Show Notes for Episode 6 recorded Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008: John Scalzi who we interviewed in Episode 2 wins his first Hugo Award. James and Shawn think this is the first sign of The Geekly Weekly Bump. Congratulations to John! Remember us... James gives his first impressions on Final Fantasy IV for the DS. Shawn reminisces about the good ol' arcade days which led us to our discussion of our Geek of the Week http://kotaku.com/5037387/texas-gamer-us-arcades-never-say-die http://www.arcadeufo.com/ The Daily Telegraph made a recent post on the advancement of current warp drive theory made by two scientist at Baylor University. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/15/sciwarpdrive115.xml The Report put out by the Scientists: http://www.scribd.com/doc/1251197/Warp-Drive-A-New-Approach Star Trek communicator inspired RAZR:?http://www.instructables.com/id/Create-a-Star-Trek-Communicator-edition-RAZR/ T-Mobile will be the first cell-phone carrier to offer a Google Android base phone in October http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/15/yup-t-mobile-will-get-the-first-android-phone-this-year-the-htc-dream/ NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/technology/15google.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin AppleInsider: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/13/google_android_flaws_pushing_software_firms_towards_iphone.html Infoworld: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/12/33NF-google-android-future_1.html Dell to sell Laptops with instant-on variant of Linux http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/15/dells-latitude-on-instant-os-detailed-screenshooted/ Game Developer learns from PiratesIndependent developer Cliff Harris, of Positech Games, asked pirates why they choose to pirate his games, promising them immunity and anonymity in exchange for their honest rationales, which he would aggregate and post on his blog... Genuine Call for Emails from Pirates Harris' Response: http://www.positech.co.uk/talkingtopirates.html Strange Internet Findings419 email scammers fooled into re-enacting Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvyrzQldOKE You'd Sell Your What?! Press Your Girl's Buttons in the Geekini Less