Episode #70 - "Jesus vs. George Bailey" - Show Notes

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Alternate Titles: "Festivus If They Don't Know" or "House Puke Christmas" or "Electic Cis" or "Miracle at the Port Authority Bus Terminal"

• Tonight's Beverages: Labatt Ice (Dirk); Jim Beam with a splash of Diet Mountain Dew (Otto).
• New opening dissertation fails on launch.
• Recap of new FaceSpace fans and the FREE STUFF they got tipped about.
• How long are Culture Vultures shows? 
• The results of the Hayley Jane Kickstarter.
• Justin Lin (director of Fast & Furious movies 3-6) to direct Star Trek 3, releasing July 8, 2016.
• Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter split after 13 years of non-marriage and two kids.
• Joe Cocker RIP.  
• Correction: While Three Dog Night performed "You Can Leave Your Hat On" before Cocker, it was originally recorded by its author, Randy Newman!
  
• The Teletubbies Demon Sun Baby revealed!
• Discussion of what made the good movies good and the bad movies suck in 2014.
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• The money shot in Godzilla which some people are giving a pass to the whole movie for.
• Netflix to release the next Pee-Wee Herman movie.
• Dirk's music artist of the year in especially freaky style:
  
• Much discussion of the year's best television happenings.
• The Sentinel who kept the show on schedule:
  
• Hermione asks what our favorite Christmas movie is, prompting appraisals of various versions of A Christmas Carol.
  Dirk's favorite:
  
Otto's favorite:
• Why Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas.
• Android Police - the best site for Android news and whatnot.
• The positive aspects of the repeated exposure of the corrupt and biased media from #GamerGate to UVA gang rape to Lena Dunham to Ferguson.
• The credits and our Christmas wishes and hopes for 2015.
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Episode #69 - "Bestbyterians" - Show Notes

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Alternate Titles: "Bodily Fluids of New York" or "Worst Best Man Ever"

• Tonight's Beverages: Labatt Ice (Dirk); Jim Beam with a splash of Diet Mountain Dew (Otto).
• New opening dissertation fails on launch.
• Recap of new FaceSpace fans and the FREE STUFF they got tipped about.
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• The book about writing the movie about Jessica Savitch:
  
• How Dirk names his computers. NERD!!!!!! An example of Quake 3's Quad Damage gameplay (the blue Quake logo and glow with pumped up sound) is here.
• Discussion of the rapidly escalating Sony hacking story:
• Alex Trebek threatened to quit Jeopardy.
• Sorry, can't find the 50 Cent thing.
• J.Law was underpaid for American Hustle.
• The meltdown over The Interview spiraled as James Franco and Seth Rogen stopped doing press, theater chains refused to show it, and finally Sony pulled the movie, leads to a provocative discussion over whether the movie should've been made in the first place.
• The episode where we discussed the Hollywood double standards keeping Mel Gibson unemployed: Episode #41 Grindhouse Jesus.
• How Dirk names his home theaters (PimpVision®) and computers (NEEERRRRRDDDD!!!!!) and the deal he scored on this Sony receiver.
• The bizarre debate over whether Taylor Swift is hot or not? Really.
  
• The Jennifer Aniston picture referenced after the break:
  
• The Hilary Swank conundrum:
  
• Otto reports at epic length on the New York Walker Stalker Con and general Big Apple tourism tips.
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  (When Dirk is Emperor of the Universe, people who post YouTube vidyas shot off TVs will be thrown into volcanoes.)
• The $8M Monet (pronounced mow-net) that got punched:
  
• The acceptance speech Dirk would give if he won an Best Screenplay Oscar (it could happen!) and how writers are dumped on.
• The LA Weekly piece decrying the pulling of The Interview.
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• Fun facts about costume contact lens.
• Discussion of the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
• Otto was right about the line in this ad:
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• A flashback from Otto's DJ days:
  
• The Russo Bros reportedly to direct Avengers: Infinity Wars.
• Viola Davis is Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad.
• AMC testing MoviePass (all the movies you want, one per day, for a month for $35-$45) and changing movie habits.
• Dirk reviews Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and The Wolf of Wall Street.
• The Gamespot GTA V 1st-person mode commentary on violence.
• Closing the loops for points made in the #GamerGate portion of Episode #68 about media veracity failure.
• One of the greatest videos of all time. Even Kanye can't dispute this!
  
• OnePlus teams with Waves for MAXX AUDIO and announces a matching power pack.
• Ford Sync 3 coming on 2016 models.
• PS4 20th Anniversary model in original PS1 paint scheme and you now get a free game.
• How to hack Keurig 2.0 makers with an old lid.
• Gawker suffers seven-figure losses due to GamerGate, but still 30% up in revenue.
• Kathy Griffin to take over for Joan Rivers on Fashion Police.
• “Gangham Style” breaks YouTube’s counter.
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Episode #68 - "Kryptonite Butt Plug" - Show Notes

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Alternate Titles: "Anal Sneaker Fiends" or "Muppet Tampon" or "Porn Doesn't Judge Me"

• Tonight's Beverages: Labatt Ice (Dirk); Jim Beam with a splash of Diet Mountain Dew (Otto).
• The heat is off in the Fortress of Dirkitude.
• Recapping the free goodies our FaceSpace fans. Go give us a Like to get in on the goodie opportunities!
• Dirk buys a new gaming mouse. What he had; what he bought first; what he ended up with. (And possibly a way to clean the old "broken" one!) Also: New video card!
• A failtastic edition of "How Much Did Dirk Pay?"
• Krysten Ritter officially cast in Marvel’s AKA Jessica Jones.
• Bernadette Cumberbund is Doctor Strange which naturally leads into a deep discussion of VeggieTales. Wait, what?
• Anti-violence ads and how we look to celebrities to guide us in our lives.
• SyFy's Krypton series by David Goyer about Superman’s grandfather is announced and sounds like a bad idea, so we discuss Caprica and Battlestar Galactica instead and how the latter is based on Mormonism. Wait, what?!?
• Continuum renewed for a final six-episode season to prep it for Netflix posterity. 
• The condo from Orphan Black in Toronto:
  
• Dueling covers!
  
  
• Roberto Orci isn't directing the next Star Trek movie. Try to be strong.
• "The Dinker" in action!
  
• Dirk read a book!
  
• High school teachers with corduroy jackets and the fashions of the Seventies.
• Ugh. Christopher Nolan reportedly offered Ready Player One - really fun book...
  
  ...and how terrible an idea that is.
• The Terminator Genisys trailer...
  
  ...and Nike reran the original sneakers from the first one. ADD LINK
• Coulson's Thor line is the button of this ad:
  
• A very good explication of why Jackie Chan's Asian movies are better than his American films:
  
  The referenced gag reel credits:
  
  
• Dirk's growing boredom at the aggressive stupidity of action films especially the "Romeo and Juliet laws" aspect of Transformers: Marky Mark Goes To China.
• The Reebok "Alien Fighter Shoes" from Aliens:
  
• The Back to the Future II fundraising Nikes.
• Michael J. Fox's career because why not? 
• The Hottie Terminator scene referenced:
  
• Claire Holt of The Originals tests for the Supergirl series (unlikely to get it) and why they can crank out hours and hours of comic book TV stories compared to the movies.
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• HBO’s standalone service coming in April maybe.
• The Pirate Bay - pretty much the populizers of casual piracy - is down after being raided, possibly for good.
• Dirk reviews Captain Phillips and Snowpiercer.
• #GamerGate recap block:
• FTC clarifies rules about ad links.
• Milo Yiannopoulos about how anti-GG blocklist labels Kentucky Fried Chicken a "harasser"; the damage it did to the reputation of the Independent Game Developers Association; Newsweak's (deliberate typo) whitewashing and usual lying about it and how Reddit's Kotaku In Action sub dealt with it.
• Dirk gets censored and banned from The Mary Sue for attempting to bring truth to the hugbox of otherkin lies. The deleted posts here were his. 
• Milo's EPIC takedown of Bloomberg's hagiographic wet kiss of a profile of Prom Queen Sarkeesian. A MUST READ!
• Angela Bassett in Strange Days:
  
• Anti-GG calls for punishing a female dev for supporting GG. KiA reax.
• The dev who wanted to deny Steam keys to his customers of they supported GG.
• Internet Aristocrat packs it in prompting responses from Mundane Matt and Sargon.
• #FullMcIntosh's self-hating beta men group babble in 25 Invisible Benefits of Gaming While Male (not embedding video because we can't afford to replace punched monitors) and the great point by point reply from TG gamer calling out BS.
• BOOM!!!
  
• The Entertainment Weekly story...
  
  ...and the Kotaku In Action thread discussing it.
• The story of "Unchained Melody" - FACT CHECK: Bing Crosby turned the song down.
  
• Grand Theft Auto V is banned from Target and Kmart in Australia. Take-Two's CEO's reaction.
• The collapse of Lena Dunham's and Rolling Stone's rape stories. (There will be more on this in the next episode.)
• Stuff & Nonsense: Avril LaVigne health issues; RIP Ken Weatherwax (Pugsly from The Addams Family); Happy 38th Anniversary to Dirk's cousin. 

Episode #67 - "No No No No No No No!" - Show Notes

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Alternate Titles: "Lady Bitchface" or "Spielbergius Rex" or "A Solid Black Rectangle" or "Regretting Dating Coldplay" 

• Tonight's Beverages: Labatt Ice (Dirk); Jim Beam with a splash of Diet Mountain Dew (Otto).
• Dirk his kitteh klaw problems.
• Recapping the free goodies our FaceSpace fans. Go give us a Like to get in on the goodie opportunities!
• Satori Circus crashed the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade.
  
• Hayley Jane's Kickstarter hit its goal, but there's still time to chip in until Dec. 19.
• An interview has been taped with Shelley & Nici Porter - #MomDaughter from this season's run of The Amazing Race - and will hopefully run next week.
• A super-mega-ultra-uber episode of "What Did Dirk Pay For Blu-Rays?" and tales of Amazon shopping. (Correction: Total should've been $2 less because Dirk got Live Die Repeat for that difference after logging it.)
• Why owning physical disc is better than streaming services.
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• Additional Black Friday shopping tales.
• The Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer!
  
  
• The differences between the Clone Troopers helmets in Attack of the Clones (top) and Revenge of the Sith (bottom):
  
  
• Dirk's review of Attack the Block.
• Nerd boner or fanboy goosh?
• Erik Kain's thoughts and cool fan art posters.
• Discussion of the Jurassic World trailer:
  
  The melodica version:
  
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• Discussion of the casting announcement of Suicide Squad.
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• The lunch order part referenced starts at 3:37:
  
• Harrison Ford to appear in Blade Runner 2.
• Oscar Issac to play Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse.
• Ksenia Solo - Kenzi from Lost Girl - joins the cast of Orphan Black S3. Here's a tweet of her with Tatiana Maslany:
  
• Michelle MacLaren to direct the Wonder Woman.
• Pacific Rim 2 is guaranteed to suck even harder than the original.
• Sony Pictures gets hacked. It's really bad.
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• The complete original Cosmos series:
  
• Thoughts on watching Guardians of the Galaxy at home and 22 Jump Street.
• Extensive discussion of the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead and Season 5 overall compared to the comics.
• Not the exact picture reference, but close:
  
• Amazon is dumping the Fire Phone for $199 off-contract and it's still not worth it.
• Ubisoft kills off the Season Pass for the badly defective Assassin's Creed: Unity and offering free games and DayZ plays cheap games with prices and sales.
• Jim Stirling leaves The Escapist to start his own site. (We were going to post a link to his Patreon, but next week we'll explain why he's found himself against gamers. Whoops.)
• Dirk reviews the Amazon Fire TV Stick.
  
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• We preview the #GamerGate topics we had to push until next week's show due to time constraints.
• Guy takes pictures of a bear; gets eaten. Darwin works if you let him.
• Pomplamoose writes an article about how much money they lost on a tour, outraging musicians who know how to turn a profit.
• How the new credits for the 40th season of Saturday Night Live were created.
• J.Law regrets dating Mr. Coldplay, joining the rest of the world on this count.
• U2 has guest singers for a Times Square concert.
• Shia TheBeef claims he was raped during a performance art thing, but never said...
  
  (/facepalm)
• Some helpful hacks for Netflix. 
• Snooki got married. It’s safe to come out now.