QQ Review - Dr Strange

The QQ Cast reviews the 14th movie in Marvel's cinematic universe: Dr Strangelove, starring Peter Sellers, Eggs-Benedict Cucumberbatch, and Genghis Khan!

Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 03:00 - What preconceptions did we have?
• 09:45 - What surprised us the most?
• 11:00 - What was good?
• 32:45 - What was bad?
• 44:00 - The verdict!
• 59:30 - Wrap up

Music

• Castlevania - Dracula's Madness

QQ News - October, 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the month of October, 2016.

Headlines

• The 5 biggest announcements from Google's Pixel event (TheVerge)
• Pixel phones, Daydream, Home - Oh my! (DigitalTrends)
• Elon Musk Is Trying to Perfect Solar Roof Tiles (Bloomberg)
• The 8 biggest announcements from today's Microsoft event (TheVerge)
• The 7 biggest announcements from Apple's MacBook event (TheVerge)

Music

• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Dance of Maddness

Quest 59 - What are the best and worst things about Halloween?

The QQ Cast debates the virtues of pumpkin spice, reminisces about old TV specials, share stories of great Halloween parties, and then finally devolve into googling sexy bacon costumes.

Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 02:45 - Does pumpkin spice go well with anything?
• 08:00 - Did your local haunted house give out candy?
• 15:00 - Which games had the best Halloween mods?
• 21:00 - What is the best Halloween movie of all time?
• 27:45 - Have you ever been to a murder mystery party?
• 31:30 - Sexy bacon costume; great costume, or greatest costume?
• 39:00 - What is the coolest costume that you have ever seen?
• 45:00 - Wrap up!

Music

• Animal Crossing - Soothing Rain

QQ News - Nintendo Switch Announcement

The QQ Cast switch topics to talk about the Nintendo Switch! Can Tom stay on topic? Is Ruly on the hype train? Will Zach stop playing with his balls during the postcast? Find out!

Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 02:30 - So, what are our immediate thoughts about the Switch?
• 11:15 - Is the Switch a love letter to third party developers?
• 19:30 - How innovative is the Nintendo Switch?
• 28:00 - Is there anything nostalgic about the Switch?
• 33:00 - Will the Nintendo switch bring gamers together?
• 44:15 - What do we think this thing is going to cost?
• 53:30 - How long will it but until Nintendo gets into VR?
• 60:45 - Wrap up!

Music

• Dr. Mario - Burning Up

Quest 58 - Are there any original ideas left in the film industry?

The QQ Cast starts out lamenting the lack of originality in modern movies, and then degrades into just riffing on movie trailers for an hour. Go, go, movie trailers! Mighty unoriginal movie trailers!

Trailers

• Power Rangers Official Teaser Trailer
• Monster Trucks Trailer
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer
• John Wick: Chapter 2 Official Teaser Trailer
• Justice League Official Comic-Con Trailer
• Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
• Split Official Trailer 1
• Underworld 5 Trailer 2
• Ghost in the Shell Official Teaser Trailer #1
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Trailer
• Doctor Strange Trailer 3
• Knights of the Eternal Throne – "Betrayed" Trailer
• Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV - Official Trailer

Music

• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - A Long Way Home

Quest 57 - Isn't it about damn time that we went to Mars?

Special Guest: Matt Stevenson

Tom gets overly sentimental about going to Mars, Matt records from a drag race, meanwhile Zach and Raul have a meaningful discussion about how long it will be until they will actually want to buy a ticket.

Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 02:00 - How much will it cost to go to Mars?
• 08:15 - Is there a more noble goal than building a multi-planet civilization?
• 24:45 - What would it take for YOU to want to go to Mars?
• 48:30 - Will people be "left behind" on Earth?
• 56:10 - What kind of energy sources will we need to live on Mars?
• 67:30 - Wrap up!

Music

• Sonic Colors - Misty Night