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Month: August 2015

  • Episode 065: Medicinal Metallica

    Episode 065: Medicinal Metallica

    This episode contains: Destiny, what’s the point of playing a video game?, DLC, the Ladies Night Podcast, this is not a videogame podcast!, why most videogames are sci-fi, Sims, farming simulator, “Lot Lizards” This Week in Space: Space elevators, ribbon to geosynchronous orbit, counter weight, alternative to using carbon nano-tubes, Thoth Technology, using pressurized gas, 12…

  • Episode 064: Apocalyptic Gaming

    Episode 064: Apocalyptic Gaming

    Recorded August 12th, 2015 This episode contains: Horrible day at work, Blue Apron pizza, arugula on pizza? (Why?), gross olives, Devon is learning to cook, Thug Kitchen, tofu (is supposedly good according to Steven), the science and art of cooking (not really), Robot Overlords: Evolution to improve power of robots, mother robot and children robots, evaluating…

  • Episode 063: Alien Crabs

    Episode 063: Alien Crabs

    Recorded August 6th, 2015 This episode contains: Steven’s back!, Las Vegas, Craps, Black Jack, Roulette, house money effect (Devon incorrectly calls this a fallacy), adult Cirque du Soleil, Star Trek Experience, M&M store, Eminem ride Pop Sci 1: Lexis has build a working hoverboard, Back to the Future quotes, super conductors, cool fog, skate park with…

  • Episode 062: Technological Breakthroughs

    Episode 062: Technological Breakthroughs

    This episode contains: Temporary new host, guest host, Reel Stupid Podcast, Twilight, target demo, creepiness of Twilight, Miles from Tomorrowland, sci-fi kids show, Star Wars for kids, Red Letter Media (Devon calls it Red Band), This Week in Space: New space plane, Stratolaunch, larges airplane ever, space ports, past SFP mistakes, Space X, Virgin Galactic,…