Episode 33 - Hype from The Two Vague Podcast

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Episode 33 - Hype

1 hour 6 minutes Posted Feb 12, 2022 at 8:54 am.

Pre-calculus, snapping necks, cashing checks, and the etymology of hype

The dog’s bollocks, word associations, and hip hop music

Ben’s Weezer hot take and some history on Madison, WI alternative 90’s music

Backwards masking to avoid copyright infringements, and then back to hype

The hype man dancer to singer in the musical group The Prodigy

Cheyenne talks about Eminem and Ben talks about Public Enemy

The origin of Flavor Flav’s clock, and the bathroom clock

Public Enemy’s “By the Time I Get to Arizona” rap and music video

Artistic expression, politics, dick measuring, and do your work

“…and then the air horn,” and origins in Reggae and Dancehall music

-The Hulu show “Dead Asleep,” fidget spinners, Beanie Babies, and Funko Pop!

Cheyenne and Ben talk about Steve Carell

Ben remembers Outlaw Golf for the original X-Box, hype means exposure

Ben and Cheyenne’s "jinx you owe me a Coke" moment

Can hype be tempered or controlled?

Companies "making it right" for consumers of video games, and Dragon’s Dogma

Cooperative multiplayer and Ben’s Warframe story

To close out the show… Cheyenne does her impression of an air horn!

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Ben and Cheyenne are incredibly excited to talk today, but it could just be the word… HYPE (insert airhorn noise here)! Ben educates Cheyenne on “hype men” in the music of his youth, Public Enemy’s song/video “By the Time I get to Arizona,” the air horn, Beanie Babies, and assorted documentaries. When the conversation turns to video games, they discuss Cyberpunk 2077, how to promote games successfully with an appropriate level of hype, The Witcher 3, Dragon’s Dogma, and Warframe.

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