#258 – Krypton Cousins | The Sundering: A Warcraft, Geek & Gaming Podcast

This week Cer and Ray tackle some subjects that are fairly new to them, such as E-Sports and Virtual Reality, and of course we can’t go a night without Bacon News.

Show News

Photo contest – http://thesundering.net/contest
December Winner – No one!
Will be announcing the Annual winner during next week’s show, last chance to play catchup
Have until Friday ⅛ at 11:59:59 pm ET to send in catchup photos
60 Days Warcraft Game Time
$20 J!NX Gift Certificate
Warcraft Mount of your choice (Warforged Nightmare excluded) from the Blizzard store
Warcraft Battle Pet of your choice from the Blizzard store
$20 Battle.net Gift Card
$20 Steam Gift Card

Bacon News

Baby reacts to bacon for the first time (play video)
- http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/baby-filmed-parents-tastes-bacon-7086264

Geek & Random News

Pizza manager declares war!
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michigan-woman-gets-vulgar-note-on-dominos-pizza-receipt_56846743e4b0b958f65b3ec7?utm_hp_ref=weird-news
  - A domino’s manager, apparently in response to an earlier complaint, put the message “Fuck this cunt” on her receipt. The customer in question even ordered a second time, and the manager against wrote “Fuck this cunt”.
Disney creates robot capable of scaling walls
- http://www.geek.com/news/disney-has-created-a-robot-that-can-drive-up-walls-1643411/
  - Made from 3d-printed parts
  - Uses two propellers to maintain balance. One to “stick” to the wall, and the other to stabilize the robot’s position.

Gaming News

What’s your New Year’s gaming resolution?
2016, the year of virtual reality?!
- http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35205783
  - HTC Vive joining existing virtual reality products in a few months
  - Businesses, schools, and even doctors may use VR for further interaction with their customers/patients.
  - Is VR really the next step for gaming? Is it too big of a leap?
Warcraft Movie Tour in China
- http://www.legendary.com/warcraft-hits-china-with-epic-mall-tour/
Activision Blizzard Purchases Going Out of Business MLG for $46 Million
- http://esportsobserver.com/mlg-sells-substantially-all-assets-to-activision-blizzard-for-46-million/
- Earlier this year Blizzard started their own esports division headed up by Mike Sepso, a co-founder and president of MLG