Episode 47 – Worst Superpowers

The Untitled Geek Podcast

SHOW NOTES

Drink of the Show: Tev’s Basement Brew: Oatmeal Stout

Ingredients:

• Oatmeal Beer Kit

Drink Rating (out of 5)

• Adam: 3 of 5
• Tev: 4 of 5

Top 5: Worst Super Powers

You can see our detailed Top 5 list at the bottom. Warning: spoilers!

Television

What we’ve been watching: American Horror Story, Sherlock, Walking Dead, The Colony, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

News:

• Half of internet-enabled TVs are never connected to internet
• Comcast releases it’s own Netflix: Streampix
• Lucy Lawless becomes law-less and boards drilling ship with greenpeace members

Books

What we’ve been reading: A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs – Barsoom book 1)

Tech

News:

• Man survives two months trapped without food
• Surveillance drones coming to a backyard near you?
• When stealing copper from a power substation, do not pee on it
• Apache 2.4 Launched
• Reversible USB Port
• Scientist who discovered Hepatitis C creates vaccine for it
• Apple antenna-gate settlement
• Multi-billion-dollar laser-cannon plane retired
• Nevada approves self-driving cars
• FCC predicts slower, more expensive wireless networks
• Google HUD glasses?

Video Games

What we’re playing: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Saints Row The Third, Double Fine Happy Action Theater

News:

• Fake Pokemon game rises to number 3 in the iTunes app charts
• Mojam and others create game in 60 hours
• Taco Bell says Vita contest problems were “technical issues”
• Mass Effect 3 has reversible cover for FemShep
• Sega Game Gear games coming to 3DS
• What happened to Last Guardian?

Movies

What we’ve been watching: The Secret World of Arrietty, My Neighbor Totoro

News:

• WB planning live action Bleach and Death Note movies

Netflix Watch Instantly: Being Elmo

Break Music:

• Supercar (Leather Uppers)

End Music:

• Karl Marx and the Reds (Isaac Graham)

Top 5

(spoilers!) Adam:

• Captain Planet (check out the Don Cheadle skit)
• Dazzler
• Green Lantern
• Arm Fall Off Boy
• Zan from Wonder Twins

Tev:

• Harry Potter
• Ant Man
• Razorback
• Turbo Teen
• Alisha Baily