After too long of a hiatus, Radio Free Caemlyn will return to the airwaves with an all-new night of trivia. On 10 September, at 9.30pm EST, Friday Night Trivia XXIV goes live, and begins a modified format.

The winner each week can, if they want, host the following week’s trivia. So now there’s a new incentive to win.

Join in this Friday night as Ian “The 6th Doctor” from Cultdom Collective podcast steps up as host of Friday Night Trivia. What topics will he come up with? Tune in to find out.

Hope to see you there. TalkShoe ID 72402.

I’m back at University now, and I’ve not yet had a chance to drop by the IT Dept. to resolve an issue crucial to me continuing the podcasts live on TalkShoe. Here’s the thing: I can’t connect to TalkShoe via a SIP client, which is necessary for me to host shows on TalkShoe. There is a port forwarding issue, wherein the necessary port is blocked by the Uni’s network.

Add to that the fact that I don’t yet know where on campus the IT Dept. has been moved to. This Uni is notorious for moving places like that around campus as they tear down old buildings and construct new ones.

I should have the issue resolved by the end of this week, though. Friday Night Trivia may not take place this Friday, but definitely next week.

This weekend’s shows start Friday night as always with Friday Night Trivia over on Radio Free Caemlyn at 9:30 EST. There’s a twist to the formula this week. On Friday Night Trivia XXIII – To the Other Side, Darth Skeptical takes the helm with questions, and I’ll be on the side of everyone else called in. Be sure to join in for that, as I’m sure Darth’s got a fun night of trivia planned.

Saturday night on The RaT Project, starting at 8PM EST, the topic is favorite video game characters. So be sure to call in and mention your favorite video game characters. I look forward to that discussion.

Now an advance notice on next weekend. There will be no Friday Night Trivia on August 20th, as that is when I’ll be moving into my room in a residential hall at University. I doubt I’ll have my computer set up in time for trivia, so I’ve went ahead and canceled plans for FNT just in case stuff comes up that night. That weekend’s RaT Project should still go on as planned, but don’t be surprised if that gets canceled as well.

That’s that. Hope to see you at Friday Night Trivia and RaT Project this weekend!

Next Friday, I’ll be hosting the 20th Friday Night Trivia. I have a number of exciting things planned, but, in preparation for this, why not take a listen to past editions of FNT? It’s time to compile a list of all the past episodes.

Here you go.

Friday Night Trivia I: Doctor Who Trivia and More
Friday Night Trivia II: Return of the Deus Ex Machina
Friday Night Trivia III: Word Puzzles
Friday Night Trivia IV: Doctor Who Trivia III
Friday Night Trivia V: Crossing the Multiverses
Friday Night Trivia VI: Video Game Mania
Friday Night Trivia VII: The Doctor at the Console
Friday Night Trivia VIII: Movie Time
Friday Night Trivia IX: Majora’s Wristwatch
Friday Night Trivia X: Lord Quizmaster’s Plethora of Ruminations
Friday Night Trivia XI: Passing the Bottle Around
Friday Night Trivia XII: Returning to the Well
Friday Night Trivia XIII: Lucky Occurrences
Friday Night Trivia XIV: Anything Can Happen
Friday Night Trivia XV: Obscure Obfuscations
Friday Night Trivia XVI: Return to Normality
Friday Night Trivia XVII: Independent Obscurities
Friday Night Trivia XVIII: Near the Event Horizon
Friday Night Trivia XIX: Powering Up the Pandorica
Friday Night Trivia XX: Crossing the Timestreams
Friday Night Trivia XXI: Tripping the Light Obscure
Friday Night Trivia XXII: Juxtaposed Obfuscations
Friday Night Trivia XXIII: To the Other Side (Darth Skeptical hosts)
Friday Night Trivia XXIV: The Doctor at the Helm (Ian The6thDoctor hosts)
Friday Night Trivia XXV: Back in the Dragon’s Den
Friday Night Trivia XXVI: Confounding Riddles
Friday Night Trivia XXVII: Riddles Before the Solstice

Plus, the promo I put together for Friday Night Trivia.

The latest episode of The RaT Project has been posted and it’s a studio episode, wherein I discuss the recently ended Mario Marathon, the also recently ended latest series of Doctor Who, and the soon-to-end Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

The RaT Project will be going live during each of the Big 3 press conferences on Monday and Tuesday, at TalkShoe ID 21129 here.

When are the conferences? Here you go.

3 Main Conference Times:

Microsoft Press Conference Monday, June 14:
10:00am Pacific
12:00pm Central
1:00pm Eastern
5:00pm GMT

Nintendo Press Conference Tuesday, June 15:
9:00am Pacific
11:00am Central
12:00 Eastern
4:00pm GMT

Sony Press Conference Tuesday, June 15:
12:00pm Pacific
2:00pm Central
3:00 Eastern
7:00pm GMT

Main E3 websites: (IGN, Gamespot & G4TV will be showing at least the 3 main press conferences)
http://uk.e3.ign.com
http://e3.gamespot.c…ress-conference
http://g4tv.com/E32010
http://www.gametrailers.com/e3

I hope to see you there.

Digital Spy reports that Heroes‘ creator Tim Kring is in talks with NBC to make a final miniseries to conclude his show.

The miniseries will take place a year after the conclusion of Volume Five: Redemption (season four), and will see Claire (Hayden Panettiere) become a spokesperson for people with abilities.

Heroes was confirmed canceled last month at NBC’s up-fronts for their fall 2010 schedule. At around that time, there were rumors of other ways NBC might carry on Heroes instead of canceling it. One proposed finale for the show was a thirteen episode miniseries. Another was a two-hour movie. Looks like one of these might get the go-ahead, regardless of the show being officially canceled.

Heroes cancellation shouldn’t have come as a surprise to any of its fans, and definitely wasn’t a surprise to the show’s critics. The show never recovered the audience numbers it had with the first half of its first season. The Writer’s Guild of America strike, partway into the show’s second season, didn’t help either. Kring cut the second season short with an abrupt conclusion. The third season, presented as two volumes that were quite different from each other, struggled to recapture fans, but didn’t quite succeed. The fourth season, presented as one entire Volume, came the closest to recapturing the feel of the first season.

Running concurrent with the show, NBC ran a series of graphic novel chapters on their website. The original premise of the graphic novel chapters was to expand on the show. These went on to present original characters not seen in the show (though some characters became important on the show), and their own original story arcs. There is now discussion among fans about whether or not the graphic novels should continue in their own right.

However this plays out, Heroes had a good run. I’m of the opinion that the fourth and final season was just about up to the standard set by the first season. I’m also of the opinion that Heroes ended on a good note, and there should be no further mini-series.

We’ll see how this plays out.

Apologies for canceling last night’s live episode. I didn’t really have any material prepared, and I had soem things come up IRL (in real life) at the last minute, so I wasn’t able to be at the computer during that hour.

I decided giving the show the weekend off wouldn’t be too bad.

I’ve recorded and uploaded a new studio episode of The RaT Project. In this rather short episode, I give my thoughts on a speculative extension of a plot point from the Doctor Who episode “Cold Blood”. Needless to say it’s spoilery, so if you’ve not seen the episode yet, keep it on hand until after you’ve seen the episode.

Join in tonight for the weekly Friday Night Trivia over at Radio Free Caemlyn. It’s Friday Night Trivia XII: Returning to the Well.

Topics tonight include Doctor Who and the inevitable word trivia round. Also, fans of the Cultdom Collective podcast will be pleased with one of the rounds.

Show starts at around 9:30PM EST tonight.

Yes, two great observances in the same day! First of all, it’s Towel Day, in remembrance of Douglas Adams and his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books. Be sure to have a towel with you throughout the day, because you should always know where your towel is.

Also, it’s Geek Pride Day. Keep the following in mind for today:

Then again, isn’t every day Geek Pride Day? 😉