Custom PC PodCasts

Episode 18 - GTX 280 and a possible game of the year

Alex Watson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:42:11 +0000

The CPC podcast is now a legal adult with its 18th episode; it features Clive on the hosting mic for the first time, and he’s joined by Orestis, Phil and games reviewer extraordinaire, Dan Emery. The team look back at the GeForce GTX 280 launch, and discuss the top 10 games, including awesome new launches Race Drive GRID and Mass Effect. With Editor Alex away, the team also struggle with what words they’re allowed to say, and what are too controversial to be broadcast. There’s also the guess the game music competition, with copies of City of Heroes and Villains to be won.

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Episode 17 - Autumn graphics war, Windows 7 and Conan

Alex Watson — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:09:06 +0000

We have returned, finally, with another Episode of the CPC podcast. Phil and new CPC recruit Orestis join Alex to dicuss the upcoming Autumn graphics war between new GeForce and Radeon cards, plus our first thoughts on Windows 7, the successor to Vista. We also discuss the top 10 games, including Assassin’s Creed and Age of Conan. As a bonus, there’s an interview with the director of Age of Conan, too.

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The Second Coming

Alex Watson — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:59:45 +0000

It’s been a while…. but the second coming of the Custom PC podcast is beginning. We recorded the long awaited Episode 17 of the podcast on Friday afternoon, and all being well, I’ll be able to edit it and upload it on Monday (2nd June). Apologies for the length of time it’s taken.

The five months since Christmas have passed in a bit of a blur; we’ve been understaffed and (for some reason) also decided to take on some of the biggest and most involved features and labs tests in the CPC history. Not a recipe for having spare time to sit down and cast a pod. However, our first new recruit of 2008 has now started, Orestis Bastounis, who joins us from Future Publishing in Bath. We’re very happy to have him on board, as it means we’ll be able to kick out lots more excellent stuff for you to read, watch and listen to.

Orestis joins myself and Phil on the podcast and we’ll be discussing:

* The upcoming Autumn graphics war between new, next-gen AMD/ATI and Nvidia graphics cards

* Windows 7

* Age of Conan, Assassin’s Creed and the rest of the top 10 games

* And finally, Clive will be looking ahead to the Computex trade show which kicks off next week, from where he and James will be reporting.

Thanks for your patience and encouragement, too - hopefully it will be worth the wait.

- Alex.

Episode 16 - HD-DVD is dead and GeForce 9 is here

Alex Watson — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:59:05 +0000

Issue 55 of Custom PC is out in the shops now and we’re back with another podcast. HD-DVD is dead but does that mean Blu-Ray has won? The team also debate the launch of the GeForce 9-series with the 9600 GT, what makes a good game, and Boffin News is back with the news that boffins are at work inventing super intense lasers.

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Episode 15 - The PCs vs Consoles special

Alex Watson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:24:37 +0000

Issue 54 of Custom PC is out in the shops now, and the cover feature pits PCs against consoles in a battle to see how the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii compare when it comes to gaming. This special edition of the CPC podcast is intended as a companion piece to the magazine, and sees Alex, Clive and games maestro Phil debating the pros and cons of gaming on the three consoles and the PC itself.

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Episode 14 - Skulltrail, Blackbirds and mad monkey boffins

Alex Watson — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:05:40 +0000

The CPC podcast is back for 2008. The panel takes a look ahead to 2008, including Skulltrail from Intel and the HP Blackbird. Chris introduces Boffin news -a look at the best mad, bad science stories on the web - and the team add plenty of puns to the top 10 games chart, as well as discussing whether remakes of games are a good or bad idea.

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Episode 13A - Another try at Spider, 3D screens and Crysis

Alex Watson — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:06:30 +0000

Our 13th episode genuinely was unlucky. Seems there was a problem for iTunes users - this is a repost to correct it. This episode sees AMD trying to fight back with its Spider platform - new Radeon graphics cards, new chipsets and finally, Phenom. But are some of the legs wonky? The team discusses this along with our recent experience of 3D monitors from Zalman. The games chart features Crysis and we debate whether it’s the game of the year.

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Episode 13 - Spider, 3D screens and Crysis

Alex Watson — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:14:20 +0000

Our 13th episode sees AMD trying to fight back with its Spider platform - new Radeon graphics cards, new chipsets and finally, Phenom. But are some of the legs wonky? The team discusses this along with our recent experience of 3D monitors from Zalman. The games chart features Crysis and we debate whether it’s the game of the year.

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Episode 12 - 88GT, eeePC and tons of game demos

Alex Watson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:38:47 +0000

In this episode the panel discusses the new Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT, the tiny, super portable Asus eeePC and the deluge of new PC game demos that has resulted in a games chart that is only 10 per cent Sims. All this and Clive comes up with a new slogan for Intel.

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Episode 11 - CPC is 50 and Intel vs AMD heats up

Alex Watson — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:55:15 +0000

We’re back! In our eleventh podcast the panel look back over four years and fifty issues of Custom PC. The big news this time round centres on Intel and AMD. Intel has bought Havok and AMD has announced triple-core CPUs; we mull that over and Ben reports live from IDF. The top 10 games chart and the competition return as well.

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