Category Archives: The Interwebs

COTB 014 – Geek news all the time

Carlos and B.J. take some time to catch up after taking another extended hiatus. All corners of the geek world are covered as the boys try desperately to discuss as much news as possible without being side tracked by rants and raves. Carlos succeeds in his normal graceful fashion while B.J. begs for a Mass Effect RPG, throws conspiracy theories out about the retiring of the Bioware founders, and gets a little creepy about Milla Jovovich.

Dice Tower Awards 2011

Honestly, I almost don’t want to mention this, given that we’re trying to add a board game section to our podcast, and Dice Tower is the king of board game podcasts, but here goes…

They have an awards event every year. It’s a bit under promoted for no apparent reason, so here’s a small attempt to correct that…

http://www.dicetowernews.com/dice-tower-awards-for-2011/

Check them out, listen to all 250+ episodes, then subscribe!  Then come back here once we get our podcast rolling with board games…

Note that this list has completely become my “must buy” list. Some really good stuff on there.

The full list, if you’re lazy, is here

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Gawker Hacked

So if you use any of the Gawker sites- Kotaku, io9, Gizmodo, Jezebel, Lifehacker, etc.- you may have received an email address from hint.io expressing their shock and dismay that Gawker hadn’t publicized the fact that they were hacked, and 1.2ish million accounts potentially compromised. Since the hint.io email seems a bit shady- and I certainly wouldn’t follow the links- you may have done as I did and deleted the thing. Sadly, they were telling the truth. Gawker’s user database, and a whole lot of other material, was compromised. Here’s their FAQ.

I say “potentially” compromised because they were using some security (although if reports are to be believed, a lot less than they should have been- including not using a salt). If any of your information was there, it’s a great idea to change your passwords about now.

MMockery 3: The last easy post

And here’s part 3, which is the last of the parts.  It’s even more specifically related to MxO.  And also the last of my gimmie posts.  If I’m gonna hit my “3 posts a week” metric, I’m gonna have to start being original now.  Bugger.

This one was written 2 months after the others.  In that two month window, they changed about 80% of the game (to their credit, it was much better in a lot of ways, unlike, say, Star Wars Galaxies).  Prior to that, the game had gotten really buggy.  I was unable to play without it eating my PC alive, so I gave up….

But I still want a pudding faucet (you’ll understand if you read – that’s what we in “the business” call a hook.  Or a teaser.  Or …. I dunno.  Look, just read it).
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Mmockery: MxO: The coloning

As threatened, part 2.  Reading Part 1 is recommended but not required.  This one was written a week later.  It’s far more directly related to MxO.


When last we left Firbolg, he was standing over a body, rummaging its pockets for stuff.

Things haven’t changed a lot in a week. More bodies, more rummaging, and more interesting stuff, to be sure. But you know, that’s what it’s all about, in the end.

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