This week Ben is dealing with some critic’s remorse, but Andrew is here to help him process his thoughts and improve his video game assessment method. After talking about what’s new for each of them, they get right into the definition. From unwanted Instagram solicitations to well-known Chicagoan movie reviewers… the conversation goes to some strange destinations before settling down upon the task at hand. Andrew provides his input on Ben’s plan of attack, Ben learns a cool new word to add to his vocabulary, and they end the sh...
This week Ben is dealing with some critic’s remorse, but Andrew is here to help him process his thoughts and improve his video game assessment method. After talking about what’s new for each of them, they get right into the definition. From unwanted Instagram solicitations to well-known Chicagoan movie reviewers… the conversation goes to some strange destinations before settling down upon the task at hand. Andrew provides his input on Ben’s plan of attack, Ben learns a cool new word to add to his vocabulary, and they end the show with some advice and a silly drink name.
00:00:21 - A loaded question, the preferred condiment for pizza, and emulsions o’ plenty
00:02:23 - Soul Hackers 2, Kelly LeBrock, the word queer, the Dead Milkmen, and magnets
00:05:46 - You MUST listen to the “Yahoo!” hold music by Snow, and the kids definition
00:07:40 - The Two Vague Revue, missing for a while, Mango misses Dad, and verbs
00:09:05 - Miriam gets overlooked, Aldous Huxley, interesting, Ben sings, and removing letters
00:12:35 - Reading the dictionary, the grammar rabbit hole, Howard the Duck, and the movie
00:14:17 - Performance reviews, when you are wrong, magnetic superfluids, and MRI’s work
00:16:22 - IG book review solicitations, the 100th level, make 100, and the joys of PayPal
00:20:46 - Instagram jail, Andrew loves the USPS, Rudy Flores, and Andrew’s seminars
00:25:08 - Podcast mission, carrier pigeons, vocalizations at Sam’s Club, and loopholes
00:27:23 - Remembering Gene and Roger, a greenroom priming, and can’t say that on PBS
00:29:35 - High Noon in space, review the impression, up or down, and Godzilla (1998)
00:34:43 - Andrew’s warning about “Poor Things,” a synopsis, and movies on a first date
00:38:03 - The “Speed” tagline, put a shark under it, math, and more acceptable in comedies
00:40:22 - Mixed feelings, how the sausage is made, review philosophies, and troll policing
00:44:02 - The benefits of using rubrics, and “Aesthetics, Mechanics, and Story… oh my!”
00:47:54 - Summarizing the 3 categories, food critics, and Guy Fiery in the mirror universe
00:50:26 - Influencers, formulas, the new segment, 3 ups n’ 3 downs, and Andrew’s suggestion
00:54:35 - Loose ends in stories, speaking your truth, entertaining reviews, and tax season
00:57:22 - Reviews can be helpful, a Mark Twain quote, learning by doing, and John Deere
00:59:51 - Read reviews objectively, some people are jerk-holes, Die Hard, and sex on a bus
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