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Having a Nice Chat with Aliens (Episode 23)

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This week we talked to Yussef Cole about the Oscar-nominated movie Arrival. Plus we get some Mass Effect talk in, because what's a Media Mavens episode without Mass Effect? Our main segment is full of spoilers for Arrival.

Guest and Topic Intro (00:00:32)

A brief intro to our guest, Yussef Cole, who writes about games for outlets such as Paste Magazine and hosts the Video Game Hour podcast.

What we've been up to (00:07:17)

Yussef (@youmeyou)

  • Hitman
  • Persona 4 Golden
  • Dishonored 2
  • Empire
  • I Am Not Your Negro
  • Hidden Figures
  • Split

    • Riley (@kaleri_)

    • Mystic Messenger Christmas DLC
    • Heroes of the Storm
    • Overwatch
    • Hwarang
    • Goblin: The Lonely and Great God

      • Pam (@jasyla_)

      • King's Quest
      • Tyranny
      • XCOM2
      • The Girl with all the Gifts (movie)
      • Obvious Child
      • The Black Tapes Podcast

        • Arrival (00:51: 30)

        • What is Arrival?
        • Mass Effect, Arrival and Social Responsibility in Sci-Fi (Yussef's article)
        • What both Arrival and Mass Effect say about the importance of humans and working together
        • How Arrival and its aliens differ from most other fiction
        • The importance of language
        • Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
        • Time travel
        • Wasn't this less convoluted, and therefore WAY BETTER, than Interstellar? @alatinolawyer
        • Is the ending of Arrival good? @xhugglesx
        • The aliens come with companions and convey language jointly. What lessons does this movie give about our beliefs on efficiency and teaching if they don't just show a video or learn our languages to communicate? @alatinolawyer

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          Music: Vivacity by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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