Sean

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  1. They do but they are just aesthetic changes.
  2. Yep. I was sick of "recovering" my gamer profile on my work 360 and my home one so I just bought one that only housed my Live profile.
  3. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

    Exactly right. We're recording The Sun Also Rises next week. Wolf Hall is on the back-burner for a while and it's totally my fault. I've tackled the book three times and there's just too many Thomas's -- I'm going to get through it out of stubbornness. So yeah, we're doing a new episode next week and, I hope, this podcast is back for good.
  4. The Idle Thumbs Store

    UPDATE! Shirts are ordered. They'll be in our possession in a week and then our shirt guys will get to screening.
  5. The Idle Thumbs Store

    I told our shirt guy yesterday how many shirts we needed to order from wholesale -- HOPEFULLY he ordered them but if he didn't it'll be Monday. They usually need a week to hand de-tag them (we are crazy) and then only a few days to get all the screen-printing done (both the front (two screens) and the tag (one screen)). My hope is that they hit the post in 2 weeks, but will update here when I know for sure.
  6. The Idle Thumbs Store

    We mention it on the cast this week but it was like 2:1 80's to Weapons hot with like 700 votes total. I think the black on black shirt got around 85 votes?
  7. The Idle Thumbs Store

    I can't believe you've all done this. http://store.idlethumbs.net/
  8. The Idle Thumbs Store

    Unstoppable. Also you made me really fat.
  9. Idle Thumbs 151: A Fascinating Experience Perched upon a slender neck of expertly machined titanium, our new telepresence robot peers into the studio. Chris compulsively manipulates an ever-evolving Doge. Jake obsesses over a perfectly orchestrated techno-heist. Sean daydreams of a professional gaming life forever out of reach. Three hosts, blind to the broadcast of their lives into the socially-connected Oculus Rifts of our shared future, lost, forever, to video games. (Photo credit: Norman Chan) Things Discussed: Major Bueno, Free To Play, Luftrausers, Quad Cow, Betrayer, Oculus Rift, Google Glass, Double Robotics Remote Telepresence, Doge 2048 Listen on the Episode Page Listen in iTunes Subscribe to the RSS Feed
  10. The Idle Thumbs Store

    Jake has suggested a Goldblum face. I think I agree.
  11. Dota Today 10: Dunkin Bro-nuts! The New Bloom festival is in full swing, Sean and Brad punch a Year Beast in the tail and discuss the merits of macro-bound custom taunt. Game Discussed: Dota 2 Listen on the Episode Page Subscribe and rate us on iTunes Subscribe to the RSS Feed
  12. The Archie Bunker problems it that, in the 70's, the creators of All in the Family were doing their best to create a relatively progressive show that tackles social issues alongside the modern day-to-day of what it meant to be an urban family. Archie was a curmudgeon and a representation of a stale way of thinking -- he made off-color comments about other races, didn't trust anyone other than a typical white male and felt that women were beneath him -- and for an audience member who was "with it," he was the butt of the joke. BUT Archie also became this mouthpiece for people who, in real life, lived and thought like he did -- he was a major media representation of themselves and because they empathized with his race/class/gender position, they thought Archie was just great. Archie isn't a bad guy but HE is the butt of the joke -- but for someone who isn't in the position to recognize that he's actually aspirational (which was never the intent of the character). FWIW, I believe All in the Family walked this line deftly (and I actually think South Park does too) (ie: I think the "problem" is less of a problem that needs fixing within the text but more of an inevitable outcome of trying to make progressive media that reaches all socio-economic political classes). VIDEO GAMES!
  13. Yeah, when we took a break I actually told Danielle I felt like a dickbag for not letting her finish a thought. But I would echo Chris's sentiments in that I'm used to doing that with the folks I'm on the pod with generally and she's just a lot more polite than us. Luckily she'll be back on again in not-too-long and we can attempt to rectify that.
  14. If a portrait of Alan Simpson showed up at this office I would lose it.
  15. If anyone needs me I will be at the school Patrick R just took me to. Thanks, man! Great post.
  16. Come the fuck on. No real comedian feels this sorta horseshit persecution and perpetrating it is ridiculous.
  17. Ding ding ding, that is the video and it is an aberration.
  18. Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins Chris and Sean are trasnported to post WWI America with the masterful Marianne Wiggins as their guide. While not without its hiccups, Evidence of Things Unseen is a small story about the incredible and is not to be missed. Listen on the Episode Page Listen in iTunes Subscribe to the RSS Feed For December we read Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins. Written in 2003, the novel was nominated for the National Book Award, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won a Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Club Prize in 2004. We picked this book because I studied under Marianne Wiggins at USC and while having read another of her novels (John Dollar) I hadn't picked up her most acclaimed work. I'm fifty pages in and it's fantastic. Buy the book on Amazon
  19. Great to hear -- we're on couches now and have the mics on these excellent swing arms which basically means we're comfortable the entire time. We felt like it definitely made the conversation more relaxed and are happy with the chang