Showing posts with label Frankenstein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frankenstein. Show all posts
Monday, December 15, 2014
Iteration 119 - Extended Lifespan? I Can't Lose!
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We start out with a discussion about Team Fortress's new update with its trailer video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLjwVVNq4s
A discussion about the use of music in film and cartoons.
Bugs Bunny the Rabbit of Seville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXCULR2wO-A
The Muppets Minuet in G Major https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlLSMZ8qn7I
Flash Gordon by Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9kCCLwEga8
Pandamonium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandamonium_%28TV_series%29
For our main topic, we talk about those scenarios in which there aren't bad choices, but only rewards no matter which decision you make.
And at the end of the podcast, an exercise for the listener: if reincarnation was real, who or what would you like to come back as?
Monday, November 3, 2014
Iteration 113 - Mind Swapping
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This week on the Simulationist Podcast, we talk about swapping brains!
We start off the discussion with some talk about the Age of Ultron trailer, and future Marvel movie releases. Josh watches Noah and why it's a science fiction movie. Then we get into our main topic, which is about mind switching and why it's done as a story trope, and the science of it, and if it could ever happen in real life. Also, National Novel Writing Month kicks off!
Monday, October 13, 2014
Iteration 110 - Sleepy Hollow
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References and Recommendations:
The Uninvited (1944 film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uninvited_%281944_film%29
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/
Monday, September 22, 2014
Iteration 107 - Does Whatever a Spider-Man Can
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In this iteration:
Josh and Ryan talk about cake-baking experiments on a trip to Saturn. Josh recounts some highlights from his adventures playing the Sims. HP Lovecraft's Music of Zann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_of_Erich_Zann . The Shows we didn't watch: Ryan discusses skipping the latest Spider-Man movie, in exchange for some Cartoon Network shows like American Dad and Robot Chicken. We talk about what makes the essence of a character, from Spider-Man to Daffy Duck to Captain America. Ryan recounts The Black Cat film from 1934 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Cat_%281934_film%29 , and Daffy Duck. And Finally: Mind Flayer Sherlock Holmes.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Iteration 100 - The Poor Security of Vampires
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Josh and Ryan talk about how they missed Comic Con and wished they could have gone, and their business plan for selling body spray at gaming conventions. Then, Ryan discusses how his thoughts on security were sparked by the incompetence of the vampire in Son of Dracula. And we move on to discussions of security in Dungeons & Dragons, whether it be the players' own castles, or the dungeons they infiltrate. And then we inevitably move on to discuss what World War II would have been like with vampires in it. And then we somehow end up on Star Wars. Then we invent the Wormwood Vampire toward the end, so stay tuned for that one, because it's pretty cool.
Dwarf Fortress Forums http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/
And Justice for All (1979 movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078718/
Son of Dracula (1943 movie) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Dracula_%281943_film%29
The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giant_Who_Had_No_Heart_in_His_Body
Monday, April 28, 2014
Iteration 086 - The Trappings of Mad Science
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In this iteration of the Simulationist Podcast: Josh and Ryan discuss their recent adventures in Minecraft, Josh visits the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and we discuss the trappings of Mad Science.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Iteration 083 - Evolving Between Genres
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Main Discussion Topic: Sometimes works of simulation get classified in a different genre based on the era we're looking at them from. Jules Verne's stories look like a species of fantasy to us today, but they looked a lot more scientific to the people of Verne's day. But what if we didn't just want to blur genres? What if a work or a series of works just decides to switch genre somewhere in the middle? That is, you're reading a science fiction story, and then somewhere in the middle, it changes to a fantasy. Or vice versa. Also, what's scarier than Frankenstein's monster? Frankenstein's mother-in-law, of course!
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Monday, February 10, 2014
Iteration 075 - Going a Viking
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Monday, December 16, 2013
Iteration 067 - Continuity and the Wolfman's Brain
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References and Recommendations:
Questionable Content Web Comic http://questionablecontent.net/
Discussion Topic: Keeping Continuity: how important is it really?
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