Returning from summer break, Ben and Ian do a little catch up. Ian tells us about his cousin’s grad party while Ben tells us about getting sick. Then Ian brings us this week’s headlines.

Starbucks Offers Six New Frappuccino Flavors. ‘Ghostbusters’ official cast photo in costume is full of attitude. Amazon tool aims to help you ‘fling’ shows onto Fire TV. Cartoon Network’s Imagination Studios Encourages Children To Create Original Ideas. The Pirate Bay Founders Acquitted In Criminal Copyright Case.

Ben shares the awesome trailer for Ash vs. Evil Dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unnLg1TPCYM

Finally our two hosts hunker down for some celebrity trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

Don’t forget you can watch the video version of this podcast here:

This episode of the show was recorded during our summer break, shortly after Ben made it back home to Ohio. He, Ian, and friend of the show Nate do a little catch up. Ben tells everybody about his trip. Then Ian brings us some news.

Your Next Cracked Cellphone Screen Will Self Repair. YouTube video shows possible long-lost Nintendo-Sony Super Disc. Buttons, sliders and knobs, oh, my! Startup evolves PC controls beyond the mouse. Unemployed Discount Registration for SIGGRAPH 2015. New ‘X-Files’ trailer encourages 201 days of binge-watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoIRNja8pMc

The Humble Gamemaking Bundle

Finally, all three hunker down for some Star Trek: Voyager trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

Don’t forget you can check out the video version of this podcast here:

This episode of the show was recorded during our summer break while Ben was in California. Ian and friend of the show Nate talk with Nate’s girlfriend Caraline. Ian brings us some recent headlines.

New Career Opportunities at Martin Jetpack. GM’s cheaper-than-Tesla ‘leccy car tested at batt-powered data centre. Google wants to bring free wifi to the world…. and it’s starting NOW. System Update: Addition of backward compatibility on Xbox One is perfect move. Abort, abort! Metal-on-metal VIOLENCE as Google’s robo-car nearly CRASHES. Solar-powered bra ‘able to charge an iPod’. Intel imagines chips in nappies to create the Internet of sh*t things. Tesla Powerwall & Powerpacks Per-kWh Lifetime Prices vs Aquion Energy, Eos Energy, & Imergy.

All three hunker down for some trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

You can also watch the video version of the podcast here:

This week Ian and Ben are doing an early show before summer break! A discussion of “how’s the weather” (or more accurately “how’s the humidity”) leads to a long and ramble-filled rabbit hole. Sit back and enjoy this one, folks. Ian brings us this week’s headlines.

Plan to 3D Print a bridge in mid air. MX3D Bridge.

Marvel, Sony and Paramount All Skipping Comic-Con. World’s thinnest light source made from graphene. Self Balancing, 2-Wheel, Smart Electric Scooter, “Mini-Segway”, “Hoverboard” REVIEW.

Bright-red Samurai hell-burgers on the menu for Burger King. KFC Says ‘Fried Rat’ Is Just A Weird-Looking Chicken Tender.

Ben then drops some news stories of his own on us.

WATCH A COMPUTER LEARN TO PLAY SUPER MARIO WORLD.

This Is the Most Adorable, Brutally Difficult Game at E3.

Finally, our two hosts sit down for some video game trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

Don’t forget you can check out the video version of this podcast here.

We’ll be back on the podcast in July! Everyone have an awesome summer break!

This week Ian and Ben are joined by friend of the show Nate. Ian starts us off by sharing his headlines.

HP is trying to turn its Sprout PC into a 3D modeling playground. Pizza Hut’s Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Invades The U.S. This Month. MAJOR BREAKING NEWS | Bring Back Crystal Pepsi.

FCC questions PayPal’s new robocalling clause. Let’s hope no future Bond villain gets ahold of this laser shotgun.

Then Ben follows up with several news stories of his own.

Russian man to undergo world’s first full head transplant. [UPDATED] Mended and Defended: The ReBoot Reboot Is Greenlit for 26 New Episodes. CGI Pioneer ‘ReBoot’ Reboots With ‘The Guardian Code’. ‘Powerpuff Girl’ Actress On Being Shut Out of Reboot: “A Stab in the Heart”.

The main topic this week is a piece of software Ben recently discovered, MediaElch. It’s a media manager that lets you edit and scrape your content more thoroughly for media centers like Kodi. Check out the Kodi wiki entry for it here. XBMC HOW TO: Prepare Movies with MediaElch.

Finally, all three hunker down for a round of urban legend trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

Don’t forget you can check out the video version of this podcast here.

This week Ian and Ben are joined by friend of the show Nate. After playing a little catch up Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Self-Driving Google Cars Ready To Hit South Bay Streets This Summer. Adobe acquires Mixamo, with plans to integrate its tech into Photoshop. Mixamo.com Texas slashes government incentives for video games and film. China’s New Rules Ask Tech Firms to Hand Over Source Code. When Windows 10 arrives, will your files and apps survive? Windows 10 Specifications.

Ben then drops a news story he wishes Doug was around to comment on. Doug has often lamented that he feels Minecraft is just Legos. Well now Lego has released their own video game in early access, Lego Worlds!

LEGO Worlds gameplay video: The original Minecraft stakes its claim in the digital arena. The link includes a video walkthrough of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5o-f7dr7Q

Finally all three hunker down for some trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

Don’t forget you can also watch the video version of this podcast here:

This week Ian and Ben are joined once again by friend of the show Doug and Ben’s bro Frank. The boys play a bit of catching up with each other and then Ian brings us today’s headlines.

Hollywood Hologram Wars: Vicious Legal Feud Behind Virtual Mariah, Marilyn and Mick. Florida public schools to spy on students’ social media, report says. Google and Levi’s team up on smart clothes. This Goo Accurately Paints Patterns on Your 3D-Printed Creations. Samsung’s Project Valley might be a foldable, dual-screen revolution.

Then Ben shares a few news stories of his own with us.

XBOX BOSS DENIES MICROSOFT PURCHASE OF SILENT HILLS FOR XBOX ONE. Wake up, San Francisco! Bob Saget will be on ‘Fuller House’. Disney Pulls Plug on ‘Tron 3′. Boy Scouts Announce Animation as Newest Merit Badge.

Frank has to duck out early but before he does everyone hunkers down for a round of movie trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

Finally Ian tells us about Voicemeeter Banana -The Advanced Virtual Audio Device Mixer For Windows. He even demonstrates how you can use it with Adobe Audition to create live vocal effects.

Don’t forget you can check out the video version of this week’s podcast (Which would be useful as the trivia is photo-based) here:

This week it’s a full house as Ian and Ben are joined by friends of the show Nate, Doug, and Ben’s twin brother Frank. After playing catch up Ian brings us this week’s headlines.

North Korea ‘photoshopped Kim Jong-un submarine missile pictures’. North Korea Photoshop fail: Secretive communist state releases yet another heavily doctored picture of leader Kim Jong-Un… this time at a children’s hospital. LG invented a crazy, bendable TV that sticks to your wall like a refrigerator magnet. LILY CAMERA, THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DRONE THAT FOLLOWS YOU. Amazon teams with Manhattan stores for one-hour grocery delivery. SONY LED LIGHT BULB SPEAKER. Cleveland officer acquitted in killing of unarmed pair amid barrage of gunfire.

Finally all five hunker down for some trivia. It goes into extensive tie-breaking as tempers flair. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

Don’t forget you can also watch the video version of this podcast here:

This week friend of the show Doug returns to join Ian and Ben as they discuss making fonts. But first, Ian brings us this week’s headlines.

Hackers target Starbucks gift cardholders. Outrage as students forced to strip naked with male professor and perform ‘erotic gesture’ by candlelight before being allowed to graduate from University of California, San Diego. Kotaku:The Horrible World Of Video Game Crunch. Amazon may let indie merchants ship directly to Prime customers. How many PlayStation 2s would make a Galaxy S6?

Ben also brings in a headline, Harry Shearer Leaving ‘The Simpsons’. This leads into a discussion on what’s going to happen to all of his beloved characters and talk of just how long the show’s been running. Ben then shows us several TV and movie trailers. This includes CBS’s new Supergirl series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm46-envrHo

ABC’s new fall series for The Muppets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfJkusicBa4

Ian brings up the animated pilot the Jim Henson company did for Amazon.

And the new Mad Max: Fury Road.

Moving on to the main topic this week, Ben tells of his adventures in font making recently. He shares links to free font making programs like FontForge and Birdfont where you draw every glyph in their editor, as well as font making websites like the free MyScriptFont.com where you fill out a template file and Fontifier.com which charges $9 to download. High-Logic’s FontCreator has some nice features for importing glyphs and is pretty easy to use. It’s Windows-only but runs well in CrossOver or variants of Wine. Just be aware the 30 day trial version doesn’t allow exports and you’re not allowed to sell fonts made with the Home Edition. FontLab has an assortment of software in a range of prices. FontLab Studio for $649 and Fontographer for  $399 to TypeTool for $47.99 and FontLab Pad for free. Though they have Mac versions Ben saw forum threads saying certain programs wouldn’t run on Intel machines and other indicators to question the age of the programs. Glyphs (249.90 €) and Glyphs Mini (44.99 €) were some nice looking apps for the Mac but weren’t as simple for importing art as FontCreator.

Finally Ian, Doug, and Ben all hunker down for some music trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!

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This week Ian and Ben show us a peek at the projects they’ve been working on. But first Ian brings us this week’s headlines.

Nintendo rides are coming to Universal’s theme parks. Do you dare step inside the virtual reality THEME PARK? The Void merges VR technology with real objects to create the world’s first ‘holodeck’. Now you can Google dinner straight to your home. US court says NSA phone data program is illegal. The CHIP Is A $9 Computer That Can Almost Do It All.

Today Ian shows some of the coding he’s been doing in javascript for his Photoshop plugin batch texture processor project. Ben tells us about the 3 different attempts he’s made towards a game for Stencyl Jam 15. (Using music by friend of the show Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com) This episode discusses scope, project fatigue, and other issues to consider when you’re one person building things yourself. It’s also a pretty visual-heavy show so you should really check out the video version of the podcast here:

Finally, our two hosts sit down for a round of movie trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!