The internet's original geek twerk crew
The crew talks about nerd dating (a lot), Marvel Heroes is a free to play Diablo 2 clone, DC is making a League of Legends clone, EA says the Frostbite engine barely works on WiiU, Pixel Press and Anamanaguchi have interesting Kickstarters and there’s a petition for a 1000ft Wolverine statue to be erected in Edmonton, Alberta. All this and more in SCG 30!
This week’s music:
Anamanaguchi - Interlude (Total Tea Time)
Daft Punk - Doin’ it Right
Clark - Penultimate Persian
Even more Xbox news as we near the May 21st reveal, EA has exclusive rights for the new Star Wars games, Iron Man 3 has some tone issues, Evangelion 3.33 makes everyone depressed and we start obsessing over Magic the Gathering. All this and more in SCG 29!
This week’s music:
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Invader Invader
Chrome Sparks - Marijuana
Anamanaguchi - Space Wax America
Order Pizza hut directly from your Xbox 360, Avengers 2 might have incestuous twins, even more next gen rumors and Jackie plays Bioshock. Bad accents, turkey legs and more on SCG 28!
This week’s music:
Anamanaguchi - Meow
Toro y Moi - Deep Routes
Avalon - Andromeda Saint Chime
We’ve got artist extraordinaire and fandom tea maker Cara McGee on the show this week! We take an in depth look at the fandom community, answer important questions about Kirk/Spock shipping, get Jackie and Cara’s impressions of 221B con and much more in SCG 27!
This week’s art by Cara McGee (http://ohcararara.tumblr.com/)
This week’s music:
Teebs - Cook, Clean, Pay the Rent
Digitalism - Pogo
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
We talk about the canceled Megaman X FPS, the censorship controversy surrounding Saga #12 and Polygon’s piece on pro-gamer Ciji Thornton. EA gets voted worst company in America (again!) and we conduct a nerd-dating experiment via OkCupid. All this and more in SCG 26!
This week’s music:
Flying Lotus - About that Time/A Glitch is a Glitch
The Hood Internet - Ignition (Phoenix vs R. Kelly)
Tiger Tsunami - Antarctica
Loads of next-gen Xbox rumors this week, including a possible reveal at the end of May. We talk about the pros and cons of the next Xbox being “always on-line” and rumors are hinting that the next Xbox may also be a cable box. Disney closes Lucasarts and we take a trip down memory lane through some of our favorite titles. The Spring anime season just started so we’ve got first episode impressions of a bunch of shows. All that and more on SCG 25!
This week’s music:
Breakbots - Peanuts
Com Truise - Idle Withdrawal
Aku no Hana ED
Metal Gear Solid 5 is confirmed but without David Hayter, Aaaron and Rueben give their retro impressions of Super Metroid and Earthbound and we discuss Megan Marie’s article on the treatment of women at cons and in gaming. We review Bioshock Infinite (spoiler-free) and we close out the podcast with a spoiler-filled discussion of the ending. Don’t worry, we warn you before we do it! All this and more in episode 24!
This week’s music:
Tyler, the Creator - IFHY
Sakanaction – Years
Autechre – T ess xi
We’ve got Jackie Lewis back on the show and our sociologist buddy Jared Friedberg stops by to talk about gender roles in gaming. John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of EA and has a name none of us can pronounce, Bastion shows off their new title Transistor, Steam Early Access lets you pay for unfinished games and we try to figure out dog/human sex in Final Fantasy 7. All this and shoddy audio quality (sorry guys!) in SCG 23!
This week’s music:
Transistor OST- We All Become
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (Dream Logic Remix)
Flux Pavillion - Do or Die ft. Childish Gambino
St. Patty’s day memories, Pokemon Rumble, the Marvel Heroes MMO, a Starcraft 2 review, you should buy Ridiculous Fishing for iOS and Aaron and Rueben challenge each other to play some old school games. Also comics, anime and more on SCG 22!
This week’s music:
2mello - Public Chrono Announcement
K.Flay - Fleas Navidad
Flight Facilities - Crave You
We talk about the new Iron Man trailer and Ben Kingsley’s weird voice, the Sim City debacle and how Civilization is a better game, a Tomb Raider review, Major Magnet on iOS and a Momocon wrap-up. All the while, a sick Rueben tries to keep it together under the influence of Nyquil.
This week’s music:
Atoms for Peace -Default
Kavinsky - Blizzard
aivi & surasshu - Shapeshifter
