NEWS CRUISE: Our hosts recap a lot of the nerdy and geeky news of the last week or so, including Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, new Dungeons & Dragons, DLC crossovers, and a Doctor Who spinoff?!?

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro - Both hosts are to blame
(02:22) Star Trek news
(08:50) Dungeons & Dragons news
(16:41) Crossover DLC announcements from Dave the Diver, Balatro, and Dead By Daylight
(26:38) Doctor Who spinoff mini-series, The War Between the Land and the Sea, starts production
(35:09) Outro - Andrew's Gravity Falls update
(38:53) Outtakes

RELEVANT LINKS:

• Bryant, Jacob. "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Starts Filming as Full Cast Revealed." The Wrap, 26 August 2024.
• "Dave the Diver - Balatro, Potion Craft & Mxmtoon Collaboration Announcement Trailer | GamesCom 2024." uploaded by IGN, 20 August 2024.
• Nelson, Will. "Free Balatro Update Crosses Over with Four Games at Once, Right Now." PC Games N, Network-N, 27 August 2024.
• "Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal Dungeons & Dragons." REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal, YouTube, 13 August 2024.
• "Production Begins on The War Between the Land and the Sea." Doctor Who News, News in Time and Space, 23 August 2024.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "Chasing Chickens" (17 July 2020): Where D. shares his adventures into Gravity Falls.
• "Day of the Diver" (05 January 2024): Where our hosts have a conversation about Dave the Diver.
• "The 2-Body Solution" (29 March 2024): Where D. Bethel obsesses over Balatro.
• "Nerd Intervention" (28 June 2024): Where the hosts discuss the finale to the most recent season/series of Doctor Who.
• "Blanketcast" (09 August 2024): Where Andrew begins his adventure into Gravity Falls.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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• "Del Rio Bravo" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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THE RULE OF RULES: Andrew shares his experience playing Fabula Ultima some more, and how it led to surprisingly divisive thoughts about how important––and, perhaps, necessary––the rules are of a tabletop RPG.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Andrew and his mouse problem

(03:43) Fabula Ultima and the importance of understanding (or misunderstanding?) TTRPG rules

(43:50) Outro - Andrew's impending birthday

(47:19) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "So Many Halves" (14 June 2024): Where Andrew gets excited to start playing Fabula Ultima.
• "Active Talk Battle" (21 June 2024): Where remains excited after playing Fabula Ultima.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
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• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: It's a quick check-in this week as one of our hosts has been displaced from his normal recording environment due to renovation occurring at his home. Despite that, our hosts do a quick check-in with D. finally wrapping up Marvel's Midnight Suns while Andrew starts watching Gravity Falls from the beginning for the first time (having already seen the end).

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - D.'s recording environment has been compromised

(01:36) D. finally finished Marvel's Midnight Suns

(07:05) Andrew started watching Gravity Falls

(11:57) On deck: Batman: Caped Crusader

(13:29) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "Chasing Chickens" (17 July 2020): Where D. Bethel shared his experience watching through Gravity Falls.

• "So Many Halves" (14 June 2024): Where D. first discussed Marvel's Midnight Suns.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• "Life After XCOM (ft. Jake Solomon) - Dear Dwyery #03" - Where game designer, Jake Solomon, talks about working on the XCOM games at Firaxis and his approach to designing Marvel's Midnight Suns.

• Alex Hirsch gives us a look at the displays for the upcoming publication of his new Gravity Falls-related book, The Book of Bill.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
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WEEK IN GEEK: After a week away for travel, our hosts return to talk about what has occupied their nerdy time. Andrew dives all in on season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix while D. Bethel starts to play the unique puzzle game, Arranger (while also fitting in a screening of Deadpool & Wolverine; NO SPOILERS).

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro
(01:30) Andrew's Week in Geek: Star Trek: Prodigy, Season 2
(16:54) New Star Trek tv show announced and the trailer for Star Trek: Section 31
(26:13) D. Bethel's Week in Geek #1: Arranger
(37:30) D. Bethel's Week in Geek #2: Deadpool & Wolverine (NO SPOILERS)
(42:58) Outro - Star Trek: Deep Space 9, "The Visitor"
(45:25) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "I Hardly Even Knew Me" (26 February 2016): Where D. Bethel discusses watching the first Deadpool movie.
• "Punch the Microphone" (20 May 2016): Where Andrew discusses watching the first Deadpool movie.
• "Eloquent as Ever" (5 November 2021): Where Andrew discusses season 1 of Star Trek: Prodigy (when it was on Paramount+).
• "Space Man From Pluto" (30 June 2023): Where our hosts discuss the strange behavior of Paramount+, including the apparent cancellation (at the time) of Star Trek: Prodigy despite production seeming to have been completed.

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FEATURED 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
• Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/