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  • 19: Woof
    The crew awaits BvS:DoJ and discusses X Files, podcasts, YouTube videos, and The Division. Bonus: Apple event tech talk.
    1 hr 29 min
  • 17: Absentino
    Sans Josh, the crew talks 11.22.63, Masterchef, Spotlight, The Big Short, Far Cry Primal, and new comics.
    1 hr 28 min
  • 16: Gin & Bosh

    This episode: Leo's hard work paid off, Josh hates walking simulators, Just Cause sounds like Lord of the Rings, nostalgia for the old days of split-screen co-op, the best multiplayer maps use elements of single player, Silicon Valley is like watching real life, how to look like a pro typist, 112263, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny... Wire Fu, Gary Busey is still alive and still crazy, Inhumans and Karnak.

    We had a blast discussing this stuff and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team!

    • Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn
    • Joshua Sortino is @sortino
    • Sarah Jackson is @sarahberus
    • Marshall Bock is @marshallbock
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      ###Show Notes

      • 1:03 - Leo Gets his Oscar
      • 1:16 - "A Long-Running Meme Dies as Leonardo DiCaprio Wins First Oscar"
      • 1:32 - Editors Note: We can't find the particular gif mentioned since there are thousands, but this is similar.
      • 1:53 - Academy Honorary Award
      • 1:58 - O.J. Simpson
      • 2:08 - O. J. Simpson robbery case
      • 2:50 - Bad Joke Eel
      • 6:55 - Firewatch
      • 8:20 - Delilah
      • 9:00 - Jezebel
      • 9:48 - Choose Your Own Adventure
      • 12:12 - The Stanley Parable
      • 12:40 - The Stanley Parable Endings
      • 12:56 - Portal
      • 13:20 - Burned Down Firewatch Tower
      • 14:46 - Team Fortress 2
      • 14:56 - Team Fortress Cosmetic Hats
      • 15:19 - Olly Moss
      • 15:29 - Silent Steel
      • 16:15 - Gone Home
      • 16:16 - Dear Esther
      • 16:17 - Vanishing of Ethan Carter
      • 16:55 - "I just beat Firewatch and only talked to Delilah when the game made me. Here's what happened."
      • 18:40 - Firewatch: Secrets, Spoilers, and behind the scenes with Campo Santo
      • 22:38 - Firewatch "Alternate" Ending
      • 24:05 - Olly Moss Harry Potter Book Covers
      • 24:50 - Dear Esther
      • 25:00 - Gone Home
      • 27:18 - Broken Age
      • 29:07 - The Witness
      • 33:06 - Tales from the Borderlands
      • 33:08 - Chris Hardwick
      • 33:16 - Wolf Among Us
      • 33:40 - Quick Time Events
      • 34:27 - Until Dawn
      • 34:36 - God of War
      • 36:04 - Guitar Hero
      • 36:05 - Dance Dance Revolution
      • 36:06 - Tomb Raider
      • 37:00 - Editors Note: Josh is refering to the Halo 4 Final Boss Battle Quick Time Event
      • 37:28 - Far Cry Primal
      • 37:42 - Just Cause 3
      • 38:32 - Grand Theft Auto
      • 39:30 - Just Cause 3 Wingsuit Challenge Music
      • 40:23 - Music Themes in "The Lord of the Rings"
      • 41:20 - Lost Musical Themes
      • 42:49 - Rocket League
      • 43:48 - Contra
      • 43:49 - Sonic
      • 43:50 - Halo: Combat Evolved
      • 43:51 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
      • 44:15 - Diddy Kong Racing
      • 44:22 - Crash Team Racing
      • 44:34 - Super Mario Kart
      • 46:01 - Destiny
      • 46:05 - Bungie
      • 46:12 - Silicon Valley
      • 46:41 - Gabriel Valdivia
      • 47:04 - Big Bang Theory
      • 47:52 - Dann Petty's Huli Logo
      • 48:02 - Nextdoor
      • 48:16 - Yelp
      • 48:47 - CANT FIND THIS Yelp/Nextoor CEO's appear on Silicon Valley
      • 48:50 - "Zenefits Had to Ban Sex at the Office"
      • 50:27 - "GUI interface using visual basic to track the killers IP address"
      • 50:44 - Numb3rs' Description of IRC
      • 51:34 - Editor's Note: Josh has 4 weeks left wearing Invisalign retainers, so he talks funny sometimes.
      • 52:40 - Silicon Valley Cast & Crew
      • 53:06 - Jon Lax
      • 53:32 - AT&T Park
      • 59:54 - 112263
      • 1:03:48 - Award Winning Fake Typing
      • 1:04:02 - Hackertyper
      • 1:05:18 - Walking Dead
      • 1:05:26 - Better Call Saul
      • 1:06:18 - Josh Duhamel
      • 1:06:24 - Fergie
      • 1:06:33 - Vegas
      • 1:06:38 - Win a Date with Tad Hamilton
      • 1:09:01 - Fugget About It
      • 1:09:03 - The Awesomes
      • 1:11:14 - House of Cards
      • 1:13:20 - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
      • 1:13:22 - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Trailer
      • 1:13:58 - The Dark Tower
      • 1:14:05 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
      • 1:14:28 - Honey
      • 1:15:02 - Wire fu
      • 1:15:40 - Gary Busey Meets Amazon Fire TV
      • 1:16:48 - Ziyi Zhang
      • 1:16:50 - Yun-Fat Chow
      • 1:16:52 - Michelle Yeoh
      • 1:17:00 - Why Netflix Doesn’t Release Its Ratings
      • 1:18:39 - Daredevil
      • 1:18:40 - Jessica Jones
      • 1:19:14 - Inhumans
      • 1:19:22 - Karnak
      • 1:19:32 - Terrigenesis
      • 1:21:50 - Daredevil
      • 1:22:48 - Pixel Fitting
      • 1:22:50 - 8px Grids
      • 1:23:07 - Slack
      • 1:23:10 - Pocket Casts
      • 1 hr 33 min
      • 11: Fun Fact
        Bryn, Joshua, and Marshall chat about a bunch of comics, One Punch Man, and season 19 of South Park .
        1 hr 12 min

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