Dapper Shark's Podcast

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.com/blizzard-is-making-vanilla-servers-for-world-of-warcraft/

Blizzard is taking the level scaling ideas of the Legion expansion and applying them to all zones of Azeroth!

http://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-warcraft-will-soon-have-level-scaling-for-all-of-azeroth/

Starcraft 2 is now going free to play with access to the first campaign and all multiplayer modes for anybody to use. Additional details and caveats included of course

http://www.pcgamer.com/starcraft-2-is-going-to-free-to-play-later-this-month/

New Hearthstone expansion ahoy! Legendary weapons and more useless warlock cards inbound. Also new game mode: Dungeon Run

https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/expansions-adventures/kobolds-and-catacombs

Free Hearthstone legendary minion from the new set for logging in on Nov 6th

https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/3/16603984/marin-the-fox-hearthstone-free-kobold-catacombs