Episode 98 - Ink

Andrew is in his studio this week… joining Ben via satellite to talk about what is arguably his favorite artistic medium.  But first, some encouraging news about Andrew narrowly avoiding the robot / AI takeover, and how his new daughter is keeping him positively occupied during a period of union drama.  Then Ben shares his experiences with what he has been playing lately: Thirsty Suitors by OuterLoop Games, and Dead Island 2 by Dambuster Studios.  Be warned… there are a few DI2 spoilers in the conversation, so if you want to play this game at some point, you might want to consider skipping to 00:17:00.  Andrew takes yet another sensory adventure trip to Japan before the hosts dive into a discussion about the word ink.  Additional subjects include: independent comics, participating in Inktober, the pros and cons of AI generated art, the origin of Andrew’s recurring character Booger Bear, and the seldom seen Mortal Kombat arcade clone from Data East… Tattoo Assassins! 

00:00:21 - Sometimes Pringles, sometimes Y, not partially, buying domains, and radicalization 
00:03:20 - Picketers borrowing babies, the temperament of custodians, and Skynet is at bay
00:05:13 - Ben started playing Thirsty Suitors, High Fidelity, and correction … 5 not 50
00:09:35 - Los Angeles is not an island, escape from development hell, and zombie cults
00:12:26 - Ben critiques Dead Island 2, zombie types, CHiP bursters, and an artist ruins horses
00:17:00 - Killing another can of Japanese Pringles for Andrew’s Sensory Adventure!
00:22:26 - A message to the hot honey flavor designer, and a unique airport Pringles side quest
00:25:53 - Mollusk adjacent words, Admiral Ackbar gets scared, and Andrew discovers comics
00:28:34 - DC and Marvel comic book story differences, and utilizing existing infrastructures
00:31:41 - Art classes, not the shoes, the ink aesthetic, using art software, and a first Inktober
00:36:19 - AI art, outside observer perspectives, the purpose of your art, and deeper meaning
00:41:56 - The definition, the government buys highlighters, and Ben’s memories of drafting
00:45:27 - Tattoo designs, the power of creating art, words as structure, and a choir of angles 
00:48:03 - The origin of Booger Bear, Andrew’s 1st political cartoon, and from a different angel
00:50:39 - Jake Parker, no NaNoWriMo for Andrew, Inktober controversies, and staying current   
00:55:01 - Whamageddon, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Googling sports things, and “real”
00:57:06 - Ben’s hometown arcade "The Machine," and the dumpster fire of a test game 
00:59:11 - Bob Gale, didn’t make it out of COVID, MAME nostalgia, and not on VHS footage
01:02:53 - Over 2000 finishers… “eat ship and die” and the DeLorean were 100% Bob Gale
01:04:50 - The roster, the backstories, abandoned by the Army, and back to finishing moves
01:09:04 - Farting flamethrower, the Night Trap documentary, and the Hot Honey equivalent
01:11:40 - A cut above, Andrew doesn’t have tattoos, help from Harryhausen, and bad tattoos
01:13:56 - Just do Inktober, maybe wait until you are 30, and the calamari episode  

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References and Hashtags:
https://www.thirstysuitors.com/ - #thirstysuitors 
https://outerloopgames.com/ - #outerloop #outerloopgames
https://deadisland.com/ - #DI2
https://www.dsdambuster.com/
https://www.theonion.com/cia-realizes-its-been-using-black-highlighters-all-thes-1819568147 - #theonion
https://inktober.com/ - #inktober

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