Episode 06: Into the Matrix

A brush with Brother-X, a penny for your data and the cloud for your consciousness, rolling into the theatre of the mind, abandoning Ped to assimilation in the collective and these aren’t the reviewers you’re looking for with Rogue One.

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The X-Factor and Risk Tolerance [0:57]

• Essential qualities of a 5-star movie (Brother-X style)
• Not our cup of tea (but to each his own)

One Fit Geek [11:10]

• Yay, roaming advertising IDs!
• The Faustian Cloud of our time

Rolling with D&D 5e [24:59]

• A taste of play-by-post
• Passionate creativity in fractal human subculture (Mike Shea)
• Free-wheeling narratives-for-fun: The Adventure Zone podcast

Hooking In, Wailing Away [36:22]

• Essential pic: Ped’s new smartphone
• Ped stands corrected! Quakers are totally fine with tech

Rogue One [44:36]

• For those about to hate (we salute you)
• But easter eggs are still really fun
• The fascinating Uncanny Valley
• The Citizen Kane of action films

Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)