Show #91 -- The Cruz Administration (or Cliff Almighty)

02/06/14 • -1 min

Join Monolith and Bear Trap for their apparently now bi-annual podcast, A Little Snack! There's no better cure for the Winter Doldrums and no, I don't know what those are. Please listen and enjoy. Discussed: what Monolith's been up to, the new Facebook videos everyone's been posting, Bear Trap's pathological overuse of the word 'dumb', Jesse Eisenberg as Luthor and Jeremy Irons as Alfred in the new Batman v Superman film, thoughts on the number of villains in the new Spider Man movie, Paul Verhoeven's insightful thoughts on the modern remakes of his films including the impending Robocop, Tom Shadyac's epiphany and, unrelated, inability to make good movies, Arnold's Super Bowl commercial wig, Philip Seymour Hoffman's legacy, Veronica Mars' appeal, the bad things that Verizon is doing now that Net Neutrality is over, Bear Trap's second attempt to make Monolith worried about the NSA, a Monolith Moment that will have you running out to your cars, and a Word of the Week that's really going to let you know what time it is! Hope you like it. Show #91

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Show #90 - Deaf Kids for Every Programmer: The Video Game Episode

The 'Lith and the Trap felt bad about their extended hiatus so, to make up for it, they've recorded a podcast that probably three of you will be interested in. Okay, two. But for those two listeners, super-sized show# 90 is going to be so awesome as Little Snack welcomes honest-to-God video game industry insider Paul Z to the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion about the current state of video games. Discussed: An inside account of the tragedy and triumph of "Superman Returns" (the game), XBox One versus PS4, "franchise fatigue", "Assassin's Creed", Sony's elite "Ice" team and which upcoming PS4 title will benefit from their ninja ways, Paul's favorite game of 2013 and of the last five years, the different stages of a pissing contest, a lightning round rundown of notable titles from the last few years including GTA 5, some big titles to look for in 2014, mobile gaming as a possible threat to Sony and Microsoft, long-term trends, and then Bear Trap takes a moment to spread some misinformation.
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Show #92 - Mercy

They did one last week, and here they've gone and done another one this week. Either you're being spoiled or punished, it's not clear which. Okay, yes, it's obvious you're being punished. Now here's a detailed rundown of how this week's punishment will be administered. Discussed: Last week's sup-par Word of the Week segment, season one of Netflix's 'House of Cards' and expectations for tomorrow's release of season two [SPOILERS!], the most recent manifestations of Stephen King's two big problems (graphomania and foot-in-mouth disease) are described, why the Olympics just aren't as interesting this go-round, Schwarzenegger's 'Escape Plan' and what happens at the end of that movie [SPOILERS!], Richard Curtis's 'About Time', a Word of the Week that could (should?) be the title of this podcast, a long overdue Apple News segment, and a sweet Monolith Moment that features an undertone of existential dread, and then a bunch of discursive chatting here and there. You know, like a podcast. Enjoy! Show #92