This week we're joined by comedian Val Vasilas to discuss the long and mostly depressing history of Southern California's biggest inland body of water, The Salton Sea.

Join us to see how it went from engineering disaster, to getaway for the rich and famous, to a desert wasteland in just 30 years.

Sources

https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=639

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g28926-d272553-r177427730-Salton_Sea-California.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/the-airborne-toxic-lake-event/414888/

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-history-of-the-salton-sea-2015jun02-story.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/christmas-valley-oregon-m-penn-phillips-real-estate

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/6/17433294/salton-sea-crisis-drying-up-asthma-toxic-dust-pictures

http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/02/04/the_salton_sea_in_california_turned_from_a_relaxing_resort_to_an_apocalyptic.html

This week we're joined by Marianne Garcia to talk about the time Facebook got caught lying about their video numbers for over 2 years on their way to earning 170 BILLION dollars.

Sources

https://www.statista.com/statistics/271258/facebooks-advertising-revenue-worldwide/\

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17989712/facebook-inaccurate-video-metrics-inflation-lawsuit

https://www.classlawgroup.com/facebook-advertising-analytics-lawsuit/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-reaches-proposed-settlement-in-video-measurement-lawsuit-11570482031

https://www.ccn.com/facebook-lied-about-video-metrics/

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-lawsuit-pivot-to-video-mistake/

https://phrasee.co/the-history-of-facebook-advertising-a-timeline/

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/FB/facebook/revenue

https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/facebook-online-video-pivot-metrics-false.html

Savings & Stampedes!

We're joined this week by actor/comedian David Coe to talk about the time someone accidentally pepper sprayed 20 people in self defense at a Wal Mart.

Sources

https://www.statista.com/statistics/271258/facebooks-advertising-revenue-worldwide/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17989712/facebook-inaccurate-video-metrics-inflation-lawsuit

https://www.classlawgroup.com/facebook-advertising-analytics-lawsuit/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-reaches-proposed-settlement-in-video-measurement-lawsuit-11570482031

https://www.ccn.com/facebook-lied-about-video-metrics/

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-lawsuit-pivot-to-video-mistake/

https://phrasee.co/the-history-of-facebook-advertising-a-timeline/

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/FB/facebook/revenue

https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/facebook-online-video-pivot-metrics-false.html

Remember the Microsoft Zune? It's what happens when the world's richest company thinks it can buy its way into a market. This week we're joined by voice actor and Groundling Tom Blank and we're talking about the world's most famous brown e-device.

Sources

https://www.silicon.co.uk/mobility/smartphones/tales-tech-history-microsoft-zune-210569

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/may/26/microsoft-zune-history

https://www.wired.com/2015/09/what-to-do-with-your-zune-rip-zune/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qw5ax/zune-forever-the-diehards-still-obsessed-with-microsofts-colossal-failure

https://medium.com/@shiriendamra/why-the-zune-failed-132784522ff0

https://slate.com/technology/2012/10/microsoft-zune-how-one-of-the-biggest-flops-in-tech-history-helped-revive-a-great-american-tech-company.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-zune-that-never-was-developed-by-members-of-the-former-microsoft-courier-team/

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/13/technology/13zune.html

https://youtu.be/I14b-C67EXY

https://www.pcworld.com/article/146109/article.html

This week we're joined again by writer, director, producer, actor Brandon Alexander III to chat about what Nintendo did before video games, SEX HOTELS.

Sources

https://kotaku.com/the-nintendo-theyve-tried-to-forget-gambling-gangster-5784314

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2031.html

https://nintendowire.com/news/2019/02/14/happy-valentines-day-did-you-know-nintendo-used-to-run-love-hotels/

https://classic-video-games.yoexpert.com/classic-video-games-history/did-nintendo-run-love-hotels-in-japan-31273.html

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/97134/20151020/nintendos-strange-history-includes-yakuza-taxi-service-love-motels.htm

https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/former-nintendo-headquarters-will-become-a-hotel-no-not-a-love-hotel/

https://www.japanpowered.com/japan-culture/nintendo-video-game-savior-love-hotels

https://www.businessinsider.com/before-mario-nintendos-playing-cards-toys-and-love-hotels-2011-8

https://unseenjapan.com/japanese-love-hotel-culture/

https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/0735214484

We're back with our second episode of Crowdscams! This week we're looking into the Triton Re-breather, a device that took the internet by storm, and then took about $900K of funding before being shut down by SF Bay area Maritime Law crusaders.

Sources

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/world-s-first-artificial-gills-oxygen-respirator--2/coming_soon#/

https://www.deepseanews.com/2014/01/triton-not-dive-or-dive-not-there-is-no-triton/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triton-scuba-mask-design/

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/06/triton-refunds-backers-for-its-underwater-breathing-device.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3525204/Could-Triton-artificial-gills-work-Firm-refunds-900-000-Indiegogo-supporters-relaunches-campaign-amid-controversy.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01WRP25ur6A

https://www.reddit.com/r/shittykickstarters/comments/4irfun/where_is_triton_now_looking_for_news_from_backers/

https://www.reddit.com/r/shittykickstarters/comments/4zr6ej/what_happened_to_triton/

Happy Holidays from Dying On A Hill!

Trevor Martin joins us again for this bonus episode to watch the Jon Lovitz narrated VHS promo to Banjo-Kazooie. The Phil Hartman jokes were kept to a minimum, we promise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUqd1Y1p_Jg

We're joined again by comedian Trevor Martin to talk about the Sega Dreamcast and how it may have been doomed from the beginning of its 9-9-99 ad campaign.

Sources

https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/9/6126607/sega-dreamcast-marketing-plan

https://www.polygon.com/2013/8/7/4599588/why-did-the-dreamcast-fail-segas-marketing-veteran-looks-back

https://www.chiefmarketer.com/dream-weavers-segas-strategy-in-launching-dreamcast-was-simple/

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/segas-depressing-100-million-marketing-plan-that-failed-to-save-the-dreamcast.891830/

https://www.marketingweek.com/sega-in-50m-euro-blitz-for-dreamcast/

https://segaretro.org/History_of_the_Sega_Dreamcast/Release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLKiHfux50I

https://web.archive.org/web/20120609161654/http://scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps2_e.html

https://youtu.be/kT1Tbc_PD2k

https://the-video-game.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_SEGA_video_game_consoles

This week we're joined again by Lauri Roggenkamp ('Hello Uglies' Podcast) to answer the age old question, "How Do You Market To 65-Year-Old Russians Pretending To Be Gen Z On Twitter?"

Materials

https://zebraiq.com/report/

This week we're joined by Director Actor, Producer Niel Garguilo as we talk about TheGlobe.com, the website that was too "successful" for its own good.

Sources

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-14-fi-42595-story.html

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/theglobe-com#section-ipo-stock-price

https://www.dailywireless.org/internet/what-happened-to-theglobe-com/

https://www.barrons.com/articles/facebook-wont-be-the-next-theglobe-com-1543923000

https://www.wired.com/wiredinsider/2018/12/theglobe-collapse-greatest-social-network-no-one-remembers/

https://medium.com/@writerjudy7/stephan-paternot-talks-theglobe-com-273f4147e19b

https://nypost.com/1999/04/07/theglobe-com-gets-an-attitude-for-43m/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMNbudm-078

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB988750097459636

https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r7975730-Something-Creepy-about-Voiceglo