Nuclear Monster

  • This week has another American favorite, greedy bastards presented in the most presentable way possible, screaming for money.

    One of my favorite podcasts, Radiolab, covered the trading floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. It is only ten minutes long and is quite fun. If you enjoy that one and are looking for more, check out their War of the Worlds episode next.

    Also this week, the Cheap Ass Gamer podcast was as consistently good as it always is. I have to give them credit for recommending Pain on the Playstation 3 PSN store. Tried that out after their last episode where they suggested it and I really enjoyed it. It is surprisingly fun for five minutes of playing, though the fact that you have to complete a tutorial before playing the actual game is terrible.

  • Hybridcars has a post up detailing more information on some cars we’ll be seeing from Honda in next two years:

    The first new dedicated hybrid vehicle, due in 2009, will be offered as a 5-door hatchback with seating for five passengers and will employ an exterior design concept that evokes the FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle. With the new hybrid, Honda is aiming to produce the most affordable hybrid on the market. Fuel economy for the new car is expected to exceed 40 miles per gallon.

  • This week we’re listening and watching the best America has on offer. Even though Zero Punctuation (after the break) is really made in from another nation, it is about grand theft auto which is currently set in New York/Liberty, City. Oh, and your mortagage costs a lot: 

    This American Life #355:

    The Giant Pool of Money: A special program about the housing crisis. We explain it all to you. What does the housing crisis have to do with the collapse of the investment bank Bear Stearns? Why did banks make half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income? And why is everyone talking so much about the 1930s? It all comes back to the Giant Pool of Money.

     

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    • MGS4 “Steel” Bundle 40GB PS3 exclusive from Konami… $600!?!? WTF This thing probably doesn’t even have backwards compatibility with the PS2!
    • MGS4 Goes Gold, Includes iPod and Playboy Brands: Great, it’s gold. I just hope that playboy stuff is merely swimsuit style so they don’t get in trouble.
    • 5 New Screenshots: Yawn.
    • Metal Gear Online Beta: I played it, it’s fun. Yes it isn’t perfect. Yes it requires multiple logins to be created. Yes the controls still aren’t great. Yes snapping necks as Solid Snake when everyone else is generic militiaman or genome soldiers is the best multiplayer experience I’ve had recently.

  • Via CrooksandLiars, video after the break, mirrored because it articulates pretty much exactly how I feel about Bush:

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