No Skill Trees

RPGs for Product Managers

We talk about Summer Game Fest, the changing Games media landscape, and talk about some recent games we’ve been playing. Show Notes: Nobody Should Play Splitgate 2: * Nice Hat, Loser - Aftermath [https://aftermath.site/splitgate-2-hat-maga-ceo-ian-proulx-elon-musk] Fuck the British: * How Relooted, A Game About Reclaiming African Artifacts From Western Museums, Ended Up Being Shown By A White Guy At Summer Game Fest - Aftermath [https://aftermath.site/relooted-game-africa-museum-visa-nyamakop-interview] Big Games Media is probably dead, unless it’s IGN: * Giant Bomb goes independent | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/news/664747/giant-bomb-independent-gaming-site-employee-owned] * Polygon sold to GameRant owner Valnet | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/news/659575/polygon-vox-media-sold-valnet-gamerant] * rip polygon [https://haunts.neocities.org/polygon] * Can You Build a Community Around Video Game Guides? - Remap [https://remapradio.com/articles/can-you-build-a-community-around-video-game-guides/] * Big Friendly Guide [https://bigfriendly.guide/?ref=remapradio.com] Games We Played * DOOM: The Dark Ages * Assassin’s Creed: Shadows [https://nullrouted.space/2025/04/20/review-assassins-creed-shadows/] * Final Fantasy 14 (did you know it has an award winning free trial up until level 70?) * XIV on Mac [https://www.xivmac.com/] Chapters: * (02:05) - Summer Game Fest 2025 * (14:21) - Giant Bomb / Polygon * (36:52) - Games We're Playing Creators & Guests * Sadiq Saif [https://voxels.bastetrix.media/people/sadiq-saif] - Host * Cristian Colocho [https://voxels.bastetrix.media/people/cristian-colocho] - Host Click here to view the episode transcript. [https://share.transistor.fm/s/160996c4/transcript] ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/Bastetrix]

shades of shades of brown

We talk about a bad book, then take a trip to Puerto Rico to talk about the new Bad Bunny album but really just use it as a vehicle to talk about modern colonization. Show Notes: Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao * Storygraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/777c8915-523b-4c19-aa3b-bc01d7c9efce] * Sadiq’s Review of Heavenly Tyrant [https://nullrouted.space/2025/01/10/review-heavenly-tyrant-by-xiran-jay-zhao/] Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS * BAD BUNNY - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLSzEYVDads] * BAD BUNNY - BAILE INoLVIDABLE (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Femq4NPxs] * BAD BUNNY - PIToRRO DE COCO (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVgd4gvY0hU] * Unpacking Bad Bunny's personal and political 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS' [https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5250287/bad-bunny-debi-tirar-mas-fotos-political-puerto-rico] * Fabiola Méndez: Tiny Desk Concert [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yJjALda0X4] * El Laberinto del Coco: Tiny Desk x globalFEST [https://youtu.be/R2_7ADO2Hlo?si=gKp2OAX6zY7sR4Y4] * Genius [https://genius.com/albums/Bad-bunny/Debi-tirar-mas-fotos] * Official Website [https://www.debitirarmasfotos.com/] * Data Vampires: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1) - Tech Won’t Save Us [https://techwontsave.us/episode/241_data_vampires_going_hyperscale_episode_1] * Coquí - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coqu%C3%AD] * Radio Menea [https://www.radiomenea.com/] Chapters: * (00:02) - Cristian takes an L * (05:08) - Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao * (19:02) - Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS Creators & Guests * Sadiq Saif [https://voxels.bastetrix.media/people/sadiq-saif] - Host * Cristian Colocho [https://voxels.bastetrix.media/people/cristian-colocho] - Host Click here to view the episode transcript. [https://share.transistor.fm/s/3e5a61b4/transcript] ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/Bastetrix]

listen, i know how to phish

We do our year end wrap up, and talk about the best Music and Games of 2024. Show Notes: Albums of the Year 2024 Sadiq’s Albums of the Year * Charli xcx - BRAT [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/brat/1739079974] * Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hit-me-hard-and-soft/1739659134] * Khruangbin - A LA SALA [https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-sala] * Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn [https://babyrose.bandcamp.com/album/slow-burn] * Shaboozey - Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going [https://shaboozey.bandcamp.com/album/where-ive-been-isnt-where-im-going] * Elkka - Prism of Pleasure [https://elkka.bandcamp.com/album/prism-of-pleasure] * GloRilla - GLORIOUS [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/glorious/1769454777] * BigXthaPlug - TAKE CARE [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/take-care/1771890358] * Kendrick Lamar - GNX [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/gnx/1781270319] * Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/small-changes/1765573122] Cristian’s Albums of the Year 2024 * JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU [https://jpegmafia.bandcamp.com/album/i-lay-down-my-life-for-you] * Tyler the Creator - CHROMAKOPIA [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/chromakopia/1776500452] * Denzel Curry - KING OF THE MISCHIEVOUS SOUTH [https://denzelcurrymusic.bandcamp.com/album/king-of-the-mischievous-south-vol-2] * Logic - Ultra 85 [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ultra-85/1750765140] (I know do not judge me) * Beyonce - Cowboy Carter [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cowboy-carter/1738363766] * NxWorries - Why Lawd? [https://music.apple.com/ca/album/why-lawd/1739842642] Performance of the Year * Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-91vymvIH0c] IDK if we have albums we’re looking forward too but * Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures [https://ichikoaoba.bandcamp.com/album/luminescent-creatures-2] Games of the Year 2024 Sadiq’s Games of the Year * Alan Wake 2 [https://nullrouted.space/2024/01/14/review-alan-wake-2/] * Horizon Forbidden West [https://nullrouted.space/2024/05/01/review-horizon-forbidden-west/] * Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth [https://nullrouted.space/2024/02/21/review-like-a-dragon-infinite-wealth/] Cristian’s Games of the Year * Starfield: Shattered Space * Destiny 2: The Final Shape * Cyberpunk 2.0 * Black Ops 6 * Tears of the Kingdom Postscript: Neither Dave Chapelles or SexyReds politicial views are endorsed by either of us, to make it super clear. * (01:36) - Albums of The Year * (38:50) - Video Games of The Year ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/Bastetrix]

allegedly i'll obtain it

We talk briefly about the Game Awards, then we discuss Kendrick Lamar’s GNX. Show Notes: Twitter Fingers Turn To Trigger Fingers * Drake alleges UMG falsely inflated Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' | AP News [https://apnews.com/article/drake-lawsuit-umg-d36b719ed62009c01f09d949b1032c25] Other Links * It's Getting Harder to Deny that Payola 2.0 Is Alive and Well in The Music Streaming Era | Headphonesty [https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/12/is-payola-alive/] * SpotifyPanel [https://spotifypanel.com/] Info Links * Genius [https://genius.com/albums/Kendrick-lamar/Gnx] * Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNX_(album)] * YouTube Playlist [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYH6Oa4PXlY&list=PLjB_8hSS2lEPSOivtbvDDugFuCeqC4_xm] * Apple Music [https://music.apple.com/us/album/gnx/1781270319] * Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/0hvT3yIEysuuvkK73vgdcW] Track Listing 1. Wacced Out Murals 2. Squabble Up 3. Luther (with SZA) 4. Man at the Garden 5. Hey Now (featuring Dody6) 6. Reincarnated 7. TV Off (featuring Lefty Gunplay) 8. Dodger Blue (featuring Wallie the Sensei, Siete7x, Roddy Ricch) 9. Peekaboo (featuring AzHike) 10. Heart Pt. 6 11. GNX (featuring Hitta J3, YoungThreat, Peysoh) 12. Gloria (with SZA) Talking Points * MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD * How Kendrick was in the Studio Making this New Album (GNX) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flN8HhmOTLI] * WTF is a GNX? [https://www.americanmusclecarmuseum.com/buick-vehicles/137-1987-buick-grand-national-regal-gnx.html] Chapters: * (00:01) - A Brief Game Awards Sidebar * (04:13) - Drake Suing UMG * (14:38) - GNX ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/Bastetrix]

No Skill Trees

We talk about Star Wars Outlaws, King of The Mischievous South Vol. 2, and Journalists leaving their jobs to go full time Youtuber. Show Notes:  Tumblr & WordPress: * Tumblr migrates more than 500 million blogs to WordPress | Ars Technica [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/tumblr-migrates-more-than-500-million-blogs-to-wordpress/] * WordPress Discover [https://wordpress.com/discover] Star Wars Outlaws: * Buy Star Wars Outlaws Gold Edition on PC & More | Ubisoft Store [https://store.ubisoft.com/us/star-wars-outlaws---gold-edition/65ba94b726acf939e9e262c0.html] * Star Wars Outlaws review: a perfectly ok bit of star war | Rock Paper Shotgun [https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/star-wars-outlaws-review] * Game Launchers (Epic Games and Ubisoft) * Sadiq’s Andor review [https://nullrouted.space/2023/01/28/review-andor-s1/] * Episode 00 – Welcome to Ctrl, Alt, Access [https://access-ability.uk/2024/04/25/episode-00-welcome-to-ctrl-alt-access/] Denzel Curry - King of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 * King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 [https://denzelcurrymusic.bandcamp.com/album/king-of-the-mischievous-south-vol-2] * Slurpgods * That Mexican OT - Johnny Dang (feat. Paul Wall & Drodi) (Official Music Video) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvmUrOSahsc] * That Mexican OT - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Mexican_OT] Doechii * Alligator Bites Never Heal - Album by Doechii | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/60UzB8mOCMpc7xkuJE6Bwc?si=40PUmei8Tee9x5EQxSGXHw] * NISSAN ALTIMA | Swamp Session [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbeZNqklic] Becca Farsace * Why I left The Verge [https://youtu.be/hjer379ONJo?si=s2gvx8L2XufpRi_u] Better Offline: * Better Offline | iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-better-offline-150284547/] * Tech Won’t Save Us [https://techwontsave.us/] Chapters: * 0:00:04 - Tumblr Switching to WordPress * 00:06:30 - Star Wars Outlaws * 00:26:55 - The Music Hour * 00:39:32 - Becca Farsace Leaving The Verge * (00:04) - Tumblr Switching to WordPress * (06:30) - Star Wars Outlaws * (26:55) - The Music Hour * (39:32) - Becca Farsace Leaving The Verge ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/Bastetrix]