Who to Interview

With the next podcast very close, as in today, hopefully, I wanted to hear feedback on who you all would like us to interview. I will be starting a thread on the Geezer Radio forum asking everyone to submit someone they would like us to interview. And it can be anyone. But please be understanding that we can't just call up someone like Peter Moore of EA or Cliffy B of Epic and request an interview and actually get one. So, I want to hear you opinions!

Doh!!!

I was reading my Twitter feed and enjoying the conversations, when I noticed Mojo saying that he was addicted to the chai at Starbuck’s. That got me to thinking. First off, let me say, I don’t drink caffeine at all. No coffee, no coke, no pepsi. I only drink soft -drinks with no caffeine and have been doing so since August 2001. The very last time since then that I have had a massive influx of caffeine was on October 14th, 2006 (the day I got married [you know you would do the same thing for your wedding night]). Anyway, Starbucks is the very last place that I would want to go, but not because of caffeine. I am scarred to death of ordering a soda from them because when I get to the counter, I get so nervous. Why, because you always have at least five people behind me and I get this feeling that they will kill me if I don’t order in less than 30 seconds.

Imagine if I had to order a coffee or moca-chino or a low fat caramel makiati. If the sales person asked me something beyond those two things, I would then get this face of ‘OMG!!! What else?’ and then...I start to panic and sweat. That’s when I break down and run for the exit. So, no Starbucks for me!

Episode 3 Topics

These are the topics that we talked about on the latest Episode of Geezer Radio:

- Xbox 360 hardware and accessories
- Upcoming games - updates and thoughts - Battlefield: Bad Company, GTA IV, H.A.W.X., Gears of War 2
- Upcoming movies - Gears of War, Hellboy II, Iron Man, “Secret Movie”
- Geezer Gamers Website - Donations, 7000+ members
- Interview
- Baby Geezers

I wanted to go over some other topics, but we were running on the long side (1:25 minutes long) and decided to save them for the next episode of Geezer Radio. Does anyone have any opinions on who to interview next? Let us know what you thought of it. I don't know when it will post, but it might be over the weekend or sometime next week.

Episode 3

Spark and I will be recording a new episode of Geezer Radio tonight. One of the surprises that only three people, until now, knew about: The first interview!

Scatterbrained

I finished Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and boy was it a fun game! I love it so much that I have started the original Rainbow Six: Vegas. I continue to pound away at the campaign banging my head against the wall inching forward every half to full hour or so. On the hardest difficulty, it is BRUTAL, just like Vegas 2.

The podcast page that is being hosted by Mudhog and Clan LMB has been updated to include a picture of SparkStalker and myself. I hope you enjoy it. Also, Xbox and podcast related, Major Nelson hasn’t had a podcast in two weeks. When will he get back on the ball?

My wife hates the video game that she was really wanting, and now I have a game to return when I pick up GTA IV, which I pre-ordered yesterday. I hear they are doing a mid-night sale for GTA IV. I wouldn’t mind doing this one, but would my wife mind...or would my wife like to join me? Well, I might find out tonight or tomorrow. The odd thing is that at first, I had no interest in GTA IV, but once I heard about the multiplayer aspects of the game, I know that I have to play it.

Well, that’s it for today, I’m just a little scatterbrained today. Hope you have fun and enjoy!

Oi!

Does anyone else here really dislike their boss? Mine is a very understanding boos, but she can’t ever be wrong or can’t ever let anyone have the last word. Today I told her that I sent her an e-mail instead of the whole company because I didn’t want it to get out to everyone. I told her this, and she was quick to tell me how to proceed. I looked at her with wonderment and said “I know, I was going to do that, I just wanted to tell you that I wanted you and only you to see the e-mail.” She nodded, and then explained to me the procedures that I needed to perform, again. I repeated with a respectful voice, and said, “Yeah, I understand that, but I was just saying that I didn’t want the whole company to see that.” She then went on to say, “Okay, but this is what you need to do...” I just looked at her and nodded. I walked out of her office and back to my desk, and then I just spent a half-hour rolling my eyes. Sometimes, I just wonder what she actually thinks about me.

Cortol

The chocolate is a lie!

i

Is anyone else getting really tired of the i prefixing different products? iPods, iPhone, iMove, iCall Recorder, iGoogle, iHateCongress...okay I made the last one up, but still, I have a feeling that companies are now looking at the lower case i and they are thinking that if they put that in front of their product, then they will look kool and people will buy it. What if companies thought that having cool spelled with a K instead of a C would attract people to their product. (By the way, in case you missed it or you thought that I was stuped (he, he), I did spell cool with a K on purpose and see what happened? A palindrome occured.) Can someone explain it too me?

Getting Used to New Technology

Let me just say that I am not a Microsoft Fanboy, but I own a Zune, Vista Laptop, and Xbox 360. The reason I have these is becuase it's what I am comfortable with and used to. I mean, how often do you buy something $300 or higher if you are taking a shot in the dark on whether you might like it or not? I don't like taking that kind of a chance. But recently, I have been breaking that tradition. In Febuary, I bought (shh) a PS3, mostly for the Bluray feature, but also for games. I haven't used the gaming functionality much, but the Bluray, I am enjoying too much. But yesterday, instead of breaking out my 360 controller and hopping onto Xbox Live (XBL) I turned on my PS3 and put in Rachet and Clank. I actually liked this game. It was fun, amusing and new! I didn't get very far, but I didnt have a lot of time. I did try to talk with my friends on the PSN (I an Overlord for the only PlayStation Clan: The UnderGround) but couldn't get with them. Although they do now have online play, their functionality is no where near what XBL is. But it is different and new.

Also in the theme of trying something new, I have started having the urge to buy a Mac Mini computer. I talked with King yesterday and he said that a Mac is wonderful and coming from him (he's a Windows Developer) is a BIG statement. I mostly want it for podcasting, video and photo editing, but the alure of getting something that is out of my norm, is powerful.

New Day - New Month

NEW XBOX 360 HELMET!!!
This has got to be the BEST 360 accessory ever invented!!!! Imagine playing a game like Ghost Recon, or Ace Combat with this uber-cool helmet! There are also other new awesome cool Xbox things. Click Here!

EscapePod is Starting to Rock
I have been listening to EscapePod for a couple of weeks now, and I have to say that most of the stories are very interesting. Like King mentioned in his comment to my blog earlier, some of the stories are okay, some I don’t like and some I am in love with. I can never tell what I’m going to like and what I hate by the title, which is good. I tried to pick out one’s that sounded good, but that hasn’t worked out. Several of them, I have turned off in mid-story and others I listen to twice. I highly suggest subscribing to EscapePod if you like sci-fi. I love it and thank you King for introducing me to it!

Bluray = Beautiful
Most of you haven’t decided yet to upgrade to the next standard in DVD. I don’t blame you. It’s expensive if you have to buy a TV and a bluray player but if you do, my hat goes off to you. I absolutely love watching movies in HD. One recommendation, though. If you buy a Bluray player, whether it’s a PS3 or a stand alone, get the movies that are worth it. In other words, do not buy romantic comedies instead buy the blockbusters that have tons of special effects. They are the ones that make a bluray movie worth the money.