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Casually Hardcore Episode 191 - 10.1" - Bring a Tanuki to sacrifice during the Privacy Rite Nov 20, 2011

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Show notes and Research Thread available here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0 This week, Gnomewise, Iolite, and Gwenora take the microphones for another Nerd-tastic episode. Innuendo kids. Innuendo.

Casually Hardcore Episode 190 - Put Your Face...In the Book Nov 13, 2011

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Show notes and Research Thread available here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=40.0 This week, Gnomewise, Iolite, Daksa, and Gwenora take the microphones for another Nerd-tastic episode. Gnomewise forgets how to tell time. Servers catch fire. All this, and more!

Casually Hardcore Episode 189 - Bee Bee Eff Kay Oct 30, 2011

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Links from this episode: http://martinjetpack.com/ Netflix lost 800,000 Subscriptions http://news.yahoo.com/netflix-loses-800-000-us-subscribers-tough-3q-203122099.html Topless woman in G-string arrested after leading police on 128mph car chase: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2054028/Drunk-topless-woman-arrested-leading-police-128mph-car-chase.html Raging about Battlefield 3 in Germany - Spyware Included with Game: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.einslive.de%2Fmagazin%2Fnetzthemen%2F2011%2F10%2F111029_battlefield_daten.jsp 12,000 show up for Denver Zombie crawl. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19174011?utm_medium=facebook Cops Hunt Man Who Firebombed Taco Bell Because His Chalupas Had Too Little Meat: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/chalupa-customer-firebombs-taco-bell-876519 Human genome is 725 Mb. Remove redundancy and compress, and each person is 4 Mb of data. Cool animation at this link. http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2011/10/you-are-data-4mb-to-be-exact/247338/ http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2011/10/a-blade-runner-infused-time-lapse-of-the-tokyo-skyline/247499/ TSA officer faces dismissal over 'get your freak on, girl' note in luggage: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/28/travel/tsa-officer-faces-dismissal/index.html?hpt=us_c2 Hobbits reunited http://www.movies.com/movie-news/image-day-39lord-rings39-hobbits-reunited/5123 Books Gwen was talking bout http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/01-HonorverseCD/HonorverseCD/ http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/22-MissionofHonorCD/MissionofHonorCD/

Casually Hardcore Episode 188 - You got your Pokemon in my MMO Oct 23, 2011

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Links from this episode: Onion: Apple announces plans to release Steve Jobs 2.0 http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-announces-plans-to-release-steve-jobs-2-full,26293/ BioWare reveals Mass Effect 3's 4-player co-op, teases 'Galaxy at War' mode: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/10/mass-effect-3-co-op-multiplayer-galaxy-war/ Discovery orders Steve Jobs documentary with 'Mythbusters' hosts http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/10/discovery-steve-jobs-mythbusters/ Netflix Kills Qwikster: http://blog.netflix.com/2011/10/dvds-will-be-staying-at-netflixcom.html

Casually Hardcore Episode 187 - Farewell, Uncle Steve Oct 09, 2011

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Links from this episode: Steve Jobs has died http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=14383813&sid=79 Steve Jobs Funeral To Be Picketed By Westboro Church Announced via tweet sent from iPhone: http://www.webpronews.com/steve-jobs-funeral-to-be-picketed-by-westboro-church-2011-10 KickSat: Send Tiny DIY Satellites Into Space http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/09/kicksat-send-tiny-diy-satellites-into-space/ 'The Simpsons' Season 24 Will Be Its Last – No Matter What: http://screenrant.com/the-simpsons-final-season-24-aco-135041/

Casually Hardcore Episode 186 - Insert Coin Oct 02, 2011

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Links from this episode: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/slew http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/goody-two-shoes.html Books Ernest Cline "Ready player one" Kingkiller series- Patrick Rothfuss "the name of the wind" Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Tad Williams - Otherland series The 2011 IgNobel Prizes have been awarded. "The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2011 Spanish team hits milestone in AIDS vaccine research: 90% immune response. http://www.gizmag.com/spanish-hiv-vaccine-90-percent-immune-response/19973/ Hero! Steven Spielberg regrets the altered ET, Hello George are you hearing this??? (Glad Im not a Star Wars Fanboy) http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/15/steven-spielberg-regrets-altering-e-t/?iref=obinsite

Casually Hardcore Episode 185 - Nubile Aristocratic Radioactive Viking Sep 25, 2011

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Links from this episode: SW:TOR Gets Release date http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20110924?sourceid=eag3106 AIDS Protein Decoded by Gamers: http://scienceblog.com/47894/gamers-succeed-where-scientists-fail/ The Emperor's Court and CoTE may have caused Netflix to rethink a stupid decision http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/19/netflix-splits-in-two-renames-dvd-division-qwikster/ Twitter account for Qwikster is already taken by a Substance using somewhat offensive person http://www.uproxx.com/technology/2011/09/netflix-really-didnt-think-this-qwikster-thing-through-all-that-well-did-they/ The 5 Most Depraved Sex Scenes Implied in the Harry Potter Books: http://www.cracked.com/article_19397_the-5-most-depraved-sex-scenes-implied-by-harry-potter.html Angry Birds Tournament held in midair http://m.kotaku.com/5841676/angry-birds-tournament-held-32000-feet-in-the-air For Reginald: 10 Reasons Why You Should Grow A Giant Beard http://www.biggerbetterbeards.org/ FortressCraft Sells Nearly a Half Million Copies; Hasn't Received Any Money From Microsoft: http://www.diygamer.com/2011/09/fortresscraft-sells-million-copies-recieved-money-microsoft/

Casually Hardcore Episode 184 - A Contagion of Ponies Sep 18, 2011

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Links from this episode: Reading man jailed for dead girl 'trolling' insults: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-14894576 Dead Island "Feminist Whore" Skill Prompts Apology: http://www.1up.com/news/dead-island-feminist-whore-skill-apology Gordon Ramsay's Porn Dwarf Double Eaten by Badger: http://gawker.com/5839596/ Tinfoil hat story of the week: 'Wi-Fi Refugees' Are Moving To West Virginia To Escape Radio Waves: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/14/140462252/wi-fi-refugees-are-moving-to-west-virginia-to-escape-radio-waves Man Charged With Molesting Vending Machine: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/08/31/3456782/vending-machine-maliciously-molested.html ArsTechnica: "Mandatory PS3 update removes right to join in a class-action lawsuit" http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/09/mandatory-ps3-update-removes-right-to-join-in-a-class-action-lawsuit.ars How to opt-out of PSN terms: http://videogamewriters.com/how-to-opt-out-of-sonys-no-class-action-lawsuit-clause-in-the-new-psn-terms-of-service-23852 In case anyone is curious. -Biomed Tor Project: "Iran blocks Tor, Tor releases same-day fix" https://blog.torproject.org/blog/iran-blocks-tor-tor-releases-same-day-fix Highlander Reboot http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/09/12/juan-carlos-fresnadillo-highlander/?iid=blogM-3H-LN-%27Highlander%27%20reboot%20lands%20%2728%20Weeks%20Later%27%20director Point Break Reboot http://www.slashfilm.com/point-break-reboot/ You must redo Top Gun in 3D http://www.avclub.com/articles/top-gun-to-win-the-cold-war-in-3d-this-time,61593/ What every office needs. Whiskey Vending Machine http://www.life.com/gallery/55891/image/3267670/in-praise-of-vending-machines#index/3 75 percent of in-game marriages end in divorce: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20106219-71/75-percent-of-in-game-marriages-end-in-divorce/

Casually Hardcore Episode 183 - Gnome Alone 2: The Sick Day Sep 11, 2011

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Gnome fights a head cold while putting a show on the air, with valiant assistance from Barry Von Awesome. Links from this episode: Google patents a glove for 'seeing with your hand http://www.geekwire.com/2011/google-patents-interactive-glove-seeing-hand Daniel Pink: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us http://fora.tv/2010/01/27/Daniel_Pink_The_Surprising_Truth_About_What_Motivates_Us/ Minecraft 1.8: It's (Almost) Adventure Time!: http://kotaku.com/5837483/minecraft-18-its-almost-adventure-time Lawyer Fired Over Video Game Addiction: http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Pa-lawyer-suspended-blames-video-game-addiction/AsjBufWYQUOXGYC5Xtc8CQ.cspx Police: Man says he was bitten by vampire: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/offbeat/police%3A-man-says-he-was-bitten-by-vampire-090911 First 'chatbot' conversation ends in argument: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14843549 http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/09/08/earworm-alert-rolling-stone-ranks-the-worst-90s-songs/ NBC News' Twitter Feed Hacked with Fake Terrorist Attack : http://gizmodo.com/5838898/nbc-news-twitter-feed-hacked-with-fake-terrorist-attack The giant crab invasion of Antarctica has begun: http://io9.com/5838045/the-giant-crab-invasion-of-antarctica-has-begun Guy Paints A few banks on fire, Gets Labeled Terrorist: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bank-painting-20110828,0,4395501.story Moose gets drunk on apples, has a hangover in a tree: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/874733-moose-drunk-on-apples-gets-stuck-in-tree Artificial Heart link http://bit.ly/pdYyZE "U Mad Bro" Sign causes controversy at football game: http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-kirtland-painsville-harvey-offensive-sign-text,0,996270.story Director Guillermo del Toro is working on Pacific Rim, Godzilla-style monsters vs. Mecha movie http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50956 NASA to cooperate in educational MMO development, Astronaut:Moon, Mars and Beyond™, funding being sought via Kickstarter. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1763206385/astronaut-moon-mars-and-beyond-the-nasa-mmo-online-0

Casually Hardcore Episode 182 - PAX 2011 Hospital Crawl Sep 04, 2011

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Links from this episode: Pastor Wants Atheist Registry to Track Atheists like Sex Offenders http://www.politicususa.com/en/pastor-wants-atheist-registry-to-track-atheists-like-sex-offenders the only good change to come from George lucas tinkering with the blu ray releases http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvd9sDHFXRQ This Guy Walked Away From The Genius Bar With A Drive Full Of Apple's Retail Secrets: http://www.cultofmac.com/this-guy-walked-away-from-the-genius-bar-with-a-drive-full-of-apples-retail-secrets-exclusive-pics/111520 Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/08/24Letter-from-Steve-Jobs.html New Star Trek TV Series Being Planned, Takes Place After Voyager http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/television/star-trek-tv-series-planned-takes-place-voyager.html Gizmodo: "My Brief OkCupid Affair with a World Champion 'Magic: The Gathering' Player" has Kotaku blogger Alyssa Bereznak publicly trash-talking her date for all to see because he still is involved in the game. http://gizmodo.com/5833787/my-brief-okcupid-affair-with-a-world-champion-magic-the-gathering-player Gizmodo Australian Blogger responds to the above article: "Alyssa Bereznak Just Reminded Us That Women Can Be Online Predators Too" http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/08/alyssa-bereznak-just-reminded-us-that-women-can-be-predators-online-too/ BBC: Germany lifts ban on sale of original Doom and Doom II games to teenagers 17 years after its release: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14748027 Spiegel Online: "Some 250,000 diplomatic dispatches from the US State Department have accidentally been made completely public. The files include the names of informants who now must fear for their lives." http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-783778,00.html MIT: "Synthetic biologists design a gene that, when delivered to cancer cells, forces them to commit suicide." http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/cancer-detection-circuit-0902.html Doghouse Diaries (Web Comic): "Why You Are Not as Awesome as a Dog" http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1321 EA Origins ELUA Lets them scan your computer http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/24/eas-origin-eula-proves-even-more-sinister/ Guy Gets GLADoS to propose to his Girlfriend. This message approved by Valve http://kotaku.com/5833377/when-glados-asks-you-to-marry-someone-you-say-yes And angain SiFi proves how much they want to be the next Fox broadcaster, Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chorme may just be a web series http://io9.com/5834264/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-may-get-demoted-back-to-being-a-webseries Well Summer Glau joins the crew of the Show Alphas, We need to start a pool on the TV thread as to how long this show will n ow last http://io9.com/5833777/summer-glau-guest-stars-on-alphas-as-a-one+woman-rd-department GameStop Removes free Digital Download code (Intened for a friend of whoever purchased the game) from Dues Ex http://www.1up.com/news/gamestop-removed-free-onlive-codes-pc-deus-ex And of course the Public and Internet found out about, They now offer there "Im Sorry" package http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/gamestop-to-offer-50-certificate-for-removing-coupons/2011/08/26/gIQAuPOmgJ_blog.html Realistic Futurama statues http://io9.com/5836847/ultra+realistic-futurama-replicas-creep-us-the-hell-out Comcast wins Darwin Buisness award of the year, as they charge customers for outage due to hurricane http://blog.kotaku.com/5837065/comcast-will-charge-for-no-service-blames-god Batmobile replica for $620K, Yea that could be a mid life crisis car http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2011/09/03/2011-09-03_1989_batmobile_replica_on_ebay_for_620000.html DoJ sues against AT&T/T-Mobile merger http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/news/128808718.html?mobile=true Really Phoenix, AZ, How can one have an issue with Heidi Klum Topless http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2011/09/02/20110902heidi-klum-leno-trouble-tanning-topless-phoenix-hotel.html Japanese Domino's Unveils Elaborate, Carefully Thought-Out Plans to Sling Pizza on the Moon: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-09/japanese-dominos-unveils-plans-sling-pizza-moon Guy gets pulled off a plane for reading a book on historic planes: http://www.boston.com/Boston/names/2011/08/folk-musician-vance-gilbert-recounts-trouble-before-flight/jy1iVUE6MLXJE3HebAoCQO/index.html Tony Sale, Colossus computer conservationist, dies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14720180 Scottish castle owner calls for graffiti to stay: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14713572 Boy throwing rocks from overpass shot by crossbow: http://www.king5.com/news/Boy-trhowing-rocks-from-overpass-shot-by-crossbow-128674563.html Clowns Rob Jewelry Store, Steal Fake Jewelry: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/clowns-steal-fake-jewelry_n_936430.html Why You Won't See Martin Luther King Jr's 'I Have a Dream' Speech on YouTube: http://gizmodo.com/5835374/why-you-wont-see-martin-luther-king-jrs-i-have-a-dream-speech-on-youtube Luxury Getaways of the Future: Visit Orbital Technologies' Space Hotel: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/luxury-getaways-future-visit-orbital-technologies-space-hotel Clever Dolphins Use Shells to Catch Fish: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/dolphin-fishing/ Masked Protesters Aid Time Warner's Bottom Line: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/technology/masked-anonymous-protesters-aid-time-warners-profits.html?_r=3&ref=technology 'Ninja' patrols streets of Yeovil: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14689055 Jim Carrey's Love V-log to Emma Stone: Creepy or Hilarious?: http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment-eonline/20110825/b260060/?cid=hero_media A Planet Made of Diamonds Discovered: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=diamond-world-discovered-by-astrono-11-08-25 Karma? Eatery owner who once told customers to order in English dies: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/24/pennsylvania.cheesesteak.owner/index.html?iref=obnetwork Cinema subtitle glasses give promise to deaf film fans: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14654339

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