Harrison rocket-starts a conversation about Mario Kart, designing for contradictory audience expectations, the vastly different ways we approach and appreciate popular works, and a bit of philosophy. Sophia brings the tea. Harrison loses badly at chess. Cindy gets overwhelmed by impenetrable online Mario Kart World discourse, especially regarding the applicability of the current meta build to Boo Cinema in Mirror Mode Knockout Tour.

In this episode:

"Mario Kart" (franchise)

"Mario Kart: The Moral Implications of the Racing Series" by Andrew Blair (from Den of Geek)

"The Prestige" (2006) dir. by Christopher Nolan