Episode · Timcast IRL · 2026-08-05
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Tim Pool discussed Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, and Ghost in the Shell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Black Mirror
Discussed“Remember what? Remember that Black Mirror episode where all the robot dogs were killing everybody? You guys see that one?”
Where to get it
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Ready Player One
Discussed“I think it's going to be like a Ready Player One in real life situation. Yeah, but even Ready Player One was just haptic feedback with goggles”
Where to get it
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Ghost in the Shell
Discussed“No, this is like Ghost in the Shell in the in the anime. In the future, people have cyberized their brains”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Princess Bride
“Talking about when talking about trans people nowadays, it reminds me of that scene in The Princess Bride where Vini's talking to the man in black and he's like, you know, but I know and I know and he's trying like I know that you know.”
Passing Back to the future
“And then I'm like scrolling Amazon and Back to the Future was there.”
Passing Blade runner
“What was the original Blade Runner? Wasn't it like 2019 or something?”
Passing Ghost in the Shell
“It's ghost in the shell stuff. How much money I spent on my night vision?”
Passing Terminator 2
“Pims the Great says, "Tim, you should check out the year on the opening scene of Terminator 2." What What year is that?”