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No News is Good News

No News is Good News
It’s time for a Bitsmack “Choose your own adventure”. It’s 4am and you are awaken by a pounding at the front door, followed by indistinguishable yelling by a man and a woman. Do you: a. Open the door to see what they want. b. Call the cops. c. Stay in bed and hope the whole thing blows over. If you chose C then you and I think alike. I found out by my neighbor this morning that the guy banging at the door had <a href=http://www.nbc4i.com/news/5160029/detail.html>got stabbed over by the railroad tracks</a> near my condo. I am pretty sure he doesn’t live in my neighborhood. In retrospect I probably should have called the cops, but somebody had already done that and they arrived pretty quickly. And of course it gave me an idea for a comic… Continue reading "No News is Good News"
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BSPC-051013 – Applemania!

This is the Bitsmack Podcast for <a href=https://www.bitsmack.com/dl/BSPC-051013.mp3>October 13, 2005</a> <a href=http://www.apple.com>All kinds of new Apple crap</a> <a href=http://www.rootkit.com/blog.php?newsid=358>World of Warcraft = Spyware?</a> <a href=http://www.gametap.com/>Gametap.com: Legal Emulation for monthly fee
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Second Opinion

Second Opinion
In space, no one can hear you laugh. So last weekend Brad got the idea that we should all play Starcraft online. I had never played it, and didn’t even own it. A quick trip to Target and $19.99 later I was good to go. The game is a lot different than Age of Empires 2 which is the only RTS game I have spent a lot of time with. After getting schooled by Brad a few times I decided I need to practice. It would be nice to get some other people to join us. Maybe we’ll schedule a Bitsmack Starcraft day in the near future. Continue reading "Second Opinion"
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BSPC-050922 – Revolutionize This!

This is the Bitsmack podcast for <a href=https://www.bitsmack.com/dl/BSPC-050922.mp3>September 22, 2005</a> Guest starring: Brad ==Opening Banter== <a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764584596/qid=1127316175/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0071285-1805542?v=glance&s=books&n=507846>Dungeons and Dragons for Dummies</a> ==News== <a href=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09/15/news_6133335.html>TGS 2005: Miyamoto unveils Nintendo’s Revolution controller</a> ==Rants== RC: Insight drops WB/UPN ==Commentary== Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men Legends II, Game Boy Micro, Mallrats X ==Reviews== RC: Lost… still awesome. ===What we’re playing=== RC: World of Warcraft, Activision Anthology Goz: Katamari Damacy Brad: World of Warcraft, Ultimate Spider-Man ==Closing Remarks== <a href=http://www.serenitymovie.com/>Serenity in 8 days
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Shock and Eww

Shock and Eww
The Revolution controller has been announced. I don’t know how I feel about this. I saw <a href=http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651334p1.html>the video</a> and I am still stunned. Is this the worst idea Nintendo ever had or will it provide a new gameplay experience unlike any other? Please someone tell me how I am supposed to feel about this thing. Continue reading "Shock and Eww"
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BSPC-050825 – How much is that Nintendog in the window?

==Intro== Goz: This is the <a href=https://www.bitsmack.com/dl/BSPC-050825.mp3>Bitsmack podcast for August 25, 2005</a> ===Bitsmack Mailbag=== Voicemail from Craig <a href=http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/25/1627235&tid=211&tid=98>Xbox 360 pricing</a> <a href=http://www.gencon.com/indyhome.aspx?file=indy>Raj report from GenCon Indy</a> <a href=http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/23/1525212&tid=10>Slashdot GenCon report</a> <a href=http://www.comicimages.com/rawdeal>Raj’s sponsor to GenCon</a> ==News== <a href=http://talk.google.com/>Google now has an instant messenger</a> ==Reviews== Raj’s review of Nintendogs ==Closing Remarks== Start the <a href=http://www.serenitymovie.com/>Serenity</a> countdown - Sept. 30. <a href=http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?day=30&month=9&year=2005&hour=&min=>Check number of days</a> <a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/286723/ref=d_bg_cat_ts/102-4777553-4943321>Firefly DVD set currently ranked 23</a>
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BSPC-050818 – Xbox 360 crashes and burns

==Intro== Goz: This is the Bitsmack podcast for August 18, 2005 Intro Music ==Opening Banter== AND WE'RE BACK! What would you do for a 4 year old $50 iBook? Would you stand on one foot? Would you run into traffic? Would you stampede over the elderly and invalids? ===Bitsmack Mailbag=== Roger at Gen Con in Indy ==News== PRESS RELEASE: Stylish New Game Boy Micro Ships Sept. 19 The Simpsons Season 6 was released this past Tuesday. ==Rants== ==Commentary== ====Xbox 360 Coverage==== Allard confirms multiple Xbox 360 versions Xbox 360 prices Top ten most important Xbox 360 launch titles What's up with the PSP? ==Reviews== K-dog: ITG 2 Arcade ===What we're playing=== ==Closing Remarks== The 40 Year Old Virgin opens this weekend.