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The 404 461: Where we turn down the ugly knob

November 5th, 2009

Russ with Hova, no big deal.

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Russ Frushtick)

Russ Frushtick from MTV’s Multiplayer blog joins us on today’s episode of The 404 Podcast to give us the rundown of this month’s upcoming video game releases, but first we have to give a quick head nod to the Yankees for winning the World Series and of course Matsui for coming through with the MVP of the series. Also, were you as annoyed with the lame tech commercials during the game as we are? Between James Cameron’s upcoming flop “Avatar” that just looks like a 2 hour video game cut scene, the new Droid phone ripping Apple apart, and the rather malicious new Mac ads practically lying about past versions of Windows, we could barely watch the game!

Next, we run down a list of near-extinct tech that just won’t seem to go away. The list includes items like the landline telephone, Twitter, vinyl, fax machines, Windows XP, and Sonic the Hedgeheg, and although we agree with most of them, how are people supposed to send sandwiches to loved ones without a fax machine?

By far, the highligh of today’s episode comes toward the tail end of the show during our classic Calls From the Public segment, where Jeff is the reluctant receiver of a huge spoiler to his current read, Lois Lowry’s The Giver. If you’re planning on reading the book for the first time, you might want to click the mute button for the remainder of the episode, or risk suffering a similar fate. On the other hand, the look on Jeff’s face when things get spoiled is too hilarious to miss.