Episode 53: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast
Lou Zucaro
Episode 53 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!
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In this episode, Tony talks about Borderlands as well as Sword & Poker on the iPhone. Lou talks about WoW a little bit, and starting Mass Effect 2. Miscellaneous video game news follows.
In TV (~21:00), Tony didn’t really watch any TV (huh?!) and Lou talks about Idol and complains about not being able to talk about Lost because Tony didn’t watch it yet. Random TV news tidbits after that.
In Movies (~41:35) Tony talks about Inglourious Basterds and, um, Lou didn’t see anything. Some movie news is after that.
In the Mash-Up segment the news this week includes:
- The U.S. Transportation Secretary has advised people to stop driving Toyota cars affected by the gas pedal recall
- Hasselblad’s H4D40: a 40 megapixel DSLR for $20k
- The latest OS update for the Nexus One includes multi-touch for photos, maps & the web
- Rumor: The 27″ iMac problems are serious enough to have halted production
- President Obama wants NASA to scrap plans to put a man on the moon by 2020 (boo)
- Microsoft’s new $60 SideWinder X4 keyboard that lets you press up to 26 keys at a time and have them register correctly
- Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully fired 192 lasers to the 1 megajoule level for the first time – the first step toward controlled nuclear fusion
- Honda has developed a solar hydrogen-making machine for peoples’ garages
- Gateway’s new FX6831-01 and FX6831-03 gaming computers, for $1,300 and $1,700
- IE8 now has a bit over 25% of the browser market (used to be IE7 was the leader)
- The next iPhone is referred to in the SDK by codename N89
- The Hubble has detected an “x-shaped” object moving through space at 11,000 mph and scientists have no idea what it is
- DARPA has approved Boston Dynamics’ contract: The BigDog will see some action!
As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments.
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February 8th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Mages are tortuously boring to play. Most squishy classes level much slower because you’re spending more down time drinking and eating.
I rolled a rogue yesterday and am really enjoying it. At higher levels, the rogue is an amazing DPS class. But it’s fun to stealth and walk through a cave past full packs of mobs that you’d normally have to fight through. My death knight is almost at 75, but i needed a break from the head-on fights she endures. The rogue seems to be a nice break from that. I’m thinking a hybrid build of Subtlety and Assassination will be good.
As for making money on the auction house, i had a former guild member that spent the first two years of the game sitting in the AH buying and selling enough to become a bajillionaire in the game. He paid for all mounts, upgrades and gear for he and his girlfriend. It was pretty amazing.
BTW, i finally finished season 4 of Dr Who. Lou, you were right on about the second half of the season getting good. I loved how they pulled everyone back into the last 3 episodes. Donna finally got interesting, Rose came back… Best season yet. Sorry to see Tennant go though. He’s my favorite doctor.
And Seth Green is best in Airborne. Along with Jack Black.
I caught Inglorious Basterds last week and loved it. Tarrantino has really come a long way in telling a story and developing characters thoughout with good dialog mixed with decent action. That’s exactly the reason i really enjoyed Death Proof. While the women were a bit annoying in that, it was well set up and filmed. But I’ll be picking up IB on Bluray very soon. I agree with you completely on your review, Tony. Pitt was bad. I loved the first chapter at the farm house. Christoph Waltz deserves the win.
February 9th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
I think TheBigDog robot would look a lot less creepy if it wasn’t wearing stretch pants.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:13 am
That’s funny…I rolled a Rogue the other day, too, but I did it as a Horde character. I just wanted a change of scenery. It’s also a bit more challenging because I can’t just buy stuff for her heh.
But, yeah, it’s a really fun class right from the get-go, which is neat.
One of the most pleasant experiences about it, though, is that the Horde is handled really well in the game. It’s not like you’re playing “the bad guys” or characters who are inherently evil. It’s just that they oppose the Alliance. The quests I’ve done so far wouldn’t be at all out of place on the Alliance side. It’s not like they’re sending you out to kill babies or anything like that.
I also think it’s funny how challenging the Love is in the Air activities are, especially compared with something like the Thanksgiving quests, a lot of which you can just buy your way through.
Maybe I should spend more time in the AH haha. I could use a fast flying mount!
Yeah, I’ll miss Tennant, too. He’s just been so great.
February 15th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Oliver, I think that’s because it has a disco mode programmed in. Strech pants were a necessity.
It is creepy, though, isn’t it?!
March 11th, 2010 at 9:39 am
I think this game is one of the best pc games I have tried so far. It is because of the nice visual effects. But unfortunaly no pc game is better than CoD MW 2 on xbox 360, so I am returning to the sofa now ^^ Maybe I will play this game tomorrow sometime.