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The Cutting Edge

29 May 2020 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew and D. Bethel let you in on the newest in modern entertainment. Andrew takes a dip into Nickelodeon’s 2005 animated show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, while Dan finds himself charmed by the 2015 RPG by CD Projekt Red, The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Hall, Charlie. “The Witcher Author and CD Projekt End Royalties Dispute with Licensing Agreement.” Polygon. Vox Media, 20 Dec. 2019.
Lovett, Jamie. “Henry Cavill Returning as Superman for Future DC Comics.” Comic Book. 28 May 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 76 – “A Sense of Place” (30 Nov. 2020): Where D. Bethel mentions Red Dead Redemption 2 in a conversation with Andrew (who uses Fallout 76 as his example) to talk about world-building in video games and how they can be subtle with giving information to players to draw them in.
“Playing the Menu” (20 March 2020): Where Andrew picks up The Witcher 3 after being inspired to do so by watching the Netflix show.
“A Casualty of the Rhyme” (22 May 2020): Where Taylor Katcher shows up to talk to the hosts about the Snyder Cut being released on HBO Max.

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“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
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A Casualty of the Rhyme

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#RELEASETHETAYLORCUT: With a bunch of DC Comics-related news dropping this week, we had to light the Taylor signal to bring in our resident DC expert and Senior Optimist Reporter, Taylor Katcher, to talk about the release of the infamous “Snyder Cut” of 2017’s Justice League on the forthcoming streaming service, HBO Max. Also discussed is the shocking news that Ruby Rose would be stepping down from the lead role on Batwoman after the first season (and had already been renewed for a second).

RELEVANT LINKS:

Follow Taylor on Twitter: @tk4tch
Andreeva, Nellie. “Ruby Rose Exits the CW’s Batwoman, DC Series to Recast Iconic Lead Role For Season 2.” Deadline. Penske Business Media, 19 May 2020.
Colbert, Stephen M. “Batman v. Superman: Zack Snyder Announces Director Commentary Live-Stream.” Screen Rant. 28 Mar. 2020.
Drum, Nicole. “Zack Snyder’s Justice League Officially Releasing on HBO Max.” Comic Book. 20 May 2020.
Otterson, Joe. “Why Batwoman Star Ruby Rose Left the CW Series.” Variety. Variety Media, 20 May 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Episode 90 – Keep Calm, You’re a Warrior Princess” (01 Apr. 2016): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
“Episode 101 – The Black Arts of Algorithms” (05 Aug. 2016): Where Andrew and D. Bethel cover the strange discussion about box office returns in the wake of the rebooted Ghostbusters‘ release.
“Episode 110 – A Taylor [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes” (14 Oct. 2016): Where Taylor came onto the show to talk about the “Flashpoint” crossover event on the DC/CW Arrowverse shows.
“Episode 149 – We Are Not Here” (08 Dec. 2017): Where D. Bethel discusses his viewing of Justice League.
“Episode 152 – My Own Finger” (05 Jan. 2018): Where Taylor arrived to give his 2018 State of the DCEU-nion.
“#SaveGrifter” (14 Feb. 2020): Where Taylor came to the show to talk about the 2019-2020 DC/CW crossover event, “Crisis on Infinite Earths.”
“The Transformers Paradox” (21 Feb. 2020): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about upsetting discourse around Birds of Prey‘s release.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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Bouncing Waveforms

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NEWS BLAST (COVID-19 EDITION): A lot of stuff is going on amid the global pandemic, and Andrew and D. Bethel are here to talk about it (if Dan actually was able to record his audio this time). They talk about the AMC theater chain shunning Universal Pictures amid Trolls World Tour‘s success, Civilization VI‘s bold new plan for a year’s worth of DLC and expansions, Marvel and DC Comics are shipping books again, The Flash has an abbreviated season (ending on somewhat of a downbeat), and New Mutants gets a theatrical release date…again.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Arrant, Chris. “Inside DC’s New Print Distribution Plan (And the New Distributors Involved).” Newsarama, 17 April 2020.
Arrant, Chris. “MARVEL, DC, IMAGE, More Part of DIAMOND’s May 20 Shipping List.” Newsarama. 28 April 2020.
Baron, Zach. “Robert Pattinson: A Dispatch from Isolation.” GQ. Condé Nast, 12 May 2020.
Chalk, Andy. “Civilization 6 is Getting a New Season Pass with 6 DLC Packs.” PC Gamer. Future US, 10 May 2020.
Rubin, Rebecca. “New Mutants Set to Release in August.” Variety. Variety Media, 13 May 2020.

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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
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Technical Difficulties

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IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED “THE NEW MIDNIGHT”: There’s no new episode this week due to some debilitating technical problems on one of the host’s end (it was Dan). Check back next week for a new episode.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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Arcabar

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#CAPITALISM: With Disney taking ownership of the 4th of May, Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the role of ownership in public discourse for a bit.

MUNDANE FANTASY: Looking at where the world is now, and with the meteoric landing of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, D. Bethel and Andrew wonder––why do we love playing games about working…and love them?

RELEVANT LINKS:

Lee, Giacomo. “Is Inktober in Peril?” DigitalArts. IDG Communications, 20 Dec. 2019.
Robertson, Adi. “Disney Isn’t Trying to Steal Your Star Wars Tweets.” The Verge. Vox Media, 28 Apr. 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 116 – “Craftcraft” (02 Dec. 2016): Where D. Bethel and Andrew talk about the rise of crafting in video games.
Shortcast 21 – “Love the Stank” (30 Dec. 2016): Where Andrew talked about Stardew Valley for the first time.
Episode 122 – “It’s a Fake” (03 Feb. 2017): Where Andrew talks about doing mundane tasks in space in the game, Starbound.
“We Still Don’t KNow $#!&” (31 May 2019): Where D. Bethel and Andrew discussed the proliferation of “RPG elements” throughout all video gaming genres.

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“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
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Feed the Fish God

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WEEK IN GEEK: This week, after giving a brief update on the announcement of IMDb TV’s revival of Leverage, Andrew talks about his experience playing Coldwild Games‘ delightful trading simulation game, Merchant of the Skies while D. Bethel finally got around to watching Netflix’s The Witcher.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 31 – “Post-Op Dan” (09 Jan. 2015): Where Andrew discusses his impressions of John Rogers’ post-Leverage show, The Librarians.
Episode 36 – “Dan & Andy’s Quality Audio” (13 Feb. 2015): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the pilot episode for Leverage.
“Dicksisms” (06 Sept. 2019): Where Andrew reflects on his time looking at indie video games at the Seattle Indie Expo.
“Starting By Starting” (03 Jan. 2020): Where Andrew talks about his initial impressions of Netflix’s adaptation of The Witcher.
“Playing the Menu” (20 Mar. 2020): Where Andrew, inspired by the Netflix series, picks up The Witcher III: The Wild Hunt and gives it another shot.

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“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
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Part Racehorse; All Workhorse

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WHAT MAKES A REMAKE: With the incredible success of games like Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy VII Remake, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the legacy of these new games (and their original versions) while also discussing all of the iterations of “re-” that you can find in media (reboots, remakes, remasters).

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Shortcast 76 – “A Sense of Place” (30 November 2018): Where Andrew talks about what was captivating and engaging in the original release of Fallout 76.
“A Veritable Odyssey” (12 July 2019): Where Andrew briefly describes his time playing the beginning of the remake of Resident Evil 2.
“Makes A Taste” (13 March 2020): Where D. Bethel is impressed as he played the demo for Final Fantasy VII Remake.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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The 45th of Marchuary

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OUT OF GAS: Though this is on the feed, this “episode” acts more as an apology for a lack of an episode than actually being one. After almost six years of continuous weekly episodes, we figured a week off wouldn’t do much harm. In the interest of full disclosure, both Andrew and D. Bethel couldn’t muster the energy to get out of being generally exhausted and saddened by their quarantined lives. So, rather than force their way through uninspired conversation, they figured the best thing to do would be to call in a sick day and try again next week.

In the meantime, let us know––in the comments or on the Facebook page––what you’ve been doing to cheer yourselves up in the meantime! It’s always great to hear from you and to hear what you’ve been up to.

Thanks again for listening and the show will be back next week with renewed vigor (with hope).

Stay safe.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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The Battle Is The Game

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finds the retro-JRPG stylings of Square Enix’s Octopath Traveler engaging and fun while D. Bethel gets challenged making the new pages from his webcomic, Long John, into short videos for Instagram, forcing him to look at his own work in new ways.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Brown, Fraser. “Monster Boy Developer Announces DuckTales Quackshots (Update: It’s an April Fool).” PC GAMER. Future US, 01 April 2020.
ComicLab – A podcast hosted by professional webcomickers Brad Guigar (cartoonist of Evil Inc. and editor of Webcomics.com) and Dave Kellett (cartoonist of Sheldon and Drive and co-director of the comic strip documentary, Stripped) where they talk about “making comics and making a living from comics.”
Here’s the videos Dan has been making of his comic on his YouTube channel:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 128 – “His Curry Name” (31 March 2017): Where Andrew discussed playing the indie game about being an oil baron, Turmoil.
Shortcast 33 – “National Character Counts” (20 October 2017): Where D. Bethel discusses playing the JRPG-styled Battle Chasers by Airship Syndicate, based on the comic book series by Joe Madureira.

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“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
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A Light Monopoly

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SHELTER AT HOME: With both hosts hometowns under a “shelter at home” quarantine, they discuss how they’ve had to adjust their behavior to continue their normal nerdy procedures. To that end, Andrew discusses playing tabletop RPGs online using the Roll20 website and the teleconferencing program, Zoom. D. Bethel, on the other hand, talks about comic book distribution and how the major (only?) comics distributor, Diamond Comics, decreed that it will cease ordering (and shipping) new comics immediately; Dan talks about how this affects him and, more importantly, how it affects local comic shops.

Here is a look at the virtual tabletop Andrew created for his game of Spectaculars:

Also, here is the video made by Sacramento comic shop proprietor, Ben Schwartz––owner of Empire’s Comics Vault––laying out the dilemma of comic shop owners in the time of the quarantine (especially before Diamond stopped shipping):

RELEVANT LINKS:

Salkowitz, Rob. “Final Crisis? Diamond Comic Distributors Halts Shipments of New Comics In Response to COVID-19 Shutdowns.” Forbes. Forbes Media, 24 March 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES

Shortcast 72 – Little Paper People (02 Nov. 2018): Where Andrew talked about buying, printing, and assembling papercraft figures for tabletop role-play.
Makes a Taste (13 March 2020): Where Andrew discussed his first play-through of Spectaculars.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“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/)