techAU Podcast Episode #54 – Empire Building
Posted Friday, May 20, 2011 at 7:39 pm by Jason Cartwright
This edition of the podcast covers a number of great tech stories from the week gone by. The full show notes are shown below. If you can’t wait for the downloads, then skip to the bottom and watch the episode on YouTube now!
Empire Avenue – (e)TECHAU
- Social stock market
- iPhone app
- PSN back online
- Rolled out across the world.
- All users forced to change their password.
- Forced Firmware update to PS3.
- PlayStation Store, still not available. No ETA.
Gears of War 3 beta
- All over till September
- Awesome game, destructible environments
- Chainsaw from behind = ultimate kill
Dirt 3 due next week
- Ken Block, drifting
- Loved Dirt 1, will buy Dirt 3.
- Release date: 26th May (next Thursday)
- Available on Xbox360, PS3 and PC
Review: A.C Ryan PlayOn!HD2
- SATA HDD bay, 2.5” or 3.5” drive.
- Ridiculous amount of formats.
- USB3.0 port, 2x USB2.0 ports, SD, SDHC (SD High Capacity), MMC, MS, MSPro
- Full review at http://www.techau.tv/blog/review-playonhd2-by-a-c-ryan/
Samsung Omnia 7 getting Nodo
- Finally getting March update in Mid may
- Technical problem.
- Will arrive in the next couple of days.
Coming up
- CeBit & ReMix conferences
- Sydney 30th May – 2nd June, catch up for a coffee
Feedback
- Send links to your video questions
- Check out the website – http://techAU.tv
- Follow me on twitter – @techAU
Watch now
Download
HD 720p version (495.4MB)
iPod / iPhone version (198MB)
MP3 version (22.6MB)
techAU Gamecast Episode #4
Posted Friday, May 13, 2011 at 12:45 am by Jason Cartwright
Its time for another instalment of the techAU Gamecast, where your host James Goldsworthy takes you through the latest in gaming news. With a backing track from 8 Bit Love, this week Gamecast talks about:
- EB Games Expo
- PS3 unavailable till end of May
- Diablo 3
- Shrinkage
- Call of Duty: Activision makes bank
- Bungie not attending E3
- Wii 2 playable at E3
- Assassins Creed Revelations
Check out all sun-filled, musically challenged action below.
Podcast Episode #53– The Catchup
Posted Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 4:20 pm by Jason Cartwright
After many months of hiatus, the techAU Podcast is back in action ! Episode 53 of the podcast is now available. In this episode I discuss the following stories:
Catch up
- North America International Auto Show – Ford January
- Top Geek
- techAU expanded, new writers
- Started Constructiv (see below)
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Example – You can get up to $270.52 for a Samsung Galaxy S
- You don’t pay for postage
- Portal players are still unable to play co-op or use steam account.
New iMacs released
- CPU / GPU upgrade
- Thunderbolt on-board
- Still has USB2.0
Analog TV Switch off
- Most of VIC now Digital only.
- Buy a new TV or get a set-top-box
- All to be switched off by 2013
- 700Mhz spectrum used for 4G mobile networks
Review: Sonos Music System
- Multi-room, play different audio on each or all the same in party mode.
- iPad / iPhone applications
- Play music from local / internet streams
- Alarm, sleep timer.
Sony’s PSN is STILL down.
- More than 2 weeks (April 21st to May 7th)
- Missed their own self-imposed deadline
- Compensation – 1 month free of PSN Plus + game.
- Will you pull your credit card when PSN returns ?
- Portal 2 users got screwed.
Constructiv
- Change the way products are developed
- Looking for developers / advisors
- Raising funding
- Lynda.com for training
- http://constructiv.co
Coming up
- CeBit & ReMix conferences
- Sydney 30th May – 2nd June, catch up for a coffee
Feedback
- Send links to your video questions
- Check out the website – http://techAU.tv
- Follow me on twitter – @techAU
Download
techAU Podcast Episode 53 – HD (614MB)
techAU Gamecast Episode #3
Posted Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7:57 pm by Jason Cartwright
Its time for another instalment of Gamecast, the show where James ‘Golds’ Goldsworthy take you through the latest gaming news. This week there’s plenty of lust-worthy trailers to digest. Check out all the action below.
Show Notes
Portal 2 New Trailer – http://www.youtube.com/user/valve?blend=2&ob=4#p/a/u/0/AZMSAzZ76EU
Arrival Mass Effect 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPXpikoWAo
FEAR 3 Official Story trailer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf9rq-Au3Mk
Battlefield 3 Trailer Fault line – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsHIHxYXeLs
Rockstar Games’ ‘Max Payne 3′ ‘He’s coming.’
Gears of War 3 – Multiplayer Beta April 25 – May 15, 2011.
Resistance 3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7PHXyLp7aI
AFL Live 2011 trailer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwT-YBu4vQ8
Duke Nukem Release Date Pushed Back – 10 June internationally and 14 June in the US.
Leaked Forza 4 Video Confirms Kinect Features – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UDbjkePJa0
techAU Gamecast Episode #2
Posted Monday, March 21, 2011 at 7:10 pm by Jason Cartwright
Well its back, Gamecast brings your the latest events of the gaming industry in video.
Hosted by James Goldsworthy this episode of Gamecast covers the following stories.
Show Notes
Mass Effect 2: Arrival DLC: March 29
Battlefield 3 Gameplay 2/3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLf3bV0Ueyw
Batman Arkham city Gameplay – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V1ZF5cNYCs
Beyond Good and Evil on Playstaion Network
3ds Most Preordered Console
Portal 2 TV Spot: 19th April – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APAcU3YBhYc
Ubisoft unveils guitar game Rocksmith – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSx1R-kKuM4
The Old Republic beta sign-ups near 1.5 million
Activision calling up Dance Hero?
BAFTA Awards – http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/video-games-awards-nominees-in-2010,1656,BA.html
techAU Gamecast Episode #1
Posted Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 11:44 am by Jason Cartwright
Very happy to announce a brand new show for techAU – Gamecast will bring your the events of the gaming industry in video form. Hosted by James Goldsworthy, the first episode is now available below. As with all shows it will evolve over time, but let us know what you think in the comments.
Show notes
Aussie R18+ decision deferred again
Bungie’s next game = MMOFPS ‘Destiny’?
Battlefield 3 gameplay(release "fall 2011" sept) [video]
Crysis 2 demo – Crysis 2 will be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on March 22, 2011.
Game Developers Choice Awards
Bulletstorm review by Nanopunk [link]
Hybrid (Xbox Live Arcade) – New movement system in up coming game hybrid
