Overdos3 Ep 18(Race and Games, Movie Trailers, New Alien Movies)
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Hey everyone, well looks like its Frank and Jimmy tonight. Dave is MIA (Actually at dinner with the family bah…) so looks like we are gonna do the two man show and believe me you are in for it :) That doesn’t mean its bad just less of Dave and more of Frank!
Our first subject is race and gaming. Is the video game industry purposefully pursing white middle class kids to the detriment of creating a more diverse landscape in the gaming community or are video game publishers simply creating games for the people who buy their products? How could the video game industry bring in more customers than rich white kids (hint- Frank is going to claim it is all about the price of games). Have things gotten better or worse over time?
http://kotaku.com/5325906/report-games-underserve-underrepresent-minorities
http://kotaku.com/5327940/npd-says-half-of-all-americans-are-gamers
Next we talk about trailers for some upcoming movies as a sample of a video podcast we are considering creating.
Movies discussed- Where the Wild Things Are, Shutter Island, The Time Travelers Wife, The Box, Jennifer’s Body, 2012, Zombieland, District 9, Inglorious Basterds, Gamer
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/07/prepare-for-next-weeks-overdos3-by-watching-thes...
With news of Ridley Scott taking the reigns of the ‘Alien’ franchise again, we debate if there is anything left to save of this series.
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/08/ridley-scott-returns-to-alien-series-for-a-prequ...
We run quickly through some tech news- namely the Microsoft/Yahoo deal. Do they have a chance of fighting of the Google behemoth?
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/07/microsoft-and-yahoo-partner-to-fight-google/
For our final segment, Jimmy gets to lead this week’s “Five Minute Run Down” with two of the stories he wrote for the site.
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/07/death-from-space/
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/07/this-could-only-happen-in-south-carolina/
This week’s awesomely bad demo from the Wowdemoblog.tumblr.com is “Bury Me With My Bong.”
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Our first subject is race and gaming. Is the video game industry purposefully pursing white middle class kids to the detriment of creating a more diverse landscape in the gaming community or are video game publishers simply creating games for the people who buy their products? How could the video game industry bring in more customers than rich white kids (hint- Frank is going to claim it is all about the price of games). Have things gotten better or worse over time?
http://kotaku.com/5325906/report-games-underserve-underrepresent-minorities
http://kotaku.com/5327940/npd-says-half-of-all-americans-are-gamers
Next we talk about trailers for some upcoming movies as a sample of a video podcast we are considering creating.
Movies discussed- Where the Wild Things Are, Shutter Island, The Time Travelers Wife, The Box, Jennifer’s Body, 2012, Zombieland, District 9, Inglorious Basterds, Gamer
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/07/prepare-for-next-weeks-overdos3-by-watching-thes...
With news of Ridley Scott taking the reigns of the ‘Alien’ franchise again, we debate if there is anything left to save of this series.
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/08/ridley-scott-returns-to-alien-series-for-a-prequ...
We run quickly through some tech news- namely the Microsoft/Yahoo deal. Do they have a chance of fighting of the Google behemoth?
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/07/microsoft-and-yahoo-partner-to-fight-google/
For our final segment, Jimmy gets to lead this week’s “Five Minute Run Down” with two of the stories he wrote for the site.
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/07/death-from-space/
http://www.overdos3.com/2009/07/this-could-only-happen-in-south-carolina/
This week’s awesomely bad demo from the Wowdemoblog.tumblr.com is “Bury Me With My Bong.”
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