Pixels and Puppets

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0:00

Intro

- Question time!

- The part where we ask you for money. You can help support the monthly hosting fees and say thanks by buying us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/operationpuppet

12:45

The Puppet Pit

- Previous 2 week's builds (a Sonk, a custom Sonk with arms, a yellow goblin)

- The Great Studio Cleanup 2023 is in progress!

27:28

Gizmotown

- The Deck Nook: All about the Asus ROGUE Ally!

- Emulation does what Nintendon't: apparently angered by The Legend Of Zelda leaks, Nintendo lashes out at Lockpick.

1:07:45 Pixels and Tokens

- Breaking news: Vampire Survivors is great!

- Diablo IV Server slam is happening

- Kevin had a lovely experience in No Man’s Sky

- We continue our Top 5 Games of All Time with Andrew’s Number 3

The Top 5 list so far:

Andrew:

Number 5: Fort Apocalypse (1982)

Number 4: Yakuza 0 (2017)

Number 3: Assassin’s Creed 2 (2009)

Jamie:

Number 5: Zork (1977)

Number 4: Earthbound (1994)

Kevin:

Number 5: Diablo 3 (2012)

Number 4: Assassin's Creed: Origins

Ending Thanks

Music Credits:

- Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.

- Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

- Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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Pixels and Puppets Episode 8: The Gothamcast

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0:00

Intro

- Superman: Origins? - Jamie went to CoCoFest!-The part where we ask you for money. You can help support the monthly hosting fees and say thanks by buying us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/operationpuppet

13:36

The Puppet Pit

- Previous 2 week's builds (A... Neef?)

- Central Park Pilgrimage

- RIP Harry Belafonte - Regular build stream reminder (Wednesdays 11am ET, Twitch and YouTube)

32:27

Gizmotown

- The Deck Nook. AMD has upcoming chips specifically geared to handheld PCs, starting with the Asus Ally: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23696722/amd-ryzen-z1-z1-extreme-rog-ally

- Retroid Pocket Flip?

- PC "required" specs have gone insane, alongside PC "ports". We speculate why.

1:05:39 Pixels and Tokens

- Andrew saw the D&D movie, which is good, and Hasbro continues to suck, which is bad. Balance!

- Kevin hasn’t had time to dig into Horizon: Burning Shores because he’s been playing, uh, Marvel’s Avengers? Huh?

- Waypoint shutting down

- The MS/Activision deal denied in the UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/microsoft-activision-deal-prevented-to-protect-innovation-and-choice-in-cloud-gaming

- We continue our Top 5 Games of All Time with Kevin's Number 4

The Top 5 list so far:

Andrew:

- Number 5: Fort Apocalypse (1982)

- Number 4: Yakuza 0 (2017)

Jamie:

- Number 5: Zork (1977)

- Number 4: Earthbound (1994)

Kevin:

- Number 4: Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017)

- Number 5: Diablo 3 (2012)

Ending Thanks

Music Credits:

-Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.

- Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

- Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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0:00

Intro

- The part where we ask you for money. You can help support the monthly hosting fees and say thanks by buying us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/operationpuppet

- Podcast questions! From Scarlet!

- Tangent: The Digital Dark Age will swallow our civilization. Anyway, puppets!

23:09 The Puppet Pit

- Previous 3 week's builds (Finished Live Hands Neef, 2 Smols, The Smally, two Greeblees)

- There are some great puppet-related videos on Tested.com: https://youtu.be/4IcLTQvEZSs

https://youtu.be/b5nbem_Zf6s

https://youtu.be/gzbBdRHqGcQ

- No build stream this week! Kevin is on vacation in NYC! Post-vacation regular build streams will recommence as usual (Wed 11am ET, Twitch and YouTube)

45:16

Gizmotown

- The Deck Nook: Steam Deck thoughts and the Asus Ally

- MS adding in "handheld gaming" settings to Windows 11, has dual boot Deck implications.

- Sony also has a rumored streaming handheld unit

1:24:33

Pixels and Tokens

- Jamie finally plays Cyberpunk 2077! He has thoughts! (14 hours played)

- Oh hey there’s a new TRON game (TRON: Identity)

- Suicide Squad delayed a year after terrible Live Service oriented trailer

- Is Redfall at 30FPS a failure?

- We continue our Top 5 Games of All Time with Jamie's Number 4

The Top 5 list so far:

Andrew:

- Number 5: Fort Apocalypse (1982)

- Number 4: Yakuza 0 (2017)

Jamie:

- Number 5: Zork (1977)

- Number 4: Earthbound (1994)

Kevin:

- Number 5: Diablo 3 (2012)

Ending Thanks

Music Credits:

- Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.- Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License) - Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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It's a 3:2 martini to podcaster ratio this time, so we'll see who wins!

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0:00

Intro

- We are Jamie-less!

- Audiophilia needs a renaissance

6:36

The Puppet Pit

- Previous 2 week's builds (4 Sonks, 2 Smols, one Neef! And another Neef to come!)

- Welcome new Discord folks! Join the Discord!

- Tom Stewart from Creature Works Studio has released a free pattern, the Smally! Join Creature Works' mailing list to get it: https://www.thecreatureworksstudio.com/

- Wednesday build stream reminder (Wed 11am ET, Twitch and YouTube)

26:41

Gizmotown

- LinusTechTips Youtube channel got hacked, what hope do we have

- There is no update on the Linux server

- Corsair wouldn’t honour a reasonable sale for Andrew

- Kevin's big reveal

50:29

Pixels and Tokens

- Kevin has seen enough of Diablo IV. Roundtable talk about DIV Open Beta- Neverwinter Server update. Testing build is ready for... testing! You can connect directly at this address: operationpuppet.tplinkdns.com:5121. Check the Discord for details- Our Top 5 Games of All Time continues with Andrew's Number 4

1:33:56

Ending Thanks

Music Credits:

Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.

Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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0:00

Intro

- Mario Day. eh?

- So, Podcasts, eh?

- New contest! Win one of five copies of Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition by sending an email to [email protected]. You'll need a free gog.com account to claim them but they are DRM free, for PC, Mac and Linux.

12:17 The Puppet Pit

- Industrial adhesives, eh?

- Cacophony eh?

- The Noot comes home

- Talk about the past couple of week's builds, what the next builds will be, and the usual Wednesday build stream reminder (Wed 11am ET, Twitch and YouTube)

36:08Gizmotown

- Meta might have plans to dip their plague-ridden filth mitts into ActivityPub. We're not biased.

- Hashtag Get Andrew on Mastodon

- Kevin's Debian server is armed and fully operational

- Also Kevin apologies to Portainer- Jamie And The Steam Deck Accessories Of Doom. Accessories mentioned:

https://dbrand.com/shop/grip/steam-deck-cases (with Travel Kit)

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B09W2JP6SM?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B09LCMVB3F?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B07ZRNJ4DX?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B0BGQSZJTG?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B07PPGWQ15?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B0BQG6FM45?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B082WNRRLY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

https://retrogamecorps.com/ 

1:13:42

Pixels and Tokens

- Neverwinter Server update. Testing release soon, but the server itself is actually live on the Beamdog browser. If you own NWN:EE look for the Operation: Puppet server in the Internet browser list and the player password is: frankieplay.

- Destiny 2 did a major DLC update. Perhaps Jamie and Andrew have feelings?

- Our Top 5 Games of All Time continues with Kevin's Number 5. Hint: It's not Marvel Heroes Online/Omega.

Ending Thanks

Music Credits:

Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.

Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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Episode 4: Shoutout Scarlet

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0:00 - Intro - We got Belgium!

5:42 The Puppet Pit

- Talk about the past couple of week's builds (blue Greeblee, purple Greeblee and purple monster), what’s the next builds will be, and the usual Wednesday build stream reminder (Wed 11am ET, Twitch and YouTube)

16:48 Gizmotown

- iOS to support rich previews for Mastodon.  https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/16/ios-16-4-imessage-rich-previews-for-mastodon-posts/ - Spoutable got Milkshake Duck'd - Scott Adams continues to be awful - Jamie: STEEEEEEAMDEEEEECK!!!! https://blog.sbox.one/the-care-and-feeding-of-a-valve-steam-deck - Rovioooooooo! - Kevin now has Debian running on the old Mac Mini and will be moving away from Ubuntu on Frankenlinux. Related: Portainer. Yay or nay? Yay.

1:01:27 Pixels and Tokens

- Andrew bought a thing: PSVR2. - Neverwinter Server update. Also it's on sale for real cheap on GOG as if the time of this recording: https://www.gog.com/en/game/neverwinter_nights_enhanced_edition_pack - Our Top 5 Games of All Time continues with Jamie’s number 5

Ending Thanks

Music Credits:  Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License. Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License). Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License

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  0:00

 Intro

- Andrew both didn't get COVID and saw a mediocre movie. No score win! - We hit 200 downloads! Thank you! - Coffee mug contest! We announce the winners!

  7:09 The Puppet Pit

- Talk about the past couple of week's builds (Ogre, goblin, Greeblee), what's the next builds will be, and the usual Wednesday build stream reminder (Wed 11am ET,  Twitch  and  YouTube) -  We discuss "Adult" and "edgelord" puppetry as a genre

  22:53

 Gizmotown

- Done: big honkin' gaming PCs. Discuss strats for staying in the PC game... game? - AI bot good times

  1:01:31

 Pixels and Tokens

- Kevin has a serious case of Neverwinter Brain - Doublefine Documentary is good - Freshly baked nintendo news! - Our Top 5 Games of All Time countdown begins with Andrew! - A bit of chat about retro gaming and the cultural importance of archiving games

 2:02:53

 Ending Thanks

- Are you in Belgium? If so, you win.

  Music Credits:

- Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by  emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License. - Gizmotown:  kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License). - Pixels and Tokens:  Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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Belgium! Why Belgium? Is this a podcast about Belgium? Nope. Do we mention Belgium at any point? Nope. What a mystery! To find the dark secret, join the Discord!

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0:00

Intro 

• Andrew was on a boat, lounging in opulence! Wanna see the opulence in which Andrew lounged? Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufSfYEq5oc 
• We hit our target downloads!

• Coffee mug contest! Send an email with your shipping address to [email protected] and in Episode 3 we will randomly pick 5 winners.

24:23

The Puppet Pit

• I’ve been blogging! https://www.operationpuppet.com
• Facebook is so last week
• Reminder about weekly Wednesday build streams

39:53

Gizmotown

• Jamie contemplated getting an AYN Odin, Andrew talking him down off that cliff.
• NUC/Mini PC talk, home server musing

1:02:01

Pixels and Tokens

• Avengers Disassembled, support ends Sept 30 2023.
• Hasbro/D&D licensing drama
• Hi-fi Rush is real good
• Our Top 5 Games of All Time countdown begins by picking who will eventually go first!

Music Credits: 

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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We did it! An actual podcast! Whether you're here for the puppets, the tech or the games, we got you covered. Time stamps are approximate. As always we would appreciate any ratings wherever you found us, and are grateful for any sharing you can do. Word of mouth is still our best discovery path.

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0:00

• banter, catch up, reminder about Episode 0

9:54

The Puppet Pit

• Talk about build streams
• Breaking Puppet news: Cindy from Puppet Pelts is retiring and they're looking to sell
• Talk about No Such Thing as a Fish cameo
• Solicit viewer questions 

39:04 Gizmotown

• The Fediverse, Non-corporate platforms, FOSS
• Kevin’s project: build a self hosted RSS feed reader. 
• How do puppets fit in the metaverse

1:16:49 Pixels and Tokens

• Tokens?
• Handhelds: Jamie's Anbernic RG353M (https://blog.sbox.one/retro-handheld-emulators) and Andrew’s Steamdeck
• Jamie recently played Tabletop Simulator with some retro computer enthusiasts, it was a lot of fun! (we played Horrified and Marvel United) Possible thing to play as a group?
• Kevin has an assignment for the crew (top 5 games of all time rules roundtable)

Music Credits: 

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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Surprise! It's a podcast!

Who are we? What are we? Gaming and...puppets? What? All is revealed in this short intro episode!

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YouTube channel for Operation: P.U.G. mentioned in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/@operationp.u.g.studios2534

Music Credits: 

Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.

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