Blog of Excalipoor

Frame Rate 83: Nerd fight!

Dish drops AMC, Valve open-sources machinima, Hulu lands HBO… in Japan, and more. Guest: Scott Wilkinson

this WEEK in TECH 360: impragnation

Living social, opt-in then apologize, Sergey’s stunt, Revision3 story, Amazon’s cascade, and more. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, David Prager, and Drew Olanoff.

Totally Rad Show: TV Review: Episodes

A British TV show, set in LA, filmed entirely in London, produced by the BBC, airing on Showtime, starring Matt Leblanc - as Matt Leblanc, Episodes is about a whole lot of disparate elements colliding. But does it add up to one of the most entertaining shows on TV? Alex, Dan, and Jeff submit their script about one of the funniest, most engaging shows-about-a-show on TV.

Totally Rad Show: Video Game Review: Quantum Conundrum

As enormous fans of the Portal games, Jeff, Dan, and Alex have been keeping a close eye on Quantum Conundrum, the latest effort from Portal lead designer Kim Swift. Now that is has been released on PC, is it the first of a new genre of essential Portal-like games, or just a pale successor to the throne?