Nuketown Radio Active is a podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. The show features geek, technology and gaming links from around the Web as well as book, movie, game and podcast reviews. The podcast was first published in March 2005 and is hosted by Ken Newquist, Nuketown’s editor and founder. A web developer by day, he’s also a freelance staff writer for Knights of the Dinner Table.
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Like an astronaut hurled far into deep space, Nuketown Radio Active returns to Earth a year after it left to find the planet utterly transformed. Fortunately, there are no super-intelligent apes. At least, not yet. On this episode of Nuketown[…]
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It took a year, but I’m back! On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the Broken Ankle Saga comes to an end as the Outdoor Geek ventures into the Pennsylvania wilderness for some winter-time camping. Back in the warmer confines[…]
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On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I catch a bad break in the New Year as I recover from a broken ankle. All that free time sitting on the couch while my ankle healed did wonders for my gaming life[…]
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On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I celebrate Nuketown’s re-ignition, meet Bob the Seeing Eye Puppy and talk about my evolution into a geek who loves the outdoors. I also ruminate on three games I’m playing now: Destiny 2: A massively multiplayer[…]
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On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I revisit the button-smashing happiness of Diablo III, soak in the nostalgia of Sonic Mania, and catch up listeners on a few of my Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. After that I delve into[…]
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On this episode of Radio Active I catch up on the Nuketown redesign, talk about summer vacations … and summer reading lists. I also finally complete my quest for a bean bag chair and offer a review of the Amazon Dot, Amazon’s[…]
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After slumbering for four years, Nuketown Radio Active returns to find a world transformed. In this show I’ll get up to speed on what’s changed around the ol’thermonuclear burg, and what you can expect to see in the future. I[…]
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On this edition of Nuketown Radio Active I return from a far-too-long hiatus to talk about the year that was and the year that will be. Topping that list is a look at the redesigned, Drupal-7 powered Nuketown and a[…]
Read moreSpring is looming larger, but just incase it gets waylaid by a late-winter storm, I decided to have a spring-themed surprise party for my wife. In geekier news, I started up a “Gamer Working Group” at my dayjob and re-launched my gaming group’s GriffCrier.com web site. There are no netheads in this show, but don’t worry — you’ll still be able to feed that net addiction with a round up of the podcasts I’m listening to.
Read moreGood news everyone! Nuketown Radio Active isn’t dead … and neither is Futurama.
On this episode of Radio Active I catch up on a year’s worth of happenings, talk about my new Picture a Day project, and take a look at some of the computer games that I’ve been playing during the hiatus.
In Netheads I uncover the Race for the Galaxy AI card game and Mutant Future, a science fiction RPG inspired by Gamma World.
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