Show notes
This week we talked to Yussef Cole about the Oscar-nominated movie Arrival. Plus we get some Mass Effect talk in, because what's a Media Mavens episode without Mass Effect? Our main segment is full of spoilers for Arrival.Guest and Topic Intro (00:00:32)A brief intro to our guest, Yussef Cole, who writes about games for outlets such as Paste Magazine and hosts the Video Game Hour podcast.What we've been up to (00:07:17)Yussef (@youmeyou) Hitman Persona 4 Golden Dishonored 2 Empire I Am Not Your Negro Hidden Figures SplitRiley (@kaleri_) Mystic Messenger Christmas DLC Heroes of the Storm Overwatch Hwarang Goblin: The Lonely and Great GodPam (@jasyla_) King's Quest Tyranny XCOM2 The Girl with all the Gifts (movie) Obvious Child The Black Tapes PodcastArrival (00:51: 30) What is Arrival? Mass Effect, Arrival and Social Responsibility in Sci-Fi (Yussef's article) What both Arrival and Mass Effect say about the importance of humans and working together How Arrival and its aliens differ from most other fiction The importance of language Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Time travel Wasn't this less convoluted, and therefore WAY BETTER, than Interstellar? @alatinolawyer Is the ending of Arrival good? @xhugglesx The aliens come with companions and convey language jointly. What lessons does this movie give about our beliefs on efficiency and teaching if they don't just show a video or learn our languages to communicate? @alatinolawyerIf you’ve got any feedback, questions, people or topics you’d like to hear on future episodes of the show, you can reach out at [email protected] or on Twitter @_MediaMavens. If you like the show, please give us a review on iTunes or Stitcher.Music: Vivacity by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
