WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew dives into Paizo's newest RPG, Starfinder, while D. Bethel checks out the premier episode of Disney XD's reboot of DuckTales.

REAL MONSTERS: Dan and Andrew just hang back and have a conversation rather than a guided discourse about Nazis in popular culture. They go all over the place, but hover around the topic of how (and why) they're used in fiction.

RELATED LINKS:

• Episode 20 - "Hydra Healthcare." Contains a segment dedicated to talking about Hydra as presented in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (starts at 38:55).
• Episode 139 - "A Warm Heat." D. Bethel talks about his impressions playing Wolfenstein: The New Order (starts at 15:20).

WORKS REFERENCED:

• Fleming, Jr., Mike. “The Joker Origin Story on Deck: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Martin Scorsese Aboard WB/DC Film.” Deadline. Penske Business Media, LLC, 22 Aug. 2017.
• McCarter, Reid. “Wolfenstein: The New Order Fights for the Past.” Bullet Points Monthly. Bullet Points Monthly, 05 July 2017.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio
-"Bad Man" by The Coral
-"Fanfare" by Nobuo Uematsu (from Final Fantasy VI)

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew (starts at 1:38) hesitantly re-approaches (though actually, basically for the first time) Star Trek: Enterprise, while D. Bethel (16:13) has fun sacrificing folks in Kitfox Games' The Shrouded Isle.

LUDIC CROSS-POLLINATION: (27:34) Gen Con, the long-running tabletop-focused convention, rolls out this weekend and leading up to it were a few announcements about new board games in an attempt to ride that wave of publicity. One of them is a brand new adventure board game based on the Fallout video game franchise. Lots of things like tv shows and movies are licensed for use within board games, but the kind of translation that can occur when adapting a game from one medium into a game in another proved a fascinating topic of conversation this week.

RELATED LINKS:

• Episode 26 - "The Effect of Randomosity" - Where Andrew and D. discuss Amodée's acquisition/merger with Fantasy Flight Games.
• Episode 94 - "The Garbleflangers" - Where D. and Andrew talk about this cross-medium translation, but in the other direction.

WORKS REFERENCED:

• Allbright, Dann. "9 Awesome Board Games Based on Video Games." MakeUseOf.com, 22 Jan. 2016.
• Roberts, David. "The Best Video Game-Themed Board Games You Can Buy." Games Radar. Future plc, 03 Mar. 2017.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio
-"Get Aboard" by Daryl Neil Alexander Griffith (from the soundtrack to Valiant Hearts)

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew played Punch Club by Lazy Bear Games while D. talks about his time with Thunder Lotus Games' newest release, Sundered.

RELATED LINKS:

• Episode 107 - "Spock's Screams" where D. Bethel discusses Thunder Lotus Games' previous release, Jotun.
• D. Bethel (and his dog, Rusty) play Sundered on The Dan & Rusty Video Game Power Hour (episodes 17, 18.1 & 18.2)

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew saw Spider-Man: Homecoming so now they can talk about it while D. gets upset that Vice Media fired gaming journalist, Mike Diver, who co-created Vice's video game wing, Waypoint.

NAME THAT CHIPTUNE: After going deep into an YouTube hole watching marching bands playing video game music, Andrew brings to the table the question: When the hell did video game music become so popular? Is it that good or are we just getting old?

RELATED LINKS:

• Emily Reese's podcasts about video game music: First, the defunct Top Score with Emily Reese (the archives are still active) and the current Level with Emily Reese.
• New Dan & Rusty Video Game Power Hour where they play Thunder Lotus Games' new release, Sundered.
• D. Bethel's interview with Nathan Miller for the podcast, Finding Sacramento.

WORKS CITED, REFERENCED, OR CONSULTED:

• Lieberman, David. "Vice Media Cuts Staff by 2% As it Sharpens Focus on Video." Deadline. Penske Business Media, 21 Jul. 2017.
• Raymond, Adam K. "Vice Holds Field Day in Brooklyn as Dozens of Employees are Laid Off." New York Magazine. New York Media, 21 Jul. 2017.

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

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio
-"Scene III (Final Fantasy - 'Opening Theme', 'Town', 'Matoya's Cave')" by The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (from Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy; arranged by Katsuhisa & Takayuki Hattori)