This week, Tosin recaps the best from PAX South 2016, Who won the Super Bowl…online?, Are self-driving car systems legally the driver?, Twitter turns things upside-down, Why does Amazon need brick-and-mortar stores?, What happens when you get squashed between two portals? …All this and more on The Drill Down.

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What We’re Playing With

Tosin: PAX South recap

• Epistory: Available now on steam (pc, linux, mac) $12.99
• Zombie Night Terror: Video; Not yet available
• Super Slam Dunk Touchdown: Available on steam ($15) or humble bundle
• VirZOOM: Cost: http://virzoom.com/preorder-now.html
• Road To Ballhalla: Video Coming soon to steam
• The Final Station: Available this summer for Windows (Steam)
• Invisigun Heroes: Video: Kickstarter with 9 days to go
• Enter The Gungeon: Video: Not yet available (ps4/pc/mac/linux)

Headlines

• Feds declare that Google’s self-driving car is its own driver
  • Semi-Autonomous Cars Compared! Tesla Model S vs. BMW 750i, Infiniti Q50S, and Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG
• Hashtags In Super Bowl Ads Dropped Slightly To 45% In 2016
  • A Skeptical Review Of CBS’ Super Bowl Online Streaming Success

Audible Book of the Week

• The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross
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Music Break: Paperback Writer by The Beatles

Hot Topics

• Twitter To Introduce Algorithmic Timeline
  • Here’s how Twitter’s new algorithmic timeline is going to work
  • Everything You Need To Know About Twitter’s New Timeline Tweaks
• Amazon is reportedly planning to open hundreds of bookstores. Here’s why.
• Hackers leak DHS staff directory, claim DOJ is next

Music Break: Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

Final Word

• How To Get Dads To Take Parental Leave? Seeing Other Dads Do It

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.