Fri, 25 October 2019
Math That Works

WEEK IN GEEK: Taking a break from the news, Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the things that have been interesting to them over the last week or so. First, Andrew goes back to finish Unknown Worlds Entertainment's Subnautica. Then D. Bethel finds much to appreciate––and much to make him uncomfortable––in the recent film, Joker. Then, to round things out, Andrew also gets underwhelmed but intrigued by the possibility found in Lazy Bear Games' Graveyard Keeper.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Bethel, D. "The Week - 18 October 2019." Long John. Where D. Bethel wrote about his thoughts on Joker.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • Shortcast 21 - Love the Stank (30 Dec 2016): Where Andrew harvests his experience playing Stardew Valley.
  • Episode 126 - Not Choosable Parts (10 March 2017): Where D. Bethel discusses another challenging comic book movie, Logan.
  • Shortcast 28 - Linguistic Bravado (11 Aug. 2017): Where Andrew and D. talk about Lazy Bear Games' previous game, Punch Club.
  • It's Always A Game (08 Feb. 2019): Where Andrew first talked about his time with Subnautica.
  • Tummy Drums (04 Oct. 2019): Where D. Bethel mentions "grotesque" art when discussing Warhammer 40,000 (the show notes also include a link to the Wikipedia explanation of "grotesque" in art and literature).

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FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
    • Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Fri, 18 October 2019
Listeners in the Woodwork

TO ME, MY LITIGATORS: Eyebrows raised recently when a Florida man sued Marvel, Fox, Saban Entertainment, and many other production companies saying that the generation-defining theme song of the '90s X-Men animated show actually plagiarized a strikingly similar theme of a popular Hungarian tv show from the 1980s. Nerd Law man, Andrew, and X-Men fanatic, D. Bethel, put their heads together to see if this case has any legs to stand on. (A big thanks to friend-of-the-show, André La Roche for his consultation on this topic.)

DISNEY PEMDAS: Last week, Disney made waves as it began an irresponsibly long Twitter thread announcing every title that would be available on its upcoming Disney+ service. D. Bethel and Andrew sort through the announcement, talking about how much this will shift the paradigm of entertainment consumption.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Alexander, Leigh. "Report: Konami Didn't Use Metal Gear Solid Theme In MGS4 Due to Plagiarism Accusations." Gamasutra. Informa, 12 December 20018.
  • Leight, Elias. "Vinyl Is Poised to Outsell CDs For the First Time Since 1986." Rolling Stone. Penske Business Media, 06 September 2019.
  • Lovett, Jamie. "Marvel Sued For Allegedly Stealing X-Men: The Animated Series Theme Song." Comic Book. CBS Interactive, 09 October 2019.
  • Zoltan Krisko's complaint against Marvel, et al.
  • "This 80's Song Inspired Mario's Music." YouTube, uploaded by Thomas Game Docs, 20 May 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • Shortcast 03 - Interview with André La Roche (31 December 2014): the episode that featured our nerd legal consultant for this episode.
  • New Dangers (20 September 2019): Our most recent episode talking about Disney and its strange machinations.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
    • Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
  • "Nerd Law" by D. Bethel

Direct download: Episode20191018.mp3
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Fri, 11 October 2019
We Are Mostly Ignorant

A BLIZZARD OF CONTROVERSY: Activision Blizzard––makers of such hit games as World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone––have hit a geo-political wall as they take a stance over controversial statements made by the winner of a Hearthstone tournament about the protests in Hong Kong against the People's Republic of China. Andrew and D. Bethel investigate the complicated relationship between popular American entertainment and China.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Carpenter, Nicole. "Protesters Are Trying to Get Overwatch Banned in China, Using Memes of Popular Hero Mei." Polygon. Vox Media, 09 Oct. 2019.
  • Gault, Matthew. "Blizzard's Hong Kong Screw-Up Is Officially an International Incident." Vice Games. Vice Media, 08 Oct. 2019.
  • Klepek, Patrick. "We Talked to Hearthstone Pro Players Who Are Quitting the Game in Protest." Vice Games. Vice Media, 09 Oct. 2019.
  • Plunkett, Luke. "Blizzard Suspends Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Support, Pulls Prize Money." Kotaku. G/O Media, 08 Oct. 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • Idealistic Ventures Based on Bad Premises (18 March 2016): Where Andrew and D. talked about a new Hearthstone expansion.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
    • Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Direct download: Episode20191011.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:00am PDT
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Fri, 4 October 2019
Tummy Drums

NOT FAR FROM HOME: It was announced that Sony and Disney/Marvel had once again struck a deal that will keep Tom Holland's Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, much to the joy of fans and to the benefit of both companies' bank accounts. Having discussed the initial breakup back when it happened in August, Andrew and D. Bethel have a surprisingly heated discussion of this generally happy news.

THE STRANGEST HANDSHAKE: British tabletop company, Games Workshop, announced that it will be licensing one of its beloved properties––Warhammer 40,000––to American comic book giant, Marvel Comics, to make a line of comic books. This is interesting because both of Games Workshop's original Warhammer line and especially its Warhammer 40,000 line have deep lore and continuities that has our hosts wondering how well it will translate to a comic book series.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Asplund, Andrew. "News Blast: The Parting of the (Warhammer) Ways." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 12 Sept. 2016.
  • "Games Workshop and Marvel Comics Team-Up!" Warhammer Community. 30 Sept. 2019.
  • Jirak, Jamie. "New Spider-Man Deal Includes One More MCU Appearance." Comic Book.com. CBS Interactive, 28 Sept. 2019.
  • Siegel, Tatiana. "Tom Holland's Last-Minute Appeal Helped Seal a Spider-Man Deal." The Hollywood Reporter. 02 Oct. 2019.
  • Wikipedia's entry on "Grotesque" and, specifically, its use in art, to clarify what Dan meant when talking about Warhammer 40,000 and Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham aesthetic.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • Ghost Highway (23 August 2019): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the great Sony-Marvel contract dissolution of 2019.
  • New Dangers (20 September 2019): Where, briefly, D. Bethel and Andrew display their light wrestling knowledge in the light of AEW's strange storyline built around a jock heel wrestler insults his opponent for liking Dungeons & Dragons.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
    • Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Direct download: Episode20191004.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:00am PDT
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