Bad At Magic – Page 12 – A Podcast about Games, Life, and Other Things…

Show Notes

Ben and Josh discuss some of their motivations behind recent gaming choices, what kinds of life lessons you can learn from the games you play, and give their thoughts on The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+.
Intro & follow-up (0-24:09)
- Elden Ring Overview Trailer
- Play: Papers Please
Bad at Logic (24:09-26:23)
- Black or white
Bad at English (26:23-31:09)
- Cheeky: adj. sassy, impudent, insolent
- Mary Poppins, “Cheeky!”
- Mike Myers as Simon on SNL
Bad at Magic (31:09-54:44)
- Mark Rosewater on single set blocks
The Disney+ Star Wars TV shows (54:44-end)
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- Intro/outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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Josh is bad at reading social cues (or is he??), Ben gets fired by his auto insurance company, and we both take on YOUR questions about life, games, and other things in our second-ever Q&A episode.
Intro (0-21:44)
- Listen to the full version of the show’s new music: Cascading by Ammon Rich
- Magic 30: Las Vegas, Oct 28-30, 2022
Bad at Social Cues (21:44-36:45)
Bad at Parenting (36:45-46:25)
Bad at Logic (46:25-57:30)
- The bystander effect
Bad at English (57:30-59:12)
- Interview without coffee: British Army euphemism for a severe reprimand by a senior officer
Feature: Listener Q&A #2 (59:12-end)
- Magic Head Designer Mark Rosewater’s ‘Drive to Work’ podcast episode #942: “Making New Magic Mechanics“
- Cave of the Winds Mountain Park
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Ben and Josh take on cool tech innovations like orbital attack satellites and dubious ones like pneumatic tires. They follow up on Ben’s F2P mobile gaming habit from Episode 22, Josh mocks Ben for yet another wrecked minivan, and they use the Magic: the Gathering color pie to analyze random things like government agencies, superheroes, pets, cooking shows, snacks, cereal mascots, and auto manufacturers.
Intro & follow-up (0-43:46)
- Project Thor: “Rods from God”
- Top Gun (1986), opening scene
Bad at Technology (43:46-1:10:43)
- Why airless tires suck
- 1958 Firebird 3 (prototype)
- 1963 Chrysler Turbine (production)
Bad at Husbanding (1:10:43-1:18:00)
- Episode 22: Descent into madness (re: Ben’s mobile gaming binge, start @ 40:57)
Bad at Logic (1:18:00-1:19:54)
- Genetic fallacy
Bad at English (1:19:54-1:25:26)
- “Gob in the pisser.” (Spit in the urinal.)
Feature: Applying the Magic: the Gathering color pie IRL (1:25:26-end)
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Ben becomes a grandfather on Mother’s Day and was WAY wrong about the crowd-sourced investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing. He also gets nervous about his upcoming physical fitness test. Josh loses yet another game to his son and has trouble talking about religion. Together they explore the harrowing memoir ‘Trejo: my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood’ by actor Danny Trejo.
Intro & Follow-up (0-46:53)
Bad at Socializing (46:53-56:35)
Bad at Logic & Bad at English (56:35-1:00:26)
- The Texas sharpshooter
- If Google was a Guy: “climate change is not real”
Board game survivor (1:00:26-1:10:40)
- Star Wars: X-Wing
  - Ewan McGregor Recalls Watching His Uncle In Original Star Wars As A Kid
- Bang! The dice game
  - Verdict: keep
Book review: Trejo (1:10:40-end)
- Trejo: my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood
  by Danny Trejo
- The American Me Murders
- No two Steves
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Ben and Josh commit the cardinal sin of being wrong on the internet about web browsers, and comic book movie rights. Ben talks about how to be a better husband by telling yourself the good story. Josh reveals, to the surprise of no one, that he chooses to live by negativity bias. Finally they give their vision for what wonders the future may hold…in the year 2000!
Intro & follow-up (0-53:31)
Bad at Husbanding (53:31-1:05:29)
- An Hermeneutics of Generosity (An H of G)
Bad at Logic (1:05:29-1:08:02)
- Negativity bias
Bad at English (1:08:02-1:09:03)
- Peckish: adj. feeling somewhat hungry (but not starving)
Board game survivor (1:09:03-1:19:29)
- The Streets of New Capenna
Feature (1:19:29-end)
Next episode:
- Book review: Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
- CONTENT WARNING!!! Danny Trejo has had a rough life and has the @*&^%$# vocabulary to match
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