Archive for May, 2006

The Fanboys Lunchcast: Episode 1

Friday, May 26th, 2006

The Lunchcast

It gets no more high concept than this, folks: two nerds escape the office, go to lunch, and talk about their various geekdoms (primarily video games) over a chorus of annoying ambient noise.

Episode 1: Pancake Sandwich (29:06)

Featuring the official fanboy E3 absentee wrap-up, Gamerscore whoredoms, Barbie Horse Adventures, and a crying baby

 
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GameStore Confessions: Episode 1

Friday, May 26th, 2006

GameStore Confessions

Surreptitious (and brief) recordings of random interactions with video game store clerks.

Episode 1: A Fiver Saved is a Fiver Earned (3:49)

Featuring the most savvy financial advice this side of Jim Cramer.
 

 
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Strange Bedfellows

Monday, May 15th, 2006

MLB and Sebastian

There are two things you must know before we begin: 

  1. I hate baseball. I hate almost everything about baseball. Scratch that–I hate everything about baseball. I won’t watch it. I won’t play it. My contempt for America’s pastime runs so deep, that in the long, hot months between the NBA Finals and the opening of the college football season, I can actually be found doing activities . . . outside.
  2. However, I love Xbox 360 Gamerpoints. I love everything about them. I love the unmatched feeling of accomplishment I get when I see the little achievement indicator pop up–informing me that I am truly in a select group of elite and skilled gamers who have successfully spent four hours in front of their television, repeatedly pressing the “A” button in order to simulate 30 years of a Madden franchise and collect their 400 points. What a rush.

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Live Anywhere

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

Gears of War Mobile X-treme: Touchtone Armageddon

An executive sits at the head of a rich mahogany table, his bald pate softly reflecting fluorescent light from above. His eyes twitch back and forth across the bright young faces before him–each one so eager to make a difference. His mouth slowly curves into a smile as his hands rise above the wood and move toward each other. He bites his lower lip and inhales through clenched teeth as his fingers interlace. “Convergence,” he says.

In the distance a plaintive moan is heard as a consumer falls to the ground in confusion.

Now Xbox gamers and PC gamers and Cell Phone gamers (WTF?) can finally come together. Live Anywhere is an integral part of the upcoming Windows Vista and, one can only assume, Windows Mobile. So what does this mean to you?
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