EA doesn't want to give up and say gambling! https://www.pcgamer.com/brussels-prosecutors-launch-investigation-into-ea-over-refusal-to-remove-loot-boxes/ Tell Tale shuts down! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/09/21/telltale-games-reports-shutting-down/ https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/09/22/telltale-games-confirm-huge-layoffs-and-majority…

Current events episode! Hooray!

We're back! From outer space! We just walked in to find all this recording equipment in this place! We could talked about more stuff, we could have done more things, but who would have known that having different schedules would suck so much.

Fox and Disney get their peanut butter and chocolate mixed! https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/27/media/disney-fox-merger-vote/index.html Nia Wilson stabbed while waiting for BART https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/07/22/macarthur-bart-station-closed-for-police-activity/ Seizure "Predicting" Dogs http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/seizure-alert-dogs/…

This week is a John and James cast, where they shoot the breeze and talk current events, then Dark Souls.

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Today's show will get a little dark, and then lighten up in the end. We talk about the situation brought up by the show notes below. Oldbear sexual harassment accusations https://www.pcgamer.com/prominent-final-fantasy-14-community-leader-accused-of-blackmail-and-sexual-harassment-by-over-a-dozen-women/ Revenge Porn accusations http://anonymousjane…

No show notes this week, we just talk at you!

Turns out that whole DDoS that the FCC purported to experience may have been bullshit! Who figured? https://gizmodo.com/fcc-emails-show-agency-spread-lies-to-bolster-dubious-d-1826535344 I sincerely wonder what Valve is thinking, because as a company this isn’t a good business move. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44393415 Paladins makes it way…

Runescape is closing down soon, and a gaming staple for over a decade will meet its end. https://www.pcgamer.com/runescape-classic-is-closing/ Fallout 76! What is it? Who knows! https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/30/17405406/bethesda-fallout-76-trailer Bluehole have decided they wish to sue Epic games over Fortnite. I do not think this is a wise decis…

This week was a free form cast with Emily and John! No show notes for this week, but stay tuned for some proper coverage next week!

FUCK YOU WINDOWS https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-april-2018-update-biggest-user-problems-and-complaints Steam link app for android and ios! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/05/17/steams-local-streaming-link-app-hits-android-ios/ Rage 2 is going to be a thing, and thats great! Rage the first was great, had a good setting and gameplay,…

Paladins launches today! Hooray! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/05/08/free-to-play-overwatch-alike-paladins-launches-today/ Turns out that the Switch, should you so choose, is relatively easy to mod. Don’t do it though. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/04/the-unpatchable-exploit-that-makes-every-current-nintendo-switch-hackable/ Lawsuit f…

Not really much that needs to go into this here show notes this week! But here they are! Warcraft 3 gets widescreen support! https://www.pcgamer.com/warcraft-3-goes-widescreen-in-a-new-update/ Paladins is thankfully back on the upswing for concurrent players! All it took was them undoing their terrible terrible decision! http://steamcharts.com/app/…

This podcast void if sticker removed! https://www.pcgamer.com/ftc-warns-companies-warranty-void-if-removed-stickers-are-potentially-illegal/ Warcraft 3 gets the widescreen treatment it deserves, but is it what we deserve? https://www.pcgamer.com/warcraft-3-goes-widescreen-in-a-new-update/ Minecraft Bedrock edition education package go! Also, this i…

The Shark Gang get to talking about monitors and our computer woes. The "Ikea Table" Computer Chassis we were talking about. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112473&ignorebbr=1 There is some debate as to whether Nvidia will or will not be coming out with some new graphics card models soon. https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-pro…

Amazon is buying up Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores! http://fortune.com/2018/03/20/amazon-toys-r-us-stores-kb-toys/ Affluenza kid. Affluenza, the disease for those who literally have too much to care. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/wild-legal-ride-affluenza-teen-ethan-couch-article-1.3004637 Battlefront 2 brings back the transactions on a m…

This one tries so hard to be a light hearted cast, and we mostly got it. Our president gets confused sometimes, it's okay. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/964512164865363968 Paladins fans protest in probably the most light hearted way. https://www.reddit.com/r/Paladins/ My favorite Ying https://i.redd.it/4h3g50esndh01.png Google "view im…

Remember folks, don't be a dick. Thirteen Russians indicted in Mueller investigation into Russian manipulation of our election. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/16/russians-indicted-in-special-counsel-robert-muellers-probe.html President of the United States Donald Trump tweets the darndest things. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/96451216486…

Fake gun skin sells for a what we used to pay for a house! https://www.pcgamer.com/csgo-dragon-lore-awp-skin-sells-for-more-than-61000/ Nunes Memo in its entirety for your interpretation. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4365338-Nunes-memo.html Seems James was not the only one to complain about the voice actors for Final Fantasy 14 https://w…

Microsoft plays the blame game and passes the buck to AMD over a "lack of documentation" for recent updates causing blue screens on those systems. http://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-points-finger-at-amd-for-spectre-and-meltdown-patches-bricking-some-pcs/ Jeff Sessions is mixing up the situation with legalized marijuana. http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/04/…

John and Emily Cast! James returns next week! In James-o vision!

No show notes this week folks! This is just a John and Emily cast!

On today's episode, James and John shoot the breeze after they go off show notes on a wild ride through our countries various states of affair! Some of these comments are coming from dead, but they sure do support the killing of net neutrality! https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/dead-people-among-millions-impersonated-in-fake-net-neutralit…

On today's episode, we briefly touch on gaming as a art form! Postmodern art is a body of art movements that sought to contradict some aspects of modernism or some aspects that emerged or developed in its aftermath. In general, movements such as intermedia, installation art, conceptual art and multimedia, particularly involving video are described …

EA Blames Cannon for the loot boxes. Okay EA, whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep at night. https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/28/16711474/star-wars-battlefront-2-cosmetics-loot-boxes-lucasfilm-canon EA shareholders were not pleased with this fiasco! https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/11/28/ea-shares-plummet-after-star-wars-battlefront…

AT&T and Comcast bicker with other ISP's over the rights to poles in Nashville. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/att-and-comcast-win-lawsuit-they-filed-to-stall-google-fiber-in-nashville/ Remember folks, make yourself heard, because Net Neutrality really matters! www.gofccyourself.com Whatcha been playing is on the Docket!…

Serious Cast Episode! Listen in to our discussion!

Spelunky 2 gets a teaser trailer! So excited! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_VjknboFaQ Electronic Arts buys Respawn Entertainment. RIP http://www.pcgamer.com/electronic-arts-buys-respawn-for-more-than-400-million-new-titanfall-in-the-works/ Hey guys, Stardew Valley Multiplayer might be coming early 2018! Unless of course, it doesn't. Like the la…

After the high of reading about Pheonix Labs blow against loot boxes this hurt especially bad. Fuck you Activision http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-01-in-call-of-duty-ww2-loot-boxes-drop-from-the-sky-onto-normandy-beach-and-open-in-front-of-other-players Pheonix Labs removes loot boxes from their game Dauntless, opts for microtransactions …

EA Kills again! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/27/old-battlefied-games-killed-after-ea-legal-warning/#more-488751 Rober Guillaume dies at age 89 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/25/robert-guillaume-half-life-2s-eli-vance-dies-aged-89/ Activision files a questionable new Patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&S…

Emily and John episode! IGN Buys Humble Bundle https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/13/ign-buys-humble-bundle/ EA kills yet another studio through its own decisions. RIP Visceral https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/17/16490960/ea-closing-visceral-games-star-wars-game-delayed

Ubisoft gets back its shares to stop a hostile take over! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/06/ubisoft-buy-back-shares-to-halt-vivendis-hostile-takeover/ Rather than finish the multiplayer, developer Cocerned Ape of Chuckle Fish decides it would be better to port the unfinished game to the Switch first! https://stardewvalley.net/stardew-vall…

Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SAQNzn0g0U Destiny 2 Dance Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vII1AGyantY Forthog DLC going free https://community.wbgames.com/t5/Official-Announcements/Forthog-Orc-Slayer-DLC-Upate/td-p/1674265

Dean Takahashi is bad at games. Which is bad for a Games journalist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848Y1Uu5Htk IGN playing the same game as Dean Takahashi, but with people who have clearly played a video game before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMkCIdGikmk NBA2K18 has micro-transactions for the single player mode. Huzzah. https://kotaku.com/n…

A Hat In Time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdQXsDUCaFE Okami HD PC https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/12/okami-hd-pc-release-announced/ Dean Takahashi "Playing" Cup Head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848Y1Uu5Htk "IGN" playing Cup Head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMkCIdGikmk Tracks is the train track sandbox of your inner childs' dr…

Dream Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act DACA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals Economists says DACA is good https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/07/the-economics-favor-the-daca-dreamers-but-theres-a-lot-more-to-them-than-that/?utm_term=.caae6f3cdbb3 President Donald Trump wants t…

Windows 10 Creators Update is coming, whether you like it or not. https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/01/windows-10-fall-creators-update-release/ AMD Threadripper https://www.amd.com/en/products/ryzen-threadripper?gclid=CjwKCAjw87PNBRBAEiwA0XAIr_JeTS6ZRgEk8Nh4b0kMkdriBlF0unf1t3V6K5hrSPnyTAtf5YrVrxoCR2kQAvD_BwE Bethesda and the creation club mods (tota…

Final Fantasy PC Port Confirmed! http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-15-is-coming-to-pc-next-year/ With Mods?? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/22/final-fantasy-xv-pc-mod-support/ Sonic Comics Fin. RIP after 290 issues! https://www.polygon.com/comics/2017/7/19/16001244/sonic-the-hedgehog-archie-comic-book-canceled-sega-future-of-sonic-comi…

Death Totals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war Cornerstone address https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech KKK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan Blood and Soil, white lives matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4uwyctYy0s http://abc7.com/a-timeline-of-events-in-charlottesville-virginia/230576…

Sonic Mania Trailer, Out August 15th 2017! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9zwpMj_8A Fortnite PC Gamer Review http://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-review/ and Polygon for Comparison https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/3/16091000/fortnite-review-pc-ps4-xbox-one-epic-games Future Plans http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/08/09/fortnite-creati…

How Strange that a feature is arriving late to a game published by Chucklefish! http://www.pcgamer.com/stardew-valley-multiplayer-beta-testing-expected-to-begin-at-the-end-of-the-year/ RE:Legend! It's the Rune Factory of the PC! At least I hope so. http://www.pcgamer.com/monster-taming-meets-stardew-valley-in-this-upcoming-rpg/ Hearthstone gets a l…

This show is going to be a darker podcast about our experiences with suicide, and resources you can use to help those who are in need. Resources suicidepreventionlifeline.org Local: frontier behavioral health firstcallforhelp 5098384428 211 911 if all else fails. Coping Songs Links Hello, Evanescense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPam_3D9eXU Ocea…

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On Anime and other subjects!

I have wanted a remake of Final Fantasy 12 for some time now, and I’m excited to see it get this treatment, you have Final Fantasy 12 to thank for great games like Dragon Age: Origins. http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xii-remastered-for-ps4-1780732751 Right after we just spoke about Peter Molyneux and how we wanted him to make a comeback but not tal…

Hey you pikachu! Have an incompetent as your trainer! Okay, GO! http://kotaku.com/pokemon-gos-anniversary-event-will-let-you-capture-ashs-1796676110 Paladins update and essence price drop! New Character! Lian, Scion of House Aico. Shes another sniper, but she gets an invulnerable, no cc ultimate. Wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuUX6cakDT0 Fro…

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Lovella and Tristan and Emily and John! Wives tales and airplanes and salt lamps! Oh my!

Guest host Lovella joins us for this episode of Shark Bytes! Engines, apertures, and several ways to die! Oh my!