Episode #38 features:
Popcorn Junkie: Skyfall
Popcorn Junkie: Primer
With special guest – Larry Boxshall!
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As a special bonus, here is the pic Larry mentioned during the Primer review:
Archive for November, 2012
Given the recent ‘girls in cosplay’ controversy, I thought I’d put in my two cents worth about what it’s like to be a girl-geek or girl-nerd.
Firstly can we just drop the girl bit? I mean, that part’s kinda obvious. If you walked up to me in the street you wouldn’t have to double check that I was a girl (at least I hope not!).
Secondly, why do we feel the need to label ourselves geek or nerd? Because it’s cool now? I guess. People on the outskirts of ‘accepted’ social circles, especially at school, have always felt the longing or need to fit in. Some not as much as others I grant you, but I would have liked to fit in at school. Then again, looking back at it, I’m kinda glad I didn’t. Possibly not the best to be ‘one of us’ when the ‘us’ consisted of girls who felt the need to celebrate their stupidity as if it was the coolest thing in the world. At school, I was often called ‘Posh’, with a derogatory sort of tone, as if to say ‘not one of us cool kids’. Most of the time I found this quite amusing, considering my family had very little money and I was attending a state-run school in a low-income suburb. (Those who have heard me speak on the podcast, know I don’t sound posh). I did snap one day and said to all of them, ‘You only call me that because I’m smarter than the rest of you!’ Which shut them up for a bit, because they weren’t used to me talking back to them. I’m quite sure that some of them were at least as smart as me, they just didn’t apply themselves (you know you’re getting old when you start to uses phrases like that), and it would mark them as outcast if they showed any sign of being interested in learning.
I digress somewhat, so back to the topic at hand; The question was why do we feel the need to label ourselves? I don’t really remember being called ‘geek’ or ‘nerd’ at school. Perhaps ‘nerd’ a couple of times. They were more American terms, and if they were used here back in the 80’s it was in the same derogatory sense. Now, thanks to nerd-culture exploding onto the popular scene with TV shows like the Big Bang Theory and the Internet worming its way into everybody’s everyday lives, suddenly everyone is proud to be a nerd or a geek. And if you’re not one you’re happy to know one. Personally I don’t know anyone who is pretending to be a nerd or geek. Though I have seen murmurs on the interwebs about this occurring. The most notorious one recently is the hot girls/guys dressing up in sexy outfits to attend ‘our’ cons. ‘Our’ cons, people! The ‘cool’ people are invading our cons!!! Meh, I don’t really care to be honest with you. Aren’t these cons all about celebrating the things you enjoy most? If the thing you enjoy most is parading around in a sexy geek costume and being ogled, then why not? I would suggest you don’t do it at an event labelled ‘family friendly’ but otherwise, who am I to judge?
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Episode #37 features:
Dust Jacket Special: Short Stories
Channel Zero: The Twilight Zone
Download link – Episode #37 MP3
Welcome to a special audio WoW Yoda!
This was originally recorded for inclusion in our last podcast but cut for length. But I didn’t want it to be lost forever so I am posting it here for you all to enjoy.
So for all you WoW Yoda fans, here is the man himself! (well his voice at least :))
Running Time: 24 mins
Stick it to ’em is a Marksman spec for Hunters. This spec allows the hunter to wail on their foe(s) from the safety of any distance farther away than melee… which is exactly where all hunter’s should stay.
The main talents to assist in keeping enemies away from you are Binding Shot and Narrow Escape. These will hold your enemies in a certain area to allow for heavy AoE such as Lynx Rush, Multishot and Barrage. Thrill of the Hunt is a great passive for these situations for you to really throw more damage around, no matter if you are hitting a single target or a group. To further assist with survivability, Aspect of the Iron Hawk is also added in for those few situations where you may have an enemy slip through the cracks and get to harm you. Under these situations, be sure to remember your Disengage 1st, then your traps if your Disengage happens to be on cool down.
As for the major glyphs, I have selected Distracting Shot, Chimera Shot and Mending. Distracting Shot and Mending are there to help keep you and your pet alive and well, keeping threat on the pet, and healing it over time. Chimera Shot will be the Hunter’s own form of mending.
Minor glyphs of course are always just for fun, but in some cases there can be a few for each class that can be of a lot of assistance. Two examples of this are shown in Revive Pet and Tame Beast. Revive Pet is not frequently used, but is for those just in case scenarios where you may have gotten your pet killed and need to revive while you are still under attack. (Don’t forget traps and Binding Shot for this emergency 1st before you start to revive). Tame Beast allows the taming to go a little faster so you can get back to questing, or whatever you were originally doing. As for Glyph of Fetch… pure entertainment… but I guess if your enemy dies in a spot where you are unable to loot, it could come in handy.
http://www.wowhead.com/talent#hx]n|chMMzq
