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It's time to put the Rune in Runescape! What are runes, who is V, and would you watch a Ridley Scott movie about the Runecrafting Crusades if it was scored by Hans Zimmer? I bet Orlando Bloom would make a good White Knight.

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Runecrafting

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This episode has endgame spoilers for Starfield from 16:12 to 20:30. Skip to 20:30 to avoid endgame spoilers.

This whole episode is a spoiler and talk-through of one of Starfield’s wierdest quests. If you’re adverse to spoilers, go play Operation Starseed. It’ll take you a little over an hour and is a fun time. Then, you can come back here and listen to us talk more about it.

Correction: I say “Amaniranas,” but her name is Amanirenas. I also mentioned she was a queen in the 3rd century BCE, but that is incorrect: she reigned at the end of the 1st century BCE to the beginning of 1st century CE.

Discussed

Speedbag music covers, shittyflute, Jurassic Park melodica, Starfield, FDR, Amanirenas, Ghenghis Khan, Amelia Earhart, Wyatt Earp, Cloning, Do clones have souls, HMS Beagle, the myth of Galatea, HH Holmes, The Eugenics Wars of the 1990s, Nature vs. Nurture, Great Man Theory (again), Snake Cults.

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Operation Starseed

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What do cannibalism, diet toothpaste and William McKinley have in common? They're the reason that Halcyon is...the way it is. This week's episode is about the Outer Worlds, Obsidian's 2019 satirical space RPG. We dig into our first alternate history, talk a bit about the Great Man Theory, then talk about Rizzo the Rat and space religion.

You know what they say, it's not the best lore, it's CORPO LORE.

Discussed

Outer Worlds, Corporations, Fallout, Going to the Zoo, Diet Toothpaste, Cryogenic Travel, Space Travel, William McKinley, Great Man Theory, Holding Companies, Selling the Stars, Rizzo the Rat, Space Religion, Space Colonization, Terraforming, Retro-futurism.

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Have you ever looked at your household pet and thought, "What if they could talk?" And then spent an excessive amount of research time and dollars to genetically enhance your cuddly pal into a bipedal, ripped, thumbs-having best friend? Then, after living in harmony for decades, something totally unconnected and tragic happens, causing all humanity to disappear? No?

Well, Pugmire proposes the important question: What if? Let's talk about a random TTRPG source book Logan picked up at a con a few years ago that is our new favorite thing to talk about. I promise you'll be spending evenings thinking about a Corgi wielding a reverse-grip dagger (stealing your heart), or dog priests appraising and validating an HP TouchPad for masterwork status.

Discussed

Precursor Aliens, Anthem, Animus, Dogs, Plastic, Acid Seas, Pugmire, Monarchies of Mao, Korgi Roguies, Dog Religion, You were the Precursor Alien All Along, Man's Best Friend, Beaches, Dogs and Canines, Lizard Legions, The Cult of Labo Tor, Plastic Hulled Boats Breeding Trade, Stubbs the Pirate Lizard.

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Jekyll and Hyde Original Broadway Cast

Jekyll and Hyde Resurrection!

Pugmire on Drivethru RPG

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After taking a recording break last week to play Helldivers, we decided that we have been talking on the side about Helldivers a lot lately, so it was time to pop the cork and chat about Managed Democracy and what makes Super Earth so super.

It's also a big discussion about making a what happens when the thing you make is loved for a reason you may not have intended and a final chat about how video games are hard. Making them, testing them, and even sometimes enjoying them. So yeah, come for the discussion about Managed Democracy and Liber-Tea, and stay for the breakdown of mechanics the Ministry of Truth doesn't want you to know.

Discussed

Velcro wallets, 3D printing, L-brackets, Super Earth, Managed Democracy, 1984, Cyborgs, Starship Troopers, Not getting the joke, Zendesk, Patch notes, Shooting the glowy butt, Game balance (is hard), Chargers, An airing of grievances.

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017 Helldivers

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It's a full podcast episode this week with Logan back from being sick. Phil had finished Flintlock the night before and, with a mostly recovered Logan, it was time to get metaphysical, metaphysical.

Discussed

Fishermen's Friend, 3D Printing, CAD Tools, Episode 15 of the Codex Casual Lore Podcast, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, Souls, Mesopotamian Mythology, Gods Who Guard Doors, Job Systems in Heaven, Capes, Black Powder, The Sanitary Ramifications of Undead Serving Coffee.

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Flintlock: The Great Below

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Logan is out with Covid this week, so you know what that means: we (I) get to talk about what I've been playing lately: the Napoleonic fashion simulator (and Souls-lite) Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. This is a real fun one because there's so few resources to go off of for Flintlock. I get into some of the cool aspects of world building and talk a bit about what makes this such an interesting game world, even though there's so little capital L lore to read.

Discussed

Gaming PCs, Call of Duty Zombies, Muskets, Souls-like games, gunpowder, gods, 19th century fantasy, hidden gods, doorways, old magic, sword and boards, double jumps, Napoleonic Fashion.

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Codex 015: Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

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In Logan's ongoing quest to get Phil interested in playing Old School RuneScape, today we're talking about the Fight Caves underneath a volcano and the denizens therein. We talk about our boy Jad, Phil's boy Guthan, something called "prayer-flicking" (it's not what you think), and of course capes.

Discussed

Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Soap, Take Five, Five Gum, Axe Body Spray, Defunctland, Disney Channel Jingle, Fight Club, Fight Cave, Jad, Big Dumb Swords, Bats, Blobs, Rangers, Italy Rock, Capes, My Boy Guthen, Volcanos, Cities, More Cool Capes, Eels, Onyx Jewelry,  Using Your Old Gods as Currency.

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Defunctland's Disney Channel Theme: A History Mystery

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014 Fight Caves

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"This will be a short one," Phil said to himself. "An episode about a toy I enjoyed playing with as a child! How extensive could the lore be for a 33-piece Lego set? It's been a busy weekend, so I'll just write up some quick notes for a tight 40 minute chat."

Hubris is thy name, dear reader.

Discussed

Thomas the Tank Engine, Bionicle, Maori cultural names, Boneheads of Voodoo Island (yikes), Lego, Childhood Nostalgia for Action Figure Building Kits, the Pilot Model 402 Stapler, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Puzzles, 1947, 1963, 2014, Sophomore English Class, Determinism, Destiny, Dragonball, Gundam, Amnesia, The Mask of Light, Power Rangers, Bohrok Insectoid Bionicle, A Big Ass Robot Fusing A Planet Back Together With the Power of Friendship (and Protodermis)

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Pilot Model 402

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Bionicle: Quest for Mata Nui

Bionicle: Masks of Power

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013 Bionicle

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Welcome to Codex, a casual lore podcast where we are just always asking, "So are there vampires there though?" Today's episode is about Draynor Village and Manor from the starting area of Old School Runescape. That's right folks, it's another Time to OSRS = 0 episode. There's weirdly a lot of chickens, a few literary references, and the reveal of Draynor's greatest past time: getting drunk and blastin' with your bow.

Discussed

Draynor Manor, Draynor Village, Vampires, Blessed Rivers, Thomas the Tank Engine, Martin the Master Gardener, Chickens, Ernest the Chicken, The Brits and Chickens, Chickenchaser, Inane Logic Puzzles, Teleporting, Party Hats, Animal Magnetism, Market Dynamics, The Cask of Amontillado,

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