GeekNights (Rym and Scott)

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the first season of Castlevania: Nocturne. If you enjoyed the first show then your vampire cup overfloweth. In the news, PAX has an official Discord and Bong Joon Ho is working on a new animated film about deep sea creatures.

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• Castlevania: Nocturne

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• Castlevania: Nocturne

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• Rym - Putin’s Story | The Puppet Show Banned In Russia
• Scott - Clarke Jaxton Motorbike

Tonight on GeekNights, with Rym back from the plague and Scott back from PAX, we review the hot new anime Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi / ダンジョン飯). From Studio Trigger, it's part light fantasy part cooking show. It's worth your watch. In the news, The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story dropped in partnership with the Kevin Love Fund and two lost Astro Boy episodes were recovered!

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• Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi)

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• Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi)

Things of the Day

• Rym - 2 days into college
• Scott - Joby Carter

Tonight on GeekNights, it's a Tech News Roundup! Mouse movers are getting people fired but are also a sign of late stage capitalism, social media is messing up the kids, don't operate your i9 at turbo voltages when it's overheating, Adobe is mostly wrong here but also read what you buy, this is a good car that will never reach the US, data breaches are getting worse as people care less and less that they happen, Wine patches bug 7955 after 17 years, the Pentax 17 is bad, Apple cancels Apple Pay Later, New York gets digital IDs (sort of), Microsoft slow rolls Recall after backlash, and Voyager 1 still lives!

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• Tech News Roundup Summer 2024

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• Tech News Roundup Summer 2024

Things of the Day

• Rym - ZEUS, POSEIDON & HADES
• Scott - TerminalTextEffects

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Whale Street. It is a solid concept, combining the stock/operating round structure of an 18xx game with poker hand mechanics, but it doesn't quite stick the landing on execution. In the news, Wizards of the Coast has an AI art problem, and Free to Play games like Overwatch and Marvel Snap have a new card/character power creep problem. PixelMeat is back. If you care about unions and good working conditions, consider calling Arsenal Scaffold to tell them workers need living wages.

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• Whale Street (2023)

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• Whale Street (2023)

Things of the Day

• Rym - Hearse of Strahd
• Scott - moai.games

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider how to ruin your competitive card game. Scott shares the original Sins of CCG design. This is all in the context of Marvel SNAP. In the news, the Rangers sweep the Capitals, Square Enix reported extraordinary losses, Dave & Buster's introduces real money gambling, and Fallout games don't work on modern PCs.

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• How to ruin your competitive card game

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• How to ruin your competitive card game

Things of the Day

• Rym - Man's Best Friend
• Scott - Was Green Hand a Mistake?

Tonight on GeekNights, in light of one of many Helldivers 2 kerfuffles, we consider yet another way that late capitalism is ruining the games industry: the stores make more money than the games. In the news, a Roblox game's attempt to fix its in-game economy causes a bunch of gamers to lose their minds, Sportsnet streams have freaky noises, and Animal Well is good.

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• Don't Make a Game, Make a Store

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• Don't Make a Game, Make a Store

Things of the Day

• Rym - 3 Brilliant Moments of Blocking
• Scott - Very Good

Tonight on GeekNights we talk about when technology fails. Dead PSUs, dead hard drives, and the like. In the news, there is a vulnerability in practically all VPNs and Tesla is firing everybody after they fired a bunch of people.

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• Technology Failures

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• Technology Failures

Things of the Day

• Rym - Why Stomping Wigglers Glitches Super Mario World
• Scott - The Unique Urination of Cicadas

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the delightful Pokémon Concierge on Netflix. In the news, Dungeon Meshi grows a plot if you watch past the first bit, Chinese Indie Feature Art College 1994 is in theaters this Friday, and Tonari no Yokai-san looks super cute.

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• Pokémon Concierge

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• Pokémon Concierge

Things of the Day

• Rym - Kinko Best Moments
• Scott - GUNDAM EVOLUTION Private Server Project

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Friends vs Friends. It's a fantastic quick arena-duel FPS with cards. It evokes the feeling of playing weird mods against your friends online in 1998. In the news, PAX Unplugged is December 6-8, the keynote speaker is Elizabeth Hargrave (of Wingspan fame), "hard mode" is a great way to frame handicapping in games, Microsoft lays off even more people, and Sony's Concord failed in legendary catastrophic fashion.

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• Friends vs Friends

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• Friends vs Friends

Things of the Day

• Rym - Corndog Delight
• Scott - Visiting Area 5150: Investigating a PC Demo

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the vicious smartphone upgrade cycle. Try to use your phone for more than a year or two at least. In the news, Apple has to halt new Apple Watch sales, Adobe gives up on buying Figma, and Scott had fun on the Star Wars ride at Disneyland.

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• The Smartphone Upgrade Cycle

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• The Smartphone Upgrade Cycle

Things of the Day

• Rym - Why do Americans Pronounce it Zee?
• Scott - Battle of Cherbourg (1864)

Tonight on GeekNights, Rym and Emily review Slay the Princess. It's a graphic novel philosophical horror game in a sense. It'll give you a lot to chew on and it's definitely worth playing! From Black Tabby Games, you may recognize Abby Howard from Penny Arcade's Strip Search!

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• Slay the Princess

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• Slay the Princess

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the games one can play at the beach. We've previously talked about the beach, and also Yard Games, so now we bring an intersection of the two. Also Beach Soccer and Terraforming Mars. In the news, the Nintendo Direct had some good stuff (especially the long awaited Metroid Prime 4) and you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox games.

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• Beach Games

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• Beach Games

Things of the Day

• Rym - High Power Rocketry FAIL COMPILATION
• Scott - Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB by Peanut Butter the Dog

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Orbital Children. It's an excellent short hard science fiction show written and directed by Mitsuo Iso. In the news, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM is in theaters May 7-8 and somebody bought Superman again.

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• The Orbital Children (2022)

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• The Orbital Children (2022)

Things of the Day

• Rym - What is the range of Sting's Orc-radar?
• Scott - Truncate

Tonight on GeekNights we consider what A New TV in 2024 looks like. In the news, the Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, GameCube and Wii emulators won't work on iOS due to Apple's ban on just-in-time compilation, and Meta really makes money from all the data they collect about you.

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• A New TV in 2024

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• A New TV in 2024

Things of the Day

• Rym - 90s computer room ✨🛰️ 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝟗𝟓 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 🎧 extended version
• Scott - MAPSCII

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the extremely good games we played at MAGFest 2024, which itself was possibly the best MAGFest that has ever happened to date. Particularly, the MAGFest Indie Videogame Showcase (MIVS) and a shout-out to Nothing Good Can Come of This. In the news, Palworld surged onto the scene with massive sales and weird controversies, tabletop game bootlegs are becoming a major problem, and anime is mainstream.

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• The Games of MAGFest 2024

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• The Games of MAGFest 2024

Things of the Day

• Rym - Extremely rare penalty called ⚠️
• Scott - Brutal Delayed Penalty Own Goal

Tonight on GeekNights, we make some technology predictions for one, five, and ten years into the future. We did this once back in 2010. In the news, Ticketmaster and Santander have massive data breaches, Google accidentally published its secret search sauce, Twitter adds pornography, and Rubin is the next generation AI chip.

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• Tech Predictions for 2025, 2029, and 2034

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• Tech Predictions for 2025, 2029, and 2034

Things of the Day

• Rym - Balance (1989)
• Scott - The Panzerbike

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Lethal Company from Zeekerss. Rym tried out that Zelda 2 remix. In the news, Nintendo killed the Wii U and 3DS servers early, and Valve banned people who deserved it in a fantastic way.

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• Lethal Company (2023)

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• Lethal Company (2023)

Things of the Day

• Rym - Disco Elysium | Pixel Animation | Петь в тишине
• Scott - Curt Bloch's Antifascist Zine

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble tradition of carving pumpkins. You may recall in 2006 when we reviewed Pumpkin Scissors or our review of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, but we have never dedicated an entire episode to the carving of pumpkins.

In the news, tonight is the 19th anniversary of GeekNights. (The brave can listen to the remastered pre-launch beta episodes (with commentary)). Also jaywalking is no longer illegal in New York.

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• Pumpkin Carving

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• Pumpkin Carving

Things of the Day

• Rym - Megilat Ḥam-Ed — the Scroll of the Steamed Portions of Cham
• Scott - What is the first American graphic novel?

Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss The Night is Short, Walk on Girl by Tomihiko Morimi. You may recall its anime adaptation we previously reviewed on GeekNights.

It's sort of a surreal and mystical romantic comedy. A college student heads out into the night and encounters various people and wild surreal happenings. Another student who has a crush on her has decided to confess that night, and ends up along for a wild ride. If you had a certain kind of university experience it is very true to that experience.

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• Book Club: The Night is Short, Walk on Girl

Tonight on GeekNights we review Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron (How Do You Live? / 君たちはどう生きるか). In the news, the final season of Hilda is live, and Scott has a low opinion of LAX.

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• The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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• The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Things of the Day

• Rym - PUNCH PUNCH FOREVER!
• Scott - Haunted Mirror Maze Puzzles

Tonight on GeekNights we review Ahoy (2022). In the news, kids want Robux for Christmas, ByteDance is restructuring Nuverse in a "retreat" from gaming, and Nintendo has to make an 18+ version of the N64 app.

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• Ahoy (2022)

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• Ahoy (2022)

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• Rym - 2017 Ohio State Drum Major Tryouts
• Scott - No-Bullshit Games

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the sad state of the technology creeping into car dashboards. In the news, the US Supreme Court has disastrously ruled that the president is above the law in extreme and shocking complicity with authoritarian takeover. In other news, some good Python development practices and Apple cramming AI into their largely failed Vision Pro.

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• Car Dashboard Tech

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• Car Dashboard Tech

Things of the Day

• Rym - Small BIRDS 8K ULTRA HD with Names and Sounds
• Scott - Can You Make It Bigger?

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss noodles. In the news, Alabama Republicans decide that embryos are literally children with extreme and harmful legal consequences, and Fubo has raised an antitrust suit against the coming massive sports streaming consolidation.

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• Noodles

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• Noodles

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• Rym - Which is Worse?
• Scott - GoPro Ride Through an Electron Beam Irradiator at Full Beam Power

Tonight on GeekNights, Rym begins a series of short episodes where he talks about something that's stuck in his craw. Join us in the forum thread to prove him wrong or ask questions. Whatever threads get the most engagement will lead to "part two" episodes of those topics going deeper.

This is why you can't let Scott go out of town. Mods asleep, post about structural concerns of government!

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• A Fourth Branch of the Federal Government with Rym

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• A Fourth Branch of the Federal Government with Rym

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evils of web trackers and analytics. They are used almost exclusively to feed the ad industry and you should block them wherever possible. Rym has installed the microcode patch for some Intel chips and you should too if you have one of them.

In the news, Microsoft is moving to a security-first posture, nostalgia accounts on social media are making up nonsense, and chatbots are intruding into and slowly ruining online social spaces.

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• Web Trackers and Analytics

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• Web Trackers and Analytics

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• Rym - We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI
• Scott - Magician's Brick

Tonight on GeekNights, 18 years after Rym tried to switch to Mac, Scott switches to Mac. (Except for gaming). In the news, Rym is building a new primary workstation,, Tim Sweeney calls out Apple's "malicious compliance" in light of The Digital Markets Act, and the Superb Owl went to overtime.

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• Scott Switches to Mac

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• Scott Switches to Mac

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• Rym - Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
• Scott - No Vehicles in the Park

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about cores and concurrency and threads and such. Also Rym and Emily fought a bear. In the news, Intel's chip instability saga has concluded, and Python 3.13.0 is pretty good.

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• Multicore Multiprocess Concurrency and Such

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• Multicore Multiprocess Concurrency and Such

Things of the Day

• Rym - How Mei Blows Up the Game
• Scott - Popular Science (May 1872)

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Klask. It's a well-designed extremely fun tabletop sport adjacent to but significantly distinct from Air Hockey. In the news, the Rangers are number one in the NHL, the Coyotes are moving to Salt Lake City, and Visions of Mana has quite the trailer.

Also if you ever need to help out an injured pigeon in New York City, you have a lot of good options.

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• Klask

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• Klask

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• Rym - The Snailfish
• Scott - Descent3

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the fantastic Robot Dreams, a Spanish-French animated tragicomedy was saw at the New York International Children's Film Festival. It has no dialog and you will remember the 21st night of September. In the news, Akira Toriyama has died, and the creator of X-Men 97 has been fired.

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• Robot Dreams (2023)

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• Robot Dreams (2023)

Things of the Day

• Rym - Attack the Gas Station
• Scott - How to Fold the Miura Ori

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the 2023 French animated neo-noir science fiction film Mars Express. Just watch it. It's Robocop Bladerunner 2001 Terminator 2 Total Recall Ghost in the Shell Murderbot (and more). In the news, The Time Masters is getting a theatrical 4k remastered release, the creator of Centaurworld is making a musical feature, and Ranma 1/2 is getting a redo.

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• Mars Express

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• Mars Express

Things of the Day

• Rym - DITCHING SCHOOL
• Scott - The VOTOMS Hub

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the year 2023. Sort of a personal retrospective. In the news, Donald Trump argues in court that a president has the right to assassinate their enemies, and 2023 was the hottest year in human history,

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• 2023 (2023)

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• 2023 (2023)

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• Rym - Adults giving you directions
• Scott - Sauna Security

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Obelus. A re-implementation of Dark Spires designed by Chris A. Williams, it's a quick abstract two-player game that's worth having in your bag. In the news, The Magic Commander Format, recently embroiled in capitalist drama, is getting a digital version, and the itch.io Creator Day sale is this Friday!

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• Obelus (2024)

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• Obelus (2024)

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• Obelus (2024)

Things of the Day

• Rym - DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO 10, 11, 12, & 13
• Scott - Tony Hawk wanted to track down a mysterious skateboarder from 1979

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider blogging. In the news, Roblox is making a closed ecosystem Discord competitor, the US gave Intel a pile of money, and Intel's CEO hit the bricks. Rym has also consolidated all of his social media into rym.social and talks about how he set up cross-posting across microblog, Mastodon, and Bluesky.

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• Blogs

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• Blogs

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• Blogs

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• Rym - Staring at Rupees for 17 hours
• Scott - The Network of Time

Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss The Murderbot Diaries. They're pretty good, and you should read them.

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• The Murderbot Diaries

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• The Murderbot Diaries

Things of the Day

• Rym - weevils
• Scott - Sleepbaseball

Tonight on GeekNights, Rym begins a series of short episodes where he talks about something that's stuck in his craw. Join us in the forum thread to prove him wrong or ask questions. Whatever threads get the most engagement will lead to "part two" episodes of those topics going deeper.

This is why you can't let Scott go out of town. Mods asleep, post quantum physics.

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• Quantum Physics with Rym

Thing of the Day

• Rym - A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Four Swords, which was released in 2002 on the GBA as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords. It's basically a tech demo/proof of concept for the real game released on the Gamecube which we reviewed back in 2009. You can play it online with friends on the Switch, and you probably should. In the news, Game Informer is no more, Go AIs can be attacked via exploits, and the new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has engaged the hype machine.

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• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

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• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords

Things of the Day

• Rym - Turkish sharpshooter Yusuf Dikeç
• Scott - Chicken Pod #1

Tonight on GeekNights we are back with a new web site! In the news, there is tragic war in Israel and Palestine, the House is paralyzed by Republican incompetence, Twitter has destroyed itself in a way that requires us to invoke the "Jack Thompson Rule," and Apple makes a minor change to podcast downloads.

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• GeekNights Thursday - Back with a New Web Site

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• Rym - Bohemian Rhapsody in 9 different scales
• Scott - Castlevania Speedrunners Discover Nuclear Fusion

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of bosses in videogames. In the news, the Panthers win the Stanley Cup in the longest season in NHL history, Connor McDavid is awarded the Conn Smythe trophy but doesn't come out to claim it, and Founders of Reyvick might someday come.

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• Bosses (in videogames)

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• Bosses (in videogames)

Things of the Day

• Rym - Perception check but the Dark Urge is a ✨BARD✨
• Scott - FOOTSIES TRILEMMA

Tonight on GeekNights, Rym and Emily review Star Trek: Lower Decks. Based in part on the high concept TNG episode Lower Decks, it's worth your watch. If you've never seen any Star Trek before, perhaps try the first episode of this and the first episode of Strange New Worlds to see if it's your cup of tea.

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider PAX Unplugged 2024. It was a top tier PAX. In the news, the Rangers aren't doing well, Marvel Overwatch is exactly what it looks like, and Fortnite has to pay back the kids it ripped off.

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• PAX Unplugged 2024

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• PAX Unplugged 2024

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• PAX Unplugged 2024

Things of the Day

• Rym - when the solo is so good the band forgets to finish
• Scott - IMG_0001

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the Terminator Zero anime. It's a worthy Terminator entry, though we'd suggest watching Terminator and Terminator 2 (and nothing else) before watching it. Eight episodes on Netflix and produced by Production IG, Skydance, and Netflix. In the news, John Wick is getting a prequel anime, and Animation Speak Easy is this Friday in Brooklyn.

Be sure to make a plan to vote for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. Don't be a sucker.

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• Terminator Zero (2024)

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• Terminator Zero (2024)

Things of the Day

• Rym - he single worst seat at Guaranteed Rate Field
• Scott - Protecting a Dust Jacket

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss fragrances. You may recall in 2013 we covered the opposite side of the smell spectrum. In the news, GeekNights officially endorses Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for President and Vice President of the United States, the world's first medieval electronic instrument has launched, and this is the kind of thing you only expect to see in movies.

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• Fragrances

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• Fragrances

Things of the Day

• Rym - The World’s Fastest Bomber: The XB-70 Valkyrie
• Scott - Can You Tune A Fish?

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the insidious and underestimated problem of noise pollution. We've previously talked about computer noise specifically. In the news, GeekNights endorses whoever the Democratic candidate for President is in the 2024 election, the Russian government plotted assassinations in Europe, red light cameras remain controversial, and the Jersey Shore played itself.

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• Noise Pollution

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• Noise Pollution

Things of the Day

• Rym - What's that pipe for?
• Scott - TASER Chess

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider scams. In the news, the first malaria vaccine slashes early childhood mortality, Hookworms used to ravage the southern United States, the statue of the traitor was melted into slag, and Travis Dermott singlehandedly forced the NHL to change a terrible policy.

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• Scams

Things of the Day

• Rym - Nothing's Working Out - Waluigi
• Scott - Puzzmo

Tonight on GeekNights, we riff on some of the ideas we're exploring for our new talk for PAX East 2024: All Games are the Same Game. Turns out you can factorize games into other games. Also we're back after Rym was gone skiing for a week. In the news, the Logitech G PRO X wireless headset is all right, it turns out US presidents aren't immune to all laws, and Roblox has a universal translator.

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• All Games are the Same Game

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• All Games are the Same Game

Things of the Day

• Rym - The Best Keyboard, According to Science
• Scott - Card Games Historically Played by the Black Community

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of debt. In the news, the FTC makes a move against dark patterns in subscriptions and North Korea blows up its connection to South Korea and decrees that unification is no longer possible.

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• Debt

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• Debt

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• Rym - Wireless Non-Electrical Remote
• Scott - The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about fear. Rym was on a panel about fear at PAX South back in 2016, plus a video essay. In the news, it turns out Santa Claus is a myroblyte, ChatGPT went down, Russia shot down another commercial airliner, and Finland seized a Russian sabotage tanker.

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• Fear

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• Fear

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• Fear

Things of the Day

• Rym - Caga Tió de Nadal
• Scott - What Happened to the World's Largest Tube TV?

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the anime version of Ōoku: The Inner Chambers from 2023. In the news, the Lupin III Kabuki Stage Play streams live with English subtitles on August 11 and Dandadan is opening in theaters on September 13th.

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• Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023 Anime)

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• Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023 Anime)

Things of the Day

• Rym - When you steal an Arab's car
• Scott - Super Mario Maker 2 - If You Jump 4 Times You Die

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Balatro (2024). From LocalThunk and published by Playstack, it's a roguelike deckbuilder in the vein of Slay the Spire, but in Video Poker. It's good. In the news, PAX East was all right but it's still a ghost town when the expo hall closes, the Rangers are top of the NHL coming into the playoffs, and you may not have played Crime No Crime before (but you should).

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• Balatro (2024)

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• Balatro (2024)

Things of the Day

• Rym - The End of Evangelion: When I Watch Something Unforgettable
• Scott - Original Pirate Material

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the the idea of remote access. In the news, here's a list of all the tech layoffs so far in 2023, and Twitch changes its simulcasting guidelines.

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• Remote Access

Things of the Day

• Rym - Star Trek + Design
• Scott - Homeward

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about drones. In the news, the common clay of the New West think they're seeing nefarious drones everywhere and we have WordPress vs WP Engine.

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• Drones

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• Drones

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• Drones

Things of the Day

• Rym - 1-900-490-FREAK
• Scott - Elevator Music

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about widgets. Mostly status and telemetry widgets that people like to put on their desktops or their phones. They have their uses, but are usually useless. In the news, Cloudplane is shutting down in December, Adobe's Project Turntable is stunning, and Tesla's robots were (obviously) fake.

If you are able to vote in the United States, make a plan to vote. You can't sit this one out. You can't vote for a "third party." It's frankly unethical to do anything but vote straight ticket for Democrats.

There are two power-seeking coalitions in America. Choose the one that you want setting the rules for the next election. The Democrats are the literal best option we have. Do the right thing.

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• Widgets

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• Rym - An undulating thrill
• Scott - Asian Hockey Card Collection

Tonight on GeekNights, after talking about people who use their phones in public at full speaker volume, we review the fantastic convention that was Super MAGFest 2024. We previously covered the games of this MAGFest in MIVs. In the news, the Superb Owl is the least interesting it's ever been, and late capitalism claims another digital victim.

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• Super MAGFest 2024

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• Super MAGFest 2024

Things of the Day

• Rym - The Odd History of Goalie Masks
• Scott - pinaffo & pluvinage's cardboard installation

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Scavengers Reign, a science fiction drama television series created by Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner for Max, based on their 2016 short film Scavengers. It's not bad. In the news, Deadpool & Wolverine is worth seeing if you like Deadpool, Arcane and Terminator Zero are already leaked, and the Rick and Morty anime is coming August 16th.

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• Rym - Fever Feels Horrible, but is Actually Awesome!
• Scott - DanceDanceRevolution THE SAMPLES (1st-5thMix)

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss markup languages like Markdown. In the news, Rym posted an analysis of strange noises in Sportsnet NHL streams, the ship that broke Baltimore Harbor has been removed, you can read a paper exploring The consequences of generative AI for online knowledge communities, and there are new iPads.

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• Markup Languages

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• Markup Languages

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• Rym - Come stay in a $40 2/10 hotel with me for an evening.
• Scott - Non-Euclidean Doom:

Tonight on GeekNights, we review several anime, cartoons, and comics that only one of us has experienced. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Chainsaw Man, Hilda, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus, and Twins in Paradise. In the news, Mickey Mouse has actually for-real entered the public domain and Disney is facing a huge internal power struggle. Also Rym and Emily saw the Field of Light.

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• Several Cartoons and Comics Only One of Us Watched

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• Several Cartoons and Comics Only One of Us Watched

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• Rym - Hilda - Early Animation Test
• Scott - PAKU PAKU

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Animal Well. It's a beautiful and well made metroidvania. In the news, Civilization 7 is coming and Blades in the Dark is fantastic from session zero to terminal endgame.

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• Animal Well (2024)

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• Animal Well (2024)

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• Rym - Don't touch AM transmitter towers
• Scott - Project Random

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the nature of the Easter Egg. They're good for society. In the news, the mayor of New York lost a duel, and it's not just you.

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• Easter Eggs

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• Rym - So THAT'S where Bugs Bunny got it from!
• Scott - Sweet Home (1989) [Full Film, Domesday Capture, Subbed]

Tonight on GeekNights we review the absolutely fantastic LUPIN III Kabuki Production. Even if you have never experienced kabuki and know nothing about it, this is 100% worth watching. It's a top tier experience. In the news, everything on Temu and Shein is full of poison and the updated Chicago Manual of Style just dropped!

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• LUPIN III Kabuki Production

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• LUPIN III Kabuki Production

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• Rym - Consciousness
• Scott - The Podcast Index

Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. It's a Zelda game and you probably should play it. In the news, the big Nintendo leak isn't that exciting and Reiner Knizia’s SHOCKING Confession.

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• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

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• Rym - BART Speedrun Records
• Scott - BigBoxDB

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Cobalt Core. It's a cross between Slay the Spire and FTL, taking the best aspects of both. It's also super cute. In the news, the Pickleball people are facing increasing drama, and it's good to "cheat" at Pokémon. We also make fun of AMD for a while.

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• Cobalt Core

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• Cobalt Core

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• Rym - AI Tom Scott talks about Sneed
• Scott - Better Rockem Sockem Robots

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the ramifications of a ridiculous Texas law being argued before the Supreme Court, and its ramifications for the imperfect but valuable Section 230. In the news, A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO, Reddit is selling your data to Google for AI training, and Reddit admitted that your moderator protests are working. Also Rym has some notes on his new workstation.

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• Moderation, Section 230, and Free Speech

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• Moderation, Section 230, and Free Speech

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• Rym - The Oldest Room in the House
• Scott - GifCities

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Look Back. Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama and based on Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga of the same title. You may know Tatsuki Fujimoto from Goodbye Eri and Chainsaw Man. In the news, Rym's flight home from Singapore has its own wikipedia page, Anno is producing a new Space Battleship Yamato film, and the Uzumaki anime has some drama.

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• Look Back (2024)

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• Look Back (2024)

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• Rym - T-Bar Problems
• Scott - BBC Sound Effects

Tonight on GeekNights, against the backdrop of ongoing tech layoffs we talk about layoffs. (No, neither of us has been laid off). In the news, New York's Clean Slate Act is good news for millions of people trying to get their lives back together, Apple shocks the world by adopting RCS, and

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• Layoffs

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• Rym - The Insane Engineering of the F-16
• Scott - RECOIL - Retro Computer Image Library

Tonight on GeekNights, we review the remake of Ranma 1/2. It's a solid remake of the classic anime based on the classic manga by Rumiko Takahashi. In the news, stay strong as the fascists take control of the US government, and Sony is trying to buy Kadokawa.

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• Ranma 1/2 (2024)

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• Ranma 1/2 (2024)

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• Rym - The Ghosts of Misery Mire
• Scott - curl -v https://google.com

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about knives. Learn to use the right knife for the right task with the right technique in the kitchen, and your life will be better. Also learn how to care for them. In the news, the assassination of a health insurance CEO brought a deep simmering anger to the surface of American society, surprising many, and the Interstella 5555 "remaster" isn't.

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• Knives

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• Knives

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• Knives

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• Rym - Restored - Star Trek The Animated Series Public Service Ad
• Scott - Lord of the Maps

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about Terminals. From the VT100 to any modern Terminal Emulator, they are still a part of the computing world and are worth knowing about. In the news, Jimmy Carter has died at 100, Chinese state-sponsored hackers attacked the US Treasury, and a hero has defeated a fake Nintendo lawyer.

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• Terminals

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• Terminals

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• Terminals

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• Rym - Line
• Scott - Natural Number Game

Tonight on the 18th anniversary of the first episode of GeekNights, we review The Jackbox Party Pack 10. It's got the streamlined TKO 2 and a trivia game that's like the ones we like. In the news, Rym keeps playing Overwatch, Super Mario Wonder is good fun, and Deltarune 3 and 4 will come out sooner than anticipated.

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• The Jackbox Party Pack 10

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• Rym - i could probably beat ramiel in a fight
• Scott - This is an Aaronson Oracle

Tonight on GeekNights, having previously talked about Cheating we now consider Anti-Cheat. How do you prevent cheating? In the news, the Nintendo Direct is Feb 21 but the Switch 2 is likely 2025, and Helldivers 2's ugly anti-cheat in a PvE game leaves a bad taste in our mouths.

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• Anti-Cheat

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• Rym - Wario Addresses His Nation Amidst Its Destruction
• Scott - Game Font Forensics

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• E-Waste and Worthless Tech

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• Rym - The Thermador Car Cooler
• Scott - FD Displays

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• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)

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• Rym - What's Inside A Ships Lifeboat?
• Scott - Joe Rinaudo Discusses the American Fotoplayer

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• Rym - Masami Okui - Live in Hibiya 13 - Toki ni Ai wa (ITARU ver.).mpg

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• Archiving the Internet

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• Rym - Evolution of Kantele (Finnish Harp)
• Scott - Touring a Startup Fiber Optic ISP

In the news, the world is safer today as Finland formally joins NATO, a Florida man is indicted for fraud, Klaus Teuber, the designer of the timeless classic Settlers of Catan, has passed away at age 70, and the new D&D movie might be good.

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• Rym - COFFEE IS AN EYE OPENER FOR SURE
• Scott - Resident Evil 4 Anime PV Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater

In at least some lighter news, there are actually a lot of good movies coming up. Some that we might even go see.

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• Colosseums, Stadiums, and Arenas

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• Rym - Neighborhood Nostalgia Comes to Life
• Scott - Calling The Rich Out on Their Bluff

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• Computer Fonts

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• Rym - Starship Velociraptor
• Scott - merlin

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• Lore

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• Rym - Do you want to take this train?
• Scott - High Pressure Water Main Repair

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• Magic

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• Rym - CLOWN ROOM
• Scott - I hope you will never see this letter

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• Retooling GeekNights Wednesday

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• Rym - 60s-70s Japanese Instrumental Cinema Funk Breaks & Beats
• Scott - The Men Who Made Macross

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• Computer Noise

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• Rym - The Heisenberg uncertainty principle
• Rym - The more general uncertainty principle
• Scott - Counter-Strike Steganography for Ukraine

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• Rym - ALL Old Modem Sounds (300 baud to 56K)
• Scott - Material Properties Database

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• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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• Rym - THE CARTWHEEL - Banned Shot Put Technique!
• Scott - Rating Strangers Shots

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• GeekNights Book Club: The Satanic Verses

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• Rym - The FIRE TOILET
• Scott - Learn x86-64 assembly by writing a GUI from scratch

In the news, the American northeast is a dangerous hellscape currently, Hayao Miyazaki's "How Do You Live" hits theaters July 14th and there will be no trailer, and Image Comics leaves Diamond Distributors.

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• Rym - The End of Honeysuckle
• Scott - his Man Makes 3,000+ Bagels by Hand Every Day

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• Rym - The Balearic Sling
• Scott - Creative Astrophotography

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• Game Mechanics: Worker Placement

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• Rym - its not always about the money spiderman
• Scott - Zone of Death

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• Rym - Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker Montage - 24 Clips
• Scott - A Candid Conversation with Miles Davis

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• Rym - German Community Gardens (Schrebergarten)
• Scott - Chip Player JS

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• Upgrading Your Tech

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• Rym - Feed the Machine - Metropolis Music Video
• Scott - Bruce Lee and Me

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• PitchCar (1995)

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• Rym - What's with those big helmets?
• Scott - CLAW MASTER

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• Rym - Say Less
• Scott - Michael Chabon's Book Store

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• Quake 2 Remastered

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• Rym - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Chess Gambit
• Scott - Tour de France - Drinking Raids

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• Rym - Quantum Fields: The Most Beautiful Theory in Physics!
• Scott - The process of making fake food.

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• PAX West 2023

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• Rym - Bentley vs Steyr
• Scott - Yellow Brick Ramble

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• Search Engines (suck now)

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• Rym - Imaginary Numbers Are Real
• Scott - The best hockey goal in the history of Australia

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• Rym - What That Famous Gorilla Suit Study Didn’t See
• Scott - Paulie B

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• Counter-Strike 2

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• Rym - oo ee oo
• Scott - One Revolution Per Minute

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• The Warwick Applefest

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• Rym - Speed Racers VEHICLE of VIOLENCE
• Scott - Classic Video Poker