Robots Attack 104

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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, Caleb, & Jason) discuss carbon batteries, Channing Tatum as Gambit, FDA+robotic arm+DARPA=cool, and a new Cancer killer? Plus streaming Earth in HD and HUGE Xbox One news

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Show Notes for 05/15/2014

# New Releases

In Theaters:

1. Cold Bloom
A young woman, Shiori, deals with the accidental death of her beloved husband at a local industrial town, recovering from the March 11 tsunami disaster. Shiori is hesitant to admit her attraction for Takumi, who played a hand in her husband’s death. This is a story of a young woman, who forgives a man whom she once hated, and overcomes the past.
2. Godzilla
The world’s most revered monster is reborn in a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.
3. Million Dollar Arm
In a last ditch effort to save his career as a sports agent, JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm) concocts a scheme to find baseball’s next great pitching ace. Hoping to find a young cricket pitcher he can turn into a major league baseball star, JB travels to India to produce a reality show competition called “Million Dollar Arm.”

Video Games:

1. Super Time Force (X1/360)
Super Time Force is a frantic, hyper-action videogame filled with total mayhem, total madness and total non-stop shooty-shooty-bam-bam destruction. And yet, it also has super sweet, soothing, perhaps even sublime, moments of sloooow motion. Every level in Super Time Force contains 3 mysterious inter-dimensional objects called Shards, which can be used to control the flow of time, slowing it down like velvety smooth molasses, allowing players to unleash a truly heroic level of dodging, weaving, sniping and precision acrobatics.
2. The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 3 – In Harm’s Way (PC, 360, PS3, ipad/iphone)
3. Minecraft PS3 Edition
4. Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails (Wii U)
Take control of a rail-riding, laser-shooting young hero on a perilous quest to find his kidnapped pet cat! With a unique control system that allows for 360 degree platforming action and exciting 2D shooting.
5. TitanFall Expedition DLC (X1, PC)
Expedition’s story takes place after the multiplayer campaign and consists of three maps: Swampland, Runoff and War Games. Swampland melds a swamp forest with archaic alien technology structures offering Pilots with an optimal environment for wall running. Runoff is a smaller map set inside a multi-level industrial facility. War Games is based in the game’s training simulator with transparent wall running paths.

Music:

1. Turn Blue – The Black Keys
The eighth full-length release for the blues rock duo of an Auerbach and Patrick Carney was produced by Danger Mouse.
2. Xscape – Michael Jackson
eight-track album from the pop singer features unreleased songs completed between 1983 and 1999 with new production from executive producer L.A. Reid, as well as Jerome “J-Roc” Harmon, Rodney Jerkins, John McClain, StarGate, and Timbaland
3. To Be Kind – Swans
The third release since the Michael Gira-led band reformed in 2010 was recorded by John Congleton and has a run time of over two hours.
4. Unrepentant Geraldines – Tori Amos
The 14th studio release for the singer-songwriter is said to be a return to her piano-centric alternative pop/rock sound.
5. Cool Planet – Guided by Voices
The latest release from Robert Pollard’s prolific indie rock band sees the return of drummer Kevin March.
6. Blue Smoke – Dolly Parton
The 42nd studio release for the country singer features duets with Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson.

DVD/Blu-Ray:

* Her – Blu/DVD – A man who makes a living writing very personal letters for others, finds himself at the end of a long relationship. Distraught and emotionally broken he tries a new computer OS which has a personality which is tailored to each user. As the computer learns more the relationship with the man deepens, to the point that they fall in love.
* I, Frankenstein – Blu/DVD – After being abandoned by his creator Frankenstein’s monster wanders the earth, and into the present day. Now he finds himself in the middle of a war between heaven and hell as the key to the salvation of the human race.
* Generation Iron – DVD – A documentary looking into the world of professional bodybuilding. It follows seven men in their pursuit of being Mr. Olympia.
* Stalingrad – Blu/DVD – The battle that turned the tide for Russia in WWII, this story focuses on group of Russian soldiers holding one building, and the relationships with the people in that building that grow in ways that only calamity can push them.

Comics:

### DC:

* Justice League United #1 – A team of unlikely heroes, Stargirl, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Animal Man and Adam Strange face down the Unimaginable, a force that doesn’t seem to stop.

### Marvel:

* Nightcrawler #2 – Nightcrawler and Wolverine are on the hunt, for whom ever is trying to remove those near and dear to Nightcrawler off this plane of existence.

### Dark Horse:

* Abe Sapien #12 – Abe is entangled in the relationship of a rural couple; a relationship that has gone horribly wrong.

### Archie:

* Afterlife with Archie #5 – The remains of the gang are now pressed into a one of the hardest decision of their lives, do they leave the only home they’ve ever known? Sure the zombies and the fire are a problem … but what waits for them outside the town line.

### Image:

* Starlight #3 – The fight for Tantalus is about to begin Duke and his young companion are facing down an enemy even stronger than when Duke was at his prime, forty years ago.

News:

1. Harrison Ford has been offered a role in the ‘Blade Runner’ sequel http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/15/5721214/harrison-ford-offered-a-role-in-ridley-scott-blade-runner-sequel

2. Early American remains from 12,000 years ago –http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/girls-12000-year-old-skeleton-may-solve-a-mystery/2014/05/15/e45a6330-da90-11e3-8009-71de85b9c527_story.html

3. Dual Carbon batteries: Is this finally the breakthrough we’ve been promised for so long? –http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/182500-dual-carbon-batteries-is-this-finally-the-breakthrough-weve-been-promised-for-so-long

4. Roberto Orci to direct Star Trek 3 http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/14/roberto-orci-to-direct-star-trek-3

5. Channing Tatum as Gambit! http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/13/channing-tatum-confirmed-as-gambit

6. Kim Jong Un to Star in a Video Game http://feeds.ign.com/~r/ign/pc-videos/~3/7iyyhRRuWfg/kim-jong-un-to-star-in-a-video-game

7. Cancer, killed with … the measles? –http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/15/womans-cancer-killed-by-measles-virus-in-unprecedented-trial/

Robot Story:

FDA approves robotic arm designed by DARPA – http://news.yahoo.com/u-fda-approves-star-wars-robotic-arm-amputees-005942033.html

Geek Talk:

A Simulation of the Universe! – http://www.illustris-project.org/