WOOHOO!!! Happy New Year folks, we hope you are all safe where ever you are in the world. May the new year bring you lots of joy and laughter. At the start of this episode we wish to celebrate the fact that we have achieved 100 episodes, yay!! Now, first topic of the week is from Professor, and it is looking at the PS5, yes that is right, the PS5. We seriously manage to get our one and only Professor talking about the PS5, and positively too. We discuss changes being made to the controller and what it means for the future and the past. Confused? Well listen in to find out exactly what is happening, the discussion is quite interesting.
Next up we have DJ bringing us the year ahead in Anime. We have a list of some things to look forward to and what we hope for. We discuss what is looking interesting and why. DJ tells us his hopes and discusses what he likes on the list, and so does Buck. We also have news about upcoming changes to Evangelion. That’s right grab hold of something and get ready for this as it is awesome. If you want to know what is happening you know what to do.
Next up we have Buck and the new Mars Rover set to launch later this year for the latest mission to Mars from NASA. This is looking sweet. Remember we were talking in a previous episode last year about the training of NASA scientists happening in Australia in preparation for the next mission? This is it! Yep, the search for signs of life on Mars is going to the next level with the new Rover. Buck is starting to Geek out about this and will be keeping us updated as news comes to hand. If you want to find out more about what is happening on the newest mission listen in and see where the smiley face is.
As normal we have the regular shout outs, remembrances, Birthdays, and special events. We wish to ask that if you are able to donate to help the Rural Fire Services, or any Firefighter battling the fires in Australia please do. We have posted links on our Facebook page to a few and there are many other options, but please help, thank you. Once again we wish everyone a Happy New Year, stay safe, look out for each other and stay hydrated.
PS5 Controller patent
- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-12-17-sony-launching-dualshock-4-rear-button-add-on
- https://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?docid=20190366210&PageNum=1&&IDKey=&HomeUrl=/
2020 in anime including Evangelion 3.0+1.0
- https://www.cbr.com/anime-must-watch-releases-2020/
Mars Rover 2020 - https://phys.org/news/2019-12-mars-rover-ancient-life-human.html
Games currently playing
Buck
– Raid Shadow Legends - https://raidshadowlegends.com/pc-mac-plarium-play/
Rating – 4.5/5
Professor
– Collection of mana - https://www.nintendo.com.au/catalogue/collection-of-mana
Rating – 5.0/10
DJ
– Overstep - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1008580/Overstep/
Rating – 4/10
Other topics discussed
Microsoft sues Sony
- https://www.itworld.com/article/2792636/microsoft--sony-sued-over-game-controllers.html
Google Stadia (cloud gaming service operated by Google.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Stadia
Octodad (freeware independent video game developed by a group of students at DePaul University, many of whom would go on to form Young Horses, Inc., the developers of its sequel Octodad: Dadliest Catch.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octodad
Steam Controller (game controller developed by Valve for use with personal computers running Steam on Windows,macOS,Linux,smartphones or SteamOS.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Controller
Detroit Become Human (2018 adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit:_Become_Human
PS4 Pro
- https://www.techradar.com/au/reviews/ps4-pro
Price for a PS4 Pro
Nintendo Switch is the bestselling console
Other anime series coming out in 2020
- https://animemotivation.com/upcoming-anime-2020/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_in_anime
Plunderer (Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunderer_(manga)
Sing "Yesterday" for Me (Japanese manga series by Kei Toume.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_%22Yesterday%22_for_Me
A Certain Scientific Railgun (Japanese manga series written by Kazuma Kamachi, the manga is a spin-off of Kamachi's A Certain Magical Index light novel series, taking place before and during the events of that series.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Certain_Scientific_Railgun
A Certain Magical Index (Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which has been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunkoimprint since April 2004.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Certain_Magical_Index
Tear Studio (Japanese animation studio founded on March 15, 2013. The studio filed for bankruptcy in December 2019 with about 43 million yen in debt, including about 8 million yen to around 50 animators.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_Studio
- https://variety.com/2019/biz/asia/tear-studio-japan-anime-firm-bankruptcy-1203444697/
Kyoto animation studio fire
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49027178
Digimon Adventure: Last Adventure Kizuna (upcoming Japanese animated adventure film produced by Toei Animation and animated by Yumeta Company.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimon_Adventure:_Last_Evolution_Kizuna
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (series of Japanese fantasy action adventure light novels,manga, three anime television series (Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen 2: Revenge, and Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (2020), and a video game.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerous_Stabber_Orphen
Ninja Scroll (1993 Japanese animated jidaigeki-chanbara film written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, starring the voices of Kōichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara,Takeshi Aono,Daisuke Gōri,Toshihiko Seki and Shūichirō Moriyama.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Scroll
Samurai Pizza Cats (American animated television adaptation of the anime series Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee), produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu Agency.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Pizza_Cats
Plunderer (Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunderer_(manga)
Sing "Yesterday" for Me (Japanese manga series by Kei Toume.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_%22Yesterday%22_for_Me
Mars 2020 Rover nuclear battery
- https://www.space.com/mars-2020-rover-nuclear-battery-fueled-up.html
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator ((RTG, RITEG) is an electrical generator that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
China launches their rocket
- https://www.space.com/china-long-march-5-rocket-2019-launch-success.html
India’s second lunar mission
RFC 791 (Internet protocol)
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc791
RFC 793 (Internet protocol)
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc793
My Favourite Martian (1999 American science-fiction comedy film starring Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels,Daryl Hannah,Elizabeth Hurley, Wallace Shawn and Ray Walston, based on the 1960s television series of the same name in which Walston starred.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Martian_(film)
Christopher Lloyd (American actor famous for roles as Emmett "Doc" Brown, Uncle Fester & Uncle Martin)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd
Terence Dicks (14 April 1935 – 29 August 2019) (English author and television screenwriter, script editor and producer. In television, he had a long association with the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, working as a writer and also serving as the programme's script editor from 1968 to 1974.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrance_Dicks
The Catcher in the Rye (story by J. D. Salinger, partially published in serial form in 1945–1946 and as a novel in 1951.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
Robot & Frank (2012 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Jake Schreier and written by Christopher Ford.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_%26_Frank
Shoutouts
30 Dec 2019 – Syd Mead passed away, he was an American industrial designer and neo futuristic concept artist, widely known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner,Alien and Tron. Mead has been described as "the artist who illustrates the future" and "one of the most influential concept artists and industrial designers of our time." He died from lymphoma at the age of 86 in Pasadena California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Mead
31 Dec 2019 - Shoutout to the people of Mallacoota, Victoria and other towns affected by the bushfires - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50952253
1 Jan 1983 – The official birthday of the Internet. ARPANET and the Defense Data Network officially changed to the TCP/IP standard which was a new communications protocol called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP). - https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml
Remembrances
1 Jan 1796 - Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician, musician and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. He died at the age of 34 in Paris - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre-Th%C3%A9ophile_Vandermonde
1 Jan 1894 - Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The unit of frequency, cycle per second, was named the "Hertz" in his honor. He was also famous for other works in areas such as meteorology, cathode rays, photoelectric effect and most famously contact mechanics. He died from granulomatosis with polyangiitis at the age of 36 in Bonn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hertz
1 Jan 2001 - Herman Raymond Walston, American actor and comedian, well known as the title character on My Favorite Martian. His major film, television, and stage roles included Luther Billis from South Pacific, Mr. Applegate from Damn Yankees, J. J. Singleton from The Sting, Candy from Of Mice and Men) and Judge Henry Bone from Picket Fences. He died from lupus at the age of 86 in Beverly Hills, California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Walston
1 Jan 2002 - Julia Phillips, American film producer and author. She co-produced with her husband, Michael (and others), three prominent films of the 1970s — The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind — and was the first female producer to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, for The Sting. She died from cancer at the age of 57 in West Hollywood, California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Phillips
Famous Birthdays
1 Jan 1852 - Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Frenchchemist who designed highly specialized apparatus for use in his research. A specialist in the emerging field of spectroscopy, he detected the presence of the rare earth element europium in 1896, and isolated it as the oxide europia in 1901. He helped Marie Curie to confirm the existence of another new element, radium, in 1898. He developed an instrument for obtaining spectra, using an induction coil with pure platinum electrodes to produce a high spark temperature that eliminated impurities that could cause foreign spectral lines. By eliminating sources of error, he made it possible to separate out purer samples of various rare earths than had previously been available. He was born in Paris - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne-Anatole_Demar%C3%A7ay
1 Jan 1879 - Edward Morgan Forster also known as E. M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examined class difference and hypocrisy, including A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India. The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years. His views as a humanist are at the heart of his work, which often depicts the pursuit of personal connections in spite of the restrictions of contemporary society. He was born in Marylebone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster
1 Jan 1919 - Jerome David Salinger also known as J.D Salinger, American writer known for his novel The Catcher in the Rye. The Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951 and became an immediate popular success. Salinger's depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel was widely read and controversial. The success of The Catcher in the Rye led to public attention and scrutiny. Salinger became reclusive, publishing new work less frequently. He followed Catcher with a short story collection, Nine Stories; a volume containing a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey; and a volume containing two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924", appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965. He was born in Manhattan, New York - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger
1 Jan 1938 - Frank A. Langella Jr. also known as Frank Langella, American stage and film actor. He has won four Tony Awards, two for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performances as Richard Nixon in the play Frost/Nixon and as André in The Father and two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performances in Edward Albee's Seascape and Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool. His notable film roles include George Prager in Diary of a Mad Housewife, Count Dracula in Dracula, Skeletor in Masters of the Universe, Bob Alexander in Dave, William S. Paley in Good Night, and Good Luck and Richard Nixon in the film production of Frost/Nixon, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He was born in Bayonne, New Jersey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Langella
Events of Interest
1 Jan 1818 - Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is published anonymously by the small London publishing house of Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones. It was issued anonymously, with a preface written for Mary by Percy Bysshe Shelley and with a dedication to philosopher William Godwin, her father. It was published in an edition of just 500 copies in three volumes, the standard "triple-decker" format for 19th-century first editions. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein#Publication
1 Jan 1896 - German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays. This achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. - https://www.onthisday.com/date/1896/january/1
1 Jan 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; the states kept the systems of government (and the bicameral legislatures) that they had developed as separate colonies, but they also agreed to have a federal government that was responsible for matters concerning the whole nation. When the Constitution of Australia came into force, on 1 January 1901, Edmund Barton was appointed the first Prime Minister. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia
1 Jan 1917 - T. E. Lawrence joins the forces of the Arabian sheik Feisal al Husayn, beginning his adventures that will lead him to Damascus by October, 1918 - https://www.onthisday.com/date/1917/january/1
Intro
Artist – Goblins from Mars
Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)
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