The Two Vague Podcast
The Two Vague Podcast
Ben Cheknis
Episode 73 - Mystery
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Mar 12, 2023 at 8:48 am.
Surf’s up in Chicago, 8AM installations, and what Norah is watching
State of mind, predictability, life things, mysteries of the sexes, and pod people
From digressions to definitions, the death of Raquel Welch, and Ox N. Ford
Origins of mystery, mysticism, Ben’s personal definition, and the denouement
Guitars, books, television, movies, and the genre of the Cozy Mystery
Egg preparations, the golden age of detective fiction, and “Abracadaver!”
Movie mystery preferences, cycling streaming services, and greed
Ben talks “Bullet Train” directed by a Brad Pitt / Jean-Claude Van Damme facsimile
Storytelling preferences for mystery movies, and Norah’s cozy mystery trajectory
The procedural mystery, character development in television, and realism
Scandinavian Nior, IKEA, Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, and the Hardy Boys
Enola Holmes, messing with Sherlock Holmes cannon, and Chris Columbus movies
Norah adds one more before moving on to mystery games… questionable meat!
Correction: “Grim Fandango” was Tim Schaffer’s second game as a project leader
“Sam & Max Hit the Road,” the largest ball of twine, and other roadside attractions
“Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney,” “The Thing” in Arizona, and to-do lists
Ben explains Shu Takumi’s “Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective” to Norah
An interesting Nintendo direct remaster announcement, more trivia, and a step
Starting the wrap-up, a couple of recommendations, and ending mystery
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Show notes
Ben is joined by Norah this week, and cooperatively they investigate this week’s word.  Things out a little slow conversationally, but then their on-brand rampant digression kicks in with topics such as television procedurals, the “cozy” genre of mysteries, the movie adaptation of Japanese author Kōtarō Isaka’s black humour thriller novel “Maria Beetle,” Ben’s favorite Chris Columbus movie script, and Scandinavian Noir.  To close out the show, Norah listens intently while Ben talks about some of his favorite mystery themed point and click adventure games and Nintendo DS games from Capcom’s Shu Takumi.  In the final words, Norah includes a book series recommendation (Jutta Profijt’s “Morgue Drawer”), and Ben casually endorses the television series “iZombie.”