In this third iteration of the MuchCast show co-founders Chris, Dan and Kevin along with contributing writer Brian and special guest Tony spend an evening on the patio talking about the wonderful world of geek.
This episode covers topics including video games The Chronicles of Riddick and Bully: Scholarship Edition; tech topics iTunes, JRiver Jukebox, iPods; The Office, Wolverine… and much more ridiculous banter. Hold onto your hats, this is a crazy one.
Those returning to the site have probably noticed, but for those who haven’t, we now have the MG logo up in the title bar. Thanks to Kevin for putting the logo together and thanks to the bbPress devs for making it nice and easy to swap the header there as well.
It’s here! Episode 2 of the Muchgeek.com podcast, MuchCast.
This week co-founders Dan and Kevin along with contributing writer Brian and special guest Ashley talk about the latest and greatest in the land of television, video games, movies andddd ENERGY DRINKS!
We talk about Crank 2, The Office, Lost, Godfather 2, the best and worst energy drinks and yes….even American Idol.
Haha. I hope you all enjoy this second installment of MuchCast.
For those of you who had listened to the podcast through the flash player in the initial post, I apologize. Just realized that the audio wasn’t playing correctly, so I’ve taken it out of the post.
In order to listen to the podcast, use the direct link below. Thanks!
Any gamer knows that the biggest fear in an MMO is having your account hacked and all of your gear, gold and potentially characters stolen or removed. On a daily basis we hear stories from our fellow gamers about having their accounts hacked and gear sharded and sold off. Blizzard has made a solid effort with their authenticators that definitely do add a great second factor of authentication, but there are other (free) games that are seemingly ahead of the game with their methods of authentication, and they don’t require you to carry around a big blue key chain (or pay an additional $7).
Well, I recently visited a local “Big Box Mart” and picked myself up a new flat panel to add to my home.
With a tight wallet and a cynical eye, I did a ton of research on specs, details, reviews and price. I also have a 42″ Toshiba Regza that is a solid television, but the price point for Toshiba, Sony, LG, etc. is rather high, particularly for a secondary box.
I decided on the 26″ Vizio from Wally World for a price $367 online and around $390 in store. (The impatient side of me opted to just buy it in store rather than wait.)
To the review…
Overall this is a very nice television. The picture is quite crisp when viewed straight on or from a side angle. However, I find that when I am looking at it from a slightly lower level, like laying on the loveseat, the top of the picture appears rather darkened.
Co-Founders Chris, Dan and Kevin along with special guest, Kyle, got together at MuchGeek HQ on Saturday night (Apr. 11, 2009) to record MuchGeek.com’s first podcast.
The name of the show is MuchCast. It seemed like a fitting name for the show. Goes with the whole site theme.
Some of the topics discussed on this podcast are the mission of our site and podcast, hacking HTC’s G1 Android phone, Seth Rogen’s newest comedy “Observe and Report”, Kyle’s review of the Korg R3 keyboard/synthesisor along with much much much more random banter.
That’s right, and much sooner than expected! MuchGeek is here, live and ready to bring the thunder. Or at least the tech news and stories that we find interesting.. whichever comes first.
Thanks, first of all, to everyone who has been helping us get the site off the ground; we’ve already started to develop a solid community of like-minded individuals who all bring something awesome to the table, and there’s every reason to believe that what we are doing here has the potential and ability to become a strong resource and destination for everyone living the life of a geek (or at least trying to keep up to date with the world of tech).
If you haven’t already, stop by the Forums and see what’s going on, leave us a message. We’re still happy to talk to new people who are interested in contributing stories or, really, anything to the site. Obviously a new logo is in the works and hopefully there will be something better out soon, what I’ve put up there is just a bit of a place holder (edit: changed to a newer image.. a bit nicer, thoughts?). Same for the theme here, while it’s nice and sleek it doesn’t full fit the feel or provide the identity that we’re looking for for the long run.
Thanks again for stopping by, now it’s time to get to work on keeping up with making something that you will want to come back to every day for the stories, community and just the experience!
Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by – just wanted to give a quick update as to what we’re working on.
So far, it seems the site is pretty stable all around. Planning right now set the URL to go straight to the blog on Monday. Having a meeting at MG HQ tomorrow night to go over some things (and maybe get something cool done) and talk about some ideas.
Also working on getting a real layout figured out and setting up some main categories. Head over to the forums and give us some input on how we’re doing and what you’d like to see!
Okay, let’s just get it out of the way. This game is a straight up “Gears of War” clone in every way. But I found that’s not such a bad thing during my play through of Mr. Cent’s second foray into the world of video games.
I’m not the biggest Gears fan, but I had a fun time playing it. So I didn’t mind playing the same game again for a few hours. That’s what was key for me, this is a short game. I beat it in about 5 hours give or take and then played it through again in co-op mode for another two. Right when I started thinking “man this is starting to get old” I was put up against the final boss.
I used co-op as a means to get achievements, but this game is built for co-op. If you have someone to play with or get lucky with a public match the game starts to really shine. Although I found the difficultly to be non-existent, especially in co-op . I sense this was a choice of the developer for the more casual 50 fans. The story is forgettable at best. All you need to know is that everyone’s out to steal 50’s diamond encrusted skull and he’ll stop at nothing to get it back.
In all, if I had paid full price for this game I’d feel ripped off. This game is complete weekend rental territory.
MuchCast is our weekly delve into the the world of technology covering (generally) the latest trends and hot topics in video games, movies, music, the web, gadgets, tech and whatever else comes to mind. Typically hosted by Kevin, Dan and Chris, each week usually brings a new guest or two in to join our discussion.
Check out the MuchCast Archive where you can find every episode of MuchCast along with a short rundown of what we were talking about.
In this third iteration of the MuchCast show co-founders Chris, Dan and Kevin along with contributing writer Brian and special guest Tony spend an evening on the patio talking about the wonderful world of geek.
Well, I recently visited a local “Big Box Mart” and picked myself up a new flat panel to add to my home.
