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On this week’s “show” the Humans(Joe and Jason) try their best to keep the show a float while a sick Caleb is away. Spoiler: it’s a disaster.
Listen live Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or live online at http://www.kscu.org/
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Show Notes for 02/13/2014
# New Releases
In Theaters:
1. About Last Night
New love for two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
2. Endless Love
The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
3. Winter’s Tale
Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, Winter’s Tale is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.
4. Adult World
Amy is a naive, awkward aspiring poet in a post-grad existence that is going nowhere. Living with her parents in a bland upstate New York town, certain of her yet-to-be-acknowledged literary greatness and desperate for income, she begrudgingly accepts a job at Adult World, the local sex shop.
5. RoboCop
The year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it.
Video Games:
1. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 (360, PS3)
A direct sequel to the unhelpfully titled Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning Returns is another action-RPG, this time with a heavily retooled gameplay system and a story that picks up a mere 500 years later, concluding the FFXIII saga.
2. One Piece: Romance Dawn (3DS)
Eager fans will have the opportunity to live all of ONE PIECE epic battles against the most famous bosses such as Buggy, Arlong, Crocodile, Rob Lucci and much more.
3. Toukiden: The Age of Demons (Vita)
Developed by the same studio that created the famed Dynasty Warriors series, this all-new franchise casts players in the role of a demon-fighting Slayer. Starting from the Utakata Village headquarters where they will accept quests, players will venture out to battle monstrous and deadly Oni (demons) before they destroy all of humanity.
4. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Vita)
Fifteen super-elite students have been locked in the school and they are forced to live in this isolated community. There is a special rule for the students: only murderers can graduate from the school, and this rule turns the prosperous school into the despairing place. The protagonist, however, does not follow this rule. He investigates murders instead of murdering somebody and tries to figure out a way to escape from the school.
5. Far Cry Classic (360, PS3)
The ultimate console version of the very first Far Cry game, bringing you back to the roots of this franchise. It’s another beautiful day in tropical paradise…or is it? Take the role of charter boat captain, Jack Carver, who finds himself hunted by an unrelenting team of highly trained mercenaries in this nature-gone-wrong FPS adventure
Music:
1. Animal Heart – Nina Persson
The former A Camp and Cardigans singer releases her first solo release under her real name.
2. True Love Kills the Fairy Tale – The Casket Girls
The second release for the trio of Ryan Graveface of Black Moth Super Rainbow and sisters Elsa and Phaedra Greene features the drummer TW Walsh.
3. Hotel Valentine – Cibo Matto
The first album in 15 years from the avant-garde pop duo of Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori is a concept album about a hotel haunted by a female ghost.
4. +++ (Crosses) – +++ (Crosses)
This is the full-length debut for the side project formed by Deftones’ Chino Moreno Far’s Shaun Lopez. and Chuck Doom.
5. Benji – Sun Kil Moon
The sixth full-length release for Mark Kozelek as Sun Kil Moon includes contributions from Owen Ashworth, Will Oldham, Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley, and Jen Wood.
DVD/Blu-Ray:
No Caleb = no blu-ray/dvds announced on this week’s show.
Comics:
No Caleb = no comics announced on this week’s show.
DC:
Marvel:
Not the Big 2:
Web:
No web this week.
News:
1. Cards against Humanity and House of Cards team up http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/10/5398536/cards-against-humanity-house-of-cards-expansion
2. Plant Your Next Garden With A Boom, Using Repurposed Shotgun Shells http://feedly.com/e/CWfNnWe2
3. New Polymer Could End Battery Fires, Quadruple Efficiency http://feedly.com/e/UjNUP8Ws
4. Taco Bell will start taking orders via smartphone later this year http://feedly.com/e/pd3BwKJl
5. Jetpack Steam Machine Affixes to the Back of Your TV http://feedly.com/e/a0oLQJ5k
6. Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Give a Dramatic Reading of R. Kelly Lyrics http://feedly.com/e/rZ3fDp-l
7. Penguin and Alfred are cast for new Gotham TV series http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/11/gotham-casts-its-alfred-and-the-penguin
8. Next Call of Duty being designed primarily for Next-Gen systems http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/10/5398214/new-call-of-duty-being-developed-primarily-for-ps4-xbox-one
9. Scientists use video games to help heal brains http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/7/5390762/scientists-harness-the-power-of-games-to-heal-the-brain
10. Tarzan gets its director http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/11/david-yates-tarzan-set-for-summer-2016-release-in-3d
Robot Story:
No Robot story this week.
Geek Talk:
No talk this week.
– Caleb
– Jason:
– Joe
Caleb’s Corner:
No Corner this week.
or
Jason’s Fixation:
No Fixation this week.
Joe’s List:
No List this week.
or
The Core:
We discuss (more like ramble) about some things we love(sort of)
Caleb
Not present.
Jason
From the creators of Final Fantasy Tactics, which is a game Jason LOVES. https://www.kickstarter.com/
Joe
Rocket Raccoon unfinished Guardians of the Galaxy animation http://www.uproxx.com/