The Two Vague Podcast
The Two Vague Podcast
Ben Cheknis
Episode 81 - Loop
1 hour 7 minutes Posted Jul 2, 2023 at 4:22 am.
Ben’s recursion joke fail, and Norah sees the “updated” musical Tommy
Other musicals… American Idiot and Jagged Little Pill, and “also known as music”
Interesting Canadian music idiosyncrasies, and a dystopia episode correction
2nd Anniversary, weird duck callback, and a heartfelt THANK YOU to listeners!
The definition according to Web and Ox, and Ben adds back some superfluous stuff
“So I Married an Axe Murderer,” vegetarian haggis, loopholes, jewelry, and the loupe
Jump rings, perspectives of helixes, the Chicago Loop, and US state opinions
Ben is mistaken, what is in “the Loop,” the Chicago fireworks, and M3Ps?
Audio formats, songs on a loop, “My Weekly Mixtape” shoutout, and recursion
Norah is above BASIC, FORTRAN 77, and other loops in computer programming
Marry the FORTRAN teacher, middle school is NOT grade school, and classrooms
Mental math, Adderall, first looping rollercoaster “Flip Flap Railway,” and clothoids
“Shuttle Loop” rollercoasters, strange loops, the Möbius strip, and Socrates
A child’s perspective on math, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the U-505
Submarines are cramped, the coal mine, model trains, and going in to video games
Ben explains gameplay loops, a rare dad joke from Norah, and Donut County
Match 3 game loops, Norah understands, and Ben mentions Deathloop
A discussion about movies, television, and books using the “time loop” concept
Celebrating “Groundhog’s Day,” and “The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle”
Ben undersells the movie Looper, and other “living the same day” movies
The premise (relatively spoiler free) and game mechanics of the game “Deathloop”
Discrepancies in user and news outlet reviews, and the start of Ben’s critique
“Redfall,” how skill trees work, a disclaimer, and the importance of intelligent AI
Seven, Norah comes clean on playtime, some balancing is needed, and a bug
Ben nitpicking about reviews, know your reviewer, and closing the show!
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Show notes
Norah joins Ben this week for a discussion about recursion, and speaking of… Happy Second Anniversary to us!  Norah has just seen another loud musical, and Ben is champing at the bit to talk about the game he’s been playing lately.  They start their circuitous loop with some Canadian music industry trivia, a correction for the dystopia episode, the definition, and unintentionally making fun of the Scottish.  More loop centric topics include… making jewelry, an area of downtown Chicago, digital music, computer programming languages, rollercoasters, mathematics, Norah’s Summer job in college, and “time loop” movies.  On the topic of video games, Ben explains the importance of engaging gameplay loops, his stance on game reviews, and his experiences with the game Deathloop by Arkane Studios.
 
 
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