Weekly Ramblecast 210: The Scotty Stratagem
Added 2025-06-17 20:38:03 +0000 UTCWith Brad back from LA, we do a debrief on Summer Game Fest, the larger goings on in Los Angeles, and feeling nostalgic about old E3, plus the joys of event and A/V production, some thoughts about modern 2D animation, 20 questions about the Predator universe, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:49) The Summer Game Fest debrief
(00:08:35) Running an event space might be fun
(00:09:37) Do games previews still exist?
(00:14:03) Death to thumb drives
(00:15:43) Tracking down old E3 trade papers
(00:19:18) Vinny's Dell monitor has finally moved on
(00:21:27) Where do all the TVs live?
(00:24:36) The trials of production and render farms
(00:31:33) Make sure you build your E3 booth to spec
(00:33:40) Brad officially misses E3
(00:41:34) The Father's Day treat
(00:48:12) Vinny saw Friendship
(00:50:18) Alex saw The Day the Earth Blew Up
(00:54:34) How is 2D animation made these days?
(00:55:13) Way too much about the Predator universe
(01:02:24) Content and bye!
Comments
There WERE cartoons (might have been just one) where Wile E Coyote spoke with the sophisticated accent. This is where the "Wile E Coyote. Super Genius" came from. But it was where Bugs encountered Wile, not the roadrunner. As far as I know, Coyote vs Roadrunner was always silent.
WulfBane
2025-06-20 16:29:49 +0000 UTCYou all are thinking of Ralph Wolf who was just Wile E Coyote with a red nose. Also had a neat puzzle platformer game from the PS1 called Sheep Raider
Brian Bailey
2025-06-18 12:49:34 +0000 UTCPrey ties into that animated Predator movie very slightly, so I'd watch it first. Both are very good. I love what Dan Trachtenberg is doing with that universe.
Thom Konan
2025-06-17 22:41:10 +0000 UTC
