Ken Newquist, Author at Nuketown

Promo: Geek Parenting

January 15, 2017September 19, 2007 by Ken Newquist

This brand-speaking new Radio Active promo talks about the wonders and challenges of geek parenting. It’s 1:52 minutes long and is saved in MP3 format. Download the file and share and enjoy!

Radio Active #56: Facebook, Morphing Toddlers, Heroic Cthulhu

January 14, 2017September 19, 2007 by Ken Newquist

On this edition of Radio Active, Nuketown ventures into Facebook, the epic MacQuest gets an update (and the nifty new/old iPod nano arrives) and Halo 3 looms like a shadow over all that we do. We’ve got Mighty Morphing Toddlers as NeutronLad walks and talks like never before, and StarGirls delves deep into Princess Star Wars. Netheads … Read more

Crafting an RPG Soundtrack: A Battlestar Galactica Case Study

January 14, 2017September 13, 2007 by Ken Newquist

Martin Rayla has a great thread over on Treasure Tables about using music in your game. He’s not talking just about having something going on in the background, but also crafting a soundtrack that matches the expected actions, fights and drama that the players will be experiencing. I’ve used music in my games before, but … Read more

Radio Active #55: After GenCon, Podcamp Philly, MacQuest, Too Many Games

May 27, 2024September 12, 2007 by Ken Newquist

On this edition of Radio Active I’ve got some thoughts on GenCon 2007 and Podcamp Philly, catch folks up on what’s happening at Nuketown, try and figure out what it takes for me to buy a Mac, discover the BioShock soundtrack, stop by Vegas After Midnight. I also delve into the D&D Insider, contemplate the … Read more

Thoughts on Podcamp Philly 2007

January 14, 2017September 9, 2007 by Ken Newquist

For a while, it looked like the Unconference was going to live up to its name: while Podcamp Philly had a list of proposed seminars, we didn’t get a concrete schedule until Wednesday. No worries though — Podcamp’s organized chaos congealed at the last moment, providing a rambling structure to a Saturday full of podcasting goodness.

The chaos lurked just behind the corners as folks tried to use the guest ids scribbled on whiteboards around the Drexel University classrooms to log into the wireless network … at least until they figured out that the IDs only worked on the lab computers. Wired connections for the wandering bands of Mac, Windows and Linux laptop owners were scrounged however, giving rise to deep-sea scuba-like drama as people swapped Ethernet cables back and forth to share net connections.

The sessions were about what you’d expect at any conference: some good, some blah, with the best ones being those that encouraged audience participation (the exception being Apple’s GarageBand session, which gave a lightning fast overview of the software, but still managed to provide some helpful insights into it. Of course, the conference itself was free, which gives it an edge up over many conferences I’ve gone to that had so-so seminars but cost a few hundred dollars.