TWiT 221: Get Off Of My Planet

7:33 am
November 16th, 2009

TWiTLeo rarely covered gaming topics on TWiT, but this is the second podcast in the last week in which Modern Warfare 2 has received some discussion. The issues surrounding the PC version are covered, as the the 1st day sales figures, and it shows how mainstream Infinity Ward’s latest game is.

Geocities is officially gone. The $3.6 billion acquisition by Yahoo turned out to be one of the worst investments of all time. Although this news is enough to make anyone in their mid-20s nostalgic, anyone much younger will never know how it used to be. The group spends some time reminiscing about how the internet was at its inception, and it is amazing how much has changed.

Advertising takes center-stage with a discussion about the effectiveness of different kinds of ads. It comes down to relevancy to the consumer and integration with the platform. The latest news of Apple winning the first battle against Psystar is the last discussion point this week.

Covered news and topics: Modern Warfare 2, Geocities, old media and ancient internet, advertising, Apple/Psystar

Modern Warfare 2 is the biggest media launch of all time but PC gamers are hopping mad, how come usability expert Jakob Nielsen’s site looks so bad, and so long Geocities…

Runtime – 1:17:27

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