Summary: Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent The focus of this episode is a dystopian future setting called the EarthTech Trials. Want a world with corporations controlling everything, cybernetics running rampant and popularity of web presence deciding government policy? This is it. Find it in the wiki here! 00:00 Tomfoolery 01:13 Introduction 02:00 World Concept 02:16 The Running Man 03:23 The Hunger Games 04:12 Orwellian 04:40 Deciding the Era 06:55 Dystopia / Media Influence 07:12 Max Headroom 07:37 Rupert Murdoch 07:57 McDonnell Douglas / McDonald's 08:13 Taco Bell 08:30 World War Corporation / War on the Web 08:56 Google / Facebook 09:30 Baidu 10:31 William Shatner's TekWar 11:16 Nike / Squad Combat / Paintball 11:39 How Things Changed 11:55 One World Government 13:40 Factions 14:06 Marshal Josip Broz Tito 16:27 Alien Threat Conspiracy 19:00 Setting the Level of Devastation 19:28 Earthborne Devastation 19:37 The Day After Tomorrow 20:29 48th Parallel 21:00 World Dome 22:52 Brain-Computer Interface 22:57 Transhumanism 23:50 Beyond the Fringe / "Civil War" 24:50 Faction Locations 26:51 Allegiance by Online Votes / Foursquare / +1 27:09 Technology 27:42 Naming Factions 28:32 Intel 30:19 Prime Numbers 31:22 Star Trek Aesthetic 32:18 The Games 32:23 The Olympics 34:59 The World Cup 35:37 Do You Like Movies About Gladiators? 36:18 Mechs 36:45 Apple 38:18 Nikola Tesla 38:30 Light Teleportation / Fiber Optics / Quantum Entanglement 39:32 Solar Mirrors 41:41 Corporate Structure 42:26 Virtual Baronies 45:22 Cult of Personality 45:29 Steve Jobs 46:15 Virgin Galactic 49:22 Naming Media Outlets 49:50 The Prime Directive 50:13 Madison Avenue 50:26 Important Locations 51:45 Ouroboros 52:22 The Phoenix 52:44 Fenghuang 55:30 Uluru 55:52 Casablanca 56:13 Tombstone, AZ 56:36 Deadlands 58:29 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 2 - THE EARTHTECH TRIALS
