After a short hiatus due to Mike’s Vacation and Comic-con craziness, the at1UP group is back. First up this week is some discussion about the $150 Kinect pricing. No one is too interested in the forthcoming motion control solutions, and the $150 price point makes it even harder for them to get excited. The bulk [...]
Category Archives: Movies
CastMedium Podcast 045 – 07.27.10
July 27th, 2010
StarCraft 2 starts the cast this week, but we are not exactly the best group to be talking about it. Valve’s Alien Storm is an interesting release,and there really is no reason not to check it out since it is free on Steam– really, fire up Steam, just like Valve wants you to. Official pricing [...]
CastMedium Podcast Inception Podblast – 07.22.10
July 22nd, 2010
Here it is, our first non-traditional, topic-specific podcast. This one is all about Inception. We spend 50+ minutes talking about why we loved Christopher Nolan’s latest. Spoilers abound, so if you have yet to see the film, give this one a pass until you have. We cover our overall impressions, theories about the continuity of [...]
/Filmcast Ep. 109 – Inception
July 21st, 2010
This week’s episode of the /Filmcast is all Inception, all the time. Before things start, Dave takes a quick moment to plug The Tobolowsky Files, which recently got aired on Seattle Public Radio. If you don’t listen to Dave’s other major podcasting venture, it’s definitely worth trying out. The first half of the show is [...]
The Totally Rad Show – Episode 174:Nolanverse
July 21st, 2010
The TRS crew has highly anticipated Christopher Nolan‘s newest flick, Inception. Going in with high expectations they have varied feelings on the film. Alex starts off, he really enjoyed the movie and thought it was great fun but it wasn’t quite the gamechanger he had been led to expect it would be. Jeff adored the [...]
The Geekbox: Episode 75
July 21st, 2010
It’s a straightforward episode this week with just a few topics covered– most of which has Fitch upset about something. Burn Notice talk leads into a discussion about the Simpsons with Higgins arguing the quality of the whole series while Fitch outlines his approach to milked franchises and why singular good episodes can’t even be [...]
CastMedium Podcast 044 – 07.20.10
July 20th, 2010
It’s another glorious episode of the podcast– and it’s a good one. DeathSpank’s debut and Limbo’s kick-off of the XBLA Summer of Arcade are up first. If you aren’t up on Limbo, as always, the Giant Bomb Quick Look is a good primer. In tech, we spend a good amount of time on the state [...]
After a slightly laborious lead-in from Matty, Adam starts off this week’s review of Inception with a couple of simple thoughts, namely that this film succeeded on many levels and definitely ranks among his best movies of the year so far. He goes on to say that the movies was so immersive and the mechanics [...]
/Filmcast Ep. 108 – Predators
July 16th, 2010
This week’s /Filmcast starts out with a followup to last week’s review of The Last Airbender. Guest C. Robert Cargill talks a little bit about the animated series which Shyamalan adapted, giving a little bit more context to the severity of the film’s review and insisting that the show could be a sci-fi/fantasy touchstone for [...]
The Totally Rad Show – Episode 173: Mandibles
July 14th, 2010
It’s a two movie episode this week, starting with the Robert Rodriguez produced Predators. Mixed feelings on this one, with Jeff being especially negative about it. He does say alot of it may be down to the fact he watched the original Predator film just before seeing Predators. As a result Predators seemed like a [...]
at1UP: 07/13/2010
July 13th, 2010
Mike and Alan kick things off with some complaints about people’s fashion choices. The crew then starts the regular show with a reader email about a poor comic shop experience that pushed him to start buying from DCBS, which Mike also endorses. The DeathSpank Game Night also gets a quick mention. In the ‘Games Dammit” [...]
CastMedium Podcast 043 – 07.13.10
July 13th, 2010
We start things off with a bit of discussion about the Mobcast since the most recent episode carried the torch from Irrational Interviews in featuring a bit of developer commentary. As usual, Jon has been playing the new releases, and he shares his thoughts on Singularity and Crackdown 2. The onslaught of bad press surrounding [...]
Steve Prokopy (or Capone of Ain’t It Cool News) stands in for Adam this week for Filmspotting’s review of Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Right off the bat, Steve and Matty both agree that the film is technically sound in most aspects, except for the lackluster special effects. Outside of that concise criticism, Matty mostly tries to [...]
/Filmcast Ep. 107 – The Last Airbender
July 8th, 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has recently hit Blu-Ray, DVD, and Netflix Instant Streaming and everyone got a chance to check it out, with Adam opening things up by praising the strength of a believable female lead character. Dave comments on the length of the film, which admirably follows the story through a full [...]
The Geekbox: Episode 76
July 29th, 2010
Karen is back and the show starts with talk of DeathSpank. Ryan S.is loving it, but Karen is just getting through it. Next up is Limbo and the inevitable price discussion ensues. Ryan H. has a strong stance on pricing for digital good and Karen almost can’t handle it. After touching on Burn Notice the [...]