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Business Is About to Happen

8 March 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

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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Episode 160 – Business Exempt

19 October 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 3 comments

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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, it’s a dive into the Fall tv shows that both our hosts were excited to see as Andrew watches the first episode of Alton Brown’s Good Eats: Reloaded while D. Bethel reacts to the first three episodes of the second season of The Gifted.

GAMES WORKERS UNITE: In the wake of massive layoffs by developers like Telltale Games and Riot Games, The Vulture published an article under the auspice of being a “behind the scenes” look at Red Dead Redemption 2‘s development at Rockstar Games. The article sparked a lot of controversy, specifically around the (walked back) claim of the team working 100-hour weeks multiple times during 2018 to make sure this game is top of the line in terms of quality. These incidents bring again a highlight to the labor practices of game development, through which D. and Andrew try to wade.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 55 – Ga-Don’t-Ken: Where Andrew first discusses Alton Brown’s Good Eats.
Episode 128 – His Curry Name: Where Andrew reminisces about seeing the Alton Brown live show, Eat Your Science.
Episode 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It: Where D. discusses the first season premiere of Fox’s The Gifted.
Shortcast 40 – Shortcast Your Mom: Where D. Bethel gives his impressions after the first season finale of The Gifted.
Shortcast 70 – Mr. Moustache: Where Andrew and D. discuss their hopes for upcoming fall tv.

LINKS:

“Alterna Comics Publisher Issues Statement About Social Media Policy.” Comic Book Resources. CBR, 11 Sep. 2018.
Batchelor, James. “Rockstar has been ‘working 100-hour weeks’ on Red Dead Redemption 2.” GamesIndustry.Biz. Gamer Network, 15 Oct. 2018.
Cross, Katherine. “What Will Be Left of the People Who Make Our Games?” Polygon. Vox Media, 17 Oct. 2018.
Game Workers Unite!
Goldberg, Harold. “How the West was Digitized: The Making of Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2.” Vulture. New York Media, LLC, 14 Oct. 2018.
Klepek, Patrick. “The Industry Won’t Change if Reporters Let the Powerful Off the Hook.” Waypoint. Vice Media, 15 Oct. 2018.
Matadeen, Renaldo. “Creator Claims He Was ‘Forced Off’ Alterna Book Over Block Chain Ban.” Comic Book Resources. CBR, 02 Sep. 2018.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Shortcast 40 – Shortcast Your Mom

26 January 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 2 comments

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WEEK IN GEEK – COMIC BOOK TV SHOW EDITION: Andrew tunes in to the CW’s newest superhero premiere––Black Lightning––while D. Bethel looks back at the first season of Fox’s The Gifted. SPOILER WARNING

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It: Where D. Bethel shared his thoughts about the first episode of The Gifted.
Episode 149 – We Are Not Here: Where Andrew talks about 2017’s big DC/CW crossover event, “Crisis on Earth X.”

RELEVANT LINKS:

“Emma Dumont from Fox’s The Gifted Gets Emotional About Polaris” interview by Justin Gilbert Alba via Comicsverse.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Shortcast 36 – Caca Fats

17 November 2017 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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THE STATE OF SUPERHERO CINEMA (AND TV): With so much superheroic media out there right now, and with Marvel, DC, and Fox swinging wildly on both the large and small screens, Andrew and D. Bethel take a look at how things are sorting out, how they’ve changed over the last year or so, and where things might go.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 27 – “Super Sleep Mode”: The first Thanksgiving episode where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss post-apocalyptic fiction.
Shortcast 10 – “Roll for Dark Meat”: The second Thanksgiving episode wherein a Shortcast was recorded.
Shortcast 19 – “What Was Town?”: The third Thanksgiving episode which is yet another Shortcast.

LINKS:

Alexander, Julia. “Ben Affleck’s Batman Uncertainty Brings the Justice League’s Future Into Question.” Polygon. 14 Nov. 2017.
Matadeen, Renaldo. “The Gifted Is a Better Introduction to Marvel’s Mutants than Fox’s Movies.” Comic Book Resources. 12 Nov. 2017.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Thunder Busters” by Wax Audio

Episode 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It

13 October 2017 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew attends Seattle’s BrickCon and is intrigued by not only the affordable prices of hard-to-get sets, but also the creativity of independent LEGO builders, while Dan gives his impressions on the pilot episode of Fox’s new tv show based, ostensibly, on their cinematic X-verse, The Gifted.

WHAT A THRILL: Andrew, inspired its free status for PS Plus subscribers this month, re-downloads Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and gets poisoned by Venom Snake all over again, two years on.

NOT MY AMERICA: Swedish developer, MachineGames, and their parent company, Bethesda, are ramping up the marketing for their upcoming, hotly anticipated sequel, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and their tact has made a certain demographic very displeased.

Make America Nazi-Free Again. #NoMoreNazis #Wolf2 pic.twitter.com/52OESypw4P

— Wolfenstein (@wolfenstein) October 5, 2017

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 67 – “Things on the Fiction”: Where D. talks about starting Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Episode 70 – “The Big Fiddle”: Where D. talks about finishing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Episode 71 – “This Like”: Where Andrew starts playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Episode 75 – “A Sad Game About Nuclear Disarmament”: Where Andrew discusses a mission in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain that truly disturbed him.
Episode 139 – “A Warm Heat”: Where D. first talks about Wolfenstein: The New Order.
Episode 144 – “Commodore Chew-Town”: Where our hosts discuss Nazis in America.

WORKS CITED:

Hughes, William. “Nazi-Killing Video Game Adopts Controversial Anti-Nazi Marketing Stance.” AV Club. Onion, Inc., 05 October 2017.
Tarason, Dominic. “Bethesda Issue Statement Confirming Nazis Are Bad, As Wolfenstein 2’s Ad Campaign Draws Flak.” PCGamesN, 07 October 2017.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Stayin’ in Black” by Wax Audio