Episode 10 - It Was All a Dream

This episode of our meandering discussion podcast is another one of them. Once again discussing topics as variable as games, dreams and stuff you really don't want to be talking about in polite company. We are rude company.

Topics include:

• Lucid dreaming
• Comparing The Matrix and Tron
• NSFW stuff
• 2001: A Space Baby
• Symbolism http://mentalfloss.com/node/30937
• X: Rebirth http://steamcommunity.com/app/2870/reviews/?browsefilter=toprated
• Kickstarter vs Publishers
• Day Z 
• Real Time Strategy games
• Sports games
• Hydroponic beans

Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Episode 9 - Our Big Thanksgiving Special!

This episode of our meandering discussion podcast is our epic eight hour mind-boggling CGI-infused star-studded painstakingly-researched trillion dollar blockbuster radio drama about the very first Thanksgiving day. Starring Colin Firth and Dame Judi Dench.

Topics include:

• Thanksgiving http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
• Thanks
• Giving
• Taking

Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Episode 8 - The Nice and Games Trilogy, Concluded

This episode of our meandering discussion podcast is the end of our adventure of silliness with Nice and Games. It's been emotional. And yogurty.

Topics include:

• The Wii U http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U
• Atari Jaguar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar
• Brand tribalism
• Differences between platforms each generation
• PC vs Console gaming
• Emulators vs Real Hardware
• The XE Game System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_XEGS
• Coleco Adam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam
• Modding an Amiga with a compact flash drive
• The first sound recording http://www.livescience.com/24317-earliest-audio-recording.html
• Pig Nation http://goo.gl/hsuFM2

Let us know what you think in the comments, and we promise to get around to answering questions next time!

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Episode 7 - Peepee and Poopoo with Nice and Games

This episode of our meandering discussion podcast features even more Nice and Games. We talked about games mostly this time, with diversions into some very tangential topics. But no tangerines.

Topics include:

• Nice and Games on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/niceandgames
• Difficulty of retro games versus modern games
• Shooters and Fighting Games
• Ikaruga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIxKjmrCrS4
• Agony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=injGrpBLq1k
• Tempest 2000 / 3000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWW6CYaaBek
• Space Giraffe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-pNo39Y2fM
• The Ultima Series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSTUY1fmVWc
• Zangeki No Reginleiv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4z7KYStX9w
• Carbonated fluids
• Profanity
• Rabies
• Dark Yogurt and the nature of the universe

Tune in next time for yet more Nice and Games!

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Episode 6 - Nice and Games. And Yogurt

In this episode of our meandering discussion podcast we are joined by the brilliant Nice and Games. You may know him from his youtube channel where he does hilarious game reviews. We talked mostly about yogurt.

Topics include:

• Nice and Games on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/niceandgames
• His zany Christmas music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2A4PUDwkE
• The TI/99-4A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A
• Yogurt http://goo.gl/URx0Yp
• Yogurt http://goo.gl/JGq77q
• Yogurt http://goo.gl/N6bGH1
• Nice and Games favourite games and systems

Tune in next time for even more Nice and Games!

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Episode 5 - SciFi and Swearing

In this episode of our meandering discussion podcast we talk about science fiction, zombies, swearing and various TV shows and movies. All over the place this time.

Topics include:

• Anniversaries that aren't anniversaries
• Looking at comments and responding to them
• Jim and PacBilly play FTL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojG04p7PKhc
• Hard and soft science fiction
• The Light of Other Days http://www.stephen-baxter.com/books.html#lood
• The Firstborn Saga http://www.stephen-baxter.com/books.html#odyssey
• New Star Wars films and origin stories http://is.gd/nibCCn
• Zombies
• The quality of US TV and Movies
• Derek (TV Show) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3UvuoCFDcs
• Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS0VsWlnTVE
• Swearing and taboo words
• Fry's Planet Word http://is.gd/ckgmkH

Please let us know what you think in the comments, and ask us any questions or suggest topics for later episodes.

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Episode 4 - Space of the Outer Persuasion

In this episode of our meandering discussion podcast we talk about space and space games.

Topics include:

• SPACE!
• Difficulty and risks of getting to Mars
• SciShow episode about that  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw09bLwd3Ak
• Mars One  http://www.mars-one.com
• Terrible movie physics (minor IJ: Crystal Skull spoiler)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arib8uWMWsM
• The cloud city in Star Wars
• Immersion in space games
• Elite Dangerous and form following function  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsBPDnHiTi8
• Eve Online bank scandal  http://uk.ign.com/articles/2009/07/09/eve-online-bank-scandal
• Can humanity become a spacefaring civilisation?

Please let us know what you think in the comments!

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Episode 3 - Mariotype Stereotype

In this episode of our meandering discussion podcast we have to talk about video games, meanderingly.

Topics include:

• Remakes of Retro Games
• Chaos Engine http://store.steampowered.com/app/242530/
• Satellite Reign http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5livesstudios/satellite-reign
• Flashback http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_tRZwpSYk
• Road Redemption http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkseasgames/road-redemption
• Difficulty of retro action games compared to modern
• Where we started with youtube gaming videos
• Is Mario a stereotype?
• Story and cinematics in games
• Video Game Mouth Sound Whatever

Please let us know what you think in the comments!

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Episode 2 - Venereal Robot Milk

Continuing our meandering discussion podcast with some more meandering discussions.

Topics include:

• Antimatter Beverages
• Keep Having a Mustache / Moustache
• The Silliness of Language
• The Physics of Nonexistant Things
• Venusian Birthdays
• Giant Ass Worms
• The Earth Isn't Flat or Expanding
• The Joy of Sticks http://www.youtube.com/user/thejoyofsticks
• Giant guns and swords
• The Duck Billed Platypus
• How to Grow a Tail
• Gas Giants
• Robots are Awesome

Please let us know what you think in the comments!

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Episode 1 - Maybe We'll Leave It In

Celebrating the zeroth anniversary of our new meandering discussion podcast with our first episode, in which we discuss our opinions on things.

Topics include: 

• Strange Beverages and Food
• The Isle of Insects
• New Star Wars Movies
• Shroud of the Avatar https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/
• Boring MMOs
• Gunpoint http://www.gunpointgame.com/
• "Mouth Sound Video Game Noise Whatever" Contest
• Knight and Grail http://bit.ly/18SSgWO
• New games on old systems
• The role of imagination in games

Please let us know what you think in the comments!

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