#257 – Sundernomics
Ray and Cer wrap up 2015 with a show that includes, what we got for Christmas, predictions on the upcoming year in gaming and cinema, and of course, bacon news.
Show News
- Photo contest – http://thesundering.net/contest
- December Themes – Winter, Holiday, Gifts, Friends & Family
- Chris W wins $20bnet card, congrats
Bacon News
- Truck carrying 2000 piglets overturns
Geek & Random News
- Scientists calling geeks out?
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/star-wars-and-video-game-geeks-more-likely-to-be-narcissists-study-finds-a6785891.html
- People who “Geek out” over star wars, video games, and even D&D are more likely to be narcissists, according to research done at the University of Georgia.
- They developed a “geek identity scale”
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/star-wars-and-video-game-geeks-more-likely-to-be-narcissists-study-finds-a6785891.html
- Pissed off woman throws urine on neighbor’s house
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/urine-buckets-bad-neighbor_567e4b89e4b0b958f659778e?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird%2BNews§ion=weird-news
- A 69-year-old woman from Indiana caused almost $3,000 worth of damage to her neighbor’s home when she repeatedly threw urine at it, which she reportedly collected in a mop bucket.
- When asked why, she simply said “I don’t like him. He’s a bad neighbor”.
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/urine-buckets-bad-neighbor_567e4b89e4b0b958f659778e?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird%2BNews§ion=weird-news
Gaming News
- Star wars Battlefront: No Force Awakens DLC???
- http://www.pcgamer.com/ea-says-star-wars-battlefront-wont-get-force-awakens-dlc/
- Battlefront, released only 1 month before the new star wars movie, has no apparent plans to include any DLC or characters from the newly released movie
- Could the next game focus on Episode 7 and 8?
- http://www.pcgamer.com/ea-says-star-wars-battlefront-wont-get-force-awakens-dlc/
- Diablo 3 Season 5 info unveiled
- http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/19993877/first-look-season-5-12-22-2015
- Haedrig’s Gift, which are special set pieces that players will receive throughout the season, though the complete set would be rewarded after the completion of Chapter 4.
- new conquests have been added so players have something new to look for, like the new Master of the Universe and Master of Sets conquests.
- New cosmetic rewards, and Season-exclusive feature called the Season Rebirth. This allows you to take any non-Seasonal character you have and instantly transform them into a Seasonal character, ready to jump straight into the action on day one.
- http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/19993877/first-look-season-5-12-22-2015
- Predictions for 2016
- Gaming
- Best Game of 2016
- Cer: No Man’s Sky
- Ray: Overwatch
- Best Game of 2016
- Movies
- Best Movie of 2016
- Cer: Captain America: Civil War
- Ray: Suicide Squad
- Best Movie of 2016
- Random
- Cer: Hillary Clinton will become president, she will have an affair, and then have a news conference and say “What do you think of that Bill?!?!?!” This was the long payback!
- Blizzcon
- Cer: November 4th and 5th
- Ray – Mid October
- Gaming
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