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Casually Hardcore Episode 167 - Where has all the Barry gone? Apr 10, 2011

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Links from this episode: Best Buy blacklisted by Apple? http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/ipad-2-sales-tactics-see-best-buy-blacklisted-by-apple-2011048/ FBI cracksdown on WoW Gold sellers, Too bad the University students don't even play WoW to start with http://www.annarbor.com/news/crime/fbi-agents-search-university-towers-apartment-during-probe-involving-world-of-warcraft-gamers/ 12 moment you know you relationship is doomed http://www.thestar.com/news/books/article/970944--12-moments-when-you-know-your-relationship-is-doomed Man superglues tiny hat to head http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/man-superglues-tiny-hat-to-head/story-e6frflri-1226030186277 Liberals and Conservitaves have differnt brain makeups! http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/brains-differ-in-liberals-conservatives/story-e6frflri-1226035823439 Borders Employees have sense of humor http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/05/closing-down-borders.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 ElfQuest 4 minute fan Trailer http://gammasquad.uproxx.com/2011/04/elfquest-gets-four-minutes-of-hot-elf-adaptation

Casually Hardcore Episode 166 - Another car bites the dust. Apr 03, 2011

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Links from this episode: Heirloom items bound to Battle.net accounts on patch 4.1 PTR: http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/03/30/heirloom-items-bound-to-battle-net-accounts-in-patch-4-1/ Chinnese MArrowgar http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/Starmenclock/Chinagar.jpg Canadian ISP Rogers Throttling 'World of Warcraft': http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382720,00.asp Only 9% (and falling) of US Internet users are P2P pirates : http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/only-9-and-falling-of-us-internet-users-are-p2p-pirates.ars Wonder Woman costume altered http://io9.com/#!5787224/see-the-new-and-improved-wonder-woman-costume-in-action/gallery/1 Mugging Victim Thanks Attackers for Saving His Life After Docs Find Brain Tumor: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/03/29/mugging-victim-thanks-attackers-saving-life-docs-brain-tumor/ Obama Admin Wants to Make Illegal Streaming a Felony: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/obama-ip-czar-wants-felony-charges-for-illegal-web-streaming.ars Whistle-blowing witch grounded by TSA: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41959553/ns/business-us_business/ Bioware tells a straight gamer to get over it... http://www.nomorelost.org/2011/03/25/straight-male-gamer-told-to-get-over-it-by-bioware/ The original post by the gamer is here http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/304/index/6661775&lf=8

Casually Hardcore Episode 165 - Barry and a Baby Mar 27, 2011

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Radiation XKCD style http://www.xkcd.com/radiation/ DC comics Closes comments due to trolls http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/03/17/dcs-blog-closes-comments-gives-up-on-even-trying-to-talk-to-yo/ Steven King to Write for Walking Dead http://tv.ign.com/articles/115/1156613p1.html Record Industry request 75 Trillion (not a typo) from Limewire Copyright case http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202486102650&Manhattan_Federal_Judge_Kimba_Wood_Calls_Record_Companies_Request_for__Trillion_in_Damages_Absurd_in_Lime_Wire_Copyright_Case New plans for World War Z movie with Brad Pitt http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Paramount-Is-Still-Making-World-War-Z-But-Only-With-Outside-Financing-Help-23793.html Napster Founder wants to buy Metalica's Record Label, I don't see them having issues with it (Not sure on the source, i've never come across them before but interesting article) http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2011/03/24/napster-founder-might-buy-metallicas-record-label/ Banned WoW Gamer Offers $1,000 To Get Account Back: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108682-Banned-WoW-Gamer-Offers-1-000-To-Get-Account-Back Guild Transfer & Guild Rename Services Coming: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2267590574?page=1 New Winged Lion mount coming soon to the Blizzard store: http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/03/21/new-mount-coming-soon-to-the-blizzard-store/ Nintendo Doesn't Want 'Garage Developers,' Drawing A Line That Puts Apple On The Other Side: http://gizmodo.com/#!5784110/nintendo-doesnt-want-garage-developers-drawing-a-line-that-puts-apple-on-the-other-side Revenge of the geek: MacBook thief made a fool of on YouTube: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/revenge-of-the-geek-macbook-thief-made-a-fool-of-on-youtube-20110324-1c854.html Copyright troll Righthaven achieves spectacular "fair use" loss: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/copyright-troll-righthaven-achieves-spectacular-fair-use-loss.ars Japanese Video Explains Nuclear Situation to Kids, Likening it to Farts: http://gizmodo.com/#!5782921/japanese-video-explains-nuclear-situation-to-kids-likening-it-to-farts AT&T to acquire T-Mobile for $39 billion: http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/20/news/companies/att_tmobile_deal/index.htm Dorkly's Weekly IRL from a while back, Pokemon invades IRL http://www.dorkly.com/article/2748/the-weekly-irl-pokemon-invasion 3DS could help eyesight http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108727-The-3DS-Could-Sort-Of-Help-Kids-Eyesight Duke Nukem Forever delayed until June (anyone surprised at all? no? didn't think so ;p) http://www.giantbomb.com/news/duke-nukem-forever-delayed-to-june/3003/ Fringe renewed for fourth season http://io9.com/#!5785592/fringe-has-been-renewed-for-a-fourth-season Douglas Adams lost Dr Who story becoming a book http://io9.com/#!5785639/douglas-adams-lost-doctor-who-story-is-becoming-a-book-at-last

Casually Hardcore Episode 164 - Four new tires and a whole lotta drop-ins. Mar 20, 2011

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Links from this episode: From the show Pawn Stars, They find and buy missle guidance system http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/14/pawn-stars-missile-guidance-system-f4-phantom-planes-deal-rick-harrison/ Then the Air Force says WTF and shows up http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/15/pentagon-pawn-stars-missile-investigation-military-us-air-force-special-agents-aim-120-amraam/ First fine for libel via Twitter http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/14/first-fine-for-libel-via-twitter-issued-against-politician-by-br/ Stabbing over vampire stuff http://www.examiner.com/offbeat-news-in-national/arizona-man-sentenced-for-stabbing-roommate-who-refused-to-play-vampire Ubisoft re-selling torrented Assassin's Creed music? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-16-ubisoft-re-selling-torrented-music The computer virus turns 40 http://blog.fortinet.com/40th-anniversary-of-the-computer-virus/ First image of Wonder Woman tv costume released http://www.screened.com/news/first-image-of-wonder-woman-released/1923/ VTW's webcomic Balance Break has premeired http://vtwproductions.deviantart.com/#/d3c0zgb

Casually Hardcore Episode 163 - Make your own shoes from common household items. Mar 13, 2011

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Casually Hardcore Episode 163 - Make your own shoes from common household items.

Casually Hardcore Episode 162 - Who is this TED guy, anyway? Mar 06, 2011

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http://www.livethesheendream.com/ http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/ Authenticator stats: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/863975-Chances-of-getting-hacked-with-an-Authenticator?p=10664715#post10664715 Play by Post board on the forums: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?board=30.0 http://www.valhira.com/download.html << Direct link to RPG Download GDC 2011: Piracy Is Not Theft, Says Minecraft Creator: http://www.next-gen.biz/news/gdc-2011-piracy-is-not-theft-says-minecraft-creator Iolite uses the Word; "Freemium" - Epic What Apple hopes you didn't notice about ipad 2 http://mashable.com/2011/03/03/apple-ipad-2 Game of Thrones trailer http://www.screened.com/game-of-thrones-trailer/128-526/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfAE3hIaPm4 http://www.georgerrmartin.com/ Egyptian father names daughter 'Facebook' to honor Egyptian uprising: http://www.liquida.com/article/17482613/egypt-hosni-mubarak-facebook/ http://conferences.ted.com/TED2011/program/ http://ericwhitacre.com/the-virtual-choir http://www.sheahembrey.com/ http://www.khanacademy.org/ http://theworldpeacegame.com/ http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/04/roger-ebert-closes-ted-conference-on-ugly-note/

Casually Hardcore Episode 161 Feb 20, 2011

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Links from this show: Best 'Under Construction' page ever... http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/13/website-for-egyptian.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/234239/Egyption%20Presidancy%20Website%20-%20Under%20Construction.png http://www.presidency.gov.eg/ The Guild Was Picked Up for a 5th Season http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/15/the-guild-picked-up-for-season-5/ Shortly on the heaes of this being announced: The Live action Dragon Age Web series Staring Felicia Day http://kotaku.com/#!5760660/there-is-a-dragon-age-series-and-it-stars-felicia-day and Here is a Behind the Scenes Look: http://io9.com/#!5761264/first-look-at-felicia-day-as-an-eleven-assassin-in-dragonage-webseries Detroit successfully raises funds for RoboCop statue: http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/17/detroit-raises-funds-for-robocop-statue/ Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay Walker's Library http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all US goverment Shuts down 84,000 Websites "By Mistake": http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-shuts-down-84000-websites-by-mistake-110216/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29 Help Nathan Fillion buy Firefly http://io9.com/#!5764615/help-nathan-fillion-buy-firefly THQ to publish Voltron games http://www.destructoid.com/activate-interlocks-thq-to-publish-voltron-games-194221.phtml

Casually Hardcore Episode 160 - My Dog Ate My Authenticator Feb 13, 2011

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Links from this show: Rift: http://www.riftgame.com/en/ Sony lawyers now targeting anyone who posts PlayStation 3 hack: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/02/sony-lawyers-now-targeting-anyone-who-posts-playstation-3-hack.ars Mayor Bing: Detroit won't build RoboCop statue: http://www.freep.com/article/20110209/NEWS01/102090352/Mayor-Bing-Detroit-won-t-build-RoboCop-statue

Casually Hardcore Episode 159 - Superwhat? Feb 06, 2011

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Gnomewise and Octale team up for an abbreviated show on this Superbowl Sunday. Links: http://vtwproductions.tumblr.com/ WB to increase cost to Netflix and Others http://www.homemediamagazine.com/warner/warner-raise-content-license-fees-netflix-redbox-21875 Canadian intertubs on verge of shrinking http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/canada-gets-first-bitter-dose-of-metered-internet-billing.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Government must be looking at calling an election. They tell CRTC to reverse the above decision or they will http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2011/02/03/crtc-internet-clement.html No, driving games don't make you a better driver: http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/01/5968665-no-driving-games-dont-make-you-a-better-driver New use for the new Starbucks Size Coffee Cup, entire bottles of wine http://laughingsquid.com/the-new-starbucks-trenta-cup-holds-an-entire-bottle-of-wine/ www.snopes.com http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353978/Extreme-sitting-Is-German-stool-based-craze-Sporthocking-big-extreme-sport.html Ten criteria to dis qualify you from hosting the super bowl: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/110204&sportCat=nfl Barry's 2nd Annual Oscar Challenge http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=4055.0

Casually Hardcore Episode 158 - Where did the guy with the beard go? Jan 30, 2011

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This week, the whole team is here, but, strangely, BarryVA isn't.

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