Archive for March, 2009

Help Support Across the Nerd-a-verse!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

For those of you looking to pick up some of the Essential Nerd Films we discussed on the podcast (and will continue to bring up), check out our new Amazon.com store, where a percentage of your purchases will be used to help fund this site and podcast in the future. We’ll be adding more stuff as we go along, so check back often for more recommendations from us.

http://astore.amazon.com/commentarycom-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=8

Episode 4 notes and links

Friday, March 27th, 2009

I forgot the most important part of my Patrick Swayze argument, so I’m just going to go ahead and post it here, since obviously the audio portion is already done and out the door. Patrick Swayze is more awesome than Kurt Russell because he’s s a true triple threat: he can dance, he can act, and he can also SING. “She’s Like the Wind” is a GREAT song, that I still listen to today when I want a nice ballad. So there – one more point in the favor of Mr. Swayze.

In Episode 4 we discussed several items that we promised we’d link to, so here goes:

Episode 4: Who’s Getting Put in the Corner?

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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This week Jessie and Mark are once again joined by special guest host Mike, as they discuss movie remakes and essential nerd films.   Mark and Jess also square off in our latest Nerd Fight: Patrick Swayze vs. Kurt Russell. Tune in to see which 80′s feathered hairdo reigns supreme!

Hosts: Jessie, Mark, and Michael

Show Outline:

  • What’s Been Entertaining You? (0:01:34)
  • Tech Talk: Digital comics on the PSP, color e-book readers and more (0:13:45)
  • Nerd Fight: Swayze vs. Russell (0:25:17)
  • Movie Remakes?  Good Idea / Bad Idea? (0:48:20)
  • Essential Nerd Films : The Computer and Math Nerd (1:14:08)
  • Mail Bag and Good Byes (1:29:37)

Music Credits:

  • Opening Intro – “Be” by Common
  • First Intermission – National Anthem – Live in Tokyo – Radiohead
  • Second Intermission – Lucky – Live in Florence – Radiohead
  • Outro Music – Kid A – Live in Berlin – Radiohead

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We Need Some iTunes Reviews!

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Hey folks, from the responses that we’ve gotten thus far via e-mail and by way of the Facebook group it sounds like you folks out there are enjoying listening to the show as much as we have been enjoying producing it.   I’m really excited, that we’ve received so much love already, and we have a few very interesting things in the work for future episodes that I think you all will enjoy.  

Now, as Jessie is fond of pointing out, “it takes a village” and we’re hoping that we can appeal to you, our fans to help spread the word about the show and help to expand the population of The Nerdaverse.   Join, the Facebook Group, invite your friends to join.   We certainly would love to see the show get a few iTunes reviews as well so that we can live the dream of having the show appear as a featured podcast at some point.

 

Again thank you all so much for your support .

Some nerd tidbits for you today

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Just a few items to pass along to you folks out there:

  • Would a price cut on the Sony PS3 convince you holdouts to finally buy one? If so, what’s your sweet spot in terms of price? Right now, I’m a Wii 360 household, along with my gaming PC. However, there are a few exclusive titles on the PS3 that make it just intriguing enough that I might eventually get one. However, the loss of backwards compatibility in many (all?) of their models makes me hesitate, as I have a big PS2 library, and I don’t want to have to keep my old PS2 around after I upgrade.
  • Courtesy of our reporter in the field, Eddie L., here’s a news release confirming what we’ve all known for some time: that there will be a Mass Effect 2. This makes me more excited than I care to admit. My only prayer is that the improvements from PC version of Mass Effect 1 will be ported over to Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360. Since you can use your old save files from Mass Effect 1 in Mass Effect 2, you’re somewhat locked into the original platform that you played the first game on.
  • The Sci Fi channel somehow thinks that renaming itself SyFy will somehow make it appear “hipper” to viewers who haven’t been tuning in.

Episode 3: We Love The Monkee’s Uncle

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

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On this week’s episode Mark and Jessie are joined by a special guest host. We invite you to meet our webmaster Michael (aka Monkee) as we review the Watchmen movie, talk Japanese RPGs, Street Fighter and building custom arcade cabinets, and pit the “Metropolis Marvel” against “Gotham’s Dark Knight” in out latest NERD FIGHT!

Hosts: Jessie, Mark, and Michael

Show Outline:

  • Meet Michael (0:01:00)
  • What’s Entertaining You This Week?  (0:06:20)
  • NERD FIGHT! – Superman vs. Batman (0:33:17)
  • Poop or Puppy – Watchmen (0:51:35)
  • Mail Bag & Contact Info (1:16:13)

Music Credits:

  • Opening Intro – “Be” by Common
  • 1st intermission Music – “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues” by The Spin Doctors
  • 2nd Introduction Music – “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen
  • Outro Music – “The Monkey’s Uncle” by Annette Funicello featuring The Beach Boys

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Episode 3 is in the can!

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

We’ve just finished the recording on episode 3. This evening we were joined by our web master Mike for some serious nerd chatter about the Watchmen movie. I’m looking forward to getting things edited together and out for you.

Thank you very much to everyone who has joined the Facebook group so far. (There is a link at the top of the page where you can join.) The Facebook group is a great way to get involved in the show. We have discussion boards where you can offer us topic suggestions. Stop on by and sign up!

How Do I Find Your Other Episodes?

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

While we’re in the process of revamping our site template here, it’s a little difficult to find past posts. Some of you have asked how to download our previous episodes.

Ways to Find Previous Episodes:

  1. Subscribe to our show via iTunes. Then you’ll get a full show listing via the iTunes interface
  2. Subscribe to our RSS feed, using the Zune software, or just any plain old RSS reader
  3. Click the RSS feed and pull the mp3s down directly from that page
  4. Click here for Episode 1 and Click here for Episode 2

In the meantime, here’s some links to previous posts by moi:

Shout out to my TF2F peeps

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Hi everyone.

As you can see above, the latest podcast is out. I wanted to give a special thanks in this post to the people who graciously took time out of their Saturday to sit down with us over Skype. Without further ado, many props to:

  • teamchuckles!
  • Mun
  • PanFrie

Obviously, this podcast is all about Team Fortress 2 , so if that’s of no interest to you, feel free to skip it.

However, we’ll be back to our usual range of topics very soon. We’re about to record Episode 3 this Thursday. Topics include: a Watchmen movie review, a Nerd Fight about Batman versus Superman, and a new segment we’re calling “Essential Nerd Films”. 

Remember: we love feedback, so send us email. Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes and to tell your friends about us.

Episode 2.5: BONK! A TF2 Round table Discussion

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

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On this very special edition of Across the Nerd-a-verse, Jessie and Mark lead three top Team Fortress 2 scouts in a round table discussion of the latest batch of goodies contained in Valve’s TF2 Scout Update pack.

Hosts:
Jessie and Mark

Show Outline:

  • Meet The Panelists (0:00:28)
  • Force of Nature (0:02:08)
  • BONK! (0:10:27)
  • The Sandman (0:16:11)
  • CP_Junction (0:30:25)
  • CP_Egypt  (0:33:00)
  • Arena Watch Tower (0:35:43)
  • Final Thoughts on The Scout Update (0:40:11)

Music Credits:

  • Opening Intro – “Be” by Common
  • Music Welcome and Introductions – “Duty Calls for 162 BPM” by Mastgrr
  • Outro Music – “Rock!!!” by All Heroes

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