Hey there geeks of all ages, genders, and sizes! It’s time for Geekspeak Episode 33. This episode was recorded on Thursday, April 27th at the Brooklyn College Radio Studio. Topics discussed include:

• Product Review: Zen Vision M
• Tired of Firefox’s memory leak? Well here’s a kinda solution for you.
• Will Firefox overtake IE? This guy says yes, and soon! Is he right? You never know…
• The “Destroy IE” campaign has begun! Rawr?
• GBA and a Portable DVD Player! It can happen, and it will happen!
• EA has to pay their workers for their overtime. Poor EA, and hooray for sarcasm!
• Movie Review: Silent Hill
• Adult Swim better not get Saved by any Bells again, or poppa spank!
• The Wind Up: Where did the Rangers go, and who is this team playing in their uniforms?

This is the first episode I’ve done that won’t potentially get me sued! Huzzah! Thanks to the Podshow Podsafe Network, Anamanaguchi, and OC Remix for their generous donations, and I hope you like what you heard!

If you did like what you heard or even if you didn’t, you can drop me a line at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, or over at the Geekspeak Forums. And don’t forget to vote over at Podcast Alley as well.

Before I go, I just wanted to make a quick mention that Christopher Neseman has been gracious enough to invite me onto Episode 15 of The Around Comics Podcast, which will be focusing upon company men in comics. Give it a listen, and make sure to listen to their previous podcasts as well.

Until then and until next Geekspeak, thanks as always for downloading!

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Episode 32 of Geekspeak is here, and it is a treat indeed. I am joined by the original host of Geekspeak before its days as a podcast, Marvin John! Marvin has his own podcast focused upon gaming known as Red Shift that just got started up a few weeks back. This episode was recorded on Thursday, April 13th 2006 at the campus of Brooklyn College. Topics discussed include:

• Hey kids, it’s Marvin John!
• A reminder about the Geekspeak opening contest.
• Marvin shares his thoughts on a story covered on Episode 30. Does he think gamers are nympho chain smoking alcoholics? HINT: Nope.
• A PSOne Emulator for the PSP arrives soon. Is this the interface? Sweet, sweet nostalgia…
• Goldeneye will likely NOT end up on X-Box Live Arcade. D’oh!
• Mom and Pops are cheating you out of next-gen systems all in the name of cash. Big shock there.
• Marvin and I discuss Boot Camp and what it might do for gamers.
• The “real” video iPod has been delayed. No, not Real Video. That would be messed up.
• Thoughts on IE7, and why Marvin is addicted to World of Warcraft.
• The Wind-Up: The Nets have stopped winning. START WINNING AGAIN!!

Many thanks to Marvin for joining me for this episode, as it was a lot of fun. Felt like old times all over again. And make sure to check out Red Shift, it’s a lot of fun, and nice and informative. You can e-mail your thoughts on this or any other episodes at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and Podcast Alley voting can be done right at this convenient location.

Geekspeak will be back at its regular Thursday release schedule next Thursday, as I enjoy a lovely week up in Southport, Maine for Spring Break. Until then, thanks as always for downloading!

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Hey folks! This one was unexpected to say the least. I was unable to record an interview I had planned with Doug Barrett of Pop Culture Shock Therapy, so I went to the backup plan: Gizmo! Gizmo is a Skype alternative that allows you to talk to folks far and wide over the internet via your connection, and a microphone. It also allows for nicely integrated recording, and so this is what we got instead. Christopher Neseman of The Around Comics Podcast, and Jon “Wally” Weilbaecher, otherwise known as Brodie_Baggins on the Comic Geek Speak forums, join me for a Showcase Spotlight focusing upon forums! We talk the dos and don’t of forum life, how to pimp your forum appropiately without pissing people off, and also how to ease to transition onto a new forum. We also talk some comics at the end of the show, as well as what geek name we would choose to have, after finding out that a real life Optimus Prime exists out there. And he has a girlfriend!

Apologies in advance for any technical glitches, as this was the first time I gave Gizmo a shot for an episode. Wally’s microphone was a bit low, so I had to amp it up, which led to some background noise. His words are still easy to hear, but bear with us on that.

Anyway, that’s really all I’ve got for you for now. You can send your comments on the show to speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and you can vote for Geekspeak on Podcast Alley right over here.

One quick programming reminder, Episode 32 of Geekspeak will be released either late Monday or early Tuesday, as I will be away for the week, and still want to put an episode out there for everybody. So go ahead and check out the feed on Tuesday and you’ll find Episode 32. Until then, thanks for downloading!

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Episode 30 arrives! This milestone episode of Geekspeak is filled with all the new you’ve come to expect, and all the rantings and ravings you’ve come to expect too. This episode was recorded on Thursday, April 6th 2006 at the campus of Brooklyn College. Topics discussed include:

• XP on a Mac with Apple’s consent!
• Games make you fat, lazy, and make you use drugs. Well, according to this article at least.
• PS3 Price is set sorta.
• Blockbuster vs. Netflix: law suit style.
• Apple vs. Apple. Well, The Beatles Apple vs. Apple Computers at least.
• April Fools 2006!
• The rights to Superboy are up in the air.
• Yaoi company Biblos files for bankrupcy.
• The Wind Up: Barry’s reality and the state of the Yankees.

E-mails can be sent to speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and Podcast Alley is a click away. Enjoy, and thanks for downloading!

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Let the festivities begin! Not only has Geekspeak officially reached 100 subscibers through Feedburner, but episode 29 has arrived as well. How ’bout dem Apples? This episode was recorded at the Brooklyn College Radio Studio on March 30th, 2006. Topics discussed include:

• The first ever Geekspeak Contest is announced!
• The specs on the Revolution are out! So just how powerful is this thing?
• Revolution will also have cheap games, not in quality but in price. Rejoice I say!
• Last but not least, the Revolution will support 3rd party memory sources, which is just cool as hell.
• Zelda DS is coming, and it looks mighty spiffy.
• More Zelda news you say? How about a fanmade movie?
• What’s that? Still not enough Zelda? Well…here, have some CD-i, and try not to puke on the carpet.
• The iPod now has volume limit software. WHAT???? I DIDN’T HEAR YOU!!!!
• Microsoft wants everybody to change their web sites just for them. Yeah…that’ll happen.
• This Kodak moment might not be a good one…
• Anime Review: Cromartie High School Vol. 2-4
• The Wind Up: The Rangers are back to being good again, for the eighth time this season.

Here’s hoping everybody liked the new opening, as I completely fell in love with the music and got inspired to do something with it. You can download the full track, with vocals, at OCRemix.org, and thanks again to zircon for letting me use the track! Still, the contest is out there to design an opening of your own, so good luck and I can’t wait to hear people’s entries. Each entry will get played on the show at least once before a winner is chosen by the way, so that everyone’s work can be heard.

You can e-mail all submissions, comments, and questions to speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and Podcast Alley voting takes place right here.

That’s all for this week, so until Episode 30, thanks as always for downloading, and enjoy the episode!

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Evening ladies and gents! Episode 28 is officially here, and it is quite the doozy. The show’s slightly longer than usual but only by 12 minutes, as the comic rant at the end deserved more conversation so we continued it past the usual timeslot. I was lucky enough to be joined once again by my buddy Bryan Barrientos, who gave his thoughts on the topics discussed on today’s show. This episode was recorded on Thursday, March 23rd at the Brooklyn College Radio Studio. Topics discussed include:

• Windows Vista delayed again. Really, I’m shocked. Seriously. For real.
• A new potentially dangerous IE Flaw is found. Really, I’m shocked. Seriously. For real.
• Halo 2 for PC will be delayed along with Vista, since it’s Vista only.
• PS3 Region Free! Will mod-chips become a thing of the past?
• PS3 Controller Redesign is official. Maybe this time it’ll look more like a controller and less like a Batarang.
• PS3 will use memory cards after all. This is starting to intrigue me…
• Nintendo…Go?
• Dell Buys Alienware. Really, I’m shocked. Seriously. For real.
• Movie Review: V For Vendetta
• Comic Book Rant: Is it just me, or are more and more series forgetting how to write the middle of a story?
• The Wind Up: Alfonso Soriano…is a giant putz.

Thanks once again to Bryan for joining me, as it’s always fun to change things up a bit and get another person’s take on the week’s gaming, gadget, tech, etc. news. Also, make sure to listen to the episode in its entirety, as there’s a nice little treat near the end. I’m out of my mind sometimes, I swear.

If you’d like to tell me how out of my mind I am, you can e-mail me at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and don’t forget to head on over to Podcast Alley when you get a chance to cast your vote for Geekspeak! Anyway, hope everybody enjoys the episode, and thanks as always for downloading!

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Hey there Geekspeakers! Well, this was one hell of an episode. I say that not only because it was jampacked with fun news stories from comics to tech to TV, but also because the original recording of Episode 27 is now at the farm with that dog you had when you were little. Yup, the episode somehow ended up not getting recorded from 5 minutes in until 45 minutes in, so no go. But alas, I did indeed rerecord it and now here we are. This episode was recorded (twice) at the Brooklyn College Radio studio on Thursday, March 16th, 2006. Topics discussed include:

• Sony pays for its Dual Shock Immersion.
• The PS3 is officially delayed. Anyone really shocked about that?
• HD-DVD’s also get delayed. I sense a trend…
• Nananananana…third Katamari Damacy?
• Who Wants To Be a Superhero? That would be the question…
• Ever wanted a dual boot of Windows XP and OSX? Well, your time has finally come! You can download the booter here. (the site seems to currently be down, but check back soon to see if it comes back up)
• Star Wars TV show a guaranteed 100 episodes? Odd this is!
• The Wind Up: Barry Bonds might finally get what’s coming to him, and it’s not more steroids.

It’s funny how when things losing an entire episode happen, you go through the redo episode thinking this one will pale in comparison to the last. When I listened to it as I edited, I grew to like the new episode more, and I hope you guys like it as well! You can send questions, comments, and news stories you’d to see me cover on the show to speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and hop on over to the forums if you’re bored and in the mood for chatter. And as the month of March rolls on, the Podcast Alley votes keep rolling, so if you’d like to vote for Geekspeak, you can do so here.

If anything new comes in about the Katamari situation I’ll pop on in for a quick update, and if not, I’ll see everybody next Thursday. Until then, thanks for downloading!

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Hey there listeners! It’s that time again. No, it’s not time to feed the cat. No, it’s not time to clip your toenails, or do your taxes. It’s time for Episode 26! The episode 25 celebration is now officially over, and so geekspeak returns to a weekly distribution cycle for a while. This episode of Geekspeak was recorded at the Brooklyn College Radio Studio on Thursday, March 9th, 2006. Topics discussed include:

• Some thank yous to the folks who helped me put together the Episode 25 celebration. It was a blast!
• Apple iTunes TV Subsciption service: Good idea, bad idea, or a bit of both?
• Pacman on the iPod! What will they think of next?
• PSP Ads cause controversy in England. Has Sony gone batty?
• Who are IGN’s Top 10 Video game Villains?
• My thoughts on the new X-Men 3: The Last Stand trailer, which is available here.
• Google has way too much time on their hands. Go to ho.org and others and find out!
• Comic Book Reviews: Emo Boy #1 and 2, and Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore.
• The Wind Up: Football has a salary cap for 6 more years. They’re saved!

Lots of fun, crazy stuff in this episode (mostly from me), so I hope everybody enjoys it. I’ll be posting a scan of the Kingsman article about myself and other Brooklyn College podcasters on the web site in the next couple of days for those of you who are interested in reading it. Also, stay tuned to this space for an announcement that may be on the horizon. Bum bum bummmm…

Don’t forget, if you want to drop me a line, you can do so at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, or at the Geekspeak Forums. And a Podcast Alley vote is only a click away!

That’s all for today really. So I’ll see you all in 7 days, and thanks for downloading.

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Well, the final part of the Episode 25 celebration is here! Without further adieu here is Episode 25 itself! This episode times in at a ginormous TWO AND A HALF HOURS, so I hope you folks have a nice long commute to listen to this on! For this Showcase Spotlight, my guests Sean Whelan, school teacher, drnorge, and all around nice guy, and Robert Welkner, COIN-OP.TV, and one hell of a pinch hitter, discuss American Animation! We go the gambit from the old days to the new, and everywhere in between,and also go off on quick tangents focusing upon Spider-Man 3, X-Men 3, and some other quickies. This episode was recorded on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at the campus of Brooklyn College, and it was one hell of a good time!

So enjoy folks, and please let me know what you think of the epic Episode 25 at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and if you like what you hear, go on and vote for the show at Podcast Alley.

We’ll be back on Thursday for a regular episode, back to normal and all. As always, thanks for downloading, and see you guys then!

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Hey folks. It’s Sunday night and as promised, I have a nice little treat for you all. Here’s a special edition of Geekspeak that was recorded on Day 3 of the NY Comic Con with Scott Melzer, Matthew Pyson, and Jon Miller of This is Otakudom and S.T.E.A.M., two of the funniest Anime fan parodies I’ve ever seen. There are some very short audio glitches along the way, but nothing that detracts from the overall interview. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the special! And to continue the episode 25 celebration, come back on Tuesday for a whopping TWO AND A HALF HOUR edition, where I’m joined by Sean Whelan and Robert Welkner for a Showcase Spotlight episode of Geekspeak focusing on American Animation! Until then, enjoy, and thanks as always for downloading.

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