Episode 22: Nostalgia Kilonova

Two Bit Geeks

Wandering down the aisles of emergent 80s nostalgia, briefly Blade Runner and the satisfaction of reinvention, Dungeons & Dragons gets back on the scene, first light on the biggest bangs in the universe and interstellar greetings from the Vegans of Lyra.

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Meandering nostalgia, 80s style [03:20]

• The Banana Splits, mixed-reality early pioneers
• The Stranger Things font is intentionally awesome
• We loved the pace of Blade Runner 2049 (and Roger Deakins’s cinematography)
• Devo’s Satisfaction is the perfect cover

D&D: back and here to stay [17:51]

• Turn on, tune in, drop phone
• Rock Stars of the new platforms: The Adventure Zone and Critical Role
• Wizards of the Coast hit the structure/creative sweet spot with Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition

Big news from the sky x 2 [27:30]

• The first observed neutron star collision has astronomy geeks over the moon
• Time + stellar fusion = stuff: Tom, Bill Wurtz and NASA explain how everything got made
• Buzzed by an interstellar fly-by! All hail Vegan King 1I/?Oumuamua

Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)

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