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Weekend Ramboing

4 December 2020 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew befriends dogs and murders zealots in Far Cry 5 while D. Bethel finally gathers his thoughts (now that he’s seen it both at the drive-in and now at home) on the final X-based release from 20th Century Fox (albeit after Disney’s purchase), The New Mutants, directed by Josh Boone.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Bethel, D. “Spotlight: ‘Masterpieces’ Are Better With Flaws.” A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 04 April 2018. Where D. Bethel writes about games that try to say something and fail are better than games that do otherwise.
Kroll, Justin. “Deadpool 3: Marvel Studios and Ryan Reynolds Tap the Molyneux Sisters to Pen the Sequel.” Deadline. Penske Business Media, 20 November 2020.
Otterson, Joe. “DuckTales Reboot Canceled After Three Seasons at Disney XD.” Variety. Variety Media, 02 December 2020.
Visigoth. “Mammoth Rider.” YouTube, uploaded by The Orchard Enterprises, 27 January 2015.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Episode 136 – Make It So” (02 June 2017): Where D. Bethel and Andrew discuss the controversy surrounding the release of Far Cry 5.
“We Still Don’t Know $#!&” (31 May 2019): Where Andrew first enters the Far Cry universe with Far Cry Primal.
“Arias In Embers” (21 June 2019): Where D. Bethel discusses––and defends––the second-to-last Fox X-film, Dark Phoenix.
“Playing the Menu” (20 March 2020): Where D. Bethel discusses playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, a game that seemingly had something important to say about colonization, but crumbled underneath the weight of a AAA budget and the expectations that brings with it.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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Reverent Irreverence

17 May 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: With all that’s been going on in the nerd world, our hosts take some time out for themselves this week. For Andrew, he attended the theatrical premiere of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine documentary, What We Left Behind. D. Bethel stayed home to explore the digital recreation of classical Egypt while playing Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Origins.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 84 – Your Cursor Is My Prisoner (19 February 2016): Andrew plays the final entry in the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles trilogy. (Previous episodes of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles are Episode 82 and Episode 80).
Episode 122 – It’s a Fake: Where Andrew has D. Bethel watch the classic DS9 episode, “In the Pale Moonlight.”
Shortcast 52 – Double Rhymes (27 April 2018): When Andrew played Assassin’s Creed Rogue.
Wise Captain-Father (19 April 2019): When D. and Andrew talk about the Notre Dame cathedral fire and how Ubisoft’s research into the monument for Assassin’s Creed: Unity may help ease its rebuilding efforts.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Here’s the nightmare chocobo camel Dan witnessed. You have been warned:

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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
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Wise Captain-Father

19 April 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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NOTRE-DAME THE TORPEDOES: We open this week talking about the tragic fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, focusing on how its rebuilding efforts may be aided by the diligent work of Ubisoft (and the work they put into making Assassin’s Creed: Unity.

For context of the jokes Andrew and D. Bethel make at the end of this segment:

THIS SHOULDN’T WORK: Andrew and D. Bethel talk about a tv show they’ve been mildly reticent to discuss because they can’t believe it’s actually good: Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville––an unabashed Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation pastiche that is actually becoming some of the best Star Trek available.

HELL, BOY YOU BETTER STOP: D. Bethel gives a quick look at the newest Hellboy cinematic entry; spoiler: it needs some work.RELEVANT EPISODES:

RELEVANT LINKS:

Gach, Ethan. “Ubisoft Pledges More Than $500,000 to the Notre-Dame Cathedral Restoration Effort.” Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group, 17 Apr. 2019.
Rogers, Adam. “Wrinkles in Spacetime: The Warped Astrophysics of Interstellar.” Wired. Condé Nast, Oct. 2014.
The Quasimodo Notre-Dame tribute drawing by Cristina Correa Freile:

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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 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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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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Episode 136 – Make It So

2 June 2017 Invisible Editor Comments 5 comments

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew starts a Starbound server and learns about the administrative side of online multiplayer gaming while D. helps to make a game better by playing the PS4 beta release of Marvel Heroes Omega.

FAR CRYING: The trailer and promotional artwork for Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5 has inflamed a certain demographic of gamers, or has it? Our humble hosts investigate this conundrum.

WORKS CITED:

Hayes, Matthew. “Petition Calls for Ubisoft to Change Far Cry 5 Villains to Muslims or Change Setting to Canada.” ComicBook.com. 30 May 2017.
Tassi, Paul. “There’s No Way This ‘Cancel Far Cry 5’ Petition is Actually Real.” Forbes. Forbes Media, 30 May 2017.
Walker, Austin. “‘Far Cry 5’ Is About Living Under Fear in America.” Waypoint. Vice Media, 26 May 2017.

LINKS:

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

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Stayin’ in Black” by Wax Audio
-“Bangor Mash” by The Devil Makes Three