On this episode of the CaliConBlogCast, we revisit Anime Expo to see how Jeriko faired with his hotel booking, Nate rants about FanimeCon's hotel booking, and somehow we tie the two together with Nvidia's 5000 series GPU launch. Also Matthew is annoyed about whole Gamers Nexus/Linus Tech Tips feud, a whole bunch of bad news from all walks of life - from shaftings and disbandments to deaths and things that won't die - and a date for Summers Game Fest with Multiverses and Fortnite crashing the party. We end the podcast by revealing our picks for the 5th Annual Waifu Roast in two weeks time.

Fabulous Secret Powers (the original HEHEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7wOGyAzpw

5080 and 5090 stock numbers from Microcenter by location - https://www.reddit.com/r/Microcenter/comments/1iddh0i/5080_and_5090_stock_numbers_from_microcenter_by/

Scalper bots said to be responsible for majority of GeForce RTX 50 Founders Edition sales in Europe - https://videocardz.com/newz/scalper-bots-said-to-be-responsible-for-majority-of-geforce-rtx-50-founders-edition-sales-in-europe

Japanese store to hold lottery for a chance to purchase GeForce RTX 5090/5080 - https://videocardz.com/newz/japanese-store-to-hold-lottery-for-potential-geforce-rtx-5090-5080-buyers

MSI delays GeForce RTX 5090 official US store availability to February 6 - https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-delays-geforce-rtx-5090-official-us-store-availability-to-february-6

Edward Snowden post on X - https://x.com/Snowden/status/1885363355734413321

Can Linus & Gamers Nexus Ever be Friends Again? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDd5X1eE_n0

Banks in Japan are blocking Steam payments for sex games, leaving Japanese adult game devs cut off from income - https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/banks-in-japan-are-blocking-steam-payments-for-sex-games-leaving-japanese-adult-game-devs-cut-off-from-income

the pillows on X - https://x.com/thepillowsJPN/status/1885523472266264741

LioConvoy on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/lioconvoy.bsky.social/post/3lh2nx6yics2e

Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK | TEASER TRAILER | TICKETS ON SALE NOW! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Av1-K-4NTI

Geoff Keighkey on X - https://x.com/geoffkeighley/status/1885010429493338371

Linktree - linktr.ee/caconblog

Matthew's Bluesky Social - bsky.app/profile/mattykuncos.bsky.social
Matthew's Instagram - instagram.com/mvm88miranda
Matthew's Coscom Profile - cosplay.com/member/41744

Ryan's Facebook - facebook.com/ryusan777
Ryan's Twitch - twitch.tv/ryusan777

Nate's Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/natesgp.bsky.social
Nate's Instagram - instagram.com/nateb39007
Nate's Twitter - twitter.com/nateb39007
Nate's Twitch - twitch.tv/natesgameplay2

Jeriko's Instagram - instagram.com/epicnursejeriko

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