On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket to Ride.

In Netheads, I take a look at the Launchy fast-application launcher for Windows and Linux, and share some Tor.com-inspired thoughts about the future of comic books.

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Show Notes

• Nuketown News
  • NeutronLad gives up diapers for good.
    • Good news: He's mostly potty trained.
    • Bad News: The soft footfall of almost-preschooler footsteps in the night.
  • Settlers of Catan with StarGirl
    • She gets the math, she gets the mechanics, eventually she'll get the strategy.
  • Back to the Gym
    • How things currently stand: 209 lbs., 38 waist.
    • Watching Alias, Season 1, which goes surprisingly well with exercsie.
    • Goal: 200 by April 30.
  • New Game Reviews
    
    • SciFiWire: Resident Evil 5
      • http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/review-plug-away-at-an-en.php
    • SciFiWire: Star Ocean
      • http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/scifiwire-reviews-star-ocean
    • Nuketown: Ticket to Ride (Xbox Live edition)
      • http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/ticket-to-ride-xbox-live
    • Game Cryer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
      • http://www.nuketown.com/games/news/gamecryer-reviews-clone-wars-campaign-guide
• Promo: Serving Worlds by John Mierau
  • http://johnmierau.com/
• Netheads
  • Launchy
    • Open source fast application launcher for windows.
    • Like Quicksilver for the Mac, but much more limited.
    • http://www.launchy.net/
  • Tor: Are Comic Books Dying?
    • Heather Massey speculates on the demise of comic books as we know them. I've got to agree; a weekly pull is getting harder and harder, trade paperbacks are getting much more appealing, and the online archives do suck.
    • Reading a comic in digital format is, well, tough.
    • An iTablet could help with this; good resolution, plus easy portability, could help a lot (and help preserve trade paperbacks).
    • http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=11958
• Promo: J.C. Hutchins: Personal Effects: Dark Art
  • http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/
• Outro
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