A discussion about Avatar, and the recently released trailer, starts this week’s episode. The reactions are mixed, but N’Gai goes into James Cameron’s filmography and points out how he is particularly adept at throwing in some social commentary that elevates the characters within his movies, so hopefully a lot of that just couldn’t be squeezed into the trailer.
The guys share some Shadow Complex impressions before getting into the big discussion about the recent issues involved with Orson Scott Card, his anti-gay rights political views and what that means about his involvement with the game. The majority of this episode is taken up by Shawn and N’Gai’s views on the subject with Luke disappearing fro show almost at the beginning of the discussion. Ultimately Shawn seems to feel that Card’s views are somewhat inconsequential and thus, did not affect his decisions to purchase the game while N’Gai is a little more nebulous in final thoughts on the issue.
Runtime – 1:45:45
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