Iteration 171 - Heroic Sacrifices

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A tale of two sevens: Final Fantasy 7 and Star Wars 7. We spend a bit of time at the top talking about our worries about whether or not Star Wars Episode VII will suck. Then we talk about the remake of Final Fantasy VII, and the changes it makes from previous versions. Josh plays Paradise Bay. Josh expresses his disappointment about The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon and Amy getting back together. And for our main topic, we talk about heroic sacrifices. 

References and Recommendations:

Inspector Gadget minus Gadget: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6MR14mFtIw

Iteration 170 - Fantasy Marches and Parades

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We join Josh and one-cake-filled Ryan for talk about our favourite games, Dwarf Fortress, Minecraft, and others. Josh talks about watching and performing standup comedy. Does a parade count as a simulation for our purposes? Sure, why not! Then we take a weird tangent about the nature of art and spirituality, on account of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We speculate on the origin of birthday candles. And for our main topic, we discuss parades, and how a parade or festival can shed light on a fantasy setting. And using parades and festivals and other traditions in stories.

References and Recommendations:

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1985966/

The Great Modron March: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17302/The-Great-Modron-March-2e?it=1

Iteration 169 - How Villains Die

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In this iteration of the show, we discuss Nanowrimo, the Grey Cup, and Captain Jack Sparrow. Plus Ryan's weird dream creatures. And for our main topic, we discuss epic death options for the villains of our stories.

Iteration 168 - The Infinite Palette of Character Creation

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In this episode: we brainstorm some chalk ideas for Minecraft, enthuse about the shows we've watched, and the games we played. We talk about the kinds of computer code that is going to bring about the Singularity. Ryan likes Pacific Rim (2013 film). And for our main topic, character creation and the infinite palette, we talk about extremely non-standard characters, defining the limits of what counts as a character.


References and Recommendations:

Vikes Improv. https://www.facebook.com/VikesImprov/

Pacific Rim (2013 film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/

Tri-Stat Role-playing system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Stat_dX

Iteration 167 - The Flourishing Desolate Wasteland

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In this episode: Link (from Legend of Zelda) now has a sister. Fallout 4 released, but Josh and Ryan play their old games instead. Wooly Mammoths. What happens to whale bodies when they die in the ocean? "I prefer the radium." Space Monks. We even get into the bioethics of setting up shop in a so-called wasteland that might actually have life in it.

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Iteration 166 - Robots in Simulations

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In this iteration: Update on our nanowrimo projects (spoiler: we procrastinated). Ryan comes up with a right-wing conspiracy theory. We play hardball with Warren Buffett on the ship of fools that is Las Vegas? Josh and Ryan play video games and watch TV. Ryan reviews the Mr. Peabody and Sherman movie. Our main discussion topic is just about robots. Robots as characters, robots versus aliens, robots as bad guys, and robots as loot and treasure.



References and Recommendations:

National Novel Writing Month: http://nanowrimo.org/

Kathy's vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kQ5QmD8UbQ

Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014 film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864835/

Girl Genius (webcomic) http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php

Iteration 165 - Clone Club

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In this iteration, we talk about the Halloween that just happened, and mutant chicken trees. Ryan favourably reviews The Man With the Iron Fists film. We talk about our plans for National Novel Writing Month. Ryan comes up with a conspiracy theory on time travellers leaving old coins in his tip jar. Which leads to our main scenario, we invent a scenario in which we discover temporal duplicates of ourselves.

The Man with the Iron Fists (2012 film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258972/

National Novel Writing Month: http://nanowrimo.org/