NerdQuake Podcast, Episode 011 -- Monday, June 11th, 2012

June 12, 2012 Posted by Clive in Podcast

NerdQuake Podcast, Episode 011 -- Monday, June 11th, 2012

"Agoraphobia? More like a-BORE-aphobia..."

Mike Bell,
Cris Edings,
Clive Adams

Segment 0 - Intoxi-Quake
Mountain Dew-Me

2 oz Midori
1 oz Triple Sec
2 oz Pineapple Juice
Splash Mountain Dew Soda

Cris encourages more than a splash, but mix to taste and serve!
**(please drink responsibly!)

Segment 1 - This week in Nerd History
- June 14th, 1947 -- A supposed UFO crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico.

Segment 2 - Gaming This Week (E3 week)
- Planetside 2 - humans get their hand on alien technology and war breaks out. Almost-MMO, monthly subscription.
- Halo 4... *shrugs* It won some awards at E3, but the n3rds are bored of Halo.
- Nintendo WiiU (only real hardware announcement at E3):

Wablet will turn on and control your TV
All existing Wii controls will work, also WiiU Pro controller, and of course the “Wii U Game Pad” Wiipad
“Two screens are better than one” Plays w/ golf ball on Wablet on ground. Swings with wiimote.
Wablet has a built-in camera to do video chat.
Miiverse – Mii Universe. Like an agora where Miis congregate around games they’re playing… you view this in real time, including games you don’t own
You can post messages via text or hand-written doodles, or miis w/ facial expressions
“Social window” through your Wablet
Available on your mobile device
Want to create empathy
Assassin’s Creed III at launch
“ZombiU” – LOL.

- SimCity (reboot) has a new trailer and the in-game engine (Glass Box) is looking pretty good so far. Graphics aren't final.
- SimCity Social - SimCity for your grandma on Facebook.
- Tomb Raider... anyone?
- Watch Dogs from Ubisoft - It’s like a hacker-inspired GTA...

Segment 3 - Tech News
- AppleTV set-top box: open to 3rd party developers?
- (BTW, Clive is not crazy. "Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers")

Segment 4 - TV Shows / Movies
- Prometheus - the prequel to the prequel of Alien
- The N3rds talk about Sequel / Prequel / Reboot mania...

Segment 5 - QQ-Quake
- ASUS is so sexist...

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