Ep. 5 - Complaining About Pokémon Card Scalpers

Welcome to Triple Rant, the show where we rant about stuff you sometimes care about!Today's ranting topics include:A.I. ArtOur pal Mitch is a professional artist, so he has very strong opinions on the rise of Artificial Intelligence and how it's being used to create art. What are your opinions on A.I.? Is it a blight to humanity, a useful tool, or somewhere in between?Cliches in Movies & FilmWe work together to create the most cliche movie possible. Any sort of trope or overused turn of phrase, we want it! Scalpers and Making Everything More ExpensiveStuart just wants to collect Pokémon cards, but middle-aged men with too much money keep buying them before he can and are jacking up the prices. Little Timmy just wants a Jolteon, can't you just let him have one pack of cards?!Triple Rant is a comedic and conversational podcast where three friends take turns discussing topics they're passionate about. This can range from video games, books, movies, art, artificial intelligence, education, science-fiction, really any and everything. Episodes normally run for 30 minutes to an hour, so get comfy and enjoy the show.Thanks for joining us for episode five of the podcast, we upload new episodes every Saturday and can't wait to share more of what we've created.Leave a comment and let us know what you want ranted about next!Meet the CastTriple Rant is hosted by three friends; Jonathan, Stuart and Mitch. We've been friends for a really long time, and this podcast is a great excuse to hang out and to also create something that will (hopefully) bring joy and entertainment to a lot of people's days. If this podcast doesn't bring you joy...oops.Theme Song by ⁠Kaitlyn Barbour⁠The theme song was made by my lovely wife, Kaitlyn Barbour. I've made a link to her SoundCloud, so give her music a listen!What am I currently playing?Jonathan: I've had my eyes on a game called Void Stranger for quite some time now and finally decided to take the plunge. It's weird, its hipster, everything is in black and white...I love it. Can't honestly say I'm the biggest fan of all the block and logic puzzles, but it's fun to exercise your brain a bit and those "aha!" moment when you finally solve a puzzle are really satisfying. It's on Steam for about $12 if you wanna try it out.