* (0:28) A pregnant pause. Dan hates Skype. Dan hates Norton even more.

* (1:11) Voting for the science fiction plot hooks is ending on Sunday, January 10th, at 11:59:59pm Central Time. You can get your votes in here.

* (2:07) Brodeur the Elder wants to hear about ABBA. That hate for disco. N-Trace’s hip hop remix of Stayin’ Alive. The mashups of Max Tannone.

* (8:46) Fear the Boot’s spoiler policy.

* (11:05) The long bomb plot of Nier.

* (18:27) Tying this back to tabletop RPGs. Creating games where the most obvious explanation of events isn’t the most accurate one.

* (21:11) Don’t lie to the players or invalidate their actions.

* (28:57) When the villain just might have a point. Gnarl’s Twitter feed. Fable 3.

* (44:58) The relationship between the long bomb and a more traditional mystery. L.A. Noire.

* (59:15) Brodeur and the Case of the Brand Comparison.

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