Flipping Tables

David and Mike flip tables about The Verge and the hissy fit they threw about @SavedYouAClick's summary of one of their articles, followed by a discussion of bad attempts to modernize old stories on tv. Also, Nintendo refocuses on core gamers, ceding the casual crowd it once owned on the Wii to today's smartphones and tablets.

What is Twitch.tv and why do people care about watching other people play video games on the internet? Also, how Slack might change the way you communicate in teams.

Matt Duncan reports in about his cosplay-infused, faux-press-related Gamescom attendance. Ok. QueueCon. It should be called QueueCon. Also, why is it Gamescom instead of Gamescon?

Technology in sports is here to stay, but how much is too much before it becomes a different game altogether? Do we need "pure human leagues" and "robo leagues"? Also, with all our keyboards and touchscreens, why should anyone care about penmanship? Our very first flipping of a TED talk table!

Platform exclusive games are stupid, including the recently announced-as-exclusive Tomb Raider game. Meanwhile, Comcast continues to be awful and terrible and evil. What will it take for data providers to stop being horrible?

Tables are flipped about Comcast, websites that make unreasonable demands before letting you access their content, and the strange, evolving world of etiquette across communication channels. Featuring a fabulous cover of our theme song by Reptile Fiction.

Flipping Tables is flipping even more tables on Twitter, Google+ Facebook and now even Youtube! This week we debate streaming vs buying music, the merits of 3D movies, and wonder if anyone actually goes to the theater anymore at all. Don't you have like a 42" tv at home?!

Special guest Matt Duncan joins David and Michael as they discuss the astounding year-round availability of the McRib in Germany, GEMA and curiously blocked internet content, how we're totally not Stan Lee, and so much more, with absolutely no "copywrite" intended.

Metroid: Other M sucks, so let's discuss that! Also, Microsoft, Apple, and Google: whose business plan and corporate culture will be successful in the brave new world of computing? Should Microsoft retreat into business intelligence and infrastructure like IBM? Can Apple live off their high-end prestige forever? Will Google search ever lose its place in our lives?

Follow-up about classic games and emulators gives way to a discussion of the strange implementation of "Right to be Forgotten" legislation in the EU. Also, Goldman Sachs asks Google to mess with someone's Gmail inbox, and what would it take for you to quit Facebook?