Fri, 25 December 2020
Turnips & Romance

WEEK IN GEEK: In the lead up to the holidays, Andrew binges the entirety (so far) of Amazon Prime's original series, Man in the High Castle, while D. Bethel has been playing the delightful yet simple Cat Quest in short bursts.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • The charming Nintendo Direct where Mario & Zelda creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, guides us through the new Super Nintendo World theme park.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 52 - Teasing the Difference" (5 June 2015): Where D. Bethel shares his experience playing The Last of Us Remastered.
  • "Coma Chameleon" (29 November 2019): Where Andrew discussed his time with Death Stranding.

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Fri, 18 December 2020
The Noclip Option

CYBERPROBLEMS 2020: The highly anticipated new game from CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, was finally released after a few delays and it had some...issues. From representation issues to severe bugs, Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that has encouraged a lot of discussion, discourse, as well as hot takes. Andrew & D. Bethel do their best to sort through the mire.

UPDATE: It looks like Sony has removed Cyberpunk 2077 from the Playstation store and is refunding the purchase price to all who bought it there.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Carpenter, Nicole. "Cyberpunk 2077 Publisher Says It Took the 'Wrong Approach' With PS4, XBox One Versions." Polygon. Vox Media, 15 Dec. 2020.
  • Kroll, Justin. "Oscar Isaac to Star as Solid Snake in Sony's Metal Gear Solid movie." Deadline. Penske Business Media, 04 Dec. 2020.
    • Here's a tweet with the video of Oscar Isaac basically casting himself for the role (via @LordBalvin).
  • Gareth Damian Martin's great Twitter thread about Cyberpunk 2077's issues starts here.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Rhythms of the Algo" (17 January 2020): Where it was mentioned that the release of the Netflix original series, The Witcher, prompted a resurgence of popularity in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt.
  • "Playing the Menu" (20 March 2020): Where Andrew started playing The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt after watching the Netflix series.
  • "The Cutting Edge" (29 May 2020): Where D. Bethel talks about picking up The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt after watching the hit Netflix series.
  • "Con Artists #06 - Tickets & Tables" (11 December 2020): Where D. Bethel talks to Taurus Comics' Kyrun Silva about being an independent comicker in a world without comic book conventions.

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Fri, 11 December 2020
Con Artists #06 - Tickets & Tables

As the pandemic rages on, more and more independent artists are left figuring out how to manage their careers in the absence of in-person events, specifically exhibiting at conventions.

The pandemic is also a time for reflection. As the big conventions struggle to give fans some semblance of the con experience through digital-only replacements, independent comickers D. Bethel (of the webcomic, Long John) and Kyrun Silva (of Taurus Comics) come together to discuss the difference in experiences, expectations, and realities of what going to a convention means for fans versus what it means to creators and how the chasm between the two experiences may be larger than they thought.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Above the Clouds – The webcomic by Melissa Pagluica
  • "COMIC-CON! The Con Game!" Robservations, 06 November 2020: The episode of Rob Liefeld's podcast, Robservations, that jumpstarted this converstation.
  • Epic Chaos! – The webcomic by Melissa McCommon.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:

  • Find Kyrun's work through Taurus Comics at:
    • Taurus Comics website
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • D. Bethel's webcomic, Long John.
    • Instagram
    • Comic Facebook
    • Podcast
    • Podcast Facebook

OTHER EPISODES:

  • Con Artists #01 - StocktonCon, pt. 1 : The drive home from the first day of the show. Kyrun and D. discuss making sales, confidence, and the comics they grew up reading and enjoying.
  • Con Artists #02 - StocktonCon, pt. 2 : The drive to StocktonCon to start Day 2 of the show. They discuss the importance of continuity, the level of fan engagement and ownership over continuity, and Dan's strange reading habits growing up.
  • Con Artists #03 - StocktonCon, pt. 3 : Where Kyrun and D. talk about the breadth of indie comics, writing comics, and dive headfirst into personal nostalgia.
  • Con Artists #04 - StocktonCon Winter 2019: Where D. Bethel and Kyrun try out StocktonCon's inaugural Winter show...with mixed results.
  • Con Artists #05 - No Con 2020: Where Kyrun and D. Bethel address being an independent comic creator in a world without conventions.

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Fri, 4 December 2020
Weekend Ramboing

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew befriends dogs and murders zealots in Far Cry 5 while D. Bethel finally gathers his thoughts (now that he's seen it both at the drive-in and now at home) on the final X-based release from 20th Century Fox (albeit after Disney's purchase), The New Mutants, directed by Josh Boone.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Bethel, D. "Spotlight: 'Masterpieces' Are Better With Flaws." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 04 April 2018. Where D. Bethel writes about games that try to say something and fail are better than games that do otherwise.
  • Kroll, Justin. "Deadpool 3: Marvel Studios and Ryan Reynolds Tap the Molyneux Sisters to Pen the Sequel." Deadline. Penske Business Media, 20 November 2020.
  • Otterson, Joe. "DuckTales Reboot Canceled After Three Seasons at Disney XD." Variety. Variety Media, 02 December 2020.
  • Visigoth. “Mammoth Rider.” YouTube, uploaded by The Orchard Enterprises, 27 January 2015.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 136 - Make It So" (02 June 2017): Where D. Bethel and Andrew discuss the controversy surrounding the release of Far Cry 5.
  • "We Still Don't Know $#!&" (31 May 2019): Where Andrew first enters the Far Cry universe with Far Cry Primal.
  • "Arias In Embers" (21 June 2019): Where D. Bethel discusses––and defends––the second-to-last Fox X-film, Dark Phoenix.
  • "Playing the Menu" (20 March 2020): Where D. Bethel discusses playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, a game that seemingly had something important to say about colonization, but crumbled underneath the weight of a AAA budget and the expectations that brings with it.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 27 November 2020
The Worst Canoe

I'VE MISSED THAT SOUND: It was announced that, after his all too brief appearance near the end of Series 13 of Doctor Who left fans wanting more, John Barrowman will return as Captain Jack Harkness in "Revolution of the Daleks," this year's holiday special of Doctor Who. Being fans of the character, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the character of Captain Jack Harkness, what he could bring to the current iteration of the show.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • "Captain Jack is Back!" Doctor Who. 23 November 2020.
  • The teaser for "Revolution of the Daleks."

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 20 November 2020
The Unnaturals

WONDER WOMAN TO THE MAX: It was announced, in an unprecedented move by a streaming service, to release Wonder Woman 1984 on Christmas Day to both theaters and HBO Max subscribers simultaneously. Unlike Disney+ with Mulan, Wonder Woman 1984 will be available to all HBO Max subscribers at no additional cost for a month. Andrew and D. Bethel discuss this move and how it relates to how Disney has been doing business, as well as what it means for movie in the future.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Alexander, Julia. "Wonder Woman 1984 Will Be Released on HBO Max the Same Day It's in Theaters for No Extra Cost." The Verge. Vox Media, 18 Nov. 2020.
  • D'Alesandro, Anthony. "Wonder Woman 1984 Going in Theaters & HBO Max on Christmas Day, Unprecedented for a Superhero Tentpole." Deadline. Penske Business Media, 18 Nov. 2020.
  • Ravindran, Manori. "Cineworld to Close Regal Cinemas, U.K. Venues in Response to No Time to Die Delay." Variety. Variety Media, 3 Oct. 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 137 - Atomic Karate" (09 June 2017): Where D. Bethel and Andrew talk with fellow nerd podcaster, Mary Traverse, about Wonder Woman.
  • "News Cruise" (07 Aug. 2020): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the news of Mulan costing Disney+ subscribers $29.99.
  • "News Bruise" (11 Sept. 2020): Where D. Bethel and Andrew talk about the odd political discourse around the release of Disney's live action adaptation of Mulan.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 13 November 2020
Non-Stop Jason

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew find a lot lacking in the latest open world RPG by Obsidian Entertainment, The Outer Worlds. D. Bethel, on the other hand, finds a lot to love going back and playing Capcom's lost NES classic, Darkwing Duck.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Tile Pile" (22 November 2019): Where D. Bethel discusses his initial impressions of Outer Wilds (which is very much a different game than The Outer Worlds).
  • "Duck Law" (30 October 2020): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss "Let's Get Dangerous", the mid-third season premiere of Disney XD's Ducktales that is dedicated to The Terror That Flaps In The Night himself.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • A playthrough of the Darkwing Duck remake/sequel demo made by Headcannon (developer behind the well-reviewed recent retro-Sonic the Hedgehog game, Sonic Mania).
  • Umbrella Labs––this can't be real, can it?

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 6 November 2020
Is This Art?

A SCOTTISH SUNSET: Albeit a shorter episode than normal, the entirety of it is dedicated to the discussion of the career of Sean Connery, who passed away at the end of October at the age of 90.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Here's the full theme song from Rescue Rangers.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 30 October 2020
Duck Law

LET'S GET DANGEROUS: With the genius resurgence of Ducktales on Disney XD, fans around the world were delighted with the introduction of another Disney Afternoon fan favorite, Darkwing Duck, into the series during the second season. For the third season's mid-season premiere, Disney released an hour-long Darkwing Duck-focused episode that delighted Andrew––who has watched all of the rebooted Ducktales so far––and D. Bethel––who has only seen a few scattered episodes. They discuss how the episode looks forward, looks backward, and looks inward in one of the most clever episodes of television either have seen in a long while.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 144 - Commodore Chew-Town" (25 Aug. 2017): Where D. Bethel talks about the premiere episode of the Ducktales reboot.

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  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 23 October 2020
Lady Plot Device

LOVECRAFT COUNTRY: Now that the premiere season is complete, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the multitude of facets of HBO's adaptation of Lovecraft Country.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 11 - Anemic Clap" (07 August 2014): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the influential H. P. Lovecraft story, "The Dunwich Horror."
  • "Episode 31 - Post-Op Dan" (09 Jan. 2015): Where D. Bethel discusses, briefly, his dental woes.
  • "Episode 89 - High-Five Forever" (25 March 2016): Where D. Bethel discusses another revisionist Lovecraftian novella, Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom.
  • "Starting By Starting" (03 January 2020): Where D. Bethel discusses a video game-based piece of revisionist Lovecratian literature, Frogwares' The Sinking City.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • "Lovecraft Country - An Unofficial Syllabus." Langston League.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 16 October 2020
Butt Magic

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew lives in bliss during CBS All Access' 23 weeks of Star Trek, especially as the premiere season of their comedy-drama animated show, Star Trek: The Lower Decks, comes to a close, while D. Bethel lives vicariously through hopeful survivalists in reruns of the History Channel reality show, Alone.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Goodwin, Jazmin and Charles Riley. "Regal and Cineworld Cinemas Are Shutting Down Across the US and UK." CNN, 05 October 2020.
  • Star Trek: Prodigy

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "News Cruise" (07 August 2020): Where Andrew discusses his excitement for Star Trek: The Lower Decks.
  • "U3DS" (02 October 2020): Where D. Bethel discusses his love for the European comic, Blacksad.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 9 October 2020
A Podblip

TAKING A MULLIGAN: 2020 rears its ugly head again (as it does every day), forcing our humble hosts to take a week and just deal with life for a bit. They'll be back next week with more nerdy and geeky news and commentary.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 2 October 2020
U3DS

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew enthusiastically plays the 2nd edition of Pathfinder, despite not fully enjoying the first edition, while D. Bethel gets really excited to play an adventure game based on one of his favorite comics, Blacksad, but gets horribly disappointed by Blacksad: Under the Skin.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "The Volumometer Incident" (10 July 2014): Where Andrew shares his experience playing the Pathfinder card game.
  • "Starting By Starting" (03 January 2020): Where D. Bethel discusses the noir adventure game inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Frogwares' The Sinking City.
  • "Nature's Velcro" (03 July 2020): Where Andrew plays the computer RPG, Pathfinder: Kingmaker.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Here's D. Bethel's fan art of Blacksad.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 25 September 2020
Earl British

BETHESDA, WA: In a surprising turn of events––in the same week that Sony gathered all the attention for announcing the prices and release dates of its upcoming console(s)––Microsoft announced its acquisition of Bethesda Softworks––developer of the The Elder Scrolls series and the Fallout series and publisher of franchises like Doom and Wolfenstein––for a price tag of approximately $7.5 billion. Andrew and D. Bethel ruminate (and, at times, speculate) at what this could mean for Bethesda, and gaming, for the future.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Carpenter, Nicole. "Microsoft Acquires Bethesda Softworks in $7.5B Deal." Polygon. Vox Media, 21 September 2020.
  • Hines, Peter. "Why Microsoft Is the Perfect Fit." Bethesda.net. Zenimax Media, 21 September 2020.
  • Paige, Rachel. "Marvel Studios' Black Widow and More Receive New Phase Four Release Dates." Marvel. 23 September 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 61 - A Lot About Hmm" (21 Aug 2015): Where Andrew buys a Playstation Vita.
  • "Nothing But Feet" (13 Dec 2019): Where D. Bethel discusses the sidelining of Campo Santo's second game, In the Valley of the Gods, after Valve purchased the studio.
  • "News Cruise" (07 Aug 2020): Where D. Bethel revealed that the Golden State Killer committed his first Sacramento crimes in his neighborhood.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 18 September 2020
Dad Talk

WEEK IN GEEK: It's kind of an accidental '80s week as Andrew watches the YouTube Premium/Netflix series, Cobra Kai––which then prompted him to go back and watch the original Karate Kid movie––while D. Bethel, in an effort to see what all the hype was about, sat down and watched a version of the 1984 sci-fi classic, Dune.

THE NEW FINAL: At this week's PlayStation 5 event, a trailer for Final Fantasy XVI was revealed as an exclusive (at least for the moment) for the PS5.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • "Dune - Origins - Extra Sci-Fi - #1." YouTube, uploaded by Extra Credits, 12 February 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "News Bruise" (11 September 2020): Where D. Bethel and Andrew discuss the trailer for this year's new Dune adaptation, briefly.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 11 September 2020
News Bruise

I'LL MAKE AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT OUT OF YOU: The live action version of the '90s animated classic, Mulan, was released to Disney+ subscribers (for the cost of an extra $29.99) and, with it, came a lot of controversy––from Chinese reviewers not being too keen on it to human rights issues, D. Bethel and Andrew run through the discourse of this interesting, troubled film.

ANOTHER DUNE: The first trailer for Dennis Villaneuve's new adaptation of the Frank Herbert sci-fi philosophical classic, Dune. Andrew and D. Bethel muse on the potential this new film has (and how people will still likely be disappointed by it). Here is the new trailer. And here's an example––from Jodorowsky's Dune––of some of the pure artist intent Jodorowsky had in his approach to movie-making (with his Dune being the center of it).

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Ashcraft, Brian. "Ghost of Tsushima is Being Praised by Japanese Critics." Kotaku. G/O Media, 15 July 2020.
  • Bostock, Bill. "Disney Filmed Parts of Mulan in China's Xinjiang, Where Millions of Muslims Are Being Spied On and Locked Up." Business Insider. Insider, Inc. 08 September 2020.
  • "Dune - Origins - Extra Sci-Fi - #1." YouTube, uploaded by Extra Credits, 12 February 2019.
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RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 04 - Premature Clapulation" (19 June 2014): Where D. Bethel rants about adaptations.
  • "Episode 112 - God King Teddy Roosevelt" (28 October 2016): Cited because it was directly referenced in this week's episode.
  • "A Veritable Odyssey" (12 July 2019): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss a trailer for the 2020 live action Mulan film.
  • "Choose Your Weapon" (31 July 2020): Where D. Bethel sounds off about Sucker Punch's game, Ghost of Tsushima.
  • "News Cruise" (07 August 2020): Where D. Bethel and Andrew talk about the news that Mulan would cost Disney+ subscribers $30.

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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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Fri, 4 September 2020
Something About Werewolves

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew watches the recent Netflix-made video game documentary series, High Score, and gets inspired to finally check out the very strange––and controversial?––game, Night Trap. D. Bethel finds serenity as the ferryman of the dead while playing Thunder Lotus Games' Spiritfarer, a game that is a far cry from their previous games.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Gillespie, Daniel. "New Mutants Weekend Box Office Is Biggest Since U.S. Theaters Reopened." ScreenRant. 31 August 2020.
  • Ponder, Stacie. "25 Years Later, 'Disgusting' Night Trap Is Incredibly Tame." Kotaku. G/O Media, 15 August 2017.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 107 - Spock's Screams" (23 September 2016): Where D. Bethel discusses playing Thunder Lotus Games' first game, Jøtun.
  • "Shortcast 28 - Linguistic Bravado" (11 August 2017): Where D. Bethel discusses his time with Thunder Lotus Games' second game (to which he contributed through Kickstarter), Sundered.
  • In two of the "Dan & Rusty Video Game Power Hour" shows, D. Bethel plays a bit of Jøtun.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 28 August 2020
Aiming for Whales

EPIC WIN (OR FAIL): It has been a few weeks of high drama in the world of video games as Epic––the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine––sued Apple after Apple delisted Fortnite from its storefront when Epic violated its terms of service as a developer. It's a complicated, convoluted issue with a lot of far-reaching and severe consequences for those who don't really have a dog in this fight––the players (not to mention the impact it could have on smaller indie developers). Andrew and D. Bethel attempt to unravel all the goings-on in this very interesting and possibly paradigm-shifting event.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Axon, Samuel. "The Mandalorian was Shot on a Holodeck-esque Set with Unreal Engine, Video Shows." Ars Technica. Condé Nast, 22 Feb. 2020.
  • Brandom, Russell, Sean Hollister, and Jay Peters. "Epic Judge Will Protect Unreal Engine––but not Fortnite." The Verge. Vox Media, 25 Aug. 2020.
  • Fahey, Mike. "Apple Court Filing Says Epic Asked for Special Deal Before All This Nonsense Started." Kotaku. G/O Media, 21 Aug. 2020.
  • Sadler, Emily. "From EA to the NHL: How Synthetic Audio is Helping Tell Story of the Game." Sportsnet. Rogers Media, 13 Aug. 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 27 - Super Sleep Mode" (28 Nov. 2014): Where Andrew first talked about playing Rogue Legacy.
  • "Episode 53 - With Space Hands" (12 June 2015): Where Dan first talks about his experience with Rogue Legacy.
  • "Episode 54 - Noun the Adjective" (19 June 2015): Where Dan continues to talk about Rogue Legacy.
  • "Shortcast 57 - Fair Point, Dude" (01 June 2018): Where Andrew talks about taking an Udemy course to learn to program in Unity.

 

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 21 August 2020
Pandemic Birthday

DC DECONSTRUCTED: News of a major restructuring of DC Comics by WarnerMedia last week set the comics world ablaze with speculation and worry. D. Bethel and Andrew try to parse the information and speculate on what it could mean not only for DC Comics but for comics in general.

LOWER THE SHIELD: Over seven seasons, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. comes to a close. Our hosts' appreciation for the show––especially this final season––has not been a secret. Now that is has ended, they finally––finally––talk about the final season and the show it brought to a close. SPOILERS ABOUND for the final season, especially the two-part finale.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Doran, Michael. "DC's Digital First 'Expansion' May Be Foreshadowing Much Bigger Changes." Newsarama. Future US, 26 June 2020.
  • Johnston, Rich. "Marie Javins and Michele Wells Are Editors-in-Chief of DC Comics." Bleeding Cool. 14 Aug. 2020.
  • Kit, Borys. "DC's Jim Lee on the Company's Future: 'We Are Still in the Business of Publishing Comics.'" The Hollywood Reporter. 14 Aug. 2020.
  • Shea, Brian. "Report: AT&T Lookign to Sell Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment." Game Informer. 12 June 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 48 - A Rerouting Problem" (08 May 2015): Where D. and Andrew talk about the first few seasons of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • "Shortcast 55 - Occam's Complexifier" (18 May 2018): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the documentary, Shy Boys IRL.
  • "The Innervator" (26 June 2020): Where D. Bethel and Andrew discuss the first few episodes of the final season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 14 August 2020
Con Artists #05 - No Con 2020

Everything has changed in the wake of COVID-19. This applies, of course, to indie comic creators, for whom the pandemic hit especially hard in terms of income. With gatherings of people not likely to happen in any safe capacity for awhile, it has many creators asking, "What do we do in a world without comic conventions?"

D. Bethel and Taurus Comics' Kyrun Silva sit down to talk about creating comics during a pandemic. While a dour topic generally, they manage to find the laughs amid the serious discussion of the future of indie comics and the conventions they hold so dear.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Find Kyrun's work through Taurus Comics at: Taurus Comics websiteFacebookTwitter D. Bethel's webcomic, Long John.Want to read a storyline from D. Bethel's previous comic, Eben07? Read the comic's final, five-issue story––"Operation: 3-Ring Bound"––for free as an ebook.Find reference images at the post for this episode on the website.

OTHER EPISODES:

Con Artists #01 - StocktonCon, pt. 1: The drive home from the first day of the show. Kyrun and D. discuss making sales, confidence, and the comics they grew up reading and enjoying.

Con Artists #02 - StocktonCon, pt. 2: The drive to StocktonCon to start Day 2 of the show. They discuss the importance of continuity, the level of fan engagement and ownership over continuity, and Dan's strange reading habits growing up.

Con Artists #03 - StocktonCon, pt. 3: Where Kyrun and D. talk about the breadth of indie comics, writing comics, and dive headfirst into personal nostalgia.

Con Artists #04 - StocktonCon Winter 2019: Where D. Bethel and Kyrun try out StocktonCon's inaugural Winter show...with mixed results.

FEATURED MUSIC:

“Road Music” by D. Bethel"Bounce" by D. Bethel

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Fri, 7 August 2020
News Cruise

ANY PORT IN A NERD STORM: Rather than blasting the news, Andrew and D. Bethel blur the distinction between nerdy news and Weeks in Geek with Andrew expressing his excitement for Star Trek: Lower Decks on CBS All Access, Dan's strange sense of place after watching the HBO true crime documentary mini-series, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, before they discuss the news of the upcoming live-action Mulan remake getting a simultaneous (albeit for $29.99) release on Disney+ and in theaters.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Bethel, D. "News Blast: Three X-Films Announced for 2018." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 23 April 2017. –– Where D. Bethel discusses the announcement of the New Mutants movie, along with the announcement of Deadpool 2 and Dark Phoenix. Deadpool 2 was the only film to release in 2018.
  • Diaz, Eric. "Mulan is Going Straight to Disney+ for $29.99." Nerdist. 04 August 2020.
  • And, for the sake of completion, here is the website for the city of Cerritos, CA, which indeed translates to "little hills."

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "A Veritable Odyssey" (12 July 2019): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the first trailer for the live-action Mulan remake.
  • "Bouncing Waveforms" (15 May 2020): Where D. Bethel discusses the most recent (and final?) announced theatrical release date for New Mutants.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  • "Farting Around" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5152-farting-around
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
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Fri, 31 July 2020
Choose Your Weapon

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the documentary about the creation of Dungeons & Dragons that re-establishes the importance of co-founder, Dave Arneson, called Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons, while D. Bethel enjoys––but fully understands the criticisms of––Sucker Punch Games' new open world samurai game, Ghost of Tsushima.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Batman & Bill. Directed by Sheena M. Joyce and Don Argott. Hulu, 2017.
  • Bethel, D. "Spotlight: Games at E3." For All Intents and Purposes, 14 June 2018.
  • Blair, Gavin J. "Japanese Fans React to Ghost in the Shell." The Hollywood Reporter. 08 April 2017.
  • Hashimoto, Kazuma. "Ghost of Tsushima, Kurosawa, and the Political Myth of the Samurai." Polygon. Vox Media, 23 July 2020.
  • Ibekwe, David, and Ju Shardlow. "Samurai Sword Master Rates 10 Japanese Sword Scenes in Movies and TV." Insider. 8 July 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Shortcast 59 - Lizard Man Fantasies" (15 June 2018): Where D. Bethel discusses the reveal trailer for Ghost of Tsushima at the Sony E3 Press Conference.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 24 July 2020
High Five Super Friends

THE INTERMINABLE CUT: Zack Snyder had already made it clear that his "Snyder Cut" of Justice League for HBO Max was going to be long, but recently made clear that it was going to be even longer than the 214 minutes he previously said it would be, meaning it will likely be close to four hours of film. Andrew and D. Bethel have some thoughts about long run times with nerdy and geeky movies.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Kemp, Ella. "The Justice League Snyder Cut Will Be Almost Four Hours Long." NME. BandLab Technologies, 21 July 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 149 - We Are Not Here" (08 December 2017): Where D. Bethel talks about watching the theatrical cut of Justice League.
  • "A Casualty of the Rhyme" (22 May 2020): Where our hosts are joined by our DC correspondent, Taylor Katcher, to talk about the news of the Snyder Cut coming to HBO Max.

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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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Fri, 17 July 2020
Chasing Chickens

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew tunes into the new Apple TV alternate history drama created by Ronald D. Moore: For All Mankind. D. Bethel also watches some tv; however, it's animated and old––Disney XD's Gravity Falls.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Trailer for the upcoming animated series on CBS All Access, Star Trek: The Lower Decks.

 

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 10 July 2020
The Baggage of Expectation

A NEW BAT IN THE BELFRY: With Ruby Rose's sudden departure as the lead in CW's Batwoman after the conclusion of its first season, the studio had a lot of interesting choices to make. This week, it was announced that Javicia Leslie would be taking over as the lead––not as Kate Kane, but as a brand new, original character, Ryan Wilder. Andrew & D. Bethel discuss the casting, legacy characters, and how a show can survive––and thrive––even when their lead actor has been replaced.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Joel, William. "The Far Side Returns After 25 Years, and It's All Digital." The Verge. Vox Media, 08 July 2020.
  • Schedeen, Jesse. "Batwoman: The CW Casts Javicia Leslie as New Series Lead for Season 2." IGN. 08 July 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 77 - That's Not a Euphemism" (01 January 2016): Where D. Bethel and Andrew share their thoughts about Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
  • "Episode 107 - Spock's Screams" (23 September 2016): Where Andrew and D. Bethel last discussed the concept of legacy characters in comics.
  • "A Casualty of the Rhyme" (22 May 2020): Where D. Bethel and Andrew––along with friend of the show, Taylor Katcher––cover the news of Ruby Rose leaving her lead role in Batwoman after the first season.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 3 July 2020
Nature's Velcro

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew finds half of a game to enjoy in Owlcat Games' Pathfinder: Kingmaker while D. Bethel expands his artistic repertoire by investing in an iPad Pro and finds a lot to like in it.

Here's a recent post on D. Bethel's Long John website about using the iPad to draw (including the video showing the drawing getting drawn).

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 78 - It's Not Crude, It's Savage" (08 January 2016): Where D. Bethel and Andrew discuss the qualities of watching foreign entertainment with dubbed dialogue or in the original audio with subtitles.
  • "Shortcast 50 - The 2Day Show" (06 April 2018): Where Andrew discusses his thoughts after watching the first season of Netflix's Dark.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Siegel, Ethan. "Ask Ethan: Could We Just Build a 'Space Sunshade' to Counteract Global Warming?" Forbes. Forbes Media, 04 January 2020.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 26 June 2020
The Innervator

PEOPLE ARE STILL TERRIBLE: The last few weeks have been heavy with news of important people in the various nerd industries––video games, tabletop, comics, etc.––getting called out as sexual predators who, for years, were protected by the companies they worked for. Andrew and D. Bethel don't dive into specific cases as much as why these people's predatory behavior had been "open secrets" for years and hadn't suffered for it.

Schrodinger's Coulson: To end on more fun news, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the first few episodes of the new, final season of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, which has the crew hopping through different time periods.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Carpenter, Nicole. "Former employees accuse Cards Against Humanity of a Racist and Sexist Office Culture." Polygon. Vox Media, 23 June 2020.
  • Dean, Paul. "Catan at 25: Checking in on a Once-Revolutionary Board Game." Vice. 11 June 2020.
  • Gault, Matthew. "A Wave of Sexual Harassment Accusations Is Sweeping the Games Industry." Vice. 23 June 2020.\
  • Pulliam-Moore, Charles. "Warren Ellis and Charles Brownstein Face Public Reckonings for Alleged Sexually Predatory Behavior." Gizmodo. G/O Media, 23 June 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 145 - Corrected Reality" (01 September 2017): Where Andrew and D. Bethel try to answer the question: are there too many conventions?
  • "Pong 2020" (07 June 2019): Where our hosts discuss a controversial interview with Chris Avellone and his strange stance on politics in game narratives.
  • "Starting by Starting" (03 January 2020): Where D. Bethel talks about his time with the Lovecraftian revisionist video game, The Sinking City.
  • "The Badger Abides" (07 February 2020): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about revising Lovecraft for a modern context, focusing specifically around the recently released tabletop RPG, Fate of Cthulhu.
  • "Elbow Five" (06 March 2020): Where D. Bethel talks with Andrew about the future of conventions in the face of the coronavirus.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 19 June 2020
It Has Full Body

WEEK IN GEEK: As is often the case with our hosts: everything old is new again. Andrew plans to take on the psychological strangeness of Atlus' Catherine in the recently released "definitive" version of the 2011 game called Catherine: Full Body. D. Bethel actually steps outside the realm of Xavier's School for the Gifted to try out a different Marvel hero, The Silver Surfer, in the 2019 limited series, Silver Surfer: Black, by Donny Cates, Tradd Moore, and Dave Stewart.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Klepek, Patrick. "The Small But Important Change Celeste made to Its Celebrated Assist Mode." Vice Games (formerly Waypoint). Vice Media, 16 September 2019.
  • The "Dog Ending" from Konami's Silent Hill 2.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 133 - We're On a Track" (05 May 2017): Where D. Bethel and Andrew discuss the idea of ludo-narrative dissonance in gaming.
  • "Episode 161 - Mustache Nonsense" (26 Oct. 2018): Where Andrew talks about diving back into Bard's Tale with The Bard's Tale Trilogy collection.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 12 June 2020
Dulce Et Utile

THE DELONGATED MAN: Actor Hartley Sawyer has been fired from his role as Ralph Dibney––the civilian name for The Elongated Man––after racist and misogynist tweets he made years ago once again resurfaced. Andrew and D. Bethel discuss accountability in the world of social media and the permanence of internet publishing.

WotC RESHUFFLES: Magic: The Gathering publisher, Wizards of the Coast (WotC) announces it will be retiring old cards with clear racist imagery and implications from circulation.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Preorder Dan's new Long John book at NewLongJohnBook.com!
  • "Introducing the New Warriors." Marvel. 17 March 2020.
  • Johnston, Rich. "Tee Franklin Calls out Stephen Amell––and Gets a Tweet Back." Bleeding Cool. 08 June 2020.
  • Mitovich, Matt Webb. "Flash's Hartley Sawyer Fired for Racist, Misogynistic Tweets That Left Showrunner 'Mad as Hell'." TVLine. TV Line Media, 08 June 2020.
  • Nafpliotis, Nick. "Actually, There's A Lot Marvel Can Do About Cops Using The Punisher's Logo." AIPTComics. 10 June 2020.
  • Parrish, Ash. "Wizards of the Coast Bans 7 Racist Magic: The Gathering Cards." Kotaku. G/O Media, 10 June 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "A Casualty of the Rhyme" (22 May 2020): Where Andrew and D. Bethel––guided by resident DC expert, Taylor Katcher––talk about the news of Ruby Rose leaving Batwoman after the first season.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
  • "Deuces" by Kevin MacLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3643-deuces 
  •  "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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Fri, 5 June 2020
Black Lives Matter

We're taking the week to go quiet and let the voices that need to be heard get amplified. Donate. Protest. Support. Listen. Vote. Stay safe.

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Fri, 29 May 2020
The Cutting Edge

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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Fri, 22 May 2020
A Casualty of the Rhyme

#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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Fri, 15 May 2020
Bouncing Waveforms

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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Fri, 8 May 2020
Technical Difficulties

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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Fri, 1 May 2020
Arcabar

#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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Fri, 24 April 2020
Feed the Fish God

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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Fri, 17 April 2020
Part Racehorse; All Workhorse

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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Fri, 10 April 2020
The 45th of Marchuary

OUT OF GAS: Though this is on the feed, it's more of an apology for a lack of an episode to this. 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.

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Fri, 3 April 2020
The Battle Is The Game

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finds the retro-JRPG stylings of Square Enix's Octopath Traveler engaging and fun while D. Bethel has fun 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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Fri, 27 March 2020
A Light Monopoly

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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Fri, 20 March 2020
Playing the Menu

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, our hosts push through the shelter at home monotony by playing video games albeit old video games. First, Andrew steps back into 2015's The Witcher III: The Wild Hunt now that he has more context after watching the hit Netflix show, while D. Bethel is intrigued at how hard the narrative payoff will fail in the otherwise really fun Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • Episode 69 - "Two Matching Ties" (23 October 2015): Where Andrew discusses his time with International Murder Simulator––er, I mean, Uncharted.
  • Episode 76 - "Beepop" (18 December 2015): Where Andrew first dicsussed playing the very good 2D Assassin's Creed spinoff, Assassin's Creed Chronicle: China.
  • Shortcast 65 - "Find a Cheap Show" (03 August 2018): Where D. Bethel talks about his experience playing Uncharted: Lost Legacy as well as the first Uncharted game in the series.
  • "Starting By Starting" (03 January 2020): Where Andrew shares his experience with the first few episodes of Netflix's The Witcher.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Plante, Chris. "Shadow of the Tomb Raider's 'Immersion Mode' is a Big Missed Opportunity." Polygon. Vox Media, 19 Sept. 2018.

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Fri, 13 March 2020
Makes A Taste

CORONA, I HARDLY KNEW YA: The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the nerd world with––since the last episode––the postponement of Emerald City Comic Con, the cancellation of this year's E3 and other cultural events like SXSW. Andrew & D. Bethel cover the COVID-19-related news since the last episode.

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew falls in love with Scratchpad Publishing's new RPG, Spectaculars, while D. Bethel is intrigued by the demo for Final Fantasy VII Remake on Playstation 4.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Klepek, Patrick. "Gaming's Biggest Yearly Event, E3, Has Been Cancelled Because of Coronavirus." Vice - Gaming. Vice Media, 11 March 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • Episode 100, Part 2 - Action Noir Theater (29 July 2016): Where the podcast debuted part one of its audio drama, Nick Springer and the Fremont Horror.
  • Episode 146 - Bad Games Make Precedent (08 Sept. 2017): Where D. Bethel and Andrew talk about the impact of Final Fantasy VII, for better or for worse.
  • The Future is Only Forward (22 March 2019): Where Andrew talks about Rodney Thompson's previous game, Dusk City Outlaws.
  • Textured in Fear (24 May 2019): Where SquareEnix released its first trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake and D. Bethel and Andrew discuss the remake's relevance to the modern market.
  • Tile Pile (22 Nov. 2019): Where Andrew talks about playing Betrayal Legacy.

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Fri, 6 March 2020
Elbow Five

DON'T DIE: With the rising threat of the coronavirus and its impact on nerd conventions––especially Emerald City Comic Con and the Game Developer's Conference––Andrew and D. Bethel investigate all the ways this pandemic can impact not only fans of nerdy things but makers of nerdy things.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • Episode 63 - Just a Quel (04 Sept. 2015): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the state (at the time) of nerd conventions.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Klepek, Patrick. "Game Developer's Conference Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Fears." Vice. Vice Media, 28 February 2020.
  • Perper, Rosie. "California and Washington State Have Both Declared a State of Emergency After Their First Coronavirus Deaths––Here's What It Means." Business Insider. Insider Inc., 04 March 2020.

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Fri, 28 February 2020
Sad News Theme

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew dives into the CBS All Access archives to get caught up on the surprisingly good––and suprisingly different––remake of the '80s action show, MacGyver, while D. Bethel dives into the surprisingly compelling Zelda clone/shopkeep simulator by Digital Sun, Moonlighter.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Klepek, Patrick. "The Creator of Gaming's Famous 'Konami Code' Has Died." Vice. Vice Media, 26 Feb. 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 108 - Private Reasons" (29 Sep. 2016): Were D. Bethel and Andrew discuss another successful (at the time) television reboot of a popular '80s action property, Lethal Weapon.
  • "Shortcast 67 - Baguettevania" (24 Aug. 2018): Where Andrew first talked about playing Moonlighter.

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Fri, 21 February 2020
The Transformers Paradox

GOTTA GO FAST: Sonic the Hedgehog destroys box office expectations Valentine's Day weekend. Andrew and Dan discuss the surprise success of this cinematic adaptation of the beloved video game franchise.

BIRDS OF PREY: OR, THE REINSTATEMENT OF INSTITUTIONALIZED SEXISM AGAINST WOMAN-LED SUPERHERO FILMS: Birds of Prey released last week and its box office performance left some upset. D. Bethel and Andrew talk about the relativity of box office success, how Marvel fandom may be tainting the pond, and how marketing is a strange magic.

DOOMED ANIMAL CROSSING: In a bit of light news, with Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Doom Eternal releasing on the same day, Twitter and Reddit have become very interesting places, and in mostly good ways.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Winslow, Jeremy. "Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing Fans Have Become Supportive Friends." GameSpot. CBSi, 19 February 2020.
  • The tweet that did the direct comparison between Ford v. Ferrari and Birds of Prey.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 101 - The Black Arts of Algorithms" (05 August 2015): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss a similar discourse around the reboot of Ghostbusters and how it was deemed a failure despite earning perfectly fine box office numbers.
  • "Episode 155 - Captain Host" (20 July 2018): Where Dan and Andrew ask the question, "Were there too many superhero/nerd movies packed into a single summer?", among which Solo: A Star Wars Story was released.

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Fri, 14 February 2020
#SaveGrifter

CRISIS ON INFINITE TAYLORS: With another, even bigger crossover of the DC/CW shows, we had to have friend-of-the-show and Senior Optimist Reporter, Taylor Katcher, come onto the show to talk with Andrew and D. Bethel about the glorious mess that was "Crisis on Infinite Earths" that saw Arrow, The Flash, Batwoman, Supergirl, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow fight to save the multiverse.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Katcher, Taylor and Taylor Cassell. "2019: Nerd Endings." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 13 January 2020.
    • Where the Taylors wrote about watching all of the nerd stuff during 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 110 - A Taylor [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes" (14 October 2016): Where Taylor talked to Andrew and D. Bethel about an early DCCW crossover, "Flashpoint."
  • "Episode 152 - My Own Finger" (05 January 2018): Where D. Bethel and Andrew brought Taylor on to bring them up to speed on all things DC Comics with his first "State of the DCE-Union." It is also Dan's favorite custom show image that he ever made.

  • "Guestcast 03 - Muted Police Action" (07 December 2018): Where D. Bethel took the week off so Andrew and Taylor could talk about another DCCW crossover event, "Elseworlds."

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Fri, 7 February 2020
The Badger Abides

THE PROBLEM WITH LOVECRAFT: A lot of controversy was had (mostly on Twitter) over the last few weeks with the release of Evil Hat Productions' Fate of Cthulhu, a new table-top RPG integrating the systems of Evil Hat's Fate Core and the Lovecraft mythos. Evil Hat proudly declared that it was bucking tropes of other Lovecraft-inspired games––mainly how it addresses Lovecraft's prejudices head-on and it doesn't include sanity meters for its players––and that, for some reason, made a lot of people upset. Andrew talks about the subsequent furor while D. Bethel shows up as our resident Lovecraft scholar.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • The MCU Disney+ Super Bowl Spot
  • Evil Hat Productions tweets about how Fate of Cthulhu bends the traditional Lovecraftian gaming experience.
  • Evil Hat Production's content warning included with Fate of Cthulhu:

  • The adorable video of a coyote and a badger off to go hunting together.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

 

  • Episode 02 - The Clap" (05 June 2014): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the popular Lovecraft story, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth."
  • "Episode 11 - Anemic-Clap" (07 August 2014): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the influential Lovecraft story, "The Dunwich Horror."
  • "Shortcast 03 - Interview with André La Roche" (31 December 2014): Where Andrew talks with André La Roche about Fate Core.
  • "Episode 89 - High-Five Forever" (25 March 2016): Where D. Bethel discusses the Lovecraft revisionist novella, The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle.
  • "Robot Monsters From the Future" (27 December 2019): Where Andrew talks about looking forward to play Fate of Cthulhu.
  • "Starting By Starting" (03 January 2020): Where D. Bethel talks about Frogwares' Lovecraftian adventure game, The Sinking City, which also openly addressed and push against Lovecraft's racism.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
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Fri, 31 January 2020
Starfleet First

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew talks about becoming enraptured by the first episode of the new CBS All Access series, Star Trek: Picard while D. Bethel enjoys the poignant but strange end to a creative team's long run on Batman with the DC Comics' Black Label series, Batman: Last Knight on Earth by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
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Fri, 24 January 2020
Cuddle Point

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew dives in to Hello Games' No Man's Sky after another patch while D. Bethel relays his experience going to see Kevin Smith present his newest film––Jay and Silent Bob Reboot––as part of a traveling tour for the movie when it came to Sacramento.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • Episode 120 - "Where the Hands Touch" (13 January 2017): Where D. Bethel first talked about the YouTube documentary channel, NoClip.
  • Shortcast 58 - "Quite Easily Done" (08 June 2018): Where Dan and Andrew discuss the thorough documentary on the history of game developer, Bethesday, produced by NoClip.
  • "Plants Having Sex" (05 April 2019): Where Andrew first talked about playing No Man's Sky.
  • "Reverent Irreverence" (17 May 2019): Where Andrew talks about his experience seeing What We Left Behind––a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine documentary––live with a Q&A.
  • "Threadnaught" (13 September 2019): Where Andrew talks about his experience with No Man's Sky after a previous big update to the game.

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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
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Fri, 17 January 2020
Rhythms of the Algo

NEW WHO: Series 12 of Doctor Who started up on New Year's Day. With three weeks gone and now three episodes in, our Who-loving hosts sit down to talk about it (mostly just the first two episodes SPOILER WARNING for "Spyfall, Part 1" and "Spyfall, Part 2").

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Littleinamit. "The Witcher on Netflix Prompts Hundreds of Thousands of Fans to Return to The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt." Playtracker. Jan. 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Shortcast 77 - Smash Talk" (14 Dec. 2018): Where Dan and Andrew talk about Series 11 of Doctor Who.
  • "Starting By Starting" (03 Jan. 2020): Where Andrew gives his first impressions of Netflix's The Witcher.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
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Fri, 10 January 2020
That was a Spodcast

IS THE FORCE STILL WITH US?: This week, Andrew and D. Bethel talk not about Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (although there are things that amount to SPOILERS for both The Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian in this episode, so be warned). Instead, they talk about what comes next. An article from NME, it was reported that the next Star Wars saga will be set during the "High Republic" era of the canon, predating all nine numbered movies by 400 years. Andrew and D. Bethel talk about this development––and about Star Wars in general––and even get into a fight about an IP that neither are particularly passionate about.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Lavin, Will. "Star Wars Next Saga To Reportedly Be Set During High Republic Era." NME. BandLab Technologies, 06 Jan. 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 77 - That's Not A Euphemism" (01 Jan. 2016): Where Andrew and D. Bethel share their thoughts about Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
  • "Episode 151 - The Coca-Cola of Science-Fiction" (29 Dec. 2017): Where Andrew, D. Bethel, and Jason Tudor react to seeing Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi.
  • "The Boyfriend Demographic" (20 Dec. 2019): Where Andrew and D. Bethel talk about the hype leading up to the release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker and the surprisingly negative critical response pre-release.

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  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
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Fri, 3 January 2020
Starting By Starting

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew and D. Bethel start the new year with some things they have only light knowledge of and experience with. Andrew starts watching Netflix's The Witcher and only briefly plays Haemimont Games' Surviving Mars. D. Bethel has fun playing detective in the disgusting Lovecraftian world of Frogwares' The Sunking City.

RELEVANT LINKS:

  • Bethel, D. "2019: Eulogy for the X-Men." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 30 Dec. 2019.
  • Comtois, James. "The Mandalorian Dethrones Stranger Things Most-Watched Streaming Series." SyFy. 25 Nov. 2019.
  • Dzurillay, Julia. "Are Fans Really Cancelling Disney+ Now That The Mandalorian is Over?" Showbiz CheatSheet. 01 Jan. 2020.
  • La Roche, André. "2019: Blue Dick, Blue Team, Blue, Navy." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 01 Jan. 2019.
  • Silva, Kyrun. "2019: Reigniting Geekdom." A Website [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes. 31 Dec. 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • "Episode 44 - Man Band" (10 April 2015): Where Andrew shared his experiences with another, more terrestrial-focused, city simulation game, Cities: Skylines.
  • "Episode 89 - High-Five Forever" (25 March 2017): Where D. Bethel talked about other Lovecraftian revisionist literature with Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom.
  • "Robot Monsters From the Future " (27 Dec. 2019): Where D. Bethel talked about intending to play The Sinking City.

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MUSIC:

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

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