CinEffect Podcast Episode 37

In the beginning, there were no podcasts. Then came podcasts. All of this culminated into the what currently represents the humanity of today: two idiots talking to each other about movies and games and stuff.

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf (Burial At Sea OST)

GAMES
(0:52) Oculus Rift/Facebook
(10:17) Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea Episode 2

TV
(24:41) Hannibal

MOVIES
(32:17) The Raid 2
(49:55) The Grand Budapest Hotel
(1:01:11) Noah

(1:32:19) Coming Soon To Theaters…
(1:39:59) Links/Outro
(1:41:00) Noah OST by Clint Mansell

CinEffect Podcast Episode 33

With not much in the way of interesting movie releases, we declare this week ANIME WEEK!, as Chris and Alex talk guilty pleasures like Attack on Titan and Strike Witches, as well as legitimately good shows like Yamato 2199 and Mushishi. Along the way, the two give their farewells to Irrational Games, review their latest Bioshock Infintie DLC: Burial At Sea, hear Alex’s thoughts on the new Strider game, while Chris continues to geek out about True Detective. Carcosa awaits!

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) Mushishi Opening
(0:44) Intro
(2:24) Farewell to Irrational Games

GAMES
(19:07) Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Part 1
(29:23) Strider
(41:32) Miscellaneous Talk

TV
(45:23) Miscellaneous Space Jam 2 Talk
(47:27) Attack on Titan
(1:05:59) Strike Witches
(1:22:33) Space Battleship Yamato 2199
(1:33:53) Mushishi
(1:44:23) True Detective

(2:02:28) Links/Outro
(2:06:40) Coming Soon to Theaters…
(2:11:53) Attack on Titan Opening 2

CinEffect Podcast Episode 2: Bioshock Infinite & Spring Breakers

The theme of this week is The American Dream. On one end, a film that depicts the state of American youth and its culture gone completely mad, as we dissect Harmony Korine’s latest vulgar art-house project, Spring Breakers. On the other end, a city in the sky in which infinite variations of the American Dream are birthed from free-will and choice. We get highly analytical as we spend a long, long time getting into a huge, spoiler-filled discussion with Irrational Games’s Bioshock Infinite. Look at our shit.

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) God Only Knows by The Beach Boys
(0:42) Introduction
(7:58) Spring Breakers
(30:37) Brief Thoughts on Stoker
(31:38) Bioshock Infinite
(47:31) Bioshock Infinite SPOILER DISCUSSION
(1:43:15) Upcoming Game Releases
(1:46:30) Upcoming/Current Movie Releases
(1:53:44) Links
(1:55:55) Beast by Nico Vega
(1:57:19) “Poop-sock’d”

Infinite Realities Collapsing On Top of One Another; Until They and We Are All Whole

Warning: This analysis contains spoilers for the endings of Bioshock Infinite and the original Bioshock, as well as minor spoilers regarding Mass Effect 3 and the film Looper. You’ve been warned.

As I write this, I am still reeling from the experience of just having beaten Bioshock Infinite about an hour ago. Very rarely am I comfortable with instant labels, but I can already tell that it’s one of the greatest games I’ve ever played. Not just because it’s ludicrously fun or because it’s got an incredibly well-told story with great characters with wonderful interactions. The thing that truly transcended it was its ending, which turned this narrative that hinted at the ramifications of free will and choice into a wholly profound and beautiful statement that celebrated the very nature of choices and possibilities, as well as the medium as a whole.