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Another Google drug I’ve just gotta have.
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 32 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Sam Briggs @theManateeMan Rachel Lebo @cautiontape In this episode we cover you in news like: - Lulzsec gone already - Netflix for movie theaters - Geohot gets a job - WebOS releases - Google+ and why I need it... -
A Year of Bad Console Names (E3 Special)
Posted on June 14, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 30 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Rachel Lebo @cautiontape Sam Briggs In this E3 packed episode we cover you in news like: - Microsoft’s E3 News - Nintendo E3 News - Sony E3 News - PS Vita - Wii U - Gears of War... -
What Would Steve Jobs Do?
Posted on June 7, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 29 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Brandon Williams @brandocop Rachel Lebo @cautiontape In this action packed episode we cover you in news like: - WWDC 11 - iOS 5 - OSX Lion - iCloud - PS Vita - New Halo game - Bioshock news -... -
“How ’bout that Rapture huh?”
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 27 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Brandon Williams @Brandocop Rachel Lebo @CautionTape Jason Hughes @Ultraversion21 In this episode we have a special guest who walks us through our TV news section: - Foxconn explosion - AT&T overcharging customers - iPhone rumors - Apple... -
“It’s a real clam bake in here”
Posted on May 18, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 26 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Brandon Williams @Brandocop In this episode we not only introduce you to the term “clam bake” but we throw some news in there too, like: - Apple retail anniversary - Playbook recall - Photograph theft - Netflix... -
There’s a Skype call for you… It’s Microsoft.
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s official, Microsoft has signed a deal to purchase the web-base telephony company Skype. Microsoft will bring out ye ole’ checkbook and plunk down $8.5 Billion dollars for Skype (Ebay paid $2.6 Billion for Skype in September of 2005). What does this mean to users... -
“I’ve got me some new buttons”
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 25 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Brandon Williams @Brandocop Rachel Lebo @cautiontape In this episode we cover such gems as: - Google I/O goodness - Microsoft buying Skype? - More details about Sony’s mess - Another Hitman game!!! (You may now commence the squeeing) SQUEE!! - Nintendo... -
“Now you’re just beating a camel with a dead horse”
Posted on May 3, 2011 | 2 CommentsEpisode 24 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Brandon Williams @Brandocop Rachel Lebo @cautiontape In this episode we cover such gems as: - Class action suits against Apple and Google - Broadband caps - Android updates - Sony in a second round of trouble -... -
“I’m the guy who’s going to burn your house down! With the lemons.”
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 23 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Brandon Williams @Brandocop Rachel Lebo @cautiontape In this episode we cover such gems as: - Chrome OS subscriptions - Nook Color update -Apple new galore - Sony news (PSN, PSP) - Iron Man 3 Director Change - Cinevault.com -... -
“A new format with the same old voices”
Posted on April 19, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 22 Hosts: Jesse Miller @penofdoom Brandon Williams @Brandocop Rachel Lebo @cautiontape On this newly reformatted episode we cover such gems as: - White iPhone Rumors - Gehot’s Donation to EFF - Blackberry’s Playbook - Flip Flopped - Facebook and Twitter the same as... -
“Now introducing Google Jew”
Posted on April 11, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 21 Hosts: Jesse Miller, Brandon Williams, and Rachel Lebo On this episode: - Google Cloud Music - Amazon’s New Cloud - A Steve Jobs Biography - New Superman castings - New Wonder Woman Costume - Game sales numbers - 3DS side effects -... -
“Portable Migraines”
Posted on March 26, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 20 Hosts: Jesse, Sam, and Rachel In this episode we cover: - AT&T-Mobile (merger) - Sprint Nexus S - New EVO devices - New Galaxy Tab Devices - RIM’s Playbook - 3DS - Loss of paper manuals - Duke Nukem : Forever delayed... -
“Cough Medicine and Podcasting”
Posted on February 24, 2011 | No CommentsEpisode 18 In this episode we talk about: - Macbook Pro Refresh - Apple Thunderbolt - Motorola Stuff - Amazon Prime Streaming - Game DLC - Superman Movie -Wonder Woman - Listener email - and of course random geekery Our new voicemail number is... -
Xbox Live Gold subscription cost going up Nov. 1
Posted on August 30, 2010 | No CommentsStarting November 1, the price for a 1-year Xbox Live Gold membership will be $59.99, $10 more than the current price. If you have an automatic renewal that will kick in after that date, it will renew at the new price. The $10 price increase... -
Microsoft Avatars get a makeover
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 3 CommentsOur Xbox 360 dashboard selves will change slightly in the coming months. The cartoonish, squat proportions of the current avatars are not working well with the hand/eye coordination that Kinect will require, so Nick Burton, senior programmer at Rare (avatar creators), says they’re going with... -
Pre-Order Fable 3 and make your own NPC (to do with as you please).
Posted on August 2, 2010 | 2 CommentsYou can access the NPC maker with an XBox Live Gold account to experiment, and then pre-order the game and you’ll get a code that allows you to import a character of your very own design. You’ll be able to do whatever you want with... -
Save Carmine! Or must he die?
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsStarting July 29, Epic and Microsoft are giving gamers and fans a chance to decide the fate of one Clayton Carmine in the upcoming Gears of War 3 (out April 5, 2011). They’ll be selling the above shirts in real life at the NECA booth... -
Threats on Xbox Live lead to Texas teen’s arrest.
Posted on February 16, 2010 | No CommentsWhile playing Modern Warfare 2, a Texas teenager told his Canadian party that he was going to take a few guns to school, that he would get from a Marine friend, and shoot a pregnant girl and his best friend. He also said “that because... -
The AVP demo is the popular girl at school.
Posted on February 8, 2010 | No CommentsThe AVP demo hit 14,000 downloads on Xbox Live over this past weekend, and has a rating of 4.5/5. I may not be a big fan of it, but I can admit that it’s fun. There was a bug in the PS3 version of the... -
Why I prefer to be a backseat player on Xbox Live
Posted on February 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe AVP multiplayer demo on Xbox Live is really, really fun–for everyone but me. On Friday night/Saturday morning Mike told me to download the demo so we could pair up and play together. Normally I’d say no, but I just paid to renew my Gold...