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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, Caleb and Jason) discuss: Google airstrike maps, Identifying “dark matter”, male mice wooing lady mice with songs, and a robot swordsman. Plus, Caleb went to Maui and Jason watched Daredevil.

Listen live  Mondays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or live online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases

In Theaters:

• Child 44 : Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders—a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
• Monkey Kingdom : Maya’s world is forever changed when she welcomes her son, Kip, into her complicated extended family. Like all families, Maya’s has more than its share of colorful personalities—and she’s determined to give her son a leg up on the social ladder. When their longtime home at Castle Rock is taken over by powerful neighboring monkeys, Maya’s whole family is forced to relocate, and she uses her street smarts and ingenuity to lead them to untapped resources amidst strange new creatures and unsettling surroundings.
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 : Security guard Paul Blart heads to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter Maya (Raini Rodriguez) before she departs for college. While at the convention, he inadvertently discovers a heist – and it’s up to Blart to apprehend the criminals.
• Unfriended : While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it’s a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends’ darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.

Music:

• Same As You – Polar Bear : The sixth full-length release for the British experimental jazz band led by Seb Rochford was produced by Ken Barrientos.
• Desolation Sounds – Gallows : The fourth full-length release for the British hardcore band is its first without Steph Carter, who left in 2013 for his own band, Ghost Riders In The Sky.
• Glitterbug – The Wombats : The third full-length studio release for the British indie rock band was inspired by trips to Los Angeles.
• Darling Arithmetic – Villagers : The third full-length release for the Conor O’Brien solo project was self-recorded and produced at home.

Video Games:

• GRAND THEFT AUTO: THE TRILOGY RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 17, 2005XBOX DECEMBER 4, 2006PS2 JUNE 30, 2009PC NOVEMBER 12, 2010MAC APRIL 14, 2015PS3 Ps3 finally gets this collection of the first 3 3d Grand Thefts.
• MORTAL KOMBAT X RELEASE DATE: APRIL 7, 2015IPHONE APRIL 14, 2015PS3, PC, XBOX ONE, PS4, XBOX 360 Vs. Fightin gorefest is back. Time to start learning those fatalities.
• TITAN SOULS RELEASE DATE: MARCH 31, 2015MAC, LINUX APRIL 14, 2015PS4, PC, VITA Original Legend of Zelda style but with nothing but boss fights fought barefoot with a single arrow for your bow.
• AVERNUM 2: CRYSTAL SOULS RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 18, 2000MAC MARCH 23, 2001PC APRIL 15, 2015IPAD Continuing storyline in isometric 16bit style. Art by classic fantasy artist Phil Foglio

DVD/Blu-ray:

Comics:

DC

• Convergance #2 – Despite the success of “The New 52” the vast history of DC is being brought into the current era.

Marvel

• Thor #7 – Now begins the great battle for the hammer of Thor! And is that the Destroyer! Sparks will fly!

Dark Horse

• Archie vs. The Predator #1 – while vacationing in Coasta Rica Archie and the gang come up against the world the galaxy’s greatest trophy Hunter!

Image

• RunLoveKill #1 – Rain Oshiro is a wanted woman. Her past as an assassin has now made her target number one, now in the final fight for her freedom she must escape a locked down city and the army that wants her for themselves or dead.

Valiant

• Bloodshot Reborn #1 – A series of mistakes and failures has shaken the confidence of the Eternal Warrior, and he has placed himself into exile. But the world and the darkness that can cover it does not stop, and his skills will be called up on again!

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News

Joey:

• Steven Spielberg to direct Ready Player One film adaptation
• Rocky Horror Picture Show Getting TV Movie Remake
• Man Volunteers For World’s First Head Transplant
• Male Mice Sing Fancy Tunes to Woo the Ladies
• This Day in History

Caleb:

• A major victory in the suite against podcast patents
• Hubble and Chandra helping to identify “dark matter”
• Improving Children’s Surgery with Tablets and Teddy Bears
• From Science Fiction to Reality – Early Experiments in home made Iron Man Suit

Jason:

• Who will play Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse?
• Destiny: House of Wolves details slowly emerge
• Google airstrike maps.
• Robots Swordsman 0.1

Geek Talk

Joe:

Jason: DareDevil

Caleb: Easter in Maui

The Core

No topic this week.