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We are back this week to wrap-up this season of perfection, People! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com. This is the last podcast of the year so see you in 2023!

We are back this week to discuss the season finale of the new Star Wars series Andor! This was a season of perfection, People! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com

We are back this week to discuss episode 11 of the new Star Wars series Andor! The penultimate episode! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com

We are back this week to discuss episode 10 of the new Star Wars series Andor! The prison break! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com

We are back this week to discuss episode 9 of the new Star Wars series Andor! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com

We are back this week to discuss episode 8 of the new Star Wars series Andor! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com

We are back this week to discuss episode 7 of the new Star Wars series Andor! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com

We are back this week to discuss episode 6 of the new Star Wars series Andor! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com

We are back this week to discuss episode 5 of the new Star Wars series Andor! Make sure you visit us at www.nerdcyclopedia.com, follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter@nerdcyclopedia and email us with your feedback at nerds@nerdcyclopedia.com

0:00 Intro

1:46 Star Wars

1:11:36 Green Day

Travis welcomes Alyssa Bradley to the show for Part 3 in a series covering From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back!

Alyssa is a fangirl of all trades, geek fashionista, Nightsister of the @galactic_coven, and Art Director on the Docuseries "Looking for Leia."

Travis and Alyssa discuss stories 17-24, which includes Rae Sloane, The Emperor, the Exogorth (space slug), and our favorite: the Dagobah Cave of Evil!

Join us as we share our overall reactions, favorite lines, and how we might view TESB differently after knowing these characters' stories.

Stories covered include:

• "Amara Kel’s Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)” by Django Wexler 
• "The First Lesson” by Jim Zub
• "Disturbance” by Mike Chen
• “This Is No Cave” by Catherynne M. Valente
• "Lord Vader Will See You Now” by John Jackson Miller
• "Vergence” by Tracy Deonn (!!!)
• "Tooth and Claw” by Michael Kogge
• "STETI” by Daniel José Older

Make sure to follow Alyssa on Instagram at miss.lys and Twitter @whimsydesigns! Keep an eye out for updates on her current projects including character art for the upcoming audio drama "The Adventures of the Zolan Dart" from The Dorky Diva Show and her Celestial Sisters collaboration with friend of the show, Tori Fox of Creature Cartel, and Savanna Oudit of The Dorky Diva.

Follow the show @ForceTimePod on Twitter and forcetimepod on Instagram. If you enjoy the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!

You can purchase From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622992/from-a-certain-point-of-view-the-empire-strikes-back-star-wars-by-seth-dickinson-hank-green-rf-kuang-martha-wells-kiersten-white-and-more/



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Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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Welcome to the show Aaron. Very very spaceship
Konky bong
@gdnws_
CEREBRAWL.IN (also twitch)
Game informer picture cropping horror stories
Aaron did something stupid: DOTA AUTO CHESS
Windjammers?
Chefs kiss xcom2 modded
Daniel jackson is a nerd
MY BOYS: WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY BOYS (vector and ump)
Keynan likes to hurt himself with fighting games sometimes. This time it was MK11
Mr. matt plays wario in smash.
Rimworld mole people strat. Weedhole colony
APE OUT.
We try to determine where each person became burnt out
Aaron makes a rookie scheduling mistake
Owen makes sure he doesn’t get mr. shifty’d on this one.
Parkour flow exists inside this game. Not enough of them though
JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ MAN
2 switch players and 2 controller players
Pseudo dash. Real dash pls
Core loops are important people. The hit and hurt boxes are off from the art.
Game needs a l4d ai director
You should not be demoralized by a game feature
Big fan of the word ascertain. Not a fan of the invisible wall.
Frustration leads to triumph but the RNG makes it feel unearned
Two people at the table didn’t know the health system: that’s not good
Game needed more time in the oven/ badass gorilla mode
Aesthetically on point
MAD WORLD borderlands video
Matt is unyielding in his demand for a number
Aaron is done with devolver
3 payday 2
3 spelunky
1 FNV
2 Tie fighter
Gimme bennet foddys number
Can’t talk about inside
1 Alpha centauri
The ape is a capitalist
The apes name is atlas
HYPNOSPACE OUTLAW: next week browse the internet in the 90s
PLUUUGS
Shame.buisness or shame.club

Versatility confuses and enrages many people. I leave it to you to determine the throughline
Dragons of cornwall
Long war was great but it ruined my whole life forever.
Deeper experience meaning more like xcomEW
Have HUE heard of HUE
Hahaowenmadeastarsjoke. Please finish your joke
I don’t know, I like the word bitch.
VVVVVV is from the era of vidya where difficulty=aesthetic
Sports teams should pay for their own fucking stadiums
Poor young keynan has to learn things the hard way, just like everyone
No water in moats plz
COMMANDER
Fuck owen
Ksp ui changes
Totally accurate battle sim went early access
INSTANTLY into stupid videogame timeline stuff for xcom 2
My tygan impression is ON POINT
I am confused between LONG WAR and EW
The scout in Lw1 is what taught me to be less dumb
We talk about the narrative dynamics of the strategy layers of x1 vs x2
Lightsaber fever!
Owen sold some corpses he shouldn't have and it was some problems
Pistolmancer.
We talk about builds. Its gets pretty crunchy but we try to keep it about feel.
Reapers: way OP. templars: OP with bladestorm. Skirmishers: weird power curve.
Stocks are OP
Basic xcom is all about making stuff more consistent
Sparks with bluescreen rounds chef noise
TLP loading screen music discussion
Reinforce the stories in the tactical play
Keynan goes full master blaster in owens campaign
Aesthetics of aliens conversation
Steal from story generation games plz xcom
It is hard to make being sniped at fun
Mechtroopers aren’t sparks, we know
Landmark theme park missions
Spy mission/extraction mission drama/story generation
Bad standards
4 payday 2
Can’t shout out voice packs enough
3 spelunky
1 FNV
4 TIE FIGHTER
2 Alpha centauri
I looked it up, he was using saccharin wrong
What was the ethereals plan?
Guybrush threepwood cannot die. He is a jinx
Exalt is capitalism
Pillars of xcom should exist
APE OUT

Pikuniku this week
Don’t buy videogames
Keynans seattle mariners are doing quite well. (he was happier with a clicker)
Baseball sux
Owen has been playing astroneer! He says it scratches the same itch as legos
How did i play this single player platformer for 300 hours?
Solid stardew
Astroneer is the best iteration of the open ended crafting survival game
Keynan stop fucking interrupting me
Anthem dropped and warframe got scared
Matt dates the podcast
Videogames should tell me when they are brainless.
How deep is the ocean?
Schlooter vs hang mung: which is more offensive? Email!
PIKUNIKU
I thought the gameplay was going to be more whimsical. It was pretty basic
The narrative was king here. Quirkyness front and center.
Owens rhythm game apnea comes back to bite him. Night in the woods FTW
WEEED game
Piku breaks stuff and hurts people. Kick people into space!
SEAN!
Poop I pooped
Grandchildren will hate you piku.
Slightly tongue in cheek.
Tongue in cheek or just european?
Solidarity
Deadbolt was too hard
Devolver good
0 payday 2
2 spelunky
2 FNV
1 tie fighter
Bath tub wooden balls
0 alpha centauri
Emailtwitter URL REDIRECTS
Guybrush has a good time.
XCOM 2 WOTC

THE NEWS

• Marvel teases “Acts of Evil” for July
• Robert Kirkman addresses lack of Walkers in The Walking Dead
• DC’s Young Animal returns
• Saga to end with issue #108
• Major X #1 selling for 2x cover price on Ebay & Rob Liefield’s speculations
• Death probably dissolved Cyclops and Jean Grey’s Marriage

** TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK**
Dave

1. STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION – GRAND MOFF TARKIN #1 (W: Greg Pak, A: Marc Laming)
2. Faithless #1 (W: Brian Azzarello, A: Maria Llovet)

Forrest

1. Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #5 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Yildiray Cinar)
2. Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Princess Leia (W: Greg Pak, A: Chris Sprouse)

**ComicBookRoundUp
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Critic Murder Falcon #7 (9.7) Critic
Fan Dead Man Logan #6 (9.2) Fan

SEGMENT: Trending now: Delays and other issues at DC… Batman: Damned #3 pushed back 2 weeks, Doomsday Clock #10 2 months

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK
Dave
Star Wars: TIE Fighter #1 (W: Jody Houser, A: Roge Antonia)
Forrest
Bloodborne #11 (W: Ales Kot, A: Brad Simpson, Pitor Kowalski)

**JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. **
Dave
Barbarella / Dejah Thoris #3 (Julius Ohta)
Forrest
Spider-Man Life Story #2: The ‘70s (Chip Zdarsky)

**SOAPBOX: WWSMD - Forrest
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Off Topic Top Shelf: Forrest - “It’s Alive!”