LARP-off! – The S&L Podcast #030

Shows / April 20th, 2010

This episode is mostly about catching up on the news.  But we slipped into something that’s becoming a regular segment, the Game of Thrones check-in.  And during this check-in, we created the future battle between the Na’vi and the Dothraki role-players.  That’s right.  We’re calling for a LARP-off. This is happening.

We also do a check-in on Paolo Bacigalupi’s Wind-up Girl, which we’ll wrap-up next episode.

BITTER SEEDS: Alternate WWII novel pits English warlocks against Nazi X-Men   
    
Great Moments In Alternate History: The Discovery Of Magic   
    
The Rise and Fall of Scifi and Fantasy on TV 
    
Has Any Apocalypse Movie Ever Truly Destroyed The World?
    
Game of Thrones    
    
Game of Thrones cast video
    
Expert Creates Dothraki Language for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’  
    
BOOK Check-in    

Wind-up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
    
BARE YOUR SWORD – feedback from the audience    
    
Top favorite authors!

What else are you reading? April 2010
    
Books that ‘should’ be made into films

    
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East Meets West 203 – Exercising my GodFinger

Shows / April 19th, 2010

Leo joins Tom and Roger to talk about why we play games, why we trust corporations and why we think better in the shower.

Get the episode at this link: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest203ExercisingMyGodfinger/eastmeetswest203.mp3

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I’m changing some things. UPDATE

Ye Olde Stuff / April 16th, 2010

Starting May 14th I’ll be doing a whole lot of different things.

On that day I’ll step down as a full-time employee of CNET. I’ve been there almost 6 years. They were my lifeboat after TechTV sunk and I’ve met and worked with some awesome people there.

But I’m burying the lede. Starting June 1 I’ll be joining Leo Laporte’s TWiT network as a daily host. Stay tuned to TWiT for more details on what I’ll be doing there.

As for CNET, I’m still working out the details of what I can continue to do there. Maybe Top 5, and maybe some regular appearances on BOL.

Overall I’m incredibly excited. This will allow me to keep doing some of the things I love for CNET, while opening the door to a whole lot of creative flexibility and control over my own content.

So what kind of content do you want to see on TWiT? I’ll have some 20 hours or so to fill, so ideas are more than welcomed!

Thanks again to CNET for being pretty cool through this process and a huge thanks to Leo for having the confidence in me to give me this opportunity!

And thanks to all the folks who watch and listen to what I’ve done over the years. Because if you hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.

Update: For perfectly understandable reasons, CNET has declined to keep me on part-time to do any shows. But I do have pitches out at a couple other outlets. Plus they’re paying for the drinks on my last day, so I’ll make sure to make them feel it then.

Turn on the picture frame it’s time for class – Ep. 27

Shows / April 16th, 2010

We talk with Marc and Nicole Spagnuolo about the future of education moving into a virtual world and how woodworking and smart paint will lead to better displays.

Get the episode at this link.

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