QQ News: September 1st, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to September 1st, 2014.

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Headlines

• 00:00 - Date and Introductions
• 00:50 - Dragon Quest Heroes coming to Dynasty Warriors (Joystiq)
• 02:15 - Report: More Dragon Quest mobile ports on the way (Joystiq)
• 03:35 - Nintendo Just Announced a New 3DS, Has Another Analog Stick (Kotaku)
• 07:20 - Xenoblade Chronicles Gets A Port, But Only For The New 3DS (Kotaku)
• 09:00 - Who The Hell Is Watching Porn On a 3DS? (Kotaku)
• 10:05 - Mario Kart's Most Hated Item Is Actually Its Best (Kotaku)
• 11:40 - Xenoblade Protagonist Shulk Joins the Smash Bros. Roster (Kotaku)
• 12:30 - Amazon Buys Twitch For $970 Million (Kotaku)
• 13:55 - Why Google Backed Out of Buying Twitch (EscapistMagazine)
• 14:20 - Amazon Exec: We Don't "Want to Change" Twitch (EscapistMagazine)
• 15:00 - Report: 92 percent of PC game sales in 2013 were digital (Joystiq)
• 16:30 - Online Attacks Cripple Sony, Riot, Blizzard (Kotaku)
• 19:55 - Valve Taken To Court Over Its Refund Policy (Kotaku)
• 21:25 - Go GOG! 30 day money back guarantee (GOG)
• 23:45 - Around 335,000 attend Gamescom 2014 (Joystiq)
• 26:30 - Lohan Just Wants Publicity, Rockstar Alleges (EscapistMagazine)
• 27:50 - Most Pics In IKEA Catalogues Aren't Photos, They're 3D Renders (Kotaku)
• 31:45 - The World's Most Expensive Comic Sold For Over $3 Million (Kotaku)
• 32:55 - Guardians of The Galaxy Becomes #1 Film of 2014 (EscapistMagazine)
• 33:45 - Nintendo Reveals Pokemon Fighting Game (EscapistMagazine)
• 34:35 - Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Gets Its First Major Update (Kotaku)
• 35:30 - Zelda And Animal Crossing Mario Kart 8 DLC (EscapistMagazine)
• 36:45 - Wrap up and rapid fire news reel!

Quest 30: Are we finally living in the future?

Special Guest: Bobby Ross VI!

Quest 30 wonders if we're living in the future now based on our expectations of Science Fiction, dreams, and conventional media.

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Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 03:00 - What is Jordan up to, or what's in a presidential library?
• 07:30 - What is Bobby up to, or how mobile is his hot spot?
• 12:25 - What is Tom up to, or how fast is the FZ-09?
• 18:15 - Are we finally living the future?
• 22:45 - Is there anything that you can't just order online?
• 28:20 - When do we choose to not use digital distribution?
• 34:10 - Did any science fiction predict streaming?
• 38:50 - Is social media a primary means of communication?
• 47:15 - Are we already driving in the future?
• 53:15 - How amazing is modern medical technology?
• 64:15 - Is the future more ecologically friendly?
• 70:40 - Wrap up and hot seat!

Music

• Super Mario Bros. 'The Life and Death of the Mario Brothers'

Recommended Links

• Motorcycle Crash Rider Flips Onto Moving Car

QQ News: August 17th, 2014

A slightly solemn fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to August 17th, 2014.

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Headlines

• 00:00 - Date and Introductions
• 01:15 - Robin Williams Dies at 63 (IGN)
• 03:35 - Fans Want A WoW Tribute To Robin Williams (Kotaku)
• 05:20 - Obsidian Lands Paizo's Pathfinder License (EscapistMagazine)
• 06:15 - Pokemon Trading Card Game Coming To iPad (Kotaku)
• 07:00 - XCom: The Board Game Needs You, Commander (EscapistMagazine)
• 08:00 - Kojima promises Silent Hills will make players ruin their pants (Joystiq)
• 10:40 - TMNT Remains No. 1; Expendables 3 Misfires (IGN)
• 13:30 - TMNT Sequel Already Confirmed For 2016 (EscapistMagazine)
• 15:30 - Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition hits 58GB in EU (Joystiq)
• 16:25 - Rise of the Tomb Raider Isn't Really An 'Xbox Exclusive' (Kotaku)
• 18:55 - Sierra Returns With Geometry Wars & Kings Quest (RockPaperShotgun)
• 21:30 - Flappy Birds is Back- But Only On Amazon (EscapistMagazine)
• 22:15 - Beta characters won't transfer to full version of Destiny (Joystiq)
• 24:15 - Square Enix Enjoys Strong Financial Results (IGN)
• 25:45 - Big Bang Theory Stars Gets $1 Million Per Episode(EscapistMagazine)
• 27:10 - Diablo 3, Reaper of Souls condemn 20 million souls (Joystiq)
• 27:45 - Twitch Comes Down Hard On Unlicensed Music (IGN)
• 31:15 - Twitch CEO Admits 'We Screwed Up' With New Policies (IGN)
• 33:40 - Dargon Quest 4 Launched on iOS (Kotaku)
• 36:00 - Wrap up and rapid fire news reel!

Quest 29: What is some advice for aspiring programmers?

Special Guest: Sans Dan!

Quest 29 gets personal with programmer talk; advice, tips, origin stories, and mantras included! Batteries, however, are still not included.

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Minutes

• 00:00 - Guardians of the Galaxy QQ Reviews and Introductions
• 05:00 - What is Jordan up to, or how awesome is Bioshock Infinite?
• 10:50 - What is Tom up to, or is who did he kill in Walking Dead Season 2?
• 14:10 - When did Tom first start programming?
• 18:45 - How did Jordan first start programming?
• 23:40 - Is learning to program an iteration of hitting brick walls?
• 30:50 - How can people start learning to program?
• 36:40 - Do we have any advice for parents who want their kids to code?
• 40:55 - Why are personal projects important?
• 48:00 - Are there any programming mantras that we like?
• 57:45 - What is the 80/20 rule?
• 65:20 - Can you work with software and not be a programmer?
• 72:50 - What is one piece of advice to give new developers?
• 74:00 - Wrap up!

Music

• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 'The Temple Revisited'

Recommended Links

• http://www.codecademy.com/
• http://code.org/learn
• https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/cs

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!

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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

• Gauntlet 'GAUNTLET!!'