Episode 87 - Control

It may not seem like it at first, but Andrew and Ben are absolutely in this week’s word.  They start out with what Andrew has been doing, and then Ben is a voyeur on Andrew’s flavored crisps adventure.  First thoughts on the word include a life lesson, a pop singer’s breakout album, a trilogy of books by Jeff VanderMeer, and controlling the weather.  On the subject of video games, the hosts discuss Starcraft, tower defense games, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, the Atari 2600 joystick, and 3 games by Remedy entertainment.    00:00:21 - Andrew’s geographical clues, Ghostbuster Afterlife, and back to school 00:03:30 - Commissioning a Christopher Walken sketch from “Bottle Rocket” era Owen Wilson 00:06:45 - Andrew’s Sensory Adventures with Suspicious Stew, Pizza, and Loaded Nachos! 00:10:34 - Satisfying Andrew’s expectation for Flame Medium, and no control group Pringles 00:13:30 - A modest proposal, a Twitter analogue, TikTok exists, blue skies, and Ben’s criticism  00:19:38 - Long list of definitions, old timey subtweets, and Ben repeats himself to feel better  00:23:24 - The limits of control, Janet Jackson (the youngest of 10), and the album Control 00:27:13 - Our utopia, Ben should call Janet Jackson, and you don’t have to eat them all now. 00:29:30 - The Souther Reach trilogy, Get Smart, current weather in Arizona, and cloud seeding 00:37:00 - Table salt, chaotic systems, weather, The (real) Avengers, and James Bond’s wife. 00:39:44 - Shade balls, no concrete evidence, AI hands, knuckles, and a giant space umbrella  00:43:51 - The Central Arizona Project, lessons not learned, Flint, and the butterfly effect 00:47:13 - Unknowns, recharge basins, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and smog elimination  00:50:01 - Andrew prefers turn-based game mechanics, and Vanillaware’s 13 Sentinels 00:54:47 - The lack of resilience in controllers, a linear progression, and winning the PEABODY! 00:57:58 - The game Control… Jesse is promoted to director of the FBC by the janitor 01:02:22 - Alan Wake 2 and Control share the same universe, and a hypothetical question  01:05:23 - Final thoughts on the word control, and Andrew will email his Buckaroo Banzai DVD 01:08:08 - Watch out for “Don’t Be Terrible” coming soon on ETC or Big Cartel, and potatoes    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 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/partlyrobot   Follow Two Vague on… Our website: http://www.twovaguepodcast.com  On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/two_vague_podcast On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@twovaguepodcast   For show appearance requests and other inquiries, contact us at: [email protected]