WEEK IN GEEK: Both Andrew and D. Bethel saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi so––

THE LAST HOT TAKE: They bring in original Star Wars fan and friend of the show, Jason Tudor, to talk about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the talk around the movie, and what it means for the franchise SPOILER ALERT––SIGNIFICANT PLOT POINTS ARE DISCUSSED; BE SURE TO WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE LISTENING.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 29 - Guitar Mode: Where Jason Tudor first appeared on the show to talk about military science fiction.
• Episode 45 - Cuss Bomb: Where Jason Tudor discussed his comic, Vorpal (extended version available here).
• Episode 77 - That's Not a Euphemism: Where Andrew and D. talk about Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
• Shortcast 15 - Your Name is Jimmy: Where D. Bethel first talks about playing Fallout 4.
• Episode 116 - Craftcraft: Where Andrew first talks about playing Fallout 4.
• Episode 120 - Where the Hands Touch: Where D. and Andrew talk about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
• Episode 128 - His Curry Name: Where Andrew and Dan talk about the controversy surrounding Mass Effect: Andromeda.
• Episode 138 - An Accident of Role-Play: Where D. talks about his experience with Mass Effect: Andromeda.
• Shortcast 28 - Linguistic Bravado: Where D. Bethel discussed Sundered.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• Jason Tudor's Website
• "Week in Geek: Mass Effect: Andromeda": Where D. Bethel goes in-depth about his time with the controversial game and why he liked it.

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-"Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)* -"District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)* *Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

WEEK IN GEEK: To ring in the holidays, Andrew and D. Bethel take the time to bring you another Week in Geek Shortcast. This week, Andrew plays Greenheart Games' Game Dev Tycoon on iOS (after having previously played it on Steam), while D. talks about the interesting time-travel, existential narrative of the Jean Grey limited series from Marvel.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Shortcast 33 - "National Character Counts": Wherein D. Bethel talked about playing Battle Chasers: Nightwar.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• The new Dan & Rusty Video Game Power Hour that went up this week, featuring Deadpool (kind of, not really) and Battle Chasers.

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)* -"Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)* *Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew returns to a previous WiG by booting up a since heavily patched River City Ransom Underground. while D. was impressed with the pragmatism and instructional value of Brandon Dayton's Sketchbook Summer artbook.

NERD LAW: When legal stuff happens in the nerd world, Andrew is on the case (though not dispensing any legal advice). This time around, he talks about Epic Games suing players who use cheats in Fortnite and Comic Con International winning its copyright battle against Salt Lake Comic Con over the term "Comic Con."

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 126 - "Not Choosable Parts": Wherein Andrew originally discussed his experience with River City Ransom Underground.

WORKS CITED:

• Hall, Charlie. "Epic Games is Suing More Fortnite Cheaters, and At Least One of Them is a Minor." Polygon. Vox Media, 27 Nov. 2017.
• Muncy, Julie. "San Diego Comic-Con Wins Lawsuit Over 'Comic Con' Trademark." io9. Gizmodo Media Group, 09 Dec. 2017.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)* -"Nerd Law" by D. Bethel -"District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)* *Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

WEEK IN GEEK: A Week In Geek extravaganza as both Andrew and D. discuss their respective forays in to Justice League-adjacent ventures as Andrew watches all four episodes of the CW's Crisis on Earth X while Dan watches Justice League and they discuss––at length––what each interpretation does well and what could be done better.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 73 - "Brought to You by Convalescence": wherein Andrew first discusses watching the CW show, The Flash.
• Episode 90 - "Keep Calm, You're A Warrior Princess": wherein D. and Andrew discuss their immediate reactions to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio

WEEK IN GEEK: While still playing Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Andrew tries to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) while D. gets excited by the Lovecraftian undertones found in Get Out.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Shortcast 03 - Interview with André La Roche: Wherein Andrew talks with fellow attorney about RPG writing.
• Episode 89 - "High-Five Forever": Wherein D. discusses the novella, The Ballad of Black Tom, which is a retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Horror at Red Hook."

LINKS:

• NaNoWriMo Official Site
• Anne Lamott's Bird By Bird
• Cthulhu - A horror/drama that uses a Lovecraftian framework to talk about social issues (lightly based on The Shadow Over Innsmouth).

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio

THE FORCE IS...EXPENSIVE?: With the hotly anticipated Star Wars: Battlefront II released recently, with it came a lot of controversy. It stands at the apex of a recent trend toward big-budget titles adopting monetizing tactics more commonly found in free-to-play mobile games, this time in the form of blind boxes aka loot boxes. Andrew and D. dive into this controversy and try to find the middle ground.

LINKS:

• Brightman, James. "Loot Boxes Are Not Bad Game Design, Says Devs." GamesIndustry.Biz. 20 Nov. 2017.
• Kamper, Soeren. "It Will Take 4,528 Hours of Gameplay (or $2100) to Unlock All Base-Game Content In Star Wars: Battlefront II." Star Wars Gaming. 14 Nov. 2017.
• Klepek, Patrick. "'It Feels Wrong': Why a Popular Clicker Game Sequel's Ditching Free-to-Play." Waypoint. 20 Nov. 2017.

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio

THE STATE OF SUPERHERO CINEMA (AND TV): With so much superheroic media out there right now, and with Marvel, DC, and Fox swinging wildly on both the large and small screens, Andrew and D. Bethel take a look at how things are sorting out, how they've changed over the last year or so, and where things might go.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 27 - "Super Sleep Mode": The first Thanksgiving episode where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss post-apocalyptic fiction.
• Shortcast 10 - "Roll for Dark Meat": The second Thanksgiving episode wherein a Shortcast was recorded.
• Shortcast 19 - "What Was Town?": The third Thanksgiving episode which is yet another Shortcast.

LINKS:

• Alexander, Julia. "Ben Affleck's Batman Uncertainty Brings the Justice League's Future Into Question." Polygon. 14 Nov. 2017.
• Matadeen, Renaldo. "The Gifted Is a Better Introduction to Marvel's Mutants than Fox's Movies." Comic Book Resources. 12 Nov. 2017.

INFO:

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Thunder Busters" by Wax Audio

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew gets through the first episode of season 2 of Netflix's Stranger Things and has LOTS of opinions––not about the show, but about streaming in general. Dan succumbs to weakness and plays the Deadpool video game (while simultaneously playing the much better––but much more intense––Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus).

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 85 - "I Hardly Even Knew Me": Where D. Bethel discusses the Deadpool movie.
• Shortcast 12 - "Punch the Microphone": Where Andrew discusses the Deadpool movie.
• Episode 102 - "An Existential Poem": Where Andrew and D. discuss season 1 of Stranger Things.
• Episode 139 - "A Warm Heat": Where D. Bethel talks about starting Wolfenstein: The New Order.
• Episode 147 - "Whatever We Bring, We Bring It": Where the Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus ad campaign is discussed.

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio

WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel looks at DC Comics' retrospective of Jim Lee's Wildstorm Studios, Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years, and is completely underwhelmed by their effort while Andrew ponders the considerate world-building of Bethesda games as he dives back into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 30 - "Batting 100": Where Andrew and D. discuss world-building in fiction (starts at 39:15).
• Episode 128 - "His Curry Name": Where D. discusses DC Comics' current attempt to reboot Jim Lee's Wildstorm universe with the series, The Wild Storm (14:35).
• Shortcast 25 - "The First Second Time": Where D. discusses Wild Times: An Oral History of Wildstorm Studios (18:20).
• Episode 140 - "A Vernal Pool of Talent": Where Andrew first discussed playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (02:30).

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio -"WildC.A.T.s Theme Song" by Sheree Jaecocke and Gerry Mosby

WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew talks about the premier of the new (and final) season of Star Wars: Rebels while D. Bethel talks about Netflix's new based-on-a-true-story-kind-of David Fincher-led crime drama, Mindhunter.

SPOOKYTOBER: In celebration of the scariest month of the year, Andrew and D. discuss a movie each that really, truly gave them the scaries. Andrew discusses the cult classic, Jacob's Ladder, while D. discusses the forgotten gothic horror of The Others.

RELATED EPISODES:

• Episode 20 - "Hydra Healthcare": A previous Spookytober episode where, in the discussion, D. and Andrew discuss the video games that scared or unsettled them.
• Episode 25 - "Unnecessary Tassels": Where Andrew first mentioned Star Wars: Rebels.
• Episode 109 - "Thunderous Typing": Where Andrew second mentions Star Wars: Rebels.

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-"Stayin' in Black" by Wax Audio