.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“In a World” (20 March 2015): Where Andrew discusses a bit about Open Game Licenses.
“Drive Your Gorilla” (25 June 2021): Where our hosts first talk about controversy––or at least the mystery––surrounding Blue Box Game Studios.

INFO:

Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
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Social: Andrew – Twitter & Instagram, D. Bethel – Twitter & Instagram
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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/)

“Del Rio Bravo” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5706-del-rio-bravo