Future Frown - Podcasts

Future Frown Podcast #55: The Word is Windows

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:00 -0400

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Creative Cloud CS6 SE XL LT 2.0 Pro Edition
School
Two elbows
Vomit cat
Console cripples
Catmare on Elm Street
Death and property taxes
Secret World
Submarina
Sneeze of a Solar Empire
Archery
Dead air
Stupid 8
Movies
Bonus link: Why not defect to North Korea? What's the worst that could-oh.
Bonus videos: Star Wars, Nothing But Star Wars, Give Me Those Star Wars!
Bonus video: My lens flare will go on
Bonus video: Yakety Yak! (Don't talk back!)
Public Service Announcement: Save yourself two hours - skip Stupid 8 and watch this instead. There's a lot more depth to the story and the characters are more fully developed.
Bonus video: Please, my family is in trouble...

Future Frown Podcast #54: DON'T YOU KNOW THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM?!

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:43:00 -0400

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Pick two and hyphenate: a. Book, b. Shade, c. Face, d. Alpha
Order of the Kickstarter
Conan: Psycho Kid
JOE CAN'T HANDLE THE TOOTH!
Lightsabers for Dummies
Minnesota mountings
It's for washing your backside
Hockstravaganza 2012!
She's the best!
Best served BLOODY
Our monsters are different!
Welcome new old podcast listeners!
Defend that canyon
Set the game during the interesting parts
Love me Tenderizer
Frogs
End of THE GAME OF WAR IN EUROPE: THE BOOK: THE MOVIE: THE GAME: THE BOOK: THE WAR!
Prometheus
Mein Leben!
Bonus link: Jesus hates booze!
Bonus link: But Jesus loves you!
Bonus link: Get inside the band. Deep inside.

Future Frown Podcast #53: Is Driver

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:36:00 -0500

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Dear Esther
THE GAME THAT IS ABOUT THE ESCALATION OF THE GAME OF WAR IN EUROPE
Rage
Suckstep 2
World of Wartankplanes
House guests
Spoooooooooooooorts Racers!
Jellyfish
John Avatarter
21 Gag Street
A Game of iTunes
Guess the TV series!
Put in computer
Gaming PCs
Bonus link: DO NOT TAUNT THE LOBSTER

Future Frown Podcast #52: Magic Sauce

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:59:00 -0500

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Pretty little boys
Butt tape
Helicopter parents
Red Tails
He was blind and now he can see!
This is not the soundtrack you're looking for
Throwing good time after bad
Kingdoms of ~~Analur~~ Amalur
Hawken
IT IS A BETA!
Comments closed
No really, screen your fucking students
Megaupload
Evil Bastards Online
Stupid Vette
Bugs of Steel
Bonus link: Live Free or Play Tanks
Bonus link: Greetings from beautiful Rape Tree, California!

Future Frown Podcast #50: Kettle Chips

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500

Sorry - there is the mystery clicking noise in the podcast again, I have no idea what causes it, but you can't tell it's there until you listen to the playback and it's almost impossible to filter out :/

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99 Problems But A Ship Ain't One
No more Project Wonderful
Alpha-Rant archive
Captchas gone
VitaMN
Star Wars
Fan Tanks
Planet Manatee
You finally made a monkey out of me
Credit crisis
Rugroot canal
That American Life
Making big bucks, the American way
My pizza spoon is too big!
The Man keeping Red Tails down

Future Frown Podcast #49: Precious

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:18:00 -0500

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Hermitude
Party pooper
Doctor Que?
Spartacus: Now Less Dead
World of Unread Notifications
Prometheus
Companion Tank
Sidetankin'
SWTOR is total crap, apparently
Emergency flyers
Gum
All the titties and nipples!
/OOC
The land of frozen assholes

Future Frown Podcast #48: Red Lightsabers

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:14:00 -0500

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Star Wars: The Old Republic: You will never masturbate again!
SWTOR Companions
Skyrim
Battlefield 3
World of Tech Trees
World of what the fuck is that thing?
Wireless woes
Birthday fruit
Dungeon Suck III
Witch trees
The garage sale of liquors
Bonus video: All the titties and nipples in the world

Future Frown Podcast #47: Can you hear me now?

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:00:00 -0500

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I always laugh when I kill people
FUS RO LOOT
#2 all-time Brink clan W/L record: 0:0
John Carmack knows crap graphics like nobody else
Sanctum
He still combs his hair
World of booty
EVE updates
For the exhibitionist in you!

Future Frown Podcast #46: Damage: EXTREME

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:25:00 -0500

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Saints Row 3 (TOTALLY ON SALE!)
RAAAAR
Battlesuck 3 Tactical Supernova
Ambidextrouskyrim
Japan's dildo bats are fully elect
World of Patches
Joe sells a house
No, really, Flash sucks
Bonus link: Fix-a-butt

Future Frown Podcast #45: Poor Hitler

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:08:00 -0500

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Server shenanigans
Real estate retards
Dey tuk arr jerb^H^H^H^H cash!
DAAAAARK SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!
League of Losers
Tooth molesters
DC Universe Online
LEGO Universe experiences heat death
Who loves poems?
Zombies
We are not a meme
FEEEED MEEEEE
Tribes: Ascend
Doubtin' Abbey
Dr. Stupid
Borderlands looks like shit
Bonus Link: Oh No You Di'nt!
Bonus Link: Missing Missy

Future Frown Podcast #44: Jesus Says No

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0400

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The server saga
Work is bullshit
Sellin' a house
The tale of Kwixtarr
Hot high school
Movies suck
The Geek's Guide to Failure
Game sectarianism
Green Lantern
The Grapist
Secret World
Secret World HARDER
Hafta choke a bitch
Ice bullets
The Chargers are quite popular in the third world
Bonus video: MC Hammer wut?
Bonus video: Even if it's bold italic

Future Frown Podcast #43: Selling iPads to Satan

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:52:00 -0400

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Glowfish
Joe makes an enemy
Might and Magic Heroes 6
Cursive
OMG RAGE
FINISH HER
If only games didn't suck so much lately
The "I'm not running for President" campaign bus
Server issues fixed! ( Actually not so much they are still working on it )
Hanna don't wanna kill no more
Person of Disinterest
Terra Nova
Battlefield 3
Bonus video: This game is so ESEY!
Bonus video: I'm not playing a f****** game

Future Frown Podcast #42: Hey, these aren't chips, they're French Fries!

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:47:00 -0400

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Joe like Vietnamese food
New carpet
Thor
X-Men: First Class
I hug 'em right after I cut 'em down
Sleep less, work more
Pop music
Let's argue about radio stations!
Let's argue about World of Tanks!
Joe plays some more Deus Ex
Thanks, Smokey!
Burst into tears
The tin foil wars
rDNS?
Bert & Ernie rap
Bonus Video: WHERE ARE THEY?
Bonus Video: Trolololo

Future Frown Podcast #41: The Mail Room

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:52:00 -0400

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Joe finds a pizza place with video games
Wiggly Deus Ex
School times
Saints Row 2
Creative bathtub writing
The Tudors
Leeches
Max Payne 3
Joe's work
Elder Scrolls
Chris gives Deus Ex the ol' college try
Kitty fiber
Do you worry in bed?
Swords

Future Frown Podcast #40: Opinions: The new facts!

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:21:00 -0400

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Chris goes MIA
Joe goes to Virginia
Kitty constipation
Dressing up
Animal disposal
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Mass Effect
Avatars in Joe's game
Stupid website designs
Evil typographers
The degeneration of language
Normal-person schedule
More like Suck Photography, amirite?

Future Frown Podcast #39: Kitty Luftwaffe

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:44:00 -0400

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Flash fucks Joe over
Free games nobody wants to play
Deus Ex may be good ... or not
Chris reviews Priest
Monsters: laziest title ever
Chris opines on Cloverfield
The Tudors and homely chicks
Chris looks for tank skins
Sucker Punch
Eternal Sonata
No More Heroes
Atari games
Tank skins
Microphones
Furniture
Adjustable desks
Aldus Manutius
Gimp vs Photoshop
Adobe Sketchbook Pro vs ArtRage
World of Warships
Magic rats
Space Pi rat es and Zombies
Chris resubs to EVE
Joe ragequits a MUD
Joe and Chris argue some about World of War planes
The joy of Nostromos
Mass Effect 3
Arcade games

Future Frown Podcast #38: Fresh Meat

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:47:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Cube 2: Hypercube
The Skinner
Joe's MacBook
Art direction is not contracting
Skype speakerphones
Block party
Listener mail
City of Heroes double xp weekend
Angry Birds
Shelves in the basement
F the environment
Angry and stupid
Brenden posts stuff to deviantART

Future Frown Podcast #37: Deflated Boobies

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:54:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Joe's new job
Alarm clocks
iPad apps
The bathroom is not a social event
Moving
Shaving
Centipedes
Listener e-mail
New Cosmos series
TV watching
Humid Minnesota
Mowing the lawn
Joe's new MacBook
Chris arrives
Home maintenance
New litterbox
Brenden's new Roku
Cowboys & Aliens
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Chris quits the clan

Future Frown Podcast #36: Shock Collars

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:54:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Joe's new house
End of module 1 for Brenden at school
If the Future Frown website looks bad for you, get a browser that doesn't suck ass
Exciting upcoming games, or the lack thereof
Joe's new house strikes again!
Star Trek gonna have a baby
Angry Birds
Plain Jane
Joe's new neighborhood
Ice dams
Global warming
Evolution magazine
deviantArt is kinda bullshit
Chris watches The Tudors
Dexter

Future Frown Podcast #35: Xoom xoom

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:29:00 -0400

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Joe gets a new job...and a new Mac?
Mac OSX Lion
Wacom tablets
Brenden's new Xoom
Joe gets a Chinese foot massage
Dirty gloves
City of Heroes with Zen
Bulletstorm
City of Heroes Issue 21 and trailer
Movie time!
Dexter
Chris watches more Gordo Ramsay
Chris and Joe see the last Harry Potter movie
Bad anime dubs
World of Tanks
Bonus video: VEGAN BLACK METAL CHEF!
Bonus video: Saints Row 3 gameplay trailer

Future Frown Podcast #34: Poop Cat

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:02:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Gordon Ramsay is ~~not~~ less of an asshole in Europe
Weekend at Bernie's
Brenden's first impressions of Bulletstorm
Some arguing
New Sherlock Holmes trailer
A day with John Lasseter
Cars 2: does it really suck?
Chris goes looking for Japanese movie trailers
Here come the zombies!
Gothic pornography
E-mail spam
Netflix price increase
Eastern MMOs and Maple Story
Female GMs
User-generated stuff for World of Tanks

Future Frown Podcast #33: Porn Lips

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:04:00 -0400

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Sitting causes shadow demons to extend from your chair and loom over you menacingly
The Secret World
Bioshock Infinite
Joe and Chris join a clan
We need more space games
World of Airplanes
The Pacific
Nation building
Angry Birds MAKE IT STOP!
Movie talk
Global Agenda
Dark Age of Camelot
City of Heroes
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Chris's Java Woes
Joe's moving preparations
Steam sale and how Joe and Chris play games
Slavery FTW
Republican nutcases: kill 'em all!
News of the World shut down
Joe's new job

Future Frown Podcast #32: No swastikas!

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:17:00 -0400

Sorry about the background clicking - that seems to happen in the Skype recordings a lot, but it usually only lasts for a minute or so - this one cuts out after 15...

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Topics for this episode:

What's DAoC?
World of Warcraft is stylized!
Expensive monocles
Global Agenda
Dark Age of Camelot
Serious Sam and Max
RTS talk
Navy Field
World of Airplanes
World of Tanks matchmaking - is making suck?
PC-only games dying?
Tribes: Ascend
Lightsaber woes
Go the fuck to sleep
Brainwashed children
Minnesota politics
Tax musings

Future Frown Podcast #31: It's at the Store

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:18:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

World of Tanks
Controversial link: Achmed the dead terrorist
The bidding war for Joe's new house
Joe goes to the fairE
Joe's good at hiding in a bush
How to kill a guy in a hole
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The unstoppable bark
Brenden plays City of Heroes - why not join him on the Triumph server?
Brenden and Adam spend some time with Dark Age of Camelot
Borderlands
Co-op Mass Effect 3?
Dr. Who?
Drawin' with Inkscape and Flash
Chris watches True Grit
Rom Coms
Who killed more?
Bonus video: I Just Had Sex!
Bonus video: Mr. Toots

Future Frown Podcast #30: Screamin' on the Radio

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:22:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Flash and Windows updates
Show 30!
Cameraman mod for World of Tanks
SW:TOR trailers
Bioshock Infinite
Red Faction: Armageddon
Witcher 2
Spiral Knights
DoTA 2
Angry Birds
Zynga and malware - classy!
Legend of Zelda 3DS
Joe's house search
Artificial Academy
Bo Knows
Illustrator and me
Forsaken World
Joe's billing policy
Game of Thrones
Bonus link: ArtRage review

Future Frown Podcast #29: Meat Fog

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:09:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Waking the baby
Delicious (imitation) crab!
The end of the Conan era?
Red Faction: Armageddon
The Way of Kings
Milla Jovovich
Hudson Hawk
Dust 514 PS3 exclusive
World of Tanks
Archery
Cx4 Storm
Aion
School's going OK for Brenden
Inkscape
New MMO?
What game was that?
Polar bears vs shotguns
More tanks
Bonus comic: God manages the 2011 rapture

Future Frown Podcast #28: She Probably Liked It

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:16:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Joe's new video and sound cards
Being Human: English version ONLY
New X-men: where's the funny?
3D movies
Witcher 2
Adam's wife's sabbatical
Guided tours
The Tribunal
Home ownership and rentals
Brenden finishes Portal 2
Valve games
Hitman movie, game
Humans are full of water!
Bond. James Bond.
Hot Hermione
Ripping off Least I Could Do
Art and joke-a-day comics
New Garbage albums, ohhh boy!
Bonus video: Tomb Raider cinematic trailer
Bonus video: Outside Aperture
And finally...if only I lived in the Twin Cities...

Future Frown Podcast #27: Home, Home on the Range

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400

Bringing new meaning to "give 'em the finger", since 2010

Adam has gone missing for this episode...

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Topics for this episode:

Finger gun
I Am Number Four
Watch Chris play World of Tanks!
Seniors' single night
Subscribers up 33%!
World of Tanks disables tracers
Reviving Joe's linkroll
Dead or Alive Dimensions
Visionaries
Terraria
Star Raiders
Joe continues looking at houses
Human Planet
Chris doesn't want to work
Valve games
Karls guest-reviews One Second After
Being Human
Sarah Michelle Gellar strikes again!
I don't know who that is

Future Frown Podcast #26: Wallet Warriors

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400

I didn't know they even had Mexican men in Minnesota!

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Topics for this episode:

Company of Heroes - not for Brenden
Joe's looking for a new house
Brenden finishes Two Worlds 2
The Witcher 2
Company of Heroes mod
World of Tanks
What rapture?
You have to be crazy to get elected
The splendiferous A-10 Cyclone!
Joe tells huge Mexican men to shut the hell up
Sucker Punch
Your tax dollars at work
Zombie savior
Oil or maple syrup?
Used BMWs are expensive!
Aaaand Skype fail

Future Frown Podcast #25: Your Ad Here

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

World of level playing field
Sodas
New Rambo
Troll Hunter
Black Sheep
Ads on Future Frown
Brink
Witcher 2
Good Old Games
Fists of Suck
Dr. Whooo?
Two Worlds 2
Thundercats outtakes
Sickly Gamer

Future Frown Podcast #24: Massholes

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Fuck the environment
Portal 2
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Risk: Factions
Brink
Green Hornet
Box office results
Nerd clams
Human Planet
Sky Crawlers
World of Tanks doesn't want your money
What kids should be allowed to see
Halloween
Murder rates
Glee
Twilight
Dr. Who
Interminable LoL discussion

Future Frown Podcast #23: You think YOU'RE constipated?

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:00:00 -0400

Who knew they didn't like to be called "retards"?

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Topics for this episode:

Sony and security (or lack thereof)
DS in Japan
World of Tanks
Hanna
Killing kids is super!
Super-specials?
Dr. Who
Mr. Pickles
Advertising for Future Frown
Archery
Obnoxious kids
Artificial anus
Dino D-isaster
Kid Hero: World Tour
Crazy broads
Conan vs Rift
The Old Republic
Sins of a Solar Empire

Future Frown Podcast #22: Yeah, well I'm a midget

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0400

No gaming this episode; everyone's present, focused, and grumpy.

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Topics for this episode:

Netflix on the iPad to the rescue when visiting the in-laws
Clash of the re-used CGI
The sad state of TV documentaries
Game of Thrones
Spartacus
Boobies...boring?
A.R.A.M.
Windows 7
iTunes
Steam games
Chris's new favorite video game review site
Musings on the nature of evil

Future Frown Podcast #21: Gamers, Interrupted

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0400

No show notes this week, as the entire crew was busy playing various games during the recording. Don't be afraid; it's just as exciting as usual.

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Future Frown Podcast #20: I get HD NOTHING!

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0400

No Chris this episode, as he got called away to work at the last minute.

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Topics for this episode:

Adam nears 30
World of Moneygrabbing
Expensive gas
Webcomics
Virtual conventions?
The Tudors
Dungeon Siege III
Dinosaurs Uber Alles
TV
Why bother with the theaters?
Disappointing food
Storytelling in games
Brenden plays Darksiders
Runes of Magic recap

Future Frown Podcast #19: Chunk's Revenge

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:38:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Brenden gets a Nintendo 3DS - friend him at 3351-4065-7715
Adam gets into a closed beta
SoE shuts down some games
Coupons
Pilot error
Evil Republicans
**** my **** ****** ****** ****** ******
Hard to follow?
Left 4 Dead 2
Sucker Punch
Movies
Renaissance festivals

Future Frown Podcast #18: Joe Hates

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:00:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

This call is being recorded
Age of Conan - not working out for Adam?
Nostromos
Question time
World of Tanks
War!
Books!
Religion!
Joe's favorite science website
NOOK Color first impressions
Gorilla Glass
Red Faction: Armageddon

Future Frown Podcast #17: By Crom!

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:55:00 -0400

It's all-Conan, all the time!

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Topics for this episode:

Age of Conan
Nuclear power
ISP drama
LoL rage
Big moon
Joe's contract work: math is fun!
Old people and computers
Tales of Grandpa

Future Frown Podcast #16: Read the user reviews!

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0400

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Topics for this episode:

Dragon Age 2
Movies
Cons
Joe's new iPad
Brenden's new lack of internet service
More LoL
Question time!
Hawken
Gunnerkrigg Court
Pizza time!

Future Frown Podcast #15: Hire Some Artists Next Time

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0500

HEY GUYS DO YOU WANNA PLAY SOME GAMES??

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Topics for this episode:

Whiny kids in games
iPad 2 coming out next week - Joe's totally getting one
iOS products lack Flash
Perfect World
League of Legends
Rift
Age of Conan
So where's Half Life 2 Episode 3?
Alien Swarm
Borderlands: Hire some artists next time
"Tactical" shooters and goofy rules
Famous people losing their shit
Religion

Future Frown Podcast #14: Roach Cubes

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:11:00 -0500

In which disgust and disappointment rule the day.

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Topics for this episode:

League of Legends
Future Frown podcast and RSS feeds
Joe can't download his cheapo 3D software
Just Cause 2: Play!
Snow wimps
Firefly resurrected?
Two and a Half Unemployed Men
Everyone loves Michael Jackson
Disgusting food
Chris browses the web like a fucking pro
New Alien prequel movie
Sexy Beach Zero: Pass
Dragon Age II disappoints
Mass Effect
Chris's complex system of mirrors for playing LoL in the tub
Sponge talk!
Define "MMO"
Brenden got an apartment!

Future Frown Podcast #13: ADD Detectives

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:49:00 -0500

Featuring the triumphant return of Chris!

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Topics for this episode:

NASCAR is not interesting
Wisconsin is what you get when you elect Republicans
Unions and UPS
We can't give grandma a wheelchair
Dale Whatever wasn't even going that fast
Future Frown on iTunes and thanks to YummyPik
Browser wars!
TV sucks
Justin Beeper doesn't know when to shut his damn mouth
Test Drive Unlimited 2: pass
World of Dinosaurs with Lasers on Their Heads
What's a Venn diagram?
Movie talk
Holographic concerts

Future Frown Podcast #12: We are all made of corn

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:18:00 -0500

Chris's vacation is over and the rest of the gang has to be extra grumpy in his absence.

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Topics for this episode:

Crabby Chris and who's working on Alpha Shade?
Super-cheap graphics software
Buggy LightWave - not so cheap
Future Frown subscribers and (not) getting listeners
King Corn, Food, Inc., and disgusting food
Child care is darned expensive
Joe laments the death of Halloween
Vindictus and its stupid inner armor
Smudgy iPods
What happens when you get a thousand incompetent mid-level managers making conflicting decisions? Adobe products happen.
Crazy Chinese multiplication
28 Days Later
What's all the fuss over dickwolves?

Future Frown Podcast #11: The Dynamic Duo

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:52:00 -0500

Scheduling problems this weekend give us a show hosted by just Brenden and Adam.

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Topics for this episode:

New Skype for Mac sucks
DC Universe Online
Champions Online
Reggie Filet-o-Fish cries about the kettle being black
Spineless game journalists
Adam just can't get into Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Global Agenda discount codes up for grabs!
Test Drive Unlimited 2: OH GOD YES
Mike B, creator of these awesome Aion reviews, brings you The BFF Report

Future Frown Podcast #10: Solving Crimes and Busting Rhymes

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:08:00 -0500

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Topics for this episode:

Stephen King
League of Legends
GameFly and Joe's disappointment with his PS3
The Future Frown book club!
Those crazy kids and their explosives
Duke Nukem and Borderlands
World of Tanks open beta trailer
TV discussion: Spartacus, Monk
Movie discussion: Harry Potter, Season of the Witch, Enchanted
Disney exists to shut kids up
Interstellar marines
Chris's new mouse and the Razer Nostromo
Be a Man

Future Frown Podcast #9: I Am On The Away Team

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:00:00 -0500

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Topics for this episode:

The failings of DC Universe Online
MMO design discussion
Darkstar One: Broken Alliance
Front Mission Evolved
Pizza!
Chris totally gives up on World of Tanks
Chris watches Torchwood
A quick discussion of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and its ending
Joe watches pelicans eat monster baby birds
Console discussion

Future Frown Podcast #8: The Star Wars Disasters

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:00:00 -0500

Adam joins the crew to talk about Flyff and other things.

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Topics for this episode:

The Star Wars disasters
DC Universe Online and the worst guide ever
We Play Flyff So You Don't Have To
Games we're looking forward to: Blade and Soul, TERA (guess why Brenden likes TERA?)
After Effects
Wire in the Blood - Chris's new favorite show
Battlestar Galactica and various other shows Brenden hasn't seen
Rebooting Star Trek
More TRON

Future Frown Podcast #7: Hitler and Pals

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:00:00 -0500

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Removing the N-bomb from Huckleberry Finn
Hell camp and the wide-eyed fundies
Kane and Lynch 2 SUCKS ASS
God of War 3
PlayStation Move
Scott Pilgrim vs the World: "Fucking Awesome" -Chris
Space Santa Claus knows if you've been naughty or nice
Joe needs a copy of After Effects, a bargain at only $999!
Mac app store sale on Pixelmator and Sketchbook Pro
Maya: not cheap either
The many, many, many, many, many disasters of the EVE character creator

Correction: You can get a crosshair in Kane and Lynch 2 by holding down the right mouse button. It doesn't make the game any more fun, sadly.

Future Frown Podcast #6: Cool Wet Sack

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:43:00 -0500

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Topics for this episode:

Everyone's Christmas haul
Joe is disappointed with graphics in Mini Ninjas on his new PS3
Who needs a new refrigerator? Not Chris!
Robot books!
Joe and Chris review TRON: Legacy
Brenden reviews True Grit
Joe claims to have seen the worst movie ever
Brenden respectfully disagrees

Future Frown Podcast #5: Ten Hundreds of Dollars

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:36:00 -0500

It's the second MiniFrown podcast!

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Topics for this episode:

Brenden reviews Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Joe and Chris are getting PlayStation 3s!
We don't much care for Wii
Big Brain Academy and the 6 types of learning
Programming languages, and how Brenden hates C++
The obscenely expensive Adobe Flash and its progressively worsening interface
Joe and programming
Delicious is dead, try Diigo instead
Kiosks at the mall give Joe the frowny face
Skype tells us to shut the hell up

Future Frown Podcast #4: Shut up, Oprah

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:05:00 -0500

Chris returns and the boys get grumpy.

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Topics for this episode:

World of Tanks - MMO or no?
Enjoy a couple World of Tanks videos on Youtube
Brenden's Gift Guide - $50 and under
HDMI cables
Oprah shouldn't narrate nature documentaries
Penguin crap
Killer pelicans
Watch out for de Picts
Babble Jazz
Doobie-smoking, tree-hugging Art hippies
The trouble with interns
Tron soundtrack, courtesy of Daft Punk
3D glasses = Sunglasses at the movies
Mute your microphone when you cough, kids!
And they huffed and they puffed and they burned the house down!
Downloading individual MP3s is the way of the future. Get over it.
The Walking Dead fails basic survival logic
Honesty is not always the best policy

Future Frown Podcast #3

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:47:00 -0500

It's the first MiniFrown podcast! Chris got called away to work, so Joe and Brenden recorded this shorter podcast instead.

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Topics for this episode:

We have to burn this village down to save it!
NASA exaggerates just a teensy little bit about its amazing discovery!
Life on Mars! Totally plausible.
Space travel is so sloooow...
Park for cats!
Super Meat Boy vs PETA: Burrrrrn!
Brenden thinks cows are too stupid to get upset when they watch their buddies die
The weather sucks
Brenden plays OnLive and blows shit up
Movies!
Buh-bye, arcades
Why don't we have cheap, good VR headsets now?

Future Frown Podcast #2

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:57:00 -0500

It's the second edition of the Future Frown podcast!

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Topics for this episode:

The Human Centipede leaves Chris with a bad feeling
Chris thinks people living in California shouldn't write about winter
Chris also thinks people shouldn't write about zombies
Swamp People need to be told how to replace a rope (hint: use a rope)
History Channel: Where's the History?
Brenden likes Pawn Stars
Nobody likes American Pickers
Brenden also likes Split/Second
Do consoles get better over time?
How much memory is installed on Chris's PC? Chris's PC seems confused.
Joe considers buying a gaming console
The wonders of Blu-Ray and Netflix and high-def TV
Fat Aerobics gives Brenden the frowny face
Breathable air on Rhea? Not quite.
Building planets with little, itty-bitty machines
Youtube ads get worse
800-588-2300 Empire!
CCP is removing learning skills from EVE
Chris likes the Lost in EVE podcast
DVRs and cell phones are quite the racket
Forums - going away? How can Twitter possibly be a replacement?
Who uses Facebook? Joe and the crazy Christians and…I guess that's it.

Future Frown Podcast #1

nospam@example.com (Brenden Mecleary) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:20:00 -0500

It's the inaugural edition of the Future Frown podcast! Join Joe, Chris, and Brenden as they explore the worlds of tech, gaming, and movies, and find plenty to be disappointed about in all of them.

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Topics for this episode:

Joe gets a new Wacom Cintiq 12wx and wears goofy gloves to use it
Joe and Chris talk about Aces High 2 and how to fly into the ground at high-speed
Joe and Chris lay waste to the world of Fallout: New Vegas
Brenden plays Red Faction: Guerrilla and blows shit up
Remember Spore? That sure did suck, didn't it?
Brenden goes to see "Unstoppable". Verdict: thumbs up!
In Frankenpout, the underage fruit tastes the sweetest
Joe gets a new iPod Touch, but finding a case for it is harder than it should be