This week Jeff manages to keep us off topic for almost the entire show. Also, I didn’t have my usual headset at home and the reserve headset doesn’t sound as good. Anyway here’s what we manage to cover.

• Joost rules
• Farscape is back on Scifi.com Link
• Peter Moore leaves Microsoft to become president of EA Sports, Don Mattrick (former EA president) steps in. What does it mean?
• Torque Engine for Wii
• Wii Fit and the future of the RPG?
• The Sony switch? Maybe.
• Mobile Minute
  • Treo 800W Link
  • The next thing in phishing Link

Next week we’re not really sure when we’ll record cause Jeff has a job and stuff. Also I has a bucket.

 

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Is everyone ready for their weekly dose of geek? Good. This week we cover a lot of stuff. Also, there’s a bit of post production, let me know what you think of it (it’s a work in progress). So here is what we cover.

• Target Exclusive Jazz
• Transformers is setting records.
• Cloverfield, WTF?
• StarTrek XI - no Shatner? Nimoy is in?
• Amazon Unbox - TiVo buy on TV.
• Zudacomics.com
• PGR4 Now has Motorcycles
• Nights looking cool on Wii
• PS3 Price Cut and backward compatiblity woes
• Mogul Minute

Lots of fun stuff and as always, let us know what you think.

 

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Boy, it seem like we just did one of these a couple of days ago, oh wait, we did. Well we’re back on our Tuesday schedule with this special Transformers centric episode. Here’s what we cover.

• Bill Gates ain’t the richest
• MS Apologizes for slow Ultimate content
• 18 mile BT range
• 2K Games has an answer for Madden
• Transformers Review

Doesn’t seem like a lot but looks can be deceiving and as usual Jeff and I manage to turn it into almost an hour long podcast. Lots of geeking out going on here despite the lack of tech news out there.

 

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Maximum Geek 10 is up and running. Last weeks pathetic little episode has been canned completely. This week Jeff and I cover a lot. We talk about where we stand on the iPhone (I think it’s lacking and there are some unforgiveable f-ups, but there will certainly be a market and a next-gen iPhone, Jeff on the other hand calls it the Apple Edsel). We break down the biggest problems with the iPhone in the second half of the show, so if you’re sick of hearing Jeff and I talk about the iPhone, the first half is iPhone free.

• Live Free or Die Hard mini review
• Next Bond Film gets a director - Marc Foster of Stranger Than Fiction and Finding Neverland
• R2D2 Projector Link
• WiiWare
• MizPee Link
• Dell’s new Laptops
• DX10 Video Hits laptops - Alienware opts out.
• Shadowrun on XP
• Vista Start Menu in XP Link
• Next Gen Zune going into production at the end of July? 80 Gig and that’s about all we know.
• iPhone
  • -No voice Dialing
  • -No 64 Bit Windows
  • -Interface Issues
  • -Very little BT support
  • -Headphone Jack - $10 adapter available
  • -Activation Problems
• Funny shiznit Link

As always we want to know what you think so drop us a line in the comments section and tune in next week for more geeky goodness.

 

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Week 3 of the Maximum Geek live cast and while Jeff and I had fun we had a disappointing drop in live listeners. So is there interest in the live show? Well Jeff and I are enjoying so we’ll keep doing it, but we would like to hear what you guys think of the live format.

OK, now for the show notes. Things were a little scattered this week, it started with technical difficulties and a bit of disorginization on my part, but we recovered nicely I think. So here are the notes as I remember them.

• Cyborgs are coming
  http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32230/118/
• ModBook 
  http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ModBook
• Fab PC
  http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/29/fujitsu-shows-off-fab-pc-laptop-concept/
• Script Frenzy
  http://www.scriptfrenzy.org
• Mobile Minute
  • The Hawk - Update: Here are Jeff’s thoughts on The Hawk http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/05/30/foleo-are-you-freaking-kidding-me/
• Shadow of Legend 
• Pirates 3 review

We cover a lot about Script Frenzy and script writing in general

 

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This week was the second week of our live cast and I gotta say, we’re digging doing this live. We cover a lot but we didn’t have very many live listeners. So if you’re interested in listening in on a live show but Tuesday night doesn’t work for you let us know and maybe we can find a better night where we can get more live listeners. Anyway, here’s what we covered last night.

• Shrek 3 mini-review
• 80 Gig PS3
• Starcraft 2
• Nintendo Tops Hardware Sales Chart
• Vista, bad rap or bad software?
• Why PC games aren’t going anywhere.
  • JAmerican from the 1src chat joins us for this one.
• Mobile Minute
• Q lust

 

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This week we did something new. We recorded Max Geek live using Blog Talk Radio. It was a bit of an experiment and so it was a bit rough. We’ve got a much better handle on things now and are seriously considering doing the cast live from now on. So let us know if you would rather we stick with “studio” recording. We’re especially interested in what you think of the sound quality. It’s definitly lower than our normal cast, but maybe I think it’s manageable. So take a listen and let us know what you think. Anyway, here’s what we cover, minus all the side tracks of course.

• iRobot Create
• Kind of new Macbooks, sort of.
• HP 20inch laptop of doom.
• Dark Days Are Coming
• Blizzard hiring mobile programmers
  • “Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a highly organized individual with outstanding communication abilities to manage the process of bringing Blizzard-IP-related functions into the mobile space.”
• Blizzard has a big announcement next week
• Treo 755p and the “Hawk”

Along the way we talk about comics and weight and all kinds of random topics. As always we’d love to know what you think.

 

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So here we are at episode 4, again we had a short list of things to cover, but ended up with a podcast over an hour long. I blame Jeff. Here’s what we cover.

Notes

• LOTR chess set
  http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN2990&catid=17
• $5000 3D printer
  http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/08/desktop-factory-to-sell-5k-3d-printer/
• Spore delayed until Q2 ‘08
• Mobile MMO
  http://www.shadowoflegend.com/web/
• Spb Mobile DVD 1.2
• PDANet is the roxxors
• Spiderman 3 Review

So we almost forgot to do the Spidey review, cause you know, sometimes we’re stupid. I even manage to call Jeff out for being a moron only to have to back peddle because I, in fact, was wrong. I know, who’d have thunk it, normally it’s Jeff that’s full of shit. Anyway, enjoy the episode, and as always, let us know what you think.

 

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Maximum Geek Vol. 2 Episode 3 is up and ready for your listening pleasure. We thought we didn’t have much to cover, turns out we were wrong. Here’s the short list.

• Stargate Online TCG
  http://stargateonlinetcg.station.sony.com/
• Comic Cast Episode 1
• Max Geek Comic Reviews
• Iron Man Armor
  http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=10452
• Angel Season 6 Comic? Signs point to yes.
• Pullbox Online
  http://www.pullboxonline.com/
• Comical .cbr viewer
  http://comical.sourceforge.net/
• HD DVD Key
• Spb Mobile DVD 2.0
  http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3643
• Blackberry Curve
  http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/03/the-blackberry-curve/
• Jeff Upgrading to 6800? uhhh, nope.

We get into some lengthy discussions and Jeff goes on more than one rant. Also, for those of you who don’t already know, the Maximum Geek Comic Cast started last week, check it out at http://www.maximumgeek.org/comiccast.

 

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OK, we’re back with a new Maximum Geek. This one clocks in at 1 hour 45 minutes and we cover a lot. Here are the show notes.

Notes

• LOTRO Launch, it’s a jungle out there
• Comic Cast coming, and it’s gonna be a big one
• They discovered Kryptonite
• New Internet Speed record, 9Gbs here we come.
• Amiga is coming back….
• Habitable Planet
• Summer Movies
  • April 27th
    Next
    The Invisible
  • May 4th
    Spidey 3
  • May 11th
    28 Weeks Later…
  • May 18th
    Shrek the 3rd
  • May 25th
    Pirates 3
  • June 1st
    Day Watch
  • June 8th
    Oceans 13
  • June 15th
    FF 2
    Nancy Drew
  • June 22nd
    DOA: Dead or Alive
  • June 29th
    Live Free or Die Hard
  • July 4th
    Transformers
  • July 13th
    Harry Potter
• Mobile Minute
• SPB Diary software update
• SPB Phone Suite Released
• Blackberry for Windows Mobile.

 

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