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John and Dan discuss animals, primitive fear, and dryer balls, as well as announce their new plans for Patreon supporters.

Discussed: courting a vegetarian; The Information Problem; FU on Dan's new slide remote and keyboard; also, belts; travel pre-screening options; a recommended article on hypocognition; Dan saw IT; thoughts on Twiki and Erin Grey; and Dan's recent home problem.

Jeff welcomes Garrett Weinzierl from The Angry Chicken and Tim "Trikslyr" Frazier to the show this week to geek out on Blizzard games. They discuss Diablo 3 coming to the Switch, the first gameplay reveal for Generation Zero, new Nvidia cards, and more!

The Playlist: WoW: Battle for Azeroth, Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom, Metal Gear Rising, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone

VR Talk: Brass Tactics, Seeking Dawn, Lone Echo, Beat Saber, Sairento VR

Quick Questions

Parting Gifts!

Discussed: tech that's gotten so much more dependable (and, yeah, so much less dependable); Dan needs a new presenter remote; Marvel's First Family (finally) returns; who would win if The Hulk fought The Thing?; Merlin introduces Dan to the Ponyverse; some camp equipment follow-up; and Merlin goes off on the awesomeness of libraries with some hot new service recommendations.

Jeff and Christian welcome Rich Grisham from Press Row Podcast back to the show this week to discuss the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, new characters in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Shadow of the Tomb Raider's difficulty levels, Doom Eternal, and more!

The Playlist: Madden 19, Bomber Crew, WarioWare Gold, Wii Sports, World of Warcraft, Dead Cells, Overcooked 2

VR Talk: Electronauts

Parting Gifts!

The new season of The Big Web Show gets a running start with the brilliant and delightful Rachel Andrew, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, co-founder of Perch and Notist, author of over 30 books including The New CSS Layout, and more. Rachel and host Jeffrey Zeldman discuss learning to say no, productivity hacks, finding the inspiration to write and the courage to begin public speaking, the latest news with CSS Grid Layout, leaving Apple hardware behind, and the pleasures of Pixel.

This week Cody and Joe discuss smartphones!

This week Tommy and Adam discuss productivity methods to get started on your next big project so you can make it to the finish line more easily.

Discussed: Merlin sounds like a saxophone, keyboards are extensively discussed, pros and cons of various MacsBooks Pro, Dan likes using one monitor, pining for best-of-class hardware from Cupertino, Merlin has dorky and boring follow-up, recommending an Apple Watch sleep app and an iOS location tracker, some excellent ice replacements, Dan's favorite bespoke cooler, a disappointing belt, a very good belt, Dan gets a creepy email, Merlin did NOT forget something, Cash gets more cool stuff, and Merlin recommends a Zelda tome.

Jeff and Christian welcome Vinny Caravella from Giant Bomb to the show this week to discuss a new Def Jam fighting game, the latest on the Minecraft movie, Richard Garfield's new trading card game, and more!

The Playlist: No Man's Sky NEXT, Dead Cells, Warhammer: Gladius, Titan Quest, Semblance, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze

VR Talk: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Quick Questions

Parting Gifts!