Tag: pope
Episode 21 – Ben’s Back and Forth
by Defenders of the Mirth on Mar.19, 2013, under Show
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After the St. Patrick’s holiday celebrations have passed, what better way is there to recover than with an episode of DOTM?
Credits:
Opening quote taken from an ungiven speech by Philip K Dick titled ‘How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later‘
Thunder and lightning sound FX from TV and Movie sources Recorded by Grant Evans .
Released under Creative Commons License: Attribution 3.0.
Show notes:
Funny in Shadows (Bob’s old project) – http://funnyinshadows.wordpress.com/
First and only appearance of Erica 404 – http://www.defendersofthemirth.com/2010/04/10/episode-12-kickass-ipad-revisited/
Oxymoron definition – http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oxymoron
Friend of the Mirth Bob Reinhard’s Low on Life Cast – http://lowonlife.com/
I can has cheezburger – http://icanhas.cheezburger.com/
World of Warcraft – http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/wow/
Mists of Pandaria – http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/mists/
Kung Fu Panda – http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0441773/
Commander HQ – http://www.commander-hq.com/
Google Glass – http://www.google.com/glass/start/
Google+ – https://plus.google.com/?hl=en
Demonstration of Google Glass during Google I/O 2012 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP1gvGcXcLk
Google Now – http://www.google.co.uk/landing/now/
Kerbal Space Program – https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator – http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/
Stockholm Syndrome – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
Comparative photos:
Jim Bowen – http://www.nigelround.co.uk/entertainers/comedians/jim_bowen/
Pope Francis I – http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2013/mar/13/pope-francis-life-in-pictures
Photo of Mir. Isn’t she beautiful? | Ben’s rattletrap construction in KSP |
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Low-texture rendering in Orbiter | Higher-texture rendering in Orbiter |
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Stoic – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism
Dark Star:
imdb – http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0069945/
John Carpenter – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter
Dan O’Bannon – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O’Bannon
NEW Sim City – http://www.simcity.com/en_GB
DRM – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
EA apologises over ‘dumb’ SimCity launch – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21741528
Walking on the Moon, The Police – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwMdZOlPo8
Google Hangout – http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
Cynicism – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(contemporary)
Lough Neigh – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_Neagh
Sinéad O’Connor:
wiki – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinéad_O’Connor
Blog – http://www.sineadoconnor.com/
Vogons – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogon
Dougas Adams – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams
The Beatles:
wiki – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles
Ticket to ‘Ride’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBFANonCPpk
The Big Lebowski:
imdb – http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0118715/
The Dude Abides – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYsw0KVRjCM
Sinéad O’Connor Quits Twitter: ‘I Was Getting Too Much Abuse’ – http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/11/sinead-oconnor-quits-twitter-too-much-abuse/
Postive Re-enforcement – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Positive_and_negative
Bigger photos, content based feeds: What’s new with Facebook’s timeline – http://www.firstpost.com/tech/bigger-photos-content-based-feeds-whats-new-with-facebooks-timeline-652643.html
As Steve Jobs once said (The quoting of Picasso) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
Apple Macintosh LC 475 – http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_lc/specs/mac_lc_475.html
SCSI – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI
Cassette Tape – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette
Floppy Disk – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk
The Stanley Parable (full playthrough & all endings) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblvOhnv2k0&feature=youtu.be
Half Life 2 – http://orange.half-life2.com/
Remember, you can contact us at thosecunts@defendersofthemirth.com, like us on our Facebook page or follow us @mirthdefenders on twitter.
You can join our community, become a fellow Mirthling Peer, and post on the site forums @ http://www.defendersofthemirth.com/forum
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Episode 20 – All hail the Dragon Pope!
by Defenders of the Mirth on Mar.10, 2013, under Show
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Show notes:
Definition of MacGuffin – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin
Definition of Deus ex Machina – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina
Kerbal Space Programme – https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/
Commander HQ:
YouTube channel – http://www.commander-hq.com
The Commander’s Kerbal Space Programme video, ‘Kerbal Space Program: One small step for… Fuck!’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSURVTZIlOg&list=UUFiwNjSzpfa0dbVT7qLNA6Q&index=4
The new, more calming, blue screen for Windows 8 – http://winsupersite.com/blog/supersite-blog-39/windows8/windows-8-bsod-light-tragedy-140584
Community:
imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439629/
The pope resigns. And then what? | The Guardian – http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/28/pope-resigns-and-then-what
Playstation Vita – http://uk.playstation.com/psvita/
Mega Drive:
The console – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis
Bonanza Brothers – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5O9gkbWdLk
Columns – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38xNJ6BzJf0
Golden Axe – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_kO1qOPPu8
Altered Beast – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RswiLl7_v6E
Did You Know Gaming? – http://didyouknowgaming.com/
The Quickening – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quickening_(Highlander)
The ‘NSFWshow Pope Remix’ is a fan made music video created through the use of clips of a discussion that took place on NSFW Show – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjDFHRv7Sw
The NSFW Show is available at http://twit.tv/show/nsfw
ytmnd – http://ytmnd.com/
Rather Good – http://www.rathergood.com/
Original Judge Dredd:
imdb – http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0113492/
The long walk into the Cursed Earth, aka what a Judge does once retired – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk_(Judge_Dredd)#Retirement
DragonHeart:
imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116136/
Sean Connery – http://www.seanconnery.com/
The source of Ben’s brief etymology lesson – http://www.etymonline.com/
Follow the Dragon Pope @dragonpope
The Clandestine:
imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2363286/
Offical site and series trailer – http://theclandestine.tv/play/trailer
Remember, you can contact us at thosecunts@defendersofthemirth.com, like us on our Facebook page or follow us @mirthdefenders on twitter.
You can join our community, become a fellow Mirthling Peer, and post on the site forums @ http://www.defendersofthemirth.com/forum
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Episode 13 – The Wii Fit Pun Delusion
by Defenders of the Mirth on Apr.17, 2010, under Show
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Show notes:
Correction: It was Episode 9 in which James stated we could do shoutouts, and here they are!
L. Dhal’s The ‘Chili with Rice’ Project – http:/chilinrice.wordpress.com/
Counter Culture Clown’s Funny in Shadows – http://funnyinshadows.wordpress.com/
And now, the rest of the day’s news!
Wii Fit Injury Reportedly Results in Sexual Arousal Syndrome – http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178820
NINTENDO WII MADE ME NYMPHO! – http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/130756/Nintendo-Wii-made-me-nympho-/
Richard Dawkins calls for arrest of Pope Benedict XVI – http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7094310.ece?TheGodDelusion
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play (Wii) – http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/882/882148p1.html
The pope sort of does and doesn’t have his own plane, it turns out he uses a commercial airline plane that is commandeered for a single day each time he needs to use one. When it is under his control however, it is nicknamed ‘Shepherd One’ – http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/04/15/a-look-inside-the-papal-plane-shepherd-one.aspx
Lethal Weapon 2:
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097733/
Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi815137049/
Richard Dawkins, ‘The God Delusion’ – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion
Mojoey’s Deep Thoughts Blog, The debate over celibacy – http://mojoey.blogspot.com/2009/05/debate-over-celibacy.html
The story of the ‘Antipopes’ – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope
Nation States – http://www.nationstates.net/