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Dicksisms

6 September 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

LAST OF THE TIME LORDS: At the end of August 2019, the world lost a writer who is probably the most important figure to the BBC hit, Doctor Who, in Terrance Dicks. A prominent writer for the show in the late sixties through the eighties, he also served as the script editor (what we would call now a showrunner) for six years (1969-1974), supervising the transitioning in of the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and revitalizing the show’s popularity as it transitioned from black and white into color.

In addition introducing things like the Time Lords and Gallifrey into the continuity, he’s probably most well-known for writing a voluminous amount of the show’s novelizations. In light of his death, Andrew and D. Bethel spend some time talking up one the most important figures in a show they both hold so very dear.

ANDY AND THE PAX WEST OF 2019: Last weekend held the four-day gaming extravaganza called PAX West, which Andrew attended (as well as an associated indie-focused show called Seattle Indie Expo). He goes over the experience of attending the show yet again and how his attitudes about the show have changed over time.

GAMES ANDREW MENTIONED:

RELEVANT LINKS:

Hadoke, Toby. “Terrance Dicks Obituary.” The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited, 03 Sep. 2019.
Information about Sacramento’s CrockerCon 2019 (which D. Bethel will be attending as an exhibitor).
An interview with D. Bethel by the Crocker Art Museum

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 15 – Yes and Yes and No and No (04 Sep. 2014): Where Andrew first talked about attending PAX West.
Episode 63 – Just a Quel (04 Sep. 2015): Andrew attends PAX West 2015.
Episode 106 – Super Legit (09 Sep. 2016): PAX West 2016 happens and Andrew is there to report on it.
Episode 146 – Bad Games Make Precedent (08 Sep. 2017): Andrew attends PAX West 2017.
Episode 157 – Licking Controllers (07 Sep. 2018): Andrew (who attended) and D. Bethel (who didn’t attend) talk about the games at PAX West 2018.

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“I Am The Doctor” by Jon Pertwee

States of Play

30 August 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: The boys are back to video games as Andrew plays the 1.0 release of Klei Entertainment’s sci-fi survival game, Oxygen Not Included, while D. Bethel can’t believe he’s enjoying the heck out of Final Fantasy XV, especially because it makes no sense.

RELEVANT LINKS:

D. Bethel’s write-up about drawing this year’s “CrockerTron” poster for CrockerCon, a Sacramento-based art & comics event held at the illustrious Crocker Art Museum on Thursday, September 12!
There’s a Wikipedia article devoted solely to the long development of Final Fantasy XV.
Here’s a look at an Early Access version (from 2018) of Klei’s Oxygen Not Included:

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 96 – Applejacks. Hot Dogs. Thursday. Fire Truck. (13 May 2016): When Andrew talked about playing a previous Klei Entertainment game, Invisible Inc.

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Ghost Highway

23 August 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

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ANDREW IS OLDER: We start by celebrating Andrew’s birthday a little bit. So, what did he do? He watched Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan again and also went to see Weird Al Yankovic in concert during his “Strings Attached” tour where Yankovic and his band toured with a 41-piece orchestra.

FARTHER FROM HOME: The news this week was kind of bad for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans as Sony and Disney apparently stepped away from the deal that brought them together in the first place. What this means (as it currently stands) is that future Spider-Man films can’t interact with the MCU or Avengers-based films. Andrew and D. Bethel talk about what’s going on here and what are the ups and downs of this news story.

RELATED LINKS:

Kit, Borys. “Spider-Man Studio Sony Goes Public With Marvel Movie Divorce: ‘We Are Disappointed’.” The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Aug. 2019.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 30 – Batting 100 (17 Dec. 2014): Where the infamous Sony hack was discussed.
Episode 96 – Applejacks. Hot Dogs. Thursday. Fire Truck. (13 May 2016): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss their thoughts about Captain America: Civil War, where the current Spider-Man made his debut.
Episode 142 – Rewind Yourself (04 Aug. 2017): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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Wet Shirt Feels

16 August 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew plays Ultima (a.k.a. Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness) in the hopes of reverse engineering it so he can build his own browser game while D. Bethel is genuinely surprised by the depth and charm of Sabotage Studio’s action/platformer/exploration game, The Messenger.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Andrew’s in-development capstone browser game.
Voyager Dragon’s Ultima Upgrade Website.
Klepek, Patrick. “I Had No Idea It Was Possible to Hate the Mid-Game Twist in The Messenger.” Vice Games. Vice Media, 25 Sep. 2018.
- SPOILER ALERT––a nice look at how the game changes midway through. Read at your own caution.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 67 – Baguettevania (24 Aug. 2018): Where the metroidvania rogue-like game, Dead Cells, was discussed.
Episode 159 – Toxic Delivery Mechansim (12 Oct. 2018): Where Andrew discusses the metroidvania, Timespinners, which very much wears its devotion to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, on its sleeve.
Plants Having Sex (19 April 2019): Where Andrew first stepped into the open world mysteries of No Man’s Sky.
Good Gamefeel (28 June 2019): Where D. and Andrew spend the episode talking about the metroidvania glory of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

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Anime Antenna

9 August 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

CRISIS OF INFINITE CASTING NEWS: Seemingly every day since SDCC has brought news of former DC actors being cast in the big DC/CW crossover event, “Crisis on Infinite Earths.” Andrew and D. Bethel break down some of the headlines.

EPIC LETDOWN: In another look at gaming culture is a trash fire, D. and Andrew examine the extreme and toxic blowback that game developer, Glumberland, received from gamers when they announced that their upcoming game, Ooblets, would be exclusive on PC at the Epic Games Store.

RELEVANT LINKS:

McGloin, Matt. “Mark Hamill Rumored For Crisis on Infinite Earths.” Cosmic Book News, 06 Aug. 2019.
Shanley, Patrick. “Indie Game Developer Responds to ‘Horrendously Toxic’ Messages Following Epic Games Store Deal.” The Hollywood Reporter, 06 Aug. 2019.
Wasser, Ben. “Regarding What’s Been Happening.” Medium. A Medium Corporation, 06 Aug. 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 149 – “We Are Not Here” (08 Dec. 2017): Where the DC/CW crossover event, “Crisis on Earth X”, was discussed with Taylor Katcher.
Guestcast 03 – “Muted Police Action” (07 Dec. 2018): Where Andrew and guest host, Taylor Katcher, discussed the previous DC/CW crossover event, “Elseworlds.”
“Start With Doom” (26 July 2019): Where the first casting news about “Crisis on Infinite Earths” from SDCC 2019 was discussed.

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Roman Math

2 August 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew continues his trend of trying things out years after their initial release by sitting down with 2014’s Sims 4 while D. Bethel tries to wrap his head around the opaque––but good?––X-franchise reboot in House of X #1 and Powers of X #1, both written by Jonathan Hickman. SPOILERS for these two titles; you’ve been warned.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Terror, Jude. “House of X, the Second Coming of Morrison’s New X-Men?” Bleeding Cool. 24 July 2019.
- A more critical look of the hyperbolic reception to House of X #1. -D. Bethel
The John Rogers tweet about showrunners on television shows:

My goal as a showrunner is to get to the day I can accidentally step in front of a bus, everyone is sad for a week, and then they make four more years of the show. Diva showrunner bullshit is thriving in this weird environment and I’ll have none of it. https://t.co/GOE2q7UUMg
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) July 28, 2019

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 130 – Form a Constant Voltron (14 April 2017): When D. and Andrew talked about the controversy that sprung up in the wake of the last major X-Men reboot, X-Men Gold and the hidden messages placed by its artist.
Episode 141 – The Unpop Culture (28 July 2017): When Andrew talked about playing The Sims 3.

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Start With Doom

26 July 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 1 comment

CAN YOU SDCC ME NOW?: Though San Diego Comic Con is ostensibly about comic books, the biggest announcements that seem to come out of the show revolve around cinematic and televised properties. Andrew and D. Bethel focus on the announcements that not only ignited their excitement but also triggered their critical processes, from the Cats trailer to the next big DC/CW “Arrowverse” crossover event to the new Star Trek show to Marvel’s Phase 4 lineup.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Here’s the Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men crossover that Dan was thinking of, Planet X by Michael Jan Friedman:

Coggan, Devan. “Here Are All [sic] Marvel’s Upcoming Phase 4 Movies and TV Shows.” Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation, 22 July 2019.
Libbey, Dirk. “Mahershala Ali Pitched the Blade MCU Movie to Marvel, Kevin Feige Reveals.” Cinema Blend. Gateway Blend Entertainment, 22 July 2019.
Ziezulewicz, Geoff. “The Navy’s Probe into Sky Penis.” Navy Times. Sightline Media Group, 13 May 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 08 – “The Injection Objection” (17 July 2014): In a short-lived section called “Andrew Objects,” Andrew lays out why making Jane Foster the new Thor is not a bad idea.
Episode 10 – “Nerd Business” (31 July 2014): In his “Boasts of Bethel” segment, D. Bethel recounts his own SDCC experiences and ponders what SDCC really is about for the fans that attend.
Episode 30 – “Batting 100” (19 Dec. 2014): Where Andrew talks about the John Scalza novel, Redshirts.
Shortcast 08 – “The Other First Thing” (17 July 2015): Where, upon examining that year’s SDCC, Andrew and D. discuss what this convention has become against the purpose and goals it was founded upon.
Episode 141 – “The Unpop Culture” (28 July 2017): Where D. Bethel and Andrew recap some of the most interesting (to them) trailers that premiered during that year’s Comic Con.

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Our Secrets on Record

19 July 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

STILL STRANGE: This week, Andrew and D. Bethel examine what impressed––and what impressed less––them about the recently released season 3 of the Netflix hit, Stranger Things.

RELEVANT LINKS:

“Hopper, P.I.” (edited by Eddie Spuhghetti) The greatest meme to come out of Stranger Things, season 3:

Andreeva, Nellie. “Feeling The Churn: Why Netflix Cancels Shows After A Couple Of Seasons & Why They Can’t Move To New Homes.” Deadline. Penske Business Media, 18 March 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 31 – Post-Op Dan (09 Jan. 2015): Where Andrew opines about the post-Leverage John Rogers show, The Librarians.
Episode 36 – Dan & Andy’s Quality Audio (13 Feb. 2015): Where Andrew made D. watch the pilot episode of John Rogers’ Leverage and they talk about it.
Episode 102 – An Existential Poem (12 Aug. 2016): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the first season of Stranger Things.

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A Veritable Odyssey

12 July 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 2 comments

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MISTER, I’LL MAKE AN EPIC OUT OF YOU: Andrew and D. Bethel briefly touch upon the interesting and promising live-action adaptation of the animated Disney classic, Mulan, even though this seems to be making considerable changes from the animated source material (seemingly to be more in-line with the folkloric source material).

Here’s the Twitter thread that Andrew mentioned, starting here with this tweet by Jenn Ravenna:

https://twitter.com/jennravenna/status/1147917442200436736?s=12

OBLIVIOUS OBSIDIAN: After Chris Avellone’s controversial interview where he makes argument about political content in video games, a former coworker of his at Obsidian––Leonard Boyarski––steps into the trap when discussing the politics of the upcoming Obsidian RPG, The Outer Worlds, in an interview with PC Gamer. Andrew and Dan try to parse the differences with Avellone’s comments and why this is such an issue (still).

REMAKE REDUX: Andrew briefly discusses his short but pleasant time with the recently released Resident Evil 2 remake.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Chalk, Andy. “The Outer Worlds Co-Director Says It Will Be Political, But Not ‘Politically Charged.’” PC Gamer. Future US, 04 July 2019.
Massey, Jake. “Terry Crews ‘Auditions’ For King Triton Role in Brilliant Video.” LADbible. LADbible Group Limited, 11 July 2019.
Orland, Kyle. “Mordhau Developer Denies It Was Planning a ‘Toggle’ For Diversity.” Ars Technica. Condé Nast, 02 July 2019. Updated 03 July 2019.
The tweet about Stranger Things mentioned in the episode:

Ruh-Ruh-Ruh-Rescue Rangers pic.twitter.com/PMJNzyeoLh
— Chris Schweizer (@schweizercomics) July 8, 2019

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 21 – Standing in Landscapes (17 October 2014): Audio from this episode is used in this episode when discussing Mulan.
Episode 130 – Form a Constant Voltron (14 April 2017): Where Andrew discusses the Beauty and the Beast live-action remake.
Pong 2020 (07 June 2019): Where the Chris Avellone controversy is discussed.

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Biker Earthquake

5 July 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew takes a step further into Image & Form Games’ Steamworld, uh, world with their newest entry, Steamworld Quest. D. Bethel dusts off his bushido and patience as he’s both impressed and slightly confused by SNK’s reboot of their classic franchise, Samurai Shodown [sic].

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 127 – Dying Without an Error (17 March 2017): Where D. Bethel is horrified by Samurai Shodown VI.
Shortcast 31 – The Secret Was the Clap (29 Sep. 2017): Where Andrew covers his time with Steamworld Heist.
Shortcast 44 – The Game of Life (23 Feb. 2018): Where D. Bethel plays his hand with the solitaire RPG, Shadowhand.
We Still Don’t Know $#!& (31 May 2019): Where Andrew and D. Bethel make experience points talking about the proliferation of “RPG elements” across gaming genres.

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