http://odeo.com/channels/6215-Nuketown-Radio-Active no Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Geekdom en 40 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:37:33 -0700 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:37:33 -0700 Arts http://odeo.com/episodes/25150259-Radio-Active-81-That-New-Mac-Smell On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the site gets updated to Drupa 6, I get a new MacBook Pro, return to Castle Wolfenstein and try out some new tricks from the Jedi Academy Training Manual. In Netheads I make plans for MEPACon 2009 and check out the northeast Pennsylvania convention's web presence, and get my final frontier fix from The Space Review <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Nuketown Gets Upgraded Now running Drupal 6. And it even works! Views went a way for a bit, but then I found them hiding in a corner. Publishing images is still a bit ... wonky. Where is your Image API Drupal 7?! That New Mac Smell... I got a new MacBook Pro at work. Good: Beautiful (if shiny) ... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the site gets updated to Drupa 6, I get a new MacBook Pro, return to Castle Wolfenstein and try out some new tricks from the Jedi Academy Training Manual. In Netheads I make plans for MEPACon 2009 and check out the northeast Pennsylvania convention's web presence, and get my final frontier fix from The Space Review <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Nuketown Gets Upgraded Now running Drupal 6. And it even works! Views went a way for a bit, but then I found them hiding in a corner. Publishing images is still a bit ... wonky. Where is your Image API Drupal 7?! That New Mac Smell... I got a new MacBook Pro at work. Good: Beautiful (if shiny) display, gestures are cool and hey, look a RIGHT-CLICKING TRACKPAD. Bad: Unibody means stupid port placement; all ports on the left, disc drive on the right. New Review Gig: The Secret Lair Audio versions of my Nuketown game reviews are being syndicated at The Secret Lair (http://www.thesecretlair.com) First up: The Day After Ragnarok. What I've been playing: Wolfenstein: It's time to stomp supernatural Nazis once again. CORE: A first person shooter for the Nintendo DS. A throw back to DOOM ... but not in a good way. Jedi AcademyTraining Manual [rpg]: Because Jedi didn't have enough cool stuff to do already. That said ... lightsaber form powers are hella cool. Promo: The Secret Lair http://www.thesecretlair.com Netheads MEPACon, Fall 2009 November 13-15, 2009 near Scranton, Pa. MEPACon Home Page MEPACon Yahoo Group MEPACon Facebook Page MEPACON Facebook Event Page I'm running a Star Wars: Legacy Era game, a Day After Ragnarok game using Savage Worlds, and Risk 2210 Space Review "Essays and commentary about the final frontier." Covers government and private space ventures from around the world. Great if you like to keep up with current thinking on the exploration and commericalization of space. http://www.thespacereview.com Promo: The Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-09-14.mp3 19.37 MB On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the site gets updated to Drupa 6, I get a new MacBook Pro, return to Castle Wolfenstein and try out some new tricks from the Jedi Academy Training Manual. In Netheads I make plans for MEPACon 2009 and check out the northeast Pennsylvania convention's web presence, and get my final frontier fix from The Space Review <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Nuketown Gets Upgraded Now running Drupal 6. And it even works! Views went a way for a bit, but then I found them hiding in a corner. Publishing images is still a bit ... wonky. Where is your Image API Drupal 7?! That New Mac Smell... I got a new MacBook Pro at work. Good: Beautiful (if shiny) display, gestures are cool and hey, look a RIGHT-CLICKING TRACKPAD. Bad: Unibody means stupid port placement; all ports on the left, disc drive on the right. New Review Gig: The Secret Lair Audio versions of my Nuketown game reviews are being syndicated at The Secret Lair (http://www.thesecretlair.com) First up: The Day After Ragnarok. What I've been playing: Wolfenstein: It's time to stomp supernatural Nazis once again. CORE: A first person shooter for the Nintendo DS. A throw back to DOOM ... but not in a good way. Jedi AcademyTraining Manual [rpg]: Because Jedi didn't have enough cool stuff to do already. That said ... lightsaber form powers are hella cool. Promo: The Secret Lair http://www.thesecretlair.com Netheads MEPACon, Fall 2009 November 13-15, 2009 near Scranton, Pa. MEPACon Home Page MEPACon Yahoo Group MEPACon Facebook Page MEPACON Facebook Event Page I'm running a Star Wars: Legacy Era game, a Day After Ragnarok game using Savage Worlds, and Risk 2210 Space Review "Essays and commentary about the final frontier." Covers government and private space ventures from around the world. Great if you like to keep up with current thinking on the exploration and commericalization of space. http://www.thespacereview.com Promo: The Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-09-14.mp3 19.37 MB tag:odeo.com,2009-09-13,25150259 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:37:33 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/25121139-Radio-Active-81-That-New-Mac-Smell On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the site gets updated to Drupa 6, I get a new MacBook Pro, return to Castle Wolfenstein and try out some new tricks from the Jedi Academy Training Manual. In Netheads I make plans for MEPACon 2009 and check out the northeast Pennsylvania convention's web presence, and get my final frontier fix from The Space Review <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Nuketown Gets Upgraded Now running Drupal 6. And it even works! Views went a way for a bit, but then I found them hiding in a corner. Publishing images is still a bit ... wonky. Where is your Image API Drupal 7?! That New Mac Smell... I got a new MacBook Pro at work. Good: Beautiful (if shiny) ... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the site gets updated to Drupa 6, I get a new MacBook Pro, return to Castle Wolfenstein and try out some new tricks from the Jedi Academy Training Manual. In Netheads I make plans for MEPACon 2009 and check out the northeast Pennsylvania convention's web presence, and get my final frontier fix from The Space Review <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Nuketown Gets Upgraded Now running Drupal 6. And it even works! Views went a way for a bit, but then I found them hiding in a corner. Publishing images is still a bit ... wonky. Where is your Image API Drupal 7?! That New Mac Smell... I got a new MacBook Pro at work. Good: Beautiful (if shiny) display, gestures are cool and hey, look a RIGHT-CLICKING TRACKPAD. Bad: Unibody means stupid port placement; all ports on the left, disc drive on the right. New Review Gig: The Secret Lair Audio versions of my Nuketown game reviews are being syndicated at The Secret Lair (http://www.thesecretlair.com) First up: The Day After Ragnarok. What I've been playing: Wolfenstein: It's time to stomp supernatural Nazis once again. CORE: A first person shooter for the Nintendo DS. A throw back to DOOM ... but not in a good way. Jedi AcademyTraining Manual [rpg]: Because Jedi didn't have enough cool stuff to do already. That said ... lightsaber form powers are hella cool. Promo: The Secret Lair http://www.thesecretlair.com Netheads MEPACon, Fall 2009 November 13-15, 2009 near Scranton, Pa. MEPACon Home Page MEPACon Yahoo Group MEPACon Facebook Page MEPACON Facebook Event Page I'm running a Star Wars: Legacy Era game, a Day After Ragnarok game using Savage Worlds, and Risk 2210 Space Review "Essays and commentary about the final frontier." Covers government and private space ventures from around the world. Great if you like to keep up with current thinking on the exploration and commericalization of space. http://www.thespacereview.com Promo: The Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-09-14.mp3 19.37 MB On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the site gets updated to Drupa 6, I get a new MacBook Pro, return to Castle Wolfenstein and try out some new tricks from the Jedi Academy Training Manual. In Netheads I make plans for MEPACon 2009 and check out the northeast Pennsylvania convention's web presence, and get my final frontier fix from The Space Review <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Nuketown Gets Upgraded Now running Drupal 6. And it even works! Views went a way for a bit, but then I found them hiding in a corner. Publishing images is still a bit ... wonky. Where is your Image API Drupal 7?! That New Mac Smell... I got a new MacBook Pro at work. Good: Beautiful (if shiny) display, gestures are cool and hey, look a RIGHT-CLICKING TRACKPAD. Bad: Unibody means stupid port placement; all ports on the left, disc drive on the right. New Review Gig: The Secret Lair Audio versions of my Nuketown game reviews are being syndicated at The Secret Lair (http://www.thesecretlair.com) First up: The Day After Ragnarok. What I've been playing: Wolfenstein: It's time to stomp supernatural Nazis once again. CORE: A first person shooter for the Nintendo DS. A throw back to DOOM ... but not in a good way. Jedi AcademyTraining Manual [rpg]: Because Jedi didn't have enough cool stuff to do already. That said ... lightsaber form powers are hella cool. Promo: The Secret Lair http://www.thesecretlair.com Netheads MEPACon, Fall 2009 November 13-15, 2009 near Scranton, Pa. MEPACon Home Page MEPACon Yahoo Group MEPACon Facebook Page MEPACON Facebook Event Page I'm running a Star Wars: Legacy Era game, a Day After Ragnarok game using Savage Worlds, and Risk 2210 Space Review "Essays and commentary about the final frontier." Covers government and private space ventures from around the world. Great if you like to keep up with current thinking on the exploration and commericalization of space. http://www.thespacereview.com Promo: The Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-09-14.mp3 19.37 MB tag:odeo.com,2009-09-13,25121139 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:37:33 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24972295-Radio-Active-80-Summer-Vacation On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I talk about my summer vacations, first to Origins 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, then to an island on Lake Champlain in Vermont. I run down the new role-playing game books and supplies I bought at Origins, geek out about my family's new "Blue Dolphin" netbook, and offer a progress report on my summer reading list, which includes Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds, The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton, Dauntless by Jack Campbell and The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brien. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News What I bought at Origins Hackmaster Basic Crunchy, old-school gaming, sprinkled with Hackmaster humor. Savage Worlds supplements Campaign ... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I talk about my summer vacations, first to Origins 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, then to an island on Lake Champlain in Vermont. I run down the new role-playing game books and supplies I bought at Origins, geek out about my family's new "Blue Dolphin" netbook, and offer a progress report on my summer reading list, which includes Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds, The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton, Dauntless by Jack Campbell and The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brien. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News What I bought at Origins Hackmaster Basic Crunchy, old-school gaming, sprinkled with Hackmaster humor. Savage Worlds supplements Campaign Setting: The Day after Ragnarok What if the Nazis had woken Midgard, the World Serpent? What if America killed it with an atomic bomb? And what if it's corpse was poisoning the world? Conan meets 1970s post-apocolyptic, cold war pulp. Savage Worlds: Fantasy Companion Repackaged Fantasy Toolkit, in a convenient Explorer's Edition folio book. Just what I've been waiting for. Rules for magic items, fantasy races, and a bunch of new monsters. Seems like you could run a great sword-and-sorcery game with these rules (and I plan to do so as an ur-Flan prequel). Now about those science fiction and pulp toolkits... Serenity: Six-Shooters and Spaceships Unlikely I'll run Serenity any time soon, but this has some great starship maps that I can grab for Star Wars Lots and lots of starship minis for Star Wars. Fluxx A card game where the rules change from hand to hand and turn to turn. No dice. :( The Dolphin Has Landed My misadventures in blogging from an iPod touch tought me that having a small (9" or 10") lightweight netbook would be a worthwhile investment. We bought the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook (in blue) Nice little machine with good battery life, but we did have some issues with the charger. Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Summer Reading Progress Redemption Ark by Alistair Reynolds Took too long to get started (and to get back to the characters in Revelation Space) but ultimately it was a good hard sf/space opera mix, with some truly huge space structures. Cool stuff. The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton Another book that took its time getting started. The premise is shaky -- there's a pocket universe at the center of the galaxy. It's a medieval world with telepathic and telekinetic powers. It sends dreams to the galaxy at large that have attracted a huge following. These "Living Dream" adherents want to enter the Void, but the rest of the galaxy fears this will cause the pocket universe to expand, consuming part or all of the galaxy. Not bad, and I liked the tie-ins to Hamilton's earlier Pandora's Star/Judas Unleashed. I wish there was more out and out space opera in this book, and less sex. A few big starship battles would have been nice, and this tome is certainly setting up some of those, but I suspect have to wait for the Temporal Void (the book's sequel) for them. I'll read part 2 ... but this book's a step down from Pandora's Star. Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell Starts off with an allied star fleet about to lose a huge battle, and its only hope is Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, just thawed from hibernation after losing his own epic battle 100 years earlier. Satisfies that nautical/military SF itch I get from time to time. The Far Side of the World and The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brien I started listening to this book years ago; I'm finishing it now. Captain Jack Aubrey and the H.M.S. Surprise have been sent to hunt down the American frigate Norfolk during the War of 1812. The book's ending on a subdued note; I was expecting a big ship battle on par with earlier books (esp. after having seen the movie) but the last third of the book is more about shipwrecks than ship battles. The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-08-15.mp3 26.71 MB On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I talk about my summer vacations, first to Origins 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, then to an island on Lake Champlain in Vermont. I run down the new role-playing game books and supplies I bought at Origins, geek out about my family's new "Blue Dolphin" netbook, and offer a progress report on my summer reading list, which includes Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds, The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton, Dauntless by Jack Campbell and The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brien. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News What I bought at Origins Hackmaster Basic Crunchy, old-school gaming, sprinkled with Hackmaster humor. Savage Worlds supplements Campaign Setting: The Day after Ragnarok What if the Nazis had woken Midgard, the World Serpent? What if America killed it with an atomic bomb? And what if it's corpse was poisoning the world? Conan meets 1970s post-apocolyptic, cold war pulp. Savage Worlds: Fantasy Companion Repackaged Fantasy Toolkit, in a convenient Explorer's Edition folio book. Just what I've been waiting for. Rules for magic items, fantasy races, and a bunch of new monsters. Seems like you could run a great sword-and-sorcery game with these rules (and I plan to do so as an ur-Flan prequel). Now about those science fiction and pulp toolkits... Serenity: Six-Shooters and Spaceships Unlikely I'll run Serenity any time soon, but this has some great starship maps that I can grab for Star Wars Lots and lots of starship minis for Star Wars. Fluxx A card game where the rules change from hand to hand and turn to turn. No dice. :( The Dolphin Has Landed My misadventures in blogging from an iPod touch tought me that having a small (9" or 10") lightweight netbook would be a worthwhile investment. We bought the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook (in blue) Nice little machine with good battery life, but we did have some issues with the charger. Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Summer Reading Progress Redemption Ark by Alistair Reynolds Took too long to get started (and to get back to the characters in Revelation Space) but ultimately it was a good hard sf/space opera mix, with some truly huge space structures. Cool stuff. The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton Another book that took its time getting started. The premise is shaky -- there's a pocket universe at the center of the galaxy. It's a medieval world with telepathic and telekinetic powers. It sends dreams to the galaxy at large that have attracted a huge following. These "Living Dream" adherents want to enter the Void, but the rest of the galaxy fears this will cause the pocket universe to expand, consuming part or all of the galaxy. Not bad, and I liked the tie-ins to Hamilton's earlier Pandora's Star/Judas Unleashed. I wish there was more out and out space opera in this book, and less sex. A few big starship battles would have been nice, and this tome is certainly setting up some of those, but I suspect have to wait for the Temporal Void (the book's sequel) for them. I'll read part 2 ... but this book's a step down from Pandora's Star. Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell Starts off with an allied star fleet about to lose a huge battle, and its only hope is Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, just thawed from hibernation after losing his own epic battle 100 years earlier. Satisfies that nautical/military SF itch I get from time to time. The Far Side of the World and The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brien I started listening to this book years ago; I'm finishing it now. Captain Jack Aubrey and the H.M.S. Surprise have been sent to hunt down the American frigate Norfolk during the War of 1812. The book's ending on a subdued note; I was expecting a big ship battle on par with earlier books (esp. after having seen the movie) but the last third of the book is more about shipwrecks than ship battles. The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-08-15.mp3 26.71 MB tag:odeo.com,2009-08-15,24972295 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:28:03 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24968629-Radio-Active-80-Summer-Vacation On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I talk about my summer vacations, first to Origins 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, then to an island on Lake Champlain in Vermont. I run down the new role-playing game books and supplies I bought at Origins, geek out about my family's new "Blue Dolphin" netbook, and offer a progress report on my summer reading list, which includes Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds, The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton, Dauntless by Jack Campbell and The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brien. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News What I bought at Origins Hackmaster Basic Crunchy, old-school gaming, sprinkled with Hackmaster humor. Savage Worlds supple... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I talk about my summer vacations, first to Origins 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, then to an island on Lake Champlain in Vermont. I run down the new role-playing game books and supplies I bought at Origins, geek out about my family's new "Blue Dolphin" netbook, and offer a progress report on my summer reading list, which includes Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds, The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton, Dauntless by Jack Campbell and The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brien. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News What I bought at Origins Hackmaster Basic Crunchy, old-school gaming, sprinkled with Hackmaster humor. Savage Worlds supplements Campaign Setting: The Day after Ragnarok What if the Nazis had woken Midgard, the World Serpent? What if America killed it with an atomic bomb? And what if it's corpse was poisoning the world? Conan meets 1970s post-apocolyptic, cold war pulp. Savage Worlds: Fantasy Companion Repackaged Fantasy Toolkit, in a convenient Explorer's Edition folio book. Just what I've been waiting for. Rules for magic items, fantasy races, and a bunch of new monsters. Seems like you could run a great sword-and-sorcery game with these rules (and I plan to do so as an ur-Flan prequel). Now about those science fiction and pulp toolkits... Serenity: Six-Shooters and Spaceships Unlikely I'll run Serenity any time soon, but this has some great starship maps that I can grab for Star Wars Lots and lots of starship minis for Star Wars. Fluxx A card game where the rules change from hand to hand and turn to turn. No dice. :( The Dolphin Has Landed My misadventures in blogging from an iPod touch tought me that having a small (9" or 10") lightweight netbook would be a worthwhile investment. We bought the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook (in blue) Nice little machine with good battery life, but we did have some issues with the charger. Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Summer Reading Progress Redemption Ark by Alistair Reynolds Took too long to get started (and to get back to the characters in Revelation Space) but ultimately it was a good hard sf/space opera mix, with some truly huge space structures. Cool stuff. The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton Another book that took its time getting started. The premise is shaky -- there's a pocket universe at the center of the galaxy. It's a medieval world with telepathic and telekinetic powers. It sends dreams to the galaxy at large that have attracted a huge following. These "Living Dream" adherents want to enter the Void, but the rest of the galaxy fears this will cause the pocket universe to expand, consuming part or all of the galaxy. Not bad, and I liked the tie-ins to Hamilton's earlier Pandora's Star/Judas Unleashed. I wish there was more out and out space opera in this book, and less sex. A few big starship battles would have been nice, and this tome is certainly setting up some of those, but I suspect have to wait for the Temporal Void (the book's sequel) for them. I'll read part 2 ... but this book's a step down from Pandora's Star. Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell Starts off with an allied star fleet about to lose a huge battle, and its only hope is Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, just thawed from hibernation after losing his own epic battle 100 years earlier. Satisfies that nautical/military SF itch I get from time to time. The Far Side of the World and The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brien I started listening to this book years ago; I'm finishing it now. Captain Jack Aubrey and the H.M.S. Surprise have been sent to hunt down the American frigate Norfolk during the War of 1812. The book's ending on a subdued note; I was expecting a big ship battle on par with earlier books (esp. after having seen the movie) but the last third of the book is more about shipwrecks than ship battles. The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-08-15.mp3 26.71 MB On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I talk about my summer vacations, first to Origins 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, then to an island on Lake Champlain in Vermont. I run down the new role-playing game books and supplies I bought at Origins, geek out about my family's new "Blue Dolphin" netbook, and offer a progress report on my summer reading list, which includes Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds, The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton, Dauntless by Jack Campbell and The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brien. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News What I bought at Origins Hackmaster Basic Crunchy, old-school gaming, sprinkled with Hackmaster humor. Savage Worlds supplements Campaign Setting: The Day after Ragnarok What if the Nazis had woken Midgard, the World Serpent? What if America killed it with an atomic bomb? And what if it's corpse was poisoning the world? Conan meets 1970s post-apocolyptic, cold war pulp. Savage Worlds: Fantasy Companion Repackaged Fantasy Toolkit, in a convenient Explorer's Edition folio book. Just what I've been waiting for. Rules for magic items, fantasy races, and a bunch of new monsters. Seems like you could run a great sword-and-sorcery game with these rules (and I plan to do so as an ur-Flan prequel). Now about those science fiction and pulp toolkits... Serenity: Six-Shooters and Spaceships Unlikely I'll run Serenity any time soon, but this has some great starship maps that I can grab for Star Wars Lots and lots of starship minis for Star Wars. Fluxx A card game where the rules change from hand to hand and turn to turn. No dice. :( The Dolphin Has Landed My misadventures in blogging from an iPod touch tought me that having a small (9" or 10") lightweight netbook would be a worthwhile investment. We bought the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook (in blue) Nice little machine with good battery life, but we did have some issues with the charger. Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Summer Reading Progress Redemption Ark by Alistair Reynolds Took too long to get started (and to get back to the characters in Revelation Space) but ultimately it was a good hard sf/space opera mix, with some truly huge space structures. Cool stuff. The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton Another book that took its time getting started. The premise is shaky -- there's a pocket universe at the center of the galaxy. It's a medieval world with telepathic and telekinetic powers. It sends dreams to the galaxy at large that have attracted a huge following. These "Living Dream" adherents want to enter the Void, but the rest of the galaxy fears this will cause the pocket universe to expand, consuming part or all of the galaxy. Not bad, and I liked the tie-ins to Hamilton's earlier Pandora's Star/Judas Unleashed. I wish there was more out and out space opera in this book, and less sex. A few big starship battles would have been nice, and this tome is certainly setting up some of those, but I suspect have to wait for the Temporal Void (the book's sequel) for them. I'll read part 2 ... but this book's a step down from Pandora's Star. Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, Book 1) by Jack Campbell Starts off with an allied star fleet about to lose a huge battle, and its only hope is Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, just thawed from hibernation after losing his own epic battle 100 years earlier. Satisfies that nautical/military SF itch I get from time to time. The Far Side of the World and The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brien I started listening to this book years ago; I'm finishing it now. Captain Jack Aubrey and the H.M.S. Surprise have been sent to hunt down the American frigate Norfolk during the War of 1812. The book's ending on a subdued note; I was expecting a big ship battle on par with earlier books (esp. after having seen the movie) but the last third of the book is more about shipwrecks than ship battles. The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-08-15.mp3 26.71 MB tag:odeo.com,2009-08-15,24968629 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:28:03 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24791454-Radio-Active-79-On-the-Edge-of-Summer On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I start building my summer reading list (and yes, inspite of all this dreary rain and 60 degree weather, I do believe summer is coming), recruit players for my weekly Star Wars campaign, geek out about Origins 2009, and take a look at the games that have been consuming my free time this spring. Meanwhile in Netheads I come across a treasure trove of modules, campaign settings and other resources for D&D and contemplate a Savage Worlds-powered Star Trek campaign. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News It's almost summer... ... but you wouldn't know it from the Weather. Building my Summer 2009 Reading List I'm looking for suggestions for my Summer 2009 Read... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I start building my summer reading list (and yes, inspite of all this dreary rain and 60 degree weather, I do believe summer is coming), recruit players for my weekly Star Wars campaign, geek out about Origins 2009, and take a look at the games that have been consuming my free time this spring. Meanwhile in Netheads I come across a treasure trove of modules, campaign settings and other resources for D&D and contemplate a Savage Worlds-powered Star Trek campaign. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News It's almost summer... ... but you wouldn't know it from the Weather. Building my Summer 2009 Reading List I'm looking for suggestions for my Summer 2009 Reading List I already have a few books on the list: Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds The Dreaming Void by Peter Hamilton The Space Opera Renaissance The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell http://www.nuketown.com/books/readinglists/summer-2009-suggestions Looking for a new player for my Star Wars campaign http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/recruiting-new-players-in-lehigh-valley Origins 2009 Game Faire in Colombus, Ohio in June I'm playing Star Wars, Spirit of the Century, Call of Cthulhu, Battlestar Galactica (Board Game), Settlers of Catan, and Arkham Horror. I'm hoping to find a Savage Worlds game to join as well. http://www.originsgamefair.com/ Recent game reviews at SCI FI Wire: Ghostbusters Bionic Commando Damnation Demigod Promo: Ray Gun Revival http://www.raygunrevival.com/ Netheads Savage Star Trek http://renny.wikispaces.com/ST+Home Alien races, gear, starships D&D: Previous Editions Archive at Wizards of the Coast Classic Realms modules The Fall of Myth Drannor Volo's Guides City of Raven's Bluff Elminster's Ecologies Dungeon Land / Land Beyond the Magic Mirror Palace of the Silver Princess Secret of Bone Hill Birthright, Darksun, Dragonlance, Greyhawk (Ivid the Undying!) http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Thoughts on running Star Trek RPGs at Vulcan Stev's blog (guest written by Uncle Bear) Running a campaign (runabout style) Starship combat made easy Worldbuilding 101 http://vulcanstev.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/gaming-in-the-universe-of-star-trek/ Promo: Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I start building my summer reading list (and yes, inspite of all this dreary rain and 60 degree weather, I do believe summer is coming), recruit players for my weekly Star Wars campaign, geek out about Origins 2009, and take a look at the games that have been consuming my free time this spring. Meanwhile in Netheads I come across a treasure trove of modules, campaign settings and other resources for D&D and contemplate a Savage Worlds-powered Star Trek campaign. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News It's almost summer... ... but you wouldn't know it from the Weather. Building my Summer 2009 Reading List I'm looking for suggestions for my Summer 2009 Reading List I already have a few books on the list: Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds The Dreaming Void by Peter Hamilton The Space Opera Renaissance The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell http://www.nuketown.com/books/readinglists/summer-2009-suggestions Looking for a new player for my Star Wars campaign http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/recruiting-new-players-in-lehigh-valley Origins 2009 Game Faire in Colombus, Ohio in June I'm playing Star Wars, Spirit of the Century, Call of Cthulhu, Battlestar Galactica (Board Game), Settlers of Catan, and Arkham Horror. I'm hoping to find a Savage Worlds game to join as well. http://www.originsgamefair.com/ Recent game reviews at SCI FI Wire: Ghostbusters Bionic Commando Damnation Demigod Promo: Ray Gun Revival http://www.raygunrevival.com/ Netheads Savage Star Trek http://renny.wikispaces.com/ST+Home Alien races, gear, starships D&D: Previous Editions Archive at Wizards of the Coast Classic Realms modules The Fall of Myth Drannor Volo's Guides City of Raven's Bluff Elminster's Ecologies Dungeon Land / Land Beyond the Magic Mirror Palace of the Silver Princess Secret of Bone Hill Birthright, Darksun, Dragonlance, Greyhawk (Ivid the Undying!) http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Thoughts on running Star Trek RPGs at Vulcan Stev's blog (guest written by Uncle Bear) Running a campaign (runabout style) Starship combat made easy Worldbuilding 101 http://vulcanstev.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/gaming-in-the-universe-of-star-trek/ Promo: Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-06-21,24791454 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:18:14 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24740542-Radio-Active-79-On-the-Edge-of-Summer On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I start building my summer reading list (and yes, inspite of all this dreary rain and 60 degree weather, I do believe summer is coming), recruit players for my weekly Star Wars campaign, geek out about Origins 2009, and take a look at the games that have been consuming my free time this spring. Meanwhile in Netheads I come across a treasure trove of modules, campaign settings and other resources for D&D and contemplate a Savage Worlds-powered Star Trek campaign. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News It's almost summer... ... but you wouldn't know it from the Weather. Building my Summer 2009 Reading List I'm looking for suggestions for my Summer 2009 Read... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I start building my summer reading list (and yes, inspite of all this dreary rain and 60 degree weather, I do believe summer is coming), recruit players for my weekly Star Wars campaign, geek out about Origins 2009, and take a look at the games that have been consuming my free time this spring. Meanwhile in Netheads I come across a treasure trove of modules, campaign settings and other resources for D&D and contemplate a Savage Worlds-powered Star Trek campaign. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News It's almost summer... ... but you wouldn't know it from the Weather. Building my Summer 2009 Reading List I'm looking for suggestions for my Summer 2009 Reading List I already have a few books on the list: Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds The Dreaming Void by Peter Hamilton The Space Opera Renaissance The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell http://www.nuketown.com/books/readinglists/summer-2009-suggestions Looking for a new player for my Star Wars campaign http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/recruiting-new-players-in-lehigh-valley Origins 2009 Game Faire in Colombus, Ohio in June I'm playing Star Wars, Spirit of the Century, Call of Cthulhu, Battlestar Galactica (Board Game), Settlers of Catan, and Arkham Horror. I'm hoping to find a Savage Worlds game to join as well. http://www.originsgamefair.com/ Recent game reviews at SCI FI Wire: Ghostbusters Bionic Commando Damnation Demigod Promo: Ray Gun Revival http://www.raygunrevival.com/ Netheads Savage Star Trek http://renny.wikispaces.com/ST+Home Alien races, gear, starships D&D: Previous Editions Archive at Wizards of the Coast Classic Realms modules The Fall of Myth Drannor Volo's Guides City of Raven's Bluff Elminster's Ecologies Dungeon Land / Land Beyond the Magic Mirror Palace of the Silver Princess Secret of Bone Hill Birthright, Darksun, Dragonlance, Greyhawk (Ivid the Undying!) http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Thoughts on running Star Trek RPGs at Vulcan Stev's blog (guest written by Uncle Bear) Running a campaign (runabout style) Starship combat made easy Worldbuilding 101 http://vulcanstev.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/gaming-in-the-universe-of-star-trek/ Promo: Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I start building my summer reading list (and yes, inspite of all this dreary rain and 60 degree weather, I do believe summer is coming), recruit players for my weekly Star Wars campaign, geek out about Origins 2009, and take a look at the games that have been consuming my free time this spring. Meanwhile in Netheads I come across a treasure trove of modules, campaign settings and other resources for D&D and contemplate a Savage Worlds-powered Star Trek campaign. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News It's almost summer... ... but you wouldn't know it from the Weather. Building my Summer 2009 Reading List I'm looking for suggestions for my Summer 2009 Reading List I already have a few books on the list: Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds The Dreaming Void by Peter Hamilton The Space Opera Renaissance The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell http://www.nuketown.com/books/readinglists/summer-2009-suggestions Looking for a new player for my Star Wars campaign http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/recruiting-new-players-in-lehigh-valley Origins 2009 Game Faire in Colombus, Ohio in June I'm playing Star Wars, Spirit of the Century, Call of Cthulhu, Battlestar Galactica (Board Game), Settlers of Catan, and Arkham Horror. I'm hoping to find a Savage Worlds game to join as well. http://www.originsgamefair.com/ Recent game reviews at SCI FI Wire: Ghostbusters Bionic Commando Damnation Demigod Promo: Ray Gun Revival http://www.raygunrevival.com/ Netheads Savage Star Trek http://renny.wikispaces.com/ST+Home Alien races, gear, starships D&D: Previous Editions Archive at Wizards of the Coast Classic Realms modules The Fall of Myth Drannor Volo's Guides City of Raven's Bluff Elminster's Ecologies Dungeon Land / Land Beyond the Magic Mirror Palace of the Silver Princess Secret of Bone Hill Birthright, Darksun, Dragonlance, Greyhawk (Ivid the Undying!) http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Thoughts on running Star Trek RPGs at Vulcan Stev's blog (guest written by Uncle Bear) Running a campaign (runabout style) Starship combat made easy Worldbuilding 101 http://vulcanstev.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/gaming-in-the-universe-of-star-trek/ Promo: Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-06-21,24740542 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:18:14 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24640925-Radio-Active-78-Wii-Have-a-Winner On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active colds stalk the Newquist household, I geek out about some computer upgrades, and I return to the World of Warcraft. In Netheads I look at the Bard of Valiant, an RPG blog and Saga-Edition, a fan web site dedicated to Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. Finally, I round out the podcast with at four cool games for the Nintendo Wii. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Gloop Invades the Newquist Household One, two punch: first colds, then stomach bug. Podcasts Archives Fixed! Khephren (coming in from Yog sothoth) reported a problem with the show archives that prevented episodes 13 to about 32 from being downloadable has been fixed. Computer Upgrades: I spent some of ... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active colds stalk the Newquist household, I geek out about some computer upgrades, and I return to the World of Warcraft. In Netheads I look at the Bard of Valiant, an RPG blog and Saga-Edition, a fan web site dedicated to Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. Finally, I round out the podcast with at four cool games for the Nintendo Wii. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Gloop Invades the Newquist Household One, two punch: first colds, then stomach bug. Podcasts Archives Fixed! Khephren (coming in from Yog sothoth) reported a problem with the show archives that prevented episodes 13 to about 32 from being downloadable has been fixed. Computer Upgrades: I spent some of my hard earned freelance cash (remember all those reviews last fall/winter?) on some upgades for my MacBook Pro and home office. LACIE 320 GB Rugged Hard Drive Dell 22" HD LCD monitor Return to World of Warcraft I'm back in World of Warcraft after 3 years away. And Zilanderan was right there waiting for me. Having a blast playing with my gaming group. Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Bard of Valiant RPG gaming blog that spends a goodly amount of time talking about science fiction (which, as a newbie scifi gm, I appreciate greatly). Recent posts include "Prophesy", "A Dark Earth" science fiction campaign setting, random scifi encounter with a killer garden. http://www.bardofvaliant.com Saga-Edition.com: The Star Wars Saga Editon RPG Databank Includes conversions from earlier editions, new rules (e.g. Jedi and Sith holocrons), NPC write-ups, feat and talent indexes (though I wish they'd identifty which book they came from in their master lists) and much more. http://saga-edition.com/ Promo: The Secret Lair http://www.thesecretlair.com Game Review: Wii Games Animal Crossing: City Folk More of the same; if you've played the DS version there's not a lot new here. There's a new city to visit, 20% more furniture, but game play remains the same. Cooking Mama: International Kitchen Complete various recipes to make virtual meals. Very Japanese, but StarGirl likes it. The Force Unleashed The graphics may not be as good as the 360, but you can use the Wiimote as a lightsaber. 'nuff said. Outdoor Life Adventure Challenge Comes with a floor mat (a la Dance Dance Revolution?) that you can use to control the onscreen actions. Games include running, jumping, mine cart races, tunnel sliding. A big hit in our house. Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active colds stalk the Newquist household, I geek out about some computer upgrades, and I return to the World of Warcraft. In Netheads I look at the Bard of Valiant, an RPG blog and Saga-Edition, a fan web site dedicated to Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. Finally, I round out the podcast with at four cool games for the Nintendo Wii. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Gloop Invades the Newquist Household One, two punch: first colds, then stomach bug. Podcasts Archives Fixed! Khephren (coming in from Yog sothoth) reported a problem with the show archives that prevented episodes 13 to about 32 from being downloadable has been fixed. Computer Upgrades: I spent some of my hard earned freelance cash (remember all those reviews last fall/winter?) on some upgades for my MacBook Pro and home office. LACIE 320 GB Rugged Hard Drive Dell 22" HD LCD monitor Return to World of Warcraft I'm back in World of Warcraft after 3 years away. And Zilanderan was right there waiting for me. Having a blast playing with my gaming group. Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Bard of Valiant RPG gaming blog that spends a goodly amount of time talking about science fiction (which, as a newbie scifi gm, I appreciate greatly). Recent posts include "Prophesy", "A Dark Earth" science fiction campaign setting, random scifi encounter with a killer garden. http://www.bardofvaliant.com Saga-Edition.com: The Star Wars Saga Editon RPG Databank Includes conversions from earlier editions, new rules (e.g. Jedi and Sith holocrons), NPC write-ups, feat and talent indexes (though I wish they'd identifty which book they came from in their master lists) and much more. http://saga-edition.com/ Promo: The Secret Lair http://www.thesecretlair.com Game Review: Wii Games Animal Crossing: City Folk More of the same; if you've played the DS version there's not a lot new here. There's a new city to visit, 20% more furniture, but game play remains the same. Cooking Mama: International Kitchen Complete various recipes to make virtual meals. Very Japanese, but StarGirl likes it. The Force Unleashed The graphics may not be as good as the 360, but you can use the Wiimote as a lightsaber. 'nuff said. Outdoor Life Adventure Challenge Comes with a floor mat (a la Dance Dance Revolution?) that you can use to control the onscreen actions. Games include running, jumping, mine cart races, tunnel sliding. A big hit in our house. Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-06-02,24640925 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:32:33 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24679671-Radio-Active-78-Wii-Have-a-Winner On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active colds stalk the Newquist household, I geek out about some computer upgrades, and I return to the World of Warcraft. In Netheads I look at the Bard of Valiant, an RPG blog and Saga-Edition, a fan web site dedicated to Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. Finally, I round out the podcast with a look at four cool games for the Nintendo Wii. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Gloop Invades the Newquist Household One, two punch: first colds, then stomach bug. Podcasts Archives Fixed! Khephren (coming in from Yog sothoth) reported a problem with the show archives that prevented episodes 13 to about 32 from being downloadable has been fixed. Computer Upgrades: I spent s... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active colds stalk the Newquist household, I geek out about some computer upgrades, and I return to the World of Warcraft. In Netheads I look at the Bard of Valiant, an RPG blog and Saga-Edition, a fan web site dedicated to Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. Finally, I round out the podcast with a look at four cool games for the Nintendo Wii. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Gloop Invades the Newquist Household One, two punch: first colds, then stomach bug. Podcasts Archives Fixed! Khephren (coming in from Yog sothoth) reported a problem with the show archives that prevented episodes 13 to about 32 from being downloadable has been fixed. Computer Upgrades: I spent some of my hard earned freelance cash (remember all those reviews last fall/winter?) on some upgades for my MacBook Pro and home office. LACIE 320 GB Rugged Hard Drive Dell 22" HD LCD monitor Return to World of Warcraft I'm back in World of Warcraft after 3 years away. And Zilanderan was right there waiting for me. Having a blast playing with my gaming group. Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Bard of Valiant RPG gaming blog that spends a goodly amount of time talking about science fiction (which, as a newbie scifi gm, I appreciate greatly). Recent posts include "Prophesy", "A Dark Earth" science fiction campaign setting, random scifi encounter with a killer garden. http://www.bardofvaliant.com Saga-Edition.com: The Star Wars Saga Editon RPG Databank Includes conversions from earlier editions, new rules (e.g. Jedi and Sith holocrons), NPC write-ups, feat and talent indexes (though I wish they'd identifty which book they came from in their master lists) and much more. http://saga-edition.com/ Promo: The Secret Lair http://www.thesecretlair.com Game Review: Wii Games Animal Crossing: City Folk More of the same; if you've played the DS version there's not a lot new here. There's a new city to visit, 20% more furniture, but game play remains the same. Cooking Mama: International Kitchen Complete various recipes to make virtual meals. Very Japanese, but StarGirl likes it. The Force Unleashed The graphics may not be as good as the 360, but you can use the Wiimote as a lightsaber. 'nuff said. Outdoor Life Adventure Challenge Comes with a floor mat (a la Dance Dance Revolution?) that you can use to control the onscreen actions. Games include running, jumping, mine cart races, tunnel sliding. A big hit in our house. Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active colds stalk the Newquist household, I geek out about some computer upgrades, and I return to the World of Warcraft. In Netheads I look at the Bard of Valiant, an RPG blog and Saga-Edition, a fan web site dedicated to Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. Finally, I round out the podcast with a look at four cool games for the Nintendo Wii. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Gloop Invades the Newquist Household One, two punch: first colds, then stomach bug. Podcasts Archives Fixed! Khephren (coming in from Yog sothoth) reported a problem with the show archives that prevented episodes 13 to about 32 from being downloadable has been fixed. Computer Upgrades: I spent some of my hard earned freelance cash (remember all those reviews last fall/winter?) on some upgades for my MacBook Pro and home office. LACIE 320 GB Rugged Hard Drive Dell 22" HD LCD monitor Return to World of Warcraft I'm back in World of Warcraft after 3 years away. And Zilanderan was right there waiting for me. Having a blast playing with my gaming group. Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Bard of Valiant RPG gaming blog that spends a goodly amount of time talking about science fiction (which, as a newbie scifi gm, I appreciate greatly). Recent posts include "Prophesy", "A Dark Earth" science fiction campaign setting, random scifi encounter with a killer garden. http://www.bardofvaliant.com Saga-Edition.com: The Star Wars Saga Editon RPG Databank Includes conversions from earlier editions, new rules (e.g. Jedi and Sith holocrons), NPC write-ups, feat and talent indexes (though I wish they'd identifty which book they came from in their master lists) and much more. http://saga-edition.com/ Promo: The Secret Lair http://www.thesecretlair.com Game Review: Wii Games Animal Crossing: City Folk More of the same; if you've played the DS version there's not a lot new here. There's a new city to visit, 20% more furniture, but game play remains the same. Cooking Mama: International Kitchen Complete various recipes to make virtual meals. Very Japanese, but StarGirl likes it. The Force Unleashed The graphics may not be as good as the 360, but you can use the Wiimote as a lightsaber. 'nuff said. Outdoor Life Adventure Challenge Comes with a floor mat (a la Dance Dance Revolution?) that you can use to control the onscreen actions. Games include running, jumping, mine cart races, tunnel sliding. A big hit in our house. Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-06-02,24679671 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:32:33 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24427741-Radio-Active-77-Footsteps-in-the-Night On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and discuss a Tor.com opinion piece that speculates on the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, e... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and discuss a Tor.com opinion piece that speculates on the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and discuss a Tor.com opinion piece that speculates on the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-04-08,24427741 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:35:01 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/25341320-Radio-Active-77-Footsteps-in-the-Night On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, ... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-04-08.mp3 28.2 MB On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-04-08.mp3 28.2 MB tag:odeo.com,2009-04-08,25341320 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:42:06 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/25382071-Radio-Active-77-Footsteps-in-the-Night On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, ... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-04-08.mp3 28.2 MB On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. <!--break-- Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown Attachment Size NuRA-2009-04-08.mp3 28.2 MB tag:odeo.com,2009-04-08,25382071 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:42:06 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24603256-Radio-Active-77-Footsteps-in-the-Night On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the me... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-04-08,24603256 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:42:06 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24442316-Radio-Active-77-Footsteps-in-the-Night On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the me... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride. In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News NeutronLad gives up diapers for good. Good news: He's mostly potty trained. Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night. Settlers of Catan with StarGirl She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy. Back to the Gym How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist. Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie. Goal: 200 by April 30. New Game Reviews SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5 http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php SciFiWire: Star Ocean http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition) http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau http://johnmierau.com/ Netheads Launchy Open source fast application launcher for windows. Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited. http://www.launchy.net/ Tor: Are Comic Books Dying? Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck. Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough. An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks). http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958 Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/ Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-04-08,24442316 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:42:06 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060009-Radio-Active-76-The-Stars-Like-Books My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month.... My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month. Excited about it because we really needed another good, consistent venue for reviewing RPGs. http://www.gamecryer.com Cute PDF Found a quick-and-easy free PDF writer I've been using on my Mac's Windows partition. http://www.cutepdf.com Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Christmas/Winter Reading List Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds I was in the mood for a good, hybrid space opera/hard SF book, and Reynolds delivered. Revelation Space is a novel that wraps itself around a cosmological mystery: what caused the extinction of the alien Amarantin civilization? And will solving that mystery save the human race ... or destroy it? The book gets a little thick in the middle -- it could have lost 50 or so pages of political scheming -- but throttles things up in the last third to reach a satisfying conclusion. While this is the first book in a series, it doesn't read like one; there are no unnatural cliffhangers, and it's nicely self-contained. The Last Colony by John Scalzi The last in the trilogy spawned by Scalzi's first book, Old Man's War. John Perry and his cloned wife have settled into post military life, only to find themselves recruited to serve as chief administrators on Earth's newest colony. Scalzi introduces (and then abrutly discards) first contact with an aboriginal alien spieces, then goes on to short curcuit his own political intrigue about halfway through the book. It's not a bad book, and it's an adequate conclusion to the series, but it felt rushed, and like it could have used about another 50 pages of exposition. Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1 Volume #1 consists of three stories: The Golden Age of the Sith, Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon, and The Saga of Nomi Sunrider set 3000-4000 years before the Battle of Yavin. All in all, the book's worth picking up, particularly for those (like me) who are running Knights of the Old Republic RPG campaigns. "The Golden Age" may be weak, but the other two stories make up for it. Next up: The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Book #3 of His Dark Materials; The Golden Compass was book #1) Either The New Space Opera or The Space Opera Renaissance My Christmas 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com My Winter 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month. Excited about it because we really needed another good, consistent venue for reviewing RPGs. http://www.gamecryer.com Cute PDF Found a quick-and-easy free PDF writer I've been using on my Mac's Windows partition. http://www.cutepdf.com Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Christmas/Winter Reading List Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds I was in the mood for a good, hybrid space opera/hard SF book, and Reynolds delivered. Revelation Space is a novel that wraps itself around a cosmological mystery: what caused the extinction of the alien Amarantin civilization? And will solving that mystery save the human race ... or destroy it? The book gets a little thick in the middle -- it could have lost 50 or so pages of political scheming -- but throttles things up in the last third to reach a satisfying conclusion. While this is the first book in a series, it doesn't read like one; there are no unnatural cliffhangers, and it's nicely self-contained. The Last Colony by John Scalzi The last in the trilogy spawned by Scalzi's first book, Old Man's War. John Perry and his cloned wife have settled into post military life, only to find themselves recruited to serve as chief administrators on Earth's newest colony. Scalzi introduces (and then abrutly discards) first contact with an aboriginal alien spieces, then goes on to short curcuit his own political intrigue about halfway through the book. It's not a bad book, and it's an adequate conclusion to the series, but it felt rushed, and like it could have used about another 50 pages of exposition. Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1 Volume #1 consists of three stories: The Golden Age of the Sith, Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon, and The Saga of Nomi Sunrider set 3000-4000 years before the Battle of Yavin. All in all, the book's worth picking up, particularly for those (like me) who are running Knights of the Old Republic RPG campaigns. "The Golden Age" may be weak, but the other two stories make up for it. Next up: The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Book #3 of His Dark Materials; The Golden Compass was book #1) Either The New Space Opera or The Space Opera Renaissance My Christmas 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com My Winter 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-01-25,24060009 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:25:46 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23942002-Radio-Active-76-The-Stars-Like-Books My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month.... My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month. Excited about it because we really needed another good, consistent venue for reviewing RPGs. http://www.gamecryer.com Cute PDF Found a quick-and-easy free PDF writer I've been using on my Mac's Windows partition. http://www.cutepdf.com Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Christmas/Winter Reading List Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds I was in the mood for a good, hybrid space opera/hard SF book, and Reynolds delivered. Revelation Space is a novel that wraps itself around a cosmological mystery: what caused the extinction of the alien Amarantin civilization? And will solving that mystery save the human race ... or destroy it? The book gets a little thick in the middle -- it could have lost 50 or so pages of political scheming -- but throttles things up in the last third to reach a satisfying conclusion. While this is the first book in a series, it doesn't read like one; there are no unnatural cliffhangers, and it's nicely self-contained. The Last Colony by John Scalzi The last in the trilogy spawned by Scalzi's first book, Old Man's War. John Perry and his cloned wife have settled into post military life, only to find themselves recruited to serve as chief administrators on Earth's newest colony. Scalzi introduces (and then abrutly discards) first contact with an aboriginal alien spieces, then goes on to short curcuit his own political intrigue about halfway through the book. It's not a bad book, and it's an adequate conclusion to the series, but it felt rushed, and like it could have used about another 50 pages of exposition. Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1 Volume #1 consists of three stories: The Golden Age of the Sith, Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon, and The Saga of Nomi Sunrider set 3000-4000 years before the Battle of Yavin. All in all, the book's worth picking up, particularly for those (like me) who are running Knights of the Old Republic RPG campaigns. "The Golden Age" may be weak, but the other two stories make up for it. Next up: The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Book #3 of His Dark Materials; The Golden Compass was book #1) Either The New Space Opera or The Space Opera Renaissance My Christmas 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com My Winter 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month. Excited about it because we really needed another good, consistent venue for reviewing RPGs. http://www.gamecryer.com Cute PDF Found a quick-and-easy free PDF writer I've been using on my Mac's Windows partition. http://www.cutepdf.com Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Christmas/Winter Reading List Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds I was in the mood for a good, hybrid space opera/hard SF book, and Reynolds delivered. Revelation Space is a novel that wraps itself around a cosmological mystery: what caused the extinction of the alien Amarantin civilization? And will solving that mystery save the human race ... or destroy it? The book gets a little thick in the middle -- it could have lost 50 or so pages of political scheming -- but throttles things up in the last third to reach a satisfying conclusion. While this is the first book in a series, it doesn't read like one; there are no unnatural cliffhangers, and it's nicely self-contained. The Last Colony by John Scalzi The last in the trilogy spawned by Scalzi's first book, Old Man's War. John Perry and his cloned wife have settled into post military life, only to find themselves recruited to serve as chief administrators on Earth's newest colony. Scalzi introduces (and then abrutly discards) first contact with an aboriginal alien spieces, then goes on to short curcuit his own political intrigue about halfway through the book. It's not a bad book, and it's an adequate conclusion to the series, but it felt rushed, and like it could have used about another 50 pages of exposition. Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1 Volume #1 consists of three stories: The Golden Age of the Sith, Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon, and The Saga of Nomi Sunrider set 3000-4000 years before the Battle of Yavin. All in all, the book's worth picking up, particularly for those (like me) who are running Knights of the Old Republic RPG campaigns. "The Golden Age" may be weak, but the other two stories make up for it. Next up: The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Book #3 of His Dark Materials; The Golden Compass was book #1) Either The New Space Opera or The Space Opera Renaissance My Christmas 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com My Winter 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-01-25,23942002 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:25:46 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24069247-Radio-Active-76-The-Stars-Like-Books My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month.... My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month. Excited about it because we really needed another good, consistent venue for reviewing RPGs. http://www.gamecryer.com Cute PDF Found a quick-and-easy free PDF writer I've been using on my Mac's Windows partition. http://www.cutepdf.com Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Christmas/Winter Reading List Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds I was in the mood for a good, hybrid space opera/hard SF book, and Reynolds delivered. Revelation Space is a novel that wraps itself around a cosmological mystery: what caused the extinction of the alien Amarantin civilization? And will solving that mystery save the human race ... or destroy it? The book gets a little thick in the middle -- it could have lost 50 or so pages of political scheming -- but throttles things up in the last third to reach a satisfying conclusion. While this is the first book in a series, it doesn't read like one; there are no unnatural cliffhangers, and it's nicely self-contained. The Last Colony by John Scalzi The last in the trilogy spawned by Scalzi's first book, Old Man's War. John Perry and his cloned wife have settled into post military life, only to find themselves recruited to serve as chief administrators on Earth's newest colony. Scalzi introduces (and then abrutly discards) first contact with an aboriginal alien spieces, then goes on to short curcuit his own political intrigue about halfway through the book. It's not a bad book, and it's an adequate conclusion to the series, but it felt rushed, and like it could have used about another 50 pages of exposition. Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1 Volume #1 consists of three stories: The Golden Age of the Sith, Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon, and The Saga of Nomi Sunrider set 3000-4000 years before the Battle of Yavin. All in all, the book's worth picking up, particularly for those (like me) who are running Knights of the Old Republic RPG campaigns. "The Golden Age" may be weak, but the other two stories make up for it. Next up: The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Book #3 of His Dark Materials; The Golden Compass was book #1) Either The New Space Opera or The Space Opera Renaissance My Christmas 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com My Winter 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com and try out Cute PDF, a free PDF writer for Windows. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Game Cryer There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com, and it's aimed at getting quality game reviews on the web. My first review for the site, Star Wars: Scum and Villainy, is up now. Look for me to write about one review a month. Excited about it because we really needed another good, consistent venue for reviewing RPGs. http://www.gamecryer.com Cute PDF Found a quick-and-easy free PDF writer I've been using on my Mac's Windows partition. http://www.cutepdf.com Promo: Lovecraftiana www.lovecraftiana.com Christmas/Winter Reading List Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds I was in the mood for a good, hybrid space opera/hard SF book, and Reynolds delivered. Revelation Space is a novel that wraps itself around a cosmological mystery: what caused the extinction of the alien Amarantin civilization? And will solving that mystery save the human race ... or destroy it? The book gets a little thick in the middle -- it could have lost 50 or so pages of political scheming -- but throttles things up in the last third to reach a satisfying conclusion. While this is the first book in a series, it doesn't read like one; there are no unnatural cliffhangers, and it's nicely self-contained. The Last Colony by John Scalzi The last in the trilogy spawned by Scalzi's first book, Old Man's War. John Perry and his cloned wife have settled into post military life, only to find themselves recruited to serve as chief administrators on Earth's newest colony. Scalzi introduces (and then abrutly discards) first contact with an aboriginal alien spieces, then goes on to short curcuit his own political intrigue about halfway through the book. It's not a bad book, and it's an adequate conclusion to the series, but it felt rushed, and like it could have used about another 50 pages of exposition. Star Wars: Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1 Volume #1 consists of three stories: The Golden Age of the Sith, Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon, and The Saga of Nomi Sunrider set 3000-4000 years before the Battle of Yavin. All in all, the book's worth picking up, particularly for those (like me) who are running Knights of the Old Republic RPG campaigns. "The Golden Age" may be weak, but the other two stories make up for it. Next up: The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Book #3 of His Dark Materials; The Golden Compass was book #1) Either The New Space Opera or The Space Opera Renaissance My Christmas 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com My Winter 2008 reading list on GoodReads.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://rpgpodcasts.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-01-25,24069247 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:25:46 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060010-Radio-Active-75-Under-the-Geek-Tree In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts. Finally, I review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album, which is filled with 25 seasonal songs dedicated to the horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most c... In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts. Finally, I review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album, which is filled with 25 seasonal songs dedicated to the horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most complex ... and coolest ... video game) Civilization IV: Warlords MarioKart DS Travel chess set DVDs Alias, Season 1 Gaming Life: Left 4 Dead, Tomb Raider, Warlords, Gears of War 2, Wii Left 4 Dead: Multplayer zombie mayhem. Try to survive the undead apocoylpse with four friends online. It's a one note game, but man, what a note! Rating: A- Read the review on SCIFI.com Tomb Raider The relaunch of the Tomb Raider franchise continues. Running, jumping and problem solving; if you like these things, you'll like the game ... but beware of wonky cameras. Rating: B Read the review on SCIFI.com Gears of War 2 Traded in a couple of games to finally get Gears of War 2. Underwhelmed by the story so far, but as always co-opt rocks. Civ IV: Warlords Civ IV gets some new game mechanics, including the ability to acquire vassal states (instead of destryoing an enemy or signing a peace treaty with them, you can now force them to do your bidding) and warlord units (which can serve as generals for your units and build military-enhancing city improvements. Wii Animal Crossing for the Wii: Same game, slightly tweeked Wii Sports: Still the system's killer app. Contemplating renting Wii version of Force Unleashed; had a blast playing it at my brother-in-laws ... but can I stand missing the gamer points on the Xbox? Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads MacPorts Easy (relatively) open source unix ports for Mac OS X. From the site "The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system. Practical use case: I needed ImageMagick command line tools to serve as an image toolk kit for a local Drupal install on my Mac. Mac ports made the process painless! http://www.macports.org Retropolis Transit Authority T-Shirts T-shirts from a future that never was, including space cadets, mad geniuses, faithful robots, retro rocketeers, and space pirates! http://www.printfection.com/retro-future/ Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Music Review: A Very Scary Solstice A Christmas album by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society that replaces traditional christmas song lyrics with ones inspired by the weird horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. My favorite songs: "The Carol of the Olde Ones" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmen" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth" "I'm Dreaming of a Dead City" "Little Rare Book Room" "The Shoggoth Song" http://www.cthulhulives.org/Solstice/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts. Finally, I review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album, which is filled with 25 seasonal songs dedicated to the horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most complex ... and coolest ... video game) Civilization IV: Warlords MarioKart DS Travel chess set DVDs Alias, Season 1 Gaming Life: Left 4 Dead, Tomb Raider, Warlords, Gears of War 2, Wii Left 4 Dead: Multplayer zombie mayhem. Try to survive the undead apocoylpse with four friends online. It's a one note game, but man, what a note! Rating: A- Read the review on SCIFI.com Tomb Raider The relaunch of the Tomb Raider franchise continues. Running, jumping and problem solving; if you like these things, you'll like the game ... but beware of wonky cameras. Rating: B Read the review on SCIFI.com Gears of War 2 Traded in a couple of games to finally get Gears of War 2. Underwhelmed by the story so far, but as always co-opt rocks. Civ IV: Warlords Civ IV gets some new game mechanics, including the ability to acquire vassal states (instead of destryoing an enemy or signing a peace treaty with them, you can now force them to do your bidding) and warlord units (which can serve as generals for your units and build military-enhancing city improvements. Wii Animal Crossing for the Wii: Same game, slightly tweeked Wii Sports: Still the system's killer app. Contemplating renting Wii version of Force Unleashed; had a blast playing it at my brother-in-laws ... but can I stand missing the gamer points on the Xbox? Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads MacPorts Easy (relatively) open source unix ports for Mac OS X. From the site "The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system. Practical use case: I needed ImageMagick command line tools to serve as an image toolk kit for a local Drupal install on my Mac. Mac ports made the process painless! http://www.macports.org Retropolis Transit Authority T-Shirts T-shirts from a future that never was, including space cadets, mad geniuses, faithful robots, retro rocketeers, and space pirates! http://www.printfection.com/retro-future/ Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Music Review: A Very Scary Solstice A Christmas album by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society that replaces traditional christmas song lyrics with ones inspired by the weird horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. My favorite songs: "The Carol of the Olde Ones" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmen" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth" "I'm Dreaming of a Dead City" "Little Rare Book Room" "The Shoggoth Song" http://www.cthulhulives.org/Solstice/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-01-06,24060010 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:05:08 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24069248-Radio-Active-75-Under-the-Geek-Tree In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts. Finally, I review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album, which is filled with 25 seasonal songs dedicated to the horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most c... In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts. Finally, I review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album, which is filled with 25 seasonal songs dedicated to the horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most complex ... and coolest ... video game) Civilization IV: Warlords MarioKart DS Travel chess set DVDs Alias, Season 1 Gaming Life: Left 4 Dead, Tomb Raider, Warlords, Gears of War 2, Wii Left 4 Dead: Multplayer zombie mayhem. Try to survive the undead apocoylpse with four friends online. It's a one note game, but man, what a note! Rating: A- Read the review on SCIFI.com Tomb Raider The relaunch of the Tomb Raider franchise continues. Running, jumping and problem solving; if you like these things, you'll like the game ... but beware of wonky cameras. Rating: B Read the review on SCIFI.com Gears of War 2 Traded in a couple of games to finally get Gears of War 2. Underwhelmed by the story so far, but as always co-opt rocks. Civ IV: Warlords Civ IV gets some new game mechanics, including the ability to acquire vassal states (instead of destryoing an enemy or signing a peace treaty with them, you can now force them to do your bidding) and warlord units (which can serve as generals for your units and build military-enhancing city improvements. Wii Animal Crossing for the Wii: Same game, slightly tweeked Wii Sports: Still the system's killer app. Contemplating renting Wii version of Force Unleashed; had a blast playing it at my brother-in-laws ... but can I stand missing the gamer points on the Xbox? Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads MacPorts Easy (relatively) open source unix ports for Mac OS X. From the site "The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system. Practical use case: I needed ImageMagick command line tools to serve as an image toolk kit for a local Drupal install on my Mac. Mac ports made the process painless! http://www.macports.org Retropolis Transit Authority T-Shirts T-shirts from a future that never was, including space cadets, mad geniuses, faithful robots, retro rocketeers, and space pirates! http://www.printfection.com/retro-future/ Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Music Review: A Very Scary Solstice A Christmas album by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society that replaces traditional christmas song lyrics with ones inspired by the weird horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. My favorite songs: "The Carol of the Olde Ones" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmen" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth" "I'm Dreaming of a Dead City" "Little Rare Book Room" "The Shoggoth Song" http://www.cthulhulives.org/Solstice/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts. Finally, I review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album, which is filled with 25 seasonal songs dedicated to the horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most complex ... and coolest ... video game) Civilization IV: Warlords MarioKart DS Travel chess set DVDs Alias, Season 1 Gaming Life: Left 4 Dead, Tomb Raider, Warlords, Gears of War 2, Wii Left 4 Dead: Multplayer zombie mayhem. Try to survive the undead apocoylpse with four friends online. It's a one note game, but man, what a note! Rating: A- Read the review on SCIFI.com Tomb Raider The relaunch of the Tomb Raider franchise continues. Running, jumping and problem solving; if you like these things, you'll like the game ... but beware of wonky cameras. Rating: B Read the review on SCIFI.com Gears of War 2 Traded in a couple of games to finally get Gears of War 2. Underwhelmed by the story so far, but as always co-opt rocks. Civ IV: Warlords Civ IV gets some new game mechanics, including the ability to acquire vassal states (instead of destryoing an enemy or signing a peace treaty with them, you can now force them to do your bidding) and warlord units (which can serve as generals for your units and build military-enhancing city improvements. Wii Animal Crossing for the Wii: Same game, slightly tweeked Wii Sports: Still the system's killer app. Contemplating renting Wii version of Force Unleashed; had a blast playing it at my brother-in-laws ... but can I stand missing the gamer points on the Xbox? Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads MacPorts Easy (relatively) open source unix ports for Mac OS X. From the site "The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system. Practical use case: I needed ImageMagick command line tools to serve as an image toolk kit for a local Drupal install on my Mac. Mac ports made the process painless! http://www.macports.org Retropolis Transit Authority T-Shirts T-shirts from a future that never was, including space cadets, mad geniuses, faithful robots, retro rocketeers, and space pirates! http://www.printfection.com/retro-future/ Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Music Review: A Very Scary Solstice A Christmas album by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society that replaces traditional christmas song lyrics with ones inspired by the weird horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. My favorite songs: "The Carol of the Olde Ones" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmen" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth" "I'm Dreaming of a Dead City" "Little Rare Book Room" "The Shoggoth Song" http://www.cthulhulives.org/Solstice/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-01-06,24069248 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:05:08 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23850146-Radio-Active-75-Under-the-Geek-Tree In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts, and review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album. There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most complex ... and coolest ... video game) Civilization IV: Warlords MarioKart DS Travel chess set DVDs Alias, Sea... In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts, and review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album. There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most complex ... and coolest ... video game) Civilization IV: Warlords MarioKart DS Travel chess set DVDs Alias, Season 1 Gaming Life: Left 4 Dead, Tomb Raider, Warlords, Gears of War 2, Wii Left 4 Dead: Multplayer zombie mayhem. Try to survive the undead apocoylpse with four friends online. It's a one note game, but man, what a note! Rating: A- Read the review on SCIFI.com Tomb Raider The relaunch of the Tomb Raider franchise continues. Running, jumping and problem solving; if you like these things, you'll like the game ... but beware of wonky cameras. Rating: B Read the review on SCIFI.com Gears of War 2 Traded in a couple of games to finally get Gears of War 2. Underwhelmed by the story so far, but as always co-opt rocks. Civ IV: Warlords Civ IV gets some new game mechanics, including the ability to acquire vassal states (instead of destryoing an enemy or signing a peace treaty with them, you can now force them to do your bidding) and warlord units (which can serve as generals for your units and build military-enhancing city improvements. Wii Animal Crossing for the Wii: Same game, slightly tweeked Wii Sports: Still the system's killer app. Contemplating renting Wii version of Force Unleashed; had a blast playing it at my brother-in-laws ... but can I stand missing the gamer points on the Xbox? Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads MacPorts Easy (relatively) open source unix ports for Mac OS X. From the site "The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system. Practical use case: I needed ImageMagick command line tools to serve as an image toolk kit for a local Drupal install on my Mac. Mac ports made the process painless! http://www.macports.org Retropolis Transit Authority T-Shirts T-shirts from a future that never was, including space cadets, mad geniuses, faithful robots, retro rocketeers, and space pirates! http://www.printfection.com/retro-future/ Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Music Review: A Very Scary Solstice A Christmas album by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society that replaces traditional christmas song lyrics with ones inspired by the weird horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. My favorite songs: "The Carol of the Olde Ones" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmen" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth" "I'm Dreaming of a Dead City" "Little Rare Book Room" "The Shoggoth Song" http://www.cthulhulives.org/Solstice/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts, and review the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's most excellent A Very Scary Solstice Christmas album. There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Under the Geek Tree... Lots and lots of books Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 1 The New Space Opera The Space Opera Renaissance The Last Colony by John Scalzi Games! Arkham Horror (the world's most complex ... and coolest ... video game) Civilization IV: Warlords MarioKart DS Travel chess set DVDs Alias, Season 1 Gaming Life: Left 4 Dead, Tomb Raider, Warlords, Gears of War 2, Wii Left 4 Dead: Multplayer zombie mayhem. Try to survive the undead apocoylpse with four friends online. It's a one note game, but man, what a note! Rating: A- Read the review on SCIFI.com Tomb Raider The relaunch of the Tomb Raider franchise continues. Running, jumping and problem solving; if you like these things, you'll like the game ... but beware of wonky cameras. Rating: B Read the review on SCIFI.com Gears of War 2 Traded in a couple of games to finally get Gears of War 2. Underwhelmed by the story so far, but as always co-opt rocks. Civ IV: Warlords Civ IV gets some new game mechanics, including the ability to acquire vassal states (instead of destryoing an enemy or signing a peace treaty with them, you can now force them to do your bidding) and warlord units (which can serve as generals for your units and build military-enhancing city improvements. Wii Animal Crossing for the Wii: Same game, slightly tweeked Wii Sports: Still the system's killer app. Contemplating renting Wii version of Force Unleashed; had a blast playing it at my brother-in-laws ... but can I stand missing the gamer points on the Xbox? Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads MacPorts Easy (relatively) open source unix ports for Mac OS X. From the site "The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system. Practical use case: I needed ImageMagick command line tools to serve as an image toolk kit for a local Drupal install on my Mac. Mac ports made the process painless! http://www.macports.org Retropolis Transit Authority T-Shirts T-shirts from a future that never was, including space cadets, mad geniuses, faithful robots, retro rocketeers, and space pirates! http://www.printfection.com/retro-future/ Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Music Review: A Very Scary Solstice A Christmas album by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society that replaces traditional christmas song lyrics with ones inspired by the weird horror of the Cthulhu Mythos. My favorite songs: "The Carol of the Olde Ones" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmen" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth" "I'm Dreaming of a Dead City" "Little Rare Book Room" "The Shoggoth Song" http://www.cthulhulives.org/Solstice/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Outro Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2009-01-06,23850146 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:05:08 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23711556-Radio-Active-74-The-Sound-of-Distant-Crashing-Xboxes On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night???s sleep, remember?? the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk about the boatload of games I???ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the ???Is Gd??? url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master???s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he???s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn???t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to ... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night???s sleep, remember?? the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk about the boatload of games I???ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the ???Is Gd??? url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master???s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he???s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn???t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to Microsoft ??? right while I was reviewing an avalanche of games. Turns out renting one is next to impossible, but borrowing well, that???s easier. Jordan missed the Xbox terribly. New game reviews: DeadSpace, Fallout 3, DC Universe DeadSpace: Solid horror shooter that mixes things up with cool zero gravity mechanics and a location-based space zombie killing mechanic. Rating: B+ Read the review on SCIFI.com Fallout 3 Loyal to the original game, even if it shifts from third person to first person perspective. Not as deep or extensive as Oblivion, but this is a good thing as you???ll actually be able to replay it. Makes me want to play Gamma World with Star Wars: Saga-spawned rules. Rating: B+ (but a really solid B+). Read the review on SCIFI.com Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Fun with friends, but more a rental than a buy. Read the review on SCIFI.com The Secret Lair: Review of The Sky People by SM Stirling http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2008/11/19/episode-0017-the-sky-people-by-sm-stirling Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads Is.Gd: URL Shortener Twitter needs short URLs. Tiny URL is flaky, so when I saw friends using is.gd over the summer, I decided to try it. http://is.gd Obsidian Portal Free campaign wikis http://www.obsidianportal.com You can create: Adventure Logs posts as public, but can be flagged as GM only content can be broken down within the post to public vs. GM only, which is nice. Posts can be tagged Wiki Functions as a traditional wiki, including mediawiki style bracketed hyperlinks. Every wiki page has a GM secret area. NPC Tracker Allows you to quickly add and tag NPCs, then go in and edit their details (level, species, bio, etc.) Comments Simple comment page. Map Upload No map creation or pre-gens (wouldn???t THAT be nice?) Terms of service based on WordPRess TOS. http://www.obsidianportal.com/terms-of-service Prime plans can restrict access to members of their party or friends. Site map shows locations of campaigns around the country. Can share information with third party sites, e.g. posting wiki updates to blog syndication services. Could really use a forum associated with the campaign site; that would be particularly handy for play-by-posts, but you could get away with comment threads in adventure logs. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Game News: Star Wars: KOTOR campaign begins! Campaign site up at http://kotor.griffcrier.com Plays very fast ??? so fast that players aren???t ready for their action because they???re used to waiting. Find myself trying to retrain my brain to do scifi ??? and less monster slaying. Playtest notes for Sessions #1 and #2 are up now. Session #3, which featured skill challenges, will be up this week. Review: Star Wars Game Master's Screen MSRP: $12.95 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786949368/nuketown Quick-reference screen/fortress of solitude for game masters running Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. The screen is low and wide ??? only 8.4 inches tall, but two feet long ??? and is comprised of four panels (check) Built from heavy, laminated cardboard; much stronger/solid than previous edition screens (or D&D screens) Cover art is a montage of video captures and artwork from the Star Wars films and Extended Universe. Panel by Panel: First Panel: Statistics for Objects,?? Statistics for Substances, Weapon Ranges, Restricted Objects Second Panel Actions, Combat Modifies, Condition Track, Vehicle Actions, Size, Vehicle Weapon Ranges Third Panel: Sample Skill DCs, Climb Check DCs, Deceptions, Average Skill Bonuses, Attitude Steps, Perception DCs, Gather Information DCs, Treat Injuries DCs, Computer Attitude Steps Fourth Panel Cone Diagram, Experience Points and Rewards, Force Powers (Core book) All panels are white and light blue on a black background. We???ve been moving away from GM screens in our game, but I like this style of low screen; it???s less of a barrier and more of a game aid. You can still roll those secret rolls, but you don???t have this huge wall in front of it. Everything on these screens is something that I???ve needed in our playtests (especially skill DCs, weapon ranges and ??? as of last Friday ??? cone diagrams). Also love that this screen perfectly fits my downstairs work area; I can wrap it around my laptop and still see everything I need. I think this may be Some complained that weapons damages weren???t listed, but honestly I???m ok with that. Players have that stuff on their sheets; they don???t generally have weapon ranges. Artwork is not particularly inspired. Really liked the cover sleeve (with Darth Vader and the partially completed Death Star) and wish they???d carried that to the screen, but what they have is adequate Promo: Yog Radio http://www.yog-sothoth.com Outro Coming up on Radio Active: A very geeky Christmas! Even more video game reviews. Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night???s sleep, remember?? the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk about the boatload of games I???ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the ???Is Gd??? url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master???s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he???s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn???t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to Microsoft ??? right while I was reviewing an avalanche of games. Turns out renting one is next to impossible, but borrowing well, that???s easier. Jordan missed the Xbox terribly. New game reviews: DeadSpace, Fallout 3, DC Universe DeadSpace: Solid horror shooter that mixes things up with cool zero gravity mechanics and a location-based space zombie killing mechanic. Rating: B+ Read the review on SCIFI.com Fallout 3 Loyal to the original game, even if it shifts from third person to first person perspective. Not as deep or extensive as Oblivion, but this is a good thing as you???ll actually be able to replay it. Makes me want to play Gamma World with Star Wars: Saga-spawned rules. Rating: B+ (but a really solid B+). Read the review on SCIFI.com Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Fun with friends, but more a rental than a buy. Read the review on SCIFI.com The Secret Lair: Review of The Sky People by SM Stirling http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2008/11/19/episode-0017-the-sky-people-by-sm-stirling Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads Is.Gd: URL Shortener Twitter needs short URLs. Tiny URL is flaky, so when I saw friends using is.gd over the summer, I decided to try it. http://is.gd Obsidian Portal Free campaign wikis http://www.obsidianportal.com You can create: Adventure Logs posts as public, but can be flagged as GM only content can be broken down within the post to public vs. GM only, which is nice. Posts can be tagged Wiki Functions as a traditional wiki, including mediawiki style bracketed hyperlinks. Every wiki page has a GM secret area. NPC Tracker Allows you to quickly add and tag NPCs, then go in and edit their details (level, species, bio, etc.) Comments Simple comment page. Map Upload No map creation or pre-gens (wouldn???t THAT be nice?) Terms of service based on WordPRess TOS. http://www.obsidianportal.com/terms-of-service Prime plans can restrict access to members of their party or friends. Site map shows locations of campaigns around the country. Can share information with third party sites, e.g. posting wiki updates to blog syndication services. Could really use a forum associated with the campaign site; that would be particularly handy for play-by-posts, but you could get away with comment threads in adventure logs. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Game News: Star Wars: KOTOR campaign begins! Campaign site up at http://kotor.griffcrier.com Plays very fast ??? so fast that players aren???t ready for their action because they???re used to waiting. Find myself trying to retrain my brain to do scifi ??? and less monster slaying. Playtest notes for Sessions #1 and #2 are up now. Session #3, which featured skill challenges, will be up this week. Review: Star Wars Game Master's Screen MSRP: $12.95 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786949368/nuketown Quick-reference screen/fortress of solitude for game masters running Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. The screen is low and wide ??? only 8.4 inches tall, but two feet long ??? and is comprised of four panels (check) Built from heavy, laminated cardboard; much stronger/solid than previous edition screens (or D&D screens) Cover art is a montage of video captures and artwork from the Star Wars films and Extended Universe. Panel by Panel: First Panel: Statistics for Objects,?? Statistics for Substances, Weapon Ranges, Restricted Objects Second Panel Actions, Combat Modifies, Condition Track, Vehicle Actions, Size, Vehicle Weapon Ranges Third Panel: Sample Skill DCs, Climb Check DCs, Deceptions, Average Skill Bonuses, Attitude Steps, Perception DCs, Gather Information DCs, Treat Injuries DCs, Computer Attitude Steps Fourth Panel Cone Diagram, Experience Points and Rewards, Force Powers (Core book) All panels are white and light blue on a black background. We???ve been moving away from GM screens in our game, but I like this style of low screen; it???s less of a barrier and more of a game aid. You can still roll those secret rolls, but you don???t have this huge wall in front of it. Everything on these screens is something that I???ve needed in our playtests (especially skill DCs, weapon ranges and ??? as of last Friday ??? cone diagrams). Also love that this screen perfectly fits my downstairs work area; I can wrap it around my laptop and still see everything I need. I think this may be Some complained that weapons damages weren???t listed, but honestly I???m ok with that. Players have that stuff on their sheets; they don???t generally have weapon ranges. Artwork is not particularly inspired. Really liked the cover sleeve (with Darth Vader and the partially completed Death Star) and wish they???d carried that to the screen, but what they have is adequate Promo: Yog Radio http://www.yog-sothoth.com Outro Coming up on Radio Active: A very geeky Christmas! Even more video game reviews. Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2008-12-02,23711556 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:38:16 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23696199-Radio-Active-74-The-Sound-of-Distant-Crashing-Xboxes On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night’s sleep, remember  the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk the boatload of games I’ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the “Is Gd” url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master’s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he’s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn’t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to Microsoft … right whi... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night’s sleep, remember  the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk the boatload of games I’ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the “Is Gd” url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master’s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he’s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn’t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to Microsoft … right while I was reviewing an avalanche of games. Turns out renting one is next to impossible, but borrowing well, that’s easier. Jordan missed the Xbox terribly. New game reviews: DeadSpace, Fallout 3, DC Universe DeadSpace: Solid horror shooter that mixes things up with cool zero gravity mechanics and a location-based space zombie killing mechanic. Rating: B+ Read the review on SCIFI.com Fallout 3 Loyal to the original game, even if it shifts from third person to first person perspective. Not as deep or extensive as Oblivion, but this is a good thing as you’ll actually be able to replay it. Makes me want to play Gamma World with Star Wars: Saga-spawned rules. Rating: B+ (but a really solid B+). Read the review on SCIFI.com Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Fun with friends, but more a rental than a buy. Read the review on SCIFI.com The Secret Lair: Review of The Sky People by SM Stirling http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2008/11/19/episode-0017-the-sky-people-by-sm-stirling Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads Is.Gd: URL Shortener Twitter needs short URLs. Tiny URL is flaky, so when I saw friends using is.gd over the summer, I decided to try it. http://is.gd Obsidian Portal Free campaign wikis http://www.obsidianportal.com You can create: Adventure Logs posts as public, but can be flagged as GM only content can be broken down within the post to public vs. GM only, which is nice. Posts can be tagged Wiki Functions as a traditional wiki, including mediawiki style bracketed hyperlinks. Every wiki page has a GM secret area. NPC Tracker Allows you to quickly add and tag NPCs, then go in and edit their details (level, species, bio, etc.) Comments Simple comment page. Map Upload No map creation or pre-gens (wouldn’t THAT be nice?) Terms of service based on WordPRess TOS. http://www.obsidianportal.com/terms-of-service Prime plans can restrict access to members of their party or friends. Site map shows locations of campaigns around the country. Can share information with third party sites, e.g. posting wiki updates to blog syndication services. Could really use a forum associated with the campaign site; that would be particularly handy for play-by-posts, but you could get away with comment threads in adventure logs. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Game News: Star Wars: KOTOR campaign begins! Campaign site up at http://kotor.griffcrier.com Plays very fast … so fast that players aren’t ready for their action because they’re used to waiting. Find myself trying to retrain my brain to do scifi … and less monster slaying. Playtest notes for Sessions #1 and #2 are up now. Session #3, which featured skill challenges, will be up this week. Review: Star Wars Game Master's Screen MSRP: $12.95 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786949368/nuketown Quick-reference screen/fortress of solitude for game masters running Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. The screen is low and wide – only 8.4 inches tall, but two feet long – and is comprised of four panels (check) Built from heavy, laminated cardboard; much stronger/solid than previous edition screens (or D&D screens) Cover art is a montage of video captures and artwork from the Star Wars films and Extended Universe. Panel by Panel: First Panel: Statistics for Objects,  Statistics for Substances, Weapon Ranges, Restricted Objects Second Panel Actions, Combat Modifies, Condition Track, Vehicle Actions, Size, Vehicle Weapon Ranges Third Panel: Sample Skill DCs, Climb Check DCs, Deceptions, Average Skill Bonuses, Attitude Steps, Perception DCs, Gather Information DCs, Treat Injuries DCs, Computer Attitude Steps Fourth Panel Cone Diagram, Experience Points and Rewards, Force Powers (Core book) All panels are white and light blue on a black background. We’ve been moving away from GM screens in our game, but I like this style of low screen; it’s less of a barrier and more of a game aid. You can still roll those secret rolls, but you don’t have this huge wall in front of it. Everything on these screens is something that I’ve needed in our playtests (especially skill DCs, weapon ranges and – as of last Friday – cone diagrams). Also love that this screen perfectly fits my downstairs work area; I can wrap it around my laptop and still see everything I need. I think this may be Some complained that weapons damages weren’t listed, but honestly I’m ok with that. Players have that stuff on their sheets; they don’t generally have weapon ranges. Artwork is not particularly inspired. Really liked the cover sleeve (with Darth Vader and the partially completed Death Star) and wish they’d carried that to the screen, but what they have is adequate Promo: Yog Radio http://www.yog-sothoth.com Outro Coming up on Radio Active: A very geeky Christmas! Even more video game reviews. Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night’s sleep, remember  the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk the boatload of games I’ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the “Is Gd” url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master’s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he’s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn’t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to Microsoft … right while I was reviewing an avalanche of games. Turns out renting one is next to impossible, but borrowing well, that’s easier. Jordan missed the Xbox terribly. New game reviews: DeadSpace, Fallout 3, DC Universe DeadSpace: Solid horror shooter that mixes things up with cool zero gravity mechanics and a location-based space zombie killing mechanic. Rating: B+ Read the review on SCIFI.com Fallout 3 Loyal to the original game, even if it shifts from third person to first person perspective. Not as deep or extensive as Oblivion, but this is a good thing as you’ll actually be able to replay it. Makes me want to play Gamma World with Star Wars: Saga-spawned rules. Rating: B+ (but a really solid B+). Read the review on SCIFI.com Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Fun with friends, but more a rental than a buy. Read the review on SCIFI.com The Secret Lair: Review of The Sky People by SM Stirling http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2008/11/19/episode-0017-the-sky-people-by-sm-stirling Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads Is.Gd: URL Shortener Twitter needs short URLs. Tiny URL is flaky, so when I saw friends using is.gd over the summer, I decided to try it. http://is.gd Obsidian Portal Free campaign wikis http://www.obsidianportal.com You can create: Adventure Logs posts as public, but can be flagged as GM only content can be broken down within the post to public vs. GM only, which is nice. Posts can be tagged Wiki Functions as a traditional wiki, including mediawiki style bracketed hyperlinks. Every wiki page has a GM secret area. NPC Tracker Allows you to quickly add and tag NPCs, then go in and edit their details (level, species, bio, etc.) Comments Simple comment page. Map Upload No map creation or pre-gens (wouldn’t THAT be nice?) Terms of service based on WordPRess TOS. http://www.obsidianportal.com/terms-of-service Prime plans can restrict access to members of their party or friends. Site map shows locations of campaigns around the country. Can share information with third party sites, e.g. posting wiki updates to blog syndication services. Could really use a forum associated with the campaign site; that would be particularly handy for play-by-posts, but you could get away with comment threads in adventure logs. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Game News: Star Wars: KOTOR campaign begins! Campaign site up at http://kotor.griffcrier.com Plays very fast … so fast that players aren’t ready for their action because they’re used to waiting. Find myself trying to retrain my brain to do scifi … and less monster slaying. Playtest notes for Sessions #1 and #2 are up now. Session #3, which featured skill challenges, will be up this week. Review: Star Wars Game Master's Screen MSRP: $12.95 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786949368/nuketown Quick-reference screen/fortress of solitude for game masters running Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. The screen is low and wide – only 8.4 inches tall, but two feet long – and is comprised of four panels (check) Built from heavy, laminated cardboard; much stronger/solid than previous edition screens (or D&D screens) Cover art is a montage of video captures and artwork from the Star Wars films and Extended Universe. Panel by Panel: First Panel: Statistics for Objects,  Statistics for Substances, Weapon Ranges, Restricted Objects Second Panel Actions, Combat Modifies, Condition Track, Vehicle Actions, Size, Vehicle Weapon Ranges Third Panel: Sample Skill DCs, Climb Check DCs, Deceptions, Average Skill Bonuses, Attitude Steps, Perception DCs, Gather Information DCs, Treat Injuries DCs, Computer Attitude Steps Fourth Panel Cone Diagram, Experience Points and Rewards, Force Powers (Core book) All panels are white and light blue on a black background. We’ve been moving away from GM screens in our game, but I like this style of low screen; it’s less of a barrier and more of a game aid. You can still roll those secret rolls, but you don’t have this huge wall in front of it. Everything on these screens is something that I’ve needed in our playtests (especially skill DCs, weapon ranges and – as of last Friday – cone diagrams). Also love that this screen perfectly fits my downstairs work area; I can wrap it around my laptop and still see everything I need. I think this may be Some complained that weapons damages weren’t listed, but honestly I’m ok with that. Players have that stuff on their sheets; they don’t generally have weapon ranges. Artwork is not particularly inspired. Really liked the cover sleeve (with Darth Vader and the partially completed Death Star) and wish they’d carried that to the screen, but what they have is adequate Promo: Yog Radio http://www.yog-sothoth.com Outro Coming up on Radio Active: A very geeky Christmas! Even more video game reviews. Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2008-12-02,23696199 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:38:16 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060011-Radio-Active-74-The-Sound-of-Distant-Crashing-Xboxes On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night’s sleep, remember  the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk about the boatload of games I’ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the “Is Gd” url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master’s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he’s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn’t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to Microsoft … rig... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night’s sleep, remember  the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk about the boatload of games I’ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the “Is Gd” url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master’s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he’s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn’t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to Microsoft … right while I was reviewing an avalanche of games. Turns out renting one is next to impossible, but borrowing well, that’s easier. Jordan missed the Xbox terribly. New game reviews: DeadSpace, Fallout 3, DC Universe DeadSpace: Solid horror shooter that mixes things up with cool zero gravity mechanics and a location-based space zombie killing mechanic. Rating: B+ Read the review on SCIFI.com Fallout 3 Loyal to the original game, even if it shifts from third person to first person perspective. Not as deep or extensive as Oblivion, but this is a good thing as you’ll actually be able to replay it. Makes me want to play Gamma World with Star Wars: Saga-spawned rules. Rating: B+ (but a really solid B+). Read the review on SCIFI.com Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Fun with friends, but more a rental than a buy. Read the review on SCIFI.com The Secret Lair: Review of The Sky People by SM Stirling http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2008/11/19/episode-0017-the-sky-people-by-sm-stirling Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads Is.Gd: URL Shortener Twitter needs short URLs. Tiny URL is flaky, so when I saw friends using is.gd over the summer, I decided to try it. http://is.gd Obsidian Portal Free campaign wikis http://www.obsidianportal.com You can create: Adventure Logs posts as public, but can be flagged as GM only content can be broken down within the post to public vs. GM only, which is nice. Posts can be tagged Wiki Functions as a traditional wiki, including mediawiki style bracketed hyperlinks. Every wiki page has a GM secret area. NPC Tracker Allows you to quickly add and tag NPCs, then go in and edit their details (level, species, bio, etc.) Comments Simple comment page. Map Upload No map creation or pre-gens (wouldn’t THAT be nice?) Terms of service based on WordPRess TOS. http://www.obsidianportal.com/terms-of-service Prime plans can restrict access to members of their party or friends. Site map shows locations of campaigns around the country. Can share information with third party sites, e.g. posting wiki updates to blog syndication services. Could really use a forum associated with the campaign site; that would be particularly handy for play-by-posts, but you could get away with comment threads in adventure logs. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Game News: Star Wars: KOTOR campaign begins! Campaign site up at http://kotor.griffcrier.com Plays very fast … so fast that players aren’t ready for their action because they’re used to waiting. Find myself trying to retrain my brain to do scifi … and less monster slaying. Playtest notes for Sessions #1 and #2 are up now. Session #3, which featured skill challenges, will be up this week. Review: Star Wars Game Master's Screen MSRP: $12.95 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786949368/nuketown Quick-reference screen/fortress of solitude for game masters running Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. The screen is low and wide – only 8.4 inches tall, but two feet long – and is comprised of four panels (check) Built from heavy, laminated cardboard; much stronger/solid than previous edition screens (or D&D screens) Cover art is a montage of video captures and artwork from the Star Wars films and Extended Universe. Panel by Panel: First Panel: Statistics for Objects,  Statistics for Substances, Weapon Ranges, Restricted Objects Second Panel Actions, Combat Modifies, Condition Track, Vehicle Actions, Size, Vehicle Weapon Ranges Third Panel: Sample Skill DCs, Climb Check DCs, Deceptions, Average Skill Bonuses, Attitude Steps, Perception DCs, Gather Information DCs, Treat Injuries DCs, Computer Attitude Steps Fourth Panel Cone Diagram, Experience Points and Rewards, Force Powers (Core book) All panels are white and light blue on a black background. We’ve been moving away from GM screens in our game, but I like this style of low screen; it’s less of a barrier and more of a game aid. You can still roll those secret rolls, but you don’t have this huge wall in front of it. Everything on these screens is something that I’ve needed in our playtests (especially skill DCs, weapon ranges and – as of last Friday – cone diagrams). Also love that this screen perfectly fits my downstairs work area; I can wrap it around my laptop and still see everything I need. I think this may be Some complained that weapons damages weren’t listed, but honestly I’m ok with that. Players have that stuff on their sheets; they don’t generally have weapon ranges. Artwork is not particularly inspired. Really liked the cover sleeve (with Darth Vader and the partially completed Death Star) and wish they’d carried that to the screen, but what they have is adequate Promo: Yog Radio http://www.yog-sothoth.com Outro Coming up on Radio Active: A very geeky Christmas! Even more video game reviews. Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night’s sleep, remember  the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" woes and talk about the boatload of games I’ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the “Is Gd” url shortner, test drive the Obsidian Portal gaming wiki, and round out the show by geeking out over the Star Wars RPG game master’s screen. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Potty Training Redux! NeutronLad decides he’s had enough diapers. My Xbox 360 died dead. For the second time in 2.5 years, my Xbox 360 is dead. This time though, it wasn’t covered by the Best Buy service plan, so I had send it back to Microsoft … right while I was reviewing an avalanche of games. Turns out renting one is next to impossible, but borrowing well, that’s easier. Jordan missed the Xbox terribly. New game reviews: DeadSpace, Fallout 3, DC Universe DeadSpace: Solid horror shooter that mixes things up with cool zero gravity mechanics and a location-based space zombie killing mechanic. Rating: B+ Read the review on SCIFI.com Fallout 3 Loyal to the original game, even if it shifts from third person to first person perspective. Not as deep or extensive as Oblivion, but this is a good thing as you’ll actually be able to replay it. Makes me want to play Gamma World with Star Wars: Saga-spawned rules. Rating: B+ (but a really solid B+). Read the review on SCIFI.com Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Fun with friends, but more a rental than a buy. Read the review on SCIFI.com The Secret Lair: Review of The Sky People by SM Stirling http://www.thesecretlair.com/main/2008/11/19/episode-0017-the-sky-people-by-sm-stirling Promo: Accidental Survivors Shoutout http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/ Netheads Is.Gd: URL Shortener Twitter needs short URLs. Tiny URL is flaky, so when I saw friends using is.gd over the summer, I decided to try it. http://is.gd Obsidian Portal Free campaign wikis http://www.obsidianportal.com You can create: Adventure Logs posts as public, but can be flagged as GM only content can be broken down within the post to public vs. GM only, which is nice. Posts can be tagged Wiki Functions as a traditional wiki, including mediawiki style bracketed hyperlinks. Every wiki page has a GM secret area. NPC Tracker Allows you to quickly add and tag NPCs, then go in and edit their details (level, species, bio, etc.) Comments Simple comment page. Map Upload No map creation or pre-gens (wouldn’t THAT be nice?) Terms of service based on WordPRess TOS. http://www.obsidianportal.com/terms-of-service Prime plans can restrict access to members of their party or friends. Site map shows locations of campaigns around the country. Can share information with third party sites, e.g. posting wiki updates to blog syndication services. Could really use a forum associated with the campaign site; that would be particularly handy for play-by-posts, but you could get away with comment threads in adventure logs. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Game News: Star Wars: KOTOR campaign begins! Campaign site up at http://kotor.griffcrier.com Plays very fast … so fast that players aren’t ready for their action because they’re used to waiting. Find myself trying to retrain my brain to do scifi … and less monster slaying. Playtest notes for Sessions #1 and #2 are up now. Session #3, which featured skill challenges, will be up this week. Review: Star Wars Game Master's Screen MSRP: $12.95 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786949368/nuketown Quick-reference screen/fortress of solitude for game masters running Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. The screen is low and wide – only 8.4 inches tall, but two feet long – and is comprised of four panels (check) Built from heavy, laminated cardboard; much stronger/solid than previous edition screens (or D&D screens) Cover art is a montage of video captures and artwork from the Star Wars films and Extended Universe. Panel by Panel: First Panel: Statistics for Objects,  Statistics for Substances, Weapon Ranges, Restricted Objects Second Panel Actions, Combat Modifies, Condition Track, Vehicle Actions, Size, Vehicle Weapon Ranges Third Panel: Sample Skill DCs, Climb Check DCs, Deceptions, Average Skill Bonuses, Attitude Steps, Perception DCs, Gather Information DCs, Treat Injuries DCs, Computer Attitude Steps Fourth Panel Cone Diagram, Experience Points and Rewards, Force Powers (Core book) All panels are white and light blue on a black background. We’ve been moving away from GM screens in our game, but I like this style of low screen; it’s less of a barrier and more of a game aid. You can still roll those secret rolls, but you don’t have this huge wall in front of it. Everything on these screens is something that I’ve needed in our playtests (especially skill DCs, weapon ranges and – as of last Friday – cone diagrams). Also love that this screen perfectly fits my downstairs work area; I can wrap it around my laptop and still see everything I need. I think this may be Some complained that weapons damages weren’t listed, but honestly I’m ok with that. Players have that stuff on their sheets; they don’t generally have weapon ranges. Artwork is not particularly inspired. Really liked the cover sleeve (with Darth Vader and the partially completed Death Star) and wish they’d carried that to the screen, but what they have is adequate Promo: Yog Radio http://www.yog-sothoth.com Outro Coming up on Radio Active: A very geeky Christmas! Even more video game reviews. Contact us: Email: nuketown@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nukehavoc Skype: nuketown tag:odeo.com,2008-12-02,24060011 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:38:16 -0800 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23491936-Radio-Active-73-The-Cold-Touch-of-Autumn The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement str... The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement strikes again. This time ... winterizing! Hit Sonic for the first time! ( The Lehigh Valley got its first one in Nazareth, near Route 33 and 248. Newsletter Poll is done. So far 8 votes in favor (9, if you count twitter) Have a solution in mind that works with Drupal. Currently playing: LEGO: Batman If you like LEGO games, or just want a superhero themed game you can play with the kids, this works (esp. on superhero side). Read my review of LEGO: Batman on SCIFI.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Wizards & Warlocks Design Journal #1 Green Ronin is releasing a fantasy RPG based on its Mutants & Masterminds rules. This could be made of AWESOME. http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/super-vision/000610.php NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match The chess team at Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash. is facing off against the crew of the ISS. Each day the kids pick four possible moves to make, then the public votes on which one should be sent up to the space station. NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur The blog of Star Wars RPG freelancer Sterling Hershey, who's worked on KOTOR and a bunch of the upcoming source books. Keeps fans up to date on the mini and RPG games. Has news about his new stuff, like the free adventure "Iridonian Darkness" for KOTOR. http://blogs.starwars.com/silverforce Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Review: iPod Touch Been using a 1st gen iPod touch for a few weeks now in testing for work. Using it to check mail, view calendars (which I'm now happily syncing with my Mac via Google Calendar, details about that can be found on Nuketown). Video looks great on in; perfect for watching video podcasts, movies, TV, etc. Compatible at least some of the peripheries of other iPod device (it works with our kitchen music station). Web browser is nice. Nothing you'd want to spend hours working on, but useful for quick hits. Great if, like me, you continuously live in a wi-fi field, but have crappy cellphone coverage (or just don't want a dataplan for your cell) Apps: Stanza: Book reader for iPod Touch http://www.lexcycle.com/iphone AIM Pandora http://www.pandora.com/ Twitterific http://iconfactory.com/twitterrific/ TouchTerm offers SSH access (including support for private/public key authentication0 to servers. http://www.jbrink.net/touchterm/ Mach Dice: Dice roller for the iPod Touch http://www.machwerx.com/apps/machdice/ Haven't driven with it, but I expect the interface would be more difficult to use than the standard iPod (which is what I hear from friends with the iPhone as well) Lack of storage is a challenge (16 GB is probably adequate for a mix of podcasts, videos and music, but 32 is the sweet spot in my opinion ... and more expensive for it. And oh yeah, it plays music too. Promo: SF Audio http://www.sffaudio.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement strikes again. This time ... winterizing! Hit Sonic for the first time! ( The Lehigh Valley got its first one in Nazareth, near Route 33 and 248. Newsletter Poll is done. So far 8 votes in favor (9, if you count twitter) Have a solution in mind that works with Drupal. Currently playing: LEGO: Batman If you like LEGO games, or just want a superhero themed game you can play with the kids, this works (esp. on superhero side). Read my review of LEGO: Batman on SCIFI.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Wizards & Warlocks Design Journal #1 Green Ronin is releasing a fantasy RPG based on its Mutants & Masterminds rules. This could be made of AWESOME. http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/super-vision/000610.php NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match The chess team at Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash. is facing off against the crew of the ISS. Each day the kids pick four possible moves to make, then the public votes on which one should be sent up to the space station. NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur The blog of Star Wars RPG freelancer Sterling Hershey, who's worked on KOTOR and a bunch of the upcoming source books. Keeps fans up to date on the mini and RPG games. Has news about his new stuff, like the free adventure "Iridonian Darkness" for KOTOR. http://blogs.starwars.com/silverforce Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Review: iPod Touch Been using a 1st gen iPod touch for a few weeks now in testing for work. Using it to check mail, view calendars (which I'm now happily syncing with my Mac via Google Calendar, details about that can be found on Nuketown). Video looks great on in; perfect for watching video podcasts, movies, TV, etc. Compatible at least some of the peripheries of other iPod device (it works with our kitchen music station). Web browser is nice. Nothing you'd want to spend hours working on, but useful for quick hits. Great if, like me, you continuously live in a wi-fi field, but have crappy cellphone coverage (or just don't want a dataplan for your cell) Apps: Stanza: Book reader for iPod Touch http://www.lexcycle.com/iphone AIM Pandora http://www.pandora.com/ Twitterific http://iconfactory.com/twitterrific/ TouchTerm offers SSH access (including support for private/public key authentication0 to servers. http://www.jbrink.net/touchterm/ Mach Dice: Dice roller for the iPod Touch http://www.machwerx.com/apps/machdice/ Haven't driven with it, but I expect the interface would be more difficult to use than the standard iPod (which is what I hear from friends with the iPhone as well) Lack of storage is a challenge (16 GB is probably adequate for a mix of podcasts, videos and music, but 32 is the sweet spot in my opinion ... and more expensive for it. And oh yeah, it plays music too. Promo: SF Audio http://www.sffaudio.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-10-15,23491936 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:56:39 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060012-Radio-Active-73-The-Cold-Touch-of-Autumn The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement str... The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement strikes again. This time ... winterizing! Hit Sonic for the first time! ( The Lehigh Valley got its first one in Nazareth, near Route 33 and 248. Newsletter Poll is done. So far 8 votes in favor (9, if you count twitter) Have a solution in mind that works with Drupal. Currently playing: LEGO: Batman If you like LEGO games, or just want a superhero themed game you can play with the kids, this works (esp. on superhero side). Read my review of LEGO: Batman on SCIFI.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Wizards & Warlocks Design Journal #1 Green Ronin is releasing a fantasy RPG based on its Mutants & Masterminds rules. This could be made of AWESOME. http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/super-vision/000610.php NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match The chess team at Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash. is facing off against the crew of the ISS. Each day the kids pick four possible moves to make, then the public votes on which one should be sent up to the space station. NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur The blog of Star Wars RPG freelancer Sterling Hershey, who's worked on KOTOR and a bunch of the upcoming source books. Keeps fans up to date on the mini and RPG games. Has news about his new stuff, like the free adventure "Iridonian Darkness" for KOTOR. http://blogs.starwars.com/silverforce Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Review: iPod Touch Been using a 1st gen iPod touch for a few weeks now in testing for work. Using it to check mail, view calendars (which I'm now happily syncing with my Mac via Google Calendar, details about that can be found on Nuketown). Video looks great on in; perfect for watching video podcasts, movies, TV, etc. Compatible at least some of the peripheries of other iPod device (it works with our kitchen music station). Web browser is nice. Nothing you'd want to spend hours working on, but useful for quick hits. Great if, like me, you continuously live in a wi-fi field, but have crappy cellphone coverage (or just don't want a dataplan for your cell) Apps: Stanza: Book reader for iPod Touch http://www.lexcycle.com/iphone AIM Pandora http://www.pandora.com/ Twitterific http://iconfactory.com/twitterrific/ TouchTerm offers SSH access (including support for private/public key authentication0 to servers. http://www.jbrink.net/touchterm/ Mach Dice: Dice roller for the iPod Touch http://www.machwerx.com/apps/machdice/ Haven't driven with it, but I expect the interface would be more difficult to use than the standard iPod (which is what I hear from friends with the iPhone as well) Lack of storage is a challenge (16 GB is probably adequate for a mix of podcasts, videos and music, but 32 is the sweet spot in my opinion ... and more expensive for it. And oh yeah, it plays music too. Promo: SF Audio http://www.sffaudio.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement strikes again. This time ... winterizing! Hit Sonic for the first time! ( The Lehigh Valley got its first one in Nazareth, near Route 33 and 248. Newsletter Poll is done. So far 8 votes in favor (9, if you count twitter) Have a solution in mind that works with Drupal. Currently playing: LEGO: Batman If you like LEGO games, or just want a superhero themed game you can play with the kids, this works (esp. on superhero side). Read my review of LEGO: Batman on SCIFI.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Wizards & Warlocks Design Journal #1 Green Ronin is releasing a fantasy RPG based on its Mutants & Masterminds rules. This could be made of AWESOME. http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/super-vision/000610.php NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match The chess team at Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash. is facing off against the crew of the ISS. Each day the kids pick four possible moves to make, then the public votes on which one should be sent up to the space station. NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur The blog of Star Wars RPG freelancer Sterling Hershey, who's worked on KOTOR and a bunch of the upcoming source books. Keeps fans up to date on the mini and RPG games. Has news about his new stuff, like the free adventure "Iridonian Darkness" for KOTOR. http://blogs.starwars.com/silverforce Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Review: iPod Touch Been using a 1st gen iPod touch for a few weeks now in testing for work. Using it to check mail, view calendars (which I'm now happily syncing with my Mac via Google Calendar, details about that can be found on Nuketown). Video looks great on in; perfect for watching video podcasts, movies, TV, etc. Compatible at least some of the peripheries of other iPod device (it works with our kitchen music station). Web browser is nice. Nothing you'd want to spend hours working on, but useful for quick hits. Great if, like me, you continuously live in a wi-fi field, but have crappy cellphone coverage (or just don't want a dataplan for your cell) Apps: Stanza: Book reader for iPod Touch http://www.lexcycle.com/iphone AIM Pandora http://www.pandora.com/ Twitterific http://iconfactory.com/twitterrific/ TouchTerm offers SSH access (including support for private/public key authentication0 to servers. http://www.jbrink.net/touchterm/ Mach Dice: Dice roller for the iPod Touch http://www.machwerx.com/apps/machdice/ Haven't driven with it, but I expect the interface would be more difficult to use than the standard iPod (which is what I hear from friends with the iPhone as well) Lack of storage is a challenge (16 GB is probably adequate for a mix of podcasts, videos and music, but 32 is the sweet spot in my opinion ... and more expensive for it. And oh yeah, it plays music too. Promo: SF Audio http://www.sffaudio.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-10-15,24060012 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:56:39 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active role-playing games, Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23520488-Radio-Active-73-The-Cold-Touch-of-Autumn The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement str... The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement strikes again. This time ... winterizing! Hit Sonic for the first time! ( The Lehigh Valley got its first one in Nazareth, near Route 33 and 248. Newsletter Poll is done. So far 8 votes in favor (9, if you count twitter) Have a solution in mind that works with Drupal. Currently playing: LEGO: Batman If you like LEGO games, or just want a superhero themed game you can play with the kids, this works (esp. on superhero side). Read my review of LEGO: Batman on SCIFI.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Wizards & Warlocks Design Journal #1 Green Ronin is releasing a fantasy RPG based on its Mutants & Masterminds rules. This could be made of AWESOME. http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/super-vision/000610.php NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match The chess team at Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash. is facing off against the crew of the ISS. Each day the kids pick four possible moves to make, then the public votes on which one should be sent up to the space station. NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur The blog of Star Wars RPG freelancer Sterling Hershey, who's worked on KOTOR and a bunch of the upcoming source books. Keeps fans up to date on the mini and RPG games. Has news about his new stuff, like the free adventure "Iridonian Darkness" for KOTOR. http://blogs.starwars.com/silverforce Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Review: iPod Touch Been using a 1st gen iPod touch for a few weeks now in testing for work. Using it to check mail, view calendars (which I'm now happily syncing with my Mac via Google Calendar, details about that can be found on Nuketown). Video looks great on in; perfect for watching video podcasts, movies, TV, etc. Compatible at least some of the peripheries of other iPod device (it works with our kitchen music station). Web browser is nice. Nothing you'd want to spend hours working on, but useful for quick hits. Great if, like me, you continuously live in a wi-fi field, but have crappy cellphone coverage (or just don't want a dataplan for your cell) Apps: Stanza: Book reader for iPod Touch http://www.lexcycle.com/iphone AIM Pandora http://www.pandora.com/ Twitterific http://iconfactory.com/twitterrific/ TouchTerm offers SSH access (including support for private/public key authentication0 to servers. http://www.jbrink.net/touchterm/ Mach Dice: Dice roller for the iPod Touch http://www.machwerx.com/apps/machdice/ Haven't driven with it, but I expect the interface would be more difficult to use than the standard iPod (which is what I hear from friends with the iPhone as well) Lack of storage is a challenge (16 GB is probably adequate for a mix of podcasts, videos and music, but 32 is the sweet spot in my opinion ... and more expensive for it. And oh yeah, it plays music too. Promo: SF Audio http://www.sffaudio.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com?? Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist?? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc The kids are getting over colds and we've got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I've got a run down the video games I'll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin's new Wizards and Warlocks role-playing game and find kindergartners playing chess with spaceborne astronauts. Rounding out the show is a review of Apple's iPod touch, the one geeky gadget that could conceiveably replace my trusty black iPod... Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Sick Kids. Three weeks of sick kids, sick moms and sick dads. And is anything more miserable than a sick 2 year old? Home improvement strikes again. This time ... winterizing! Hit Sonic for the first time! ( The Lehigh Valley got its first one in Nazareth, near Route 33 and 248. Newsletter Poll is done. So far 8 votes in favor (9, if you count twitter) Have a solution in mind that works with Drupal. Currently playing: LEGO: Batman If you like LEGO games, or just want a superhero themed game you can play with the kids, this works (esp. on superhero side). Read my review of LEGO: Batman on SCIFI.com Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Wizards & Warlocks Design Journal #1 Green Ronin is releasing a fantasy RPG based on its Mutants & Masterminds rules. This could be made of AWESOME. http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/super-vision/000610.php NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match The chess team at Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash. is facing off against the crew of the ISS. Each day the kids pick four possible moves to make, then the public votes on which one should be sent up to the space station. NASA, U.S. Chess Federation to Begin Earth vs. Space Match Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur The blog of Star Wars RPG freelancer Sterling Hershey, who's worked on KOTOR and a bunch of the upcoming source books. Keeps fans up to date on the mini and RPG games. Has news about his new stuff, like the free adventure "Iridonian Darkness" for KOTOR. http://blogs.starwars.com/silverforce Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com Review: iPod Touch Been using a 1st gen iPod touch for a few weeks now in testing for work. Using it to check mail, view calendars (which I'm now happily syncing with my Mac via Google Calendar, details about that can be found on Nuketown). Video looks great on in; perfect for watching video podcasts, movies, TV, etc. Compatible at least some of the peripheries of other iPod device (it works with our kitchen music station). Web browser is nice. Nothing you'd want to spend hours working on, but useful for quick hits. Great if, like me, you continuously live in a wi-fi field, but have crappy cellphone coverage (or just don't want a dataplan for your cell) Apps: Stanza: Book reader for iPod Touch http://www.lexcycle.com/iphone AIM Pandora http://www.pandora.com/ Twitterific http://iconfactory.com/twitterrific/ TouchTerm offers SSH access (including support for private/public key authentication0 to servers. http://www.jbrink.net/touchterm/ Mach Dice: Dice roller for the iPod Touch http://www.machwerx.com/apps/machdice/ Haven't driven with it, but I expect the interface would be more difficult to use than the standard iPod (which is what I hear from friends with the iPhone as well) Lack of storage is a challenge (16 GB is probably adequate for a mix of podcasts, videos and music, but 32 is the sweet spot in my opinion ... and more expensive for it. And oh yeah, it plays music too. Promo: SF Audio http://www.sffaudio.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com?? Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist?? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-10-15,23520488 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:56:39 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active role-playing games, Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23415066-Radio-Active-72-Dungeons-Dragons-4th-Edition Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Reviewed (... Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Reviewed (subscription required) http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=6945 The Tome: Player's Handbook http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/23/the-tome-ep-66-4e-players-handbook/ The Tome: Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/24/the-tome-ep-67-4e-dmg-and-mm/ SCIFI.com: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw19037.html The Game's the Thing: Episode 034: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Discussion http://www.thegamesthething.com/index.php?post_id=351751 Investigating Mind Games Vol 1 #07 - JJ and Sean Talk 4th Edition… http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/2008/07/05/investigating-mind-games-vol-1-07-jj-and-sean-talk-4th-edition/ Virtual Play - Episode 29: Dungeons & Dragons 4E http://virtualplay.podbus.com/http://virtualplay.podbus.com/?p=56 WapCaplets: Episode 19: Obligatory D&D 4E Episode http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/2008/07/06/episode-19-obligatory-dd-4e-episode/ Radio Free Hommlet: A D&D 4E Podcast http://hommlet.com Pulp Gamer: 4E First Impressions http://www.pulpgamer.com/outofcharacter/134109/pgoc-051-first-look-at-4th-edition/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com/ Review: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Read the full review at Nuketown.com Final Analysis: I like 4E, but I don’t love it. I think it’s a bad fit for traditional campaign settings, including Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms and works best with players who are tired of 3E, are looking for something with more focused character options, and are willing to reboot their campaign. The game system is less flexible than it’s predecessor, and unlike 3E players will find themselves forcing their campaigns to fit 4E’s play style, rather than the other way around. If I were starting up a new D&D campaign with a new group of players, I might go with an Eberron 4E campaign (especially once the updated setting is released next year) but for now 4E’s off my active gaming radar. And yeah, I'm tired of arguing about 4E. Promo: Geek Acres http://www.geekacres.net/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Reviewed (subscription required) http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=6945 The Tome: Player's Handbook http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/23/the-tome-ep-66-4e-players-handbook/ The Tome: Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/24/the-tome-ep-67-4e-dmg-and-mm/ SCIFI.com: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw19037.html The Game's the Thing: Episode 034: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Discussion http://www.thegamesthething.com/index.php?post_id=351751 Investigating Mind Games Vol 1 #07 - JJ and Sean Talk 4th Edition… http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/2008/07/05/investigating-mind-games-vol-1-07-jj-and-sean-talk-4th-edition/ Virtual Play - Episode 29: Dungeons & Dragons 4E http://virtualplay.podbus.com/http://virtualplay.podbus.com/?p=56 WapCaplets: Episode 19: Obligatory D&D 4E Episode http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/2008/07/06/episode-19-obligatory-dd-4e-episode/ Radio Free Hommlet: A D&D 4E Podcast http://hommlet.com Pulp Gamer: 4E First Impressions http://www.pulpgamer.com/outofcharacter/134109/pgoc-051-first-look-at-4th-edition/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com/ Review: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Read the full review at Nuketown.com Final Analysis: I like 4E, but I don’t love it. I think it’s a bad fit for traditional campaign settings, including Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms and works best with players who are tired of 3E, are looking for something with more focused character options, and are willing to reboot their campaign. The game system is less flexible than it’s predecessor, and unlike 3E players will find themselves forcing their campaigns to fit 4E’s play style, rather than the other way around. If I were starting up a new D&D campaign with a new group of players, I might go with an Eberron 4E campaign (especially once the updated setting is released next year) but for now 4E’s off my active gaming radar. And yeah, I'm tired of arguing about 4E. Promo: Geek Acres http://www.geekacres.net/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-09-28,23415066 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:07:04 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active role-playing games, Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23471187-Radio-Active-72-Dungeons-Dragons-4th-Edition Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf. Photo on Flickr Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Vote on Nuketown Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons &a... Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf. Photo on Flickr Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Vote on Nuketown Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Reviewed (subscription required) http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=6945 The Tome: Player's Handbook http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/23/the-tome-ep-66-4e-players-handbook/ The Tome: Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/24/the-tome-ep-67-4e-dmg-and-mm/ SCIFI.com: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw19037.html The Game's the Thing: Episode 034: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Discussion http://www.thegamesthething.com/index.php?post_id=351751 Investigating Mind Games Vol 1 #07 - JJ and Sean Talk 4th Edition??? http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/2008/07/05/investigating-mind-games-vol-1-07-jj-and-sean-talk-4th-edition/ Virtual Play - Episode 29: Dungeons & Dragons 4E http://virtualplay.podbus.com/http://virtualplay.podbus.com/?p=56 WapCaplets: Episode 19: Obligatory D&D 4E Episode http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/2008/07/06/episode-19-obligatory-dd-4e-episode/ Radio Free Hommlet: A D&D 4E Podcast http://hommlet.com Pulp Gamer: 4E First Impressions http://www.pulpgamer.com/outofcharacter/134109/pgoc-051-first-look-at-4th-edition/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com/ Review: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Read the full review at Nuketown.com Final Analysis: I like 4E, but I don???t love it. I think it???s a bad fit for traditional campaign settings, including Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms and works best with players who are tired of 3E, are looking for something with more focused character options, and are willing to reboot their campaign. The game system is less flexible than it???s predecessor, and unlike 3E players will find themselves forcing their campaigns to fit 4E???s play style, rather than the other way around. If I were starting up a new D&D campaign with a new group of players, I might go with an Eberron 4E campaign (especially once the updated setting is released next year) but for now 4E???s off my active gaming radar. And yeah, I'm tired of arguing about 4E. Promo: Geek Acres http://www.geekacres.net/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf. Photo on Flickr Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Vote on Nuketown Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Reviewed (subscription required) http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=6945 The Tome: Player's Handbook http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/23/the-tome-ep-66-4e-players-handbook/ The Tome: Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/24/the-tome-ep-67-4e-dmg-and-mm/ SCIFI.com: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw19037.html The Game's the Thing: Episode 034: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Discussion http://www.thegamesthething.com/index.php?post_id=351751 Investigating Mind Games Vol 1 #07 - JJ and Sean Talk 4th Edition??? http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/2008/07/05/investigating-mind-games-vol-1-07-jj-and-sean-talk-4th-edition/ Virtual Play - Episode 29: Dungeons & Dragons 4E http://virtualplay.podbus.com/http://virtualplay.podbus.com/?p=56 WapCaplets: Episode 19: Obligatory D&D 4E Episode http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/2008/07/06/episode-19-obligatory-dd-4e-episode/ Radio Free Hommlet: A D&D 4E Podcast http://hommlet.com Pulp Gamer: 4E First Impressions http://www.pulpgamer.com/outofcharacter/134109/pgoc-051-first-look-at-4th-edition/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com/ Review: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Read the full review at Nuketown.com Final Analysis: I like 4E, but I don???t love it. I think it???s a bad fit for traditional campaign settings, including Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms and works best with players who are tired of 3E, are looking for something with more focused character options, and are willing to reboot their campaign. The game system is less flexible than it???s predecessor, and unlike 3E players will find themselves forcing their campaigns to fit 4E???s play style, rather than the other way around. If I were starting up a new D&D campaign with a new group of players, I might go with an Eberron 4E campaign (especially once the updated setting is released next year) but for now 4E???s off my active gaming radar. And yeah, I'm tired of arguing about 4E. Promo: Geek Acres http://www.geekacres.net/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-09-28,23471187 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:07:04 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active role-playing games, Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060013-Radio-Active-72-Dungeons-Dragons-4th-Edition Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf. Photo on Flickr Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Vote on Nuketown Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons &a... Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf. Photo on Flickr Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Vote on Nuketown Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Reviewed (subscription required) http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=6945 The Tome: Player's Handbook http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/23/the-tome-ep-66-4e-players-handbook/ The Tome: Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/24/the-tome-ep-67-4e-dmg-and-mm/ SCIFI.com: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw19037.html The Game's the Thing: Episode 034: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Discussion http://www.thegamesthething.com/index.php?post_id=351751 Investigating Mind Games Vol 1 #07 - JJ and Sean Talk 4th Edition… http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/2008/07/05/investigating-mind-games-vol-1-07-jj-and-sean-talk-4th-edition/ Virtual Play - Episode 29: Dungeons & Dragons 4E http://virtualplay.podbus.com/http://virtualplay.podbus.com/?p=56 WapCaplets: Episode 19: Obligatory D&D 4E Episode http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/2008/07/06/episode-19-obligatory-dd-4e-episode/ Radio Free Hommlet: A D&D 4E Podcast http://hommlet.com Pulp Gamer: 4E First Impressions http://www.pulpgamer.com/outofcharacter/134109/pgoc-051-first-look-at-4th-edition/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com/ Review: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Read the full review at Nuketown.com Final Analysis: I like 4E, but I don’t love it. I think it’s a bad fit for traditional campaign settings, including Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms and works best with players who are tired of 3E, are looking for something with more focused character options, and are willing to reboot their campaign. The game system is less flexible than it’s predecessor, and unlike 3E players will find themselves forcing their campaigns to fit 4E’s play style, rather than the other way around. If I were starting up a new D&D campaign with a new group of players, I might go with an Eberron 4E campaign (especially once the updated setting is released next year) but for now 4E’s off my active gaming radar. And yeah, I'm tired of arguing about 4E. Promo: Geek Acres http://www.geekacres.net/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc Radio Active #72 contememplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, asks questions about Nuketown's long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter and finally reviews Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by Wizards of the Coast. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Luke decides to reorganize his room Jordan loves chess. I'm reworking the geek dad bookshelf. Photo on Flickr Luke gets talking ... and talking ... and talking. Should I bring back the RADIATONS Newsletter? Vote on Nuketown Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads Pyramid: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Reviewed (subscription required) http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=6945 The Tome: Player's Handbook http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/23/the-tome-ep-66-4e-players-handbook/ The Tome: Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide http://TheTome.podbean.com/2008/06/24/the-tome-ep-67-4e-dmg-and-mm/ SCIFI.com: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw19037.html The Game's the Thing: Episode 034: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Discussion http://www.thegamesthething.com/index.php?post_id=351751 Investigating Mind Games Vol 1 #07 - JJ and Sean Talk 4th Edition… http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/2008/07/05/investigating-mind-games-vol-1-07-jj-and-sean-talk-4th-edition/ Virtual Play - Episode 29: Dungeons & Dragons 4E http://virtualplay.podbus.com/http://virtualplay.podbus.com/?p=56 WapCaplets: Episode 19: Obligatory D&D 4E Episode http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/2008/07/06/episode-19-obligatory-dd-4e-episode/ Radio Free Hommlet: A D&D 4E Podcast http://hommlet.com Pulp Gamer: 4E First Impressions http://www.pulpgamer.com/outofcharacter/134109/pgoc-051-first-look-at-4th-edition/ Promo: Canon Puncture http://canonpuncture.blogspot.com/ Review: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Read the full review at Nuketown.com Final Analysis: I like 4E, but I don’t love it. I think it’s a bad fit for traditional campaign settings, including Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms and works best with players who are tired of 3E, are looking for something with more focused character options, and are willing to reboot their campaign. The game system is less flexible than it’s predecessor, and unlike 3E players will find themselves forcing their campaigns to fit 4E’s play style, rather than the other way around. If I were starting up a new D&D campaign with a new group of players, I might go with an Eberron 4E campaign (especially once the updated setting is released next year) but for now 4E’s off my active gaming radar. And yeah, I'm tired of arguing about 4E. Promo: Geek Acres http://www.geekacres.net/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-09-28,24060013 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:07:04 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active role-playing games, Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23350556-Radio-Active-71-Summer-s-End Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up... Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up recently Back to the Gym I've gone back to the gym (and pool) and am slowly working my way back down to my target weight of 190 lbs. Right now I'm down about 6 lbs., at 208 A Different Kind of Game Day Jordan and I made it to two IronPigs games. Fantastic fun, great family-centric environment. I can't wait to go again next year; I'm thinking about getting a multi-game pack. Nuke(m)Con My gaming group's gearing up for its home-grown gaming convention, Nuke(m)Con. We're going with a western theme this year, focusing on games like Aces & Eights, Deadlands Reloaded, Serenity and Dogs in the Vineyard; all games we bought over the last year or so, but never had a chance to play. And, of course, there will be D&D. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads RPG Bloggers Network Dozens of RPG bloggers have come together as part of the network. This site aggregates their posts into a central, easily browseable location. http://www.rpgbloggers.com Musings of the Chatty GM Uncle Bear Critical Hits The Core Mechanic Stupid Ranger Critical Ankle Bites The Fine Art of the TPK Promo: The Master Plan Podcast http://masterplanpodcast.net Feature: Struggling with 4th Edition D&D Sorry, no review in this edition, but it will be in Radio Active #72. I know this because I already wrote it. Instead I talk about my challenges writing the review, and what may gaming group's decided to do with 4E going forward. Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up recently Back to the Gym I've gone back to the gym (and pool) and am slowly working my way back down to my target weight of 190 lbs. Right now I'm down about 6 lbs., at 208 A Different Kind of Game Day Jordan and I made it to two IronPigs games. Fantastic fun, great family-centric environment. I can't wait to go again next year; I'm thinking about getting a multi-game pack. Nuke(m)Con My gaming group's gearing up for its home-grown gaming convention, Nuke(m)Con. We're going with a western theme this year, focusing on games like Aces & Eights, Deadlands Reloaded, Serenity and Dogs in the Vineyard; all games we bought over the last year or so, but never had a chance to play. And, of course, there will be D&D. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads RPG Bloggers Network Dozens of RPG bloggers have come together as part of the network. This site aggregates their posts into a central, easily browseable location. http://www.rpgbloggers.com Musings of the Chatty GM Uncle Bear Critical Hits The Core Mechanic Stupid Ranger Critical Ankle Bites The Fine Art of the TPK Promo: The Master Plan Podcast http://masterplanpodcast.net Feature: Struggling with 4th Edition D&D Sorry, no review in this edition, but it will be in Radio Active #72. I know this because I already wrote it. Instead I talk about my challenges writing the review, and what may gaming group's decided to do with 4E going forward. Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-09-15,23350556 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:41:33 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active role-playing games, Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400279-Radio-Active-71-Summer-s-End Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up... Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up recently Back to the Gym I've gone back to the gym (and pool) and am slowly working my way back down to my target weight of 190 lbs. Right now I'm down about 6 lbs., at 208 A Different Kind of Game Day Jordan and I made it to two IronPigs games. Fantastic fun, great family-centric environment. I can't wait to go again next year; I'm thinking about getting a multi-game pack. Nuke(m)Con My gaming group's gearing up for its home-grown gaming convention, Nuke(m)Con. We're going with a western theme this year, focusing on games like Aces & Eights, Deadlands Reloaded, Serenity and Dogs in the Vineyard; all games we bought over the last year or so, but never had a chance to play. And, of course, there will be D&D. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads RPG Bloggers Network Dozens of RPG bloggers have come together as part of the network. This site aggregates their posts into a central, easily browseable location. http://www.rpgbloggers.com Musings of the Chatty GM Uncle Bear Critical Hits The Core Mechanic Stupid Ranger Critical Ankle Bites The Fine Art of the TPK Promo: The Master Plan Podcast http://masterplanpodcast.net Feature: Struggling with 4th Edition D&D Sorry, no review in this edition, but it will be in Radio Active #72. I know this because I already wrote it. Instead I talk about my challenges writing the review, and what may gaming group's decided to do with 4E going forward. Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up recently Back to the Gym I've gone back to the gym (and pool) and am slowly working my way back down to my target weight of 190 lbs. Right now I'm down about 6 lbs., at 208 A Different Kind of Game Day Jordan and I made it to two IronPigs games. Fantastic fun, great family-centric environment. I can't wait to go again next year; I'm thinking about getting a multi-game pack. Nuke(m)Con My gaming group's gearing up for its home-grown gaming convention, Nuke(m)Con. We're going with a western theme this year, focusing on games like Aces & Eights, Deadlands Reloaded, Serenity and Dogs in the Vineyard; all games we bought over the last year or so, but never had a chance to play. And, of course, there will be D&D. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads RPG Bloggers Network Dozens of RPG bloggers have come together as part of the network. This site aggregates their posts into a central, easily browseable location. http://www.rpgbloggers.com Musings of the Chatty GM Uncle Bear Critical Hits The Core Mechanic Stupid Ranger Critical Ankle Bites The Fine Art of the TPK Promo: The Master Plan Podcast http://masterplanpodcast.net Feature: Struggling with 4th Edition D&D Sorry, no review in this edition, but it will be in Radio Active #72. I know this because I already wrote it. Instead I talk about my challenges writing the review, and what may gaming group's decided to do with 4E going forward. Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-09-15,23400279 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:41:33 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active role-playing games, Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060014-Radio-Active-71-Summer-s-End Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up... Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up recently Back to the Gym I've gone back to the gym (and pool) and am slowly working my way back down to my target weight of 190 lbs. Right now I'm down about 6 lbs., at 208 A Different Kind of Game Day Jordan and I made it to two IronPigs games. Fantastic fun, great family-centric environment. I can't wait to go again next year; I'm thinking about getting a multi-game pack. Nuke(m)Con My gaming group's gearing up for its home-grown gaming convention, Nuke(m)Con. We're going with a western theme this year, focusing on games like Aces & Eights, Deadlands Reloaded, Serenity and Dogs in the Vineyard; all games we bought over the last year or so, but never had a chance to play. And, of course, there will be D&D. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads RPG Bloggers Network Dozens of RPG bloggers have come together as part of the network. This site aggregates their posts into a central, easily browseable location. http://www.rpgbloggers.com Musings of the Chatty GM Uncle Bear Critical Hits The Core Mechanic Stupid Ranger Critical Ankle Bites The Fine Art of the TPK Promo: The Master Plan Podcast http://masterplanpodcast.net Feature: Struggling with 4th Edition D&D Sorry, no review in this edition, but it will be in Radio Active #72. I know this because I already wrote it. Instead I talk about my challenges writing the review, and what may gaming group's decided to do with 4E going forward. Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc Summer's over and Nuketown Radio Active's back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed NukemCon 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk a little about the challenges of reviewing the game, and what my gaming group's decided to do with the new edition. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Long Summer It's been one long, crazy summer. Way, way too much work to do, which led to way, way too few podcasts. But the semesters under way, and I'm getting back to my regular routine. Close Encounters of a Crashy Kind Have you backed up recently Back to the Gym I've gone back to the gym (and pool) and am slowly working my way back down to my target weight of 190 lbs. Right now I'm down about 6 lbs., at 208 A Different Kind of Game Day Jordan and I made it to two IronPigs games. Fantastic fun, great family-centric environment. I can't wait to go again next year; I'm thinking about getting a multi-game pack. Nuke(m)Con My gaming group's gearing up for its home-grown gaming convention, Nuke(m)Con. We're going with a western theme this year, focusing on games like Aces & Eights, Deadlands Reloaded, Serenity and Dogs in the Vineyard; all games we bought over the last year or so, but never had a chance to play. And, of course, there will be D&D. Promo: RPG Podcasts http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads RPG Bloggers Network Dozens of RPG bloggers have come together as part of the network. This site aggregates their posts into a central, easily browseable location. http://www.rpgbloggers.com Musings of the Chatty GM Uncle Bear Critical Hits The Core Mechanic Stupid Ranger Critical Ankle Bites The Fine Art of the TPK Promo: The Master Plan Podcast http://masterplanpodcast.net Feature: Struggling with 4th Edition D&D Sorry, no review in this edition, but it will be in Radio Active #72. I know this because I already wrote it. Instead I talk about my challenges writing the review, and what may gaming group's decided to do with 4E going forward. Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-09-15,24060014 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:41:33 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active role-playing games, Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400280-Re-post-Radio-Active-70-A-Day-at-the-Ballpark I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... tag:odeo.com,2008-07-20,23400280 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:09:03 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060015-Re-post-Radio-Active-70-A-Day-at-the-Ballpark I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... tag:odeo.com,2008-07-20,24060015 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:09:03 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23316848-Re-post-Radio-Active-70-A-Day-at-the-Ballpark I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... I accidentally linked the story for Radio Active #70 to the file for #69. This is a re-post to get the file into the feed; show notes are still available at: http://www.nuketown.com/podcast/radioactive/70 And that folks, is why you should always check your feed and feed stats after posting a new episode... tag:odeo.com,2008-07-20,23316848 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:09:03 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400281-Radio-Active-70-A-Day-at-the-Ballpark On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's First Rule, The Subtle Knife, The Golden Globe Tim Knight's summer reading list (from HeroPress) includes The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison, Boxing Stories by Robert E Howard and Devil's Cape by Rob Rogers. Doug Rapson of Geek Acres dropped me an email to let me know he's started reading I Am Spock by Lenoard Nimoy as part of his own summer reading list. Promo: The Gamemaster Show http://www.thegamemastershow.com Netheads Dark Horse Presents Solomon Kane: The Nightcomers PodCampPhilly: September 6th and 7th at Temple University http://podcampphilly.pbwiki.com Star Wars RPG Links Order 66 Podcast http://d20radio.com/ Official Star Wars RPG Podcast http://www.wizards.com/starwars/ Monsterpocalypse: Battle for world domination with giant monsters. Factions include: Martian Menace, Planet Eaters, G.U.A.R.D., Terrasaurs, Lords of Cthul, Shadow Sun Syndicate http://www.monsterpocalypsegame.com/ Promo: Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's First Rule, The Subtle Knife, The Golden Globe Tim Knight's summer reading list (from HeroPress) includes The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison, Boxing Stories by Robert E Howard and Devil's Cape by Rob Rogers. Doug Rapson of Geek Acres dropped me an email to let me know he's started reading I Am Spock by Lenoard Nimoy as part of his own summer reading list. Promo: The Gamemaster Show http://www.thegamemastershow.com Netheads Dark Horse Presents Solomon Kane: The Nightcomers PodCampPhilly: September 6th and 7th at Temple University http://podcampphilly.pbwiki.com Star Wars RPG Links Order 66 Podcast http://d20radio.com/ Official Star Wars RPG Podcast http://www.wizards.com/starwars/ Monsterpocalypse: Battle for world domination with giant monsters. Factions include: Martian Menace, Planet Eaters, G.U.A.R.D., Terrasaurs, Lords of Cthul, Shadow Sun Syndicate http://www.monsterpocalypsegame.com/ Promo: Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-07-17,23400281 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:49:31 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060016-Radio-Active-70-A-Day-at-the-Ballpark On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's First Rule, The Subtle Knife, The Golden Globe Tim Knight's summer reading list (from HeroPress) includes The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison, Boxing Stories by Robert E Howard and Devil's Cape by Rob Rogers. Doug Rapson of Geek Acres dropped me an email to let me know he's started reading I Am Spock by Lenoard Nimoy as part of his own summer reading list. Promo: The Gamemaster Show http://www.thegamemastershow.com Netheads Dark Horse Presents Solomon Kane: The Nightcomers PodCampPhilly: September 6th and 7th at Temple University http://podcampphilly.pbwiki.com Star Wars RPG Links Order 66 Podcast http://d20radio.com/ Official Star Wars RPG Podcast http://www.wizards.com/starwars/ Monsterpocalypse: Battle for world domination with giant monsters. Factions include: Martian Menace, Planet Eaters, G.U.A.R.D., Terrasaurs, Lords of Cthul, Shadow Sun Syndicate http://www.monsterpocalypsegame.com/ Promo: Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's First Rule, The Subtle Knife, The Golden Globe Tim Knight's summer reading list (from HeroPress) includes The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison, Boxing Stories by Robert E Howard and Devil's Cape by Rob Rogers. Doug Rapson of Geek Acres dropped me an email to let me know he's started reading I Am Spock by Lenoard Nimoy as part of his own summer reading list. Promo: The Gamemaster Show http://www.thegamemastershow.com Netheads Dark Horse Presents Solomon Kane: The Nightcomers PodCampPhilly: September 6th and 7th at Temple University http://podcampphilly.pbwiki.com Star Wars RPG Links Order 66 Podcast http://d20radio.com/ Official Star Wars RPG Podcast http://www.wizards.com/starwars/ Monsterpocalypse: Battle for world domination with giant monsters. Factions include: Martian Menace, Planet Eaters, G.U.A.R.D., Terrasaurs, Lords of Cthul, Shadow Sun Syndicate http://www.monsterpocalypsegame.com/ Promo: Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-07-17,24060016 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:49:31 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23316860-Radio-Active-70-A-Day-at-the-Ballpark On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's... On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's First Rule, The Subtle Knife, The Golden Globe Tim Knight's summer reading list (from HeroPress) includes The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison, Boxing Stories by Robert E Howard and Devil's Cape by Rob Rogers. Doug Rapson of Geek Acres dropped me an email to let me know he's started reading I Am Spock by Lenoard Nimoy as part of his own summer reading list. Promo: The Gamemaster Show http://www.thegamemastershow.com Netheads Dark Horse Presents Solomon Kane: The Nightcomers PodCampPhilly: September 6th and 7th at Temple University http://podcampphilly.pbwiki.com Star Wars RPG Links Order 66 Podcast http://d20radio.com/ Official Star Wars RPG Podcast http://www.wizards.com/starwars/ Monsterpocalypse: Battle for world domination with giant monsters. Factions include: Martian Menace, Planet Eaters, G.U.A.R.D., Terrasaurs, Lords of Cthul, Shadow Sun Syndicate http://www.monsterpocalypsegame.com/ Promo: Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year's PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics' online preview of the upcoming Solomon Kane comic book, look at the Monsterpocalypse giant monster miniature battle game, and geek out about the Star Wars RPG. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Summer Stuff The Big Game at Shea Stadium Moodle Hack/Doc Fest Mets Photos on Flickr Next Up: Dorney Park, IronPigs, Nuke(m)Con: Sept. 19-21 Summer Reading List Progress: Lathe of Heaven, Wizard's First Rule, The Subtle Knife, The Golden Globe Tim Knight's summer reading list (from HeroPress) includes The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison, Boxing Stories by Robert E Howard and Devil's Cape by Rob Rogers. Doug Rapson of Geek Acres dropped me an email to let me know he's started reading I Am Spock by Lenoard Nimoy as part of his own summer reading list. Promo: The Gamemaster Show http://www.thegamemastershow.com Netheads Dark Horse Presents Solomon Kane: The Nightcomers PodCampPhilly: September 6th and 7th at Temple University http://podcampphilly.pbwiki.com Star Wars RPG Links Order 66 Podcast http://d20radio.com/ Official Star Wars RPG Podcast http://www.wizards.com/starwars/ Monsterpocalypse: Battle for world domination with giant monsters. Factions include: Martian Menace, Planet Eaters, G.U.A.R.D., Terrasaurs, Lords of Cthul, Shadow Sun Syndicate http://www.monsterpocalypsegame.com/ Promo: Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-07-17,23316860 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:49:31 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400282-Radio-Active-69-One-Geeky-Summer It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Cam... It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Camping on an island: Is it possible to geek out on an island on Lake Champlaign? Can I survive a week without electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing? Can I use a nail gun? Minature Painting: Finally going to get some minis for my newer characters, including Thom Silverbow and Kull. Baseball games! Home improvment? Summer reading... Promo: 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net Feature: My Summer Reading List (in no particular order) John Scalzi's The Last Colony - intergalactic war novel Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver - adventures in science during the Age of Enlightenment John Varley's The Golden Globe - Humans get kicked off Earth by aliens and are forced to live at the edge of the solar system. Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven - A man's dreams can reshape reality. Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife - A young girl explores alternate realities, and tries to evade her world's religious dictators. Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan - Three Conan novellas. Rober E. Howard's Moon of Skulls - Tales of the weird by the creator of Conan. J.C. Hutchins' 7th Son - Seven clones have to hunt down their progenitor, John Alpha who's hellbent on destruction My Summer 2008 Reading List on GoodReads.com Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Camping on an island: Is it possible to geek out on an island on Lake Champlaign? Can I survive a week without electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing? Can I use a nail gun? Minature Painting: Finally going to get some minis for my newer characters, including Thom Silverbow and Kull. Baseball games! Home improvment? Summer reading... Promo: 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net Feature: My Summer Reading List (in no particular order) John Scalzi's The Last Colony - intergalactic war novel Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver - adventures in science during the Age of Enlightenment John Varley's The Golden Globe - Humans get kicked off Earth by aliens and are forced to live at the edge of the solar system. Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven - A man's dreams can reshape reality. Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife - A young girl explores alternate realities, and tries to evade her world's religious dictators. Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan - Three Conan novellas. Rober E. Howard's Moon of Skulls - Tales of the weird by the creator of Conan. J.C. Hutchins' 7th Son - Seven clones have to hunt down their progenitor, John Alpha who's hellbent on destruction My Summer 2008 Reading List on GoodReads.com Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-07-04,23400282 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:48:52 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24060017-Radio-Active-69-One-Geeky-Summer It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Cam... It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Camping on an island: Is it possible to geek out on an island on Lake Champlaign? Can I survive a week without electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing? Can I use a nail gun? Minature Painting: Finally going to get some minis for my newer characters, including Thom Silverbow and Kull. Baseball games! Home improvment? Summer reading... Promo: 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net Feature: My Summer Reading List (in no particular order) John Scalzi's The Last Colony - intergalactic war novel Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver - adventures in science during the Age of Enlightenment John Varley's The Golden Globe - Humans get kicked off Earth by aliens and are forced to live at the edge of the solar system. Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven - A man's dreams can reshape reality. Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife - A young girl explores alternate realities, and tries to evade her world's religious dictators. Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan - Three Conan novellas. Rober E. Howard's Moon of Skulls - Tales of the weird by the creator of Conan. J.C. Hutchins' 7th Son - Seven clones have to hunt down their progenitor, John Alpha who's hellbent on destruction My Summer 2008 Reading List on GoodReads.com Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Camping on an island: Is it possible to geek out on an island on Lake Champlaign? Can I survive a week without electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing? Can I use a nail gun? Minature Painting: Finally going to get some minis for my newer characters, including Thom Silverbow and Kull. Baseball games! Home improvment? Summer reading... Promo: 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net Feature: My Summer Reading List (in no particular order) John Scalzi's The Last Colony - intergalactic war novel Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver - adventures in science during the Age of Enlightenment John Varley's The Golden Globe - Humans get kicked off Earth by aliens and are forced to live at the edge of the solar system. Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven - A man's dreams can reshape reality. Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife - A young girl explores alternate realities, and tries to evade her world's religious dictators. Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan - Three Conan novellas. Rober E. Howard's Moon of Skulls - Tales of the weird by the creator of Conan. J.C. Hutchins' 7th Son - Seven clones have to hunt down their progenitor, John Alpha who's hellbent on destruction My Summer 2008 Reading List on GoodReads.com Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-07-04,24060017 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:48:52 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23316862-Radio-Active-69-One-Geeky-Summer It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Cam... It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Camping on an island: Is it possible to geek out on an island on Lake Champlaign? Can I survive a week without electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing? Can I use a nail gun? Minature Painting: Finally going to get some minis for my newer characters, including Thom Silverbow and Kull. Baseball games! Home improvment? Summer reading... Promo: 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net Feature: My Summer Reading List (in no particular order) John Scalzi's The Last Colony - intergalactic war novel Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver - adventures in science during the Age of Enlightenment John Varley's The Golden Globe - Humans get kicked off Earth by aliens and are forced to live at the edge of the solar system. Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven - A man's dreams can reshape reality. Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife - A young girl explores alternate realities, and tries to evade her world's religious dictators. Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan - Three Conan novellas. Rober E. Howard's Moon of Skulls - Tales of the weird by the creator of Conan. J.C. Hutchins' 7th Son - Seven clones have to hunt down their progenitor, John Alpha who's hellbent on destruction My Summer 2008 Reading List on GoodReads.com Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc It's summer and that means it's time to kick back and relax ... if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading list for 2008, including John Scalzi's The Last Colony, Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver, Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven , and Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Art of Relaxing? Although this is going to be one crazy summer at work, I don't want it to be as frenzied as the spring was. Of course, the challenge is figuring out exactly how to do that. Camping on an island: Is it possible to geek out on an island on Lake Champlaign? Can I survive a week without electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing? Can I use a nail gun? Minature Painting: Finally going to get some minis for my newer characters, including Thom Silverbow and Kull. Baseball games! Home improvment? Summer reading... Promo: 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net Feature: My Summer Reading List (in no particular order) John Scalzi's The Last Colony - intergalactic war novel Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver - adventures in science during the Age of Enlightenment John Varley's The Golden Globe - Humans get kicked off Earth by aliens and are forced to live at the edge of the solar system. Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven - A man's dreams can reshape reality. Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife - A young girl explores alternate realities, and tries to evade her world's religious dictators. Robert E. Howard's The Bloody Crown of Conan - Three Conan novellas. Rober E. Howard's Moon of Skulls - Tales of the weird by the creator of Conan. J.C. Hutchins' 7th Son - Seven clones have to hunt down their progenitor, John Alpha who's hellbent on destruction My Summer 2008 Reading List on GoodReads.com Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-07-04,23316862 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:48:52 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400283-Radio-Active-68-Geeking-out-at-Balticon It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutc... It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutchins, MA in PA, the Breakalls -- in short, everyone I've been listening to, chatting with on Twitter for the last few years. As for the SF angles ... well, it covers every aspect of the genre; anime, books, movies (hell, movies are shown throughout the weekend, as are anime). Complete coverage on Nuketown: http://www.nuketown.com/balticon42 Mucking About With the Feed Balticon has turbocharged my creative brain. Thinking about podcasting some short fiction of mine this summer. Also thinking of starting up a second game review podcast to test out some new technology I'm playing with (video, enhanced podcast). The question is ... would you want such supplemental material to show up in the main Radio Active feed? Want the option of a individual feeds for side projects as well as a global, non-Radio Active, all-inclusive podcast feed? Inquiring podcasters want to know. Getting Back into Hoax Debunking My first hoax debunking in a while: "Attack of the Back(seat)-Stabbing Driver! Feedback Jonathan writes: "I just started listening to your podcast and I wanted to say your doing a great job. I wanted to comment about I think it was in episodes 64 & 65 about if star wars is too graphic for 5 year olds. I would say just depends because I started to watch star wars when I was 4 going on 5 and it didnt bother me.Because like you said there are certain scenes in the movie that might be bad for someone that age but it depends on the parent if they should let their 5 year old watch it" Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Netheads ZombInc Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams began "The Takeover" as a video project at LuLu, but then they lost their jobs and the project went into limbo. Now it's back as an audio drama, and the first two episodes debuted at Balticon42. The live show began with a rousing singing of Re: Your Brains led by J.R. Blackwell, then launched into the meat of the first episode, in which ZombInc -- a company in which upper level management are all zombies -- is taking over a web development company. It'll be a full-blown, 10-episode audio drama available in June. http://zombinc.net KultureKast Two geeks, fueled by obsession and snark. Funny, but not family/work safe. Hosted by Susan Z and Biscuit http://www.kulturekast.com Stranger Horizons The video podcast is about "ordinary people stumbling into the secret worlds of aliens, hsamans and angels. The stories expose the bizarre and extraoirdinary things happening all around us, every day". http://www.strangerthings.tv/ Balticon Podcast Interviews with folks at the con, news about the convention. http://balticonpodcast.org/wordpress Containment @ GreenTentacles A science fiction convention finder by my friend Nathan Lilly. http://containment.greententacles.com/ 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net The rest of my Balticon links are at del.icio.us/NukeHavoc/balticon42 Promo: MacMod http://www.macmod.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutchins, MA in PA, the Breakalls -- in short, everyone I've been listening to, chatting with on Twitter for the last few years. As for the SF angles ... well, it covers every aspect of the genre; anime, books, movies (hell, movies are shown throughout the weekend, as are anime). Complete coverage on Nuketown: http://www.nuketown.com/balticon42 Mucking About With the Feed Balticon has turbocharged my creative brain. Thinking about podcasting some short fiction of mine this summer. Also thinking of starting up a second game review podcast to test out some new technology I'm playing with (video, enhanced podcast). The question is ... would you want such supplemental material to show up in the main Radio Active feed? Want the option of a individual feeds for side projects as well as a global, non-Radio Active, all-inclusive podcast feed? Inquiring podcasters want to know. Getting Back into Hoax Debunking My first hoax debunking in a while: "Attack of the Back(seat)-Stabbing Driver! Feedback Jonathan writes: "I just started listening to your podcast and I wanted to say your doing a great job. I wanted to comment about I think it was in episodes 64 & 65 about if star wars is too graphic for 5 year olds. I would say just depends because I started to watch star wars when I was 4 going on 5 and it didnt bother me.Because like you said there are certain scenes in the movie that might be bad for someone that age but it depends on the parent if they should let their 5 year old watch it" Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Netheads ZombInc Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams began "The Takeover" as a video project at LuLu, but then they lost their jobs and the project went into limbo. Now it's back as an audio drama, and the first two episodes debuted at Balticon42. The live show began with a rousing singing of Re: Your Brains led by J.R. Blackwell, then launched into the meat of the first episode, in which ZombInc -- a company in which upper level management are all zombies -- is taking over a web development company. It'll be a full-blown, 10-episode audio drama available in June. http://zombinc.net KultureKast Two geeks, fueled by obsession and snark. Funny, but not family/work safe. Hosted by Susan Z and Biscuit http://www.kulturekast.com Stranger Horizons The video podcast is about "ordinary people stumbling into the secret worlds of aliens, hsamans and angels. The stories expose the bizarre and extraoirdinary things happening all around us, every day". http://www.strangerthings.tv/ Balticon Podcast Interviews with folks at the con, news about the convention. http://balticonpodcast.org/wordpress Containment @ GreenTentacles A science fiction convention finder by my friend Nathan Lilly. http://containment.greententacles.com/ 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net The rest of my Balticon links are at del.icio.us/NukeHavoc/balticon42 Promo: MacMod http://www.macmod.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-05-28,23400283 Wed, 28 May 2008 17:08:27 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23316865-Radio-Active-68-Geeking-out-at-Balticon It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutc... It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutchins, MA in PA, the Breakalls -- in short, everyone I've been listening to, chatting with on Twitter for the last few years. As for the SF angles ... well, it covers every aspect of the genre; anime, books, movies (hell, movies are shown throughout the weekend, as are anime). Complete coverage on Nuketown: http://www.nuketown.com/balticon42 Mucking About With the Feed Balticon has turbocharged my creative brain. Thinking about podcasting some short fiction of mine this summer. Also thinking of starting up a second game review podcast to test out some new technology I'm playing with (video, enhanced podcast). The question is ... would you want such supplemental material to show up in the main Radio Active feed? Want the option of a individual feeds for side projects as well as a global, non-Radio Active, all-inclusive podcast feed? Inquiring podcasters want to know. Getting Back into Hoax Debunking My first hoax debunking in a while: "Attack of the Back(seat)-Stabbing Driver! Feedback Jonathan writes: "I just started listening to your podcast and I wanted to say your doing a great job. I wanted to comment about I think it was in episodes 64 & 65 about if star wars is too graphic for 5 year olds. I would say just depends because I started to watch star wars when I was 4 going on 5 and it didnt bother me.Because like you said there are certain scenes in the movie that might be bad for someone that age but it depends on the parent if they should let their 5 year old watch it" Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Netheads ZombInc Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams began "The Takeover" as a video project at LuLu, but then they lost their jobs and the project went into limbo. Now it's back as an audio drama, and the first two episodes debuted at Balticon42. The live show began with a rousing singing of Re: Your Brains led by J.R. Blackwell, then launched into the meat of the first episode, in which ZombInc -- a company in which upper level management are all zombies -- is taking over a web development company. It'll be a full-blown, 10-episode audio drama available in June. http://zombinc.net KultureKast Two geeks, fueled by obsession and snark. Funny, but not family/work safe. Hosted by Susan Z and Biscuit http://www.kulturekast.com Stranger Horizons The video podcast is about "ordinary people stumbling into the secret worlds of aliens, hsamans and angels. The stories expose the bizarre and extraoirdinary things happening all around us, every day". http://www.strangerthings.tv/ Balticon Podcast Interviews with folks at the con, news about the convention. http://balticonpodcast.org/wordpress Containment @ GreenTentacles A science fiction convention finder by my friend Nathan Lilly. http://containment.greententacles.com/ 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net The rest of my Balticon links are at del.icio.us/NukeHavoc/balticon42 Promo: MacMod http://www.macmod.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutchins, MA in PA, the Breakalls -- in short, everyone I've been listening to, chatting with on Twitter for the last few years. As for the SF angles ... well, it covers every aspect of the genre; anime, books, movies (hell, movies are shown throughout the weekend, as are anime). Complete coverage on Nuketown: http://www.nuketown.com/balticon42 Mucking About With the Feed Balticon has turbocharged my creative brain. Thinking about podcasting some short fiction of mine this summer. Also thinking of starting up a second game review podcast to test out some new technology I'm playing with (video, enhanced podcast). The question is ... would you want such supplemental material to show up in the main Radio Active feed? Want the option of a individual feeds for side projects as well as a global, non-Radio Active, all-inclusive podcast feed? Inquiring podcasters want to know. Getting Back into Hoax Debunking My first hoax debunking in a while: "Attack of the Back(seat)-Stabbing Driver! Feedback Jonathan writes: "I just started listening to your podcast and I wanted to say your doing a great job. I wanted to comment about I think it was in episodes 64 & 65 about if star wars is too graphic for 5 year olds. I would say just depends because I started to watch star wars when I was 4 going on 5 and it didnt bother me.Because like you said there are certain scenes in the movie that might be bad for someone that age but it depends on the parent if they should let their 5 year old watch it" Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Netheads ZombInc Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams began "The Takeover" as a video project at LuLu, but then they lost their jobs and the project went into limbo. Now it's back as an audio drama, and the first two episodes debuted at Balticon42. The live show began with a rousing singing of Re: Your Brains led by J.R. Blackwell, then launched into the meat of the first episode, in which ZombInc -- a company in which upper level management are all zombies -- is taking over a web development company. It'll be a full-blown, 10-episode audio drama available in June. http://zombinc.net KultureKast Two geeks, fueled by obsession and snark. Funny, but not family/work safe. Hosted by Susan Z and Biscuit http://www.kulturekast.com Stranger Horizons The video podcast is about "ordinary people stumbling into the secret worlds of aliens, hsamans and angels. The stories expose the bizarre and extraoirdinary things happening all around us, every day". http://www.strangerthings.tv/ Balticon Podcast Interviews with folks at the con, news about the convention. http://balticonpodcast.org/wordpress Containment @ GreenTentacles A science fiction convention finder by my friend Nathan Lilly. http://containment.greententacles.com/ 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net The rest of my Balticon links are at del.icio.us/NukeHavoc/balticon42 Promo: MacMod http://www.macmod.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-05-28,23316865 Wed, 28 May 2008 17:08:27 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/24968630-Radio-Active-68-Geeking-out-at-Balticon It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutc... It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutchins, MA in PA, the Breakalls -- in short, everyone I've been listening to, chatting with on Twitter for the last few years. As for the SF angles ... well, it covers every aspect of the genre; anime, books, movies (hell, movies are shown throughout the weekend, as are anime). Complete coverage on Nuketown: http://www.nuketown.com/balticon42 Mucking About With the Feed Balticon has turbocharged my creative brain. Thinking about podcasting some short fiction of mine this summer. Also thinking of starting up a second game review podcast to test out some new technology I'm playing with (video, enhanced podcast). The question is ... would you want such supplemental material to show up in the main Radio Active feed? Want the option of a individual feeds for side projects as well as a global, non-Radio Active, all-inclusive podcast feed? Inquiring podcasters want to know. Getting Back into Hoax Debunking My first hoax debunking in a while: "Attack of the Back(seat)-Stabbing Driver! Feedback Jonathan writes: "I just started listening to your podcast and I wanted to say your doing a great job. I wanted to comment about I think it was in episodes 64 & 65 about if star wars is too graphic for 5 year olds. I would say just depends because I started to watch star wars when I was 4 going on 5 and it didnt bother me.Because like you said there are certain scenes in the movie that might be bad for someone that age but it depends on the parent if they should let their 5 year old watch it" Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Netheads ZombInc Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams began "The Takeover" as a video project at LuLu, but then they lost their jobs and the project went into limbo. Now it's back as an audio drama, and the first two episodes debuted at Balticon42. The live show began with a rousing singing of Re: Your Brains led by J.R. Blackwell, then launched into the meat of the first episode, in which ZombInc -- a company in which upper level management are all zombies -- is taking over a web development company. It'll be a full-blown, 10-episode audio drama available in June. http://zombinc.net KultureKast Two geeks, fueled by obsession and snark. Funny, but not family/work safe. Hosted by Susan Z and Biscuit http://www.kulturekast.com Stranger Horizons The video podcast is about "ordinary people stumbling into the secret worlds of aliens, hsamans and angels. The stories expose the bizarre and extraoirdinary things happening all around us, every day". http://www.strangerthings.tv/ Balticon Podcast Interviews with folks at the con, news about the convention. http://balticonpodcast.org/wordpress Containment @ GreenTentacles A science fiction convention finder by my friend Nathan Lilly. http://containment.greententacles.com/ 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net The rest of my Balticon links are at del.icio.us/NukeHavoc/balticon42 Promo: MacMod http://www.macmod.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc Attachment Size NuRA-2008-05-28.mp3 20.13 MB It's all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones) and talk about the new audio and video podcasts -- such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams' new podcast ZombInc and the supernatural fiction video podcast Stranger Horizons -- that I discovered at the convention. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Balticon! The big news is the only news: BALTICON! I spent the weekend -- Saturday & Sunday -- at Balticon, and it was fantastic. As with GenCon, it was amazing to finally meet people whom I've been talking with online for years. Doug Rapsom, Mur Lafferty, Jason Adams, J.C. Hutchins, MA in PA, the Breakalls -- in short, everyone I've been listening to, chatting with on Twitter for the last few years. As for the SF angles ... well, it covers every aspect of the genre; anime, books, movies (hell, movies are shown throughout the weekend, as are anime). Complete coverage on Nuketown: http://www.nuketown.com/balticon42 Mucking About With the Feed Balticon has turbocharged my creative brain. Thinking about podcasting some short fiction of mine this summer. Also thinking of starting up a second game review podcast to test out some new technology I'm playing with (video, enhanced podcast). The question is ... would you want such supplemental material to show up in the main Radio Active feed? Want the option of a individual feeds for side projects as well as a global, non-Radio Active, all-inclusive podcast feed? Inquiring podcasters want to know. Getting Back into Hoax Debunking My first hoax debunking in a while: "Attack of the Back(seat)-Stabbing Driver! Feedback Jonathan writes: "I just started listening to your podcast and I wanted to say your doing a great job. I wanted to comment about I think it was in episodes 64 & 65 about if star wars is too graphic for 5 year olds. I would say just depends because I started to watch star wars when I was 4 going on 5 and it didnt bother me.Because like you said there are certain scenes in the movie that might be bad for someone that age but it depends on the parent if they should let their 5 year old watch it" Promo: ZombInc http://zombinc.net Netheads ZombInc Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams began "The Takeover" as a video project at LuLu, but then they lost their jobs and the project went into limbo. Now it's back as an audio drama, and the first two episodes debuted at Balticon42. The live show began with a rousing singing of Re: Your Brains led by J.R. Blackwell, then launched into the meat of the first episode, in which ZombInc -- a company in which upper level management are all zombies -- is taking over a web development company. It'll be a full-blown, 10-episode audio drama available in June. http://zombinc.net KultureKast Two geeks, fueled by obsession and snark. Funny, but not family/work safe. Hosted by Susan Z and Biscuit http://www.kulturekast.com Stranger Horizons The video podcast is about "ordinary people stumbling into the secret worlds of aliens, hsamans and angels. The stories expose the bizarre and extraoirdinary things happening all around us, every day". http://www.strangerthings.tv/ Balticon Podcast Interviews with folks at the con, news about the convention. http://balticonpodcast.org/wordpress Containment @ GreenTentacles A science fiction convention finder by my friend Nathan Lilly. http://containment.greententacles.com/ 7th Son: Obsidian http://jchutchins.net The rest of my Balticon links are at del.icio.us/NukeHavoc/balticon42 Promo: MacMod http://www.macmod.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc Attachment Size NuRA-2008-05-28.mp3 20.13 MB tag:odeo.com,2008-05-28,24968630 Wed, 28 May 2008 17:08:27 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400284-Radio-Active-67-The-Origin-of-Ummm In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital Front of role-playing game PDFs, try out Firefox 3 Release Candiate 1 and experiment with a new notification gadget for Mac OS X. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Land of Make Believe Had heard about it growing up, but never been there. Kid-centric amusement park in Hope, N.J. Tilt-a-Whirls are evil. Santas's Barn isn't much better. Jordan loved the frogs, roller coaster, biplanes and (of course) the carosaul. Three parents, four kids is about the right mix. Web site: http://www.l... In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital Front of role-playing game PDFs, try out Firefox 3 Release Candiate 1 and experiment with a new notification gadget for Mac OS X. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Land of Make Believe Had heard about it growing up, but never been there. Kid-centric amusement park in Hope, N.J. Tilt-a-Whirls are evil. Santas's Barn isn't much better. Jordan loved the frogs, roller coaster, biplanes and (of course) the carosaul. Three parents, four kids is about the right mix. Web site: http://www.lomb.com Geek on the Water Took the kids canoeing on the Bushkill on Mother's Day. Hilarity ensued. http://www.nuketown.com/node/2560 Luke Discovers "Ummm" Lucas learns how to say the pesky pause from his sister. Other new words: "that" and "I see..." Balticon 42! I'm headed to Balticon 42 this weekend in Baltimore, and will be rooming with Doug Rapsome at Geek Acres. Expect blogging from Balticon, maybe a podcast. Feedback Dice in Twiddla: Heard from one of the folks at Twiddla -- turns out it can roll dice via the chat interface! Just type "D20" and it rolls the dice. Feedburner: Doesn't track direct downloads. But I have a plan... Averaging about 120 subscribers to the FeedBurner feed, Radio Active #66 had 95-96 downloads. I'll crunch the direct link numbers at the end of the month. Promo: Role-Playing Public Radio http://slangdesign.com/rppr/ Netheads The Digital Front A podcast about the online distribution of tabletop role-playing games. Behold the niche power of podcasting! Conversations with electronic publishers, like Fred Hicks of Evil Hat and Philip J. Reed of Ronin Arts. Fascinating listening for anyone interested in digital media distribution, gaming or otherwise. This market is a micocosm of what could happen in mainstream publishing over the next few years, and Daniel's well versed in it (thanks to his own work with Highmoon Media Productions, a digital publisher. http://www.thedigitalfront.com Also: Gamer Traveler: http://www.thegamertraveler.com Growl Notification system for Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5. Growl-aware apps can send messages to it notifying you when iTunes is switch tracks, someone's come online in Skype, or when you receive a new message in twitter. Can be WAY too much information, particularly when Twitter is running but is useful for certain long running tasks. http://growl.info/ Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 Started using Firefox 3 extensively at work and at home. So far I'm likin the more modern interface, but find the "Get information" button next to the url to be annoying; I keep clicking it by accident, which summons a pop up that seems to tell me nothing because the vendor hasn't provided identity information; if I click to get more information I can see some useful stuff, like whether the site is using cookies or Firefox is saving passwords. Good stuff, but the interface needs some tweaking. RSS and Bookmarking icons are much more prominent. Tagging for bookmarks is nifty, but honestly I moved to using del.ico.us for my bookmarks long ago. Haven't delved much deeper, but it does seem faster Promo: Waplets Podcast http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital Front of role-playing game PDFs, try out Firefox 3 Release Candiate 1 and experiment with a new notification gadget for Mac OS X. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Land of Make Believe Had heard about it growing up, but never been there. Kid-centric amusement park in Hope, N.J. Tilt-a-Whirls are evil. Santas's Barn isn't much better. Jordan loved the frogs, roller coaster, biplanes and (of course) the carosaul. Three parents, four kids is about the right mix. Web site: http://www.lomb.com Geek on the Water Took the kids canoeing on the Bushkill on Mother's Day. Hilarity ensued. http://www.nuketown.com/node/2560 Luke Discovers "Ummm" Lucas learns how to say the pesky pause from his sister. Other new words: "that" and "I see..." Balticon 42! I'm headed to Balticon 42 this weekend in Baltimore, and will be rooming with Doug Rapsome at Geek Acres. Expect blogging from Balticon, maybe a podcast. Feedback Dice in Twiddla: Heard from one of the folks at Twiddla -- turns out it can roll dice via the chat interface! Just type "D20" and it rolls the dice. Feedburner: Doesn't track direct downloads. But I have a plan... Averaging about 120 subscribers to the FeedBurner feed, Radio Active #66 had 95-96 downloads. I'll crunch the direct link numbers at the end of the month. Promo: Role-Playing Public Radio http://slangdesign.com/rppr/ Netheads The Digital Front A podcast about the online distribution of tabletop role-playing games. Behold the niche power of podcasting! Conversations with electronic publishers, like Fred Hicks of Evil Hat and Philip J. Reed of Ronin Arts. Fascinating listening for anyone interested in digital media distribution, gaming or otherwise. This market is a micocosm of what could happen in mainstream publishing over the next few years, and Daniel's well versed in it (thanks to his own work with Highmoon Media Productions, a digital publisher. http://www.thedigitalfront.com Also: Gamer Traveler: http://www.thegamertraveler.com Growl Notification system for Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5. Growl-aware apps can send messages to it notifying you when iTunes is switch tracks, someone's come online in Skype, or when you receive a new message in twitter. Can be WAY too much information, particularly when Twitter is running but is useful for certain long running tasks. http://growl.info/ Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 Started using Firefox 3 extensively at work and at home. So far I'm likin the more modern interface, but find the "Get information" button next to the url to be annoying; I keep clicking it by accident, which summons a pop up that seems to tell me nothing because the vendor hasn't provided identity information; if I click to get more information I can see some useful stuff, like whether the site is using cookies or Firefox is saving passwords. Good stuff, but the interface needs some tweaking. RSS and Bookmarking icons are much more prominent. Tagging for bookmarks is nifty, but honestly I moved to using del.ico.us for my bookmarks long ago. Haven't delved much deeper, but it does seem faster Promo: Waplets Podcast http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-05-20,23400284 Tue, 20 May 2008 19:24:49 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23316868-Radio-Active-67-The-Origin-of-Ummm In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital Front of role-playing game PDFs, try out Firefox 3 Release Candiate 1 and experiment with a new notification gadget for Mac OS X. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Land of Make Believe Had heard about it growing up, but never been there. Kid-centric amusement park in Hope, N.J. Tilt-a-Whirls are evil. Santas's Barn isn't much better. Jordan loved the frogs, roller coaster, biplanes and (of course) the carosaul. Three parents, four kids is about the right mix. Web site: http://www.l... In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital Front of role-playing game PDFs, try out Firefox 3 Release Candiate 1 and experiment with a new notification gadget for Mac OS X. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Land of Make Believe Had heard about it growing up, but never been there. Kid-centric amusement park in Hope, N.J. Tilt-a-Whirls are evil. Santas's Barn isn't much better. Jordan loved the frogs, roller coaster, biplanes and (of course) the carosaul. Three parents, four kids is about the right mix. Web site: http://www.lomb.com Geek on the Water Took the kids canoeing on the Bushkill on Mother's Day. Hilarity ensued. http://www.nuketown.com/node/2560 Luke Discovers "Ummm" Lucas learns how to say the pesky pause from his sister. Other new words: "that" and "I see..." Balticon 42! I'm headed to Balticon 42 this weekend in Baltimore, and will be rooming with Doug Rapsome at Geek Acres. Expect blogging from Balticon, maybe a podcast. Feedback Dice in Twiddla: Heard from one of the folks at Twiddla -- turns out it can roll dice via the chat interface! Feedburner: Doesn't track direct downloads. But I have a plan... Averaging about 120 subscribers to the FeedBurner feed, Radio Active #66 had 95-96 downloads. I'll crunch the direct link numbers at the end of the month. Promo: Role-Playing Public Radio http://slangdesign.com/rppr/ Netheads The Digital Front A podcast about the online distribution of tabletop role-playing games. Behold the niche power of podcasting! Conversations with electronic publishers, like Fred Hicks of Evil Hat and Philip J. Reed of Ronin Arts. Fascinating listening for anyone interested in digital media distribution, gaming or otherwise. This market is a micocosm of what could happen in mainstream publishing over the next few years, and Daniel's well versed in it (thanks to his own work with Highmoon Media Productions, a digital publisher. http://www.thedigitalfront.com Also: Gamer Traveler: http://www.thegamertraveler.com Growl Notification system for Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5. Growl-aware apps can send messages to it notifying you when iTunes is switch tracks, someone's come online in Skype, or when you receive a new message in twitter. Can be WAY too much information, particularly when Twitter is running but is useful for certain long running tasks. http://growl.info/ Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 Started using Firefox 3 extensively at work and at home. So far I'm likin the more modern interface, but find the "Get information" button next to the url to be annoying; I keep clicking it by accident, which summons a pop up that seems to tell me nothing because the vendor hasn't provided identity information; if I click to get more information I can see some useful stuff, like whether the site is using cookies or Firefox is saving passwords. Good stuff, but the interface needs some tweaking. RSS and Bookmarking icons are much more prominent. Tagging for bookmarks is nifty, but honestly I moved to using del.ico.us for my bookmarks long ago. Haven't delved much deeper, but it does seem faster Promo: Waplets Podcast http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital Front of role-playing game PDFs, try out Firefox 3 Release Candiate 1 and experiment with a new notification gadget for Mac OS X. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The Land of Make Believe Had heard about it growing up, but never been there. Kid-centric amusement park in Hope, N.J. Tilt-a-Whirls are evil. Santas's Barn isn't much better. Jordan loved the frogs, roller coaster, biplanes and (of course) the carosaul. Three parents, four kids is about the right mix. Web site: http://www.lomb.com Geek on the Water Took the kids canoeing on the Bushkill on Mother's Day. Hilarity ensued. http://www.nuketown.com/node/2560 Luke Discovers "Ummm" Lucas learns how to say the pesky pause from his sister. Other new words: "that" and "I see..." Balticon 42! I'm headed to Balticon 42 this weekend in Baltimore, and will be rooming with Doug Rapsome at Geek Acres. Expect blogging from Balticon, maybe a podcast. Feedback Dice in Twiddla: Heard from one of the folks at Twiddla -- turns out it can roll dice via the chat interface! Feedburner: Doesn't track direct downloads. But I have a plan... Averaging about 120 subscribers to the FeedBurner feed, Radio Active #66 had 95-96 downloads. I'll crunch the direct link numbers at the end of the month. Promo: Role-Playing Public Radio http://slangdesign.com/rppr/ Netheads The Digital Front A podcast about the online distribution of tabletop role-playing games. Behold the niche power of podcasting! Conversations with electronic publishers, like Fred Hicks of Evil Hat and Philip J. Reed of Ronin Arts. Fascinating listening for anyone interested in digital media distribution, gaming or otherwise. This market is a micocosm of what could happen in mainstream publishing over the next few years, and Daniel's well versed in it (thanks to his own work with Highmoon Media Productions, a digital publisher. http://www.thedigitalfront.com Also: Gamer Traveler: http://www.thegamertraveler.com Growl Notification system for Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5. Growl-aware apps can send messages to it notifying you when iTunes is switch tracks, someone's come online in Skype, or when you receive a new message in twitter. Can be WAY too much information, particularly when Twitter is running but is useful for certain long running tasks. http://growl.info/ Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 Started using Firefox 3 extensively at work and at home. So far I'm likin the more modern interface, but find the "Get information" button next to the url to be annoying; I keep clicking it by accident, which summons a pop up that seems to tell me nothing because the vendor hasn't provided identity information; if I click to get more information I can see some useful stuff, like whether the site is using cookies or Firefox is saving passwords. Good stuff, but the interface needs some tweaking. RSS and Bookmarking icons are much more prominent. Tagging for bookmarks is nifty, but honestly I moved to using del.ico.us for my bookmarks long ago. Haven't delved much deeper, but it does seem faster Promo: Waplets Podcast http://wapcaplets.podbean.com/ Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-05-20,23316868 Tue, 20 May 2008 19:24:49 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400285-Radio-Active-Promo-Short-Bumper This is a short, 13 second bumper-style promo for Nuketown Radio Active. It simply says "Nuketown Radio Active: A podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. Get the show at http://www.nuketown.com/podcast ". This is a short, 13 second bumper-style promo for Nuketown Radio Active. It simply says "Nuketown Radio Active: A podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. Get the show at http://www.nuketown.com/podcast ". This is a short, 13 second bumper-style promo for Nuketown Radio Active. It simply says "Nuketown Radio Active: A podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. Get the show at http://www.nuketown.com/podcast ". tag:odeo.com,2008-05-01,23400285 Thu, 01 May 2008 08:51:06 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23316869-Radio-Active-Promo-Short-Bumper This is a short, 13 second bumper-style promo for Nuketown Radio Active. It simply says "Nuketown Radio Active: A podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. Get the show at http://www.nuketown.com/podcast ". This is a short, 13 second bumper-style promo for Nuketown Radio Active. It simply says "Nuketown Radio Active: A podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. Get the show at http://www.nuketown.com/podcast ". This is a short, 13 second bumper-style promo for Nuketown Radio Active. It simply says "Nuketown Radio Active: A podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. Get the show at http://www.nuketown.com/podcast ". tag:odeo.com,2008-05-01,23316869 Thu, 01 May 2008 08:51:06 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400286-Radio-Active-66-Gut-Checking-Your-Productivity On this episode of Radio Active, geek fitness gets a gut check, Nuketown delves deep into statistics, I discover a new path to gaming adventure with the Pathfinder RPG alpha, I try two new online productivity tools and offer my thoughts on how to write a better role-playing game adventure in less time. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Pathfinders: Curse of the Crimson Throne Starting a Pathfinder PBEM with Daniel Perez of the Gamer Traveler. Just converted my character over from the Dark City campaign; visit Nuketown for a comparison. Baseball Feedback Heard from Rich at the Cannon Puncture podcast after Radio Active #65, who agreed with me about the geekiness of Baseball, and wondered why I w... On this episode of Radio Active, geek fitness gets a gut check, Nuketown delves deep into statistics, I discover a new path to gaming adventure with the Pathfinder RPG alpha, I try two new online productivity tools and offer my thoughts on how to write a better role-playing game adventure in less time. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Pathfinders: Curse of the Crimson Throne Starting a Pathfinder PBEM with Daniel Perez of the Gamer Traveler. Just converted my character over from the Dark City campaign; visit Nuketown for a comparison. Baseball Feedback Heard from Rich at the Cannon Puncture podcast after Radio Active #65, who agreed with me about the geekiness of Baseball, and wondered why I wouldn't be going to Yankee Stadium in its last year. Which is a good question. Lies, Damn Lies and Analytics Nuketown gets some upgrades, namely in the form of a new FeedBurner feed for Radio Active. Trying to figure out how many of the 8,500 "mp3 requests" last month were real. Promo: 3.5 Private Sanctuary http://www.35privatesanctuary.com Netheads Gut Check Podcast Two geeks (Doug from GeekAcres, Zach from Geek Survival Guide) get serious about losing some weight. The podcast and blog chronicles their efforts. http://www.gutcheckcast.info Twiddla A team whiteboarding application, allows people to chat and talk in real time, draw on the canvas, and co-browse web pages. Could be useful for an online game, though minis would be problematic. http://www.twiddla.com/ Evernote: Sychronizable note-taking system for Mac, Windows and mobile devices. Experimenting with using it to organize my notes for my KODT web scryer columns (though I suspect private bookmarks to delicious would be easier) http://www.evernote.com/ Save Every Edit with Subversion for Writers http://lifehacker.com/381728/save-every-edit-with-subversion-for-writers Promo: The EscapistCast http:://theescapistcast.blogspot.com Feature: The Three Page Manifesto I talk about how to write a better adventure in less time by focusing on the content you need, rather than the fluff you don't. Read the text version. Promo: RPGPodcasts.com http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc On this episode of Radio Active, geek fitness gets a gut check, Nuketown delves deep into statistics, I discover a new path to gaming adventure with the Pathfinder RPG alpha, I try two new online productivity tools and offer my thoughts on how to write a better role-playing game adventure in less time. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Pathfinders: Curse of the Crimson Throne Starting a Pathfinder PBEM with Daniel Perez of the Gamer Traveler. Just converted my character over from the Dark City campaign; visit Nuketown for a comparison. Baseball Feedback Heard from Rich at the Cannon Puncture podcast after Radio Active #65, who agreed with me about the geekiness of Baseball, and wondered why I wouldn't be going to Yankee Stadium in its last year. Which is a good question. Lies, Damn Lies and Analytics Nuketown gets some upgrades, namely in the form of a new FeedBurner feed for Radio Active. Trying to figure out how many of the 8,500 "mp3 requests" last month were real. Promo: 3.5 Private Sanctuary http://www.35privatesanctuary.com Netheads Gut Check Podcast Two geeks (Doug from GeekAcres, Zach from Geek Survival Guide) get serious about losing some weight. The podcast and blog chronicles their efforts. http://www.gutcheckcast.info Twiddla A team whiteboarding application, allows people to chat and talk in real time, draw on the canvas, and co-browse web pages. Could be useful for an online game, though minis would be problematic. http://www.twiddla.com/ Evernote: Sychronizable note-taking system for Mac, Windows and mobile devices. Experimenting with using it to organize my notes for my KODT web scryer columns (though I suspect private bookmarks to delicious would be easier) http://www.evernote.com/ Save Every Edit with Subversion for Writers http://lifehacker.com/381728/save-every-edit-with-subversion-for-writers Promo: The EscapistCast http:://theescapistcast.blogspot.com Feature: The Three Page Manifesto I talk about how to write a better adventure in less time by focusing on the content you need, rather than the fluff you don't. Read the text version. Promo: RPGPodcasts.com http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-04-30,23400286 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:15:49 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23316888-Radio-Active-66-Gut-Checking-Your-Productivity On this episode of Radio Active, geek fitness gets a gut check, Nuketown delves deep into statistics, I discover a new path to gaming adventure with the Pathfinder RPG alpha, I try two new online productivity tools and offer my thoughts on how to write a better role-playing game adventure in less time. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Pathfinders: Curse of the Crimson Throne Starting a Pathfinder PBEM with Daniel Perez of the Gamer Traveler. Just converted my character over from the Dark City campaign; visit Nuketown for a comparison. Baseball Feedback Heard from Rich at the Cannon Puncture podcast after Radio Active #65, who agreed with me about the geekiness of Baseball, and wondered why I w... On this episode of Radio Active, geek fitness gets a gut check, Nuketown delves deep into statistics, I discover a new path to gaming adventure with the Pathfinder RPG alpha, I try two new online productivity tools and offer my thoughts on how to write a better role-playing game adventure in less time. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Pathfinders: Curse of the Crimson Throne Starting a Pathfinder PBEM with Daniel Perez of the Gamer Traveler. Just converted my character over from the Dark City campaign; visit Nuketown for a comparison. Baseball Feedback Heard from Rich at the Cannon Puncture podcast after Radio Active #65, who agreed with me about the geekiness of Baseball, and wondered why I wouldn't be going to Yankee Stadium in its last year. Which is a good question. Lies, Damn Lies and Analytics Nuketown gets some upgrades, namely in the form of a new FeedBurner feed for Radio Active. Trying to figure out how many of the 8,500 "mp3 requests" last month were real. Promo: 3.5 Private Sanctuary http://www.35privatesanctuary.com Netheads Gut Check Podcast Two geeks (Doug from GeekAcres, Zach from Geek Survival Guide) get serious about losing some weight. The podcast and blog chronicles their efforts. http://www.gutcheckcast.info Twiddla A team whiteboarding application, allows people to chat and talk in real time, draw on the canvas, and co-browse web pages. Could be useful for an online game, though minis would be problematic. http://www.twiddla.com/ Evernote: Sychronizable note-taking system for Mac, Windows and mobile devices. Experimenting with using it to organize my notes for my KODT web scryer columns (though I suspect private bookmarks to delicious would be easier) http://www.evernote.com/ Save Every Edit with Subversion for Writers http://lifehacker.com/381728/save-every-edit-with-subversion-for-writers Promo: The EscapistCast http:://theescapistcast.blogspot.com Feature: The Three Page Manifesto I talk about how to write a better adventure in less time by focusing on the content you need, rather than the fluff you don't. Read the text version. Promo: RPGPodcasts.com http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc On this episode of Radio Active, geek fitness gets a gut check, Nuketown delves deep into statistics, I discover a new path to gaming adventure with the Pathfinder RPG alpha, I try two new online productivity tools and offer my thoughts on how to write a better role-playing game adventure in less time. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News Pathfinders: Curse of the Crimson Throne Starting a Pathfinder PBEM with Daniel Perez of the Gamer Traveler. Just converted my character over from the Dark City campaign; visit Nuketown for a comparison. Baseball Feedback Heard from Rich at the Cannon Puncture podcast after Radio Active #65, who agreed with me about the geekiness of Baseball, and wondered why I wouldn't be going to Yankee Stadium in its last year. Which is a good question. Lies, Damn Lies and Analytics Nuketown gets some upgrades, namely in the form of a new FeedBurner feed for Radio Active. Trying to figure out how many of the 8,500 "mp3 requests" last month were real. Promo: 3.5 Private Sanctuary http://www.35privatesanctuary.com Netheads Gut Check Podcast Two geeks (Doug from GeekAcres, Zach from Geek Survival Guide) get serious about losing some weight. The podcast and blog chronicles their efforts. http://www.gutcheckcast.info Twiddla A team whiteboarding application, allows people to chat and talk in real time, draw on the canvas, and co-browse web pages. Could be useful for an online game, though minis would be problematic. http://www.twiddla.com/ Evernote: Sychronizable note-taking system for Mac, Windows and mobile devices. Experimenting with using it to organize my notes for my KODT web scryer columns (though I suspect private bookmarks to delicious would be easier) http://www.evernote.com/ Save Every Edit with Subversion for Writers http://lifehacker.com/381728/save-every-edit-with-subversion-for-writers Promo: The EscapistCast http:://theescapistcast.blogspot.com Feature: The Three Page Manifesto I talk about how to write a better adventure in less time by focusing on the content you need, rather than the fluff you don't. Read the text version. Promo: RPGPodcasts.com http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/profile/nukehavoc tag:odeo.com,2008-04-30,23316888 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:15:49 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active http://odeo.com/episodes/23400287-Radio-Active-65-Escaping-to-the-Ballpark On this episode of Radio Active, Jordan loses her first tooth, but finds Narnia with the Magician's Nephew, baseball season gets underway as I discover the wonders of DVRing games and having a new AAA baseball team in the Lehigh Valley, Nuketown's comment section explodes with conversation, gaming advocacy gets a new voice with the EscapistCast, I check out a new podcast dedicated to the Mets and find a blog for the Lehigh Valley's new AAA baseball team, the IronPigs. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The First Tooth Jordan lost her first tooth. Whoa. Reading the Magician's Nephew After watching The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Jordan decided she wanted to read th... On this episode of Radio Active, Jordan loses her first tooth, but finds Narnia with the Magician's Nephew, baseball season gets underway as I discover the wonders of DVRing games and having a new AAA baseball team in the Lehigh Valley, Nuketown's comment section explodes with conversation, gaming advocacy gets a new voice with the EscapistCast, I check out a new podcast dedicated to the Mets and find a blog for the Lehigh Valley's new AAA baseball team, the IronPigs. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The First Tooth Jordan lost her first tooth. Whoa. Reading the Magician's Nephew After watching The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Jordan decided she wanted to read the books. So we're starting with the first one, the Magician's Nephew (which is actually a prequel, having been written sixth, but we're going chronologically. Baseball Season It's spring, which means Sue and the kids can spend the day outside in the yard, digging in the dirt ... and I can spend the occasional night watching the Mets. DVR means my chances of watching a game have gone up significantly (since the game may start at 7, and I can give the kids a bath, read them a book or two and start watching around 8:30). Gonna be a great summer for baseball. IronPigs AAA Phillies affiliate is now playing in Allentown, and I hope to catch a game or three (at least one with Jordan). http://www.ironpigsbaseball.com/ Also going to Shea Stadium to see a Mets night game on 7/9. It's been 20 years since I was last at Shea; this time I'm getting decent seats, and watching under the lights. It's gonna rule. Might also try and catch a Mets game in Philly, and maybe a Yankees game at Camden Yards; we'll see how that goes. Comments Galore on Nuketown Conversation on Nuketown has really taken off since I opened up commenting to those without accounts. Haven't done per-day tally, but there have easily been 30 comments since I opened things up. Which is probably as many as I saw in the previosu six months on the site. Jordie & Star Wars The Harry Potter vs. Star Wars scariness debate continues on the site. Promo: RPGPodcasts.com http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads The EscapistCast The Escapistcast is a biweekly podcast that focuses on RPG advocacy - exploring the myths and misconceptions, improving the public opinion of RPGs, promoting them as educational and social tools, and promoting the hobby for future generations of gamers. http://theescapistcast.blogspot.com NYMetsCast Twice a week podcast dedicated to the mets. News and commentary on the Mets. They dissect the games in detail, analyizing specific players, trends in the game, etc. Shows average 20-30 minutes. http://www.nymetscast.com The Original Iron Pigs Blog I haven't been to an Iron Pigs game yet, but I have been trying to keep up with the team. The Original IronPigs Blog helps with that, providing summaries of the team's home and away games, player profiles, news off call-ups to the Phillies and notes about other team happenings. http://ironpigs.blogspot.com/ Promo: The Secret Lair Podcast http://www.thesecretlair.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/257632 On this episode of Radio Active, Jordan loses her first tooth, but finds Narnia with the Magician's Nephew, baseball season gets underway as I discover the wonders of DVRing games and having a new AAA baseball team in the Lehigh Valley, Nuketown's comment section explodes with conversation, gaming advocacy gets a new voice with the EscapistCast, I check out a new podcast dedicated to the Mets and find a blog for the Lehigh Valley's new AAA baseball team, the IronPigs. Getting the Show There are several ways to get the podcast: Download the MP3 directly Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically) Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work) Show Notes Nuketown News The First Tooth Jordan lost her first tooth. Whoa. Reading the Magician's Nephew After watching The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Jordan decided she wanted to read the books. So we're starting with the first one, the Magician's Nephew (which is actually a prequel, having been written sixth, but we're going chronologically. Baseball Season It's spring, which means Sue and the kids can spend the day outside in the yard, digging in the dirt ... and I can spend the occasional night watching the Mets. DVR means my chances of watching a game have gone up significantly (since the game may start at 7, and I can give the kids a bath, read them a book or two and start watching around 8:30). Gonna be a great summer for baseball. IronPigs AAA Phillies affiliate is now playing in Allentown, and I hope to catch a game or three (at least one with Jordan). http://www.ironpigsbaseball.com/ Also going to Shea Stadium to see a Mets night game on 7/9. It's been 20 years since I was last at Shea; this time I'm getting decent seats, and watching under the lights. It's gonna rule. Might also try and catch a Mets game in Philly, and maybe a Yankees game at Camden Yards; we'll see how that goes. Comments Galore on Nuketown Conversation on Nuketown has really taken off since I opened up commenting to those without accounts. Haven't done per-day tally, but there have easily been 30 comments since I opened things up. Which is probably as many as I saw in the previosu six months on the site. Jordie & Star Wars The Harry Potter vs. Star Wars scariness debate continues on the site. Promo: RPGPodcasts.com http://www.rpgpodcasts.com Netheads The EscapistCast The Escapistcast is a biweekly podcast that focuses on RPG advocacy - exploring the myths and misconceptions, improving the public opinion of RPGs, promoting them as educational and social tools, and promoting the hobby for future generations of gamers. http://theescapistcast.blogspot.com NYMetsCast Twice a week podcast dedicated to the mets. News and commentary on the Mets. They dissect the games in detail, analyizing specific players, trends in the game, etc. Shows average 20-30 minutes. http://www.nymetscast.com The Original Iron Pigs Blog I haven't been to an Iron Pigs game yet, but I have been trying to keep up with the team. The Original IronPigs Blog helps with that, providing summaries of the team's home and away games, player profiles, news off call-ups to the Phillies and notes about other team happenings. http://ironpigs.blogspot.com/ Promo: The Secret Lair Podcast http://www.thesecretlair.com Outro Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706747005 Email: nuketown@gmail.com  Skype: nuketown MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/knewquist  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NukeHavoc Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/257632 tag:odeo.com,2008-04-23,23400287 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:45:24 -0700 no Nuketown Radio Active Nuketown Radio Active