Episode 141 – Capodanno Bingo

Show Notes  Ben and Josh review some games they love (and you will too!) and wrap their minds around the PayPal/Honey Influencer controversy. Josh gets visited by the box fairy and is too matchy with his wife. Ben finishes the Russian Gulag book and endangers his marriage by unpacking the kitchen. Finally, they reflect on 2024 and build their 2025 resolution bingo cards.   Intro & Follow-up (0-15:48) Ben recommends: The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough, a great book  Flow Free, mobile game, draw non-intersecting paths between dots  IHUE, mobile game, color matching  ROOT a game of woodland might and right, multiplayer boardgame with asymmetric gameplay  Josh recommends: Balatro (gameplay video w/ Markiplier), a crazy mobile game twist on Poker  Bad at Tech (15:48-34:44) Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam – MegaLag  The lawsuit – LegalEagle  Better off Ted – Lie Detector  Bad at Italian & Bad at Husbanding (34:44-54:48) Buon Capodanno!  Traditional Polar Plunge on NYD into the Tiber River in Rome  The Magic Coffee Table  What I’m reading (54:48-1:07:48) Ben: The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1957 by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn  Josh: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson  Feature: New Year’s Bingo (1:07:48-end) Make your own New Year’s Bingo Card  Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badatmagic/podcasts  Check out our website(s): http://www.badatmagic.live  Our YouTube Channel  Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badatmagic/  Credits: Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich  Transition music by Jarus Rich  Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich