Similidudes

As per usual, The Similidudes podcast is safe for innocent ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/episode-041.mp3 1:21 Consumption Corner – Drew: “Selma” (2014) “Fall” by Hotel Pools vaporwave music. Dave: “Poldark” (2015) and the inversion of tropes and Mel Gibson hottakes 15:17 Similitude Proper “Double Dragon (1988) is like Big Trouble In Little China (1986)” The arcade classic and the John Carpenter cult classic. 33:28 Nevergreen News Student submits essay with sarcastic title, Dave mafioso wisdom.  The town of Asbestos, and other bizarrely named Canadian towns.  Gaming company death threats.  Game Devs and PR screwups. 54:42 Videogames Overthought  Command and Conquer Red Alert 2 highlights he impossibility of an invasion of America.

As per usual, The Simlidudes podcast is safe for young ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/similidudes-040.mp3 We thought WoW Classic would be forever evergreen. We were wrong. 0:00 Introduction 1:28 Consumption Corner – Drew: Cormac McCarthy “The Road” & Andrew Shaffer’s “Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery”, Dave: Key Largo, Casablanca, Robert Mitchum, Film Noir and the Big Lebowski. 8:22 Similitude Proper “Each World of Warcraft Zone is like a Led Zeppelin Song” Barrens Chat, How the West Was Won, Battle of Evermore and Elwynn forest We talk a lot about Classic WoW, we’re sorry, it was popular when we recorded this. [[Speak for yourself, Drew; I’m not sorry. I like meta-listening.]] 19:48 Nevergreen News – Cosmetic Surgery in the Czech Republic and Barbie. From ugly Belgium to ugly Buffalo, Tax the Poor, Loot box Lottery and Government. Videogaming the opiate of the masses? Drew’s cryptic reference to the game Whack-a-mole is unclear enough to lead us to disclaim that no, Drew does not beat rodents with hammers… for recreational purposes. Trips to Springfield Illinois and Mountain Dew WoW Stories.

As per usual, The Similidudes podcast is safe for younger, innocenter ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/similidudes-episode-039.mp3 0:00 Introduction (This episode was recorded in spring 2020) 1:23 Consumption Corner – Drew: “Adrift” by Steve Callahan, Dave: 70’s BBC TV Show “All Creatures Great and Small” and the philosophy of Television, advertising, and education 16:21 Similitude Proper: “Closing Time by Semisonic, is like the Monroe Doctrine” Dave inexplicably has never heard the Semisonic one-hit wonder “Closing Time” and he and Drew long for letters of writ.  Being a first time father, and getting kicked out of the bar. 31:01 Nevergreen News – Richard Nixon’s Sandwich and Johnny Carson, Microsoft acquires Bethesda and we fawn over Morrowind yet again.  Giant rats beneath Mexico City and the infamous exploits of rats.   52:08 Name that Tune – First Lyrics of 90s one-hit wonders edition

As per usual, The Similidudes podcast is safe for younger ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/similidudes-episode-038.mp3 0:00 Introduction (The episode recorded in 2020) 1:25 Consumption Corner – Drew: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Novels, Dave: Frank Sinatra’s ‘Sings Only for the Lonely’ and Gilbert Gottfried 13:08 Similitude Proper “Frasier is like the Jordan Years of the Chicago Bulls” Dave tells us about number 45/23 Michael Jordan’s dynamite history in Chicago in the 90s.  The great Dr. Frasier Crane and the sinking ship he came from (Cheers).  How Seattle and Chicago became big in the 90s.  David Hyde Pierce and Kelsey Grammer know how to do their jobs.  Dave tells us about Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and all the greats from when the world worked. 28:05 Nevergreen News.  KFC writes open letter to Popeye’s the blitzkrieg of chicken.  Dordogne man blows up part of his house trying to swat a fly.  Dave poses the philosophical question is one fly worse than ten? Nintendo observing 35 years of Mario with a handheld game full of secret easter eggs. 43:21 Videogames Overthought: Diablo 2’s Blessed Hammer is experimental science, not magic.  Necromancers and Paladins, and the physics of magical hammers.  Magic v. Science, and the unpredictable supernatural in Earthbound. 

As per usual, the Similidudes podcast is safe for tender ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/similidudes-036.mp3 0:00 Introduction 1:35 Consumption Corner Saskatchewan’s Summer Salamanders and JRR Tolkien’s feast day and Tom Bombadil.  Lord of the Rings tangent. David Letterman’s Boyish charm vs. Johnny (Reb) Carson 18:23 Similitude Proper: “Late Night Talk Shows are like the Dying Embers of a Fire” Are late night hosts the only friends we have?  Who do we gather around the fire with? 27:30 Nevergreen News: -Belgian Mayor’s Heart Entombed in Fountain -Chocolate Snow in Switzerland 36:22 – Super Mario’s 35th Anniversary We get lost in Intellectual Property philosophy again, George Lucas & the Original Star Wars Trilogy 46:34 Video Games Overthought: Exciting Primal Behaviour 53:00 Name That Tune – Riffing on Lyrics Edition

The Similidudes Podcast is safe for younger or sensitive listeners. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/similidudes-episode-new-cold-war.mp3 00:00 Introduction 02:31 Consumption Corner– Albert Camus “The Stranger” and “The Mersault Investigation” by Kamel Daoud.  YouTube, Dr Mike’s Rocky Summaries and the History of blood-doping 6:52 Similitude Proper “The Cold War is like Fireball in D&D” Drew misses the date of the Cuban Missile Crisis by a month.  Bat guano magic?  Contra (but not the video game) The News 16:08 – Stanislav Petrov the man who saved the world  Sting’s Russians 24:42 Eyes on Belgium– Nato headquarters, ugly tapestries in the land of wolves. 37:55 Soviet Video Games– Businessman, learn the perils of capitalism.  A Tetris too-far. 47:14 Videogames Overthought– Street Fighter II is our historiography  50:48 Name That Cold War Movie

The Similidudes podcast is safe to listen to while innocent ears are near. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/similidudes-035.mp3 0:00 Introduction 2:12 Consumption Corner -Dave enjoys David Letterman in the 80s and we end up talking about Super Dave Osborne -Drew plays chess and listens to Simon Schama’s Civilisations (Kenneth Clarke’s remake) 8:11 Similitude Proper: “Zork is like Sherlock Holmes” -Dave googles Zork and strongly praises Grenada productions Sherlock Holmes and weakly defends Ringo Star 23:42 Nevergreen News -German grant offered for doing nothing  (The similidudes resign themselves to inconsequentiality) -Eerie Ghost Bride spotted in Birmingham, was Thomas Hobbes vindicated by CCTV footage? -Dave and Drew swap spooky ghost stories and deconstruct the formula for Bond nomenclature  36:46 Video game for George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” 41:42 Game: Napoleon (2 truths and a lie)

As per usual, The Similidudes is a podcast safe for younger ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/similidudes-034.mp3 0:00-1:15 Introduction 1:16 Consumption Corner – Drew praises Diablo 2 and Vincent Van Gogh biopics but messes up the birth order of Vincent and Theo. Dave gaga for Gump, Forrest Gump that is.  The Three Americas. 14:57 Similitude Proper: “David Lynch’s film “Dune” (1984) is like Radiohead’s album “Kid A” (1997)”.  Dave gives the most favourable review of Radiohead that we will ever drag from him.  Dune, the movie, while not great, is apparently much better than the book. 30:46 Nevergreen News Pubby McDrunkface, the hottest new pub Australian Man fights snake while speeding and we run a tangent to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Rudyard Kipling Zelda recipes in your latest bestseller  47:42 Videogames Overthought – Tristram must have the lowest economic opportunities in history  50:40 – Name that Tune (90s edition)

As per usual, the Similidudes podcast is safe enough for innocent ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/similidudes-033.mp3 0:00-1:17 Introduction 1:17-14:48 Consumption Corner Uncorking the show, seasons of Saskatchewan Drew watches the Untouchables (1987) and goes on a Chicago kick.  Learn the origin of the term “right-hand man” Dave watches the Godfather (1972) and yes it’s a great film, but no it doesn’t praise the mafia.  Count how many times Dave can say “demonic” in one segment 14:48-33:50 Similitude Proper “Vincent Van Gogh is like a Nuclear Criticality Accident” zealous preacher, painter, and pauper.  The mysterious gunshot death of Vincent Van Gogh.  Louis Slotin and the spirit of the 1950s. Buried nuclear waste and complete lack of respect for human life and human arrogance.  The recurring problem of Utilitarianism.  37:43-61:09 Nevergreen News The Abbey Monks’ Beer – Similidudes fire shots at hops and discuss the drink and The Deer Hunter (1978) The Nightmare of Valve’s ‘Utopia’ – we get in the weeds on political theory and philosophy and for some reason talk about the film Gladiator, CGI Tigers, and the now dead (but at recording time, alive) late great Sean Connery. 61:09 Videogames overthought – MMORGs are the fulfillment of base human desire.  Fishing in Azshara in WoW Classic.  The wonders of Feudalism

As per usual, the Similidudes Podcast is safe for tender ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/similidudes-032.mp3 0:00-1:20 Introduction 1:20-10:31 Consumption Corner Drew – Marital Television Arbitration – Ru Paul’s Drag Race Vs. Battlestar Galactica / BSG 2004 Dave – World of Warcraft Classic – AQ Raiding and the friendship of the Similidudes shaken by dungeons in Classic WoW 10:31-24:18 Similitude Proper “Stevie Ray Vaughan is like Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel” Dave’s SRV-laden drives in the Ozarks, simplified Hegel is our Zeitgeist 24:18-36:41 Nevergreen News Austrian Man Fined for “intestinal wind” – farting deemed “provocative” and “uncooperative” Topless Woman Saves Family from Drowning – can you make an event newsworthy just by adding the words “Topless woman”? and what is a riptide? Florida Woman sues for paternity test on goats – this goat has papers dude.  Odessa and the problem of goat registration Belgian Christmas Kangaroo Attack followup 36:42 – 53:15 Name That Tune 90s Edition

https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/similidudes-031.mp3 As per usual, the Similidudes podcast is safe for innocent ears. Introduction – 0:30 – 17:33: Consumption Corner: Drew’s foray into a new frontier.  Star Trek the Next Generation, the wonderful Q and the deplorable Wesley Crusher. Dave – Denison Witmer’s “American Foursquare”, Bone Instruments, Pink Floyd solos, and Barrens Runs 17:34 Similitude Proper: “Robin Williams is like Led Zeppelin” Pharmaceutical rocket fuel, burning brightly and long. Mork and Mindy, Happy Days (shots fired at Carrot Top and REO Speedwagon) Alleged Joke Thievery and Alleged Blues Thievery  34:14 – 55:20: Nevergreen News Shopping Trolley Theory – Gyges’ ring for modern moralitypolitical, criminal, and social theoryLemon-Squeezing vs Lemon-Slicing and the Ven. Emeril LagasseCrucible Video Game – why are there no Arthur Miller video games? 55:21: Videogames Overthought – The Platform Makes the GOATS (Yes, since recording this episode, Aladdin for SEGA has been ported to the Switch, we’re slow and we’re sorry) “The Radiohead”, the Beatles, and David Koresh 66:10-87:26: Name That Tune – Charity Tunes of the 80s, watch Dave crash and burn

As per usual, the Similidudes Podcast is safe for family ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/similidudes-030.mp3 Intro 01:24 Consumption Corner– Simon Schama’s History of Britain, D&d pods (Adventure Zone, Dungeons and Daddies), Lars Survival Russia, Siberia stories, Soviet-seized Baklava 09:04 Similitude Proper– “Cheap Trick is like Calvin & Hobbes” The life-changing work of Bill Watterson. Rick Nielsen.  White collar Chicago. Dave and Drew’s divergent takes 27:31 Nevergreen News Mike Tyson Boxing at 53 – Bareknuckle fighting championship – 16 million pounds sterling and rich Europeans  Mother in Belgium makes cardboard car – eyes on Belgium Assassin’s Creed Valhalla trailer – why we like Johnny 5 from Short Circuit and Drew takes shots at the Vikings 49:28 Name That Tune(extra easy edition)

As per usual, this podcast is family friendly, by and large. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/similidudes-029.mp3 00:00 – Introduction: 01:51 – Consumption Corner: -Drew: Clueless (1995) and Night at the Roxbury (1998) -Dave: World of Warcraft Classic and philosophy and the metapsychic power of Valley Girls who depleted the ozone layer 10:18 – Similitude Proper:  “Twin Peaks (1990-91) was like pagers” Dave’s history of elitist pager-owners, from DeNiro to Peter Pan.  Robin Williams tangent.  Lost vs the Sopranos. 26:13– Nevergreen News 25 year Expired Spider-Man Noodles  Posh Underground Bunkers hiding multimillion pound £ luxury apartments underground.   Facebook gaming app to challenge Twitch/YouTube – the years we are talking about are 2019/2020 45:55Videogames Overthought Zone lines are real 50:42Lyrics Game– “Barbie Girl” by Aqua, a critical analysis

As per usual, the Similidudes podcast is safe for little ears while entertaining big ears. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/similidudes-028.mp3 0:00 Introduction Consumption Corner – World of Warcraft Classic.  Twitch lessons in gaming. 7:27 Similitude Proper: “Iron Maiden is like the Manhattan Project” Secrecy, defectors, and guitar solos, a bombastic assessment by Drew that will make Gen Xers cringe. 18:02 Nevergreen News Charles Bronson and Salvador Dali , poetry and imagining the death of the king.  Drew translates our apology into ‘British’. Marvin Gaye in Belgium – healing in a seaside town.  Is Belgium enough to fix us? Or is it Hotel California? Secret rooms and Easter eggs in Video games.  Doom, Super Mario Bros 3, Goldeneye N64.  Tool, weird al, and secret tracks. (A very special episode: How the similidudes ruined their own gaming industry) 37:44 Name that Tune – 80s classics

\n\nhttps://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/similidudes-024.mp3\n\n\n\n\n1:33 – Consumption Corner – Drew on Tolkien, J.K. Rowling & Jaws, Dave on The Long Dark and Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, shots fired at American 20th century (pace Tom Clancy)\r\n\n\n\n\n09:18 – Similitude Proper “Tetris is like Timecop (1994”\r\n“The pinnacle of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Oeuvre”\r\nDave playing Tetris on the NES, and Dave’s alleged secret cutscenes. Why was the gov’t and\r\n\n\n\n\ncorporations always evil in the 90s?\r\n\n\n\n\nKickboxing time-travelling cop steals Ferris Bueller’s girlfriend and pausing SEGA ripoffs of\r\n\n\n\n\nTetris.\r\n\n\n\n\n22:54 – Nevergreen News – The Telegraph era destroyed by Boomers? Hipsters? Morse-code and compasses. The last person to be prosecuted for not promptly delivering a telegraph.\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\n\nThe most read and purchased books in English – The Kama Sutra, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Scratch and Sniff book of Weed, Dinosaurs, 1984 and George Orwell on Tea, Game of Thrones, To Kill a Mockingbird and a bit of a tangent on American history and race relations.\r\n\n\n\n\nCastlevania Season 3 released! (last year at least by the time you hear this recording) The Dracula mythos and Wallachia.\r\n\r\n42:37 – Videogames Overthought – friendly drowning – how Drew drowned a fellow Hordie in the ocean and felt guilty about it. And that’s the rest of the story.\r\n\n\n\n\n49:50 – Name that Tune – Hits of 1989\r\n

As per usual, Similidudes is a family-friendly podscast\r\n\n\n\n\nhttps://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/similidudes-023.mp3\r\n\n\n\n\nIntroductory Monarchism “Gloriana” Elizabeth the First and Pickled Herring\r\n\n\n\n\n03:41 – Consumption Corner: Bioshock, Ayn Rand, The Long Dark, Siberian Homesteading, and Preppers. \r\n\n\n\n\n10:19 – Similitude Proper “Bob Saget is like a Bethesda Late-Game Sole Survivor”\r\n\n\n\n\nAmerica’s funniest home videos.  Full House.  Fallout, Elder Scrolls.  \r\n\n\n\n\n17:13 – Nevergreen News\r\n\n\n\n\nGarbage road in Wales – real estate in the U.K. Doctor Who running out of ideas.\r\n\n\n\n\n22:40 – Belgian prisoner escapes and mails back ID badge.\r\n\n\n\n\nDrug trafficker or collector? On the run to Thailand.\r\n\n\n\n\nAirsoft prison guards\r\n\n\n\n\nSupported by SPECTRE\r\n\n\n\n\n31:44 – Dataminers had by Software Devs.\r\n\n\n\n\n36:50 – Name that Tune 1988 edition\r\n

As per usual, our podcast is safe for the family environment. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/similidudes-022.mp3 Introduction 1:05 – Consumption Corner: – Wayne’s World, the Long Dark, us shilling for sponsors, the enduring legacy of Weird Al Yankovich  8:18 – Similitude Proper: “Megaman for the NES (1987) is like the Dark Ages” Grandpa Dave recalls his college days watching people play Megaman and playing Nirvana. Nintendo Power’s monopoly on secrets and Dave’s masterful dissection of the classic game. Megaman is like Charlemagne  20:26 The News Missing Ring from the US found in Finland A few um actuallys and a terrible Dune derailing.  Finland, Bethesda, and Metal music. Tripadvisor bans hole review 36:31 Videogames Overthought: the fun of incomplete content Classic Everquest and World of Warcraft. The vaults of Vivec in Morrowind.  Harriet the Spy 42:11 Name that Tune: The Eagles

As per usual, our podcast is safe in family contexts. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/similidudes-021.mp3 Consumption Corner: 0:30 – 9:12 – Gaming for Fun – Fishing in World of Warcraft Naked Capitalism in RPGs “The Long Dark” – Dave is not addicted – it’s just a nature escape The joy of indie game development Bethesda’s Dominance 9:13 – Similitude Proper: “Skyrim is like Phil Collins” Skyrim’s corpse mechanics, shouting, daedric weapons, when dragons were all the rage The millenial Phil Collins, Tarzan, and Eminem. The inner workings of twisted minds. Phil Collins torturing us with continual Genesis records and overexposure. Skyrim mods 19:05 – The News The Electric Scooter Scheme – Montreal, the great space coaster, Austin TX, getting millenials to workings Belgian Bones – Archaeologists discover bones and skull walls – Dave & Drew were shocked and appalled by the people of Belgium’s callous treatment of human remains. PC Gamer – What Great Song or Musician did you get from a Game’s Soundtrack Jeremy Soule, Early Youtube, and Songs that drive you mad – “The Marshalls Are Dead” Bloc Party Fallout New Vegas, 1950s American Standards, Big iron on his hip, Gran Torino Experience. 10 hours of Grand Theft Auto 3 music/radioshows Kchat 38:14 – Videogames Overthought Videogames as Art. Watercolours 43:30 Name That Tune – Theme “Crossover Hits”

As per usual, this podcast is safe for the family context. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/similidudes-020.mp3 -consumption corner Vanilla World of Warcraft’s retail meta. The Long Dark – geomagnetic disaster 10:11 – Similitude Proper: “1993’s Jurassic Park is like U2’s the Joshua Tree” Dave’s illegitimate Records and U2 the original SJWs.  Dave’s date with the perfect girl from Chicago. The Puritanical push for U2 Generational divides on Spielberg and Dave’s enduring enmity towards Automatic for the People. 22:40 The News Loch Ness or Sasquatch? Dominos pizza engagement ring (We joke in our regular apocalypto-philia about a future terror long before the pandemic) Retro gaming SNES classic 36:55 Video Games Overthought  RPG devs want you to play a warrior. Dungeons and Dragons  41:10 Name that Tune: U2’s the Joshua Tree

As per usual, we’re safe for listening in the family context. https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/similidudes-019.mp3 Controversial flower discussion: daisies and dandelions.  Anglo-Saxon history Geoffrey Hindley and Simon Schama, amd King Arthur.  “The Long Dark”, indie video games.  “Knights of Pen and Paper” mobile game.   8:05 Similitude Proper: “Ice Hockey is like Mary Poppins” Buffalo Wings, Fatherhood, Penguin-fashion.  From the hat trick to the opium wars.  English origins of hockey, the penalty box, witchcraft, and Margaret Thatcher 20:48 The News Pee-wee Herman: a tribute by Dave, “Larry” Fishburne, “Blow” and Paul Reubens.   The Venerable Bede vs Pee-wee Herman 38:39 Video games Overthought “The Long Dark” on YouTube survivalist  Short circuit and Dave trying to find the phrase “uncanny valley”. Happy Birthday Eddie Van Halen (who died after we recorded the podcast but before this podcast was released) 50:35 – Name that Time  Van Halen