This week Lisa returns to talk streaming, Dolly Parton producing Buffy, Machete Order, and Star Wars plot holes. Also: Lisa lists her Top 10 Things for Nerds to Do During Quarantine, and Kevin asks a concerning Question about life in the universe!
Lisa’s Top 10 Things for Nerds to Do During Quarantine:
Watch Every Studio Ghibli Film: https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv-and-film-final-chapter-of-studio-ghibli-films-has-been-uploaded-to-netflix-20200401?source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0E7aaIGiMIsBjL5PdVmJhsRd8n6dGIt8OAMw9-6o9JCgA8ZW4o2ebKnAY
Learn to make awesome nerdy food with Rosanna Pansino:
Star Wars Blue and Green Milk
Diablo 3 Skittle Vodka Potions
Kung Fu Panda Dumplings
Starbucks Unicorn Frappucino Cake
Motherboard Cake
Nintendo Switch Cookies
Play online Cards Against Humanity on Pretend You’re Xyzzy with your friends, and make your own decks on Card Cast
Get your LARP costumes on and have a photoshoot!
Game with your roommates or families:
Cheap Ass Games is currently offering 31 of their original games. The premise is that you print what you need and use standard pieces from other board games to complete the kit (i.e. markers, dice, etc)
Kindle is offering multiple free sci-fi and fantasy novels with a two month free trial of Kindle Unlimited: https://www.freebooksy.com/read/genre/science-fiction/
Play ridiculous games with your friends on video call:
Never Have I Ever
Movie Drinking Games (Download Netflix Party as a Google Chrome Extension)
Most Likely To… (https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/04/23/drinking-games-to-play-on-zoom/)
Truth or Dare
2 Truths, 1 Lie
Origami Competition: just get a piece of paper and online instructions
Inspired by Gen Con, get online with your friends and have a hentai dubbing contest!
Have a nerdy spa day: Etsy has a Harry Potter bath bomb that will sort you into a house
Want to try your hand at a new craft? Go to Etsy and find nerdy cross-stitch and embroidery sets: including coronavirus cross-stitch, “It’s not drinking alone if you’re social distancing” and my favorite: for those that have watched Tiger King, “That Bitch, Carole Fucking Baskins”
This week’s alternate episode titles were:
Solar Panels for a Sex Machine
Robot Herpes
Binge Listening
Morgan Freeman Order
Obi-Wan Origami