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So what's the deal with the Sonic Twitter account being a massive dick to game developers?

I did IndieBox for a couple of months and that was fun but eventually I canceled because half the time I already had the game they sent me because they were often older games. The Black Album style box art for their Brutal Legend release was pretty great though.

I really loved the discussion about the portrayal of the LGBT community in games in this episode

Pretty much. If it comes down to "More of the same" and Donald Trump, I will pick more of the same any day.

I just finished 2001: A Space Odyssey and really liked it. I guess I should read more 60s and 70s sci fi.

This is kind of how I felt about it too. I feel like maybe I just didn't completely get what the book was saying and will have to reread the book again some point in the future. But it's encouraging that her short stories are apparently better because she's a good writer and I enjoyed her prose, I just had a hard time following along with this book at points.

YES! I just reread the first couple of books and finished the rest of the series about a year ago because I'm a dumb baby that thought the Universal Studios ride would spoil the books for me, but it will be fun to watch the movies for the first time. Any plans to read the side books and the book coming out this summer as well?

Good episode! This episode just made me remember Sorcerer King, the other recent Stardock game no one has seemed to talk about. Has TMA talked about that one at all?

I'm surprised how good it is. I didn't plan on buying it but the Giant Bomb quicklook sold me on the game. It plays a lot like classic Doom, not just being fast paced but also having to dodge fireballs and avoid enemy attacks in a way that's more interesting than just running backwards while shooting. And like the quicklook shows, it's the right level of dumb. It still has the goofy 90s metal tone that the first two games had.

Danielle and Rob's discussion about how the Marvel Cinematic Universe basically goes back to the status quo at the end of each movie is kind of why I don't read Marvel or DC's comics anymore except for story arcs that people recommend.

That didn't seem to last long. It looks like he's already considering Trump if he just apologizes about what he said about veterans earlier. Paul Ryan and the rest of the Republican party look like they're getting ready to endorse him too. Is anyone else getting anxiety about this election? I know Hillary polls better than him in most polls but it's scary to me that she's only like 5-6 points above him. I don't even know how it's that close.

I just started getting into Friends at the Table and it's so good. It's teaching me a lot too about how to be a good DM which is helpful. Are there any other podcasts about tabletop rpgs that are worth checking out?

Oh, there's a slack channel for the idle book club?

In case people don't follow the Idle Book Club on Twitter (you should!), here are the next books https://twitter.com/idlebookclub/status/729694002967011328 Haven't even heard of either of these so that's pretty exciting for me.

Impressions so far - Music is amazing - I'm pretty dumb and this game does a great job easing me into it. - The writing is good too! I'm new to Paradox strategy games and this is making me want to go back and play CK2 after I play this a ton.

I'm watching the series right now too and I don't think it is? It kind of feels like they're being ironic/sarcastic to me but maybe that's wishful thinking. Still really liking it though. I think it's nice to see a lead character that has social anxiety and depression and doesn't feel gimmicky to me.

Yeah, I checked it out a couple of years ago when it was free and it was a pretty odd experience. Since most of the people playing it had already beaten everything in the game a long time ago, it is now basically a chatroom for the Myst community and there were a surprisingly high amount of people playing what was a MMO that didn't have any new content made for it a few years. The engine for Uru was eventually used by Cyan to make a game for the chain of hotels Great Wolf Lodge called MagiQuest Online. I guess it's the video game version of some playground thing they have at the hotels? This was the only game footage I could find Cyan has had a really weird history.

Ughhhhhh, this is depressing. At least Hillary is polling better than him in almost all polls. Not that she's amazing but I would easily vote for her over Trump any day.

PinballFX is oddly relaxing for me. I guess because the stakes are so low and if I'm not doing well on a table, I can just switch to a different one and have fun with that instead. Real pinball is the exact opposite though, as much as I love it. That sounds way better than what I remember the majority of Trackmania custom tracks being, where you had to have a perfect run through a level or else you miss a ramp in a 8 minute long track and have to start everything over.

Just finished The Devil in the White City and......eh It really felt like it should have been split into two books to me because the stuff about the world's fair barely felt related to the serial killer stuff. Currently trying to finish The Innovators before the next Idle Book Club selection since I loved the Steve Job biography by the same author. It's not bad so far but I found the Steve Jobs book more captivating, maybe because it's more focused?

I think that's partially why I liked this book and others by him so much. I really want to learn more about this world, and it looks like he considered writing a sequel to this, but I don't think that having the details filled in ever lives up to the mystery. Also it sounds like if I really loved the more surreal elements of the book, don't bother with the show?

I enjoyed the book too. I can't really disagree with the complaints but I still felt like the writing overall was good enough to make up for that. I'm also just really happy that the Idle Book Club is back. All of the books covered so far have been ones I probably wouldn't have read if it weren't for this podcast.

I had assumed that Sean was just incredibly busy handling the business side of Campo Santo and Firewatch during the launch week.

I guess I thought the book was still ok despite that. I'll probably need some time to let the book sink in. Maybe the podcast will change my mind.