THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: As 2019 hurries to a close, our hosts kick up their feet and just chat about the things they're doing to occupy their time until the new year rolls around. They talk about everything from the winter Steam sale, to finishing Outer Wilds (no spoilers!), to Lovecraftian tabletop games (Fate of Cthulhu), video games (The Sinking City), and novels (Winter Tide), to developing for web browsers, to––of course––Doctor Who and Star Wars.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• "Weird World News"––a module for Fate Core by friend-of-the-show, André La Roche.
• La Roche, André. "Spotlight: The Joke's On Us." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes, 27 October 2019––André's critical look at one of the most divisive movies of the year.
• Wildfire––the game by Ryan Kubik.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "Shortcast 03 - Interview with André La Roche" (31 December 2014): When we actually had friend-of-the-show, André La Roche, on to talk about writing for tabletop games, thus becoming a friend-of-the-show.
• "Episode 89 - High-Five Forever" (25 March 2016): Where D. Bethel talked about the revisionist Lovecraftian story, The Ballad of Black Tom.
• "Shortcast 21 - Love the Stank" (30 December 2016): Where Andrew first talked about playing Stardew Valley.
• "Shortcast 77 - Smash Talk" (14 December 2018): Where our hosts talk about Series 11 of Doctor Who, which introduced the world to Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor.
• "End-Of-Year-Cast #001 - #WIN" (28 December 2018): Where our hosts go over the things that defined 2018 for them.
• "Plants Having Sex" (05 April 2019): Where Andrew first talks about playing No Man's Sky.
• "Threadnaught" (13 September 2019): Where Andrew talks about the big No Man's Sky update, No Man's Sky Beyond.
• "Tile Pile" (22 November 2019): Where D. Bethel discussed his first impressions of Outer Wilds.
• "Universe of Nonsense" (06 December 2019): Where the trailer (and release date) for Series 12 of Doctor Who was discussed.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)
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EXPECTING THE EXPECTED: On the day this podcast episode releases, so too does the newest cinematic installment of the main Star Wars series with Star Wars - Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. But Andrew and D. aren't here to talk about the movie––they haven't seen it yet. Instead, they're here to talk about the talk about the movie, specifically the rather surprising amount of negative reviews coming from––not internet trolls––professional film reviewers. It leads to a multi-faceted conversation about expectations, fandom, and even the changing landscape of cinema narratives.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• Dowd, A. A. "The Rise of Skywalker Rebalances Star Wars Into a Force of Safe, Familiar Fan Service." AV Club. G/O Media, 18 Dec. 2019.
• Robinson, Tasha. "Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a Defeat, Even in Moments of Triumph." Polygon. Vox Media, 18 Dec. 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• Episode 151 - The Coca-Cola of Science Fiction (29 Dec. 2017): Where Andrew and D. are joined by friend-of-the-show, Jason Tudor, to talk about their late takes on Star Wars - Episode VIII: The Last Jedi.
• Shortcast 61 - All-New, All-Same (29 June 2018): Where D. and Andrew talk about Lucasfilm putting their "A Star Wars Story" series on on hold after the failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story in theaters (possibly due to the meddling of internet jerkbags).
• Empty Justice (01 March 2019): Where Andrew and D. document the attempted review bombing (and Rotten Tomatoes' subsequent change in review policy) of Captain Marvel.
• Constitutional Role-Play (15 Nov. 2019): Where Andrew gives his first-blush impressions of Disney+'s The Mandalorian.

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/

WEEK IN GEEK (kind of): It turned out to be an accidental Week in Geek episode as D. Bethel talks about his disappointment with Valve Corporation's sidelining of Campo Santo's Firewatch followup, In the Valley of Gods. On the opposite side of breaking news, Andrew finally gets around to watching Star Trek: Discovery and kind of unabashedly loves it.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• Bethel, D. "Week In Geek: Sacramento Indie Arcade Expo 2017." A Website [ , ] For All intents and Purposes. 12 Apr. 2017.
• McWhertor, Michael. "Firewatch Team's Next Game 'On Hold' As It Works on Other Valve Projects." Polygon. Vox Media, 03 Dec. 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• Episode 84 - Your Cursor Is My Prisoner (19 Feb. 2016): Where D. Bethel talks about his time with Campo Santo's Firewatch.
• Shortcast 78 - Pat Riot (21 Dec. 2018): Where Andrew gives his impressions on the first season of
• Increasingly Without a Difference (04 Jan. 2019): Where D. Bethel relays his excitement to play Campo Santo's followup to Firewatch, In the Valley of Gods (before it got cancelled).

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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/

TRAILER SEASON: With the year coming to an end, it's all about looking forward for nerdy and geeky entertainment. Lately, it seems a lot of trailers for new movies and television events have been dropping that are getting people talking. This week, Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the new trailers for Black Widow, No Time to Die, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and Doctor Who: Series 12.

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/
• "Dan and Rusty" by D. Bethel