Episode 182: Jacksonville

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🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Content warning for discussion of gun violence.

On Episode 182, Patrick, Austin, and Danielle discuss the shooting this weekend in Jacksonville, Fla, where a gunman opened fire at a Madden tournament. We talk about gun violence in America and the increasingly infuriating political landscape surrounding it, then break for a discussion of games and Waypoints for the week.

Discussed: the shooting in Jacksonville on 8/26, Call of Duty, Mobile Suit Gundam: 0080 War in the Pocket, Almost Human, Goldeneye 007, Guacamelee 2, Heaven Will Be Mine, Bad North, The Myth of John McCain (Splinter article), Citations Needed episode 47, Larry King Tries to Voice Sonic the Hedgehog (video), Streets of Rage 4.

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0:00.0	What's good internet it is Monday August 27th and you are listening to Waypoint Radio
0:23.0	episode 182 I'm your host Austin Walker and joining me today Daniel Rienda
0:29.2	Hello and Patrick Leppick. Hello. I am I think it's fair to say a little reserved
0:35.6	this morning after the shooting in Jacksonville yesterday which occurred at a
0:43.0	madentornament. I guess I'm I'm it's one of those things it's like I think we are
0:50.0	we have responsibility to talk about it but I'm also exhausted and I'm saddened
0:54.5	and terrified and so it's it's gonna be one of those conversations so heads up
0:59.3	content warning that we're gonna get into some deep stuff here that is going to
1:05.3	be I guess kind of heavy for the first segment at least and then you'll take a
1:10.2	break and then we'll come back and talk about talk about video games we'll
1:13.8	talk about the fact that Patrick isn't allowed to talk about Spider-Man yet
1:16.5	because of his embargo on for the embargo has lifted on me being all the say that
1:20.2	I will one point have one point at some point you'll find out totally so yeah
1:25.2	Patrick can you can you break down the story for us what what occurred at Jacksonville
1:29.3	landing yesterday yeah there was a madden 19 tournament in a Florida mall in
1:36.3	Jacksonville and right in the middle of the tournament which is being streamed
1:40.0	on Twitch a gunman open fire killed two injured a number of others people there
1:47.6	and as people are fleeing he eventually turned the gun on himself there are
1:53.1	scattered reports about that he was a competitor in the tournament I'm I mean
1:59.7	this is a something we can pivot off to to talk about a sort of a reaction
2:03.7	this be especially as people who work in media is that you know a lot of
2:06.9	what's happening right now is the rush to figure out who this person was why
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