IC 67: A 29-Year-Old Internet Mystery

IC 70: A New Era of The Internet

Our final episode of the Internet Citizen podcast! We kick it off with a discussion of the Canadian comedy Letterkenny and a discussion of the long-running zombie game DayZ. Then we do a big-picture look back, reviewing what we’ve learned while doing the show: the trends we’ve witnessed, the surprises and takeaways from doing an Internet podcast for three years. Plus, one final Good Internet, Best Internet! Thank you to our listeners for the thousands of downloads and the kind reviews over the years – doing this podcast has been a learning experience, a point of pride, and an absolute blast. I’m confident you’ll hear from us again some day on some other show! – Michael If you liked this episode and our show over the years, please consider giving us a review below. Thanks for all the Instructions for how to give one are below. Listen on:Apple Podcasts [http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534]//Overcast [https://overcast.fm/itunes1149556534/internet-citizen]//Player FM [https://player.fm/series/internet-citizen]//RSS [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/feed/podcast/] Review Internet Citizen on Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534] (Click on “Ratings and Reviews” on our Apple Podcasts page on desktop, or select “Write a Review” under our page’s rating section in the Podcasts app) Find the podcast atinternetcitizenpodcast.com [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes-link&utm_campaign=IC63-show-notes] And on Twitter: @theinternetpod [https://twitter.com/theinternetpod] You’ve Gotta See This (YGST) This time: Letterkenny Season 1 (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4647692/]) (Hulu) Gaming Corner DayZ [https://store.steampowered.com/app/221100/DayZ/] DOTA Autochess [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dota_Auto_Chess] Warcraft III [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_III:_Reforged] Persona series [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_(series)] Show Notes Tiktok banned in India [https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/tiktok-india-ban-china.html#:~:text=On%20June%2029%2C%20the%20country's%20government%20officially%20banned%20the%20app.&text=In%20a%20move%20that%20month,them%2C%20citing%20national%20security%20concerns.] (Slate) Musical.ly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical.ly#:~:text=Musical.ly%20(stylized%20as%20musical,shared%20short%20lip%2Dsync%20videos.&text=By%20the%20end%20of%20May,reached%20over%20200%20million%20users.] (Wikipedia) Deepfake technology [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfakehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake] (Wikipedia) Jordan Peele deepfake video of Barack Obama [https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/4/17/17247334/ai-fake-news-video-barack-obama-jordan-peele-buzzfeed] (The Verge) Twitter as a “fresh horrors” device tweet [https://twitter.com/missokistic/status/796870708412358657?lang=en] Disco Elysium [https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium/] Good Internet, Best Internet Michael’s Final Good: Recent Twitter fascination with “items that are actually made of cake [https://twitter.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264] – leading to a multi-day meme where people are like “what if we’re all cake” and eat the rich/guillotine memes [https://twitter.com/dvdfu/status/1282388608842731522?s=20] Randolf’s Final Good: r/PeopleFuckingDying [https://www.reddit.com/r/PeopleFuckingDying/] – Reddit does it again with tongue-in-cheek “horror” posts (parent trades child for [https://www.reddit.com/r/PeopleFuckingDying/comments/hu7ebe/parent_trades_child_for_basic_necessities/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x]basic necessities, pack of wolves brutally mauls child to death [https://www.reddit.com/r/PeopleFuckingDying/comments/htwce5/pack_of_wolves_brutaly_mauls_child_to_death/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x]) Music by Jesse Steinmetz

IC 69: Love, Death, And Fast Internet

Aussie researchers claim they’ve achieved the fastest Internet speeds ever – 1,000 times faster than what we have in the US. We talk about WestWorld’s creators taking on an Amazon project, some old favorite games and new ones in Early Access, a cheeky Netflix series about robots, and lots of TikTok highlights! If you liked this episode, please consider taking 30 seconds to give us a review, it’s really helpful! Instructions for how to give one are below. Listen on:Apple Podcasts [http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534]//Google Play [https://play.google.com/music/m/Imfqvxy2t3vlqschfn6klov666u?t=Internet_Citizen]//Overcast [https://overcast.fm/itunes1149556534/internet-citizen]//Player FM [https://player.fm/series/internet-citizen]//RSS [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/feed/podcast/] Review Internet Citizen on Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534] (Click on “Ratings and Reviews” on our Apple Podcasts page on desktop, or select “Write a Review” under our page’s rating section in the Podcasts app) Find the podcast atinternetcitizenpodcast.com [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes-link&utm_campaign=IC63-show-notes] And on Twitter: @theinternetpod [https://twitter.com/theinternetpod] Show Notes Aussie researchers achieve the fastest internet connection ever [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/internet-speed-world-record-fastest-download-a9527236.html] Internet speeds by country [https://www.speedtest.net/global-index] Westworld creators making a Fallout series? [https://www.theverge.com/21311513/amazon-fallout-tv-show-prime-video-westworld-creators-bethesda] Gaming Corner Final Fantasy X/X-2 Reamaster [https://store.steampowered.com/app/359870/FINAL_FANTASY_XX2_HD_Remaster/] Shotgun Farmers [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_5] You’ve Gotta See This (YGST) This time: Love, Death & Robots, Episodes 1-9 (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/]) (Netflix) For next time: Letterkenny Season 1 (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4647692/]) (Hulu) Good Internet, Best Internet Michael’s Good 1: This TikTok brought me joy [https://twitter.com/emarvelous/status/1278706292857733121?s=20]. Randolf’s Good 1:TikTok highlight @itscaitlinhello [https://www.tiktok.com/@itscaitlinhello] (Caitlin Reilly). She does hilarious/rage inducing original characters [https://www.tiktok.com/@itscaitlinhello/video/6843911315807882501]. Michael’s Good 2: Going into r/MapPorn [https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/] (SFW) – 3D render of a geologic map of Iceland [https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/g0i751/1901_geological_map_of_iceland_3d_render/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf] Randolf’s Good 2: YouTube highlight PINGTR1P [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_EHniFYMK03DvZLUtTvzg]. This guy takes Joe Rogan podcast episodes and re-cuts them into entirely new interactions that often take a dark turn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmZI6i34NZA] Music by Jesse Steinmetz

IC 68: Find The Murlocs In This CAPTCHA

We discuss an article about how bots are ruining World of Warcraft Classic servers, plus the JRPG hype train continues with some new ports. We talk about Bill Burr’s F is For Family, and our in our Good Internet, Best Internet segment we see some Zoomers beating up on Millennials and a great YouTuber highlight. If you liked this episode, please consider taking 30 seconds to give us a review, it’s really helpful! Instructions for how to give one are below. Listen on:Apple Podcasts [http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534]//Google Play [https://play.google.com/music/m/Imfqvxy2t3vlqschfn6klov666u?t=Internet_Citizen]//Overcast [https://overcast.fm/itunes1149556534/internet-citizen]//Player FM [https://player.fm/series/internet-citizen]//RSS [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/feed/podcast/] Review Internet Citizen on Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534] (Click on “Ratings and Reviews” on our Apple Podcasts page on desktop, or select “Write a Review” under our page’s rating section in the Podcasts app) Find the podcast atinternetcitizenpodcast.com [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes-link&utm_campaign=IC63-show-notes] And on Twitter: @theinternetpod [https://twitter.com/theinternetpod] Show Notes Ars Technica article on bots wrecking havoc on WoW Classic [https://i.redd.it/pvd4j12n2u351.png] World of Warcraft Classic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft_Classic] Gaming Corner Persona 4 Golden for PC on Steam [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1113000/Persona_4_Golden/] Persona 5 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_5] Disco Elysium [https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium/] Disco Elysium personality grid system (Escapist Magazine) [https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.escapistmagazine.com%2Fv2%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F10%2Fss_9125a718ee9ba85386ae5d4eb820f3266073fc97.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.escapistmagazine.com%2Fv2%2Fdisco-elysium-character-building-fascinating%2F&tbnid=Re7TEcJV6ty_dM&vet=12ahUKEwiohbTpsrfqAhUUBFMKHTsBBb0QMygCegUIARCpAQ..i&docid=Ki5iNtmzQxrTsM&w=1080&h=608&q=disco%20elysium%20personality%20system&ved=2ahUKEwiohbTpsrfqAhUUBFMKHTsBBb0QMygCegUIARCpAQ] You’ve Gotta See This (YGST) This time: F is for Family (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4326894/]) (Netflix) For next time: Love, Death & Robots, Episodes 1-9 (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/]) (Netflix) Good Internet, Best Internet Randolf’s Good 1:YouTuber highlight: Natalie Gold [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE1PLliRk3urTjDG6kGByiA] – upbeat/charismatic woman watches/reacts to popular movies she has never seen before (33.8k subscribers currently) sample reaction from LOTR [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmylCP0Jr_o&feature=youtu.be&t=511] Michael’s Good 1: Zoomers are making fun of Millennials and this both hurts and was inevitable (example 1 [https://twitter.com/local__celeb/status/1272079624185544706?s=20], example 2 [https://www.tiktok.com/@dinonuggets.jpg/video/6839494480588967173?u_code=dbgf9h4de56f10&preview_pb=0&language=en&_d=dbgf9jk95lgklb&share_item_id=6839494480588967173×tamp=1592701207&utm_campaign=client_share&app=musically&utm_medium=ios&user_id=6809417485017187333&tt_from=copy&utm_source=copy&source=h5_m]) Michael’s Good 2: Just a little chuckle: “you’re always playing Skyrim” [https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/hbf9d6/the_good_old_skyrim/] on r/Gaming (context for the meme [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/woman-yelling-at-a-cat]) Randolf’s Good 2: Reddit highlight: /r/LandlordLove/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/LandlordLove/] & r/LoveForLandlords [https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveForLandlords]. Not so much the subreddits themselves (although they are each interesting in their own ways), but particularly the dynamic between them. Each of them are critical of abusive behaviors exhibited by landlords. Music by Jesse Steinmetz

IC 67: A 29-Year-Old Internet Mystery

Randolf has gone down an Internet rabbit hole in an attempt to stump some film buff Redditors. Plus some JRPGs, Uncut Gems, and the New PlayStation 5 reveal in Good Internet, Best Internet. If you liked this episode, please consider taking 30 seconds to give us a review, it’s really helpful! Instructions for how to give one are below. Listen on:Apple Podcasts [http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534]//Google Play [https://play.google.com/music/m/Imfqvxy2t3vlqschfn6klov666u?t=Internet_Citizen]//Overcast [https://overcast.fm/itunes1149556534/internet-citizen]//Player FM [https://player.fm/series/internet-citizen]//RSS [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/feed/podcast/] Review Internet Citizen on Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534] (Click on “Ratings and Reviews” on our Apple Podcasts page on desktop, or select “Write a Review” under our page’s rating section in the Podcasts app) Find the podcast atinternetcitizenpodcast.com [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes-link&utm_campaign=IC63-show-notes] And on Twitter: @theinternetpod [https://twitter.com/theinternetpod] Show Notes Randolf posts a frame [https://i.redd.it/pvd4j12n2u351.png] to r/GuessTheMovie [https://www.reddit.com/r/GuessTheMovie/] Gary Graver [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Graver] Invasion of the Bee Girls [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Bee_Girls] (on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSGFSGE7UFM]) Nine Inch Nails Wiki [https://www.nin.wiki/Samples_In_NIN_Songs] The final Reddit post [https://www.reddit.com/r/GuessTheMovie/comments/gzhzcb/gtm_i_must_stress_the_importance_of_total_i/] Gaming Corner Ni No Kuni 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgwBl7C9UG4] Studio Ghibli [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli] Suikoden [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suikoden] Deep Rock Galactic [https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/] Civilization 6 [https://store.steampowered.com/app/289070/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VI/] Alpha Centauri [https://minecraft.net/] Beyond Earth [https://dnd.wizards.com/] You’ve Gotta See This (YGST) This time: Uncut Gems (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5727208/]) (Netflix) For next time: F is for Family (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4326894/]) (Netflix) Good Internet, Best Internet Shared Good 1: The PS5 design is here (memes about its look – example 1 [https://twitter.com/mark_hutcheson8/status/1271250229036290048?s=20], example 2. [https://twitter.com/McNasty/status/1271248323366645767?s=20] (Trailers mentioned: Project Athia [https://twitter.com/PS5Updates/status/1271248300537249795?s=20], Spiderman [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzuHo80U2M], Horizon Forbidden West [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzuHo80U2M]) Michael’s Good 2: Twitter handle “the unexplained [https://twitter.com/Unexplained]” – like a combo of r/weird and some other subreddits. (ex. Rabbit out of ocean) [https://twitter.com/Unexplained/status/1269797512107483136?s=20] Randolf’s Good 2: Youtube highlight: TikTok highlight Ben Palmer (@palmertrolls [https://www.tiktok.com/@palmertrolls]). Poses as official corporations / municipalities on social media and trolls consumers / residents. Music “spring synths [https://freesound.org/people/oddsamples/sounds/256682/]” by oddsamples [https://freesound.org/people/oddsamples/] is licensed under CC BY 3.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] “Arte Electronico – 110 Loop [https://freesound.org/people/frankum/sounds/399250/]” byfrankum [https://freesound.org/people/frankum/]is licensed under CC BY 3.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] “Leafless Quince Tree [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/The_Black_Dot/07_rolemusic_-_the_great_madeja]” byRolemusic [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic]is licensed underCC BY 4.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] “Illustrated Novel [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Arps]” byChad Crouch [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch]is licensed underCC BY-NC 3.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]

IC 66: Hail Corporate GIFs

Facebook is buying GIPHY for lots of money: what could that mean? Plus some video games involving dwarves in space, more JRPGS. A discussion of the classic Ex Machina in You’ve Gotta See This, and we discuss Waffle House fights and Zoom shenanigans in Good Internet, Best Internet . If you liked this episode, please consider taking 30 seconds to give us a review, it’s really helpful! Instructions for how to give one are below. Listen on:Apple Podcasts [http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534]//Google Play [https://play.google.com/music/m/Imfqvxy2t3vlqschfn6klov666u?t=Internet_Citizen]//Overcast [https://overcast.fm/itunes1149556534/internet-citizen]//Player FM [https://player.fm/series/internet-citizen]//RSS [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/feed/podcast/] Review Internet Citizen on Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-citizen/id1149556534] (Click on “Ratings and Reviews” on our Apple Podcasts page on desktop, or select “Write a Review” under our page’s rating section in the Podcasts app) Find the podcast atinternetcitizenpodcast.com [http://internetcitizenpodcast.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show-notes-link&utm_campaign=IC63-show-notes] And on Twitter: @theinternetpod [https://twitter.com/theinternetpod] Show Notes Facebook is buying GIPHY – Axios [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIV_(2010_video_game)] Potential issues identified with the purchase – The Verge [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_X] r/HailCorporate [https://www.reddit.com/r/HailCorporate/] Gaming Corner Persona 5 Royal [https://atlus.com/p5r/] Deep Rock Galactic [https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/] Minecraft [https://minecraft.net/] Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition [https://dnd.wizards.com/] Dungeon Defenders [https://store.steampowered.com/app/65800/Dungeon_Defenders/] Risk of Rain [https://store.steampowered.com/app/248820/Risk_of_Rain/] You’ve Gotta See This (YGST) This time: Ex Machina (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1]) (Netflix) For next time: Uncut Gems (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5727208/]) (Netflix) Also mentioned: Director Alex Garland (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307497]) Interstellar (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692]) Moon (IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345]) Good Internet, Best Internet Randolf’s Good 1: This 4th grade genius tries to trick their teacher over Zoom [https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/ghujvl/today_one_of_my_4th_grade_students_renamed/]. Michael’s Good 1: The most amazing r/Relationships I’ve seen [https://twitter.com/JakeMHS/status/1260025788759326720] (since removed). Randolf’s Good 2: Youtube highlight: Hats Off Entertainment [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCay-jgoQFnEFsJ8GD6fjzQ] – Educational video essays that focus on classic comedians and comedy movies. Michael’s Good 2: This Honest Trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8m0KlBGc7c]for Animal Crossing New Horizon. Music “spring synths [https://freesound.org/people/oddsamples/sounds/256682/]” by oddsamples [https://freesound.org/people/oddsamples/] is licensed under CC BY 3.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] “Arte Electronico – 110 Loop [https://freesound.org/people/frankum/sounds/399250/]” byfrankum [https://freesound.org/people/frankum/]is licensed under CC BY 3.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/] “Leafless Quince Tree [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/The_Black_Dot/07_rolemusic_-_the_great_madeja]” byRolemusic [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic]is licensed underCC BY 4.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] “Illustrated Novel [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Arps]” byChad Crouch [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch]is licensed underCC BY-NC 3.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/]