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Tori Hanzō glanced at the live feed, and noticed the tall blond woman in a red dress give a slightly too familiar glance to a silver-haired waiter. The exotic and glamorous locations for these fundraisers - never held in same place twice- made their connections notorious difficult to secure. Tori expected an intrusion to be detected within three minutes, but her calm was that of an unbroken pond. Resembling the shīsā that stood sentry on rooftops in her Okinawan hometown, Tori knew the newly developed ICE she had just activated would be more than adequate to ward off bad spirits, whatever form they may take.

Honour & Profit has arrived! And Quintin Smith of Shut Up & Sit Down joins Nels and Jesse to gingerly scamper across this new digital minefield. Is Jinteki deadlier than ever? Are the Criminals more replete with tricks and unorthodox tactics than ever before? Lucky episode 13 discovers the answers to these questions ... unless that was just another bluff?

Corporate reputations are in tatters, runners' brains have seen countless neurons dissolved and questionable off-shore drilling platforms remain under digital assault. Nels & Jesse are joined by Lantz the Younger (James, to be specific) to recap the Spin Cycle, discuss how the game has changed between Opening Moves and Double Time and what we have to look forward to in the near future.

The release of Double Time sees the Spin Cycle come to a close. Filled with powerful but time-consuming double events, will these prove to be a lucky find for the runner or much needed corporate shuffle for the faceless bureaucracies? Nels & Jesse find out and you should come along!

Nels & Jesse traveled to the Game Developer's Conference and talked to a ton of our favourite Netrunner players. First, Anthony Burch of Hey Ash Watcha Playin' and lead writer of Borderlands 2 and Paul Dean of Shut Up & Sit Down discuss their recent arrival to the game. Next Charlene Putney and Theresa Duringer discuss their strategies and perspectives. NYU's professor arrives next to Frank Lantz talk about The Local Meta and his thoughts on the game. Penultimately, Jorge Albor, Mathew Kumar and Emily Flynn-Jones get together after a GDC Netrunner meetup. And finally, we are joined again by Leigh Alexander, who runs us through the myth of Enby-chan.

Fear & Loathing finds Nels & Jesse standing at the door of the Geostrategic Research & Neothermal Development Laboratories. The newest data pack in the Spin Cycle is discussed, along with some of our favourite but less commonly seen Neutral cards. And an exciting announcement about a new event happening at the end of May in Terminal City (literally and figuratively) awaits in the twilight of this episode.

Our first meat-space guest, Klei and BioShock: Infinite designer Seth Rosen joins Nels and Jesse to talk about tips for newcomers. With the complexity of a game like Netrunner, learning how to play is just one step down a long cyberroad to victory. But perhaps Seth will help folks, new and veteran alike, get a little further down that path.

Is NBN a cold, unfeeling corporate monolith with little respect for privacy and even less for ethics? Special guest and NBN PR Director Leigh Alexander says nothing could be farther from the truth! She joins Nels and Jesse to talk about what is without question her favourite faction. From the misunderstood Jackson Howard to the tag avalanche of Midseason Replacements, NBN is definitely one an unusual but exciting organization. Also examined is the Criminal faction, with their crushing events and endless fonts of money.

Our True Colours are revealed as Nels and Jesse discuss that latest data pack in the Spin Cycle. Additionally, the multi-week faction breakdown continues with the second runner faction and the third corporation. Much to Jesse's delight, we take a look at the indiscriminately destructive Anarchs along with the deep coffers and dubious ethics of The Weyland Consortium.

Terminal7 hosts its first special guest as the illustrious Quintin Smith of Shut Up & Sit Down joins Nels and Jesse to talk all things Netrunner! Continuing our multi-week faction discussion, the most interesting/evocative cards from not-quite-human manufacturing empire of Haas-Bioroid are highlighted before moving on to the genius and expertise of the Shapers.

Mala Tempora has been released, so Nels and Jesse push past an etymological conundrum and talk about some of the most interesting cards in this new data pack. And with the announcement of Honour & Profit, the next deluxe expansion that will focus exclusively on Jinteki and Criminal, a multi-week faction discussion begins! Nels and Jesse look at the design, theme and iconic cards of the Jinteki corporation, with the rest of the factions to come in the weeks ahead.