Happy Thanksgiving everybody! To celebrate the holidays and Geekspeak hitting double digits, here is a special extended edition of Geekspeak delving into one particular area of geekdom. I’m calling these special area specific episodes “Showcase Spotlights,” where I tackle one particular section of gaming, gadgets and more!

This week, I was lucky enough to be joined via phone by Bryan Deemer of The Comic Geek Speak podcast, devoted comic book reader and soon be podcaster Tobey Cook, and author of the Comic Geek Speak segment “Trying to get Ahold of Mario”…Mario Muscar! Our main topic through the episode is “Relationships in Comics.” We delve into how they effect the characters, and whether or not they do so in a good or bad way. We also delve into topics suc as House of M vs. Infinite Crisis, the series of Clone Saga essays known as The Life of Reilly, and much more! The episode clock in at a little over an hour and a half, so I hope you all sit back, relax, enjoy your Thanksgiving, and enjoy listening to the first double digits episode!

And as always, you can e-mail any questions and comments to speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and the forums are still up and running. Next week we’re back to the usual format, and will once again be streaming live at the Brooklyn College Radio website.

Until then, enjoy your turkey, and thanks for downloading!

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The feed did not seem to like my first post of Episode 9, so I’m trying again. Apologies to those of you who got this twice:

Geekspeak Episode 9 is all recorded and ready to go! This episode was recorded at the Brooklyn College Radio Studios on Thursday, November 17th, 2005. Topics discussed on this week’s show include:

• X-Box 360 incompatability issues.
• Freaky comparison between X-Box 360 and Dreamcast: will it fail like Dreamcast did?
• Sony apologizes for its rootkit. Is it too little, too late? A list of CD’s affected by the rootkit can be found here.
• Listener e-mails from Rob Welkner, producer of the COIN-OP.TV Vidcast, and Deliberate Noise from the Deliberate Noise and the Comic Book Noise podcast.
• It’s not Grand Theft Autdo 3, it’s…Grand Theftendo!
• Arrested Development’s order has been cut. So what now?
• Intel iBooks are coming soon than anyone expected! How’s January for you guys?
• Tuned Music Store may be decentralizing its priceline soon: will this work at all?

• The Wind Up: It’s 8 games in, and the Knicks are already toast!

Next week’s show may or may not happen depending on how much time I have to get something recorded. If we do skip a week, then I hope everyone has a happy and a halthy Thanksgiving! You can e-mail Geekspeak at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and don’t forgot to visit the new forums!

Once again, thanks for listening to the last Geekspeak in the single digits, and thanks for downloading!

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Geekspeak Episode 8 is ready to go, right here on the brand new web site! This episode was recorded on Thursday, October 10th at the Brooklyn College Radio Studio. Topics discussed on this weeks show include:

• Information on the new web site and forums.
• Sony Root Kit woes and the easiest way to avoid it.
• Listen to Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson’s Security Now Episode 12 for all the details on the Rootkit as they came out.
• RootkitRevealer will help you find your rootkits and hopefully eliminate them.
• X-Box 360 might play iPod songs, but the X Box 360 and the iTunes Music Store are not exactly a match. In fact, they’re incompatible!
• Playstation 3 and used games might not like each other either.
• An update on the Zelda III prototype thanks to Rated O.com (and apologies for pronouncing it Rate Do all podcast long), and it’s not a good one.
• The state of comic books: House of M vs. Infinite Crisis (SPOILERS FOR HOUSE OF M AND INFINITE CRISIS #1 INSIDE)
• The Wind Up: Terrell Owens gets a well deserved T.O.

As always, you can e-mail your questions and comments to speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and don’t forget to try out the new forums when you get a chance. Until next week, thanks again for downloading, and have a great week!

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Hey everybody! Well, the transition has officially been made from Typepad over to the brand new Geekspeak web site, right here at speakgeekspeak.com! Typepad suited me well for the short time I was there, and I would certainly recommend it to anyone first starting out either as a blogger or as a podcaster. But now, 8 episodes in and an itunes feed later, Geekspeak has outgrown its Typepad address and moved on to bigger and better things. Not only is this a completely new web site as designed by the good folks over at Blogger, but there are also brand new forums! That’s right, Geekspeak now has a forum available at http://speakgeekspeak.com/forums. So anyone who enjoys the show and would like to be able to correspond with other listeners, and myself, then hop on over to the forums and sign up for an account.

And last but not least, each and every episode of Geekspeak to date is now available with ID3 tags included, for easier sorting in iTunes and other media players. And a gigantic thank you once again to my girlfriend Megan Balmos for the art used as the Geekspeak iTunes logo.

Anyway, just wanted to let you folks know what’s going on. I’m still tweaking the site to look proper in IE, but it looks quite lovely in Firefox. Episode 8 of Geekspeak is recorded and will be available sometime tomorrow afternoon. Until then, take care everybody, and I hope you all enjoy the new home!

Geekspeak Episode 7 is in the can, and here it is for all you folks out there in Podcastingland! Or is it Podcastingville? I lose track. Ah well. This episode was recorded on Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 at the Brooklyn College Radio Studio. Topics discussed include:

• Firefox 1.5RC1 released! Is it worth it?
• Handy extensions for your Firefox, including Tab Browser Preferences, Faster Fox, SessionSaver, New Nightly Tester Tools, FoxyTunes, and IE Tab.
• Firefox themes such as Brushed.
• E-mail segment: Anthony Chow e-mails in about another video player out there: the Zen Vision.
• PSP now plays all video types, thanks to the shareware program PSP Advance.
• Waaaaaaaaaaariors! Review of the movie, and the new Rockstar Game.
• Gamer’s Paradise found in the form of Game Soundtracks!
• The Wind Up: Will the Giants be first place for long?

Apologies if I sound a bit out of this week, as I was running on not much sleep and I have been quite allergytastic all week. Also, be on the lookout for a change of web sites here at Geekspeak sometime soon. More information to come as it occurs. The e-mail address for Geekspeak is speakgeekspeak@gmail.com. Send all your questions, comments, and otherwise my way, and I’ll be more than happy to answer them.

Until next week, take care folks, and thanks for downloading.

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Episode 6 of Geekspeak is here, and it is indeed the largest episode yet. Not in size, but in talent! Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger joined me on this Halloween Edition of Geekspeak, and there was much fun to be had. This episode was recorded on Thursday, October 28th at the Brooklyn College Studios. Topics discussed include:

• PS2 Slimline: Not PS2 compatible? Eh?
• Interview with Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger. We discuss their latest album, “Little By Little,” which is available for free download on their web site, industry reaction ot the release, and the digg and slashdot effect on spreading the word.
• Torrents can be your friend!
• “Little Round Mirrors” by Harvey Danger, played in its entirety.
• Zelda III ebay prototype: Real, or phony? A web site that goes in depth on the prototype can be found here.
• Hey there kiddies, it’s Hecksing! WTF mate???
• The Wind Up: The White Sox are World Series Champions…what now?

Thanks again to Sean Nelson for joining us, and make sure to download their album! You won’t regret it. You can e-mail Geekspeak at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and you can call in from 6-7 on Thursdays when we stream live on Brooklyn College Radio.

Hope everyone has a happy Halloween, and I’ll be back next week! Take care everyone, and thanks for downloading.

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Well, due to a scheduling conflict, the Sean Nelson interview has been postponed a week. But Geekspeak Episode 5 is still here! This episode was recorded at the Brooklyn College Radio studio on Thursday, October 20th. Topics discussed on the show include:

• Ian eating crow!
• Portable Video: ipod, PSP, or nothing?
• BugMeNot is happy
• The NY Times web site is hard to navigate
• What the ipod Video is lacking
• The Chrono Symphonic Project at OC Remix.
• Final Fantasy X…2-D?
• Plug for the Brooklyn College Anime Club’s Haloween Video Game PartyAnime Music Videos gallore, and AMV Hell too!
• Flash based Wolfenstein 3D.
• Captain America is found… okay, maybe not.
• The Wind Up: World Series time!
• New places to find Geekspeak

• The Geek Calendar: Batman Begins and Arrested Development Season Two hit stores!

Next week we should be having Sean Nelson, and I’ll update you all on the plans as the week goes on. You can e-mail all your questions and comments to Geekspeak at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and don’t forget to vote for the show on Podcast Alley and to subscribe to us via itunes.

Until next week, enjoy!

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Well, here it is folks. Infinite Crisis has finally begun, and Geekspeak has an interview with its artist, Phil Jimenez! This interview was recorded earlier this year, but touches upon topics including working with Geoff Johns for the first time, drawing the pivotal scene with Blue Beetle on “Road To Infinite Crisis,” the “Return of Donna Troy” miniseries, and his creator owned Vertigo title, “Otherworld.” I’m hoping to have future interviews with people inside the interview as time goes on, and I can certainly say that it was an absolute pleasure interviewing Phil. He is a very kind man who is open to any question you ask him.

So enjoy the interview, and Geekspeak will be back live next week. And remember, e-mail any questions and comments, audio or otherwise, to speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and you can call 718-951-4444 if you want to ask anything while the show goes live, Thursdays from 6-7 on the web stream.

And last but not least, there is a button to vote for “Geekspeak” at Podcast Alley on the Geekspeak main page now. So if you like what you hear, give us a vote! Ciao!

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Episode 3 is here! This episode of Geekspeak was recorded at the Brooklyn College Radio Studio on October 6th, 2005. Topics discussed include:

• Big news for next week’s show
• ipod Video: Not going to happen?
• Tivo: VHS R.I.P.
• PSP and Nintendo DS Clones
• Movie Reviews: The Corpse Bride and Serenity (slightly spoilerish)
• First nine minutes of Serenity Movie available here.
• HBO messes with torrents
• The lengths geeks will go to to show their geekdom
• Thoughts on the upcoming Infinite Crisis #1 (SPOILERS FOR JLA#119)
• The Wind Up: Hockey’s back, but did anyone notice?

Once again, a reminder that Geekspeak now has an e-mail address! So please send your questions, comments, and audio messages to speakgeekspeak@gmail.com

Anyway, enjoy, and I hope to hear from you folks soon!

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Geekspeak Episode 2 is here! This episode was recorded on Thursday, September 29th at the Brooklyn College Radio Studio. Topics for today’s show include:

• The Ultimate Gaming Machine of 1998
• Virus Removal on Windows 2000
• Video Game Reviews: Katamari Damaci and We Heart Katamari
• Anime Castle Anime Soundtracks: Bootleg?
• Anime Review: GTO
• Comic Book Diversity, and Popularity
• Comic Book Review: JLA #119 (SPOILER FREE)
• Mario and Sonic: Future bright for one, not for the other?
• The Wind Up: It’s 1998 all over again for the Jets!

The episode clocks in at 57 minutes. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys this episode, and a new one should be up same time next week!

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