This week we talked to Yussef Cole about the Oscar-nominated movie Arrival. Plus we get some Mass Effect talk in, because what's a Media Mavens episode without Mass Effect? Our main segment is full of spoilers for Arrival.
Guest and Topic Intro (00:00:32)
A brief intro to our guest, Yussef Cole, who writes about games for outlets such as Paste Magazine and hosts the Video Game Hour podcast.
What we've been up to (00:07:17)
Yussef (@youmeyou)

Hitman
Persona 4 Golden
Dishonored 2
Empire
I Am Not Your Negro
Hidden Figures
Split

Riley (@kaleri_)

Mystic Messenger Christmas DLC
Heroes of the Storm
Overwatch
Hwarang
Goblin: The Lonely and Great God

Pam (@jasyla_)

King's Quest
Tyranny
XCOM2
The Girl with all the Gifts (movie)
Obvious Child
The Black Tapes Podcast

Arrival (00:51: 30)

What is Arrival?
Mass Effect, Arrival and Social Responsibility in Sci-Fi (Yussef's article)
What both Arrival and Mass Effect say about the importance of humans and working together
How Arrival and its aliens differ from most other fiction
The importance of language
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Time travel
Wasn't this less convoluted, and therefore WAY BETTER, than Interstellar? @alatinolawyer
Is the ending of Arrival good? @xhugglesx
The aliens come with companions and convey language jointly. What lessons does this movie give about our beliefs on efficiency and teaching if they don't just show a video or learn our languages to communicate? @alatinolawyer

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Music: Vivacity by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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