Tuesday, July 22, 2014

QQ News: July 21st, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to July 21st, 2014!


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Headlines

  • 00:00 - Date and Introductions
  • 00:45 - Marvel's New Thor Is A Woman (IO9)
  • 01:00 - Technically, Thor Is Now A Disney Princess (Kotaku)
  • 01:30 - Marvel Announces Release Dates Through 2019 (IO9)
  • 04:00 - The Falcon is Marvel's New Captain America (EscapistMagazine)
  • 04:45 - Dota 2 plus ESPN2 equals televised 2014 International (Joystiq)
  • 07:15 - Hearthstone's Naxxramas Coming Next Week (EscapistMagazine)
  • 07:45 - Doom 4 Is A Reboot. And It's Not Called Doom 4. (Kotaku)
  • 10:30 - Robert Orci Not Scripting Amazing Spider-Man 3 (EscapistMagazine)
  • 11:00 - Roberto Orci to Produce Power Rangers Reboot (EscapistMagazine)
  • 11:45 - The (48) Million Dollar Game: Star Citizen (RockPaperShotgun)
  • 14:20 - The Wii U Will Take Digital Money in Japan (Kotaku)
  • 15:10 - Microsoft Plans To Close Xbox TV Division (Kotaku)
  • 16:10 - Microsoft to Lay Off 18,000 Employees (IGN)
  • 19:20 - Murdoch Fails to Buy Time Warner for $80 Billion (EscapistMagazine)
  • 20:15 - Dominion Creator's New Game is Temporum (EscapistMagazine)
  • 20:50 - Three More Characters Announced For Super Smash Bros. (Kotaku)
  • 23:30 - Ghostbusters Returns to Theaters This Labor Day (EscapistMagazine)
  • 24:00 - RiffTrax to Take Down Godzilla '98 (IGN)
  • 24:30 - Wrap up and rapid fire news reel!

Saturday, July 19, 2014

QQ Recommends [Presentation]: I'm Not A Real Friend, But I Play One On The Internet

Tim Hwang gives a wonderful presentation about online bots. He talks about how they are used to influence communities, how they are made to seem human, and where they might go in the future.

The presentation is informative, thought provoking, humorous, reasonably short, and even a little scary! We definitely recommend that you check it out.

Enjoy
Tom

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Quest 28: What happens when we don't record for a month?

Special Guest: Sans Dan!

Quest 28 is a kitchen sink of stories, news, and rambling because it's been a month since our last recording! On the plus side, we are a lot louder this time.


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Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:50 - What is Jordan up to, or is his computer plugged in?
  • 07:25 - What is Tom up to, or what happens when you skip a flight?
  • 13:00 - What makes a hotel "fancy"?
  • 15:05 - Is Firefall coming out of beta?
  • 15:50 - Which World of WarCraft dungeon is about to change?
  • 18:05 - Did Sony really change their E3 speech at the last minute?
  • 21:10 - How was Chris Evans' Snowpiercer?
  • 22:20 - Will creating unique DLC hinder the creative process?
  • 26:40 - Which console is Dragon Quest X coming to next?
  • 28:20 - What is new in Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition?
  • 36:10 - Could Wizards of the Coast be the next Marvel?
  • 39:00 - How awesome is Chromecast?
  • 40:40 - Which E-Sport has a ten million dollar prize pool?
  • 41:30 - How fast is the Mario Brothers speed run world record?
  • 42:15 - Are you looking forward to new Hearthstone content?
  • 43:30 - Is an Idiot Aboard worth watching?
  • 44:40 - How much does it take to kick start a potato salad?
  • 46:55 - Can you sell early access in a retail box?
  • 51:00 - What does it mean when you Farkle a motorcycle?
  • 57:30 - Who do you call when your PS4 bricks?
  • 58:15 - What did you buy on the Steam summer sale?
  • 60:10 - Wrap up!

Music