SHOW NOTES
Topic: Stupid video game tropes
Rescuing the princess, lives and continues, amnesia, crates and barrels, inventory management, health packs, cover health recovery, world war II, boss fights, pure evil enemies, jumping physics, inappropriate item drops, arbitrary boundaries, locked doors, sexy women armor, cheap shop keepers, save points, black and white characters
Television
What we’ve been watching: Game of Thrones, Law & Order: SVU, My First Sale
Books
What we’ve been reading: Alone, Richard Byrd
Tech
News:
- Scientists create artificial DNA alternative, XNA
- Google’s gonna mine asteroids
- Rent-stabilized apartments okay in New York
- Google Drive Announced
- Sheep + Worm
- How much would it cost to mfg iphone in the USA
- TSA Screeners don’t need no stinkin background checks
Video Games
What we’re playing: Mass Effect 3, Pinball Arcade, Fez
News:
- For the first time in its history as a public company, Nintendo posts a yearly loss
- Adam Sessler leaves X-Play (and G4)
New Releases This Week
Movies
What we’ve been watching: Brick
News:
Last Weeks Box Office
New Releases This Week
Netflix Watch Instantly: Jem, GI Joe, Transformers
Break Music:
- VOID, Gitaroo Man
End Music:
- First of May, Jonathan Coulton
