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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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
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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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MUSIC:

  • "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
  • "District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.filmmusic.io)
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Direct download: Episode20200320.mp3
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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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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)

Direct download: Episode20200313.mp3
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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.

INFO:

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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)

Direct download: Episode20200306.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:00am PDT
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