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PJR S2E7: End Of Another Year

2011-12-30T13:16:00.001-06:00

Pirate Joe and Writer Ryan talk about all things video games, end of the year, weird stories, old(ish) TV shows and more!

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PJR S2 E6: Making Out

2011-12-29T13:11:00.000-06:00

Pirate Joe and Writer Ryan spend way too much time talking about making out in situations where no making out should occur. Ever! Posted late was recorded a week ago. Sound issues with Writer Ryan are noted.

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PJRS2E5: Shoot the...

2011-11-15T22:26:00.001-06:00

Pirate Joe and Writer Ryan try their hands at talking about weird news tonight. A feature that may make it into more PJR episodes in the future.

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PJR S2E4: Drowning Squirrels

2011-09-06T23:46:00.000-05:00

Pirate Joe and Writer Ryan rush through the topics of the day having fun, crackin' jokes, and readin' quotes.

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Some Life Advice from ol' Pirate Joe

2011-09-02T15:02:00.000-05:00

PJRS2E3: You're Mom

2011-08-17T00:23:00.005-05:00

After a long break we're back to our regular schedule and Pirate Joe and Ashley the Bard talk with Christopher Badell about his company's game, Sentinels of the Multiverse. Then they crack jokes and get fed up with the internet connection.

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PJRS2E2: Bad Quality

2011-07-12T00:47:00.001-05:00

Pirate Joe and Candice(HatesYou) talk about all manner of thing. Some audio quality issues that contributed to the length of time it took to get this episode up.

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PJR SEASON 2 EPISODE 1: Hypocrite Joe [fixed]

2011-06-16T09:26:00.001-05:00

In this episode we sort of half assedly recapped E3, or at least the things that interested us about it. Getting back in to the swing of things and you can hear Pirate Joe lose his shit telling a story that all-in-all isn't that funny. Pirate Joe and Writer Ryan have fun and entertain the masses.

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PJR52: You Ponce

2011-04-13T00:09:00.000-05:00

We talk about video games: Portal, Portal 2, Rock Band 3, Heavy Rain, Crash Bandicoot, Minecraft and others. Also weird news stories all hosted by Pirate Joe, Ashley The Bard, and Writer Ryan.

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PJR51: Robot Joe Radio (No New Show)

2011-04-05T19:58:00.000-05:00

This was the radio show I did on Friday. It was also an April Fool's show despite the fact that we did one on the podcast last week. All me. No music, sorry.

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PJR 50: April Fool's Day

2011-03-30T02:20:00.000-05:00

Pirate Joe, "Ashley the Bard", and "Writer Ryan" do a show that's a little more offensive than the usual. Covers Minecraft porn, sports games changes, Netflix alternatives, emergency operators, and DUI checkpoint apps.

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WTF Bi-Mice?!?

2011-03-26T00:12:00.001-05:00

VAGABOND WAGNER

I recently had the MOST round-about experience tracking down this story (5 sources removed) and I felt it worth sharing here. I guess scientists have discovered a way to manipulate sexual preferences in mice. According to what I read, boy mice took their sexual jollies out on other boy mice when their serotonin levels were reduced, and then did not provide the same behavior when the serotonin was restored.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12825688

And, from my basic understanding of serotonin, it controls things like your gut, social dominance, and mood.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/serotonin

So... feel free to leave obsurd comments like "lowered moods mean you're totes gay," and "obviously it says that homos are just overcompensating their lack of social dominance!"

No, like seriously, I dare you... comment.

Back from the Dead... for Gaga Covers!

2011-03-24T18:11:00.002-05:00

VAGABOND WAGNER

With great power comes great responsibility. And, with little power comes a hell'uva lot of fucking around. Unfortunately, the balance leans toward me having more responsibility at work, so this becomes the fuck around. And I've been legally dead to this site for a while...
but I'll pick up where I left off... music... Lady Gaga... covers... wow, sexual confusion?!?!

PJR49: Facebook Is NOT Paying Us

2011-03-23T01:34:00.000-05:00

Joined by Candice Shane. Pirate Joe, Ashley the Bard, Writer Ryan all had fun. Guinness trivia, facebook news, sillyness, and crayon death threats.

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PJR48: Ryan Was a Girl Once, He Should Know

2011-03-16T00:25:00.000-05:00

Ryan is a Writer again, PJ and ATB try to trick WR. Wii games and the people who play them, Magicka game review, Gilbert Gottfried, and Pwn2Own notes.

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PJR47: Festy Cock [Fixed!]

2011-03-09T00:05:00.001-06:00

Pirate Joe, Drunkard Ryan, and Ashley the Bard rockin' out to stories of high school cheaters, college chemistry, toy tazers, and sex!

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PJR46: Zit Stickers

2011-03-02T00:14:00.000-06:00

Today we discussed HIPAA fines, names, tracking your children, the Konami code, and Duke Nukem Forever's credits.

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ConMan Geoff Enters the Fray! FIRST POST!!

2011-02-25T20:59:00.004-06:00

Hello, all. This is Listener Geoff, recently renamed ConMan Geoff by Pirate Joe.

Since I tend to make my way around to various anime, comic, and gaming conventions throughout the year, PJ has asked me to do some write ups of how the events go. I should have began posting last year, when I went to lots of events, but the first post you're going to get from me is a copypasta of a post I wrote about Naka-kon 2011 which is a convention I actually work on the staff for. Since I am staff, I don't get to many events unless I run them. I was still able to get to a few high profile things so I was happy.

*ahem* I now give you a LONG rundown of my experience at Naka-kon 2011, "Lucky Number 7".
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I got to the Hyatt at 6pm Wednesday night. It was almost an hour before the next person arrived, Jes our Hotel liaison. The two of us checkes in our set of rooms for the evening, and awaited the rest of the ConCom crew. The evening was a mix of tasty Mexican food and panic as we finallized a few things. I sat down and remade a bunch of signs that we didn't end up using because our Pubs Director was already on top of things.

I went to bed around midnight, and got up at 7 to prepare for our 8am meeting between the convention and hotel staff. It's always a good time making sure that everyone is ready for any last minute changes and room arrangements. I ended up emailing a finalized schedule just after the meeting to Dana, the manager who works with us, so she could get the right event titles and room setups planned.

There was a short break after the meeting to grab some food before the Convention Helpers arrived to begin the Great Unloading. All of the items we had stored from the previous year, as well as any recent purchases were removed from the rental truck and placed in Pershing before being taken to various locations around the hotel. AV's Batcave, the ConCom boardroom, the Exhibit Hall for Vendors' setup...

Guests began arriving on Thursday night. I was even drafted to make a run to the Airport. I used my authority to make a passing Guest Staffer come along to help out/keep me company. I got my first hug of the weekend from Amelie at the airport before being told to park and wait for Patrick Seitz. He has a great voice and it was fun to chat with him on the way back to the hotel. I also ran into Clarine Harp in the Hyatt lobby and relayed that I was a fan of a webcomic character she inspired before I knew she was a voice actress.

Also on Thursday night I got a manicure from my friend Teresa, so my hands would not be too rough from months of UPS work. You know, in case I had to shake a bunch of hands over the next few days. (I did.) That pretty much ended my Thursday. I may have gotten the most sleep that night, before waking up Friday to move everything to the rooms they belonged.

The AV director and his main assistant were stuck in the Main Programming room almost all of the day, helping ALSDEAD, our awesome Japanese band, to get set up and sounding good. I, with a few of my Panels staff, helped out the remaining AV crew get the ballrooms and meeting rooms set up for the panels and showings that would be hosted from 4pm onward.

There was a bit of stress when I, and another staffer, had to call around to almost every single electronic store in the area to locate some Japanese => American power converters. We wanted to make sure the band's instruments didn't get too hot and go all 'splody. I didn't hear of any exploding musicians, so I believe we succeeded.

My main focus on Friday night was the Formal Ball. I had a brand new (to me) tail-coat and fancy white vest/bowtie combo to show off. Gavin Goszka, another musical guest, was already setting up his keyboard and warming up when I got to the room. He and Teresa, who was his assigned guest staff, left after he finished to go get all fancy-fied. That gave me the honor of starting off the Ball and welcoming the attendees to the room. I am very lucky I was able to pull my friend Jon from the line to work the door and enforce our Dress Code. At least until I was able to request a volunteer to man the entrance. Thanks, Jon! Thanks, volunteer dude!

The Ball itself was in a slightly larger room than last year, but it had a lower ceiling. This made fighting the crowd's talking with my music a bit harder. I will definitely take that into consideration for next year. As well as finally looking into a ball-room dance instructor so everyone can learn some good steps. I did end up teaching a few ladies some waltz/box steps as I danced, but more help would be good. One of my fave comments was from a person who said he greatly preferred the music I was playing to that of the Dance Party. :P

After the ball ended, I called up the hotel to bring the chairs back in and helped the panelist to set up his computer to run his Zombie panel. There was a line waiting for his panel almost as long as the one for the ball itself. Whoa.

So, my Friday ended at 1am. Saturday began at 5am, because I had to wake up in time to shower and get dressed for my shift in the boardroom at 6. We always have at least two people stationed in the room in case someone needs to leave. That made me happy because once 6 came around I was able to get cash from the other on-shift worker and make a Panera run. I am so happy they open at 6 on Saturdays, and have tasty breakfast souffle.

There was only one canceled panel Saturday morning, because the panel leader had to go and remake a bunch of D&D character sheets from scratch. Cursed water damage! There were a few 'passings around' of AV equipment from room to room, but I believe everything ended up running well. The Cosplay ended up starting a little late. Partly due to people still coming in and finding seats, and partly due to waiting on printers to print out papers for Jon and I to read as MCs.
There were fewer flubs in line between the two of us this year compared to last. I'll chalk my side to me actually getting lunch and a nap before the event started. I assume Jon's prep was similar.
The halftime entertainment was the Karaoke Finalists like last year. My friend Cassie made the group this time, and that girl has pipes I didn't know she had. Her song was sans music and I was stunned at her power.
After the singers was the Kojokan Samurai group out of Iowa. They did a full performance piece with swordsmanship, drums, and flute playing. They even stalled for judging by telling a few jokes. I must say that I did not plan to help end the stalling, but I just happened to have promise Jillian a cupcake and had stored it inside my podium to make sure no one else ate it. So when the judges returned as the Kojokan were down to singing Hakuna Matata, I knew exactly what to do. :3

That was the end of my visible presence on Saturday night, but I still was awake until close to one working on things behind the scenes. Sunday was my most free day, schedule-wise, and I was even able to do a small bit of shopping in the Vendors' Room. I picked up 3 classic anime VHS for $2.

I did end up helping out once again with the Tea Party. We had a few great helpers who volunteered less than a week before the Kon that assisted Lauren with table settings and center pieces. They also helped during the Party by keeping an eye on the others at their table and trying to stay on top of emptying tea-pots. I bowed out at the very beginning to return to my room for my tail-coat once again. I returned surprisingly quickly considering Sunday elevator wait times. I did my best to make the rounds of the room and keep tea steeping as best as I could. Lauren was a great hostess; she had a bunch of games planned and everyone seemed to enjoy the event greatly. I had been worried that I'd set aside twice as much time for it this year as last, but all in all, it went well.

That was the last event I had a hand in on Sunday. Tear down went surprisingly well. I had all four of my staffers on the clock to unhook, organize, and pack away the AV equipment for easy storage and locating for later need. I was able to go back to my room and pre-pack some of my luggage before changing and heading up to the Staff post-kon party.
That is a highlight of the weekend. I'm finally able to chill, hang out, and chat with guests and other staff.

Monday brought the reverse of Thursday. Using my UPS trained skills to pack up the rental van and getting it all prepared to return to storage.

Then, back to home. Unloaded my car. Took a nap, got a shower and went to work at UPS. The first two hours there I still had a Kon level of adrenaline coursing through me. By the time break came around I was calmed down to where I wasn't forcing myself to run around fixing every problem I saw.

PJR45: Bitches Love Sonnets

2011-02-22T22:57:00.001-06:00

Today we covered everything! We started with presidential e-mail and ended with hitmen. For the record, those topics were not in any way related.

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PJR44: MRI for Two

2011-02-17T01:03:00.000-06:00

We talk about Pirate Joe's life... Then hit on a few other things.

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The Cr-48 Story and Why We Shouldn't Care

2011-02-14T10:42:00.001-06:00

Google fucked up. It happens. It happens to a lot of companies and often times, when it does, it doesn't affect as few people as this did.

Late Friday night/early Saturday morning, 2/11/11 or 2/12/11 Google opened a group on Google Groups for the people who were selected to receive and test the Cr-48 notebooks. This is the account Google sent to me though my e-mail:

"What happened? We planned to launch our Chrome Notebook Pilot forum next week to all users who had been selected for the Pilot program. Last night, around midnight Pacific time, a user discovered this forum and posted a message. Unfortunately, we had misconfigured this forum to email every post to every member. Thus, the first post started an avalanche of responses. Some messages were unsubscribe requests, others were thoughtful comments or questions, but all of them were emailed to every user. We have since deleted this group."

So, from what I can tell, Google made an error in setting something up and as a result, a few hundred people got a few hundred e-mails at an inconvenient time in the morning. The biggest problem with this is that many of these people had an issue with being awoken because their phones were linked to the e-mail addresses. Luckily for me, I was able to quickly setup a filter and go back to sleep. I know that not everyone had the good fortune of just being able to fall asleep after any disturbance in their sleep like I do. It seems fair though, that a slight disturbance in sleep be accepted one time in exchange for a free laptop.

I understand that traditionally, prices are named beforehand in above-board situations making it not fair to think of a little lack of sleep as a price, but Google admitted to a mistake. They apologized and it did happen because they gave the users a free laptop.

I wasn't very fond of being waken for this mistake, but again. I got a laptop out of the deal and I'm certainly ready to forgive Google barring this happening too often.

My Cr-48 (The Chrome Notebook)

2011-02-13T10:40:00.001-06:00

Not too long ago, I posted a review of a movie on my very own blog! I figure I may as well keep the trend of me posting going forward because it will be easy for me right now with the excitement I am experiencing.

Yesterday, I wandered down to the front office of my apartment building and asked if they had any mail for me. Sure enough, they had a box which, for reasons I will explain in a different post, I believed to be a Cr-

48. The Google Chrome OS notebook, which, some of you may know, is a laptop/netbook that Google has been sending out to people so they can test the Chrome OS for them on a platform where they know issues had aren't from compatibility with the hardware and whatnot.

Upon picking up my package, I rushed back into the apartment to open it up and see this beautiful piece of machinery. For those of you who haven't seen the Cr-48, there is a lot that's done right with this computer. It is plain black. The only markings on the machine itself are the labels for the keys. There are no stickers, no brand name, no serial number, and the headphones jack doesn't even have that little headphones symbol to inform you what it's used for. The casing for the machine is plain, its simple, and I love love it! I find myself wishing more computers had this simplistic design. Even Apple's apple logo on the back of the screen on their laptops seems like too much after this.

And yes, I am aware that other people have had their, exact same, Cr-48s for months now and I'm kind of late to the game, but I only got mine yesterday and this is new and fun to me. My unboxing pictures to follow:

The whole set of photos can be found on my flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piratejoeradio/sets/72157625914303459/

Movie? Review: The Trashmaster

2011-02-10T20:32:00.000-06:00

So, it's been a long time since I've put in a good effort to actually blog something that wasn't a half-assed attempt at posting my podcast with some show notes attached (I know I lack in the show notes department, that's why it's half-assed), but with all that aside, I'm now doing something I assume most of you won't do. I'm watching The Trashmaster. I know what you're thinking, "what the hell is The Trashmaster and why are you watching it?" Don't worry, all in good time.

The Trashmaster is a full length movie made entirely from video captured in Grand Theft Auto IV 3D-engine. I believe I'm going to express an very unpopular opinion, here, but I believe that the Grand Theft Auto games were wildly more influential than they were good games. They had some good elements to them, even some good things came from them, but all in all, they should have just been a flash in the pan rather than one of the best selling franchises ever.

With that said, I know it has its fans. Lots of games have followings that aren't representative of the actual quality of the game and I'm fine with that. Everyone can be a niche audience for one game or another and not make anything any-the-worse for it. Hell, I used to work with a guy who was one of the biggest Halo fans I've ever come across. I have to assume that there are bigger Halo fans than him, but I'd be hard pressed to find them because I don't have any Microsoft consoles and I'm assuming fans bigger than this guy don't really leave their parents' basements. Mathieu Weschler must have had a similar love for GTAIV because of the work he put into this movie.

Traditional film styles are pretty costly, there's renting, buying, or borrowing a camera, hiring actors, taking shot after shot, and ultimately editing it all together. I wonder how much of the process was easier using a video game engine to run your movie.

At any rate, I watched this movie, yes, all 1h28m and 42s of it. If you want my honest opinion of it, I thought it really wasn't that bad. The story seemed pretty light to me, but what can you expect? It's a movie made with the graphics engine of an action game. Naturally, it's an action movie. It doesn't have to have a great story because most action movies do.

With that said, there are some pretty good action sequences in it. One of them is at about 1h6-ish m. It was the first time during the film that I actually stopped what I was doing and watched it. This is not to say what came before it wasn't worthwhile, it just really drew my attention at this point in particular. Something about the way it was shot. That and the climax of the movie seems to start at about 1h17m and lasts, pretty much, through the rest of the movie. It wraps up nicely.

All-in-all, I don't consider it a waste of my time. The movie was not really up my alley but I watch much, much worse movies on Netflix all the time.

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The trashmaster (nouvelle version nouvelle voix-off !)
Uploaded by murakawa. - Discover more gaming videos.

For those of you interested, I was made aware of this movie through engadget and looked a few other places on the internet to find some additional information, like http://www.festivalscope.com/director/weschler-mathieu.

PJR43: Secret Handshake

2011-02-08T23:24:00.000-06:00

Pirate Joe, Drunkard Ryan, and Ashley the Bard discuss all matter of thing. Robots, the Gateway Arch's weather controlling powers, and dog trivia included.

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PJR42: Robot Bullying

2011-02-02T22:56:00.000-06:00

Everything from the modern day 'bubble boy' and robot bullying, to dog trivia, to Drunkard Ryan's fears, and holograms!

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