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World Of Warcast Episode 137, “Occupy Lower City”
Our weekly look at the news of WoW and what we did this week: Eric: Wanderer’s Festival Achieve Galleon for the first time + amazing loot Monk @ 80 AH woes Mike: Monk to 81. Decided to slow down. Did LFR ToT last night. Will start PvP again tonight. Lack of motivation for dailies. Just [...]
Episode 136, “Dress like Garrosh, get a buff”
News: PvP Season 13 started There will be no more 5-man dungeons in Mists. Players visiting a different realm no longer eligible to receive loot from Oondasta or Nalak. Thunderforged dropping in LFR. Massive monk DPS bug. Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm released Blizzard debuting something new at PAX East. Mike: Leveled a monk. [...]
Special guest: SoCalWowGal @socalwowgal / socalwowgal.com) We talk about our impressions of 5.2 so far, and have an in-depth discussion with SoCalWowGal about her blog which tackles being a WoW Life Coach. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
This Week in Trek Episode 79 is up, “Shatner had 4chan cookies for lunch”
News: The Art Director’s Guild gave TNG Production Designer Herman Zimmerman their 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. CBS Blu-rays – TNG S3: April 30 (preorder Amazon $114.99) & Best of Both Worlds $19.95 Theatrical event April 25, 7pm: Best of Both Worlds & behind the scenes stuff. Paramount Blu-rays – Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star [...]
This Week in Trek episode 55 is up, “Tri-tantrum”
News: Michael Dorn launches a new Kickstarter for a romantic comedy starring Star Trek cast members. qmxonline.com has a nice set of retro Star Trek prints. Our thoughts on Shatner’s “Get a Life!” on Epix. Ten Forward: i09′s list of what they want from a new Star Trek show. Star Trek in pop culture: Narration [...]
Episode 55, “I am not a lawyer”
News: iOS 7 delayed (HUGE system-wide interface make-over), people pulled off 10.9 to get it done. T-Mobile taking pre-orders for iPhone 5 April 12 Apple closing in on iRadio deals. Facebook home New OS X browser-based trojan. ThinkGeek April Fools: PLAYMOBIL™ Apple Store Playset Quicksilver out of beta after 10 years. Mike’s been doing Android [...]
Episode 54, “HBO, Don’t Fire Me”
NEWS: Rumor: 2TB SSD drives to be in upcoming Mac Pros. Rumor: Apple and Google working on their own streaming music services. Phil Schiller tweets about Android vulnerabilities. New Apple patent giving users the ability to share and resell digital goods? Google releases new iOS app ‘Field Trip’ Andy Inknotko officially switches to Android. RAPID [...]
The Infinite Loop Show Episode 53, “iLawn”
News: Apple sold 3 million iPads to US education, 8 million worldwide. Apple looking into new product categories (surprise?). Spaceship to be opened in 2016. AAPL stock price rises due to stock split rumors. iCloud spam filter keeps you from sending legit emails. Leap Motion Controller available for pre-order. Rapid Fire: iOS YouTube app can [...]
Episode 35: “River would not be amused”
News: http://io9.com/matt-smith-confirms-hell-still-be-starring-in-doctor-w-464794392 Moffat confirms Series 8 Doctor Who S7 Part 2 Blu-Ray shipped early! Fans asked not to spoil the season finale Our thoughts on “Nightmare in Silver” Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
News: David Tennant and Patrick Stewart in Hamlet on pbs.org Title for the 50th anniversary up, but other than a tweet, can’t find another reference. Spoilers for “The Name of the Doctor” are out and…WHAT? Ltd Ed Toys R Us Dalek twin-packs 50th Anniversary Special filming [spoilers] Our look at “The Crimson Horror” Be Sociable, [...]
News: Lots of info about the finale, but still a lot of nothing. Doctor Who Revisited shows Tom Baker’s “Pyramids of Mars” last night on BBC America. Our review of “Journey to the Center of the TARDIS” Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
