Gweek podcast 002: Fantasy novels for people who don't read fantasy novels

Mark Frauenfelder 8:31 am Mon May 9, 2011

In the second episode of Boing Boing's new podcast, Gweek, Mark and Rob of are joined by our pal Joel Johnson of kotaku.com to discuss a new comic book mini-series about multiple universes called The Infinite Vacation, the second book in Patrick Rothfuss's outstanding fantasy novel series, The Kingkiller Chronicles, a multi-media article about the making of Portal 2, the poor design of Osama bin Laden's compound, and much more.

Show Notes for Gweek 002

1. The Final Hours of Portal 2

2. Korg Kaosilator Pro

  3. Life, by Keith Richards

3. Korg iElectribe for iPad

4. Tascam Portastudio for iPad

5. The Infinite Vacation

6. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson

7. The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss

8. The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

9. The Great Sony Hack

10. 4G Networks Aren't

11. Poor Design of Osama bin Laden's Compound

12. Anomaly Warzone Earth

13. Minecraft add-on called Finite Liquid

14. Dungeon Raid

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