TPN Weekly Episode #31 with Norbert Davis – Totally Cool Tech for Christmas
November 15th, 2009 — tpnweeklyWelcome to the TPN Weekly Episode #31 for the week of November 15th, 2009.
Hello everyone, I’m Norbert Davis, host of the Totally Cool Tech Podcast. I’ll be your Host this week for the TPN Weekly podcast, You can find my show at www.totallycooltech.com or www.tctpodcast.com. I have been producing and hosting the Totally Cool Tech Daily Podcast for about 2 years, and I have been with TPN since about August or September of 2005 and started back in May 15, 2005 with the Norbtek.info Podcast.
If you are not familiar with the Totally Cool Tech Podcast let me give you a brief explanation of what you will find on my show. The best way I can describe the Totally Cool Tech Podcast is my tag line – “Bringing you the Hottest in Cool Tech. No matter if its Old School or New School, High Tech or Low Tech, its all still, Cool Tech”. And that is what I try to deliver every week. Something cool, new, or off the beaten path. Even old technologies that are being used to do something new is considered Cool Tech. Now I won’t be bringing you the latest cell phone news because everyone else will be doing that.
This is the time of year that I start going over the cool things that are coming up for Christmas. Yeah, I’m a sucker for Christmas and the fun of opening gifts, those that I get and those that I have given. Typically I have done a “Christmas countdown” or a “Geeks Christmas list” and this year shall be no different. So, I will start my countdown on this show, which will not be released on my regular feed but I will put a link on the TCT Website for my regular listeners. this way YOU will have a head start on some of the coolest things for Christmas. So let’s go!
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Childs Play Charity (www.childsplaycharity.org)
Since 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together through Child’s Play, a community based charity grown and nurtured from the game culture and industry. Over 5 million dollars in donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children’s hospitals across North America and the world have been collected since its inception.
This year, They have continued expanding across the country and the globe. With almost 70 partner hospitals and more arriving every month, you can be sure there si one in your area that needs your help! You can choose to purchase requested items from their online retailer wish lists, or make a cash donation that helps out Child’s Play hospitals everywhere. Any items purchased through Amazon will be shipped directly to your hospital of choice, so please be sure to select their shipping address rather than your own. Or you can donate another way, http://desertbus.org/. These guys are accepting donations for doing a video game simulation. Check out their site and help out some kids. When gamers give back, it makes a difference!
This Episode’s Totally Cool Tech – Christmas Count Down List:
Tony Hawk: RIDE – $120 Everywhere
Seven Best of E3 Nominations, critical acclaim from ign.com, USA Today, GameSpy, GameRadar, and Loot Ninja
Position yourself on your skateboard and get ready to execute amazing tricks like you’ve never performed before. The wind whips in your face as you barrel across the ground, exerting precise control to guide your board swiftly and surely. With just the right movement, you launch yourself into the air in defiance of gravity. In that breathless moment, you break free from the earth and all its rules — and soar into the limitless possibilities suddenly within your reach.
Step into a new world of skateboard gaming with Tony Hawk: RIDE. The included motion-sensing skateboard controller gives you revolutionary physical control of the action by translating your movements on the board into incredible tricks within the game. Live out the excitement of skateboarding as you rotate, tilt and lift the board to execute amazing in-game moves. The board’s four smart motion sensors respond to your movements with precision, and the contoured base provides the stability you need for ultimate control. Demonstrate your skills in four thrilling game modes that will take you all over the world, and gather your friends for intense multiplayer action. To ease players into the new control scheme, there will be three different levels of difficulty. The lowest one effectively puts the game on rails, while the other two slowly give the player more control over where their player can go and what they can do.
Product Features
* Includes a revolutionary motion-sensing skateboard controller that lets you feel as though you’re really skating in the game
* Four smart motion sensors translate your movements into in-game action, letting you push for speed, pull off grabs and set up for bigger tricks with no complicated button controls to master
* Controller’s curved bottom ensures stability and a full range of motion, giving you incredible control
* Gritty surface resembles the grip tape on an actual skateboard for even more intense realism
* Skate your way through multiple difficulty levels suited to players of all degrees of ability
* Perform all over the globe in four thrilling game modes: Challenge, Speed, Trick and Free Skate
* Master more than 100 powerful moves in street and half-pipe environments
* Includes a bonus Ryan Sheckler unlockable
* Up to eight players may compete in multiplayer and online play
* There will also be create-a-skater and online modes.
LEGO Rock Band merges two of the most popular videogame franchises to deliver a unique family-friendly music experience that will take tweens, teens, families and gamers of all ages on a wild journey to rock stardom in order to “Build a Band and Rock the Universe.”
Combining the authentic multiplayer music experience of Rock Band with the accessibility, customization and humor of LEGO games, LEGO Rock Band allows players to create their own unique rock star style and customize their own avatars, band members, roadies, and managers. As players successfully complete songs and rock challenges, they can collect LEGO studs and unlock additional content to take their band from local gigs at rock clubs to epic stadium shows and even fantasy settings on Earth and beyond.
Motorized Walking Lego AT-AT – $130
Motorized action straight from the Star Wars™ movies!
Behold the power of the Empire! For the first time ever, the ultimate Motorized Walking AT-AT is ready to crush the Rebel Alliance at your command. Thanks to the new Power Functions System, the mighty All-Terrain Armored Transport really walks forward or backward into battle!
* Features an opening cockpit and rotating laser cannons!
* Motorized Walking AT-AT really walks and its head moves up and down!
* Handle on top allows for easy transport!
* Stands over 12″ (30 cm) tall and over 14″ (36 cm) long!
* Includes AT-AT Pilot, General Veers, Snowtrooper and Luke Skywalker with grappling line and lightsaber!
* Includes battery box and motor!
* Requires 6 AA (1.5V) batteries, not included.
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Well, Alright, that’s it for today’s episode. Thank you so much for listening to the TPN Weekly Podcast.
Please check out all the Show notes and links at http://blog.techpodcasts.com. Please send any questions or comments tctpodcast@gmail.com and let me know what you thought of the show and go check out my podcast at http://www.totallycooltech.com.
Thanks,
Norbert Davis
Host – Totally Cool Tech Podcast
http://www.totallycooltech.com
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