Friday, May 9, 2008

Show #80



[Download Show #80 as MP3]


News

  • Microsoft Expands Zune Store and Updates Player
    • New software features and content to their all-in-one media store
    • "South Park", "Afro Samurai", "Battlestar Galactica", "The Ultimate Fighter", "Robot Chicken"
    • Approx. 160 Microsoft points per show ($1.99)
    • Subscription model available, $14.99 per month
    • New Store Software features
      • Drag and drop Zune cards (cards = friends playlists) to zune and they will be updated in real-time
      • Zune Pass Subscribers will automatically have friends songs downloaded to their zune
      • Non-Subscribers will have album art and information dl'ed only
      • Enhanced friends features (bio, location, etc)
      • Instant Friends - Media Moguls will automatically become friends for instant content and playlists
      • Album reviews (a la Amazon)
      • Reputation badges (a la ebay)
      • Windows Live Messenger will now pick up what ppl are listening to on Zune
    • Hardware Software updates
      • Auto playlists - Users can create an auto playlist that updates itself automatically as new music is added.
      • Browse videos - Consumers can browse their video collection by genre and series, plus they can preview videos before they play them on full screen.
      • Editing album and track information - Users are able to edit track or album information (metadata) quickly via multi-select and drag-and-drop. The advanced metadata editing features make it easy to edit multiple tracks or survey albums and artist information
      • Organizing collections - In addition to sorting by artist or album, consumers can now sort by genre. While browsing by genre they can further sort music by artist, album or release year.
      • Gapless playback - Consumers will now be able to listen to an album without the brief gap between tracks, both on their Zune and in the Zune software. This is a must-have for live-concert recordings and compilation albums.
      • Syncing groups - Zune software now syncs to multiple Zune players simultaneously. Users can prepare which content on their computer to sync even when their Zune isn’t connected - Consumers can create custom sync groups for music, pictures and videos.
      • Zune reminders - Experience is improved when a Zune player’s memory is nearing capacity, via an easy-to-use tool.


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Gamer's Corner
  • GTA IV - It's all the rage (They were talking about it on the First team on Fox Sports Show this morning)
    • The only game you can pay a hooker, hook it up, kick her out of your car, drive over her, and retrieve the money laying right beside her after you're done
    • You too can date a cyber byte with the ultimate goal of a shag fest, in a main stream game no less
    • Niko, an immigrant, is your single player anti-hero
    • Rockstar's RAGE engine coupled with NaturalMotion's Euphoria engine to produce outstanding graphics and natural kinesthesiology and Physics
    • Everything accessed from your phone - IMs, Missions, Multiplayer, hookers, etc
    • Online modes - 12 different types
    • Party lobby is outskirts of city with guns and cars to keep you occupied while waiting for friends
      • Free Mode (fully customizable with cops and all)
      • Team DeathMatch - cover system makes this not like quake
      • Mafiya Work - work to order from mob boss. first to complete gets the points
      • Car Jack City - Jack specific cars for points
      • Turf War - capture the point
      • GTA Race - Standard racing game
      • Cops'n'Crooks - 2 teams, lawmen and crooks. Lawmen trying to stop the crooks from escaping
      • Limited co-op - play with up to 4 friends
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