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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MUSIC:

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

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

INFO:

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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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#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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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)