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Episode 34 – Holiday Movies

29 Nov
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RudolphSHOW NOTES:

Top 5 List: Top 5 Holiday Movies

Addendum:  The movie Tev is trying to think of, where Santa Claus is given a cloak of immortality by the immortals and fights demons is called “The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus” a Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas special from 1985, based on the L. Frank Baum story from 1902.

Drink of the Show: Silent Broadsider (rated 2 of 5)

Television

What we’ve been watching: No Reservations

Tech

News:

  • Google Cuts Apps
  • Find any Black Friday Deals
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration Worthless Iphone App

 

Video Games

What we’re playing: Skyrim, board games

News:

  • Steam deals: Bocks That Matter, GTA IV Complete Bundle, Hard Reset (RoW), Orcs Must Die!, Duke Nukem Forever, Morrowind Game of the Year
  • Amazon Deals: Kinnect with 3 games $99, Dance Central 1 and 2 $30 ea

Movies

What we’ve been watching: Lost in Paradise, Tales from the Crypt Demon Knight

Interlude clip:  Kitty-N, Bust-A-Groove soundtrack

End Music: Skyrim theme


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Posted by on November 29, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 32 – Detect This!

15 Nov
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Great Mouse DetectiveSHOW NOTES:

We were down last week, but not out… we’re back!

Drink of the Show: “Honey Nut”

Recipe:

  • 1 oz Frangelico
  • 1 oz Barenjager
  • 1 oz Baily’s
  • 3 oz milk

Combine in shaker with ice. Shake and strain into small glass. Drink.  Smile.

Rating: 4 stars.

Top 5 List: Top 5 Fictional Detectives

Who are our favorite sleuths?  That mystery will be solved this episode!

Television

What we’ve been watching:  Extreme Couponing, Grimm

News:

Tech

News:

 

Video Games

What we’re playing: Uncharted 3, DLC Quest, Bastion, War of the Worlds, Panda Poet

News:

Movies

What we’ve been watching: O Brother Where Art Thou, Coffee & Cigarettes, π
News:

Notable New Netflix “Watch Instantly”:  Hulk, Double Dragon, Peep Show

Interlude clip:

End Music:

  • Insane in the Brain (Richard Cheese)
 
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Posted by on November 15, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 31 – Cabinet of Wonders

01 Nov
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SHOW NOTES:

Tech

News:

Video Games

What we’re playing: Batman Arkham City, Rocksmith

News:

Movies

What we’ve been watching: The Thing, Dawn of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead 2004, Dusk Til Dawn, Princess Bride, The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp Teeth, The Adjustment Bureau
News:

End Music:

 
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Posted by on November 1, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 30 – Adam Speaks Ill of the Dead

25 Oct
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SHOW NOTES:

Television

What we’ve been watching:  Walking Dead, Dexter, Homeland

News:

Tech

News:

 

Video Games

What we’re playing: Batman Arkham City

News:

Movies

What we’ve been watching: Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, Winnebago Man, Sylvia
News:

Notable New Netflix “Watch Instantly”:  Winnebago Man, Red State

End Music:

  • Footloose, Kenny Loggins.
 
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Posted by on October 25, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 29 – Wild Kingdom

18 Oct
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SHOW NOTES:

Farewell to Dennis M Richie, co-creator of Unix and C.

By the end of the podcast, there will be a DEATH.  Will it be Tev?  Adam?  A guest?  Listen and find out!

Drink of the Show: “Buddha-tini“

Recipe:

  • 3 oz Mead
  • 1 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz Coconut Rum
  • 1/2 oz Triple Sec
  • 1/2 oz Grenadine

Shake with ice, strain into glass.

Top 5 List: Top 5 iOS 5 new features

Slightly newer, slightly shinier.

Nothing really spoilery about it, so I’m putting it here:

  • New Camera Accessibility
  • Define when holding down over text
  • Custom vibration ring tone feature
  • Reader in Safari
  • Location based reminders
  • Split keyboard on iPad
  • iMessage
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • iTunes No Longer Required
  • Custom Alert Messages

Television

What we’ve been watching:  Breaking Bad, Malcolm in the Middle, Twin Peaks

News:

Tech

News:

Video Games

What we’re playing: Space Marine, Burnout Revenge, Pinata Party, 5 Wits (Espionage & 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), Six Flags

News:

Movies

What we’ve been watching: Darkman, Buried, Ghoulies, Basket Case, Punisher War Zone, Red
News:

Notable New Netflix “Watch Instantly”:  Being Human, Naruto, The Trip (Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon), Caprica, Damages, About Schmidt

Interlude clip:

  • Technical difficulties (Freakazoid)

End Music:

  • Chipmunks theme song, season 1.
 
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Posted by on October 18, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 28 – Retro Gems

12 Oct
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SHOW NOTES:

Farewell, Steve Jobs.

Drink of the Show: “Gimlet”

Recipe:

  • 2 oz Gin
  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice

Combine in shaker with ice. Shake and strain into small glass. Drink.  Grimace.

Rating: 1 star.

Top 5 List: Top 5 Retrogame Overlooked Gems

Retrogames!

Show Notes Coming!

 
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Posted by on October 12, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 27 – Vintage Podcasting Equipment

04 Oct
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SHOW NOTES:

We break out our old podcasting setup to record at Adam’s.

Short episode this time, owing to no Top 5.

Krista makes a quick guest appearance.

Drink of the Show: “Alexander”

Recipe:

  • 1 oz gin
  • 1 oz crème de cacao
  • 1 oz heavy cream
  • nutmeg

Combine in shaker with ice. Shake and strain into small glass.  Garnish with a pinch of nutmeg. Drink.  

Our ratings:  Tev: 3, Krista: 3, Adam: 2.5

Top 5 List: none

No top 5 =(

Television

What we’ve been watching:

  • Adam: Modern Family, Breaking Bad, Community, The Office
  • Tev: Fringe, Community, Big Bang Theory

News:

Video Games

What we’re playing:

  • Adam: Binding of Isaac, Deus Ex Human Revolution
  • Tev: The Binding of Isaac, Frozen Synapse

News:

Movies

What we’ve been watching:

  • Adam: Killer Clowns from Outer Space
  • Tev: Reefer Madness the Musical
News:

 

 
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Posted by on October 4, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 26 – Dumb Characters

27 Sep
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SHOW NOTES:

Special guests Dave and Krista!

Drink of the Show: Sake

Sake can be hot or cold.  Your choice. Drink.  

Top 5 List: Top 5 Stupid Video Game Characters

There have been a lot of terrible designs over the years.  Here’s a stinking handful.

[show notes below are incomplete – but I figured it was better to get the episode out than delay until I had time to finish the show notes – tev]

Television

What we’ve been watching:

  • Adam: The Office
  • Tev: Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, The Guild

News:

Movies

News:
  • Elmo Movie

Video Games

What we’re playing:

  • Adam: Deus Ex
  • Tev: Valkyria Chronicals, Dungeon of Dredmore

News:

  • Gamers solve 15-year protein folding puzzle in 3 weeks
  • Sony changes PS3 terms of service so you can’t sue them

Tech

News:

Interlude music:

  • Ugly – Fishbone

End Music:

  • Pumped Up Kicks –

 

Top 5 Choices – Spoilers!
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Posted by on September 27, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 25 – Kids, Don’t Drink and Podcast

20 Sep
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KirbySHOW NOTES:

Special guests Sarah and Krista!

We carefully planned a great podcast, with top 5 and everything – and then we decided to get drunk and record it a day early, with no prep.  And you, gentle listener, get to enjoy the fruits of our revelry.  Directly in your ear holes.

Drink of the Show: “Kirby’s Dreamland”

Recipe:

  • 1 oz Vodka
  • 1 oz Chambord
  • 3 oz Milk

Combine in shaker with ice. Shake and strain into several shot glasses. Drink.  

No top 5.

But next time for reals we will have one.

Books

What we’ve been watching:

  • Sarah: neurology book

Movies

What we’ve been watching:

  • Adam:
  • Tev: Wargames: The Dead Code
News:

Video Games

What we’re playing:

  • Adam: nothing new
  • Tev: nothing new

News:

Tech

News:

End Music:

  • ? – Protomen

 

 

 
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Posted by on September 20, 2011 in Episodes

 

Episode 24 – Video Cards and the Liberal Agenda

12 Sep
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SHOW NOTES:

Adam wakes up just in time!

Drink of the Show: “The Maine Coast”

Recipe:

  • 1.5 oz Dark Rum
  • 2.5 oz Moxie
  • 2.5 oz Ginger Beer
  • 2 dashes bitters

Combine in rocks glass with ice. Stir. Drink.  

No Top 5

No top 5 this week

Television

What we’ve been watching:

  • Adam: Jon Benjamin has a Van, Sons of Anarchy
  • Tev: nothing new

News:

Books

What we’ve been reading:

  • Adam: Justice League reboot
  • Tev: Year of the Flood, Fire Upon the Deep

Tech

News:

Video Games

What we’re playing:

  • Adam: Crysis
  • Tev: Jetpack Joyride, Civilization 5, Valkryia Chronicles

News:

Movies

What we’ve been watching:

  • Adam: nothing
  • Tev: Book of Eli, Wonder Woman
News:

Notable ‘Netflix Watch Instantly’ releases

  • Buried
  • Desperate Housewives
  • Star Trek Animated Series
  • Airplane!
  • Breaking Bad

End Music:

 

 

 
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Posted by on September 12, 2011 in Episodes

 
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