Notes from Episode 10: Internet Histories

Reminiscing about early 2000s internet, getting phished for the first time, internet boyfriends, and video games. These are all topics we discuss in our 10th episode :)

Links to audio:

Libsyn

YouTube (Audio Only)

Stuff we spoke about:

Neopets

Habbo Hotel

Coca Cola Habbo
Falling Furni
Bobba

I guess it was a Mountain Dew pool on some versions of Habbo

The Talk To FRANK bus

Habbo Club

Puzzle Pirates (Also available through Steam)

Alice and her Giant Crab

Runescape
Lumbridge (one of the starter towns)
Bionicle game

Bebo is now a messaging app
Very typical MySpace hair (I didn't want to put the picture directly into the blog...)
SmarterChild
A.L.I.C.E.
Text to talk gorilla thing?

Left over Minecon capes
Long Live The Queen game
Splatoon

Yoshi's Woolly World
Bethesda learnt from Skyrim's bugs
Fallout 4 houses
Moira Brown
Known Vaults in Fallout (an interesting read)
Chris Avellone leaves Obsidian
Quiet cosplay challenge
Squishable boob doll
Sniper Wolf

Sexy Sniper Wolf

Bikini girl on cardboard box (video)
Sliding down the hill in the box (video)
COD:BO3 fridge

The big Splatoon heist

SO CUTE

Pixel Mario Amiibo
Mirror's Edge collector's edition

The Gwent website got taken down
Elder Scrolls Legends
Khajiit village

Notes for Episode 8: Mad Matt's Home Arcade

We are down to 3 people for episode 8, but we deliver all the chat you'd expect about what we've been playing and watching at the cinema; with some Mad Max and Avengers discussion. We also discover that Matt's racing game set-up is better than most arcades.

Links to audio:

YouTube (audio only)

Libsyn

Stuff we spoke about:

Project Cars
Logitech G25 steering wheel
Sony embarrassed by DriveClub Launch
CD Projekt Red responds to comments about graphics downgrades
Baldur's Gate
The Story of CD Projekt Red
Cities: Skylines (is the SimCity we all wanted)
gog
Smite

Splatoon
60fps games on WiiU
The Scarlett Pimpernel
Rayman Legends

Susan Strong

Uplay
Valiant Hearts
Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Jeremy Renner still thinks Black Widow is a slut (what a prick, right?)
There's actually a whole blog about the lack of Black Widow merch
Marvel's toy line just erased Black Widow from her own scene in 'Age of Ultron'
Mark Ruffalo tweeted about the lack of Black Widow merch, too
Since recording, Marvel/Disney noticed the lack of merch, and they're doing something about it!
Stan Lee cameos (video)
Mad Max: Fury Road
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Steven Seagal