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In diesem Interview durfte ich Dominique von "Rätselbude" in Neustadt an der Aisch begrüßen. Die Themen: - Die Hürden Stadtrat, Bauaufsicht und Corona auf dem Weg zur Eröffnung - Wie kam es dazu, die beiden Escape Rooms bei RuhrEscape zu kaufen? - Auf Beutezug in der Wohnung von Herrn Schulze in "Juwelenraub". - "Sherlock Holmes", ein Abenteuer im Battle-Modus - Würde Dominique die Wahl für einen Battle-Room nochmal so treffen? - Die Ranked Playlist Bavaria der Escape Roomers - Wie kam es zu den Reels und wie geht es damit weiter? - und vieles vieles mehr. Weitere Infos zu "Rätselbude" unter: Dominiques Geheimtip "Gangsta's Cage" findet Ihr bei Scavenger in Nürnberg unter: https://www.scavengerescape.com/de/nuernberg https://www.raetselbude.de/ Musik: "The Fortress" von www.ashamaluevmusic.com
Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Annie to talk about the Space Coast Guard in K B Wagers 'NeoG' series, described as 'The Expanse meets the Battle Room in Enders Game' We take a look at the world and how diverse the cast is, and how does Leroy Jenkins fit into this world. You can find more from Annie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LariaHoD and on occasion on the Joint Geeks: https://the-joint-geeks-of-staff.simplecast.com/ And you can find more of Andy on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Andy3E and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com/ - https://twitter.com/GreatDerelict - https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreatDerelict/
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Welcome, Discerning Listeners, to our 50th episode — our Season 1 Finale. For this landmark episode, we’re reviewing both the book *and* movie of the sci-fi classic…”Ender’s Game.” This is a story that has captivated three of us since high school, and now we’ve introduced it to Andruw as well. Join as we discuss the strategy, psychology, story progression, and character development, that goes into a tale about the importance of the child Ender Wiggin in Earth’s alleged survival against an advanced, interstellar enemy. We also discuss the political machinations of his slightly older siblings (at least as portrayed in the book, not the movie). The protagonist Ender Wiggin is pretty much the superstar of his own book, so our review is mostly about Ender himself and how the book gets you inside his head so that you can feel his brilliance, his drive, his fear, his frustration, his stress, and his sense of honor. But, we do also mention that part of the book is based in a city just one county east of us in real life. We do a quick analysis of the book’s title — about the extra meaning behind those two simple words. And, there’s also a discussion about the nature of the enemy, the insectoid Formics. As for the movie, we discuss the usual topics like performances & production quality, but we mostly compare it to the book — the differences in the kids’ ages, the difference in the Battle Room, the shifting around of storylines, etc. Grab your desk computer, your uniform, your flash suit, and an open mind for learning strategy as we get an education into…Ender’s Game. And, following our main discussion, we briefly reminisce about our favorite episodes from Discerning Geeks Portal - Season 1. If you’d like to catch up on what the four of us feel are our best episodes, here’s a handy compilation. #001 - Movie Review - The Martian #004 - Movie Review - Real Steel #007 - Movie Review - Sneakers #012 - Movie Review - Enemy Mine #016 - Water Ya Doin'? - Ocean/Beach/Water Themed Episode #020 - Movie Review - Killer Klowns From Outer Space #023 - Movie Review - The Adjustment Bureau #028 - Movie Review - Muppet Christmas Carol #032 - Movie Review - The Lake House #034 - Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot #01 - Part 1 #035 - Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot #01 - Part 2 #036 - Dungeons & Dragons One-Shot #01 - Part 3 #037 - Discussion Topic - Favorite Sci-Fi TV Characters - Part 1 #039 - Discussion Topic - Favorite Sci-Fi TV Characters - Part 2 #044 - TV Discussion - Best & Worst Series Finales - Part 1 (Best) #045 - TV Discussion - Best & Worst Series Finales - Part 2 (Worst) …And, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that #050 - Book & Movie Review - Ender’s Game will be among the best as well. Listen now to see if you agree. :) If you’ve enjoyed season 1 of Discerning Geeks Portal, tell a friend and stay tuned. We’re not even taking a hiatus like the pesky TV channels do. Season 2 starts next week (*maybe* 1.5 to 2 weeks from now if life gets in the way unexpectedly, but we’re hoping for smooth sailing). You can contact us at... - E-Mail: DiscerningGeeks@gmail.com - Twitter: @DiscerningGeeks - Facebook: Discerning Geeks Portal Please rate or review us wherever you listen to podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/discerninggeeks/message
In this episode of Analog Sci-Fi Book Reviews, I discuss with you my reading of Orson Scott Card's first novel that kicked off the Enderverse, Ender's Game! Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula winner in 1985 for Best Science Fiction Long Form Novel. In this 324 paged Masterpiece, we follow Ender Wiggin, a genius tactician, a third born, and maybe humanity's last hope against an Alien Invasion. In this story, Ender is a pawn in everyone's game. Even if he is only half aware of the decisions being made for him, Ender, a 'third born,' must justify his birth, as Earth has gone through dramatic societal changes. Family sizes are reduced for rationing, and 2nd and 3rd births are rare and only can be approved by the State. When Ender decisively wins a fight at school, he is promoted to Battle School, on a space station off-world. Ender is tested in a social environment where he surpasses his equals in implementing creative military tactics. The Battle Room, where platoons play a type of 'Freeze Lazer Tag'... but in Zero Gravity. In The Battle Room, Ender proves himself to be a Great General. Back on Terra, we also follow Ender's older brother Peter, who was denied entry into Battle School due to being unempathetic. Along with his sister Valentine, who also was denied entry to Battle School for being too empathetic. Their story is one of sibling-civil war—Valentine's desire and failure to control her older brother, who seems bent on World Control. Valentine and Peter sway public option by creating fake identities on online message boards (Social Media). With these fake identities, they can direct the 'adults in the room' to move geopolitics in their favor. And in my options, these are the most interesting chapters in the book! Ender moves quickly up the latter. He easily defeats all other Platoons in Battle School inside the Battle Room. When Ender passes all tests and wins another device physical fight with another Platoon leader, Ender is promoted to Command School. In Command School, Ender meets Mazer Rackham, the man who won Earth the 1st Bugger Invasion. Ender is given command of all ships, with all his friends under his command. He wins battles; he loses battles. When the Earth Leadership attends Ender's last test. Ender is given a final variable. The Bugger Home World. With all ships, Ender destroys the Bugger Homeworld and every living thing on the planet. It is revealed that Ender was in command of all ships for the entire time he was in Command School. Score: (BIG) Thumbs Up! This book reads likes Masterpiece. The voice of Ender is so fully realized, you understand who Ender is and what he's experiencing. The Battle School chapters are fun. But, it is what's happening back on Terra that I personally find most interesting! I am more motivated to read Shadows of the Hegemon than, say, Speaker of the Dead, on this fact alone. The use of social media and fake identities, being the book was written in 1985, is jaw-dropping. Along with open discussions about the value of lies, the justification for a preemptive strike, and towering of the individual over society. All these points make the story richer and leave the reader with a sense of loss and the knowledge that the choices you make will follow you into tomorrow. Listen To The Audio Verison On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08CKABaMK63BE04AGEb3no?si=lJmUaXgMTmO2qXUGNx7nvg Where To Find Thriftbooks: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/enders-game-by-orson-scott-card---/249686/#edition=1859735&idiq=2413359 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Enders-Ender-Quintet-Orson-Scott/dp/0812550706/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=enders+game&qid=1611404681&sr=8-4 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/analog-sci-fi-book-reveiw/support
We usually love looking out the window and enjoy the moon but with the fog we can’t see a dang thing. Ryder is officially starting his October Spooky Movie Marathon today. Fitz’s mother-in-law is in town and getting their house in order - it’s OK to put your Mom to work, right? In the What Are You Kidding Me stories, a 36-year old man is arrested after a month of hiding in the closet of a 15-year-old girl he met online, a man shoots through his own windshield during road rage, a guy freaks out at a Subway restaurant over wearing a mask, a little girl goes viral for calling her Mom’s bra her “booby holders”, and Luke Combs says he learned to sing by listening to Backstreet Boys, N’Sync, and other boy bands. Dick’s has put out the list of upcoming locations where you can find their Food Truck including West Seattle, Everett, Bellingham, and Bellevue. In the Fitz Files the “Dancing with the Stars” producer who fired Tom Bergeron and hired Tyra Banks tries to explain himself, Chrissy Tiegen has lost her baby due to pregnancy complications, and NBC has started casting “Young Rock” about The Rock growing up. On Make Up or Break Up Tim from Lake Forest Park says his girlfriend Anna insists on having a huge Gender Reveal stunt but he doesn’t think they should use something so personal for hits and clicks. Patrick Mahomes Mom was tweeting so much about Monday Night Football broadcasters calling her son “Pat” that word got to him on the sidelines in the middle of the game. Playlist Profiling is Brian the Outreach Supervisor from Union Gospel Mission. Throwin’ Shade brings another epic Battle Room, with Shade is taking on the Rest of the Nation for ignoring Russell Wilson.
Oh, hey guys! This week I ask my friend Lori Testa to tell me all about Orson Scott Card's novel, Ender's Game. How old should NASA recruit intergalactic super soldiers? Is the word Bugger a future racial slur? Can you charge a six year old for war crimes? Did Col. Graff shoot first? Is the Battle Room just a Dave & Buster's in space? All these questions might get answered and of course, we don't spare the details! Follow me @thiscomicslife on IG. New episodes out every Monday! Please rate & subscribe wherever you listen! Drop me an email- dstdpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dstdpodcast/support
Torniamo a parlare della Cina, ahimè, con alcunoe notizie. La prima viene da una giornalista statunitense, Bree A Dail @breeadail, che la riprende da altri siti, e che in pratica consiste in questo. Citiamo: “Il Vaticano riceve fino a due miliardi di dollari in tangenti, mantenendo il silenzio sulle atrocità del Partito Comunista contro i credenti religiosi. Il 20 giugno Guo Wengui, il fondatore e leader della rivoluzione (a Hong Kong, chiariamo), ha rivelato i dettagli dell'uso del partito del programma BGY per corrompere i paesi stranieri in un'intervista con la Battle Room di Steve Bannon.
Torniamo a parlare della Cina, ahimè, con alcunoe notizie. La prima viene da una giornalista statunitense, Bree A Dail @breeadail, che la riprende da altri siti, e che in pratica consiste in questo. Citiamo: “Il Vaticano riceve fino a due miliardi di dollari in tangenti, mantenendo il silenzio sulle atrocità del Partito Comunista contro i credenti religiosi. Il 20 giugno Guo Wengui, il fondatore e leader della rivoluzione (a Hong Kong, chiariamo), ha rivelato i dettagli dell'uso del partito del programma BGY per corrompere i paesi stranieri in un'intervista con la Battle Room di Steve Bannon.
NATIONAL INTERVIEWS: Ed Boland - Author of Battle for Room 314 https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Room-314-Despair-School/dp/1455560618 Dr. Brion McClanahan - Author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Real American Heroes https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Incorrect-American-Heroes-Guides/dp/1596983205 Mel Ayton - Author of Hunting the President https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-President-Threats-Assassination-Attempts/dp/1621572072
Mel Ayton - author of "Hunting the President" https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-President-Threats-Assassination-Attempts/dp/1621572072 Dale Wilcox - Executive Director of Immigration Reform Law Institute Ed Boland - author of The Battle for Room 314 https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Room-314-Despair-School/dp/1455560618 Mike Earp - retired as the third-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Marshals Service in January 2012 https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Marshals-Americas-Storied-Enforcement/dp/006229864X Dr. Richard Bandler - holds a PhD in psychology is the co-founder of NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and author of Thinking on Purpose, on persuasion and influence Dan Gabriel - a former CIA officer who specialized in countering terrorism & violent-extremism, and maker of the upcoming documentary Mosul
Our holiday tradition rolls on as we encounter yet another massive science-fiction hit, as we, with help of shadow producer Casey Occhialini get all up on Orson Scott Card's Hugo and Nebula winner Ender's Game. Ender's Game is about a young boy and a sociopath — but I repeat myself — who fears his brother, is in love with his sister, and enjoys provoking young boys into confronting him and then murdering them. Also he enjoys video games! Which turns out to be important and good, because playing video games is just like leading people into battle. Which he also does. Anyway, we enjoy the fast fun and frantic action of this inexplicably well-regarded tale of children screaming fart-related insults at each other while occasionally pausing to wonder "Wait. What the hell is going on here?" and trying hard to avoid wading (too) deep into the world of Ender's Game's politics. Anyway, change into your sleep uniform and join us in the Battle Room, where the answer to everything is to remember, because reasons, "The enemy's goal ... is down." (Oh High Commander is this book ever dumb.) Recommendations: Creating the Innocent Killer, John Kessel Music: "E.T. Boogie" by Extra T's "War is Our Destiny" by St. Vitus "X-Ray Vision" by Clutch "War" by Edwin Starr
In this episode, Andrew and Monica discuss the weighty events of Ender's Game and how well they're communicated in the film. What stuff from the book didn't make the cut? Are the Battle Room sequences effectively portrayed? Does the movie do a good job of getting inside Ender's head? How is Ender different in the film, and is it a good change? Tune in to find out. SHOW NOTES: 0:22 - Intro 2:54 - Lack of weight, unclear passage of time 7:16 - The Mind Game, Ender's psychology, the ending 19:20 - Speaking for the dead 22:05 - Bonzo and the other bullies 29:55 - The Battle Room sequences 34:21 - Show close DON'T FORGET: You can contact the show by emailing cinemafix@filmgeekradio.com or leaving a voicemail at 336-793-2509. Thanks for listening!
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One of the greatest sci fi books of all time becomes a movie! Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia! When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Great storytelling - Ender Wiggin in the Novel and the Movie 05:34 - Read the book before you see the movie if you can, and why 10:11 - The will to do what is necessary to survive, complex moral story 14:38 - The Battle Room, the cast 21:04 - Brisk pace, still epic, Valentine, Boiling the book to the parts that matter most 23:47 - Cool science fiction concepts from the book that didn't make it to the movie, blogging References Ender's Game is directed by Gavin Hood Screenplay by: Gavin Hood Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld Ender's Game is written by Orson Scott Card Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's Contact Submission Form Leave us a voicemail at 856.208.RIFT Send us an email letters@echorift.com Talk to us on Tumblr Related Episodes Echo Rift Podcast 135: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Novel and Film) Echo Rift Podcast 090: Oblivion (2013) Echo Rift Podcast 084: World War Z Full Cast Audio Production If you enjoy the Echo Rift podcast, you will also enjoy these other Echo Rift Productions: Kids on Comics Podcast: A fifth grader and his dad talk about comics (every Monday) Music for the Echo Rift podcast is provided by Home at Last
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training. Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers, Ender suffers greatly. Is Ender the general Earth needs? - Amazon.com