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Episode 25!  Listen live on Thursdays  from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

Tunes for 6/14/2012

• Say Goodbye by Norah Jones from Little Broken Hearts
  Kiss Them For Me by School of Seven Bells
• Riffle Raff by The New Kinetics from Contact
  Good Morning by Norah Jones from Little Broken Hearts
  Happy Endings by Wazu from Wazu EP
• Travelin On by Norah Jones from Little Broken Hearts
  Take It by The Spinto Band from Shy Pursuits

News:

• http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/30/11943557-can-achy-joints-really-predict-the-weather?lite
• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/25/international/i061803D17.DTL
• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/30/national/a072614D23.DTL
• http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/bbc-mistakes-halo-logo-u-n-security-council-190012261.html
• http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/man-skydives-3400-feet-sans-p.html
• http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260688528/clang
• http://www.123dapp.com/catch

Robot Story:

• No Robot Story this week.

Joe’s List:

• No list this week.

Caleb’s Corner:

• http://markwaid.com/digital/marketing-through-piracy/
• http://nofilmschool.com/2012/06/tom-lowe-creator-timescapes-responds-to-piracy-of-his-film/

The Core:

Movies:

• New Releases

  • Rock of Ages PG-13

    Cast: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti
    Synopsis: Two young people chase their dreams in Los Angeles.

    That’s My Boy R

    Cast: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Vanilla Ice
    Synopsis: A young man’s world comes crashing down when his estranged father shows up just before his wedding.

    Your Sister’s Sister R

    Cast: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass, Mike Birbiglia
    Synopsis: A man falls into bed with his best friend’s sister, leading to an unexpected love triangle.

    The Girl from the Naked Eye R

    Cast: Samantha Streets, Ron Yuan, Dominique Swain, Sasha Grey
    Synopsis: Leaving a bloody trail in his path, Jake risks everything to uncover the truth and avenge the death of the woman he loved.

• DVD/Blu-ray

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Video Games:

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  • DiRT Showdown

    X360PS3

    • Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
    • Genre: Racing

    Dirt Showdown is an arcade spin-off of the Dirt series featuring over-the-top Hoonigan, Demolition, and Race events.

    

  • Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

    PC

    • Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
    • Genre: Other Strategy Games

    Rebellion is the first stand-alone expansion in the Sins of a Solar Empire series.

    

  • Krater

    PC

    • Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
    • Genre: Role-Playing

    Krater is an action role-playing game from Fatshark.

    

  • Lollipop Chainsaw

    X360PS3

    • Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
    • Genre: Action

    Lollipop Chainsaw is an all-new third person action game featuring a killer heroine with a chainsaw that fights to stop zombies from taking over.

    

  • Babel Rising

    X360

    • Release Date: Jun 13, 2012
    • Genre: Other Strategy Games

    Ubisoft’s Babel Rising is the next-generation version of the popular iPhone game of the same name.

    

  • Metal Gear Solid HD Collection

    VITA

    • Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
    • Genre: Compilations

    Metal Gear Solid HD Collection brings back a handful of the most popular Metal Gear Solid titles from the past in true HD format for the first time ever.

    

  • Pikmin 2

    WII

    • Release Date: Jun 10, 2012
    • Genre: Real-Time Strategy

    With Pikmin 2, Nintendo has addressed the bulk of the shortcomings of its predecessor by crafting a game that tops the original in nearly every way.

    

  • Gungnir

    PSP

    • Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
    • Genre: Other Strategy Games

    Gungnir is a new tactical RPG from the makers of the acclaimed Riviera, Yggdra Union, and Knights in the Nightmare.

    

  • Phantom Breaker

    X360

    • Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
    • Genre: Fighting Games

    Phantom Breaker is a high-velocity 2D fighting game.Read the Review

    

Comics:

• Marvel:

  • Ultimate Spider-Man – Still the central pillar of the Ultimate universe.
  • X-Factor 237 – Comes back to a cool story line that was started back in X-Factor 220-224 (also well recommended)

• DC:

  • Minutemen #1 & Silk Specter #1 – While the jury is still divided over the morality of using the Watchmen universe, it cannot be denied that Darwyn Cook is doing the Watchmen name justice. It will still remain to be seen how the other titles fare.
  • Batman and Robin #10 – The Batman titles are the sales cornerstone of the New 52, and they’re holding up quite nicely.

• Indie:

  • The Massive #1 – The captain of a ecological activist ship is searching a corrupted world for The Massive, the sister ship to his own. How does an eco activist deal with a world that is beyond activism.

• Web:

  • Chainsawsuit – http://chainsawsuit.com/ – A comic about the weirdness of the web by Kris Straub. Not quite for the kids, but is good stuff!

Stories:

• Continued E3 talk
• http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/microsoft-to-announce-something-major-on-june-18
• http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/15/the-10-conspicuously-absent-xbox-360-games-of-e3