Episode 128 - Dragon

Andrew joins Ben this week for a discussion about a particular mythical beast, cultural symbol, and imaginary icon. One in the POÄNG and one in the pandemic chair—the guys fill us in on what they have been doing lately. Andrew has been thinking about his gardening hobby, researching a method for aging stainless steel, and creating all sorts of artsy things for his Advanced Dungeons Have Dragons pin Crowdfundr campaign. Ben has been pondering what he’s going to do for the April Fools' Day episode this year and playing Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (compliments of Binary Haze Interactive). Once they have concluded with the pleasantries, they enter… THE DRAGON! Together, they offer up a smorgasbord of pop culture ramblings and video game nonsense, including how their AD&D experiences shaped their creative natures. Then they navigate through a movie and music pop-culture-ridden obstacle course until they arrive at their video game destination. Andrew talks about Adventure for the Atari 2600, and Ben talks about one of the first laserdisc arcade games created in part by a former Disney artist and animator.  *** 00:00:20 - A welcoming, the new threats, invest in leach farms, and Behind the Bastards 00:03:13 - Andrew left speechless on sadistics, Senator astronauts, and making it non-binary  00:07:33 - Stickers on Cybertrucks, rusting solutions for planters, and no library garlic this year 00:09:51 - The best kind of orchids, pro tips, the introduction is dragging, and the ADHD pin 00:12:58 - An ADHD Valentines Day, test printing for coffee mugs, and the AD&D pickup line 00:15:20 - Color printing wheels, and Ben has been playing Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist 00:18:02 - Not from Altoona, Mango is a Flerken, attention… dragons, and the ADHD pin origin 00:21:35 - Ben offends bowlers, no calisthenics before bowling, and "Trogdor the Burninator" Strong Bad Email #58 - Dragon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90X5NJleYJQ 00:23:50 - Another derogatory definition, Blair and the kaiju, and the word use blame game 00:28:07 - Taking back weird, tabletop lore, playing alone, and D&D method acting connections 00:32:29 - AARP Drews, rigorous screening, dragon drawing, and Pete’s cost cutting measures 00:35:37 - Ariel is NOT dragon, movie audio n’ picture books, H.R. Pufnstuf, and more puppets 00:39:13 - Reign of Fire, the power of friendship, Eric’s movie list, and they aren’t all Zardoz 00:42:38 - Urge Overkill’s “last” album, Andrew takes Ben’s word for it, and Dragon & Tennille 00:46:45 - Imagine dragons bowling again, the Hot Hail button, and Andrew’s game Adventure 00:50:05 - The 2600 difficulty switch, Double Dragon, and Ben’s oblique perspective art lesson 00:52:40 - The laserdisc game Dragon’s Lair, Ben’s encounters, and bully shutdown techniques 00:56:10 - Brainstorm trivia, cautionary tales, Kai Winn, Don Bluth, and chicken-fried steak *** Follow Andrew / Partly Robot Industries on… His website: https://partlyrobot.com/ On Instagram: https://instagram.com/partlyrobot On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@partlyrobot On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partlyrobot.com On Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/partlyrobot And his TREE o’ LINKS: http://linktr.ee/partlyrobot Andrew’s latest Crowdfundr campaign has concluded, but please check out his assorted storefronts listed in his LinkTree above and his Partly Robot Industries store at TEEPUBLIC! https://www.teepublic.com/user/partly-robot-industries Follow Two Vague on… Our website: https://www.twovaguepodcast.com On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/two_vague_podcast On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@twovaguepodcast On Substack: https://substack.com/@twovaguepodcast On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twovaguepodcast.com For show appearance and other inquiries, contact us at: [email protected] *** References, Links, and Tags For information on Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, follow the link below! http://www.endermagnolia.com/en/ Find out about the amazing games from Binary Haze Interactive here… https://bhaze.com/ #Podbean #DIYPodcast #ApplePodcast #VideoGames #Trivia #Comedy #Talkshow #2VP #TwoVaguePodcast #PodernFamily #InterviewShow #GamersofThreads #Gamer #PartlyRobot #PartlyRobotIndustries #ADHD #Autism #AdvancedDungeonsHaveDragons #TeePublic #BinaryHazeInteractive #EnderMagnolia #EnderMagnoliaBloomintheMist #StrongBadEmail #Crowdfundr