Pondering Nerdcast - Episode 52: Is Nintendo a bunch of Nazis?
Summary
The world’s largest aircraft just did a test flight and it looks like a butt, Jared Leto is complaining about Suicide Squad and still hasn’t seen it, Microsoft says this may be the last console generation, and we discuss why Nintendo are acting like Nazis. All this and more on today's Pondering Nerdcast!
Show Notes
Tech
World’s largest aircraft just completed a 20 minute test flight. (http://bit.ly/2boki5r)
Man who claims to own half of Facebook: I'm 'running for my life'. (http://cnnmon.ie/2bokTE6)
Film
Chewbacca's Peter Mayhew Pays Tribute to R2-D2 Actor Kenny Baker. (http://rol.st/2bomk5c) PSA
Jared Leto Is Still Complaining About ‘Suicide Squad’ Even Though He Hasn’t Seen It. (http://uproxx.it/2bolkhF)
Inside ‘Sausage Party': Allegations of Forced Overtime and an ‘Atmosphere of Fear’. (http://bit.ly/2bokRfA)
Gaming
Microsoft says this might be the last console generation. (http://engt.co/2bolbuG)
HP's Cube-Shaped Desktop Turns PC Gaming On Its Head. (http://bit.ly/2boklOm)
No Man’s Sky is getting a patch that’s going to make “some people very happy”. (http://bit.ly/2bokpO6)
Discussion
Nintendo takes down two different fan-made games recently: Metroid 2 and Pokemon Uranium. Is Nintendo being a bunch of Nazis, or are they only protecting their IPs and developers?
(https://sites.google.com/site/pkmnuranium/home/downloads)
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Guest Host
@ithinkibrokeit/ Derik Moore
Pondering Nerdcast Episode 46: Comic Con and 20th Century Break Up
Summary
It’s episode 46 and the whole gang is here. Alyssa, Nate, Dwain and Lance sit down to talk about really expensive tiny homes, Jared Leto going full joker with his fellow cast members, and 20th-century fox pulling out of Comic Con. All this and more on this episode of the Pondering Nerdcast.
Show Notes
You can now design a $250,000 tiny house on an app and get it delivered in months. (http://read.bi/22vAGPQ)
DARPA's rocket-dodging armored vehicles inch closer to reality. (http://bit.ly/1r02XSA)
X-Men: Apocalypse | Final Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX. (http://bit.ly/1r03Bjd)
Jared Leto Went Full Joker And Sent His ‘Suicide Squad’ Co-Stars NSFW ‘Care’ Packages. (http://uproxx.it/22vAP5X)
The Legendarily Awful CD-i ‘Zelda’ Games Redone In 3-D Is Trippy Required Viewing. `(http://uproxx.it/22vARL4)
Nintendo NX launching March 2017. New Zelda will be released on Wii U and NX simultaneously (http://bit.ly/1UgLCkb)
Dark Souls 3 is last of its series. (http://bit.ly/1r03Fzj)
Should we be worried more companies will follow suit? (http://lat.ms/23bKLBX)
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