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Arias In Embers

21 June 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 2 comments

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, our hosts talk about new things involving their favorite things. For example, Andrew discusses his time playing the Modiphius tabletop RPG, Star Trek Adventures and how it adapts all aspects of the long-lasting franchise, and D. Bethel makes his defense for 20th Century Fox’s Dark Phoenix.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Kit, Borys. “‘We Were Wrong’: Behind Fox’s Dark Phoenix Debacle.” The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media, 10 June 2019.
Newby, Richard. “The Quiet Strengths of Dark Phoenix.” The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media, 08 June 2019.
Bethel, D. “Sketch Fridays #64 – Dark Phoenix.” Long John. LongJohnComic.com, D. Bethel’s write-up after seeing Dark Phoenix the first time and explaining one reason why he had such a strong reaction to it.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 35 – Aural Improvisation (6 Feb. 2015): Where Andrew relates his experience with Cubicle 7’s Doctor Who tabletop RPG.
Episode 126 – Not Choosable Parts (10 March 2017): Where D. Bethel ruminates on the most recent Fox X-film, Logan. He definitely rants in this episode, as well.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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Business Is About to Happen

8 March 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew goes back to the wasteland for the first time as he plays Fantasy Flight’s board game version of Fallout, while D. Bethel does a postmortem on the X-Men-based Fox television show, The Gifted, after its second (and final?) season finale [SPOILER ALERT].

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 143 – This Is A Family Show: Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the announcement of Fantasy Flight’s board game adaptation of Fallout.
Episode 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It: Where D. Bethel talks about the pilot episode of The Gifted.
Shortcast 40 – Shortcast Your Mom: Where D. Bethel talks about The Gifted after the conclusion of its first season.
Episode 160 – Business Exempt: Where D. Bethel talked about the first three episodes of the second season of The Gifted.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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Guestcast 03 – Muted Police Action

7 December 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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A TAYLORED EXPERIENCE: With D. Bethel locked behind closed doors to grade the work of his beloved students, friend-of-the-show Taylor Katcher has graciously stepped in to help Andrew in his hour of need. Together, they run the gamut of nerdy topics, from Super Smash Bros. to Betrayal Legacy to Civilization VI on the iPhone to the most recent DC/CW crossover event, “Elseworlds.”

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Guestcast 02 – Ready Taylor One: Taylor’s last appearance on the last Guestcast. Also, in the “Related Episodes” section of the notes, you can find all of the other times Taylor has appeared on the show.

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-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Shortcast 75 – Llamas on the Beach

23 November 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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Sources: Stonemeier Games (left), Universal/Blumhouse/Miramax (right)

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Charterstone by Stonemaier Games, a new take on the “legacy” board game style while D. Bethel is moved by the new Halloween.

Below is the image D. Bethel mentioned in the episode where Jamie Lee Curtis comforts her character from the new Halloween.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 87 – Thunder and Lighting (11 Mar. 2016): Where Andrew first discussed the “legacy” game style when talking with Jesse Megagames about Pandemic Legacy.
Shortcast 43 – The # Age (16 Feb. 2018): Where Andrew discusses the “legacy”-styled game, Gloomhaven.
Shortcast 47 – The Finest in Lottery Scratcher Technology (16 Mar. 2018): Where Andrew discusses his first look at Pandemic Legacy: Season 2.
Shortcast 64 – The Humming Incident (27 July 2018): Where Andrew and D. bring on Taylor Katcher to discuss his and Andrew’s full playthrough of Pandemic Legacy: Season 2.
Episode 159 – Toxic Delivery Mechanism (12 Oct. 2018): Where the Halloween film series, as well as the hopes and expectations of the new Halloween, were discussed.

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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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Shortcast LXIX – Ain’t No Rules

14 September 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew takes some dungeon mastering advice from Mike Shea aka “Sly Flourish” and his The Lazy Dungeon Master book while Dan becomes smitten by the new Marvel’s Spider-Man game by Insomniac Games.

RELEVANT LINKS:

D. Bethel’s Good Day Sacramento appearance in support of CrockerCon:

Also, the completed drawing D. Bethel did for the Good Day Sacramento appearance:

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Episode 157 – Licking Controllers

7 September 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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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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-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Shortcast 64 – The Humming Incident

27 July 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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IT’S A PANDEMIC PARTY: Andrew and D. Bethel bring on friend-of-the-show and all-star contributor to the site, Taylor Katcher, to discuss Andrew and Taylor’s full playthrough of Pandemic Legacy: Season 2

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 87 – Thunder and Lightning: Where Jesse Megagame talked about Pandemic Legacy with Andrew and D.
Shortcast 43 – The # Age: Where Andrew talked about playing the Legacy-like Gloomhaven and framed it against the very different Pandemic Legacy games.
Shortcast 47 – The Finest in Lottery Scratcher Technology: Where Andrew reflected on the beginning of Pandemic Legacy: Season 2.
Guestcast 02 – Ready Taylor One: Where Taylor guest-hosted with Andrew and talked about the film adaptation of Ready Player One.

RELATED LINKS:

Taylor’s article, “Spotlight: The Marvel Minimum: The Five Movies to See Before Avengers: Infinity War” from this very website.
Walt Disney World News Today, the Disney-focused podcast Taylor co-hosts.
Wil Wheaton and friends play through the Pandemic base game on the Geek and Sundry show, Tabletop:

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Shortcast 47 – The Finest in Lottery Scratcher Technology

16 March 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 3 comments

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WEEK IN GEEK: After weeks away, Andrew and D. Bethel return to talking about the geeky stuff they’ve done in the last week. Andrew plays Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 and is much surprised considering his views on the first game. D. Bethel dives into a different kind of legacy by looking at the first volume of All-New Wolverine as Laura Kinney (formerly X-23) takes the mantle of “Wolverine” from her (at the time) deceased…uh…father? Brother? Twin? Whatever. #comics

Also––a News Blast breaking story about All-New Wolverine and its cancellation announcement made this week.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 29 – Guitar Mode: Where Andrew discusses his experience reading Ernest Clinie’s debut novel, Ready Player One.
Episode 42 – Unology: Where D. and Andrew talk about the announcement of Steven Spielberg as director of the Ready Player One film adaptation.
Episode 87 – Thunder and Lightning: Where Jesse Megagame talked about Pandemic Legacy with Andrew and D.
Episode 107 – Spock’s Screams: Where D. and Andrew talked about the idea behind legacy characters and how they, generally, very much liked the idea.
Shortcast 23 – Special Sickness Edition: Where D. Bethel talked about the Wolverine solo series from the late 1980s collected in Wolverine Epic Collection: Madripoor Nights.
Episode 141 – The Unpop Culture: Where Andrew and D. talk about the first trailer for Ready Player One’s film adaptation.
Shortcast 43 – The # Age: Where Andrew talked about playing the Legacy-like Gloomhaven and framed it against the very different Pandemic Legacy games.

RELATED LINKS:

Rahman, Abid. “Ready Player One: First Reactions From the Premiere.” The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2018.
Wil Wheaton and friends play through the Pandemic base game on the Geek and Sundry show, Tabletop:

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Shortcast 43 – The # Age

16 February 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 3 comments

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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew and D. start with a little Black Panther talk––friend of the show, Kyrun Silva, went on Good Day Sacramento to talk about what the character has meant to him as an independent comic creator––before Andrew discusses the complex but fun fantasy board game, Gloomhaven, while Dan watches the short but effective AMC comic book documentary series, Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 87 – Thunder and Lightning: Where D. and Andrew talk with Seattle Megagame co-founder, Jesse Shepherd, about the board game, Pandemic Legacy.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Check out the website for Gloomhaven‘s developer, Cephalofair (the company name for Isaac Childres), and scroll down to see all the writing he has done about the process of making the game.

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