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Robots Attack 055

February 28, 2013Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Robots Attack 054

February 20, 2013Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Robots Attack 053

February 9, 2013Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Robots Attack 052

February 7, 2013Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Robots Attack 051

January 31, 2013Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 51! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases 1/24/13:

Movies:

www.fandango.com

DVD/Blu-ray:

Video Games:

1/24/2013 http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek.html

Comics:

Marvel:

Young Avengers #1 – A relaunch that includes Kid Loki
Uncanny X-Force #1 – Spiral shows up and Puck gets a shot at the big leagues, in this female mutant centric title

DC:

Hellblazer #299 – This is part two of an arc, but since it just happened you should be able to find #298, plus it’s now this close to #300 which is always cool
Fables #125 – Snow White and The Big Bad Wolf are the central couple of this story arc

Indie:

Borderlands: Origins #1 3rd reprint! Like the game get some more back story!
TMNT: Secret of the Foot Clan #2 (of 4) Go inside the history of the turtles greatest enemy and the secret behind The Shredder
Judge Dredd #3 – new title for IDW, strange to see him outside of 2000 A.D.

Web:

Zap! – A sci-fi saga that has expanded far beyond it’s humble beginnings http://www.zapcomic.com/

News:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Police-arrest-intoxicated-zombie-shouter-4213405.php
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Flower-eating-goat-cleared-of-vandalism-4216327.php
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/17/16570676-one-to-beam-up-nasa-uses-a-laser-to-send-mona-lisa-to-the-moon?lite
http://mashable.com/2013/01/15/robots-cook-in-restaurant/
http://stabyourself.net/notpacman/
http://boingboing.net/2013/01/15/a-more-resilient-species.html
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/01/old-republic-to-segregate-same-gender-relationships-to-a-single-planet/

Caleb’s Corner:

High Fructose Corn Syrup jury is still out but, seriously, maybe we need to scale back it’s use a bit. http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/ap/brain-image-study-fructose-may-spur-overeating

Joe’s Entertainment News:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/24/jj-abrams-to-direct-star-wars-episode-vii
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/24/ron-howard-to-direct-graveyard-book-movie
http://www.shacknews.com/article/77526/thq-studios-and-games-sold-to-sega-koch-media-crytek
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/23/3906998/the-legend-of-zelda-wind-waker-hd-remake-coming-to-wii-u-by-this-fall

The Core:

Discussion Topic:

Jay, Joe, and special guest Jen discuss the future of gaming in regards to mobile devices.

Robots Attack 050

January 19, 2013Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 50! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases 1/17/13:

Movies:

www.fandango.com

DVD/Blu-ray:

Video Games:

1/17/2013 http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek.html

Comics:

Marvel:

Dark Tower: Gunslinger – Little Sisters of Eluria – This trade paperback collects this tale of The Gunslinger, almost always a solid choice
DareDevil #22 – Because Mark Waid is “The Man” and is turning out awesome stories! In this issue DD teams up with the new Suprior Spiderman as they fight Doc Oct and … Stilts Man? Really? Stilts. man. I’m sure Mr. Waid can pull this out

DC:

Team 7 #4 – Team 7 takes on Eclipso and Slade, plus mysteries of Deathstroke’s past revealed! Also unintentional double pick for Slade this week
Deathstroke #16 – Looks like Slade’s about to have a show down with his son

Indie:

The Crow: Skinning the Wolves #2 – Apparently the Crow isn’t just hard to kill in the story. This time the soul is returned to apparently wreak revenge on some Nazis. Not a bad way to go, it’s always worked for Indiana Jones.
Saga #9 – It’s the latest issue of Saga … how is it not in your pull list already?

Web:

The Trenches – This comic is the combined efforts of the guys from Penny Arcade and Scott Kurtz of PVPonline. It’s also brilliant … which I guess isn’t really a surprise. The story follows a group of game testers and the weird wild world that major game testing is.

Tunes for 1/17/2012

News:

http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/News/ReadMore/Default.aspx?id=476243
http://www.tested.com/art/lego/452932-ces-2013-hands-lego-mindstorm-ev3/
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/14/3875706/study-wii-fit-used-to-treat-development-coordination-disorder
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/metamaterials-perform-image-compression-before-light-reaches-the-sensor/
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/16/3882840/mo-house-bill-violent-video-game-tax
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/16/3885232/bill-video-game-rating-labels-restricting-adult-rated-games
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/01/17/cassini-spacecraft-reveals-unprecedented-saturn-storm/

Caleb’s Corner:

No Corner this week.

Joe’s Entertainment News:

http://www.shacknews.com/article/77397/mechwarrior-online-double-xp-weekend-incoming
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/14/3876528/dmc-devil-may-cry-resident-evil-6-deal-best-buy

The Core:

Discussion Topic:

Joe and Caleb discuss some Top 5’s of 2012, and our top 10 things to look forward to in 2013 with special guest, Jen.

Robots Attack 049

January 15, 2013Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 49! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases 1/10/13:

Movies:

www.fandango.com

DVD/Blu-ray:

Video Games:

1/10/2013 http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek.html

Comics:

Marvel:

DC:

Indie:

Web:

Tunes for 1/10/2012

News:

http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/8/3852662/target-price-match-policy-amazon-best-buy
http://www.mercurynews.com/weird-news/ci_22325105/oregon-beer-lover-makes-brew-dogs-dawg-grog
http://www.panoramaknife.ch/index.php?id=34&L=0
http://www.techi.com/2012/12/darpas-ls3-robot-advances-maneuverability-still-extremely-creep/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Game-Boy-Android-Gamepad/
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/10/amazon-launches-autorip-service-giving-customers-free-mp3s-for-cds-purchased-on-amazon-as-far-back-as-1998/

Caleb’s Corner:

http://leyanda.de/stuff/useless_adv.php
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ef0b/

Joe’s Entertainment News:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/10/ces-tomb-raider-xbox-360-controller-revealed
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/11/george-rr-martin-previews-new-chapter-for-winds-of-winter
http://oscar.go.com/nominees
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/8/3850730/qualcomm-releasing-home-bandwidth-manager-this-spring-to-prevent
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/09/ces-pebble-smartwatch-shipping-soon

The Core:

Discussion Topic:

Joe, Caleb, and Super Jason discuss some Top 5’s of 2012.

Robots Attack 048

December 15, 2012Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 48! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases 12/13/12:

Movies:

www.fandango.com

DVD/Blu-ray:

Bourne Legacy (blu/dvd) – In the wake of the actions of Jason Bourne, the Intelligence agencies are trying to keep their secrets dark. Aaron Cross is the focus of their actions in this follow up to the popular Bourne series.
Ted (blu/dvd) – Raunchy comedy featuring a teddy bear as the main character.
Ice Age: Continental Drift (blu/dvd) – Another installment of the very popular movie series. This time our heroes are stuck on an iceberg and a crew of pirates is blocking their way home.
Collision Earth (blu/dvd) – A massive comet strikes the sun and sets Mercury on a course for earth! A SyFy original from the director of Ice Quake, Polar Storm, and Stonehenge Apocalypse
Bikini Bloodbath Shakespeare (dvd) – The title I believe is sufficient explanation why you would or would not want to pickup this dvd

Video Games:

12/13/2012 http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek.html

Comics:

Marvel:

Avengers Arena #1: Murder World – Another title in the new Marvel Now! universe is unveiled, and it give us an interesting spin on the Battle Royale idea. Even the cover seems to be an homage to the movie
Wolverine #317 – To save the Dream Maiden Wolverine must face his nightmares, which considering his long and rather violent life should be abundant

DC:

Deamon Knights #15 – Big things are happening, and a connection to Stormwatch?! Mystery awaits!
Ravagers #7 – While it doesn’t seem to be burning up the charts, Ravagers has reached issue 7 so that’s something. Might be worth checking out.

Indie:

Courtney Crumrin #8 – Looks like an interesting modern magic story, and the art looks like an interesting style
The Hollows #1 of 4 – A near future in which segments of the population live above it all but the rabble below are becoming more restless. Sam Keith is the artist and co-creator of this series.
Borderlands #2 of 4 – Go back in history and find out how and what got Lilith on to the bus that started her epic adventure.

Web:

Plume – by Kari Smith – I found this one from Nate Pikos’ Blambot Font newsletter. It has a very interesting visual style and I’m looking forward to how the story plays out. One small thing I really like is that when the character has dialog they are drawn with an open mouth. Far too many comic artists skip this slight but important detail.
http://plumecomic.com/archive/the-boring-life-of-vesper-grey/

Tunes for 12/13/2012

You’re Gonna Have to Do by I Come To Shanghai
You’re Okay by Mr. Kind
I Can See by Moon Duo
She Didn’t Lose Her Baby by NOFX

News:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2200947/Man-dead-street-Heathrow-flight-path-illegal-immigrant-stowaway.html
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/13/star-wars-imperial-probe-droid-becomes-a-reality
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/12/10/arduino-esplora-announced/
http://dsc.discovery.com/show-news/giant-squid-captured-on-video-for-first-time.html
http://gizmodo.com/5968115/this-adorable-new-species-of-primate-actually-has-a-toxic-bite
http://gizmodo.com/5967882/drop-this-underwater-turbine-in-any-river-for-free-continuous-power
http://www.mercurynews.com/weird-news/ci_22177671/stylish-monkey-loose-at-ikea-owner-says-she

Caleb’s Corner:

http://www.good.is/posts/cheaper-than-solar-gravity-powered-lights-for-the-developing-world
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/282006

Joe’s Entertainment News:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/13/willow-comes-home-to-blu-ray
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/12/no-kill-bill-3-for-tarantino
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/13/borderlands-2-patch-addresses-badass-rank-glitch
http://www.shacknews.com/article/77026/next-mass-effect-game-aiming-for-2014-15-release
http://www.polygon.com/2012/12/12/3760552/borderlands-2-ringtones
http://www.polygon.com/2012/12/12/3757818/the-smiths-get-an-8-bit-makeover
http://www.polygon.com/2012/12/12/3758298/square-enix-holiday-sale-50-percent-off-almost-all-games

The Core:

Discussion Topic:

We suggest Holiday Geek Gift Ideas for that special Geek in your life.

Super Jason’s Ideas:

Collin’s Ideas:

Caleb’s Ideas:

Joe’s Ideas:

Robots Attack 047

December 13, 2012Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 47! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases 12/6/12:

Movies:

www.fandango.com

DVD/Blu-ray:

Tenchi Muyo OVA (blu) – This is near and dear to me since it is one of the first anime series I ever watched. It’s the classic setup. A high school kid suddenly finds out he’s the focus of attention from an ancient alien pirate, an alien princess, a super scientist, a space cop, oh and he is in the middle of an intergalactic power struggle. Yah know a basic day at the office … in anime land. Adventure and hi jinx ensue.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: Remastered Edition (blu/dvd) – This 1964 um … classic, has been lovingly restored. You too can now witness the absurdity that has made this a MST3K staple.
Mystery Science Theatre 3000: XXV (dvd) – Another installment Forward Unto Dawn (blu/dvd)
The collected mini series that lead up to Halo 4 is now collected. from the depths of this cult classic TV show.
Finding Nemo – (blu) – The final Pixar film to come to blu-ray is now finally here. All the things you liked about the DVD release are here with a new round table discussion by the creative team.
Batman Blu Ray Trilogy (blu) – The Nolan trilogy in glorious HD, what’s not to like?

Video Games:

12/6/2012 http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek.html

Comics:

Marvel:

Now! Thor: God of Thunder #2 – Thor’s entire existence is threatened when he becomes the focus of the God Butcher, in a mystery that spans Thor’s past, present and future.
Ultimate Comics: Iron Man #2 (of 4) – The Mandarin’s twisted plot continues to unfold, and a secrect has turned War Machine from friend to foe

DC:

Action Comics #15 – Superman is on trail! His jury, the Anti Superman Army. With Grant Morrison at the writing helm ya know it’s gonna be good. Plus it only issue 15, pick up the trade and then it’s just a few back issues to be current!
Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Omnibus #4 (TP) – This 4th collected volume of Kirby’s work is wroth looking at, if for no other reason than he has be foundational for most of what we understand to be comics today. The Fourth World stories are also important because it was in these stories that Kirby’s imagination was given much more free reign, which was at times confusing but always interesting.

Indie:

Cyber Force #2 – There’s a conspiracy a foot and the corporation CDI is at the heart of it. Can the Cyber Force push the mega corp into revealing their hand? And remember these first five issues are FREE!
Storm Dogs #2 – a forensic autopsy reveals further mysteries and interacting the native aliens is proving challenging. This deep space mystery deepens.
Shadowman #2 – One of the stronger titles of the Valiant universe returns (somehow i missed seeing issue 1) and New Orleans is under demonic siege. Can the new Shadow man live through this nightmare night?

Web:

Saint for Rent, is about a guy who owns an in for time travelers. It’s very new and rather interesting. I like that many of the pages have an animated segment of them. http://saint-for-rent.smackjeeves.com/

Tunes for 12/6/2012

I Don’t Want to Think About Her Anymore by Sam Page, find his music at SamPageMusic.com
Cut it Out by Kitten
You’re OK by Mr. Kind
Sleepwalker by Moon Duo
Flood’s New Light by Thee Oh Sees
I Hate Talking About Feelings by The Crazies Will Destroy You

News:

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/home-depot-coffee-mug-recalled-fire-hazard-1C7423682
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/edible-deodorant_n_2088789.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird+News
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/05/15700788-judges-unusual-order-to-man-with-nine-kids-stop-procreating?lite
http://www.mercurynews.com/weird-news/ci_22134861/110-canadians-get-pizza-scented-perfume

Caleb’s Corner:

No Corner this week.

Joe’s Entertainment News:

http://www.shacknews.com/article/76938/assassins-creed-3-dlc-killing-some-saved-games
http://www.shacknews.com/article/76931/journey-score-gets-grammy-nomination
http://www.shacknews.com/article/76913/hawken-launch-delayed-to-early-2013-open-beta-hits-december
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/06/how-will-fox-reunite-its-x-men-stars
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/07/andy-serkis-talks-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/06/star-wars-king-kong-rides-inspired-the-hobbits-48-fps

The Core:

Discussion Topic:

We play some “Hidden Treasure” music, or at least what we think of as hidden treasures.

Super Jason’s Playlist:

How We Operate by Gomez

Catch Me Up by Gomez

Nothing Stays the Same by Elastica

Prizefighter by Eels

St. Louise is Listening by Soul Coughing

Processed Beats by Kasabian

Caleb’s Playlist:

The Idiot Box by The Aqua Bats

Livin’ In The Fridge by Weird Al Yankovic

Robots Attack 046

December 1, 2012Robots Attack, ShowsJoe

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Episode 46! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases 11/29/12:

Movies:

www.fandango.com

DVD/Blu-ray:

The Day (blu/dvd) – A film about 24 hours in the life of five survivors of a war on all humanity.
Stargate: Atlantis s1-5 (blu) – The series comes to Blu-Ray
ParaNorman (blu/dvd) – Norman is like any other kid … that can speak with the “other world”. I regret not seeing this one in theaters
MIB 3 (blu/dvd) – Agents J & K are on the case again. This time they’re saving time and the earth from aliens. While not ground breaking it’s rather entertaining
Lawless (blu/dvd) – Three brothers keep their moonshine business going during the age of Prohabition

Video Games:

11/29/2012 http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek.html

Comics:

Marvel:

Now! Thor: God of Thunder #2 – Thor’s entire existance is threatened when he becomes the focus of the God Butcher, in a mystery that spans Thor’s past, presnt and future.
Ultimate Comics: Iron Man #2 (of 4) – The Mandarin’s twisted plot continues to unfold, and a secrect has turned War Machine from friend to foe

DC:

Batman Beyond Unlimited #10 – The Justice League faces down Kobra (that’s with a K so no la la la), and Superman moves into civilian life
All Star Western #14 – Jonah Hex is hired by Dr. Jekyll to retreive the Black Diamond, which he used to make his infamous potion. The diamond is currently being used to make a knockoff potion that is affecting the populous of Gotham.

Indie:

Godzilla #7 – One man’s revenge goes a rye when government secret weapon gets involved. Oh, and a giant lizard.
Witch Doctor Malpractice #1 – Roger Kirkman blends humor and horror in this tale of Dr. Morrow, expert in supernatural disease, who one day wakes up with no memories.
MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet #2 – Our ever resourceful mulletted hero is trapped in Cairo with hitmen and Chinese Intelligence Agents on his tail.

Web:

An amazingly digitally painted comic with a fantastic story http://www.wormworldsaga.com/

Tunes for 11/29/2012

Music played during the show:
Closer by Tegan and Sara
Japanese Eyes by Kitten
You’re Gonna Have to Do by I Come to Shanghai
Nuclear Family by Green Day
You’re Ok by Mr. Kind
Loose Thoughts Let’s Rot by Loud Talkers

News:

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/29/kuratas-mecha-does-not-have-chicken-legs/
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/nypd-boots-homeless-man-photo-145219581.html
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/16/artist-3d-prints-skeletal-self-portrait/
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/bacon-flavored-shaving-cream-hits-market-213053081.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/weird-news/ci_22068109/man-cockroach-eating-contest-choked-death-autopsy-says
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/27/minecraft-augmented-reality-app/

Caleb’s Corner:

http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/23/3675226/iron-ribbon-the-marathon-to-bring-equality-to-all-gamers
http://www.ironribbon.org.au/

Joe’s Entertainment News:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/30/bryan-singer-confirmed-to-dircet-x-men-days-of-future-past
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/31/daniel-craig-no-two-part-bond-24-and-25
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/29/comparing-nintendo-sony-and-microsoft-black-friday-sales
http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/28/3701394/zynga-toys-for-tots-oh-what-fun-charity-drive
http://www.shacknews.com/article/76828/xbox-live-gold-free-weekend-starts-today
http://www.shacknews.com/article/76783/wii-u-sells-400k-in-launch-week-essentially-sold-out
http://www.shacknews.com/article/76806/bungie-releases-image-of-next-universe

The Core:

Discussion Topic:

We play some “Hidden Treasure” music, or at least what we think of as hidden treasure.

Caleb’s Playlist:

Rudy Can’t Fail The Clash London Calling Grosse Pointe Blanke

Good Old Clyde MC Frontalot none – demo song frontalot.com

Cicles Soul Coughing El Oso

Drones in the Valley Cage the Elephant Cage the Elephant

Dare You to Move Switchfoot Beautiful Letdown

Joe’s Playlist:

Soul Rescuer by Yasushi Ishii Hellsing: Ruins

(New Wave) Polly by Nirvana Incesticide

Bold As Love by The Pretenders

Stripped by Shiny Toy Guns Goth Electro Tribute to Depeche Mode

Diggin by The Seatbelts Cowboy Bebop O.S.T. Future Blues