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Gamers of Chicago, Inc. Podcast #8

2010-03-11T06:59:00Z

Our most recent cast, with our usual crew. Discussing upcoming and current tech/gaming news. We are taking a little break for a while, we're all quite busy with personal things, and should return soon!

Personal News

Upgrading 360 fan to a more powerful LED set -Morgan

Samsung Monitor finally came in, and it works! For the fourth or so time in RMAing it! -Ted

Gaming News

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier - Looks interesting - Beta coming Summer 2010 through new Splinter Cell.
GR:FS- http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=77068
Splinter Cell - http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=76258

Just Cause 2: http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=75649

Medal of Honor -http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=76619

360 gamers are apparently getting the Modern Warfare 2 DLC 30 days before the PS3 -
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/01/20/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-dlc-gets-30-day-head-start/

Left 4 Dead 2 DLC - Coming Soon:
http://kotaku.com/5426167/first-left-4-dead-2-add+on-brings-back-bill-francis-zoey--louis

BIOShock 2 is out - Thoughts?

Brief Bad Company 2 Chat

Movie News

Morgan is planning on seeing Shutter Island -

Tech News

Alienware M11X Gaming Netbook:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/alienware-m11x-netbook-gets-official/

Google Buzz (Is it Buzz Worthy)?

Shortage of Geeks a National Security Issue
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/geek_shortage_national_security_concern
Hey Korean Kids, Let's Learn Leetspeak And Internet Slang (Thanks Ginger)
http://kotaku.com/5469239/hey-korean-kids-lets-learn-leetspeak-and-internet-slang?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+kotaku/full+(Kotaku)
Rumor: Samsung to Debut Transparent Screen Laptop this Year
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/rumor_samsung_debut_transparent_screen_laptop_year

Phone News

Adobe AIR for Android

BES Server Express did get a free edition
http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/blog/free-enterprise-rim-to-announce-free-besx-on-tuesday.aspx?utm_source=Rss&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=PhoneDog

Puma Phone
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/puma-phone-hands-on/

Windows Mobile 7 Looks Promising
http://gizmodo.com/5471970/windows-phone-7-first-videos

Chatroulette in the newspaper.

Ted's Tool of the Week

Image Preview
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/onjnjkdpcenccelaggaiakhmkjlcedab

Cast: Derek Morgan, Derrick Wlodarz, Ted Tabaka, and Tom Tabaka

Gamers of Chicago, Inc. Podcast #7

2010-02-09T19:38:00Z

This episode we are covering last week, which we missed, and this week. We have some interesting topics and discussions. Our usual cast is with us.

Personal News

Derrick talks about his experience with Netflix streaming on the 360.

Gaming News

Morgan talks about Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta on the PC

Battlefield Heroes is discussed
http://www.battlefield heroes.com/

We discuss what we'd like to see in a possible upcoming GTA game

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Next-Grand-Theft-Auto-Inbound-in-2010-At-Most-2011-116826.shtml

We touch briefly on MAG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJQ_1kpI99Q&feature=related

Red Dead Redemption from Rockstar Games - Western Style GTA
http://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYPwYfbi8jA&feature=autofb

MOVIE NEWS
We talk about the movies we have seen recently

Book of Eli

Blood and Bone

Edge of Darkness

Ninja Warrior (TV show)

TECH NEWS

Apple iPad is out - Will we get one? Will it survive?

http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Betanews-readers-say-No-to-Apple-iPad/1264635753

http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad

Compare iPad vs HP Slate
HP Slate - http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/the-hp-slate/

Google Apps Drops Support for IE6

http://lifehacker.com/5460043/google-apps-drops-support-for-ie6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+lifehacker/full+%28Lifehacker%29

Multi-Recipient SMS Comes to Google Voice [SMS]

http://lifehacker.com/5459982/multi+recipient-sms-comes-to-google-voice?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+lifehacker/full+%28Lifehacker%29

Windows 7 God Mode
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html

Crime boss in England allowed to use Facebook - runs his criminal empire from Jail!

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article7009743.ece

At Hulu, 'free' may soon turn into 'fee'
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-newhulu21-2010jan21,0,1871796.story

Thumbnail view, Spelling correction and new Maximum File Size in Google Docs

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2010/01/thumbnail-view-spelling-correction-and.html

Phone News brought you by Ted!

Nexus One Finds Home At Walmart

http://phandroid.com/2010/01/26/nexus-one-finds-home-at-walmart/

Android Apps Are Most Affordable, But More Expensive In Europe

http://phandroid.com/2010/01/26/android-apps-are-most-affordable-but-more-expensive-in-europe/

Nexus One Ushering In Age Of ANC, MEMS Mics?

http://phandroid.com/2010/02/06/nexus-one-ushering-in-age-of-anc-mems-mics/

Nexus One: 80,000 Sold After 1 Month

http://phandroid.com/2010/02/06/nexus-one-80000-sold-after-1-month/

Ted's Tool of the Week

Piriform Speccy

http://www.piriform.com/speccy

Cast: Derek Morgan, Derrick Wlodarz, Ted Tabaka, Tom Tabaka, and Sarah Jewgieniew.

Gamers of Chicago, Inc. Podcast #6

2010-01-27T07:05:00Z

Our sixth cast is up and running. We chat with our usual group, with a few new people. Discussing upcoming tech/gaming news. We ended up going a bit longer than expected again, but we are still learning as we go, and appreciate the feedback!
Below are the show notes.

Personal News:
DW got a 360 Elite as well as other personal topics.

Gaming News:

No "Episode 3" in 2010

http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=161435

Steam Account Sold for a Grand

http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=161425

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
http://store.steampowered.com/app/901297/

Modern Warfare 2 DLC Map Pack Due Spring 2010.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6230778.html

MAG Comes Out Tomorrow:
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/mag/index.html

Who is getting BIOSHOCK 2, Mass Effect 2, etc?

Movie News:

Discussion about the new movie Legion.

Avatar breaks the record books - surpasses Titanic

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2414728620100124

Tech News:

Google Voice Gets Smarter, Faster Voicemail Access

http://lifehacker.com/5456520/google-voice-gets-smarter-faster-voicemail-access?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+lifehacker/full+(Lifehacker)

Open Source Phones will Ultimately Fail

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2356603,00.asp

International Space Station now has internet access! Twitter was the first thing they used

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100122/ap_on_hi_te/us_space_station_internet

After Google hack, Microsoft asks users to abandon IE6, XP

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/microsoft-wants-you-to-ditch-windows-xp-and-ie6-for-security.ars

Is It Firefox Or Is It Flash?

http://www.pcmech.com/article/is-it-firefox-or-is-it-flash/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+pcmech/articles+%28PCMech.com%29

Google Co-Founders Selling $5.5 Billion In Stock

http://phandroid.com/2010/01/24/google-co-founders-selling-5-5-billion-in-stock/

Apple Event Tomorrow - What To Expect?

Phone News:

Woman rescued after Haiti quake by sending text

http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/blog/woman-rescued-after-haiti-quake-by-sending-text.aspx?utm_source=Rss&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=PhoneDog

T-Mobile relaxes unlocking policies for customers

http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/blog/t-mobile-relaxes-unlocking-policies-for-customers.aspx?utm_source=Rss&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=PhoneDog

Mozilla Delivers 3.6
http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/

Ted's Tool of the Week

SUPERAntiSpyware Portable
http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner.html

CHROME extension from Google for G Voice
http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-google-voice-extension-for-chrome.html

Cast: Derek Morgan, Derrick Wlodarz, Sarah Jewgieniew, Ted Tabaka, Tom Tabaka, and brief appearance of Clint Satorre.

Gamers of Chicago, Inc. Podcast #5

2010-01-19T18:21:00Z

Here's our fifth cast, we discuss current tech news, and touch on some gaming news. Derrick talks about his recent purchase of an ECB3500 WAP, Tom talks about his modded Xbox. Below are the links for what we discussed.

Google Docs now Supports Upload of any File Type

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2010/01/documents-list-api-upload-any-file-and.html

Next Name for Android

http://phandroid.com/2010/01/17/next-version-of-android-f-for-froyo/

Windows Mobile 7 reportedly delayed until 2011

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/01/12/windows-mobile-7-reportedly-delayed-until-2011/

Default https access for Gmail accounts

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2010/01/default-https-access-for-gmail-accounts.html

Mozilla dumps Firefox 3.7 from schedule, changes dev process

http://www.macworld.com/article/145708/2010/01/firefox.html?lsrc=rss_main

Religion in Gaming?

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/105/1059455p1.html?_cmpid=gspy53

Seems Like Everyone's Getting Faster Internet but the U.S.

http://lifehacker.com/5451127/seems-like-everyones-getting-faster-internet-but-the-us?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+lifehacker/full+%28Lifehacker%29

Gaming

Halo Reach

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1060968p1.html

Brief review of Army of Two.

Cast: Derek Morgan, Ted Tabaka, Tom Tabaka, Derrick Wlodarz, and Sarah Jewgieniew

Gamers of Chicago, Inc. Podcast #4

2010-01-19T07:01:00Z

Here is our fourth podcast. We're chatting with our usual cast again, we talked about our next LAN event, and stuff related to that. We also mentioned that we're interested in video casting in the near future. Ted talks about his new Chumby he got for Christmas. And some other brief topics we talked about:

* CES 2010 just finished/overview

* Tom explains the differences in 3D technology

* Avatar 3D opinions were brought up

* New 2.1 firmware for Android on various phones

* Nexus One is discussed

* ATT stopped selling iPhone in NYC for a weekend; what's behind the stop in sales and what other implications this had

* Chatroulette.com is showcased

* Ketarin software app is given a quick brief by Tom

Cast: Derek Morgan, Derrick Wlodarz, Margaret Simpson,Ted Tabaka, and Tom Tabaka.

Gamers of Chicago, Inc. Podcast #3

2010-01-19T06:50:00Z

Here's our third podcast. We talk with our friends from XLAN again, discussing the latest tech/gaming news. More info will be posted soon. Hope you enjoy.

Gamers of Chicago, Inc. Podcast #2

2009-10-02T06:19:00Z

This is our second podcast, we chat with our good friends over at XLAN Gaming, another Chicagoland LAN group. The cast consists of Derek Morgan, Derrick Wlodarz, Ted Tabaka, Clint Satorre, and Jason Wacker. This is our longest cast, we don't plan on doing long casts again, or we'll separate the file. We hope you enjoy and welcome feedback.

Gamers of Chicago, Inc. Podcast #1

2009-10-02T00:21:00Z

This is our first podcast. I talk with one of my friends from another local LAN group. Since it's our first cast, we discuss current tech and gaming topics. We welcome feedback, and hope you enjoy.

Welcome

2009-10-01T00:11:21Z

Welcome to the GoC podcast page. We plan on recording podcasts with local gamers from our community, and discuss current tech, gaming, and other topics. Anyone is welcomed to join in on these casts, just let us know and we'll plan something. Once we establish a decent following of not only a local audience, but with people everywhere, we'd like to do videocasts as well. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email, or leave a comment.