Archive for July, 2008

We Like Stuff - Episode 5

July 31st, 2008 by Chad

Back on track!

Topics:

  • The Dark Knight
  • E3 Impressions, highlights, and disappointments
  • iPod/iPhone applications (including the most important one, phoneSaber)
  • The Resistance 2 ARG is kicking off - see www.ProjectAbraham.com and the Unfiction Forums
  • Downloadable Content Reviews & Previews - The PS3’s Pixeljunk series, Penny Arcade: OTRSPOD, Megaman 9, and Dr. Horrible
  • First Impressions: Anathem, by Neal Stephenson.  The first book I’ve ever seen that comes with a soundtrack.
  • Direct to DVD Sci-Fi roundup: Starship Troopers 3, Stargate: Continuum, and Wargames: The Dead Code
  • A bit about Netflix queues, and the shocking news that an internet petition actually worked!

Hope you enjoy it, and as always we welcome comments to be played or read on the show.

~Dave’s note:~

The music used in the opening in closing comes courtesy of user Andrew Maze of creative commons remix site http://ccmixter.org/ . The full file can be found here. Thanks for listening!

 
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We Like Stuff - Episode 4

July 9th, 2008 by Chad

We’re not quite dead yet!

Topics:

  • A Dramatic Reading From Twitter
  • Wait, twitter is actually useful?  When it works, at least.
  • Wall-E: Is it spectacular, or merely awesome?
  • Eric Tan’s wonderful art: http://erictanart.blogspot.com/
  • Game Review: The World Ends With You (DS)
  • Game Review: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (PS3)
  • Game First Impressions: Space Invaders Extreme
  • Book Review: Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
  • Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: http://www.drhorrible.com/

Thanks for listening!  As always, we’d love to hear your comments.  Speak your piece below, or e-mail us an mp3 of your comment and we’ll edit it into the next show.

 
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