Episode 125: Knee-Deep in the Mythos

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🗓️ 5 January 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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With a few different Waypoint editors taking some time off this week, Danielle and Patrick are joined by one of our more regular writers, Cameron Kunzelman, to break down my piece arguing Assassin’s Creed should ditch its sci-fi trappings. Somehow, we end up talking about the Hellraiser movie that takes place in space, a bizarre D&D campaign called Spelljammers, and why we get hung up on the notion of “it’s good for a video game.”

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0:00.0	Assassin's Creed Origins isn't a full reboot of the long-running series, but because
0:22.9	it's set before the Assassin's Interplars, it's about as close as you can get without
0:26.7	wiping the slate clean.
0:28.4	The reason is that's exactly what Ubisoft should have done.
0:31.5	It's all dead weight.
0:34.4	Those are the words of course of Patrick Kleppick and a piece he wrote today about Assassin's
0:39.2	Creed would be a better series without the sci-fi garbage.
0:44.4	I am your host Danielle Riendo.
0:46.6	This is Waypoint Radio and today we're going to be talking about sci-fi garbage and Assassin's
0:52.2	Creed as well.
0:53.2	You've already heard some woo-woo in the background there from Patrick.
0:57.2	I don't even know why we have to have discussion.
0:59.3	I feel like my article is an open and shut case.
1:03.4	It is unargable.
1:06.8	This is perfunctory.
1:07.8	I'll have the discussion, but I feel like this is imputing my character that we even have
1:12.5	to pretend that I haven't presented the most reasonable argument for getting rid of
1:17.4	the garbage.
1:18.9	I mean, considering how long we spend on alien alloys, I feel like we've got to really
1:24.5	also mind this.
1:25.5	I've got to also take a look at this.
1:27.4	I'm not going to pretend the Waypoint.
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