This week’s episode contains more secret topics than any episode before it. Dan’s secret topic wishes the internet a happy 40th birthday, Matt’s hopes the Fantastic Four movie reboot will be better than the previous two films, and Tim goes big (and as a result does not go home) with two…count ‘em TWO…secret topics; RTS nostalgia and the Aion beta. Also, something about Marvel and Disney merging.
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00:04:49 — Marvel/Disney Merger – News broke early this week about Disney buying Marvel for a measly $4 billion. What does this mean for both companies? Keep listening to find out. (Hint: We have no idea)
Newsarama: Disney to acquire Marvel | Industry reaction to the news
00:23:15 — Fantastic Four Reboot – Announced just a few hours after the Marvel/Disney merger, Fox announced that they would be rebooting the Fantastic Four film franchise. Will it be successful, especially since the writer of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin is producing it?
Slashfilm – Fox to reboot Fantastic Four
00:29:28 — Waxing Nostalgic: RTS Games – Someone the other day asked Tim to suggest a fun RTS to play, which in turn led him to ask us what our favorites are. None of us are big RTS guys but we all still have our favorites.
Command & Conquer 4 Official Site
00:46:10 — Aion Beta – We followed this game for a while after it was announced back in 2006 but pretty much forgot about it rather quickly since there was no information about it. Fast forward three years and the closed beta is finally available to U.S. customers, and Tim is going to give it a shot and let us know if it’s really as good as it looks.
Aion Character Classes Video
00:57:08 — Happy 40th Birthday Internet! – 40 years ago two computers talked to each other. Shortly after that, Geek Bits was created. What was our first experience with the internet? You might think it was porn, and you’re probably right.
National Geographic (of all places) – The Internet’s 40th Birthday