IC 45: Bread, Stapler, Tree

Microsoft shutting down its e-book service gets us into a discussion of when you own your content and what DRM is. Roblox is worth billions of dollars now, Justin Roiland’s got a new game, NYC experienced a blackout, and Randolf’s found a weird, wonderful subreddit featuring carbs and plants. If you liked this episode, please … Continue reading IC 45: Bread, Stapler, Tree

Microsoft shutting down its e-book service gets us into a discussion of when you own your content and what DRM is. Roblox is worth billions of dollars now, Justin Roiland’s got a new game, NYC experienced a blackout, and Randolf’s found a weird, wonderful subreddit featuring carbs and plants.

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Show Notes
Microsoft shuttering e-book store (Wired)
You Don’t Own Your E-Books (Chicago Tribune)
Apple Shutting Down iTunes (CNBC)
Roblox is a $2.5b business (TechCruch, paywall)

Gaming
Trover Saves the Universe (website)
Mordhau (Steam; gameplay)
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (Steam)
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Steam)

You’ve Gotta See This (YGST)
This time: Stranger Things Season 3 (IMDb)
Andrey Ivchenko (Grigori) AMA on r/StrangerThings

For next time: You Were Never Really Here (IMDb)

Good Internet, Best Internet (GIBI)
Michael ’s Good 1: Facebook event to invade Area 51 is all over the news
Randolf’s Good 1: The Spiritual Successor Podcast
Randolf’s Good 2: Reddit Highlight: r/BreadStapledToTrees
Michael’s Good 2: Videos on Twitter of the NYC Blackout shows people being nice to one another (examples 1, 2, 3, 4, Times Square )

Music
“spring synths” by oddsamples is licensed under CC BY 3.0
“Rewound” by Chris Zibriskie is licensed under CC BY 4.0
“Another Version of You” by Chris Zibriskie is licensed under CC BY 4.0
“The White” by RoleMusic is licensed under CC BY 3.0
“Yellow Dust” by RoleMusic is licensed under CC BY 3.0