Ken Newquist Good news abounds in Radio Active #12, which includes an announcement about a change in my day job that will let me walk to work. Really. It’s also got an announcement about the Atomic Swindlers contest winners and the happy news that Radio Active has joined the ranks of The Science Fiction Podcast Network. It’s … Read more
Radio Active #11 is dedicated entirely to an audio review of Midnight Syndicate’s The 13th Hour CD, an album designed to be used as a soundtrack for Call of Cthulhu role-playing games, but which should work well in any horror game. Getting the Podcast Download the MP3 directly Show Notes Intro To catch up the … Read more
Radio Active takes a turn into the supernatural with #10, offering a review of the F. Paul Wilson’s supernatural detective novel The Tomb as well as a review of the D&D-compatible monster source book A Maze of Minotaurs by Behemoth4. I also talk about staying up late (or rather, getting up early) with a moody … Read more
I make good on my book review promise, and take a look at Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Shadow. There’s also some thoughts on toddlers and Star Wars, news about the extension of the Atomic Swindlers CD giveaway, and a plug for the new scifi magazine podcast, Escape Pod. Getting the Podcast Download the MP3 directly … Read more
An e-mail claims that you can get your keys out of a locked car if you a) have keyless entry b) a friend has another set of keys for your car c) you both have cell phones and d) your friend triggers your remote set of keys while your on the phone with them. On … Read more
A few years ago, Audible.com offered up several science fiction short story anthologies from the big names in the genre: Asimov’s, Analog and the Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. For a while it looked like they were going to have annual, or perhaps even quarterly, editions, but nothing ever came of it. It’s disappointing, … Read more
Radio Active #8 is dedicated entirely to the music of the Atomic Swindlers, a Ziggy Stardust-meets-The Fifth Element rock’n’roll band. The podcast features a review of the band’s album Coming Out Electric as well as two tracks from the CD. There’s also the first-ever Radio Active podcast, in which Nuketown’s readers and listeners in the … Read more
It’s been too long between podcasts — thanks to a nasty cold that hit back at the beginning of May — but with Radio Active #7, we’re back on track. The podcast opens up with some updates about the show itself, and my plans for the future. I then go into a bit of a … Read more
Paizo Publishing’s announced some major changes to its flagship Dragon and Dungeon magazines. The changes, apparently based on market research and feedback from readers, are pretty major. Dragon is going to become a more broad-based D&D magazine, focusing not only on the pen-and-paper RPG, but on its various electronic spawn as well. It’s also adding … Read more
Where are the fun bands? Over the last few months, as I have been happily lost in a non-radio paradise of podcasts, audio books and my music collection, this is a thought I’ve had many times. Where are the fun bands? I’m talking about acts like David Bowie, Queen, The Talking Heads and anyone else … Read more