Show Notes Ben and Josh discuss the ‘Ten things every game needs’ by Mark Rosewater and a whole bunch of good and bad examples. Intro/follow-up (0-22:43) Disc Golf World Championship 2021 FINAL HOLE MADNESS Assume spherical cow of uniform density Watch: Black Widow NOT: WW84 Bad at Husbanding & Josh vs. bureaucracy (22:43-41:34) To Be Honest by Michael …
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Episode 49 – Chuffed about Lying in the Military
Show Notes Josh settles on this year’s Halloween costume just in the nick of time, Ben has a blowout summer vacation in Utah and Idaho, and they both rant about media bias, the future of humanity, Chesterton’s Fence, and dishonesty in the military. Intro (0-33:38) Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix Josh after passing the …
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Episode 48 – Begging the Question on Marriage
Show Notes Ben drives 1,400 miles to Utah, Josh’s children are forbidden from chanting, and Ben’s eldest son gets married making him officially old. Intro (0:00-5:16) 48 degree experience Bad at Parenting (5:16-26:39) Games Ben is playing: Jamaica Alhambra Point Salad Disc Golf Magic: the Gathering Bad at Logic (26:39-32:23) Begging the question Trial of …
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Episode 47 – Raising Children Like a Psychologist
Show Notes Why it doesn’t matter if you drop the Maltese Falcon, how unlikely it is to win the Newegg Shuffle™, Josh’s son sleepwalks and Ben raises his children like a psychologist. Follow-up (0:00-41:29) Ben said the Sesame Street Private Eye was Kermit…it was Grover Josh’s article on his computer upgrade and subsequent video Winning the NewEgg Shuffle …
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Episode 46.5 – Smartphones Changed Everything (Patreon Only)
The evolution of smartphones and how they’ve affected Ben and Josh through the years. Thank you for supporting us on Patreon!
Episode 46 – Time Travel in Fiction
Show Notes Josh rebuilds his already-excellent computer, Ben gets in some last-minute consternation before Coronavirus peters out, and the hosts examine some of their favorite examples time travel in fiction. Intro & Follow-up (0:00-30:38) Josh’s computer rebuild video Video card shortage explained Bitcoin explained Crypto miners could soon flood eBay with cheap CPUs, motherboards and …
Episode 45 – Minority Report’s 20th Anniversary
Show Notes Ben summarizes his time on the US Central Command (CENTCOM) staff, Josh rants about why we don’t own anything we buy anymore, and they give the full Bad at Magic™ treatment to the excellent sci-fi film noir, Minority Report (2002). Intro (0:00-20:51) Biden’s speech declaring withdraw of troops from Afghanistan US Troop withdrawal …
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Episode 44 – COVID-19 and Education in America
Show Notes Ben and Josh discuss what the COVID-19 has revealed about Education in America and how we can keep the good changes as things start to return to normal. Also: Door Dash, kid missionaries, nose honkers, lock picking, and why school curriculum is like a Magic deck. Intro & Follow-up (0:00-22:42) 2LT Caron Nazario …
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Episode 43 – What’s Pete Tong with Josh’s Marriage
Show Notes Josh is also bad at staying alive, Ben sticks it to the man in St. Pete; and Josh tells the curious story surrounding his courtship and marriage. Intro (0:00-13:58) Bad at numbers: Josh’s heart murmur and scorpion encounter Magic: the Gathering (13:58-33:19) Which Strixhaven college are you?? (think: Hogwarts sorting hat) Play Magic on …
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Episode 42 – The Answer
Show Notes Ben takes an unexpected trip to the ER, Josh spends way too much on a new mouse, and the hosts of the Bad at Magic Podcast unravel the secrets of the universe. Intro/Follow-up (0:00-15:05) 31 Foods You’re Eating That Contain Sawdust PopChartLab’s Omnibus of Superpowers Bad at Logic (15:05-24:11) Today’s Bias: The Backfire Effect …