Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date March 26, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-216-quarantine-watch-party-options/

"We should try that Netflix Watch Party extension!" (https://www.netflixparty.com/)

"All of us in three states watching a movie together!"

"So what should we watch?"

".......uh...."

Thus launching an hour-long conversation between Elizabeth, Kathryn, Nathan and Hannah, trying to figure out, among all the movies on Netflix and Amazon, what we could all watch with Mom and Dad. When you take into account what everyone likes and hates and what everybody's already seen recently and what we can actually get our hands on, we need to have one of those rooms with the post-it notes and strings tied everywhere to figure it out.

We edited the hell out of this conversation to take out all the times we were just scrolling through award lists and going "hmm......let's seeee..."

This week’s outro is a clip from Nocturnia https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Psychadelik_Pedestrian/Nocturnia/05_-_Psychadelik_Pedestrian_-_Nocturnia by Psychadelik Pedestrian. (We used that one back on episode 120, but we like it so we're using it again.) https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/03/binary-system-podcast-120-black-panther-and-idws-transformers/

Possible movies and shows for the whole family to watch (some we’ve never seen, and some that some of us have seen, but we'd like to see again with everybody):

Movies we like that also got a mention (but we’ve either watched recently or didn’t think Mom and Dad would like):

Movies actively ruled out:

Original broadcast date March 19, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-215-wtnv-164-the-faceless-old-woman-live/

It's the Welcome to Night Vale episode that Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor described as "maybe the most upsetting thing we've ever written." Listen in as we recap a one-person show featuring unearthly roommates, really cruel pranks, and something called "the tarantula incident".

After that we talk a little more about the ongoing COVID-19 situation, Devs, Altered Carbon, Picard...hang on, didn't we talk about all of those things last week? Just to mix things up, we also discuss Highlander, cancelled conventions, and some of the things you can do to help. (We'll give you this one for free, HELPING DOESN'T INVOLVE HOARDING HAND SANITIZER AND TOILET PAPER.)

This week’s outro is a clip from Blue Scorpion by Kevin MacLeod

The vendor list for the Carolina Fiber Fest can be found here. https://www.carolinafiberfest.org/shopping

The tea company Elizabeth was talking about is the Friday Afternoon Tea Company. https://fridaytea.com/

Here's the link to the toilet paper earrings we mentioned, made by Licia Beads. They're currently unavailable because the post about them went....viral...

Original broadcast date March 12, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-214/

Let’s face it, the Coronavirus is on everyone’s minds so we have to get that out of the way first. (It mostly involves us saying “WASH YOUR HANDS” a lot, spreading the word on the #ECCConline hashtag, and reminding you that you can’t use expensive vodka in place of hand sanitizer. Please drink it instead.) (Vodka we mean, not hand sanitizer.)

But after that we decompress with the usual nerd news: Kathryn is enjoying Devs and James May Our Man in Japan, and Elizabeth is underwhelmed by Picard and Altered Carbon.

This week’s outro is a clip from Antiquee by Cursed. https://youtu.be/GXipIE_gGBE

There are a a lot of clever remixes of the handwashing tutorial https://hyperallergic.com/546773/handwashing-goes-viral/, but our favorite is the Dune "Litany Against Fear" version. The earliest version we can find of this was posted by Taylor R. Genovese on March 4th https://hyperallergic.com/546773/handwashing-goes-viral/, but if anyone knows the creator we'd love to give them credit.

Correction: we mentioned that Emerald City Comic Con was cancelled, it's actually been postponed to September. But as of right now you can jump on the #ECCConline hashtag on twitter to see the amazing stuff posted by artists in their online shops.

Addition: as of today, WonderCon is also postponed. https://sdccblog.com/2020/03/wondercon-anaheim-postponed-for-2020/

Original broadcast date March 5, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-213-wtnv-163-bravo/

On this week's Night Vale recap we discuss theater etiquette when attending a show at an insane asylum, and then move on to cosplay problems, adventures in 3D printing, and whether or not the pretty, pretty effects in Picard outweigh all the talking. (They do so far, but we're only three episodes in.)

This week’s outro is a clip from Electron by TeknoAxe. https://youtu.be/yibESRDRb2Y

Kathryn mentioned Thingiverse, a site for 3-D Printer patterns and more, you can find them here https://www.thingiverse.com/. The Oddish planter she printed out can be downloaded here. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1236962

Original broadcast date February 27, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-212-parasite-comic-books-and-random-sci-fi/

So the plan was to have a quick talk about an Oscar-winning film and a debriefing on the events of last weekend. It spun out of control  within the first fifteen minutes, of course.

Listen in as we go over Parasite (many many spoilers), Snowpiercer, Inception, the trailer for the upcoming Netflix Transformers series, the firing of Didio, the books we’re reading, the conventions we’re getting ready for, twitter's dumpster fire Windblade “discussion,” and more made-up stories about our sponsor.

Prefer your podcasts in YouTube form? You're in luck! https://youtu.be/RGmPTNvzv7k

This week’s outro is a clip from Mirrors by Superhumanoids from their Parasite Paradise album. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Superhumanoids/Parasite_Paradise/02_-_Superhumanoids_-_Mirrors

Correction: the dish cooked in Parasite was called Ramdon, and it's a real thing (combination of Ramen and Udon) and you can find the recipe and a lot of cool information about it here. https://uproxx.com/life/ram-don-recipe-parasite-movie/

Correction the second: Windblade is Flame Toys' first attempt at a female transformer model, they haven't tried an Arcee. (Yet.)

Correction the third: yes there is a ton of information about lightsaber crystals and most of it seems to be perfectly canon, we should've checked out Wookiepedia first. https://uproxx.com/life/ram-don-recipe-parasite-movie/

And a clarification: Kathryn mentioned needing to pick up bondo before NC Comicon in March. We probably should have mentioned it's for the EmojiBot helmet, we went into more detail in last week's episode. https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-211-wtnv-162-alpha/

Since there's a lot going on in this episode, here's a breakdown of the timeline:

Snowpiercer at 12:20

Original broadcast date February 20, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-211-wtnv-162-alpha/

This week’s Night Vale recap is full of ambitious moms, genius daughters, mysterious voices, missing planes and REALLY STARTLING WEATHER. Plus Kathryn wants to rewatch Snowpiercer (because Parasite) and Elizabeth rewatched Looper (because Knives Out) and we're both finishing up Bojack Horseman, The Crown, Great British Bake Off, and the latest EmojiBot cosplay incarnation.

Most importantly, live on the recording we brainstorm a new Doctor Who regeneration, companion, and adventure! (Spoilers: the Doctor's Tom Hiddleston. I mean come on, this is us, it's either going to be Tom or it's going to be a Transformer.) (....) (*sound of frantic scribbling of notes for later*)

This week’s outro is a clip from Humanizer by Tekno Axe. https://youtu.be/yf59GKMdlb8

Prefer your podcasts in YouTube form? You're in luck! https://youtu.be/gWOhLEaw3bQ

Original broadcast date February 13, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-210-the-oscars/

The 2020 Oscars have come and gone and Binary System has the complete recap! Well, mostly complete; Kathryn's got the attention span of a magpie and kept leaving the room when she got bored. And Elizabeth still has the heebie jeebies from the year they screwed up the Best Picture envelope so she only "watches" the Oscars on twitter. And neither of them saw more than a handful of the movies and...look, let's start again.

The 2020 Oscars have come and gone and Binary System has the half-assed, fly-by-night, mostly vague opinions based on random tweets, recap!

This week's outro music is a clip from Melt by Broke For Free. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Petal/Broke_For_Free_-_Petal_-_04_Melt

Here's the full list of Oscar nominees and winners, complete with links to all our reviews! https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/oscar-2020-nominations-announced/

Original broadcast date February 6, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-209-wtnv-161-the-space-race/

Welcome to Night Vale returns! Listen in as we recap Night Vale's centuries-long quest to slap the bejeezus out of the moon, give shout outs to two listeners, and basically make stuff up about people we've never met.

Prefer your podcasts in youtube form? You're in luck! https://youtu.be/ADCYdc7D8io

This week's outro music is a clip from +32 (Remix) by Steve Combs. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Steve_Combs_1437/13_32_Remix

Original broadcast date January 30, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-208-fleabag/

Special guest Hannah Wallace https://byhannahwallace.wordpress.com/ returns this week as we break down everything we loved about Fleabag! Massive spoiler warnings of course, because we can't talk about all the fourth-wall breaks, the horrible Godmother, the sex, and most definitely the Hot Priest without spoiling everything. Along the way there's also tangents into British podcasts, Irish television, and Scottish castles. http://www.scottishlaird.co.uk/#_a_2gk

Prefer your podcasts in youtube form? You're in luck! https://youtu.be/T8xlcIcTG7w

This week's intro music is a clip from the Fleabag soundtrack written by Isobel Waller-Bridge https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3804256/. The outro music is a clip from Flea Circus by Lemur. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lemur/Lemur/07_lemur_-_flea_circus

The actress Elizabeth was trying to think of, the one who looks like Fleabag's sister? She was thinking of Indira Varma, who keeps dying in shows we like. (Fleabag's sister is played by Sian Clifford, who also looks like Michelle Evans-Fecci from Great British Baking Show.)

Here's links to Pop Culture Happy Hour https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510282/pop-culture-happy-hour and Guilty Feminist https://guiltyfeminist.com/, which Hannah highly recommends.

Original broadcast date January 23, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-207-sitrep-weve-watched-some-things/

Last week we made a plan for catching up on all the amazing content out there, and this week? We got caught up! KIDDING. Of course we didn't, but we watched some things, and liked them a lot. Listen in as we talk about Fleabag Season 1, Doctor Who, The Crown Season 3, James May: Our Man in Japan, the Oscar Noms, and why on EARTH did they cancel Limetown?

This week's outro music is a clip from XXV by Broke For Free. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Petal/Broke_For_Free_-_Petal_-_07_XXV

Correction: we mentioned that we hadn't watched the first episode of Picard. At time of recording, it wasn't out yet. But by the time you listen to this episode, it will be, and we can almost definitely guarantee we haven't watched it yet. BUT WE WILL.