Episode 38: Christmas, Cyberpunk 2077 & Ready Player Two

Merry Christmas, is it? We think there's probably still plenty to be merry about - Cyberpunk 2077, Ready Player Two, new Mandalorian... it's all jolly! Deck your halls, pull up a seat by the Netflix Fire and enjoy a nice warm glass of pod!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

01:40 Will this be the most depressing Christmas ever?
06:10 You wouldn't think robots could steal art. No way, it's the humans again.
09:10 Twitter says to play nice
10:40 Are we sick of monoliths yet?
15:00 Cyberpunk, is it good? It's... complicated
25:00 STADIA (we will die with that jingle in our ears)
32:00 Ready Player Two, in case you haven't had enough pop culture yet
47:00 Detectorists is worth digging up from 2015
50:00 Yeah, yeah, we're late to The Mandalorian

Some things we talk about in this episode:
Art theft bots on the prowl: https://www.facebook.com/DayWreckoning/posts/777916772724689

Twitter tests 'humanization prompts' in effort to reduce toxic replies: https://mashable.com/article/twitter-humanization-prompts/

Cyberpunk 2077: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnA7tepsc7s

Ready Player Two: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Ready-Player-Two-highly-anticipated/dp/178089743X

Detectorists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAud_H_0R3c