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On this weeks Samcast we mess with the formula some more by talking about the avengers 2, Nintendo with smash brothers, DLC that annoys Jacob , and the shaky entrey into downloadable games, we also geek out about a very large hack and I rack my brain to try to not get snakestruck.

Coitus and education stories:
A sex education video goes to far (Kevin Draper)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2183184/Outrage-school-banned-sex-education-porn-cartoon-children-aged-FIVE

School get a bit to nosy with female students (Kevin Draper)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/delhi-charter-school-in-l_n_1752756.html?ir=Politics&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

A mix of religion has school in an uproar (Kevin Draper)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/crazy-facts-students-will_n_1758003.html?ir=Politics&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Avengers Stories:

Could we see the Fantastic Four in the Avengers 2? (Jacob Carpenter)
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/06/joe-carnahan-to-direct-daredevil

Joss Wheaton will make the Avengers 2 (Jacob Carpenter)
http://movieline.com/2012/08/07/joss-whedon-avengers-2-sequel/

Mark your Calendars, maybe (Jacob Carpenter)
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/09/is-this-avengers-2s-release-date

Nintendo Stories:

Super Smash Brothers 4 (Jacob Carpenter)
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/08/sakurai_spills_some_beans_on_super_smash_bros_4

Seriously Nintendo, seriously (Jacob Carpenter)
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/08/more_fire_emblem_dlc_on_its_way_to_japan_this_month

It’s a me, no wait 45 minutes, ok It’s a me Mario (Jacob Carpenter)
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/08/planning_to_download_new_super_mario_bros_2_youll_need_about_45_minutes

Hack Stories:

A disturbing tale of hakery: http://www.emptyage.com/post/28679875595/yes-i-was-hacked-hard

A deeper look into the hack: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/

Single link stories:

Smaller iPad Possible: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57486733-37/heres-apples-e-mail-thread-about-a-7-inch-ipad/

Houston, we made it to Mars (Jacob Carpenter)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/science/space/nasa-sends-first-images-of-rover-on-mars.html?ref=science

Mark Gatiss to write new drama about begining of Doctor Who: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/08/mark-gatiss-writes-new-bbc-drama-about-the-beginning-of-doctor-who/

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On this weeks Samcast I’m joined by Jacob to talk about a sneaky Nasa engineer, A robot that will fufill your dreams as long as your rich enough to afford it, we get to see angry Jacob again as we talk about a troll that lost his job, and we geek out over the upcoming season of Doctor Who.

Portal in Space (Jacob Carpenter)
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/23/portal-2s-space-core-shows-up-on-nasa-panel

New Doctor Who Stuff (Jacob Carpenter)

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/multiple-50th-specials-no-full-series-until-2014-36555.htm
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/02/watch-the-new-doctor-who-season-7-trailer
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/324944/Tom-s-appointment-for-Doctor-s-50th
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/08/doctor-who-season-7-launch-image-unveiled/

Blake Shelton causes twitter stir: http://www.buzzfeed.com/turtlefeed/nbc-voice-celebrity-brags-about-killing-turtle-on-ruc

7 ways the net sucked in the 90’s: http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/07/7_ways_the_internet_sucked_in_the_1990s.php

the zombies are here and they are for the people (Kevin Draper)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/29/westboro-baptist-church_n_1717142.html?fb_action_ids=4346620188327%2C10151297284268275%2C10151297277628275&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_ref=type%3Aread%2Cuser%3A8gpBm9pjo31IVtTOb7xex_kUTZ0&fb_source%25&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

stupid supreme court rights are for the people (Kevin Draper)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/veterans-bill-military-funerals_n_1733080.html

Man trolls Chick-Fil-A employee and gets fired for it (kevin draper)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/adam-smith-chick-fil-a-drive-bully_n_1735357.html?ir=Politics&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Buy your own fighting robot for alot of money (Kyle Belcher): http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/buy-own-giant-japanese-robot-only-1-3-211226290.html

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On this weeks Samcast we thank someone for a plug and then listen to some podsafe music that takes us on a trip playing snakes and ladders, get lost in someone else, celebrate the birthday of the brick twit house, fall into a steampunk dream, tell you some things, look at all the presidents, see the world in purple deep and shadow blue, and take a wrong turn in Albuquerque!

Playlist:

Snakes and Ladders: Circus Envy

Only You Who Matters: The Bottle Poets

I’m A Twit: Geoff Smith

SteamPunk Serenade: SpiceHouse

What If I Told You: Jonathan Blake Salazar

The Presidents: Jonathan Coulton

Purple Deep and Shallow Blue: Fifteenth Summer

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On this weeks Samcast I’m joined by Kevin to talk about limiting yourself from something to make it more enjoyable, two old media company’s acting like little children..again,why some turn to phones to make the commercial experience more enjoyable, Paris Mcdonalds employees go to far, and we take a strange quiz from Jacob that makes us have to pause the podcast because math will be involved.

limiting something means you enjoy it more: http://lifehacker.com/5925470/if-you-want-to-truly-enjoy-something-limit-how-often-you-do-it

Direct tv vs viacom leads to blackouts: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/viacom-directv-standoff-causes-channel-blackout-in-20-million-households/

Paul and Bruce told to quiet it down: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/07/the-night-the-music-died-plug-pulled-on-historic-paul-mccartneybruce-springsteen-appearance/

Air Conditioning turns 110: http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/happy-110th-birthday-air-conditioning.html

People bored during commercials turn to Phone a Friend. (Jacob Carpenter)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407316,00.asp

Apple ruled to say they were wrong: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-18/apple-must-publish-notice-samsung-didn-t-copy-ipad-judge-says.html

McDonalds Employees attack man with digital eyeglasses: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/07/18/mcdonalds-employee-assaults-man-with-digital-eye-glass/

Plugs:

Jacobs doctor quiz: http://www.ign.com/blogs/jsnakec/2012/07/11/which-doctor-are-you-2

Jacobs review of The Dark Knight Rises: http://www.ign.com/blogs/jsnakec/2012/07/21/the-dark-knight-rises-review

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On this weeks Samcast we talk some stories sent in by the listeners including one that makes Jacob go into his full on angry teacher mode, a website that makes someone want to wake up from their coma and upgrade from IE7, Def Leppard playing by the rules..but only just, and we have a geek out over a new look for the 8th doctor and a few bits of information coming from comic con. All of this while we lay in broken pieces.

Online store Kogan charges IE7 tax: http://www.kogan.com/au/blog/new-internet-explorer-7-tax/ (Credit:Johnathan Shank)

Yoga teacher fired for banning phones: http://mashable.com/2012/07/09/facebook-yoga-teacher-allegedy-fired-over-banning-phones-in-class/ (Credit:Cliff Ravenscraft)

Def leppard to rerecord songs to get past copyright rule: http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/def-leppard-re-records-own-music-to-spite-record-company-2012077/

The eighth doctor costume to get a bit more offical: http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/new-eighth-doctor-box-set-1-doctor-who—dark-eyes-792

Iwata says 3D not as popular anymore: http://www.destructoid.com/iwata-3d-not-quite-as-popular-as-it-once-was-231211.phtml

The best of taco bells twitter account: http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-best-of-taco-bells-twitter

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On this weeks Samcast I’m joined by Jacob as we start to change the format a bit as we pick a few stories from a list to talk about including problems of the 90’s, the second that took down alot of the internet,and the death of the most frivolous lawsuit yet, along with our review of The Amazing Spiderman.

Facebook want button: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook-want-button-20120629,0,5196924.story

10 clever uses for trash: http://lifehacker.com/5922473/top-10-clever-hacks-for-things-you-thought-were-trash

Cat litter can cause suicide?: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/02/weird-science-kitty-litter-increases-risk-of-suicide/

Oatmeal lawsuit dropped: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/03/charles-carreon-drops-lawsuit/

Leap second hurts some of net: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/leap-second-bug-wreaks-havoc-with-java-linux/

14 problems from the 90’s
http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/14-first-world-problems-from-the-90s

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On this weeks Samcast we pay tribute to the departure of Fourcast by making our own insane predictions of the future and I tax Kevin and Jacob with four questions as well as Jacob talking about the latest news from Nintendo and taxing our brain with a riddle we can’t solve.

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