Robots Attack 101

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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, Caleb, & Jason) discuss Weather controlling lasers, The Orci & Kurtzman break up, and a 30-Acre Oasis below the desert. Plus, Gamestops closing and a habitable planet?!

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Show Notes for 04/24/2014

# New Releases

In Theaters:

1. Brick Mansions (PG13)
In a dystopian Detroit, abandoned brick mansions left from better times now house only the most dangerous criminals. Unable to control the crime, the police constructed a colossal containment wall around this area to protect the rest of the city
2. The Other Woman (PG13)
After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend.
3. The Quiet Ones (PG13)
An unorthodox professor (Jared Harris) uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist.
4. Locke (R)
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. With one phone call, that life will collapse around him.

Video Games:

1. Octodad: Dadliest Catch (PS4)
2. Dark Souls II (PC)
3. Demon Gaze (Vita)
Oz awakens to find himself in Misred – a cursed land at the globe’s western frontier – with a dark shroud covering certain memories from his past. The land in front of him contains many labyrinths that hold treasure and danger in equal volumes. Without knowing where else to go or what else to do, Oz commits to take up arms in order to hunt down artifacts and eke out a living in this world that feels so new to him.
4. FRACT OSC (PC)
FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Music:

1. The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett – Eels
The latest release from the band led by Mark Oliver Everett was inspired by lost love.
2. Music from Republik der Wölfe – The Ministry of Wolves
The album inspired by the Grimm stories re-interpreted in Anne Sexton’s Transformations was created as a soundtrack for a theater production by the band led by Mick Harvey.
3. Pop Psychology – Neon Trees
The third full-length release for the Utah band was influenced by the therapy sessions of lead singer, Tyler Glenn.
4. Honest – Future
The second full-length studio release for the Atlanta rapper features guest appearances from Andre 3000, Casino, Drake, Pharrell, Pusha T, Kanye West, and Wiz Khalifa.

DVD/Blu-Ray:

* Barefoot – DVD – The black sheep of a wealthy family has found the key to getting his life on track. That key is a woman who has lived her whole life in isolation. Life gets interesting when he brings her home to meet the rest of the family.
* Eureka Seven: Part 1 & Part 2 – Blu/DVD – An impressively animated show about rebellion, freedom and the consequences of pursuing these goals and ones own heart. Features, surf/skate culture that clashes with a totalitarian regime … with giant robots, of course.
* Panic Button – DVD – A group of friends are forced to play a deadly game of “simon says” while trapped aboard a private airplane.
* The Suspect – Blu/DVD – A stranger enters a small town. The town is then rocked by their first armed robbery of a bank. The police think it is not a coincidence, but the truth is always more complex.

Comics:

## DC:

* Catwoman #30 – The green flag has dropped on “The Race of Outlaws”, the winner of which is the world’s greatest thief. Selina can’t let that slide by, so she dons the mask yet again.

## Marvel:

* Original Sin #0 – This summer Marvel is shaking things up. It begins here! Nova discovers something about the Watcher that will not just his future but the future of the universe!

## Dark Horse:

* Mass Effect Foundation #10 – Find out more about the exploits of Kasumi Goto before she joins up with Commander Shepard.

## IDW:

* The 7th Sword #1 – A future samurai helps a peaceful city defend itself against a warlord with an army of robots.

## Image:

* Sovereign #2 – The emperor is dead. Masked strangers arrive with a prophecy a coming apocalypse. Issue #1’s second printing also came out this week.

News:

1. Weather control, with frikin’ lasers –http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/04/19/Giant-lasers-could-control-the-weather/1691397928851 & http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/92691-controlling-the-weather-with-a-dressed-laser

2. Shaming Soap Alarm Won’t Turn Off Until You Wash Your Hands http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/BxeJxSFDn00/shaming-soap-alarm-wont-turn-off-until-you-wash-your-ha-1567046888

3. The UN and Minecraft team up to save the world http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/22/5641044/minecraft-block-by-block-united-nations-project

4. Abu Dhabi’s New Park Will Hide a 30-Acre Oasis Below the Desert http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/QNx9dCKwA9Q/abu-dhabis-new-park-will-hide-a-30-acre-oasis-below-par-1566726511

5. Music with the sounds of spaaaaaaaace –http://boingboing.net/2014/04/21/the-space-project-contemporar.html

6. New Flash Gordon? Uh ahhhh http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/23/new-flash-gordon-movie-being-developed

7. A Remote Control Brake That Stops a Kid’s Bike In Its Path http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/vfKqCfwspi4/a-remote-control-brake-that-stops-a-kids-bike-in-its-pa-1567042308

8. Orci and Kurtzman splitting up?! Say it ain’t so http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/22/roberto-orci-lobbying-to-direct-star-trek-3

Robot Story:

New helper robot for care givers –http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/24/obama-japanese-robots-a-little-scary/?hpt=hp_t3

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