Apr 04
Every week we record the Platforms Podcast while feeding it live to Ustream. We record the Ustream feed and it is available go back and watch later if you want. It occurred to me that we should just embed the past shows here so you can find them easily. You never know, you’re listening to that podcast and something visual happens, now you can simply find the show here and watch what happened. Enjoy.
Platforms Episode 25 (Recorded 29th of March 2010)
Apr 04
Here is this weeks live video version of The Geek Actually Podcast Episode 78 – Release the Kraken. This week David and Josh are joined by Celine Roberts to prove once and for all that girl geeks do exist. We review the new remake of ‘Clash of the Titans’ and revisit the original version too. The audio podcast of this episode can be found on this site or on iTunes.
Almost every week we record the Geek Actually Podcast while feeding it live to Ustream. We record the Ustream feed and it is available go back and watch later if you want. It occurred to me that we should just embed the past shows here so you can find them easily. You never know, you’re listening to that podcast and something visual happens, now you can simply find the show here and watch what happened. Enjoy. (Note: We only started recording the feed as of episode 46, there are no videos of earlier shows.)
Apr 01
Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Shane Gregory
The tech show by geeks for geeks and non-geeks. Accessible tech for everyone is the motto we live by. No fixed topic this week, just a distilled version of the weeks news. However we really get into the tech of the Large Hadron Collider. Here are the show notes (links) for the episode. Geek Actually Tech is recorded live on Wednesday nights at 8pm (Australian eastern time). Go to geekactually.com/live to watch it live.
Follow Up To Last Week:
China blocks all Google search results. I could have seen this coming.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/30/google.china.block/index.html
News:
Hillary Clinton has made a speech about internet freedom that really strikes a punch at Australia’s plans.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/us-questions-rudds-internet-filtering-plan/story-e6frfro0-1225846711163
and
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/us-concerns-on-stephen-conroy-isp-filter/
Senator Stephan Conroy hits back at Google’s criticism
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/government-goes-to-war-with-google-over-net-censorship-20100330-r9bp.html
And while we are at it, let’s watch Conroy back peddle a little :-)
http://www.news.com.au/technology/banned-website-list-wont-be-made-public/story-e6frfro0-1225847193801
Second iPhone security flaw exposes lots of personal photos to the world.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/quip-app-security-hole-shares-private-photos/story-e6frfro0-1225847390250
This is the first FYI http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/340868/iphone_falls_pwn2own_hacking_contest/
Sony is killing the Linux option from the PS3
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10471356-17.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Also on Gaming Console News, Xbox 360 USB Storage confirmed but there is a catch.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-408338.html
Are Google and Apple going to bury the hatchet?
http://gizmodo.com/5503004/steve-jobs-and-eric-schmidt-spotted-together-again-photos?skyline=true&s=i
However Apple may piss off Google again with this…
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20001312-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
LHC is closer than ever to ending the earth – not! Let’s explain the beast a little.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/large-hadron-collider-a-little-closer-to-higgs-boson-answer-after-record-collisions/story-e6frfro0-1225847735982
I’ve heard the internet blamed for a lot of things but is Facebook really responsible for this?
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-linked-to-rise-in-syphilis-20100326-r17y.html
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Mar 30
Yesterday in Platforms we showed footage of nintendo’s new design prototype, the “3ds”, which is a pre- announcement announcement. The concept behind this is a 3 dimentional image inside the screen that will track your head allowing image rotation, etc.. This got me thinking.. Is this really practical? The design at this stage still remains a dual screen system, meaning that any game will have to either be a 1 screen game or (as demoed in the video) split across the 2.
This really made me wonder how many uses can there be for this technology? Games? Well maybe shovelware shooters and a new Mario game. But your interface is still two dimentional meaning the application is meerly asthetic and is not really a step forward in anything, plus with the ds still not supporting video the 3D side is wasted for that. Or could this possibly mean some kind of media support for the new technology we have coming? … Hmm, something to think about…
Here is the demo video that we have played on a couple of our shows.
Mar 30
Josh Philpott and Dave Kozicki (with David ‘Beardy’ McVay)
Platforms is a gamers podcast by gamers. The podcast is recorded live on Ustream with chat interaction so come and join the fun as your host candidly discuss the latest in the gaming world. The podcast is uncensored, explicit, honest and very non ‘PC’. We kick off this week with the trailer for ‘God of War 3’, this week’s feature review. We begin this episode with a new section, ‘what have we been playing?’. This gives us an opportunity to discuss a few more games that don’t actually make it to full review.
News This Week: The nintendo 3DS is coming and it is in 3D, Nintendo says no to transferring your DSi games to the DSi XL, we watch an awesome new trailer for Tom Clancy’s new ‘Ghost’, ‘Mafia 2’ has been seen and it looks like it could be pretty fun and we watch this very funny ‘Borderlands’ video from the AIAS Awards.
Coming Soon Titles: ‘Just Cause 2’, ‘Splinter Cell: Conviction’ and the new Nintendo DS XL.
Review of the Week: This week, Dave and Josh spread a lot of love on the Greek mythology action game ‘God of War 3’. Pretty much nothing but good things to say about this game.
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This episode carries an explicit tag due to frequent coarse language and adult themes.
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Mar 28
Here is this weeks live video version of The Geek Actually Podcast Episode 77 – No Implants Allowed. This week David and Josh are joined by Ben O’Brien for a review of the new Jim Sheridan drama ‘Brothers’. The audio podcast of this episode can be found on this site or on iTunes.
Almost every week we record the Geek Actually Podcast while feeding it live to Ustream. We record the Ustream feed and it is available go back and watch later if you want. It occurred to me that we should just embed the past shows here so you can find them easily. You never know, you’re listening to that podcast and something visual happens, now you can simply find the show here and watch what happened. Enjoy. (Note: We only started recording the feed as of episode 46, there are no videos of earlier shows.)
