Zombies are the topic of the day with Radio Active #30, which features a review of Stephen King’s zombie-novel Cell and Jonathan Coulton’s Thing a Week song “Re Your Brains”. Sites of Note looks at Joss Whedon’s Serenity re-done in[…]
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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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Radio Active #29: FreeCiv, Misfit Brew, Does My Geek…, Spell Compendium
Another podcast, another Sunday spent painting. This time around I discuss Battlestar Galactica’s Season 2 cliffhanger and offer a brief review of the film version of V for Vendetta (yes, I’m behind the geek times) before launching into reviews of[…]
Read moreRadio Active #28: Of Home Improvement and Geek Podcasts
I’ve been a stranger in a strange land the last two weeks as I’ve spent half my weekend hours in Home Depot, and the other half working hard to transform my old gaming room into my daughter’s new bedroom. Fortunately[…]
Read moreRadio Active #26: SciFi Publishing, Cthulego, Treasure Tables, Rama
Radio Active #26 offers a well-rounded podcast, with some updates on the ongoing “Nuketown Beta” project, followed by an editorial on the sorry state of science fiction publishing, particularly with regards to using technology to promote their wares. There are[…]
Read moreRadio Active #25: Old Man’s War, Losing My SciFi
Show #25 gets back to the speculative fiction with some thoughts on losing — and finding — my interest in scifi, reviews of the Does My Geek, Roll 2d6 and BrickNebula podcasts, and a review of John Scalzi’s military SF[…]
Read moreRadio Active #24: State of the Burg Report, Geek Work Bench, ScifiDig
The podcast gets back up to speed after the holidays with news about what’s up with Nuketown, both on the site, and at home. There’s also speculation about the possibility of a geek workbench, and a review of the SciFiDig[…]
Read moreRadio Active #23: Geek Tree, Gamer Gift Guide, BrikWars
Things get festive around Radio Active as I talk about my Christmas Geek Tree and present the Geek Gamer Gift Guide. I’ve also got reviews of two LEGO-based fan games, BrikWars and BrikQuest, and talk about the cool new laptop[…]
Read moreRadio Active #22: Trilogy Philosophy, Hypertext d20 SRD, MirrorMask Soundtrack
The much discussed, long-delayed MirrorMask soundtrack is finally reviewed, but not before I spend some time discussing the logic (or lack there off) behind small-press publishers releasing books in trilogy format. I also talk about the Hypertext d20 SRD, an[…]
Read moreRadio Active #21: Upgrades, GOBLIN Network, Dungeoneer
The home improvement never ends at Nuketown, as I prove by painting my bathroom. It’s not all housework though — I’ve also got news about the GOBLIN Gaming Broadcast Network, a round up of the podcasts I’m listening to now,[…]
Read moreRadio Active #20: Dragonflight, Dragon’s Landing, Uncle Bear, X-Axis
The classic science fiction novel Dragonflight is the focus of this week’s fiction review. It’s joined by three new Sites of Note — The Dragon’s Landing Podcast, UncleBear.com, and The X-Men Axis. Getting the Podcast Download the MP3 directly Show[…]
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