Episode 25: The Spuds of Time

Welcome one and all to Hombre Potato Episode 25: The Spuds of Time. The regular gang (...of two people) get all sorts of relevant as Casey finally gets off his ass and watches Doctor Who: The End of Time, Karen gets on her ass and delves into the TV catalog of Andrew Buchan, and we both admire Timothy Olyphant's ass in Justified and Deadwood. Cuz he's dreamy. Also on the docket are discussions of She's Out of Your League, The Vicious Kind, Good Hair, and 24's most recent insanity. With visual aids, seen below!


So class, this is Owen the boy CTU agent. Note his...boyishness and the phantom hands buckling his clip in lower left corner.

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But wait. Why aren't all of our other recent (and awesome) episodes posted up here on the blog? Because they don't require pictures of 12 year olds? Because we're lazy? A little from column A, a little from column B, folks. If you're not caught up, go to our iTunes page and get caught up. Let us know what you think of our show while you're there!

The Complete Music Guide to Hombre Potato

Hey all!
Episode 24 will be up for you later today, but in the meantime, I have painstakingly compiled a list of all the music used at the beginning and end of our episodes. Because I love you.

1: No music!
2: "Invincible" - OK Go; "White Moon" - White Stripes
3: "Ship Lost at Sea" - Phantom Planet"; "Crazy in Love" - The Puppini Sisters
4: "Later On" - The Spinto Band; "Dayman" from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
5: "Shiny" - The Decemberists; "Guitar Hero" - Amanda Palmer
6: "Smoochy smoochy pukey pukey" - Harry and the Potters; "Faster Pussycat to the Library" - Sam Phillips
7: "You Make My Dreams" - Hall & Oates; "Us" - Regina Spektor
8: "A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend; "Belt Loops" - "The Films"
9: "On My Way" - Billy Boy on Poison; "The Show" - Lenka
10: The Middleman Theme; "In the Morning" - The Coral
11: "Drop it Doe Eyes" - Los Campesinos; "Relator" - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
12: "She's So Lovely" - Scouting for Girls; "She's Got You High" - Mumm-Ra
13: "Better Version of Me" - Fiona Apple; "Happy Ending" - Mika
14: "What's My Age Again" from All the Small Things
15: "Common People" - William Shatner and Pulp; some weird Japanese song Casey gave me
16: "You Only Live Once" - The Strokes; no idea. Casey again!
17: "Lolita" - Throw Me the Statue; "You're So Damn Hot" - OK Go
18: The Supernatural Sitcom Theme!; "Dirty Rotten Guys" from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, sung by John Lithgow & Norbert Leo Butz
19: "Ne Me Quitte Pas" - Regina Spektor; "Je Ne Sais Qui Fumer" - Paris Combo
21: "You're Really Super Supergirl" - XTC; "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - Beck
22: "You Don't Know Me" - Ben Folds and University acappella; "Fire in My Heart" - Addison
23: "Being Bored" - The Films"; "Merry Happy" - Kate Nash
24: "Good Day" - Tally Hall; "Made-Up Love Song '43" - Guillemots

Heavy Rain: What would you do?

Heavy Rain is, if nothing else, a property that will keep you thinking long after the credits have rolled. The newest title by French studio Quantic Dream, a developer known for making complicated, story-driven games like Indigo Prophecy, it is the evolution of many types of media. You effectively “choose your own adventure,” but that would dismiss the strong cast of characters and world, and “interactive drama” (a term used by the developers to categorize it) may be misunderstood and neglect how the distinct way you play makes you feel the intensity of the onscreen action. The most apt description is that it is what a moviegoer so often wants when in the theater. Watching a film is a passive activity where you observe and cannot control the events leading up to the outcome. A game requires you control the action, but plot less often drives you forward than does the prospect of a badder-ass gun. Heavy Rain creates the truest sense of a self-made cinematic experience yet where everything is up to you. You are the storyteller, and the audience.