QQ News - May 16th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to May 16th, 2014.

  • Martin Uses DOS To Kill Game of Thrones Characters (Escapist)
  • Roberto Orci Will Direct Star Trek III (IGN)
  • More Games Added To Steam In 2014 Than 2013 (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Microsoft: People More Satisfied With Xbox 360 Than PS3 (Escapist)
  • Microsoft Reveals Xbox One Without Kinect ($399 in June) (IGN)
  • Xbox Will Stop Charging You To Watch Netflix, Hulu (Kotaku)
  • Sony CEO Taking 50% Pay Cut, Other Execs to Follow Suit (Escapist)
  • Wizards of the Coast Files Copyright Lawsuit Against HEX (Escapist)
  • Philips Allegedly Suing Nintendo, Asks for Damages (IGN)
  • Diablo 3 celebrates turning 2 years old with a birthday buff (Joystiq)
  • Diablo III Comes To PS4 And Xbox One This August (Kotaku)
  • Amazing Spider-Man 2 Drops Big in Second Weekend (Escapist)

Quest 25 - What does a 1-Year Anniversary Cast sound like?

Special Guests: Dan Bach and Lynn DeVries!

Quest 25 is the 1-Year Anniversary of QQ Cast! To celebrate, we revisit every previous quests to see how we still feel about some of the topics. A special THANK YOU to dear-listener for sticking with us! (Yeah, that's you!)

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 03:35 - What is Jordan up to, or what is a crawfish boil?
  • 07:00 - What is Lynn up to, or is PMP'n easy?
  • 10:30 - What is Dan up to, or how awesome is House of Cards?
  • 14:50 - What is Tom up to, or how amazingly bad was Spiderman 2?
  • 20:40 - What are the ingredients for a good podcast?
  • 22:15 - Is Kickstarter a good thing?
  • 29:10 - What does a console need to win the next generation market?
  • 33:30 - Who won the week of E3?
  • 35:20 - What makes me play a game?
  • 38:45 - What makes a good season finale?
  • 41:45 - Which other podcasts do we listen to?
  • 44:40 - What's the difference between Final Fantasy and Star Wars?
  • 47:50 - What is a Retro Game?
  • 49:40 - What do Vegas, Arcades, and Microtransactions have in common?
  • 51:20 - What would make a good restaurant?
  • 52:30 - What comic book things can we talk about?
  • 56:05 - What do Disney Princesses and Star Wars have in common?
  • 62:15 - Is being a gamer different if you're female?
  • 63:45 - A Mic Check Reborn! (What is going on with SquareEnix?)
  • 66:40 - Why do we love MMORPGs?
  • 68:15 - What's going on for the holidays?
  • 70:05 - The Desolation of Holiday Sales?
  • 72:10 - Is there even a Quest in this Quest?
  • 73:20 - What was the most surprising and disappointing releases in 2013?
  • 77:20 - What are some obscure video game trivia questions?
  • 79:05 - What does St. Valentine and mobile gaming have in common?
  • 80:10 - Why does it have to be a confession to be a geek?
  • 84:15 - What is Video Game March Madness?
  • 86:30 - What do other geek cultures think of American geek culture?
  • 89:00 - Wrap up!

Music

QQ News - May 1st, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to May 1st, 2014.

  • E.T. Cartridges Found in New Mexico Landfill After 30 Years (Escapist)
  • Some People Think The Atari Landfill Dig Is Fake (Kotaku)
  • The Long Good Friday Actor Bob Hoskins Dies at 71 (IGN)
  • Mario Kart 8 Comes With One of Ten Free Wii U Games (Escapist)
  • Another month, another $2 million for Star Citizen (Joystiq)
  • Disney Infinity Marvel Superheroes Coming This Fall (Kotaku)
  • Yuji Horii confirms development of next Dragon Quest (Joystiq)
  • Marvel Dice Masters Sells Out Rapidly (Escapist)
  • ESA study: 59% of Americans play games, 68% on consoles (Joystiq)
  • Seth MacFarlane and Patrick Stewart Teaming for "Blunt Talk" (IGN)
  • GameStop to close 120 stores, increase focus on mobile (Joystiq)
  • Google to Replace Nexus Phones with Android Silver Brand (Escapist)
  • WSJ: The FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules Will OK Pay-to-Play (Gizmodo)
  • Anti-Net-Neutrality "Fast Lanes" Are Bullshit (Marco)
  • Final Hobbit Film Renamed The Battle of Five Armies (Escapist)
  • Microsoft reveals release date of the Xbox One in Japan (Kotaku)
  • Xbox One Launches in China, First Console in 13 Years (Escapist)
  • Life After GameSpy: Civ And Borderlands Go Steam (Rockpapershotgun)
  • Star Wars Expanded Universe Is Dead (Escapist)
  • Han Solo Has a 'Gigantic Role' in Star Wars: Episode VII (IGN)
  • Holy Crap, Looks Like Suikoden II Is Finally Coming To PSN (Kotaku)
  • David Spade Says Joe Dirt 2 May Happen on Crackle (IGN)
  • CNet: Nike Fires FuelBand Engineering Team; Set to Exit Wearable (Cnet)
  • Almost Human Cancelled by FOX (IGN)
  • Fox Will Reboot Flash Gordon (Escapist)
  • Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot on Steam (Kotaku)
  • Blizzard Wants You To Leave The House, Meet Other Humans (Kotaku)
  • Sony to sell all its Square Enix Shares (Joystiq)

QQ News - April 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to April 11th, 2014.

  • What the Heartbleed Bug Means for You (LifeHacker)
  • Amazon FireTV Set-Top Box Goes On Sale for $99 (Escapist)
  • Scientists Use StarCraft II To Prove How Scary Aging Is (Kotaku)
  • Square Enix Has Finally Realized That People Like JRPGs (Kotaku)
  • Scaling the Facebook Data Warehouse to 300 PB (Facebook)
  • The Wil Wheaton Project Coming to Syfy (IGN)
  • DayZ Of Our Lives: SOE Zombie-Based Survival (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Amazon Buys Comixology, Biggest Digital Comics Store (Kotaku)
  • Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Steps Down (Escapist)
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition Sells 21 Million Copies (Escapist)
  • Minecraft reaches 12 million sold on Xbox 360 (Joystiq)
  • Smash Bros. 3DS Out This Summer, Wii U This Winter (Kotaku)
  • Zero Suit Samus, Sheik, Yoshi Return in Super Smash Bros (Escapist)
  • Samus' New High Heels Are, Well... (Kotaku)
  • Report: Drone Hacked, Crashes, Injures Athlete (Kotaku)
  • Top Gun 2 to Tackle Drones (IGN)
  • GameSpy Shutdown Will Affect A Lot Of Games (RockPaperShotgun)

Quest 24 - What do other geek cultures think of American geek culture?

Special Guests: Sam Fold (The Brit) and Somer Esat (The Aussie)!

Quest 24 goes culturally wild with a Brit, an Aussie, and your all 'Merican Duo as we deep dive into the geekiness of their cultures while comparing it to our very own!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and International Introductions
  • 04:00 - Where is Somer from, and do they read manga there?
  • 07:50 - Did Tom get his money's worth from his Next Generation HD Blu-rays?
  • 10:45 - Why is Jordan only Paragon Level 75, or how long can one cold last?
  • 13:40 - If Sam is so hardcore, then why hasn't he beaten NetHack yet?
  • 17:00 - Is America setting geek culture trends for the rest of the world?
  • 19:20 - When did it become cool to be a programmer?
  • 22:35 - Is British geek culture on the rise again?
  • 25:00 - Why might Australians be adverse to geek culture?
  • 27:45 - Is the Big Bang Theory just making fun of geeks?
  • 30:30 - What are our respective culture's definitions of "geek"?
  • 39:00 - Is there anything so nerdy that it could only happen in the US?
  • 43:00 - Are we in the middle of a board game Renaissance?
  • 44:45 - Is Dungeons & Dragons still the pinnacle of geek culture?
  • 50:40 - Is the prevalence of comic books specific to American geek culture?
  • 56:50 - How do different nerd cultures perceive each other?
  • 61:00 - What aspect of Australian geek culture influences Americans most?
  • 64:00 - What aspect of British geek culture influences Americans most?
  • 68:30 - Wrap up and hot seat!

Music

QQ News - March 30th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to March 30th, 2014.

  • Facebook Buys Oculus Rift For $2 Billion (Kotaku)
  • Oculus Kickstarter Backers Are Demanding Refunds (Kotaku)
  • Notch Canceled Oculus Rift Minecraft Because Of Facebook (Kotaku)
  • Cliff Bleszinski Labels Notch a "Pouty Kid" - Updated (Escapist)
  • Facebook May Rebrand Oculus Rift, Import Interface (Escapist)
  • People Are Buying Stocks With The Name 'Oculus' (Kotaku)
  • Valve's Michael Abrash Joins Oculus VR as Chief Scientist (Escapist)
  • John Carmack Voices Support For Oculus Acquisition (Kotaku)
  • What does the QQ Cast think about the Oculus buyout?
  • Oculus Rift Selling "Just Fine" After Facebook Buyout (Escapist)
  • X-COM Creator Julian Gollop Announces Chaos Reborn (IGN)
  • Sony signs 1000 licensed indy developers (Joystiq)
  • Arcade Classic Gauntlet Is Getting A Remake (Kotaku)
  • Happy 15th Anniversary, EverQuest (Kotaku)
  • Do Titanfall Bots Play Nice With Eachother? (Rockpapershotgun)
  • 'Twitch Plays Pokemon' Has Defeated Lord Helix (Kotaku)
  • Who owns Duke Nukem? (Rockpapershotgun)
  • SimCity Offline Mode Launches Today (IGN)
  • EA loses worst company in America contest (Kotaku)
  • Google Brings Cross-Platform Multiplayer to Android and iOS (IGN)
  • Disney Purcahses Maker Studios (Kotaku)
  • Alien: Isolation Hatches October 7 (Kotaku)
  • ET Atari Documentary (Joystiq)
  • Suspended Animation a Reality, Human Trials Underway (Escapist)