ORIGINALLY AIRED: 1/26/2005
Marcus Graham, "Aliens of the Deep," God of War
Episode #5014
| They’re So Clever! In an effort to rescue Ashlee Simpson’s career from laughingstock status, her PR company has been anonymously posting supportive messages on forums:
Check out more at MetaFilter. Bad Toon Art: Peruse bad artists’ bad drawings of famous cartoon characters at Spoil Your Pets Digitally: Now you can talk to your pets while you’re at work with Petsmobility.com’s cell phone for those with four legs. |
| Director James Cameron returns to the dark recesses of The Abyss for a deep-sea documentary, Aliens of the Deep. But this is no ordinary documentary. Using digital camera they built themselves, Cameron’s crew have created a next-generation 3D IMAX film that was digitally enhanced in post-production.
Head over to the official Aliens of the Deep site for more info. |
| The Screen Savers, G4techTV.com, and Comcast.net are proud to present an exclusive, brand-new trailer for Sony's upcoming God of War for the PlayStation 2.
Set in ancient Greece, God of War is an intense third-person action game that follows the story of a warrior named Kratos as he sets out to kill Ares, the titular god of war. This means a nonstop battle for our hero: “Armed with lethal double chainblades, Kratos must carve through mythology’s darkest creatures – including Medusa, Cyclops, the Hydra and more, while solving intricate puzzles in breathtaking environments.” You can also find the God of War trailer at http://comcast.net/games. |
| Chi-Lan presented “the IM client to have if you own a Mac.” Fire is an awesome multi-protocol IM client that runs on Mac OS X 10.2 and above. It supports the seven most popular instant messaging services: AIM, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, Apple Rendezvous. On the negative side, you can’t personalize it, nor can you sign on two accounts at once.
But it is free: http://fire.sourceforge.net/ |
| In tech topics…
Piling On: The NFL, Hip Hop Summit, Christian Coalition, and 39 states have joined to ask the Supreme Court to make P2P services accountable for pirated content on their networks. Prisons Not Meant to Be Arcades? Missouri Governor bans all video games in state prisons. This World’s Not Big Enough for the Both of Us: Rumors abound of a potential XM and Sirius satellite radio merger. Yahoo! Goes Hollywood: The Web company announces the creation of a Los Angeles production center called the Yahoo Media Group. |
| Call #1: Mike from Bel Air, MD wanted to know how long it takes X-Play's Adam Sessler to finish game for review.
“In the world of television people think things happen instantly,” Adam said. But he and the X-Play staffers actually have to play the game, write a review, rewrite the review for TV, grab video off the game, and tape the show. So you’re looking at an average of three weeks per title. Call #2: Alex from Pasadena, CA wanted to know if Adam was pleased with the new mechanics of Resident Evil 4. “I think Resident Evil 4 is one of the best games I’ve ever played,” Adam boldly declared. “I actually pulled a muscle in my back playing the game.” So, while he does think there are some quibbles with some of the the controls, he is quite a happy gamer overall. |
| Marcus “djWHEAT” Graham came by to discuss his dual gigs as head broadcaster for Global Gaming League and founder/broadcaster for Inside the Game.
“The GGL is one of the premier online gaming leagues that actually offers cash,” Marcus explained. “People can play in their homes and make money.” Meanwhile, Inside the Game broadcasts gaming tournaments like the World Cyber Games, and that’s where Marcus makes his mark as a bona fide play by play announcer. “The goal is to up the entertainment factor,” Marcus said of his high-energy patter describing competition gameplay. (In fact, he provided a demonstration his vocal prowess with a LAN game of Unreal Tournament between Adam and Lab Rat Lawson Wong.) Quick Links: Global Gaming League: http://www.ggl.com Inside the Game: http://www.radioitg.com |
| In this week’s “User Created,” we’d like to use your audio recordings in our next Podcast. Send us an MP3 under a minute long about a story that happened to you. We’ll pick our favorite and publish it as part of our next podcast. But we don’t stop there. We’ll take your story and create a dramatic re-creation for air it during a show next week. Send your submissions as MP3 attachments to thescreensavers@g4techtv.com with the word “Podcast” in the subject line.
Be sure to read Scott Moschella's article to learn more about Podcasting and to find links to Podcasting software. Quick Links: http://podcast.net |
| This week's online auctions of the bizarre:
Happy Midwest Childhood: “Did you have a less than satisfactory childhood? Need another one? Why not buy mine? You will own my memories and memorabilia from ages 5-18.” Really Big Toast: “This 30'x30' toast (with a sliding pat of butter) is 2-sided. The entire prop is hardcoated in a 2-part elastomer. The toast is in 6 sections and weighs approximately 6,000 lbs.” |
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