“I understood that reference.”
Steve Rogers (and Dan McD) are vexed by this edition of Loaded Dice Cast.
Kevin, Derek, Dubs and old school Loaded Dice Cast member Matty G (returning like so many Aragorns) get together to discuss the nature, role and cultural significance of the ubiquitous nerd reference, inspired by Ernest Cline’s new list of shit he likes novel, Armada.
Are references inherently exclusionary or inclusive?  Is reference based humor actually funny?  Can the LDC crew be self aware enough to not make tons of nerdy references to illustrate their points (of course not)?  Is it important to arc as a person that uses nerd references?  Can it ever truly be said that–  Wait, wait, wait… hold up–  What exactly are the logistics involved in a circle jerk?  [shoes are required -ed]
Get in on the joke by listening to this episode of Loaded Dice Cast.  Just remember:  you can’t take it out of the library.
RIP Satoru Iwata.  You have the soul of a gamer.
Comments, iTunes ratings, reviews…y’know the drill.  We like those things.  And you.  Really.  How are you?  Is your family good?  Oh, that’s great.  Did you ever find out from your doctor what that weird growth on your pe–  I’m sorry, I’m chewing your ear off.  My bad.  In any case, yeah those comments and iTunes things:  JUST DO EEEET.
SHOW NOTES!
Slate review of Ernest Cline’s Armada
Oh, yeah…This is Ernest Cline
Escape From the Man-Sized Cabinet: A Stephen Colbert Text Adventure (apologies to Doris Kearnes Goodwin)
The Westing Game
Mary Sueism (or, how to be hackier than a North Korean saw on Ashley Madison)
Actually…
This one’s great, too. But, I’ll stop. This is the last one. Promise.
Simon Pegg callously pokes your righteous indignation button, then makes a bunch of really good points.
“If you heard it, it meant your ass.”
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
That Buckaroo Banzai thing Matty G’s always going on about
Lev Grossman
Lineup for the 1928 New York Yankees
Bill Parcells’ Sweatah
Click here to feel superior to Derek.
The very first time a nerd asked, “Is that canon?”
Stuff Like That Podcast – Better than poutine