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Monthly Archives: December 2010

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Jonathan’s picks

by Jonathan Downin in Features392 days ago

3)  Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave I have been a long-time listener of director Kevin’s Smith’s podcast, Smodcast. Although the tone has changed a bit in the last year, it is a classic in my books. When it was announced that Kevin’s long-time friends Brian Johnson and Walter Planegan would starting their own podcast, I was skeptical at best. Boy was a wrong. Brian and Walt, along with Brian Quinn, deliver a show that feels more honest than almost anything else out there. There is no theme to this podcast, which makes its consistency...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Jon’s picks

by Jon Cole in Features392 days ago

Radiolab This American Life has been my go-to podcast to evangelize newcomers to my medium of choice for the longest time. Radiolab has come around this year and usurped that throne without breaking a sweat. Each episode tackles a broad topic in a mostly scientific way, exploring the sensation of falling, the passage of time, the placebo effect, or any number of seemingly mundane things. Host Jad Abumrad and his crew assemble interviews with experts in a particular field or people with an interesting story into a cohesive story, stringing things...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Erik’s picks

by KirePDX in Features392 days ago

3)  Irrational Interviews I’ve said before that one of my favorite experiences is listening to smart people talk about smart things; and I realized this year that many of favorite shows provide this almost every week.  The Gianbomb, IGN, and other crews are all hilarious and entertaining; but really, they’re generally smart guys and girls who are talking on subjects they are passionate about.  However, Irrational Interviews made its focus on talking to a selection of leading representatives from a range of industries to take a broader look...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Ross’s picks

by Ross Adams in Features392 days ago

3)  The Sound Test A combination of two of my favourite things, Ray Barnholt and video game music. Every two weeks Ray would lovingly craft a playlist of game music that was always a dream to listen to. Often incredibly eclectic each weeks musical selection could contain anything from the newest triple A title to an obscure game never released outside of Japan. Sadly when Ray was let go of 1UP The Sound Test went with him, we can only hope that when he finds his feet the show can return in some form. Until then the 16 archived episodes are a must...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Alex’s picks

by Alex Martin in Features392 days ago

3) Short podcasts This is a bit of a cheat, but since I bought a fancy phone that automatically trawls RSS feeds for new podcasts, I’ve found myself breaking up marathons like the Bombcast with quick, minutes-long shows. CBC Radio 3: New Music Canada Track of the Day. Simply a short preamble from CBC’s Lana Gay, or a guest host, and one track of independent music from Canada. web | iTunes | rss The Onion Radio News is the quickest here. At a minute long, it’s the most compact way to enjoy the Onion, whose jokes are mainly in their headlines...

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This is Only a Test – Episode 43 – The SARS Mask Cast – 12/30/2010

by Alex Martin in Misc, Tech393 days ago

Starting with Norm’s Blackjack strategy, the WANG (Will, Ana, Norm, and Gary) deliver an unfocused retrospective podcast. But first, Gary’s new tradition of watching the Big Lebowski prompts a discussion of Cohen brothers’ films (with spoilers from 24:30-25:00). Next, they talk about tech highlights and lowlights of the year, looking at Apple products, social-networking apps, and 3DTVs. After plugging Rush Coil’s chiptune Christmas album, they move on to the news. Netflix Instant takes up 20% of the USA’s Internet bandwidth; a discussion...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010

by Jonathan Downin in Features393 days ago

It’s the time of the year where everyone is putting out their end of the year awards, and we are again taking our own crack at highlighting the best of the best in our medium of choice– podcasts. We cover mostly game and tech podcasts, so our picks stick pretty closely to these fields. Look for a wider variety in our personal picks coming up tomorrow. We had 5 different categories our awards last year, so we had to 1-up ourselves this year, so we went with 6. All jokes aside, we’ve brought back a couple categories from last year...

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CastMedium Podcast 065 – 12.30.10

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Tech, TV394 days ago

I trade an Erik for a Jon this week so it is another 2 man show, and with the amount of topics and time spent on each, adding another person might have made this one clock in at around an hour. Mentions of some end of the year podcast specials start the cast, and then it is quickly (and awkwardly) into games. We are taking this podcast to talk about some of the biggest news of the year, and motions controls definitely rank up there. OnLive also gets a bit of time since it really is pretty incredible that it is not only available to the public, but...

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Drunken Gamers Radio 12.26.2010

by Nikko Kusanagi in Games394 days ago

No guests this week as John, Moe, and Hilden open the show with some drunks dials and emails as always. The main discussion topic this week is their Christmas loot!  A double dose of NBA Jam (Wii) since John got it for Hilden, and Hilden got it for John.  They also talk about the new Goldeneye (Wii) amongst other items. Retro review continues.  The game this week is Time Lord (NES).  Hilden gives his impressions and lets you know if it’s worth $2. A wide variety of questions appear for the Lightning Round in this show. 00:00-Show Intro 05:25-Drunk...

Engadget Podcast

Engadget Podcast 222 – 12.25.2010

by Jon Cole in Tech396 days ago

This week, the Engadget crew brings you a very special X-Mas Eve holiday spectacular with this podcast. Verizon’s LTE rollout is one of the biggest pieces of tech news this week, with HTC and Motorola teasing out small pieces of information on their upcoming hardware for this new spec. Motorola has been taking their media blitz even further with their promotion of an upcoming tablet running the upcoming ‘Honeycomb’ Android update. The guys have a big debate about the quality of Apple products with respect to Android products, spurred...

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Interactive Distractions – EP 159 – Anticipated upside-down visors?

by Nikko Kusanagi in Games396 days ago

Travis is gone this week… so Glenn AND Nikko join Chris and Geoff just for fun. In Distractions… Glenn is playing some Need for Speed, Nikko talks about some demos with both Geoff and Chris, Geoff is a Fruit… Ninja and Chris revisits a lot of portables on his trip to WI. News is all about Mass Effect… for about a minute and a half. After the break they come back and discuss big games hitting in 2011.  Lots of listener response in this one.  Everybody is talking about what they’re looking forward to most next year. The lack of new...

Gamers with Jobs

GWJ Conference Call Episode 219

by Jon Cole in Games397 days ago

Rob is brought back to this week’s Conference Call to reunite the original Gamers with Jobs crew for this holiday episode. Shawn kicks things off with Bejeweled 3, dominating the conversation with his thoughts on the “Zen Mode” that supposedly encourages meditative breathing and such. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX has been garnering quite a bit of attention and Julian summarizes the shift from CE to DX as similar to that with Geometry Wars 1 to 2, in that it will be most appealing to those who fell in love with the original. World...

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Tekzilla 177 – Last Minute Stocking Stuffers for Geeks!

by Jon Cole in Tech397 days ago

News is light this deep into the holidays, so the first big segment of this episode is centered around last minute stocking stuffers. Thumb drives and rechargeable batteries are no-brainers, as practically every new gadget can use one of the two. The more hardcore tech nerds might be in need of screwdriver tool kits specifically designed for jewelers or computer builders, which are easily grabbed at hardware stores. Hardware expert Loyd Case hops on the program to talk about GPUs, giving a pretty nice overview of what to buy at any budget. While...

Podcast Awards 2010 details

by Jonathan Downin in Site398 days ago

It’s the holiday season again, and that means it’s time for another round of podcast awards. Look for our official picks on December 30th, writers’ personal picks on the 31st, and your picks on January 1st. The reader/listener’s choice will be decided by poll, as it was last year, and we  have narrowed the choices down to the ones that we felt deserved and needed to be in there. The poll will be accessible through this post, or on the sidebar from any page. So vote, head over to your community of choice, spread the word,...

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The Engadget Show – 016: Mitsubishi’s Frank DeMartin, iRobot, Aldebaran’s NAO robot, Ubisoft Battle Tag, CES ’11 preview, and more!

by Jon Cole in Games, Tech400 days ago

Mitsubishi’s Head of Product Development Frank DeMartin hops on the Engadget Show for the big interview at the top of the program. 3D televisions and software are obviously at the forefront of the consumer marketplace and DeMartin makes a spirited argument for the platform’s ability to immerse you into the content on screen. He also expresses a lot of enthusiasm for connected TV and streaming technologies, even with a little twinkle in his eye for a future undisclosed (possible Google TV) product. This week’s prerecorded segment...

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