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Episode 87 - Control
1 hour 12 minutes Posted Sep 1, 2023 at 7:18 pm.
Andrew’s geographical clues, Ghostbuster Afterlife, and back to school
Commissioning a Christopher Walken sketch from “Bottle Rocket” era Owen Wilson
Andrew’s Sensory Adventures with Suspicious Stew, Pizza, and Loaded Nachos!
Satisfying Andrew’s expectation for Flame Medium, and no control group Pringles
A modest proposal, a Twitter analogue, TikTok exists, blue skies, and Ben’s criticism
Long list of definitions, old timey subtweets, and Ben repeats himself to feel better
The limits of control, Janet Jackson (the youngest of 10), and the album Control
Our utopia, Ben should call Janet Jackson, and you don’t have to eat them all now.
The Souther Reach trilogy, Get Smart, current weather in Arizona, and cloud seeding
Table salt, chaotic systems, weather, The (real) Avengers, and James Bond’s wife.
Shade balls, no concrete evidence, AI hands, knuckles, and a giant space umbrella
The Central Arizona Project, lessons not learned, Flint, and the butterfly effect
Unknowns, recharge basins, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and smog elimination
Andrew prefers turn-based game mechanics, and Vanillaware’s 13 Sentinels
The lack of resilience in controllers, a linear progression, and winning the PEABODY!
The game Control… Jesse is promoted to director of the FBC by the janitor
Alan Wake 2 and Control share the same universe, and a hypothetical question
Final thoughts on the word control, and Andrew will email his Buckaroo Banzai DVD
Watch out for “Don’t Be Terrible” coming soon on ETC or Big Cartel, and potatoes
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It may not seem like it at first, but Andrew and Ben are absolutely in this week’s word.  They start out with what Andrew has been doing, and then Ben is a voyeur on Andrew’s flavored crisps adventure.  First thoughts on the word include a life lesson, a pop singer’s breakout album, a trilogy of books by Jeff VanderMeer, and controlling the weather.  On the subject of video games, the hosts discuss Starcraft, tower defense games, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, the Atari 2600 joystick, and 3 games by Remedy entertainment. 
 
 
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