Bad At Magic

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Show Notes

• The hosts decide what 3 questions they would ask the all-seeing oracle, Ben [briefly] revisits the gaming omnivore’s dilemma, and Josh tries not to replace every keyboard with a Keychron. Ben takes his sons to the Outlaws of Thunder Junction prerelease, and Josh can almost smell the hot dogs from the upcoming Diamondbacks game. Finally, with the end of tax season in sight, Josh has a lot to get off his chest. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-38:30)
• What I’m Reading (38:30-57:10)
  • NerdForge binds all of the Wheel of Time into a single book
  • Josh: Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time Book 10)
  • Ben: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein
• Bad at Magic (57:10-1:04:45)
  • Outlaws at Thunder Junction Trailer
    • The Story
• End of Tax Season Blowout (1:04:45-end)
  • Airplane Facts With Max on IG
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Josh gives some secret tax tips that you don’t need a new keyboard to take advantage of; Ben is wanted by the police…again, and the hosts explore The Gaming Omnivore’s Dilemma: when you can play any game you want, how do you decide what to play?
• Intro & Follow-up (0-47:50)
  • Josh’s article: “Spoiled for Choice – Keyboards” 
  • Keychron V6 MAX
• Bad at English (47:50-1:03:58)
  • familects
  • Atlantic Article: Why We Speak More Weirdly At Home
  • Bryan Cranston: “What does it look like I’m doing?!” from Malcolm in the Middle
• Bad at Bureaucracy (1:03:58-1:28:16)
  • Is there really a warrant out for my husband’s arrest?
  • WARNING: Jury Phone Scam
• What I’m Reading (1:28:16-1:38:56)
  • Josh: Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
  • Ben: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Gaming Omnivore’s Dilemma (1:38:56-end)
  • Relevant hyperlinks
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh disagree on the TikTok ban legislation and Josh invites you to adopt a UFL team. The hosts react to Dune: Part Two (new in theaters) and reflect on what it means to remake/reboot/remaster a movie or game.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-49:27)
  • Why Base 12 (dozenal) is better
  • People’s Republic of China (PRC)-sponsored malign cyber activity Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) VOLT TYPHOON
  • TikTok and the US Congress
  • Hunter Burton Memorial Open 2024
• The United Football League and Acting Division Chief (49:27-1:04:02)
  • XFL Rules Change to Kickoffs
  • The UFL
• Dune: Part Two and ‘What I’m Reading’ (1:04:02-1:36:55)
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • How DUNE Should Have Started
  • What I’m Reading
    • Josh: Winter’s Heart (Wheel of Time Book 9) by Robert Jordan
    • Ben: Code Talker by Chester Nez
• Remakes, Reboots, and Remasters (1:36:55-end)
  • The OG Leeroy Jenkins World of Warcraft Raid Video
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
  • Guy doesn’t know he’s playing against a Smash Bros PRO
  • Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Games
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  • Our YouTube Channel
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Josh experiences a bit of burnout as a CPA in the heat of tax season and Ben reviews the proceedings surrounding his retirement from the United States Air Force.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-4:43)
  • ‘Sister Act’ using Rich’s Law
• Combatting the Burnout Monster (4:43-27:46)
• Books & Bad@Magic (27:46-46:29)
  • What I’m reading:
    • Josh: Wheel of time Book 8, The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
    • Ben: In the Garden of Beasts: Love Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson 
  • Ravnica: Clue Edition
  • Guess Who but with VIBES ONLY
• Main Segment: Ben’s Retirement Ceremony (46:29-end)
  • Link to video of ceremony (Ben’s speech starts at about the 40 min mark)
  • Ceremony photo album on Bad at Magic Facebook page (Like/Follow us!)
  • Col Michael Black, USAF, Ret.; Vice President for Defense, AFCEA International
  • The Quilt Ben’s wife Alicia made for the event
  • CYBER.ORG Empowering Educators to Teach Cyber
• Next Time:
  • Remastered/reimagined Ips
    • STAR WARS: DARK FORCES Remaster
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  • Our YouTube Channel
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben and Josh recap the Super Bowl, take on the IRS, and gush about the masterpiece 2021 animation series Arcane: League of Legends. Also: Ben proposes a new law of the internet. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-28:24)
  • Best memes of the 2024 Super Bowl
  • NFL Super Bowl Highlights on YouTube
  • TikTok Super Bowl Highlights
• Bad at Logic (28:24-39:01)
  • Godwin’s Law
  • (Ben) Rich’s Law: 
    • As a discussion of something enjoyable grows longer, the probability of a comparison to sex approaches 1.
  • ‘Sister Act’ using Rich’s Law
• Bad at Taxes (39:01-1:01:16)
  • CORRECTION: Historic Corporate Tax Rates (they were never 90%)
  • 10 Strange But Legitimate Federal Tax Deductions
• What I’m Reading (1:01:16-1:11:19)
  • Josh: 
    • A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time #7)
  • Ben:
    • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
    • Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis
• Arcane: League of Legends (1:11:19-end)
  • K/DA – POP/STARS
  • Welcome to LoL Esports
  • Jinx’s Character Intro Video (predates movie by 10 years)
  • The Art of Arcane
  • Imagine Dragons x J.I.D – Enemy
  • The Characters of Arcane (on Fandom)
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Ben finally concludes the Amazon.com 3D printer saga, Josh’s local game store he plays Magic at goes out of business (as he prophesied), and the co-hosts take on a bunch of those stupid, long-standing American traditions that should probably be abandoned. 
• Intro & follow-up (0-37:57)
• Bad at parenting & gaming (37:57-56:19)
  • DuoLingo: the free, fun, and effective way to learn a language
• What I’m reading right now (56:19-1:18:03)
  • Josh: 
    • The Wheel of Time, Book 6: Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
  • Ben: 
    • Going Infinite: the rise and fall of a new tycoon by Michael Lewis 
• Bad at Magic (1:18:03-1:39:33)
  • The Great Magic Freeze
• Feature: Stupid traditions (1:39:33-end)
  • How NASA lost a spacecraft from a metric math mistake
  • First past the post voting: minority rule
• Next time:
  • ARCANE League of Legends on Netflix
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Josh speed runs the Phoenix Zoo and goes to Disney on Ice on a whim (hint: it’s for little kids). Ben cheats at Magic and gets his cart stolen in the grocery store (twice!). Finally they discuss Ben’s thesis on the role of replaceability of personnel in the military. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-46:21)
  • I.S.S. film trailer
  • Fleshman family at the Phoenix Zoo 5K
• Bad at Magic (46:21-1:12:18)
  • Magic: the Gathering formats, explained (official site)
• What I’m reading right now (1:12:18-1:27:51)
  • Josh: 
    • The Wheel of Time, Book 6: Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
  • Ben
    • This will be funny later by Jenny Pentland
    • The War of Art: Winning the inner creative battle by Steven Pressfield
• BGS and Bad at Italian (1:27:51-1:40:10)
  • B@M recommends: Fire Tower
  • Morto un Papa, se ne fa un altro
• The Fundamental Manpower Paradigm of the Military (1:40:10-end)
  • Not So Replaceable, by Kyle Hahn, Nathan Olin, and Ben Rich, Oct 2018
  • Star Trek DS9: Prototype (episode)
• In a future episode:
  • Arcane on Netflix
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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Show Notes

• Ben returns to Louisiana alone, Josh robs his daughter to pay the tooth fairy, the hosts weigh in on the Hasbro layoffs at Wizards of the Coast, and they discuss their relationship with games that are costly in terms of time and money now that they have become semi-responsible grown ups. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-25:03)
  • Doing an “Eskimo roll” in a kayak
  • DoD Skillbridge
  • CYBER.org
• Bad at Magic (25:03-52:13)
  • The art of Chrome Mox
  • System of a Down’s ‘Chop Suey’ bridge was random text from a random book
  • Dan Wilson from Semisonic explaining “Closing Time”
  • New round of layoffs at Hasbro impacts Wizards of the Coast
  • Pro player, turned WOTC employee gets laid off
• Bad at Italian & what I’m reading (52:13-1:05:11)
  • Buono come il pane = as good as bread (used to describe someone who is good-natured and kind)
  • Josh: The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
  • Ben: nothing!
• Board Game Survivor (1:05:11-1:17:23)
  • Mantis
  • Castles of Mad King Ludwig
  • Wizard Kittens
  • Escape: The Curse of the Temple
• Feature: the death of Peter Pan (1:17:23-end)
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Horizon Zero Dawn
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  • Next time: The Fundamental Manpower Paradigm of the Military (link to Ben’s Thesis)
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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Show Notes

• Ben and Josh finalize their holiday shopping mistakes, explore the superstitions surrounding wishing someone luck (in 3 languages), upgrade the ceiling fan in Josh’s game room to full rainbow LED, and discuss the significance of artifacts in history, gaming, and storytelling. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-18:26)
  • Tom Stanton 3D prints a hand-crank generator
• Bad at Parenting (18:26-34:55)
• Bad at Italian (34:55-39:25)
  • In bocca al lupo
  • The urbane Irish nationalist Robert Wilson Lynd published an article, “A Defence of Superstition”, in the 1 October 1921 edition of the New Statesman, a British liberal political and cultural magazine, regarding the theatre as the second-most superstitious institution in England, after horse racing. 
• What I’m Reading (39:25-45:03)
  • Josh: 
    • The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time #4) by Robert Jordan
  • Ben:
    • Hidden Potential: the Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant
    • The Fallen from Paradise (Paradise Planets #1) by Shaun Barrowes
      • The Ninja Kids performing Shaun’s song Being Awesome! (455M views on YouTube)
• Board Game Survivor & Bad at parenting, reprise (45:03-54:15-1:04:53)
  • Nerts (3 min how-to-play video)
  • Tetris 99
  • Josh’s Game Room with THREE (3) rainbow LED light bulbs
• Feature (1:04:53-end)
  • Marauder’s Map Easter Egg (Prisoner of Azkaban end credits)
  • Nicol Bolas’ Grand Scheme (War of the Spark)
  • Quel’Serrar the High Blade (World of Warcraft)
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• Support us on: 
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich

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• Josh buys a new Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Ben returns from Kuwait, Santa Claus is dead (long live Santa Claus), and the hosts discuss the 3 attributes required to become “The Ideal Team Player” from the book by that title by Patrick M. Lencioni.
• Intro & Follow-up (0-1:11:18)
  • Faraday Cage
  • Out of Africa Wildlife Park
  • Kia Corporate New Owner Training
  • Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession
• Bad at Technology (1:11:18-1:20:51)
  • PlayStation Store To Lose More Than 1,200 Purchasable Titles – With No Refunds
• Bad at parenting (1:20:51-1:27:24)
• What I’m Reading (1:27:24-1:37:55)
  • Josh: 
    • The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time #4) by Robert Jordan
  • Ben: 
    • Nova: A Dragoncaller Novel by Megan Schanfish
      • “When Nova’s magic is discovered, he’s chased away by the people of his village, the only home he’s ever known, in the middle of a civil war. The only hope for him and the friends he has remaining is to make it to the Elven city of Allanar, where he can learn more about the powers coursing through him – if he isn’t killed for them, first.”
• Feature (1:37:55-end)
  • The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni
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• Credits:
  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich