Andy and Keith spend this whole episode talking about Star Wars without actually talking about the new movie, which Andy hasn’t seen yet but Keith has seen twice. Even so, they find plenty to discuss on the subject, having both just watched the “Anti-Cheese” editions of the prequel trilogy.
This week Andy tells Keith about his adventures at Geekonomicon, including creating a design for Convention Fluxx at a panel called Improv Fluxx Design. Keith talks about his new card game-in-progress, which he’s calling Project B, and Andy describes a new 3-player variation of Hearts he recently played. They talk about shooting the moon, which Andy relentlessly tries to do when playing Hearts. They also continue their pre-Episode 7 geeking out, with discussions about droid deities and the “Anti-Cheese” re-edits of the prequels. Somewhere in there they also have a spoiler-y discussion about the final episode of Minority Report.
This week Andy defers to Keith for the answer to a question about how several Cthulhu Fluxx cards interact. Andy also talks about his breakdown of the Three Phases of a project’s lifecycle, Keith talks about a completely new card game he’s come up with, and media topics include Minority Report, Fringe, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, and Ex Machina. They even discuss the avoidance of Star Wars spoilers and the realities of having super powers such as flight, lifting heavy objects, and laser eyes.
This week Keith goes on a Nerd Rant about a book he didn’t like but didn’t want to call out by name and therefore codenamed Harry Potter and the Atomic Bomb. The nerds also talk about the physics of the Flash’s superpower, commercially available resurrections, and the Walking Pneumonia. They also actually talk about game design stuff towards the end, with Andy discussing the need to incentivize brutality in end-game rules, and Keith talking about an early effort of his called Power Brokers. #NerdRant
This week Keith and Andy geek out big time on sci-fi media, including Star Wars (and theories they’ve heard about what will be happening in the new trilogy), Star Trek (and ideas they have for the future series), and super-hero shows on TV (including Agents of Shield, Supergirl, and Jessica Jones). Andy also talks about getting his house painted purple.
This week Keith tells Andy more about his recent trip to New Zealand, including an empty chair memorial, Zorbing, and the mysterious Agrodome. Meanwhile, Andy just got back from WindyCon where he won a fancy award for having the best bathrobe and towel ensemble.
Andy spends most of this episode telling Keith about his adventures at Burning Man. Among other things he compares Burners to Boy Scouts. Also discussed is the Penn & Teller show, Fool Us.
This week Keith and Andy discuss numerous topics, including: production deadlines, mistakes noticed too late, the issue of “calling it,” vintage mix tapes, changing who the murderer was, TV shows where they say they have a plan but don’t, and future technologies that may rob us of the right to nervously pace.
This week Andy tells Keith all about The Annual, a secret game designer gathering, held annually in Las Vegas. They also talk a lot about The Martian, and assorted new TV shows. Spoilers!
This week Keith and Andy discuss a lot of media, including Gotham, Rick and Morty, the rebirth of Heroes, and the new season of The Last Man on Earth. Spoiler-ish!