“MAGE CAST” episode #003 – Perfect Organism

Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in where a podcast uploads its third episode before its second one? This website needs an enema!

But seriously, we do what we want. We’re trailblazers, gypsies, wild mustangs. If you’re asking “Where is the second episode?” my only response to you is “Fufufufufu, foolish child!”

So this time around the Black Humor Mage, the Timely Mage, and myself talk about Alien: Isolation with much fear and trembling. You can catch us discussing the game in the context of the Alien film franchise and other Alien video games, the addictiveness of horror, the value of good lighting, AI that’s smarter than you, lo-fi tech dreams, and just why the Xenomorph is so terrifying (hint: pregnancy and childbirth). Plus a surprise guest whistles Dixie.

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Red formerly ran The Well-Red Mage and now serves The Pixels as founder, writer, editor, and podcaster. He has undertaken a seemingly endless crusade to talk about the games themselves in the midst of a culture obsessed with the latest controversy, scandal, and news cycle about harassment, toxicity, and negativity. Pick out his feathered cap on Twitter @thewellredmage, Mage Cast, or Story Mode.