#274: Cruel Betrayal of Expectations

Mark Bjorkman

David Hume argued that all ideas are either simple or complex, and that in turn all complex ideas are merely composed of simple ideas. He wasn't a huge fan of some of those complex ideas; he used the example of a chimera, where you take a lion, a snake, and a goat (three simple ideas, but we can quibble with that later if you like) and smush them all together to get a complex idea. Hume was sceptical about complex ideas, to say the least.

We can agree or disagree with Hume on many fronts, and indeed this is a podcast fundamentally aligned with German Idealism; but we would happily ally ourselves with the Humeans to declare with one unified voice that "phygital" is an abomination that must be purged.

01:37 AYURIS: Ultimate Railroads (Helmut Ohley & Leonhard "Lenny" Orgler, Hans im Glück, 2021)

Games Played Last Week:
04:43 -Witchstone: Full Moon (Martino Chiacchiera & Reiner Knizia, R&R Games, 2023)
11:57 -Lacuna (Mark Gerrits, CMYK, 2023)
16:20 -Dice Miner (Joshua DeBonis & Nikola Risteski, Atlas Games, 2021)
18:11 -Pavlov's House (David Thompson, Dan Verssen Games, 2018)
25:06 -Marvel United (Andrea Chiarvesio and Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2020)
30:05 -Demon Ship (Malev Da Shinobi, Black Site Studios, 2023)
36:47 -Caverna: The Forgotten Folk (Uwe Rosenberg & Alex Wilber, Lookout Games, 2018)
42:03 -Pocket Master Builder (Wei-Min Ling, MaiMin Games, 2022)
46:30 -Flick of Faith (Paweł Stobiecki, Jan Truchanowicz, & Łukasz Włodarczyk, Awaken Realms Lite, 2019)
49:45 -Oros (Brandt Brinkerhoff, Aesc Games, 2023)
56:08 -Fantasy Realms: Deluxe Edition (Bruce Galssco, WizKids, 2022)

News (and why it doesn't matter):
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1:11:46 Topic: Cruel Betrayal of Expectations