Episode 159 - Shark Exorcist

[Mike]

Mike’s gaming table is YUGE! Game Night talk with discussion of Cobras, a new trick-taking game on Kickstarter; XenoShyft; Spot It; Pathfinder; and others. In the ROKU segment, Mike is overwhelmed by all the new TV choices being released for streaming to accompany the new fall season. Then Aidan takes over for a Sci-Fi Double Feature movie review for Left Behind and Shark Exorcist. And for Eli’s turn, the Science Corner delves into possible contact with alien life. R2 delivers listener-submitted questions for the Pod-O-Matic about Kickstarter, unacceptable humor, acid reflux, When Simon Met Brainy, and a handful of others. And since Mike forgot about Listener Betrayal, his entertains you with odd tidbits from his master list in a surprise Fingertips segment. The pull of this episode is irresistible. It’s too late to turn away. You might as well dive right in and listen now.

Enjoy!

[Kyle]

Hmm. It says I have to rent Shark Exorcist. I'll wait till it's streaming free- then I'll definitely watch it.

[Kyle]

This episode got me thinking about a cool story idea where we finally find another habitable planet, via simple binary communications that are energy pulses through a wormhole. Our planet unites and pledges their resources to record and respond. Finally, the code is cracked, we send a response in some rudimentary binary language. Eventually the communications between the planets develop until they start sending actual recordings of their speech. And it's in Portuguese. It turns out that it's another habitable planet, very similar to earth. And it has a completely different history from us, but-- for all intents and purposes-- is just another earth. They have rough versions of all our countries, languages and customs. They even developed around the same time.

Then the story actually begins as the two societies try to interpret what that means to their existential and theological existences.

[akiva]

About Spot It--I can't believe you're working for the Heiz conspiracy. I mean, how many times did you mention the number of cards?! Every time you do that, it just furthers their goal of world domination.

Thanks a lot, Quisling.