Episode 69 - Chaos

Arden is back in the “studio” along with Ben and his lovable pod-cats to discuss the word chaos… a concept that Mango personifies.  Predictably the conversation starts with Bash causing an avalanche in the Himalayas and then gains entropic momentum.  Ben shares information on his favorite movie True Romance, chaos theory models, the band Luscious Jackson, the Kids in the Hall skit “Jazz Schmazz,” a Flash Gordon “deep cut,” and his work experience with software development.  Arden talks about chaos as it relates to his time playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Elden Ring, the band Mr. Bungle, the “hell in space” movie Event Horizon, and the Risk of Rain game franchise. 

 

00:00:20 - Arden is crushing noobs and finding rings; Ben rolled credits on Cult of the Lamb

00:02:35 - Causing avalanches, comprehending the universe, and sharks in Lake Michigan

00:06:00 - Shark tornado, Summer snowstorms in Ohio, and how can chaos be plural?

00:08:35 - The fake mom, Arden shares the etymology of chaos, and hot hail

00:11:00 - The impactful nature of chaos, making life interesting, and a suitcase full of cocaine

00:14:15 - From Dusk Till Dawn, no lap time for Mango, and does chaos make movies better?

00:16:50 - Christopher Nolan movies, and Ben tries to convince Arden to see Tenet

00:20:50 - “Hell in space” movies and games, Ben in a nutshell, and Contra on a quarter

00:25:30 - Looking like a pelvis, Edward Lorenz’s deterministic chaos, and basic science

00:29:05 - The Butterfly Effect, probability warping superpowers, luck, and determining odds

00:33:34 - Models illustrating chaos, Ben doesn’t like Muppets, and Daughters of the Kaos

00:36:40 - Luscious Jackson, Mr Bungle, and Ben reads a bit from Jazz Schmazz 

00:42:07 - Arden’s experiences with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

00:45:20 - Proximity chat and Reddit user Crescendummain starts an in game taxi service

00:48:23 - Arden talks about his issues with COD:MW2 and “out of touch” game companies 

00:52:55 - Ben’s software development experiences and thoughts on “crunch culture”

00:55:10 - Hate speech in COD:Modern Warfare 2, gender bias today, and GamerGate

00:58:25 - “Actual entropy” and the results of aligning with the Three Fingers in Elden Ring

01:00:50 - A discussion about procedurally and/or randomly generated game content

01:05:00 - Randomization in Risk of Rain, closing wisdom on chaos, and ladder not latter