Episode 45 – Strong Women and Dating Advice

The Untitled Geek Podcast

SHOW NOTES:

Guest: Joe

Drinks of the Show: Butterbeer

• 1 part rum
• 1 part butterscotch schnapps
• 4 parts cream soda
• 1 tbs butter

• Tev: 3 stars
• Adam: 1 star
• Joe: 2 stars

Top 5: Strong Female Characters

(You can see our list at the bottom – spoilers!)

Television

What we’ve been watching: Misfits, Star Trek: The Next Generation

News:

• Amazon-Viacom deal brings more streaming content to Amazon Prime
• Cable companies want to require you to use a digital box

Television

What we’ve been reading: The Adventure of English (audiobook)

Tech

News:

• Red Flags for Online Dating

Video Games

What we’re playing: Saints Row the Third, Minecraft, Half-minute Hero (PSP), Eye of Judgement (PS3), Orions 2 (iPhone)

News:

• Sony changing name of PSN service to Sony Entertainment Network
• Zynga stealing ideas from small game devs, but it’s legal
• Double Fine breaks Kickstarter funding record – Link to Kickstarter Page
• Oklahoma trying to tax violent video games
• Using a bot-farming service to increase your games visibility is a no-no
• Official Valve Skyrim mod puts Space core in Skyrim & High res texture pack and mod tools released
• Arkham City shipped 6 million copies in 2011
• Over 10 Million Skyrim players, avg 75hrs game time
• Bioware fixing mistakes in Mass Effect: Deception novel… patch coming soon?

Movies

What we’ve been watching: The Hangover Part II, Marley and Me, Trail of the Pink Panther, The King’s Speech

News:

• Bret Mckenzie nominated for best song for the Muppets movie

Netflix Watch Instantly: Hollow Man, Psycho (Remake “Filmed in bloodcurdling color”), Shaolin Soccer, The Punisher (2004), Fist of the North Star (1995 Live Action)

Break Music:

• Trouble (Find Me) – Unwoman
• Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor – Flight of the Conchords

End Music:

• Shane – Orca Team

Top 5

(spoilers)

Adam:

• 5 Samus Aran (Metroid Series)
• 4 GlaDOS (Ellen McLain, Portal Series)
• 3 Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver, Alien Series)
• 2 Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black, Farscape)
• 1 Commander Shepard (Jennifer Hale, Mass Effect Series)

Tev

• 5. Faith (Mirror’s Edge)
• 4. Molly (Neuromancer)
• 3. Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster, Silence of the Lambs)
• 2. Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand, Fargo)
• 1. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver, Aliens)