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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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, 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
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four 
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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

Direct download: ConArtists05Final.mp3
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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
  • Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Direct download: Episode20200807.mp3
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