Atomic_Matter

Crunchy Nova Taco
Soft Nova Taco
Supernova Taco Supreme
5 1/2 Lb Polycheezy Orat Burrito
Gassy Giant Gordita
Nebula Farter Combo
Big Bang Sharter Combo
 
"Taco Nova will leave solar rings of fire around your galactic black hole!!"
"Taco Nova will guarantee a surprise Supernova in your trousers everytime or your buckazoids back!!"

I don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said, but I figure I might as well say my piece as well:
 
Even though I was never that familiar with the majority of Gary Owens' work, what little I have learned about him over the years really made me feel even more amazed by him. His presence in SQ series transformed great writing into spectacular dialog, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw him as one of *the* defining traits of the series, despite only being in 1/3 of the games.
 
I'll always consider myself lucky to have seen him and several other notable actors in a show called the Retro Radio Revue in 2004, wherein he was the narrator for several old time radio plays. At one point during the performance of an episode of The Lone Ranger, he began a scene with "Meanwhile, in another part of town...the announcer for The Lone Ranger lost his place."
 
He was a remarkable person, and he will be missed.

So sad to hear. He seemed to be the consummate professional, king of the craft and all-around nice guy.  From Space Ghost, to Blue Falcon, to Laugh-in, to everything else (especially Space Quest) he had a measurable impact on my childhood. I worked in a toy department in a big box store during high school and would sign off on the PA during the crazy Christmas season with a “This is Gary Owens, signing off” when we would close. The parents seemed to get a kick out of it.
 
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has lots of his Space Quest lines seared into his brain. There have been times when I have responded sarcastically with an “Oh joy” whenever I get some bad news or project that is going to be a pain in the arse. Or think to myself “Don’t mess with it!” to a misbehaving appliance or vehicle …all brought to life from his talents. He will be missed.

I would suggest a discussion of Space Quest knockoffs (like Altered Destiny, Rex Nebular and Ivan Lozhkin: Price of Freedom), but I suspect that that ground has been covered already.
 
I'd also toss out the idea of a discussion of humorous sci-fi in general, but that might be too broad a topic, even if it were pared down to older and/or lesser known material.

One topic I've thought about for 'the lucky corner' or a whole podcast: "Adventure game logic applied to real life scenarios"

For your ally is The Sauce?
 
Late Night Menu
El Chupacabra Especial - It's goat suckin' good!
Munchitos Bowl - What's in it? Whatever we have left over. It's 2:00am, you've lost your right to be picky.
Re-heat-a Burrito (or fajita, or whateva)
 
I was trying to think of something loosely tied to the Half Dome, but I got nothin'. Instead:
El Capitan - Be the Captain's No. 2! A veritable mountain of nachos.
 
And if it makes sense for Taco Nova to have a product tie-in with Cluck Y'Egger:
Cluck Y'Egger Meal: El Pollo Loco con Huevos Grande! - Comes with collectible cup and Egg-flinger (chucker?) toy

If at all possible, I'd like to use Season 3 as a platform to air out my grievances with Pete Toleman concerning Secret Quiches of the Luftwaffe.
 
Jess

The time has come to plan season 3 of the podcast. These past two seasons, there hasn't really been much of an overarching theme. I tried going for a bit of "x vs y" theme in season 2, and season 1 was just all over the place. For season 3, my idea is to stick to the style of the past season with me droning on about "today's topic," followed by whatever amount of guest contributions have come in that week. But what should those topics be?
 
Our very own drdrslashvohaul had some good suggestions, such as ...
 
- Broader sci-fi/comedy tropes, and how Space Quest fits into those.
 
I like this one. It could feasibly be the theme of the entire season, actually, with each episode focusing on a different established trope and how it relates to Space Quest / SpaceVenture.
 
- Technology focus. Beaming, instant mail novelty items, cloning ...
 
This one also tickles my fancy -- bringing some of the more obscure tech-things into focus and trying to make sense of them. Even though I'm pretty sure most of them were just thought up on the spot. And it's not even clearly explained how most of these things work. But it'd be a good excuse to crowdsource some input from fans, e.g. "which doohickey was your favorite", etc.
 
And then, of course, I have my own desires for season 3.
 
- More Chuck Clusterbluck. (Kinda sad that Chuck only made one appearance in season 2. Tom has a truly grand epic plot arc planned.)
 
- More Pete Toleman. (Gotta keep Gareth occupied before he jumps ship and simply goes off and does his own Pete Toleman podcast.)
 
- More SteveBot. (Thinking of doing a plot arc for SteveBot.)
 
- More "Lucky Corner" with Alan Luckachina.
 
- Introducing CyberCedric. CyberCedric wants to bring the universe to its knees, but he's stuck in my room for some contrived reason, so now all he can do is make Borg-esque/Purple Tentacle-esque degrading comments about humanity and his own superiority. (I'd love to get the guy who actually voiced Cedric to do this, but, barring that, I'd need to find an impersonator. You can put your hand down now, Frederik!)
 
- Something to keep us musically occupied. We've already done SQ4 (season 1) and SQ3 (season 2). I'd love to get in touch with Tim Clarke and Chris Stevens, the dudes who did SQ5's music, but I have no idea how. That would also give me an excuse to pester Ken Allen into talking a bit more about the lost SQ5 soundtrack that he did.
 
- I'd love to hear more about the "behind the scenes" work of the artists, programmers and producers of the games themselves. People we haven't heard from yet. For instance, talking to SQ4CD's producer Dan Carver about the many changes between disk and CD (if he can remember why they did so).
 
Any more suggestions, or something or someone you would like to see-- well, hear about/from in season 3, please feel free to fire them my way!
 
As for when season 3 will rear its ugly head? I'm thinking March at the earliest. Might be April. I won't know until I've planned the season and got people on board, will I? :)

From a completely selfish standpoint, as a coder myself, I'd love to hear more about behind-the-scenes programming stuff.  I'm curious what the really hard parts about building the early Space Quest games were, and how those challenges changed as technology advanced.  Culminating in, I suppose, a comparison with which parts of SpaceVenture are proving difficult and why.  I know we've heard bits and pieces about this already in previous episodes, but hearing about the progression of programming over time would be fascinating.
 
To me, at least.  :)

For your ally is The Sauce?
 
Late Night Menu
El Chupacabra Especial - It's goat suckin' good!
Munchitos Bowl - What's in it? Whatever we have left over. It's 2:00am, you've lost your right to be picky.
Re-heat-a Burrito (or fajita, or whateva)
 
I was trying to think of something loosely tied to the Half Dome, but I got nothin'. Instead:
El Capitan - Be the Captain's No. 2! A veritable mountain of nachos.
 
And if it makes sense for Taco Nova to have a product tie-in with Cluck Y'Egger:
Cluck Y'Egger Meal: El Pollo Loco con Huevos Grande! - Comes with collectible cup and Egg-flinger (chucker?) toy

For your ally is The Sauce?
 
Late Night Menu
El Chupacabra Especial - It's goat suckin' good!
Munchitos Bowl - What's in it? Whatever we have left over. It's 2:00am, you've lost your right to be picky.
Re-heat-a Burrito (or fajita, or whateva)
 
I was trying to think of something loosely tied to the Half Dome, but I got nothin'. Instead:
El Capitan - Be the Captain's No. 2! A veritable mountain of nachos.
 
And if it makes sense for Taco Nova to have a product tie-in with Cluck Y'Egger:
Cluck Y'Egger Meal: El Pollo Loco con Huevos Grande! - Comes with collectible cup and Egg-flinger (chucker?) toy

For your ally is The Sauce?
 
Late Night Menu
El Chupacabra Especial - It's goat suckin' good!
Munchitos Bowl - What's in it? Whatever we have left over. It's 2:00am, you've lost your right to be picky.
Re-heat-a Burrito (or fajita, or whateva)
 
I was trying to think of something loosely tied to the Half Dome, but I got nothin'. Instead:
El Capitan - Be the Captain's No. 2! A veritable mountain of nachos.
 
And if it makes sense for Taco Nova to have a product tie-in with Cluck Y'Egger:
Cluck Y'Egger Meal: El Pollo Loco con Huevos Grande! - Comes with collectible cup and Egg-flinger (chucker?) toy

Taco Nova -- skimping not on the grease.
 
Taco Nova -- A refreshing take on health code violation!
 
Taco Nova -- restroom seating now available!
 
Happy Hiney's Hot Sauce -- side effects may include digestive discomfort, dizziness, PTSD, and mild existential crisis
 
The Crapvalanche - 20 extra spicy chalupas in one loveable bucket.
 
Burrito Bangbang - 8 pounds of beef and cheese served on your choice of festive napkin!
 
Carne El Sombrero- are you down with the meat hat?
 
Rancho De Roulette -- 1 in 6 chance of flavor

Nachos Blande - "Tastes like deep-fried cardboard.  Probably is."

Meteoric EMPanada - "Create an electrostatic discharge in your pants!"

Nacho Droid - "The one you are looking for is over there..."

Moonrocko Taco - "Comes in two varieties: 'cruchy' and 'dental work required'."

Black Holes and Rice - "The flavour sucks you right in!"
 
Quasarito - "Contains an active galactic nuclei of spices."

Frisco Crunchy Taco - "The best gorram taco in the 'verse."

Fiesty Andoritos - "Why is it blue?"

Spocko Taco - "The logical dessert choice."

Meridorito Gornditas - "Now in liquid format!"

Burryyyto - "Popular with Wookiees."

I'm venturing off into bad pun territory here:
 
Tacobayashi Maru - The no-win situation never tasted so good!

One cryo-cup of Soylent smoothie, 3 tbsp of lye and some red food coloring makes the perfect volcano for your child’s science fair project. Eye protection recommended.

I won't say anything if you won't!
 
I was trying to remember, was there ever a Kobayashi Maru reference in a Space Quest game?  The beginning of Space Quest V is similar to Wrath of Khan, but I couldn't remember if there was a more direct reference?

I'm venturing off into bad pun territory here:
 
Tacobayashi Maru - The no-win situation never tasted so good!

Hopefully I am not re-treading over anyone else's entry:
 
[Drinks]:
* StarQuake Shakes
- Vanilla
- Chocolate
- Blattfruit
 
Spice Tea
Sweet Tea
Water
Heavy Water
Dr. Fizzion Soda
 
[Adult Drink Menu]:
Kerona Light Beer
Starcore-ita (Pitcher)
Jose Quasar Tequila
Jose Quasar Tequila StarQuake Shake
Dos Ickies - "Stay filthy my friends."
 
[Meals]:
 
* Taco Nova Tacos (hard or soft - we don’t judge)
 - beef, chicken or veggie
 - comes with choice of lettuce, pico de gallo, REAL Cheese, and salsa 
 
* Indigestion Inception Burrito
 - Any burrito, wrapped inside a second burrito, wrapped inside a third burrito, smothered in onions, peppers and your choice of beans.  Comes with a free spinning top!
 
* Xenomorph Rib Ticklers
- Comes in 6 piece, 12 piece or 24 piece
- Dipping Sauces: Honey Mucus, Acid Reduction, Tangy Buffalo Chip, and Ranch
 
EDIT: Looks like I subconsciously stole this from tomimt's Xenomorph Slice.
 
[Combos]:
 
* Burpitos Grande
- Chose two burritos (Beef, Chicken or Space Monkey) and make way for a heaping helping of double re-fried beans, and spicy rice. Add some sour cream, pico de gallo and our special Guacaholymole and you’ve got something you’ll be sharing for hours to come.
 
[sides]:
 * Double re-fried beans
 * Chili con Quesy (mystery meat or triple bean!)
 * Crater-tots
 
* [Fiesta Packs!]:
- Take one star shaped piñata and pack it full of our Chill Con Quesy, double re-fried beans, spicy rice, Guacaholymole, salsa and a solid core of our burritos and you have yourself a real nova of taste waiting to happen. One good hit and dinner is served for everyone! A few hours later and you’ll have your own nova experience - a real crowd pleaser.
- Nuetron Star piñata - Serves 6
- White Dwarf piñata - Serves 12
- Red Super Giant piñata - Serves 256
 
[Possible (poor) Slogans]:
-“We won’t empty your pockets so you can leave with a real pant load!”
-“Relive the flavor!”
-“Outrun the burn!”

Want to play SQ3 the way it was intended? I don't think you're gonna get any closer than with this installer from our pal The Collector.
 
http://sierrahelp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3925#p51291
 
This requires you to have the MT-32 patch for Space Quest III and this is not the place to ask for that (Google is your friend). But once you've got the bits and pieces, Collector's installer should make it relatively painless to get SQ3 running with all the goodies -- including Roger's now infamously forgotten "where am I?" voice during the intro, as well as all the digital sound effects that were left out of the original because, eh, SoundBlaster drivers in the 80's ...

I'm venturing off into bad pun territory here:
 
Tacobayashi Maru - The no-win situation never tasted so good!

I won't say anything if you won't!
 
I was trying to remember, was there ever a Kobayashi Maru reference in a Space Quest game?  The beginning of Space Quest V is similar to Wrath of Khan, but I couldn't remember if there was a more direct reference?

I laughed at this and now I'm looking over my shoulder to see if Scott caught me laughing at a pun.

I'm venturing off into bad pun territory here:
 
Tacobayashi Maru - The no-win situation never tasted so good!

I'm venturing off into bad pun territory here:
 
Tacobayashi Maru - The no-win situation never tasted so good!