Author Topic: Borecast Episode 7: Wines That Go With Gaming Laptops, Objectivism, & Lasagna (Read 21652 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **on:** April 13, 2009, 07:14:58 PM »

It's an episode for connoisseurs, as we welcome our wine aficionado guest Cory to talk about fine wines, gaming laptops, Ayn Rand, and...the Nintendo DSi? And Nick reviews Adventureland for all you children of the 80s!

Direct Download Link - http://media.libsyn.com/media/borecast/Borecast7.mp3

SEGMENT ONE: How To Add Some Class To Your Hangover

Want to try wine, but are bewildered as to where to start? Let Kevin be your proxy dumbass, as Cory and Doug school him on the different types of wine, good starter wines, and tasty wine/food pairings.

For more thorough wine coverage, be sure to visit Cory's wine blog at www.saignee.wordpress.com

(23:53) We each share our fond memories of alcohol poisoning with some hazy recollections of drunken antics past!

SEGMENT TWO: What If Hot Topic Sold Gaming Laptops, and Now You Can Take Pictures of Yourself While Touching

(36:50) Thinking about buying a gaming laptop, but you're on a budget? Doug and Kevin give an audio tour of the Asus G50vt-X5 and X1, two Best Buy exclusive gaming laptops for under $900. All the specs, the pros and cons, and benchmarks of some recent games for all you framerate junkies. Pics of our systems will go up later on our site.

(57:03) Doug reviews the new Nintendo DSi and all the special little pokemans he bought with it, along with some general Nintendo criticism.

SEGMENT THREE: Why Were They Called Members Only Jackets When Anyone Could Buy Them?

(1:12:00) Nick reviews Adventureland, the new 80s flashback film from the director of Superbad!

SEGMENT FOUR: Is A Cat Not Entitled to the Sauce of His Lasagna?

(1:18:00) We answer some listener comments, and offer a couple of corrections from last show.

(1:24:52) INDEFENSIBLE! Doug snuggles up with Ayn Rand for five minutes, and offers up a tagline for Bioshock 3.

(1:35:40) Doug pulls out his claws and sinks Garfield: Lasagna World Tour directly into Kevin's jugular for the third part of The Borecast Se7en Challenge. Also, a bit of discussion about playing games in the context they were developed.

Official Borecast Prize Pack Rules: We keep forgetting to mention that in addition to the Seven Deadly Turds from the Borecast Se7en Challenge, listeners will also win an eighth, good game. Send the links to your voice reviews to comments@borecast.com - or post your haiku/limerick reviews in the comments section of the show notes at http://www.borecast.com/ Be sure and include an email address (we won't make it public) in the event you're chosen as the winner!

Finally, we measure our respective booze levels, and offer up a salute to a true survivor, Cory's friend Matt Wright.

Be sure to listen next episode on April 27th for your chance to win a recent, AAA-rated game!

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:21:04 PM »

my anti-dsi rant will probably come back to haunt me

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:23:08 PM »

oh god the intro

you ratbag

Enl · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:24:07 PM »

Eel & Prole

Saving the minds of those with long drives between work and home.

Eric P · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:25:59 PM »

Yesterday, I found wine flavored Sorbet in my grocer's freezer.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:26:07 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on April 13, 2009, 07:23:08 PM

oh god the intro you ratbag

i will make it up to you by embarrassing myself in the future

drew · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:26:31 PM »

i dont see how anything anti ds could come back and haunt anyone

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:26:41 PM »

Finally, something for that long-ass Monday commute!

Oblivion · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:29:40 PM »

you guys saved my monday

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:31:40 PM »

this is our first multitrack recording, but there were some mic/sound issues (i had some backchatter bleeding through on my track, and the new headset Cory purchased especially for the podcast came with a bum mic)

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2009, 09:40:30 PM »

I like me some good madiera.

I'm more of a beer person. We need a beer segment where we explain to people how to get good beer even in the face of 2G2D.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2009, 09:57:12 PM »

i can definitely talk beer

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:00:07 PM »

yeah, i have a long and colorful history with beer. let's do a beer ep!

muckhole · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:00:26 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on April 13, 2009, 07:23:08 PM

oh god the intro you ratbag

I had to rewind that a few times.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #14 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:10:10 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on April 13, 2009, 10:00:07 PM

yeah, i have a long and colorful history with beer. let's do a beer ep!

this is where you'll get your payback for that clip of you crooning, as i have chugged just about every kind of pisswater beer you can think of

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #15 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:11:42 PM »

hey, so have i!

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #16 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:11:55 PM »

oh, are you posting this at gaf or no

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #17 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:16:31 PM »

If you're doing beer you should have a malt liquor blind testing.

E-DuB · « **Reply #18 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:20:08 PM »

Borecast

Wine

You two awesome bastards

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #19 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:22:02 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358454

i dunno about the gaming side

edit: fuck beaten by jinfash

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #20 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:23:51 PM »

Quote from: Fresh Prince on April 13, 2009, 10:16:31 PM

If you're doing beer you should have a malt liquor blind testing.

i will drink whatever swill from around the country people send me and report the taste sensation

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #21 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:28:05 PM »

i am way indecisive about these things, i even had two tabs open with a post on each side and just clicked on the gaming side tab first

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #22 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:29:29 PM »

gaming side is full of yucky nintendonglers

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #23 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:30:44 PM »

i don't want to be a bother

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #24 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:33:10 PM »

hahaha

people are downloading it from that thread, though - i can check dl stats in real time

they're just not responding yet

TVC15 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:33:36 PM »

You want it moved?

If I move it, I want EACH of you to watch and discuss a Facts of Life episode and discuss it on the next episode.

TVC15 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:36:40 PM »

I also want Prole singing the theme song.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #27 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:37:01 PM »

what would be your recommendation tvc

i mean, we're half gaming and half highbrow, this is why it's hard for me to decide

i will do a facts of life episode even if you don't move it, i want to go back in time and hump blair's leg

TVC15 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:39:09 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 13, 2009, 10:37:01 PM

what would be your recommendation tvc

i mean, we're half gaming and half highbrow, this is why it's hard for me to decide

i will do a facts of life episode even if you don't move it, i want to go back in time and hump blair's leg

Natalie is totally hotter than Blair, dude. Also, I'm with you--I wouldn't know where to pit it. It would get more time on the front page in OT, but more people in Gaming probably know Drinky. We could just let it in gaming for an hour and then once we're sure it's dead, move it to OT where it magically becomes new content.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #29 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:42:17 PM »

we haven't had a single entry in our contest, btw, and it's been going on for three episodes

just so you know your chances

next episode is, no lie, a contest for a good recent game, separate from the 7 challenge

be forewarned that i intend for people to humiliate themselves to get it, though

Quote from: TVC 15 on April 13, 2009, 10:39:09 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 13, 2009, 10:37:01 PM
what would be your recommendation tvc

i mean, we're half gaming and half highbrow, this is why it's hard for me to decide

i will do a facts of life episode even if you don't move it, i want to go back in time and hump blair's leg

Natalie is totally hotter than Blair, dude. Also, I'm with you--I wouldn't know where to pit it. It would get more time on the front page in OT, but more people in Gaming probably know Drinky. We could just let it in gaming for an hour and then once we're sure it's dead, move it to OT where it magically becomes new content.

sounds like a plan

also, a tootie and natalie menage would be like being the cookie on the other side of a double-stuffed oreo

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #30 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:45:49 PM »

Intro

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #31 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:46:11 PM »

i'll sing the facts of life theme song.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #32 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:47:23 PM »

isn't there an episode where natalie gets molested

TVC15 · « **Reply #33 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:47:49 PM »

Pinot Noir sucks. Drinky recommended a bottle and I didn't get drunk after chugging the entire thing. That's my wine store. At least my wine story that does not involve a box of wine.

Back when I was 17 and living on mah own I soaked through a mattress with red box wine vomit. Waking up in that was so nasty. My face felt marinated in wine.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:48:40 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 13, 2009, 10:47:23 PM

isn't there an episode where natalie gets molested

Yes, I posted about it in the twilight thread

http://www.hulu.com/watch/26818/the-facts-of-life-fear-strikes-back#x-0,vepisode,1

Everybody guilts her and makes her bad for getting almost raped. It is great.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #35 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:49:33 PM »

you sucks. pinot noir is the sanguine lactation of jesus into my mouth as i rub his holy tooter and he explores my prostate with a short, thick, bluetsunami-esque cork.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #36 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:51:04 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on April 13, 2009, 10:48:40 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 13, 2009, 10:47:23 PM
isn't there an episode where natalie gets molested

Yes, I posted about it in the twilight thread

http://www.hulu.com/watch/26818/the-facts-of-life-fear-strikes-back#x-0,vepisode,1

Everybody guilts her and makes her bad for getting almost raped. It is great.

can i review that one

i will take it seriously and do that fucker up right, rex reed style

TVC15 · « **Reply #37 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:54:22 PM »

Oh yeah, consider it yours.

And I stand by: Wine sucks. I could probably chug and 2 bottles selected from out local Top Foods (it is the closest decently stocked joint) and still not be drunk enough to not break 90mph.

Wine is weakness.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #38 on:** April 13, 2009, 10:59:26 PM »

well, i guess the off-topic gets it from now on, then

but, but, what if we do an all-gaming episode?!?!?!?!?

NAIL-BITER

TVC15 · « **Reply #39 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:01:19 PM »

Cmon, Cohen, I want you to post 2 (preferably non-red) wines that will get me wasted if I consume a bottle of each.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #40 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:02:58 PM »

someone enter our contest, we want to read funny or awkward haikus and limericks out loud

TVC15 · « **Reply #41 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:10:43 PM »

How about if Cohen names 2 wines that KILL me, he can have my X-FIles complete box set.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #42 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:13:03 PM »

You should try The Big Red Monster, TVC. Not only is the artwork cool, but it actually tastes good.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #43 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:14:14 PM »

Some friends of ours started up a wine import company specializing in reds and whites from Argentina. Good stuff.

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #44 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:15:00 PM »

Wine in a box\wine in a bag.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #45 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:16:48 PM »

Genghis on wine?

lovin' the unexpectedly highbrow tone of the Borecast

what's next, opera? (Patel needs to school folks on space opera, actually...)

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #46 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:19:46 PM »

If we did Opera I'd just let the recording run and go play a game or something

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #47 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:20:10 PM »

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #48 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:22:36 PM »

A social-nexus friend of mine is also some kind of professional wine person, which kinda makes me wanna learn about wine to have more conversation fodder with her, but otoh I'd really rather avoid it because I'd like to continue being able to consume cheap (or no) wine.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #49 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:23:21 PM »

Keith and I could probably do a segment on Berg's operas

drew · « **Reply #50 on:** April 13, 2009, 11:32:39 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on April 13, 2009, 10:47:49 PM

Pinot Noir sucks. Drinky recommended a bottle and I didn't get drunk after chugging the entire thing. That's my wine store. At least my wine story that does not involve a box of wine.

Back when I was 17 and living on mah own I soaked through a mattress with red box wine vomit. Waking up in that was so nasty. My face felt marinated in wine.

same thing happened to me last thanksgiving

except i passed out on the bathroom floor and woke up in a puddle to find the toilet had overflowed straight onto my back

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #51 on:** April 14, 2009, 04:23:45 AM »

Have you guys considered adding a small segment about what you guys are currently playing?

Your target audience is composed of primarily people who are at least part-time gamers.

I think it'd be nice to hear the hosts' thoughts on games that they've been recently playing or maybe that's too cliche?

Quote from: TVC 15 on April 13, 2009, 11:01:19 PM

Cmon, Cohen, I want you to post 2 (preferably non-red) wines that will get me wasted if I consume a bottle of each.

If that's all you want from wine, I could just ask my sis to send you some prescriptions for barbiturates.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #52 on:** April 14, 2009, 08:52:52 AM »

we could do a quick "current playlist" bit at the beginning of the pc/tech/gaming segment, that's not a bad idea at all

tiesto · « **Reply #53 on:** April 14, 2009, 10:07:51 AM »

Awesome, been waiting for a new episode of this, my week has sucked horribly so far, at least this will cheer me up... looking forward to Cohen's wine review, I need recs for some good sweet whites.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #54 on:** April 14, 2009, 03:52:13 PM »

Downloading now on iTunes, can't wait to hear Cohen

PS: Thanks to tehjaybo for the admission money to see Adventureland. Sorry I didn't mention that in the review.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #55 on:** April 14, 2009, 03:55:43 PM »

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #56 on:** April 14, 2009, 04:01:00 PM »

Bloodwake keeps getting better at his reviews, its definitely more fluid for every newer podcast.

And lol, the segment should have started with "My review of Adventureland, sponsored by... tehjaybo"

tehjaybo · « **Reply #57 on:** April 14, 2009, 04:03:50 PM »

Haha. The jerk should have me come up there to do a review with him. It's like 30 mins north, and my mic doesn't suck like his does. $:-\$

pollo · « **Reply #58 on:** April 14, 2009, 05:13:07 PM »

Pokemon: Platinum

Doug, hating nintendo is SO 2006, former nintendo fanboys don't care anymore.

Robo · « **Reply #59 on:** April 14, 2009, 05:24:23 PM »

The Adventureland soundtrack is pretty hot:

1. "Satellite of Love" by Lou Reed
2. "Modern Love" by David Bowie
3. "I'm in Love with a Girl" by Big Star
4. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure
5. "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
6. "Don't Change" by Inxs
7. "Your Love" by The Outfield
8. "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House
9. "Looking for a Kiss" by The New York Dolls
10. "Don't Want to Know if You Are Lonely" by Husker Du
11. "Unsatisfied" by The Replacements
12. "Pale Blue Eyes" by The Velvet Underground
13. "Farewell Adventureland" by Yo La Tengo
14. "Adventureland Theme Song" by Brian Kenney

An acoustic version of The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Taste of Cindy" is heard but does not appear on the soundtrack.

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