Idle Thumbs 215 - Flirtation & Procreation

Abandoned and alone, Chris and Nick hunker down in the studio while everyone else braves the harsh wastelands of E3. Join us for an intimate and lively chat about social simulation, our fantasies of a historical New York city builder, video game sweaters, our inevitable AI-dominated future, and forced, soul-sucking human reproduction. The Overlord demands it. 01:09 — Intro - It’s the rare twofer 02:33 — Fallout Shelter - Is it Fallout Shelter or a fallout shelter? 04:46 — Fallout Shelter - It’s Free-To-Play, not free to play 05:54 — Fallout Shelter - Its like SimTower and the base building part of XCOM 08:15 — Fallout Shelter - Things can fall apart when you’re away from the game 11:40 — Fallout Shelter - It commodifies baby-making in a weird way 17:25 — Fallout Shelter - Depressed people in pajamas engaging in mandatory pillow talk 22:23 — Fallout (series) - Putting a happy face on disturbing material 23:28 — Fallout Shelter - Chris became the Overseer of the MeUndies experiment vault 25:05 — Fallout Shelter - At one point everyone woman in Chris’ vault was pregnant 26:39 — Systems - They can unintentionally produce meaning 29:03 — Crusader Kings II - People have found Chris and Nick’s YouTube series again 30:10 — Casper - Comfortable mattresses for sleeping on 31:35 — MeUndies - Every day is E3 when you have a nice clean pair of underwear 33:34 — Fallout Shelter - It was cool they got it up during the press conference 34:15 — Fallout 4 - Building and crafting 36:32 — Building and Crafting - It’s a thing now 37:43 — Fallout 4 - Dialog options 38:55 — Fallout 4 - Maybe they recorded the name Asad Qizilbash for the intro 39:48 — Mirror’s Edge Catalyst - The evil CEO is just the CEO of EA 40:27 — Mirror’s Edge Catalyst - You don’t use guns 40:52 — E3 - There were a lot of games 42:34 — Dream - The creative tool from Media Molecule 43:57 — Creator - The cancelled N64DD creative tool 44:44 — Theoretical New York Anno Game - That Chris and Nick dream up in this segment 47:30 — God Hand II - Another game that doesn’t exist 48:32 — Shenmue 3 - What a weird thing 52:00 — VR - That’s the mainstream takeaway from E3 53:35 — Will Smith Wearing an Oculus - The image for Episode 151: A Fascinating Experience 55:57 — E3 - It’s a crazy week 56:40 — Anno 2070 - It’s Anno, but the buildings don’t look as cool 1:01:43 — Anno 2205 - Its the Moon and it looks like the Moon! 1:04:13 — Anno - Condensing time periods and economic systems 1:06:00 — Anno - Deemphasizing combat 1:07:42 — XCOM 2 - Being PC-only can allow it to focus on UI 1:11:06 — Platform Wars - You can just stick with your one platform without much trouble 1:12:30 — Rock Band 4 - Nick might need to get an Xbox One to transfer his DLC to 1:13:35 — The VR Bubble - The economic bubble and the physical one you immerse yourself in 1:14:59 — Fallout Shelter - Everyone resumes their lives after a disaster 1:16:09 — Fallout Shelter - Women stop wearing lingerie when they become pregnant 1:17:51 — Reader Mail -