Episode 114 – Bad at Artifacts

28/12/2023 1h 53min Temporada 5 Episodio 10

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Ben and Josh finalize their holiday shopping mistakes, explore the superstitions surrounding wishing someone luck (in 3 languages), upgrade the ceiling fan in Josh’s game room to full rainbow LED, and discuss the significance of artifacts in history, gaming, and storytelling.  



Intro & Follow-up (0-18:26)

Tom Stanton 3D prints a hand-crank generator 





Bad at Parenting (18:26-34:55) 



Bad at Italian (34:55-39:25)

In bocca al lupo 



The urbane Irish nationalist Robert Wilson Lynd published an article, “A Defence of Superstition”, in the 1 October 1921 edition of the New Statesman, a British liberal political and cultural magazine, regarding the theatre as the second-most superstitious institution in England, after horse racing.  





What I’m Reading (39:25-45:03)

Josh:

The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time #4) by Robert Jordan 





Ben:

Hidden Potential: the Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant 



The Fallen from Paradise (Paradise Planets #1) by Shaun Barrowes

The Ninja Kids performing Shaun’s song Being Awesome! (455M views on YouTube) 









Board Game Survivor & Bad at parenting, reprise (45:03-54:15-1:04:53)

Nerts (3 min how-to-play video) 



Tetris 99 



Josh’s Game Room with THREE (3) rainbow LED light bulbs 





Feature (1:04:53-end)

Marauder’s Map Easter Egg (Prisoner of Azkaban end credits) 



Nicol Bolas’ Grand Scheme (War of the Spark) 



Quel’Serrar the High Blade (World of Warcraft) 





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