206: The Other Player

Send a textJoin Dwayne D., Tosin & Andrew for the final episode in Fallout Season 2, "The Strip", as we wonder: What's "Phase 2" all about? What's the true nature of "the experiment? Will we be able to tell who's an "automated man" or not? What plans were set in motion two hundred years ago? and...What's in Colorado?!LinksMeyers/Briggs-style testHouse Un-American Activities CommitteeSeaLab 2021Quarantine Zone: A podcast for HBO's The Last of Us - Deep Geek MediaComment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textJoin Dwayne D., Tosin & Andrew for Fallout Season 2's seventh episode, "The Handoff", as we ponder Lucy's complicated dynamic with Hank, why Maximus has come full circle to fulfill his destiny,  why being Canadian is the ultimate vaultie insult, and...how to get a head in politics.LinksClancy Brown originally voiced Rhombus in the 1997 fallout gameNatasha Henstridge (a fine Canadian) was in sci-fi horror franchise SpeciesQuarantine Zone: A podcast for HBO's The Last of Us - Deep Geek MediaComment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textJoin Dwayne D., Tosin & Andrew for Fallout Season 2's sixth episode, "The Other Player", as we explore how concepts of "good people" & "bad people" relate to our environment, whether captivity in peace is better than free will with conflict, why Hank is living in denial about Lucy, and whether there's a better way to transport cold fusion than inside your head.LinksAll Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria RemarqueAll Quiet on the Western Front (2022)Death Note Comment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textJoin Dwayne D., Tosin & Andrew for Fallout Season 2's fifth episode, "The Wrangler", as we explore how characters like The Ghoul, Maximus & Lucy are evolving over the series, what similarities Robert House has to our modern-day corporate leaders, why House isn't "the guy", both literally and figuratively, and... what's keeping the Deathclaws from busting down that gate?!!LinksPrime Video's FALLOUT SHELTER Reality Competition Series Is Now Casting Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - A Forced Evolutionary VirusThe Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson - King Elochar the ParanoidComment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textJoin Dwayne D., Tosin & Andrew for Fallout Season 2's fourth episode, "The Demon in the Snow", as we ask the questions: What the heck is this Deathclaw? Where are Maximus & Thaddeus off to with the fusion core? What's "Future Enterprise Ventures"? What's the connection between Fallout and Christianity? and What's in the boxxxxx?!LinksThe quote "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist" is from American Transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, appearing in his influential essay "Self-Reliance" (1841). It means that true individuality, authenticity, and moral strength come from trusting your own inner convictions, resisting societal pressures, and thinking independently rather than blindly following the crowd, as he believed this integrity of mind was the highest sacred principle. Costco Just Got a Rare Soda—and Fans Are Buying 3 Cases at a TimeComment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textJoin Dwayne D., Tosin & Andrew for Fallout Season 2's third episode, "The Profligate", as we ponder why all these factions seems to be at civil war, why The Brotherhood chose to emulate a fallen culture, what's "Robert House"'s plan with Cooper Howard, what's The Ghoul's ultimate need for Lucy, and where are the ghoul kids getting all those bottles of Nuka-Cola?!!Comment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textThis week, Join Dwayne D, Tosin & Andy on Vault 33 as we unearth and dissect Fallout on Prime's season two, second episode, "The Golden Rule", and ask the crucial questions: Who are the Tunics? What's in Area 51? What will the Vault 31'ers find outside? Will The Ghoul survive?... and Why didn't Hank just grab a bunch of test mice all at once?!!Comment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textWelcome back Vaulties!This week, Tosin Onafowokan & Andrew Sorcini dissect the first episode from season two of Amazon Prime's Fallout, "The Innovator". We ponder what's on Hank's disc drive, why The Vault is making Americans into Communists, how much the rage against robot workers parallels our current situation... and why are there two Robert Houses?!! Get back into the vault with us!Additional links:S02E01, "The Innovator" Novac/Desert Filming Locations - Then & Now'Everyone Disliked That' — Amazon Pulls AI-Powered Fallout Recap After Getting Key Story Details Wrong - IGNComment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textWelcome to Vault 33, a podcast for Amazon Prime’s Fallout. We are your hosts, Andrew Sorcini, Dwayne D., and Tosin Onafowokan. We just watched the final episode of Fallout's first season, “The Beginning”,  we assume you have as well-- total spoilers ahead-- so... let’s dive into the aftertalk!A note about our analysis/approach: although all episodes are currently available, we’ll only be discussing what we’ve learned in this particular episode, and episodes prior to this one-- we won’t discuss plot points ahead of this episode. Or if we do, it’ll be from our speculation, not from having watched ahead.Related media to check outOur coverage of Fallout's FYC Event panel at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, CA.Comment, tell your friends, Send us a text!

Send a textWelcome to Vault 33, a podcast for Amazon Prime’s Fallout. We are your hosts, Andrew Sorcini, Dwayne D., and Tosin Onafowokan. We just watched the seventh episode of Fallout, “The Radio”,  we assume you have as well-- total spoilers ahead-- so... let’s dive into the aftertalk!A note about our analysis/approach: although all episodes are currently available, we’ll only be discussing what we’ve learned in this particular episode, and episodes prior to this one-- we won’t discuss plot points ahead of this episode. Or if we do, it’ll be from our speculation, not from having watched ahead.Related media to check outCX404 played by Lana 5!Hans Landa’s monologue from Inglourious BasterdsComment, tell your friends, Send us a text!