Synopsis
Pop culture through the lens of design and vice versa.
Episodes
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09: Bits and Bobs
14/01/2016 Duration: 01h18minWelcome to Episode 9 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about a ton of things, including Marvel on TV, violence in Disney films, The All-New All-Different Marvel, The Man in the High Castle, a few video games, and the new Quentin Tarantino film The Hateful Eight. Also, stay tuned after the end music for a few minutes of bonus chat about digital movie collections, 4K TVs, and PC gaming. We had a blast discussing this stuff and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock ###Sponsor Hired is a free, no-obligation job search service. If you or someone you know is looking for a job in the software engineering or design field, check out Hired. Use our special link to get a $2,000 bonus when you sign up and accept a job, or get $1337 for a successful referral. Many thanks to Hired for sponsoring this we
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08: Star Wars - The Force Awakens
07/01/2016 Duration: 01h34minWelcome to Episode 8 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Also, stay tuned after the end music for a few minutes of bonus Star Wars chat. We had a blast discussing this stuff and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock ###Sponsor Hired is a free, no-obligation job search service. If you or someone you know is looking for a job in the software engineering or design field, check out Hired. Use our special link to get a $2,000 bonus when you sign up and accept a job, or get $1337 for a successful referral. Many thanks to Hired for sponsoring this week's show! Show Notes 0:10 - Spiderman 2 - Doc Oc "Power of the sun" 0:55 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens: One Record It Won't Break 3:14 - Star Wars Teaser Trailer 3:50 - Oscar Isaac 4:26 - K
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07: Not About Star Wars
17/12/2015 Duration: 01h56sWelcome to Episode 7 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about a bunch of things, including Just Cause 3, Under the Dome, Nathan For You, the All-New All-Different Marvel, and a little bit about the original Star Wars films. We had a blast discussing this stuff and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock Show Notes 1:11 - Just Cause 3 2:02 - Just Cause 3's highs, lows and rocket-propelled wildlife 2:10 - Just Cause 3 Lunar Lander Car 2:56 - Batman: Arkham Knight, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, Far Cry 4 5:05 - The Last of Us 5:21 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence 6:27 - Spielberg Explains Ending of A.I. Artificial Intelligence 7:16 - Haley Joel Osment 7:28 - Nathan For You 7:36 - Editor's Note: Joshua was harsh on Marshall for watching Survivor a couple episodes ago in 05: The Show About Nothing.
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06: How Wude
10/12/2015 Duration: 01h18minWelcome to Episode 6 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about some of the history, story, characters, and design decisions in the Star Wars prequels, "The Phantom Menace," "Attack of the Clones," and "Revenge of the Sith." We had a blast discussing them and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock ###Show Notes 1:15 - Playstation Experience 2015 1:39 - Destiny Sparrow Racing League 2:20 - Star Wars: Episode I Racer 2:33 - The Harry Potter series 3:54 - Just Cause 3 5:40 - Rise of the Tomb Raider 6:12 - How to make your Xbox One faster (and make Fallout 4 better) 6:42 - The Xbox 360 hard drive 7:16 - Editor's Note: Bryn is referencing the YouTube series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? 7:23 - Survivor 7:40 - Survivor by Destiny's Child 7:48 - Survivor Theme Song 7:54 - J
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05: The Show About Nothing
03/12/2015 Duration: 01h01minWelcome to Episode 5 of Vicarious! This episode, we basically talk about nothing and everything. We had a blast rambling and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock Bryn Jackson (absent) is @uberbryn ###Show Notes 0:46 - The Good Dinosaur 1:47 - The Dribbblisation of Design 2:26 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3:40 - Jar Jar Binks Sith Theory Explained 3:55 - Editor's Note: Josh is referring to the Star Wars prequels. 4:26 - George Lucas 5:01 - Yoda 5:40 - Zapruder film 5:41 - Room 237 6:10 - Count Dooku 7:06 - The Walking Dead 7:28 - Kylo Ren 7:44 - The Force Awakens 8:50 - Lucasfilms San Francisco New Media Arts Center 12:08 - Stanley Kubrick 12:47 - Narcos 13:25 - Malcolm in the Middle 13:57 - Black Mass 14:28 - Pirates of the Caribbean 14:45 - Tim Burton 15:00 - Public Enemies 16:45 - Goodfellas 16:48 - The U
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04: Trapper Keeper Venom (feat. Sarah Jackson)
26/11/2015 Duration: 01h04minWelcome to Episode 4 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about some of the story, character, relationship, and UI design decisions in the new Hunger Games film The Mockingjay, Part 2. We had a blast discussing it and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Special Guest: Sarah Jackson is @sarahberus Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock Bryn Jackson (absent) is @uberbryn ###Show Notes Heads up. Lots of corrections and reference explanations in the Editor's Notes this week. 0:52 - The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay, Part 2 1:03 - Sarah Jackson 1:29 - Read the books 3:45 - Editor's Note: Marshall is thinking of the Twilight series, which also split its final chapter into two movies." 4:40 - Trapper Keeper 6:49 - Editor's Note: Thank you for reading the show notes! I try to be a good man and thorough. 7:15 - The Group Hopper - Saturday Night Live 7:21 - M
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03: Where's Halle Berry?
19/11/2015 Duration: 01h04minWelcome to Episode 3 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about some of the story, theme, tone, UI, and cinematic design decisions (as well as some easter eggs) in the new James Bond film Spectre. We had a blast discussing it and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock ###Sponsor: One Month - Get 25% off your first month ###Show Notes 0:10 - Never Say Never Again 1:22 - Spectre 4:34 - The Onion Reviews "Spectre" 5:01 - The Dark Knight Rises 5:48 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service 6:33 - Casino Royale is the first book in Ian Fleming's 007 series. 7:06 - Editor's Note: Marshall said "And Spectre," but it sounded like "Inspector," so he made an Inspector Gadget reference. 8:00 - James Bond Jr. 8:16 - Editor's Note: According to Wikipedia's Shoe phone page, ".
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02: Work The Problem
12/11/2015 Duration: 51minWelcome to Episode 2 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about some of the story, theme, tone, and cinematic design decisions behind the film (and novel) The Martian. We had a blast discussing it and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock ###Sponsor: One Month - Get 25% off your first month ###Show Notes 1:26 - "Water nap" 4:08 - The Martian novel 4:11 - Ridley Scott 4:42 - Gravity 4:53 - Horde mode 5:00 - A Series of Unfortunate Events 5:06 - All Is Lost 5:17 - Editor's Note: Deep Impact and Armageddon are an example of "twin films." 5:30 - Life of Pi 5:53 - Editor's Note: Here, Marshall is referring to the game Destiny. The Cabal are an alien race who have taken over Mars. 6:20 - Donald Glover 7:37 - "See you at the party, Richter." 8:45 - Kate Mara and Seb
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01: Encrypted Grandmothers
05/11/2015 Duration: 01h11minWelcome to episode 1 of Vicarious! This episode, we examine the design decisions of the Bungie video game phenomenon Destiny. We had a blast discussing it and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team! Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock ###Sponsor: One Month - Get 25% off your first month ###Show Notes 4:40 - 5 Things Destiny Swiped From Halo 5:00 - Reddit - PCMasterRace 6:35 - Destiny’s Story in 4 Minutes or Less (Give or Take Ten Minutes) 6:44 - @michaelschultz 7:40 - Destiny Official Site and @DestinyTheGame 9:00 - Destiny Easter Egg - Soccer Balls in the Tower 9:15 - Destiny Glitches SOLO Fly Across the Tower and Destiny Glitches: On Top Of Bank Vaults In The Tower 12:10 - Destiny Item Manager 12:18 - Rethinking the Destiny Companion App and @charliedeets 19:10 - Destiny - Cryptarch Trolling Me 22:47 - Tower Ghost and Load
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00: A Teaser
02/11/2015 Duration: 26minWelcome to our teaser episode! Just a quick one to let you know a little bit about us, the show, get our mics set up, and submit our RSS feed to iTunes. Check it out, subscribe, and we'll see you next Thursday with Episode 1. Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn Joshua Sortino is @sortino Marshall Bock is @marshallbock ###Show Notes 0:03 - Editor's Note: Eris Morn is a character from Destiny 0:14 - Editor's Note: Morla Gorrondona voices Eris Morn and will be handing out raisins for Halloween, which is funny if you play Destiny. Otherwise, that was a waste of your time. 0:48 - Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn at @sidewireinc 0:55 - Joshua Sortino is @sortino at @teespring 0:58 - Marshall Bock is @marshallbock at @YouTubeGaming 1:26 - Editor's Note: Here, Marshall is referencing both the film Soylent Green and the drink Soylent. Deep cuts. 1:55 - Bryn's Top 5 Movies: 5) The Usual Suspects, 4) The Matrix, 3) Star Wars: A New Hope, 2) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, 1) Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 2:53 - Joshua's Top 5 Mo