TinyCast 020 - Weeaboo Justice
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TinyCast 20! Some very serious topics in this latest podcast episode: Pokemon XY’s implied transgender trainer, Bravely Default’s unacceptable “censorship,” and … anime soccer. If social justice convos (or people pushing books for you to read) get you grumpy, maybe skip this one?
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Episode notes:
- 02:15 - eShop was down worldwide amidst the Pokemon financial crisis
- 04:45 - JC’s article on Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies disappointment
- 07:00 - Here’s almost every book I read last year
- 07:30 - And here are the book recommendations we mentioned Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, and the Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams
- 09:45 - The Returned is a great show, very Twin Peaks-y
- 11:00 - Risk of Rain and Hammerwatch
- 14:45 - Inazuma Eleven is coming to North America?
- 19:00 - Michigan’s awful voice acting
- 20:00 - Pokemon XY’s implied transgender trainer
- 20:15 - I forgot other gender-bending Nintendo characters like Gracie and Birdo
- 25:00 - There is an argument that the trainer is being presented as the butt of a joke
- 26:45 - Tomodachi Collection: New Life’s same-sex relationship bug
- 31:00 - Anna Anthropy’s mentioned article: “Crossing a Line: Gender Identity in Animal Crossing”
- 39:45 - Less skin for Bravely Default in the West
- 46:15 - Ringabel’s hunky costume
Music features in this episode:
- Crying - “ES”
- Hammerwatch - The Armory
- Bravely Default (Vocal Collection) - 8-bit Battle Theme
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