Journey 1, Episode 21 - Patent Pending

Date aired: 

20 Apr 2012

Link to Recording: 

http://minus.com/lb2DWai7bs2faV

Show Length: 

03:22:25
Intro background: 00:03:47
Ebz - F6 GS (Lost Area) - Rez OST
Shoutouts:
  • New listeners
  • Regulars (not the ugly regulars)
  • Housepets! peeps
  • Gaijin Games - BIT.TRIP RUNNER devs
Housekeeping:
  • Site - none
  • Show - none (but soliciting feedback / discussion for Journey 2)
  • Stream - none
Events:
  • National Association of Broadcasters annual symposium
  • Epic Mario kickstarter
  • Pebble Watch kickstarter - new record!
  • Arduino-controlled Super Mario Kart with old exercise bike
  • Megaupload was planning IPO prior to asset freeze / indictments
  • First Sale Doctrine under review in US Supreme Court
  • T-Mobile under fire for violating hearing aid standards
  • CISPA supported by many tech companies that were against SOPA / PIPA; up for vote in House next week
  • HP's South Korea HQ raided for alleged price fixing
  • Norway mass-murderer self-proclaimed WoW and CoD player (training on the latter)
  • Nintendo granted patent on mobile console emulation
  • EU court rules ISPs must unmask alleged pirates
  • Samsung brings more patents to legal battle against Apple
What are we playing?
  • Mr. Bond:
    • PC - Realm of the Mad God, Jamestown (shocker!)
    • Mobile - Canabalt, Angry Birds Space
    • Console - None
  • Tormod:
    • PC - None
    • Mobile - Tetris, Final Fantasy 2 (on GBA, this time)
    • Console - Dokapon Kingdom
Upcoming/Recent Hardware: 00:30:35
  • ASUS Transformer Pad now up for preorder
  • ASUS Transformer Prime GPS dongle doesn't work alongside keyboard dock
  • EU cellular carriers: Nokia not strong enough to face Android
  • Lumia 610 to hit Asian carriers soon
  • Martin Casado: new startup to plan platform-agnostic Internet architecture
  • HTC: shares down on announcement of new CFO; One series to debut soon
  • Samsung Galaxy S III: official phone of 2012 Olympics
  • Droid RAZR HD possibly incoming
  • Lumia 900 data glitches fixed early
  • ARM: new quad-core Cortex A15 models
  • HP Ivy Bridge laptops reviewed early, Intel not exactly pleased with leak
  • Motorola to use new Snapdragon S4 in unannounced device
  • WD expands Velociraptor line, extended capacity and performance
  • intel budget SSDs, 300 line, priced
  • Raspberry Pi started shipping
  • New Sharp-brand displays with higher PPI, resolutions
  • HTC Golf leaked in press shots
  • Lumia 900 stock depleting rapidly
  • Game consoles without standby blamed for 1% of US energy waste, new firmwares suggested to remedy
  • Toshiba Excite AT270 (7 inch model) passes FTC
  • Intel Medfield device announced in India
  • Liquidmetal rumored as new iPhone material
  • nVidia announcement slated for 23 April, possibly announcment of GTX 690 (dual GPU 680)
Upcoming/Recent Software: 00:47:18
  • Microsoft: four versions of Windows 8
  • Google Drive announced; 5 GB storage, 300 MB per file
  • Nouveau open-source nVidia driver merged into mainline Linux kernel
  • Resident Evil 6 bundle - $1,300 nets you game and leather jacket
  • Unknown if Windows Phone 8 upgrade will be applied to all Windows Phones
  • Activision / Blizzard: new Bond title - 007 Legends
  • Indie Royale Spring Bundle
  • Humble Botanicula Bundle
Upcoming/Recent Music: 01:04:19
Song set #1: 01:06:14
Genre discussion: 01:25:06
Music
n00b genre entry: 01:41:00
Elite Beat Agents (Nintendo DS)
Song set #2: 01:44:06
Mainstream game: 02:01:10
PaRappa the Rapper
Song set #3: 02:13:22
Indie game: 02:25:20
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Giveaway winner: Shifty
Song set #4: 02:35:25
Game aspect discussion: 02:49:08
Timing / Synchronicity
Audience requests: 03:00:28
Outro background: 03:13:48
Coldcut, Tim Bran - Boss Attacks (Remix, Eden Last Boss) - Rez OST