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June 24, 2009 10:52 AM PDT

The 404 369: Where even in the future nothing works

by Justin Yu
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This is what we get for calling our show "The 404." Despite literally everything going wrong on today's show (sorry, live listeners!), we get it in gear for what turns out to be a hilarious show, thanks to CNET reporter Caroline McCarthy who comes in and saves the day. Today, Jeff previews us on the latest Nintendo Wii games, including the new Wii Fit Plus, Super Mario Bros, Wii Sports Resort, and more!

Mezrich's new book about the founding of Facebook.

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Caroline McCarthy of CNET News' The Social comes on the show today to give us her unique take on a bunch of different stories. First off, we want to apologize to ALL of our beloved live listeners. For one reason or another, our broadcasting engine pooped out and we were unable to broadcast live. All is not lost, however--you can still definitely download or watch the stream here! Rest assured that Jason Howell, aka Superman, is on the job. Thanks, Jason!

First up, Jeff tells us all about yesterday's Nintendo event, where he got a chance to preview a bunch of exciting new games, including the new Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. He also got a chance to try out the new Wii Fit Plus. Last year, when Jeff went onto the balance board to demo the original Wii Fit, the machine actually gave up and unplugged itself, committing console suicide, so we're all anxious to see if Nintendo beefed up this new version.

Caroline also surprises us with a very positive review of the new "Transformers" movie. It turns out that the movie is geared toward...teenage boys. Which makes us question why Caroline was there in the first place--what a cougar! She also tells us even more horrifying news about the upcoming Facebook movie based on Ben Mezrich's upcoming book, "The Accidental Billionaires." Caro tells us that Shia Labeouf and Michael Cera are being eyeballed to play the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, but the rest of us think those are both terrible choices. Actually, maybe it should be Labeouf; his portrayal of Zuckerberg would at least be more believable than his relationship with hottie biscotti Megan Fox in "Transformers 2." There's NO WAY a woman of that caliber would even sneeze in Lebeouf's general direction!


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Justin Yu covers desktop computers, printers, and peripherals for CNET. When he's not scouring eBay for useless ephemera or eating hot dogs for breakfast, he spends his time making fun of Internet culture every morning on The 404 podcast. E-mail Justin.
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by sadacori June 24, 2009 11:14 AM PDT
No need for apologies, those things happen. At least we have the downloads. ^_^ Thanks for all the hard work & effort you guys put into the show. Can't wait to download it! :D
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by ddawg82 June 24, 2009 1:40 PM PDT
Yeah guys, the broadcast machine crapping out ain't your fault (do I smell sabotage...? Jk!). Thanks to you guys (and all the other hard working people at CNET) for putting everything together. Can't wait for the video!!
by justin.yu June 24, 2009 2:44 PM PDT
awwww, so much love!!!
by demonjrules June 24, 2009 1:51 PM PDT
Wilson obviously has A.D.D because his eyes just went straight to the image of the girls fingernails claiming that "What bothered me was that she was probably 14" Where if in fact he kept reading the article he would have found out that no where in this story does the CNET writer even state that she had emoticon fingernails. Justin was absolutely right asking "How can you tell that? It might not even be her like there was no caption on it." If you look at the story and the photo used, it links to a Flickr account of a 30 year old. The only reason the writer used an emoticon picture was because as the girl was texting she was being yelled at by a person in an emoticon costume.
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by rhapsodyartist June 24, 2009 11:05 PM PDT
The point was that it had nothing to do with the story of the actual girl who won. It was just a picture of a girl's blouse, half way unbuttoned, with emoticon fingernails. Just thought it was poor pairing between a story about a girl winning a texting competition and an obviously sexually suggestive image.
by demonjrules June 25, 2009 8:09 AM PDT
Yes it was poor pairing on his part. Chris Matyszczyk really did a half-assed attempt of a news article and BTW Chris Matyszczyk has updated the article as of yesterday. Not sure if its because of the 404 but that would be cool if the show was the motive for him to change it.
by demonjrules June 25, 2009 8:08 AM PDT
Yes it was poor pairing on his part. Chris Matyszczyk really did a half-assed attempt of a news article and BTW Chris Matyszczyk has updated the article as of yesterday. Not sure if its because of the 404 but that would be cool if the show was the motive for him to change it.
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by iamaruntimeerror June 26, 2009 11:38 PM PDT
I believe this is the video of Wii fit and Jeff that they mentioned on the show:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9944518-1.html?tag=mncol
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