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July 12, 2016

Episode 64: Next Stop: Stupidville!

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Topics this week include: Simul-viewing (watching something at the same time as someone else in separate locations and texting to each other during the show); the lessons of rule complexity found in the fictional card game Fizzbin; the benefits of keeping the core of a game design simple and increasing the complexity with advanced rules included later; Keith’s new design-in-progress, Project 12; and finally, a long, spoiler-heavy discussion of The Americans, with minor side discussions of Fringe, House of Cards, Orange Is The New Black, and Unreal.

SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers inside.

July 5, 2016

Episode 63: Do The Broncos Exist?

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Keith and Andy compare notes on Pandemic Legacy and Risk Legacy, with Keith having only played the former and Andy having only played the latter. They also discuss the Brexit vote, and how it might fit into a future Chrononauts game. Media topics include The Americans, Night Gallery, Game of Thrones, Fringe, and a spoiler-heavy discussion of the first season of Mr. Robot. Lastly, they get into a fascinating discussion about fictional religions in Keith’s D&D world, Eberron.

SPOILER WARNINGS: Contains Spoilers.

Fringe Watch List

SEASON ONE:
4: The Arrival
11: Bound
14: Ability
17: Bad Dreams
19: The Road Not Taken
20: There’s More Than One Of Everything

SEASON TWO:
8: August
10: Grey Matters
15: Jacksonville
16: Peter
19: The Man From The Other Side
20: Brown Betty
21: Northwest Passage (really just the ending)
22: Over There Part 1
23: Over There Part 2

ALL OF SEASON 3 (Except 9: Marionette)

NOTHING ELSE!

June 28, 2016

Episode 62: Product 20

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Keith has pneumonia! So that’s a topic. It’s affecting his sense of taste, which leads to a discussion of super-tasters and weak-smellers, and then to strange super-powers such as super-sneezing. They also discuss some “super” heroes with questionable powers, such as Potato Chip Dude. Other food products are discussed at length, including Pop-Tarts, Product 19 cereal, and Mars Planets. The RPG system Over The Edge and a time travel t-shirt are other interesting topics of discussion. Lastly, there was a correction regarding the attribution of a quote given in last week’s episode.

June 21, 2016

Episode 61: That Ship Has Sailed

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First the guys yammer about coughing vs. sneezing and the manners surrounding unpleasant things. Then they each talk for awhile about secret work stuff. Keith uses the phrase “That Ship Has Sailed,” which sets Andy off on a rant about the movie Saving Mr. Banks. Then Keith talks about a new film called The Lobster, which triggers a discussion about zany characters they played at a Live Action Role Playing game long ago, in particular, a space-faring race of belligerent giant blue lobsters. Lastly, they discuss the binary language of load-lifters and the question of why many Star Wars robots only make annoying beeping noises instead of being programmed to speak English.

May 24, 2016

Episode 57: Late To The Party Guy

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Andy & Keith don’t have much work to talk about this time so it’s mostly a big media discussion, with particular emphasis on the Captain America movie from two years ago, The Winter Soldier. Spoilers aplenty! They also discuss the Americans, Unreal, and other stuff.

SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers inside!

May 17, 2016

Episode 56: Minutes of the Mutual Admiration Society

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Andy & Keith compliment each other on the progress of their projects, and then they yammer about media for a long time. First they talk about the Marvel Civil War movie (even though Andy hasn’t seen it yet), then they discuss TV shows including Last Man on Earth, Parks & Rec, Legends of Tomorrow, Extras, and Unreal. Then they get into a deep conversation about live role-playing experiences they had long ago, when they portrayed the castaways from Gilligan’s Island. Other subjects they discuss include Screaming Yellow Zonkers, the struggles of watching TV before in the olde days before we had VCRs, and all the usual coconut powers.

May 10, 2016

Episode 55: Midnight at Denny’s

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Andy reports on his recently-ended Kickstarter campaign, and Keith drops hints about his secret game-in-progress, Project Ex. They also discuss travel plans, then they yammer about media. Topics include a spoiler-heavy discussion of the first season of Fargo, and Rod Serling’s not-very-good followup to the Twilight Zone, called Night Gallery. Lastly, Keith talks about a light-hearted LARP game he once ran, set in a Denny’s in the middle of the night.

SPOILER WARNING: This episode has spoilers.

May 3, 2016

Episode 54: The Super Lobster Stage

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Andy talks about the final days of the Pyramid Arcade Kickstarter, and Keith talks about his progress on Project X. Then Keith talks about his recent trip to Maine, where his visited the current members of a college group he founded 20 years ago, called the Bates Discordians. Keith mentions his “interesting thing” trick for remembering someone’s name, and also talks about the growth stages of lobsters. Then Andy talks about his trip to PAX East, where he did his Improv Fluxx Design panel, in which he created a design for Muppet Fluxx live before a large audience, complete with on-the-spot illustrations drawn by noted Fluxx illustrator, Derek Ring. Then Keith tells Andy a few things about Game of Thrones and Dexter, neither of which Andy has seen or read.

April 19, 2016

Episode 52: Again With The Time Travel

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Andy & Keith check in with each other on work stuff, but then spend most of the time talking about media, in particular a long, spoiler-heavy discussion of 11.22.63, plus other time travel shows including Legends of Tomorrow and the last episode of the first season of Man Seeking Woman. Also, since the trailer for the next Star Wars movie just hit the net, they end up yammering about that for quite awhile. Lastly, Keith talks about his recent appearance on the Gosh Darn Fiasco podcast.

SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains spoilers!