Episode 144 - Oblique

Andrew joins Ben this week to celebrate their penchants for approaching things from a different angle. Lack of perpendicularity aside, they discuss the abundant number of neurodiversity irons Andrew has in the proverbial fire, along with strategies to navigate creative blocks and coping skills for mental burnout. Before doing a deep dive into Andrew's ADHD Coping Skills deck and how they navigate their emotions, they pit Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies deck against Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey. And OF COURSE, Ben will put on a perspective drawing clinic before describing (in excruciatingly painful detail) how 3D spaces are represented in various video games. Specific games mentioned this week include Ball X Pit, Arc Raiders, Dungeon Clawler, Abra-Cooking-Dabra, Arcane Eats, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, and Paperboy.

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00:00:20 - Traffic on the 2s and 7s, Andrew’s cool stuff, and Ben is scheduling for the future
00:03:36 - Raiding arks, geometry adjacent, a pit of BALLS, and heavy ball propulsion variety
00:06:05 - Dungeon Clawler, CJ’s sleeping habits, maybe a baby carcass, and the pinkest pink
00:09:23 - Salvaging pegboard, concocting passive revenge strategies, and being a card cook
00:15:31 - Famous British cuisine, portable meats, not Ben’s cup of tea, and no Scrabble score
00:17:27 - The settee, lots of Geometry, grammatical cases, and Help for esteemed creators
00:24:01 - Three friends, usage in print, Brian Eno’s fault, script flipping, and Oblique Strategies 
00:26:43 - Water, Ben counters with Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey, and more strategies 
00:29:26 - Devo doesn’t need a reset, the ADHD coping skills deck, and usage instructions
00:32:06 - Circumventing patterns, performance metrics, requesting downtime, and tweaking
00:36:31 - Pigeonholing, different brains and conformity, an explanation, and openly autistic
00:40:28 - Talking Heads music, levels of impairment, and don’t be afraid to show empathy
00:42:38 - A Yoda quote, lessons learned, an autistic coping skills deck, and avoiding overload
00:46:01 - A new Shiny Shirt Ben appearance, breaking up tasks, and notes for Andrew’s agent
00:48:42 - Not bringing Steinbeck in, drafting memories, and perspective drawing nonsense 
00:53:20 - THE one-way feud, a new Marvel-themed game, shadows and parallax scrolling
00:56:59 - Atari’s Paperboy, brief origin story, paper delivery experience, and Ebert over Siskel
01:00:15 - Transparencies, old presentation methods, cast changes for realism, and controls
01:03:28 - Buy my stuff, romancing the plant, getting sued by the N’s, and quit licking yourself

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References, Links, and Tags

Ball X Pit - developed by Kenny Sun and published by Devolver Digital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU1voPpJkJA
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2062430/BALL_x_PIT/

Abra-Cooking-Dabra - developed and published by Door 407
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ytLD_sJO0
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3021530/AbraCookingDabra/

Arcane Eats - developed by Wonderbelly Games and published by Skystone Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDxPvGfxmE
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2640090/Arcane_Eats/

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
https://deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/

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