The Two Vague Podcast
The Two Vague Podcast
Ben Cheknis
Episode 98 - Ink
1 hour 16 minutes Posted Dec 25, 2023 at 10:15 pm.
.  Andrew takes yet another sensory adventure trip to Japan before the hosts dive into a discussion about the word ink.  Additional subjects include: independent comics, participating in Inktober, the pros and cons of AI generated art, the origin of Andrew’s recurring character Booger Bear, and the seldom seen Mortal Kombat arcade clone from Data East… Tattoo Assassins!
Sometimes Pringles, sometimes Y, not partially, buying domains, and radicalization
Picketers borrowing babies, the temperament of custodians, and Skynet is at bay
Ben started playing Thirsty Suitors, High Fidelity, and correction … 5 not 50
Los Angeles is not an island, escape from development hell, and zombie cults
Ben critiques Dead Island 2, zombie types, CHiP bursters, and an artist ruins horses
Killing another can of Japanese Pringles for Andrew’s Sensory Adventure!
A message to the hot honey flavor designer, and a unique airport Pringles side quest
Mollusk adjacent words, Admiral Ackbar gets scared, and Andrew discovers comics
DC and Marvel comic book story differences, and utilizing existing infrastructures
Art classes, not the shoes, the ink aesthetic, using art software, and a first Inktober
AI art, outside observer perspectives, the purpose of your art, and deeper meaning
The definition, the government buys highlighters, and Ben’s memories of drafting
Tattoo designs, the power of creating art, words as structure, and a choir of angles
The origin of Booger Bear, Andrew’s 1st political cartoon, and from a different angel
Jake Parker, no NaNoWriMo for Andrew, Inktober controversies, and staying current
Whamageddon, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Googling sports things, and “real”
Ben’s hometown arcade "The Machine," and the dumpster fire of a test game
Bob Gale, didn’t make it out of COVID, MAME nostalgia, and not on VHS footage
Over 2000 finishers… “eat ship and die” and the DeLorean were 100% Bob Gale
The roster, the backstories, abandoned by the Army, and back to finishing moves
Farting flamethrower, the Night Trap documentary, and the Hot Honey equivalent
A cut above, Andrew doesn’t have tattoos, help from Harryhausen, and bad tattoos
Just do Inktober, maybe wait until you are 30, and the calamari episode
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Show notes
Andrew is in his studio this week… joining Ben via satellite to talk about what is arguably his favorite artistic medium.  But first, some encouraging news about Andrew narrowly avoiding the robot / AI takeover, and how his new daughter is keeping him positively occupied during a period of union drama.  Then Ben shares his experiences with what he has been playing lately: Thirsty Suitors by OuterLoop Games, and Dead Island 2 by Dambuster Studios.  Be warned… there are a few DI2 spoilers in the conversation, so if you want to play this game at some point, you might want to consider skipping to
 
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