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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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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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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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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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.

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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