#260 – StarWatch OverCraft | The Sundering: A Warcraft, Geek & Gaming Podcast

This week Ray and Cer tackle the slow news week and talk about the new Diablo season and some Legion news, Activision/Blizzard Studios, ESPN Esports, and much more!+

Bacon News

Bacon Update!!! Seaweed that tastes like bacon premiering as a salad dressing
- http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/01/bacon-tasting_seaweed_could_be.html
  - Premiering in Oregon, in a chain of markets, “Dulse” as the product is now called, is being hailed as the next Kale. It will premiere as a salad dressing product.

Geek & Random News

Firefighters stunned as woman asks them for help
- http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/firefighters-left-stunned-after-woman-7194694
  - A woman wearing a chastity belt in italy, sought the help of firefighters to help her unlock it after she lost the key to it in her house.
  - She wore the belt to stop herself from engaging in sexual activity (duh?).
Naked Rampage in Waffle House
- http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/15/studentnews/georgia-woman-charged-with-public-indecency-at-restaurant/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
  - She ripped off her clothes, then hit a woman and threw several platters of food at Waffle House customers. When police tried to arrest her, she fought back, scratching an officer.
  - She is being charged with public indecency and simple battery against a police officer
Razzie Nominations
- http://comicbook.com/2016/01/13/fantastic-four-nominated-for-five-razzie-awards/
  - Fantastic four was nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Remake, Worst Director, Worst screen combo, and Worst Screenplay.

Gaming News

Official ESPN Esports studio launches website
- http://espn.go.com/esports/
  - Features LOL, Dota 2 , and Hearthstone.
  - Is Heroes not keeping up with the former?
Activision / Blizzard Opening their Own TV/Movie Studio
- http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=950098
  - Are there any tv shows from the many Blizzard Universes that would work? Would it be restricted to cartoon/anime?
Diablo 3 Season 5 is live
- http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/19998542
  - Class balance/tuning
  - Greyhollow island: Fully explorable island with new monsters, quests and a brief story
Warcraft: Legion
- Tank & Healer Tuning
  - http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/20420493025
  - Increasing the cooldown on a lot of active mitigation abilities (Shield of the righteous, shield block etc), and tuning down tank survivability to require more direct healing.
- New Logging Features
  - http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/20419432775
  - Woosh