Andrew Heaton

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Host at The Political Orphanage

Host of "The Political Orphanage” podcast and friend to all dogs

Articles

What happens when the debt hits the fan?

1 week ago | reason.com | Andrew Heaton

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Your tribalism is dumb

1 week ago | reason.com | Andrew Heaton

Politics We don't just crave being on a team; we also crave a rival. We want to be in a club, and we want a nemesis to motivate us.
Bloodborne officially turns 10, and Sony still hasn't re-released it

1 month ago | destructoid.com | Andrew Heaton |Andrew Heaton

There are some topics in the gaming world that will seemingly always remain in the limelight: the whereabouts of Half-Life 3, the ever-changing and fickle nature of the industry, and, of course, why Sony has yet to re-release Bloodborne. Going down as not only one of the greatest games of the PS4 era, but perhaps one of the best releases in recent history, Bloodborne officially turns ten years old today.
Political Severance

1 month ago | reason.com | Austin Bragg |Andrew Heaton

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Political Severance

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Austin Bragg |Andrew Heaton

34,850 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others? 34,850 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?
Did you know there was almost a 90s game based on George Orwell's 1984?

1 month ago | destructoid.com | Andrew Heaton |Andrew Heaton

Dystopian fiction is as much a staple of gaming as it is in movies. From Deus Ex to Papers, Please to Fallout, we love exploring the crumbling remnants of a crooked society with lashings of 1984. But did you know there was almost a game based directly on Orwell’s classic novel? As noted by PC Gamer, a demo of a long-since cancelled project has emerged.
Alienating the Audience

1 month ago | alienating.libsyn.com | Andrew Heaton

In "Subservience" Megan Fox plays a robot servant who goes off the rails, seduces her owner, and tries to kill his wife. Henrique Couto joins to discuss the ethical implications of cheating on your spouse with a robot, how we ought to treat robots even if they don't really have consciousness, and whether or not we'd buy robot servants in general.
The Political Orphanage

2 months ago | politicalorphanage.libsyn.com | Andrew Heaton

Who’s having sex, and how much of it are they having? Who’s getting married and who’s getting divorced? Does money, somehow, possibly, effect any of this? Cathy Reisenwitz of “Sex & The State” joins to discuss.
A Canticle for Leibowitz

Jan 16, 2025 | alienating.libsyn.com | Andrew Heaton

Andrew Heaton and an army of nerds plunge deep, deep into films, books, and TV shows to ask: what's science fiction really about? What is The Twilight Zone really exploring? What are the underlying themes of Star Trek? What is the worldview of Star Wars? Also sometimes Heaton performs comedy on other planets.
Explore the more cultured side of Doom with this art gallery mod

Jan 5, 2025 | destructoid.com | Andrew Heaton

Despite its status as an absolute banger in the early PC gaming era, the original Doom left a somewhat negative mark on the industry. Along with Mortal Kombat, id software’s iconic FPS caused parents and US congressmen to gasp at all that 1990s digital violence. “Why can’t video games offer more intellectual stimulation?” one might say. Well, wonder no more. As noted by PC Gamer, there’s a mod you can get for the OG Doom that will be a feast for art lovers.