Mindcrack Podcast

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Episode 25 - With Guest Millbee Jan 28, 2013

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Be sure to check out the members of this Podcast:

VintageBeef: http://www.youtube.com/user/VintageBeef
Guude: http://www.youtube.com/guudeboulderfist
Baj: http://youtube.com/W92Baj
Pause: http://youtube.com/PauseUnpause
Millbee: http://youtube.com/Millbeeful

Links to podcast topics:

THQ shuts down and studios sold off http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/23/3908286/thq-dissolved-studios-sold-off-ceo-announces-in-letter-to-staff/
The elder scrolls cinematic trailer. Thoughts? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jNT5cMwxw0
New Terraria Update might be coming to PC? http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/something-about-a-possible-pc-update.95324/
Violent Bill continues http://www.gamespot.com/news/violent-game-bill-lives-on-6402949
DayZ Update http://dayzdev.tumblr.com/post/41444643504/this-is-the-first-update-when-i-have-sat-down-and
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker hd remake http://ca.ign.com/wikis/the-legend-of-zelda-wind-waker
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/28/aaron_swartz_protest_anonymous_hacks_government_websites_installs_asteroids.html
Star Wars creator George Lucas has given the thumbs-up to the appointment of JJ Abrams as director of the seventh outing for the sci-fi franchise.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/28/abrams_star_wars/

Episode 24 - With Guest Etho Jan 21, 2013

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Arma 3 Devs finally free on bail http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/15/arma-3s-imprisoned-developers-free-on-bail/
Totally unauthorized WOW theme park now open in China
http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/01/16/chinas-massively-illegal-world-of-warcraft-theme-park
Stuck on a game? Try out Valves new Steam Guides http://store.steampowered.com/news/9764/
Google move UK HQ, spends $1bn
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/18/3889818/google-relocates-uk-headquarters-to-kings-cross-london
W8 is so good they increase the price 5-fold
http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2013/01/18/citing-momentum-microsoft-plans-500-price-increase-for-windows-8/
50 Exclusive PC games for 2013 http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/01/18/50-pc-exclusive-games-in-2013
mega.co.nz opens, goes down afer 250k signups in a couple of hours, 1mill in one day.
https://torrentfreak.com/mega-goes-down-after-250000-users-sign-up-130119/
People (persons (Spike Lee mainly)) get uppity offended by Django dolls
http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/should-the-django-dolls-have-ever-existed.html
Atari Bankrupt again http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-21/atari-u-s-operations-file-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy.html

Paypal fixing its Frozen Funds policy - Finally
http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/21/technology/paypal-frozen-funds/

Episode 23 Jan 13, 2013

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Be sure to check out the members of this Podcast:

VintageBeef: http://www.youtube.com/user/VintageBeef
Guude: http://www.youtube.com/guudeboulderfist
Baj: http://youtube.com/W92Baj
Pause: http://youtube.com/PauseUnpause

Links to podcast topics:

Pretty Big week for gaming consoles/handhelds. We got the penis Nvidia Shield http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/01/08/ces-project-shield-hands-on-impressions

And as well as Razers Edge that brings Full PC games to tablet http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/01/08/ces-razers-edge-brings-full-pc-games-to-tablets
And apparently one of the many Prototype for steam box http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20949071
Minecraft sold over 240K copies over christmas http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/10/minecraft-is-quite-popular-sells-more-than-240000-copies-over-christmas/
And in 2012, Minecraft sold over 15 million copies http://www.gamespot.com/news/minecraft-series-sold-15-million-in-2012-6402289
Blizzard has raised over $2.3 million for sandy relief fund http://www.gamespot.com/news/blizzard-raises-23-million-for-sandy-relief-6402299
Day Z delay explained http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/07/dayz-standalone-delay-explained-engine-improvements-detailed/
Aaron Swartz (reddit co-founder) commits suicide
http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html
http://allthingsd.com/20130112/family-of-hacktivist-aaron-swartz-condemns-mit-states-attorney-for-contributing-to-his-suicide/

Episode 22 Jan 07, 2013

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Be sure to check out the members of this Podcast:

VintageBeef: http://www.youtube.com/user/VintageBeef
Guude: http://www.youtube.com/guudeboulderfist
Baj: http://youtube.com/W92Baj
Pause: http://youtube.com/PauseUnpause

Links to podcast topics:
War Z Servers taken down by hackers - http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/04/the-war-zs-servers-brought-down-by-hackers/
Connecticut town plans to collect and destroy violent games - http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/03/connecticut-town-plans-to-collect-and-destroy-violent-games/
PC Games of 2013 (Talk about possible interests in upcoming games of 2013) http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/01/2013-preview/
World of Warcraft players make better employees http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/03/connecticut-town-plans-to-collect-and-destroy-violent-games/
http://www.gamespot.com/news/researcher-world-of-warcaft-players-make-better-employees-6402039
Back on the Apple Topic, Steve Jobs movie to open in april http://www.gamespot.com/news/steve-jobs-movie-opens-in-april-6402005
Apple patent shit that exists already shocker
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/01/03/apple-notification-center-patent/

Sony patent RFID chips in discs to stop reselling of games
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/01/examining-sonys-internet-free-method-for-blocking-used-game-sales/

Episode 21 - Guest EepBlah Dec 10, 2012

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Be sure to check out the members of this Podcast:

Eepblah: http://www.youtube.com/user/eepblah
Guude: http://www.youtube.com/guudeboulderfist
Baj: http://youtube.com/W92Baj
Pause: http://youtube.com/PauseUnpause

Episode 20 - Minecon Edition feat. Dinnerbone! Nov 26, 2012

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Big thanks to Dinnerbone for joining us!

JL2579, Sethbling, Dinnerbone and all the Mindcrack guys at Minecon join Baj and Beef via Skype for a very special edition of the Mindcrack podcast!

People in this podcast:
BdoubleO - http://www.youtube.com/bdoubleo100
Dinnerbone - http://www.youtube.com/dinnerbone
DocM77 - http://www.youtube.com/docm77
GenerikB - http://www.youtube.com/generikb
Guude - http://www.youtube.com/guudeboulderfist
JL2579 - http://www.youtube.com/JL2579
KurtJMac - http://www.youtube.com/kurtjmac
Pause - http://www.youtube.com/pauseunpause
Pyro - http://www.youtube.com/pyropuncher
Sethbling - http://www.youtube.com/sethbling
VintageBeef - http://www.youtube.com/vintagebeef
W92Baj - http://www.youtube.com/w92baj

Mindcrack panel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vDwBNM5w8o&feature=plcp

Doc meets Notch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHg3XopGaiQ&feature=plcp

Episode 19 - Guest Zedsteau Nov 19, 2012

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Be sure to check out the members of this Podcast:

Zedsteau: http://www.youtube.com/user/Zisteau
Beef: http://youtube.com/vintagebeef
Baj: http://youtube.com/W92Baj
Pause: http://youtube.com/PauseUnpause

Topics Discussed:

Arma Devs denied Bail - http://www.gamespot.com/news/jailed-arma-devs-denied-bail-report-6400220
DayZ 2017 to make zombies less like military and more hobo http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/16/dayz-2017-mod-download-aims-to-make-the-zombie-apocalypse-less-military-more-hobo/
Call of duty makes $500 million on first day of sales http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/16/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-makes-bajillions/
Slender Source and faceless removed from greenlight http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/15/slender/
Star Citizen Kickstarter close to $5 million through crowd funding. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen
New walking dead episode coming out (game) http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/15/the-walking-dead-season-finale/
Republican Study Committee release document saying 'Copyright Law Destroys Markets; It's Time For Real Reform' - States things we all knew
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121116/16481921080/house-republicans-copyright-law-destroys-markets-its-time-real-reform.shtml

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/16/tech/innovation/apple-page-turn-patent/index.html

RSC retract Copyright reform document 24hrs after release after alleged MPAA and RIAA panty-twisting. Claim it wasn't properly vetted by RSC
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121117/16492521084/that-was-fast-hollywood-already-browbeat-republicans-into-retracting-report-copyright-reform.shtml

Episode 18 - Guest Accountant Shreetho Nov 12, 2012

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Be sure to check out the members of this Podcast:

Shree: http://www.youtube.com/user/ShreeyamNET
Beef: http://youtube.com/vintagebeef
Baj: http://youtube.com/W92Baj
Pause: http://youtube.com/PauseUnpause

Topics Discussed:

Source2 engine in the works http://pastehtml.com/view/ci12y34k9.html
Natural Selection makes over $1 million in the first week http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/09/natural-selection-2-notches-up-1-million-in-first-week/
Apple pay out for clock design they stole http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57548115-37/time-is-money-apple-pays-$21m-for-clock-design-says-report/
Marjuana legalized for recreational use in washington, colorado http://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2012/11/07/colorado-washington-legalize-recreational-marijuana-tourism/1689269/
3 THQ titles delayed http://www.gamespot.com/news/south-park-rpg-metro-last-light-company-of-heroes-2-delayed-6399514
Music industry closes down another lyric site (takes $6.6mill in the process) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121025/17571420849/66-million-ruling-against-lyrics-site-once-again-shows-how-short-sighted-music-industry-is.shtml
MS create near real-time speech translation software that speaks in your voice http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/11/micirosofts-brainlike-translat.html

Episode 17 - Guest Avidya Nov 04, 2012

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Be sure to check out the members of this Podcast:

Avidya: http://www.youtube.com/AvidyaZen
Guude: http://youtube.com/GuudeBoulderfist
Beef: http://youtube.com/vintagebeef
Baj: http://youtube.com/W92Baj
Pause: http://youtube.com/PauseUnpause

This Weeks Topics:
Dead Linger Alpha - http://www.thedeadlinger.com
Minecraft on XBLA dethrones Call of Duty as most played online - http://www.thextremepulse.com/minecraft-dethrones-call-of-duty-as-most-played-xbox-game/
Disney Buys LucasFilm - http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/10/disney-buys-lucasfilm/
Official Update from Beef on the Microsoft Surface tablet
Apple being dicks again:
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57544751-37/apples-mea-culpa-u.k-site-posts-apology-new-statement/
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57544802-37/apple-accused-of-hiding-u.k-samsung-apology-with-code/
- http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-has-lost-their-legal-claim-to-the-iPhone-name-in-Mexico_id36199

Episode 16 - Guest BlameTheController Oct 29, 2012

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Be sure to check out the members of this Podcast:

BTC: http://www.youtube.com/blamethecontroller
Guude: http://youtube.com/GuudeBoulderfist
Beef: http://youtube.com/vintagebeef
Baj: http://youtube.com/W92Baj

This Weeks Topics:
•BlameTheController joins MindCrack after Team Nancy Drew ruines his Orphan Surprise
•Fan server Halloween Bash
•Halloween - what we are all doing for it, if anything?
•GTA V Release Window Leaked:
◦http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/10/27/gta-v-coming-spring-2013
•iPad Mini
•http://www.cultofmac.com/198375/surprise-theres-apple-like-lines-for-microsofts-new-tablet/ (http://ozar.me/2012/10/why-im-returning-my-microsoft-surface-rt/)
•Windows 8 Released
•Copyright Suit
◦http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/26/14722392-copyright-case-could-threaten-ebay-and-garage-sales?lite
•Italian Scientists Convicted of Manslaughter for failing to predict earthquake
◦http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20025626

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