It's one of the rarest video game cartridges in existence.  Earth Bound (Mother) was fully ready for release on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, but only got as far as a handful of prototypes.  Roo has acquired one of these rare carts and is going in depth to give you all the info he can on it.

Where do each of the carts that have escaped Nintendo of America live now?  What's on the circuit board?  What does a play through look like?  All this and more brought to you courtesy of the Clan of the Gray Wolf.

Check it out:

http://geekleetist.tumblr.com/post/424281071/thunt27-via-juliasegal-follow-me-into

http://5sf.at/180

I don't know how long this has been active, but apparently YouTube has a new closed captioning system that tries to use voice recognition software to add text to videos (I guess for the hard of hearing).  The results are hilarious.  An example:

I strongly urge you to start watching your favorite videos with this new CC option while it lasts.  I know I already am.  Oh, and as a side note, this is incredibly awesome.

Playing video games instead of studying... what could possibly go wrong?

We generally cut our podcasts down to a managable 40-50 minutes.  But sometimes there's so much awesome packed in that we have to let it out.  This is one of those times.  We present our lambasting of the Star Wars prequels (mostly) unedited.  Make sure you're comfy, because there's almost 30 more minutes of laughter, tears, salient points, and just goofing around.  And along the way, you'll see a bit of the background tomfoolery that goes into our podcasts.

Note: Though billed as "unedited", do not be afraid if you notice some cuts in the video.  This was done to either skip minutes of dead time (usually bathroom breaks) or resync the video with the audio, which tends to skip in the mannner with which we record.

After spending more than a month in the world of Star Trek: Online, Roo has a few more thoughts to add to his initial impressions of the game.  Now that it's officially launched, does he still believe it's worth playing?

Curling - even though the US sucks at it apparently.

Not to fear, my fellow Americans.  Wipe away those tears of suckitude to the musical stylings of "Curl" by Jonathan Coulton.  He makes everything better.