S2E21 Season 2 Retrospective, Star Trek, Honey Heist, Obi-Wan

In the final episode of Season 2, we talk about exploring strange new worlds, meeting new civilizations, and then … blowing them up. We also delve into the game Nobody Saves the World, undertake an ursine caper to steal some honey, geek out about the Obi-wan streaming series, and look back on the season that was.

• The Brick Room
  • LEGO Star Wars
    • Ken played through the original games with his kids when they were little
    • Expected a remaster of those games plus some new content from the sequel trilogy
    • What we got is a whole new game, filled with classic LEGO fun, lots of Star Wars in-jokes, and oh so much nostalgia for Ken’s family
• The Holo Deck
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
    • The continuing mission of the starship Enterprise … with Captain Pike
    • All of the optimism you love and want from Trek
  • Star Trek: Picard, Season 2
    • Wait, there’s a Season 2?
    • Oh and there’s Borg?
    • And Q?
• The Arcade
  • Nobody Saves the World
    • Fun top down exploration and fighting game with shapeshifting magic
    • Made by the developers of Guacamelee
    • A good couch co-op with David’s youngest daughter
• The Game Room
  • Honey Heist
    • Successful heisting of black orchid honey from both humans and from a certain red shirt wearing but legally distinct roly poly bear
• The Streaming Annex
  • Obi-Wan Disney+ series
    • Lots of online drama over the focus on Obi Wan with young Leia
    • If you really think about A New Hope, Leia knew Obi Wan, but Luke has no clue who he is

Main Topic: Season 2 Retrospective

• 3 most popular episodes?
  • S2E2 Scum and Villainy Campaign Planning, Reading Time, Animal Crossing Redux, Twilight 2000 Boxed Set
  • S2E3 Improving Games by Stealing From Others
  • S2E7 – Godsend Agenda
• What we enjoyed
  • Scum and Villainy actual play!
    • Getting ready for Scum and Villainy
      • S2E2 Scum and Villainy Campaign Planning, Reading Time, Animal Crossing Redux, Twilight 2000 Boxed Set
      • S2E5 Worldbuilding
      • S2E6 Session Zero, The Expanse, Tome of Beasts 3, Astroneer, Collapsing Empire
  • Game interviews!
    • S2E1 Shotguns & Sorcery
    • S2E7 Godsend Agenda
  • Favorite topics
    • Lunchtime Gaming
      • Wait, Ken started doing this in 2010? Damn…
    • How Gaming Changed During the Pandemic
      • Great to be back on a podcast talking with Overlord Chris Miller.
    • Gaming with Kids
      • Gotta catch ‘em all. Pokemon? Nah, Overlords! We talked with Kris Johnson about his experiences gaming with kids.
    • Talking with the Younger Generation
      • Newly forged in the Audio Foundries… an interview with Isleen
• Stuff to work on
  • Audio challenges here and there, but we’re getting better
    • Thanks, John, for reporting the problems!
  • Videos of our episodes on YouTube
    • Season 2 has started to be released there.
• Looking ahead to Season 3…
  • Spelljammer actual play in the fall?
  • Another one-shot or two?
  • Improv for Gamers, 2nd Edition?
  • Dyson Fall?

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