Released on October 14th, 2011 with 4 Comments
Thanks for everything, Steve. (image credit: Jonathan Mak)
I figured it’s fairly obvious what the major topic for this episode is, so I’ll skip any lengthy write-up and just list everything else we cover.
- iPhone 4s announced. People whine, then buy it.
- iOS5 is imminent, bringing with it everything Android 1.6 had
- Amazon announces new line of Kindles. Mucho sexy.
- Samsung delays the Nexus Prime launch in “honor of Steve Jobs”. Pfft…
- Rage is definitely a remarkably average game
Little bit of Viewer Mail in there too. Talk to you soon!
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Released on September 26th, 2011 with 4 Comments
Another couple of years and Dave's cake will look like this too.
Join us for our special LIVE 100th episode special! Alright, this mp3 isn’t live, but it was when we recorded it. FOUR HOURS of Widget goodness, with the added awesomeness of call-ins from our fantastic community. Don’t try to swallow it whole, you’ll choke. Topics include:
- Steve Jobs retires. Dave is still crying.
- AMD launches a 28mm mobile GPU that runs Dirt3 fairly well
- Zotac is hitting hard with their new mini-itx motherboards
- Battlefield 3 is making sexy time with Paul
- Grand Prix Story hits iOS! Fails to capture Paul’s heart.
- PILES of Viewer Mail!
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Released on August 25th, 2011 with 2 Comments
Dave didn't appreciate the birthday cake we got him as much as we had hoped
Happy birthday, Dave! Great to see you survive another 365, what with that crazy rockstar lifestyle you lead. Also, lots of tech stuff happened. Crazy stuff. Harbingers of the apocalypse kind of stuff:
- Google buys Motorola’s mobile business
- HP kills all of their WebOS hardware and is selling their PC business
- Cyanogen is working for Samsung
- New cheaper (and prettier imo – Tim) PSP hits Europe.
- New cheaper (and neutered imo – Tim) Wii also heading to Europe
- Steam begins to test game trading program
All this and some pretty verbose Viewer Mail®. Sit down and strap in kids. This is a long one.
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Released on August 11th, 2011 with 3 Comments
Ah, retirement. Days spent down by the swimming hole... talking tech... naked...
In this episode, we spend a bit of time going over the various things like: Battlefield 3 not coming to Steam, MS-DOS turning 30 (or it’s now 30 years old), big-ass SSDs, the 3DS price drop (or how Paul is a sucker), and other things. However, we also go off on a pretty good tangent about the good old days. Back when men were men, and games were smaller. See? This is what happens when you get older. Enjoy.
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Released on July 27th, 2011 with 4 Comments
Don't be fooled; this kitten is only here as an apology for the horrors in this episode.
Paul and Tim are tired, as they both have to work very hard for a living. Dave on the other hand is a gentleman of leisure, and simply rakes in the cash from his vast patent portfolio of edible underwear and novelty condoms. Topics:
- Mac OS X Lion is out (and Tim foolishly installed it day one)
- Obligatory new Apple hardware talk
- Microsoft wants to have Linux’s babies
- Yahoo is the leper of the Intertubes
- Zotac has some sexy new mini ITX motherboards coming out
- The graphics card race could be heating up soon
- Viewer Mail
On Internet.
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Released on July 12th, 2011 with 2 Comments
I for one welcome our new web search powered overlords. Plus One!
I love how Paul always manages to go on one of his drinking benders the day before we record a show. I mean it: it’s gold! It makes me happy to know that Dave and I have somehow contributed to his hangover being even worse. Topics:
- Google+ is the new cool kid place
- Tim wants everyone to stop using social media and get back to forums
- AMD debuts their impressive new A-Series chips
- An AMD Bulldozer engineer sample gets OC’d to 5.1ghz on air
- Bioshock Infinite trailer is over 9000 sexy
- Battlefield 3 no-go to Steam
- King of Fighters XIII gets an unofficial PC release in the form of a hacked arcade dump
- Viewer Mail and much more
Oh, and for those wondering: No, I did not say “we’ll touch you later” at the end of the show (no matter how much it sounds like I did).
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Released on June 29th, 2011 with 3 Comments
The irony of how we "have nothing to talk about" for hours doesn't escape us.
A little behind-the-scenes secret: most of the time, our “show doc” is slapped together an hour before we hit record. Generally, this is accompanied with an email being sent the day before saying “we don’t really have anything to talk about”. Of course, when we actually do the show, we end up blathering on for two hours. Just wanted to share. This week:
- LulzSec, LulzSec, LulzSec
- Team Fortress 2 is free forever
- Crysis 2 goes DirectX 11
- Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20
- Viewer Mail!
- Dave sounds bored
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Released on June 15th, 2011 with 3 Comments
Dave dreams of the day where Apple controls your every thought and movement...
Yes, this is the obligatory E3 and WWDC 2011 episode. Yes, it is very long… and so is the show. We also cover Duke Nukem Forever. Yes, it’s very average… and so is… wait, that’s not right…
Viewer mail aplenty and the usual goings on and shenanigans.
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Released on June 1st, 2011 with 2 Comments
Mac malware. Everyone knew it was coming... Well, maybe not Dave.
It’s a pre-E3 show, but unlike the rest of the planet, we don’t whine about how there’s nothing to talk about. Here goes:
- The honeymoon is over; malware hits the Mac hard.
- Sony seriously can’t catch a break, but neither can a lot of game companies it seems.
- Google Wallet. No thanks.
- The Vita? C’mon man…
- Modern Warfare 3 struts its stuff. Sorry console kids: that’s PC footage.
Good bit of viewer mail, and we finally checked our iTunes comments (thanks, Mark!). See you in the glorious post-E3 world.
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Released on May 19th, 2011 with 3 Comments
Uh oh... looks like Sony's crack security detail is asleep on the job again...
Feel the bitter sting of the Monarch! Actually, the bitter sting of many a PSN user (including all of us) being more than a fair bit upset about the current Playstation Network debacle. But who has time to worry about it when Paul has to endlessly grief on Tim about his recent nuptials? Plus: Google IO brought some yawns, and Skype is about to get muddacluckling PAID! Dave, as per usual, is the energy of the party (especially when Tim gets an Apple fact wrong). Also: politics, and a great example of why we NEVER talk about them. The cherry on top is of course the Viewer Mail segment. Enjoy.
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