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Encounter #13: Pondering With Pauldrons

Rare Encounter
Rare Encounter
Episode • Oct 8, 2020 • 1h 8m

Boltzmann brains, duelling holidays, and speedrunning through life.

Show opening theme: CANADACANADACANADA

Show Notes

Podcasts

coldacid on Grumpy Old Bens

coldacid appeared on GOB on for their 99th episode.

Episode 99: Covid And coldacid – Grumpy Old Bens

AbleKirby on Hog Story

Happening on In The Smoker!

Hog Story Live Stream – Hog Story

Maps With Mat

  • 185 days since last episode! Please Mat, please make more!

Nick the Rat seance

  • Expected
NICKtheRAT - Twitch

Anime

Uzaki-chan

Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! (Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!) · AniList
Second season already announced
Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! 2 · AniList

Peter Grill

Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan (Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time) · AniList

New season's shows

Majo no Tabitabi
Majo no Tabitabi (Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina) · AniList
Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko
Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko (By the Grace of the Gods) · AniList
Higurashi (2020)
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2020) (Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW) · AniList
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni / When They Cry | Opening | HD - YouTube
  • Original show's opening theme appeared as ending theme in new show
Danmachi III
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka III (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III) · AniList

Lupin III: The First

  • English dub finally available
    • Movie was originally released in Japan in 2019
  • Full 3D, has serious Pixar or Sonic movie vibes
  • In select theatres in USA as of
Lupin III: The First - Wikipedia
Lupin III: The First (Official English Trailer, GKIDS) - YouTube
Monkey Punch - Wikipedia
  • The creator of the Lupin III franchise

RIP Horriblesubs

After many years of providing us with ill-gotten anime off of various streaming services, Horriblesubs has shut themselves down, claiming to be yet another victim of COVID-19.

I'll miss them and their rips of shows off of the streaming services, but maybe we might get real fansubs back now.

Farewell

Total Recall 4K restoration

4K restoration of the original film from 30 years ago.

TOTAL RECALL 30th Anniversary 4K Trailer (2020) Arnold Schwarzenegger - YouTube

Candinavian Thanksgiving versus Columbus Day

  • Canada has Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October, which also happens to be Columbus Day in parts of the USA where it hasn't been cancelled by woke culture.
  • Both countries use the day for spending time with family and feasting.

Ludwig Boltzmann

Boltzmann's big shoulder pads
Boltzmann's big shoulder pads

Look at those shoulders, he's ready to play for the Buccaneers!

Ludwig Boltzmann - Wikipedia

Boltzmann brain - Wikipedia

Quantum computing

IBM Q Quantum Computing - YouTube

Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists - YouTube

Supermarket Sweep

Supermarket Sweep - Wikipedia

Supermarket Sweep' game show is coming back with Leslie Jones