Category: Technology

XM Radio Goes Podcasting

The fantastic service XM Radio has branched into podcasting, a field that I’m shocked as to why it took them so long to get into. XM Radio Podcasts has launched with 8 podcasts Bob Edwards Weekend, 60/20 Sports with James Carville and Luke Russert, XMSN This Morning with Coach Switzer, Basketball & Beyond with Coach K, XM Weekly Music, XM Artist Confidential: Green Room, Opie and Anthony Shorts, and Unmasked.

New episodes will appear in the podcasts the day after they are aired for XM Radio subscribers.

“By making these original XM series available through xmradio.com, iTunes and other popular podcast web sites, millions more consumers have an opportunity to sample some of the best in premium music, news and sports programming that you can only get as an XM subscriber,” said Eric Logan, XM executive vice president of programming.

I’ve added a couple of these podcasts onto StuffWeLike.com’s media player, The Pipeline.

Add The Pipeline – Podcasts to your page

If we are in Another Internet Bubble…

StuffWeLike.com t-shirt

If we are in Another Internet Bubble, StuffWeLike is doomed then. A lot of companies are going to be bought out or go bankrupt within the next couple of years, but in my humble opinion the internet is growing as a more stable and viable platform.

The real reason why I made this post was to just show off my damn cool shirt as well as show you the video below entitled Here Comes Another Bubble.

Speechless Without Writers

As the Hollywood writer’s strike continues, Hollywood is banning together to create webisodes promoting their cause. One of their latest efforts is Speechless Without Writers. It features Hollywood stars doing one thing that they usually aren’t known for, shutting the F**** UP!

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The videos are funny so enjoy:

Flash Gets Updated

Flash is the program that the majority of internet video websites such as YouTube.com, SplashcastMedia.com, etc. use to air its videos. Today the developer of Flash, Adobe, has released a new and free update to the software.

This update improves playback speeds of Flash videos. So if you want smoother playback on internet videos, and we know you want to watch StuffWeLike videos in as high quality as possible, download the new update today!

1UP is on THEIR side!

1UP Reviewers supporting Gamespot

You must have been under the rock of ignorance, if you missed the Gerstmann conspiracy/controversy that’s doing the rounds the last half week. To summarize, the ever-popular Jeff Gerstmann got fired abruptly from GameSpot, and no official statement can be given as to why. But strong rumours are pointing that GameSpot was under advertising pressure, and fired good man Jeff for his low review of the actually abysmal Kane & Lynch.

While most of the internet world appears to be opposing GameSpot (several boycotts, subscription cancellations, spamming and stuff), it is nice to know that someone is fighting for GameSpot’s cause. Ziff Davis, the guys who own 1UP and FileFront, sent a bunch of their staffers to console the GameSpot staff. Constructing a friendly banner, they marched two blocks up, yelled their support for game reviewers (leaving most passers-by saying “WTF?”) and bummed around a bit.

Disconsider this not, reader. GameSpot is one of the biggest game reviewing and general information sites on the net, and if something serious is happening to GameSpot, something serious will happen to the gaming industry, especially game reviewers and their credibility. Considering our motley crew at StuffWeLike are part-time reviewers (except the charming Ted, who’s full-time), I have sympathy to what GameSpot must be going through. But I shall continue to neglect them just because they fired Jeff, good reason or not.

What do you think of this whole controversy? Are the rumours worth believing? Is GameSpot innocent? Was this all really Eidos’ plan? Is this a shadow of more sinister events to come? Involving aliens, dinosaurs, robots and cowboys (wow)? Discuss in the comments below!