Episode 07 - Mighty No.9, Bakemonogatari, and Bureaucratic Spy Fiction as well as Acquiring a Different Taste

Hello agent. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to this podcast and enjoy the content inside. You will find money and a gun in the attache case across the street in the hotel.  If you are ever caught, the bureau will disavow all knowledge of your actions. This message will self destruct in five seconds.

On this very special episode, Andrew is... wait. That's not Andrew. Who the hell is that!? Is that... Is that Greg? OH SHIT NUTS! Everybody run!

Segment 1 - What'cha Doin'?:

Greg - Taken 2, Just Cause 2, and getting super salt with Salty Bet!

Hassan - Saints Row 4, Top Gear is an awesome show and Kenny is a boob. Boob.

Tristan - Xbox Live Indie Games, and Bakemonogatari vs Highschool of the Dead.

Kenny - Writing Pathfinder campaigns, and Greg's not allowed near RPGs.

Segment 2 - Bureaucratic Spy Fiction and Acquired Tastes (01:01:52):

- Bureaucratic Spy Fiction! The stuff about spies being boring, desk workers who work in the field on an occassional basis. We're not here to talk about Jason Bourne or James Bond, but lets look into Jack Ryan, Tara Chace, or Sterling Archer to a degree. Well, Archer himself isn't so much bureaucratic as his co-workers are, but you get the idea!

- I'm writing a novel... still. Yeah it's never getting done because I'm an ill-focused madman! A maaaadmaaaaan!

- Queen and Country is really good! Greg Rucka is kinda the man, dawg.

- Archer is a kick ass show about the comedic side of spies. It's very good!

- Doctor Who works as a spy! Unfortunately we're kinda fatigued by the show. Yeah. It's cool if you like it, but we need something different from the series.

- We dive into the subject of tastes that very acquired as opposed to tastes that are more based in bombastic fantasty. Every topic I come up with devolves into me talking about why a thing is good. And Dark Souls. It aaaaall comes back to Dark Souls.

- Homeland is fairly good! It's on Netflix, so check it out.

- Hard Ticket to Hawaii is... um. Something.

- Get Carter is super cool! Check out the Michael Caine version.

Links:

Magicians and Looters

Salty Bet

Queen and Country

Also: HELL YES -- Sorry. I just really like Ellen Page... Though she may not be a good Tara Chace... We'll see!

Archer ()

Inspector Gadget is a bureaucratic spy AND a super spy!

Bruce Campbell played a spy

Hard Ticket to Hawaii