Month: November 2009

The RaT Project 56: The Bus Space Jumps Home

On this week’s mainly news-oriented episode, Rand discusses:

Doctor Who News:
Rumored scheduling for The End of Time Parts 1/2
Casting Announcement
Eccleston to play Lennon in BBC Four production
Phil Collinson as Producer on Coronation Street
Special Project 3 Confirmed?
Barrowman signed on for Torchwood series four
Royal Mint to strike Doctor Who medals

Other News:
The Mike O’Meara Show to return Monday, 7 December
Zelda Producer Eiji Anouma discusses new Zelda for Wii
Desert Bus for Hope Marathon concludes

Plus random ranting and rambling at the end.

Missed Last Night’s Live Show, Apologies

I’m sorry for missing last night’s live episode of The RaT Project. I had some rather important things come up at the last minute in real world that kept me from being on TalkShoe to host the show. Complete apologies for that.

I shall return next Saturday at 9PM EST for a Live Episode of The RaT Project. Right now I’m planning on discussing the series finale of Monk, set to air this Friday at 9PM EST on USA Network. Along with the finale, feel free to discuss the show in general.

Hope to see you there. 🙂

The RaT Project 55: Penguin Suits and a Desert Bus

On this week’s episode, news discussion and a review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

News topics:
Press release for BBC’s Christmas 2009 programming lineup has minor Doctor Who spoilers
Upcoming Wii Virtual Console releases include Super Mario Kart, PilotWings, and Super Smash Bros. Super Mario Kart is available as of today.
Third annual Desert Bus for Hope, run by comedy group LoadingReadyRun, is in full swing, raising money for Child’s Play Charity.
MarioMarathon 3 confirmed for mid-July, 2010, also to raise funds for Child’s Play Charity.

Plus a review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

To all listeners in the United States, have a great Thanksgiving! 🙂

The RaT Project 54: Of Time Lords and Cartoon Cats

Episode 54 of The RaT Project is now available. If you subscribe to the RSS feed (find it in the iTunes Podcast Directory), you’ll get it automatically.

On today’s show, Rand discusses some news topics:
BBC Official Site for Doctor Who confirms the title of Tennant’s last two episodes (Well, they confirm the title of the first part, which implies what the second part will be called).
How and why is this episode 54, anyway?
Nintendo offers demos of five WiiWare titles.
My initial thoughts on New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Mew DLC on Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Versions ends this Wednesday, 25 November.

Plus another entry in the yet-ongoing Saturday Morning Kids’ Cult TV feature.

Updated Episode Database, Corrected Episodic Numbering

So, I was looking through my accumulated episodes of The RaT Project in an effort to finally figure out how many episodes I’ve recorded. The earliest episode I could find was from Saturday, 27 May, 2006. There were a good number of episodes recorded live on TalkShoe (show ID 21129) last year.

Anyway, I have 53 episodes recorded and in the archives, and now added to the database. With that corrected numbering, the next episode is number 54, and will be live on TalkShoe this coming Saturday night, 9PM EST, TalkShoe ID 21129. Calling in to the show is easy (I recommend using X-Lite to call in via SIP).

The RaT Project Live 37

Join me for the first Live episode of The RaT Project in well over a year. Show is at TalkShoe ID 21129.

Possible topics for tonight’s episode include:

Modern Warfare 2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Pokemon Talk
Doctor Who Podshock Second Life Meet-Up
Nintendo DS: 5th Birthday
Nintendo Power v249

Hope to see you there.

The RaT Project 36: Kingdom of Modern Hearts Warfare

The RaT Project 36
Show Notes

News Dept:
Doctor Who News:
–Waters of Mars to air on BBC1 in UK on Sunday, 15 November @ 7PM
–Doctor Who Podshock SecondLife Meetup Sunday 15 November
–North American DVD Update
—-Dalek War Boxset (March 2, 2010)
——Features Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks
—-Remembrance of the Daleks Special Edition (March 2, 2010)
–Who at the Fab Cafe 2
—-Second such event
—-Cultdom Collective co-host Dave AC attended, along with Tim Drury, and his son, Matt.
—-Report on event on Cultdom Collective (TalkShoe ID 54821) Studio Show
Wheel of Time News:
–“The Gathering Storm” now #1 on New York Times Best Seller List
—-Also #1 on independent bookseller’s list
—-and being bestselling hardcover fiction book at Barnes & Noble and Borders
—-Borders position was overall regardless of genre
–Friday, 13 November: Book Tour event at Clarkston, GA campus of Georgia Perimeter College
—-3:30PM EST, book signing with Sanderson, McDougall

The RaT Project Reviews:
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Review

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The RaT Project 35

The RaT Project 35
Show Notes
Stardate 091102.2009

Correction from last episode: I misidentified the two Peter Cushing Doctor Who movies. The first Cushing movie (Dr Who and the Daleks) was based on the first Dalek story from televised Who (The Daleks), whereas the second one (Daleks’ Invasion Earth – 2150 A.D.) was based upon the televised story “Daleks Invasion of Earth”. Thanks to @tdrury for pointing that out.

On to the News:

News Dept:
Hulu to charge for video in the coming year?
Nintendo Announces DSi LL
–Significantly larger screens, larger stylus
–There’s no real need for this redesign
–Existing games will suffer aspect ratio when played on DSi LL
—-For example, try playing GB/GBC games on GBA
Ubuntu 9.10 Comments
–Pros
—-Definite improvement over 9.04
—-My audio problems have finally been fixed
—-Slight graphical glitches on dual-monitor display have been fixed
—-Compiz and Emerald Theme Manager finally works on dual-display
——No “dead area” on right of display area
–Cons
—-Error reporter repeatedly sends out automated emails to Ubuntu users
——Users report getting hundreds of emails about the same bug report
——Can’t easily unsubscribe to these emails
—-CairoDock uninstalled by default, as is Pidgin
–Ubuntu One seems promising, but I’ve not tried it yet

Main features for this episode are reviews of the Nintendo DS games Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver and a spoiler-free review of the new Wheel of Time novel The Gathering Storm.

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