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Microsoft plays the blame game and passes the buck to AMD over a "lack of documentation" for recent updates causing blue screens on those systems. http://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-points-finger-at-amd-for-spectre-and-meltdown-patches-bricking-some-pcs/ Jeff Sessions is mixing up the situation with legalized marijuana. http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/04/politics/jeff-sessions-cole-memo/index.html Final Fantasy 12 remake is coming to pc! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/11/final-fantasy-xii-pc-release-date-february-1/ Donald Trump refers to a fictional Jet from a popular game series as though they are real! https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2018/01/11/donald-trump-accidentally-refers-to-a-fighter-jet-from-call-of-duty-advanced-warfare/#2bf968ce6608 We talk about the "shit hole" incident. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/trump-shithole-countries.html

John and Emily Cast! James returns next week! In James-o vision!

No show notes this week folks! This is just a John and Emily cast!

On today's episode, James and John shoot the breeze after they go off show notes on a wild ride through our countries various states of affair! Some of these comments are coming from dead, but they sure do support the killing of net neutrality! https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/dead-people-among-millions-impersonated-in-fake-net-neutrality-comments/ Ajit Pai (or Idjit Pie as I like to refer to him) seems to have gotten the mistaken impression that he is an internet personality and not a tool. Observe the following evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFhT6H6pRWg Disney and Fox make a deal, and hopefully no one will suffer for it! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/business/dealbook/disney-fox-deal.html

On today's episode, we briefly touch on gaming as a art form! Postmodern art is a body of art movements that sought to contradict some aspects of modernism or some aspects that emerged or developed in its aftermath. In general, movements such as intermedia, installation art, conceptual art and multimedia, particularly involving video are described as postmodern.

EA Blames Cannon for the loot boxes. Okay EA, whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep at night. https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/28/16711474/star-wars-battlefront-2-cosmetics-loot-boxes-lucasfilm-canon EA shareholders were not pleased with this fiasco! https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/11/28/ea-shares-plummet-after-star-wars-battlefront-ii-loot-box-fiasco/#6051b506f37d HiRez... look, if you need someone to advise you on your company and it's decisions going forward, call me. http://www.pcgamer.com/paladins-players-angry-over-new-loot-box-based-progression-system/ MOTHA-SON-GUN MEGAMAN 11! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWvZ5g_FQc Jim Sterling walks you through the situation with Destiny 2 and the exp scaling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq05MgGMVMM

AT&T and Comcast bicker with other ISP's over the rights to poles in Nashville. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/att-and-comcast-win-lawsuit-they-filed-to-stall-google-fiber-in-nashville/ Remember folks, make yourself heard, because Net Neutrality really matters! www.gofccyourself.com Whatcha been playing is on the Docket!

Serious Cast Episode! Listen in to our discussion!

Spelunky 2 gets a teaser trailer! So excited! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_VjknboFaQ Electronic Arts buys Respawn Entertainment. RIP http://www.pcgamer.com/electronic-arts-buys-respawn-for-more-than-400-million-new-titanfall-in-the-works/ Hey guys, Stardew Valley Multiplayer might be coming early 2018! Unless of course, it doesn't. Like the last few times it was "coming soon." http://www.pcgamer.com/stardew-valley-multiplayer-is-coming-along-great-eric-barone-wants-you-to-look-at-his-cabin/ Star Wars is getting a new trilogy far removed from the Skywalker family! I hope I hope I hope I hope I hope (etc.) https://io9.gizmodo.com/rian-johnson-is-developing-a-new-trilogy-of-star-wars-m-1820310672

After the high of reading about Pheonix Labs blow against loot boxes this hurt especially bad. Fuck you Activision http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-01-in-call-of-duty-ww2-loot-boxes-drop-from-the-sky-onto-normandy-beach-and-open-in-front-of-other-players Pheonix Labs removes loot boxes from their game Dauntless, opts for microtransactions where you buy upgrades directly. We are now in a world where I am excited for regular microtransactions… process that for a moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U395pjPqfRw Why do the good ones always have to die! Runic RIP. There may still be hope for Torchlight fans though. May. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/03/torchlight-studio-runic-shut-down-gigantic-devs-also-almost-closed/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rockpapershotgun%2Fsteam+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%3A+Steam+RSS%29 Took them long enough, but Blizzard is introducing Legacy servers for WoW players who want to relive the old days. http://www.pcgamer.

EA Kills again! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/27/old-battlefied-games-killed-after-ea-legal-warning/#more-488751 Rober Guillaume dies at age 89 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/25/robert-guillaume-half-life-2s-eli-vance-dies-aged-89/ Activision files a questionable new Patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9789406.PN.&OS=PN/9789406&RS=PN/9789406 Pulsar adds Fluffy Biscuit Corp. in newest patch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6obgEzno0YM

Emily and John episode! IGN Buys Humble Bundle https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/13/ign-buys-humble-bundle/ EA kills yet another studio through its own decisions. RIP Visceral https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/17/16490960/ea-closing-visceral-games-star-wars-game-delayed

Ubisoft gets back its shares to stop a hostile take over! https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/06/ubisoft-buy-back-shares-to-halt-vivendis-hostile-takeover/ Rather than finish the multiplayer, developer Cocerned Ape of Chuckle Fish decides it would be better to port the unfinished game to the Switch first! https://stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-coming-soon-to-nintendo-switch/ Goose Game! https://kotaku.com/game-about-being-an-asshole-goose-looks-hilarious-1819138767

Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SAQNzn0g0U Destiny 2 Dance Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vII1AGyantY Forthog DLC going free https://community.wbgames.com/t5/Official-Announcements/Forthog-Orc-Slayer-DLC-Upate/td-p/1674265

Dean Takahashi is bad at games. Which is bad for a Games journalist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848Y1Uu5Htk IGN playing the same game as Dean Takahashi, but with people who have clearly played a video game before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMkCIdGikmk NBA2K18 has micro-transactions for the single player mode. Huzzah. https://kotaku.com/nba-2k18-is-riddled-with-microtransactions-1818554307

A Hat In Time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdQXsDUCaFE Okami HD PC https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/12/okami-hd-pc-release-announced/ Dean Takahashi "Playing" Cup Head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848Y1Uu5Htk "IGN" playing Cup Head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMkCIdGikmk Tracks is the train track sandbox of your inner childs' dreams. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/11/tracks-the-train-set-game-passenger-mode/ Bethesda? More like, can't-make-an-unbroken-game-to-save-their-life-and-thinks-its-cool-to-charge-the-modding-community-that-frankly-saves-their games-real-money-for-paid-dlc-da https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ikzMPOEQ74 Pewdie Pie uses racial slur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMq65CslbZA Warner Brothers "Forthog" Controversy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8bSs3eOZv0

Dream Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act DACA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals Economists says DACA is good https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/07/the-economics-favor-the-daca-dreamers-but-theres-a-lot-more-to-them-than-that/?utm_term=.caae6f3cdbb3 President Donald Trump wants to build a wall, a sea wall. Climate change. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-climate-change-golf-course-223436 Man opens Furniture store for refugees of Hurricane http://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546831801/the-people-of-texas-are-resilient-houston-furniture-store-owner-opens-doors-to-r

Windows 10 Creators Update is coming, whether you like it or not. https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/01/windows-10-fall-creators-update-release/ AMD Threadripper https://www.amd.com/en/products/ryzen-threadripper?gclid=CjwKCAjw87PNBRBAEiwA0XAIr_JeTS6ZRgEk8Nh4b0kMkdriBlF0unf1t3V6K5hrSPnyTAtf5YrVrxoCR2kQAvD_BwE Bethesda and the creation club mods (totally not paid mods guys, even though you are fooling no one but yourselves.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3wbvkrcJQM Sonic Mania is good, appeals to nostalgia of fans. 7.5/10 Oh it has Denuvo? Well I am not changing my score, but many don't feel the same way. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/sonic-mania-pc-version-launches-with-denuvo-online-requirement/

Final Fantasy PC Port Confirmed! http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-15-is-coming-to-pc-next-year/ With Mods?? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/22/final-fantasy-xv-pc-mod-support/ Sonic Comics Fin. RIP after 290 issues! https://www.polygon.com/comics/2017/7/19/16001244/sonic-the-hedgehog-archie-comic-book-canceled-sega-future-of-sonic-comics Sonic Forces is looking... yes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStmu3qJ2kM Release pre-orders in the middle of the night for SNES classic, sell out before most people even know it existed. http://kotaku.com/snes-classic-pre-orders-go-up-in-the-middle-of-the-nigh-1798304226

Death Totals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war Cornerstone address https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech KKK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan Blood and Soil, white lives matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4uwyctYy0s http://abc7.com/a-timeline-of-events-in-charlottesville-virginia/2305769/ Phillip Defranco covering this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RHBiRnWwRs&t=1s Tiki brand response to white supremecists using tiki torches https://www.facebook.com/TIKIBrand/posts/10154458849046324 Inside synagogue http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seeing-through-the-darkness-inside-charlottesvilles_us_599a45eee4b02eb2fda3214b Inside another synagogue http://www.businessinsider.com/charlottesvilles-synagogue-president-scene-white-nationalists-neo-nazis-2017-8 "What Did the KKK do anyway" in proper context 2016, worth re-visting to show that this type of stupidity is still around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2xv4fba65U