The Nexicon

Michael Gaines and Kacey Coughlin talk about gaming and gaming culture

Episode 13, "Powered by Everquest"

Opening: Star Trek Communicators News: Sam Raimi directing the Poltergeist remake. News on the Evil Dead remake from NYCC. Microsoft gives the boot to Halo 4 pirates. WebOS gets an unofficial live CD. Reddit going on a bus campaign tour for net neutrality. Newsweek going digital in 2013. Stargate wedding band. The Quest Log: Old Republic f2p details revealed. Smedley says that Everquest Next will be the largest sandbox MMO ever designed. SOE accepting submissions for Player Studio creations. Going to bed after gaming is bad. Geek of the Week: Alexis Ohanian, founder of Reddit

10-22
01:01:17

Episode 12, ""Space…gotta get to space"

Opening: Windows TV commercial News: Sarah Brightman going into space. Samung Galaxy…mini? SpaceX launches first official mission. Sony announces 20", 11lb. tablet. Microsoft Research working on "Digits". NewEgg confirms Windows 8 box art and pricing. Ridley Scott on Blade Runner 2. Best Buy to pricematch online prices over the holidays. There's a planet made of 1/3 diamond. New York Comicon. The Quest Log: Hackers kill hundreds in WoW last week. Mass Effect N7 Ambassafor Watch. Guild Wars 2 now has two-factor authentication. Wii U Geek of the Week: Tom Merritt

10-15
53:17

Episode 11, "This goes up to 11"

News: Employers looking at Klout score for potential hires, and why that's wrong. Battle of Hoth scene done with Minecraft. NJ girl tweets fake break-in and runs away from home. Android phones in rare Entertainment Weekly magazines used for ads. MetroPCS buys T-Mobile. Smartphones are X-Rayed to see how toxic they are. TDK trying to make 6TB drives. The Hobbit will have an expanded edition on DVD/Blu. Lasers kill an iPhone. The CD turns 30. The Quest Log: Namco's asking people to select the new look for Pac-Man. New Rift expansion has player housing. More time with Mists of Pandaria. Daniel Erickson leaves Bioware. CliffyB leaves Epic Games. Zynga takes a $95million loss. Geek of the Week: CliffyB

10-05
01:08:37

Episode 10, "Attack of the zombie operating systems"

Opening: The Avengers Honest Trailer News: Moo.com will be selling business cards with embedded NFC. Blowing your NES carts is a bad idea. Coke putting your name on the bottle. HP announces Open WebOS 1.0 - the OS that will never die. B&N announce two Nooks. Another OS that won't die - RIM OS 10. Tim Cook apologizes for the iPhone's Maps. The Quest Log: Mists of Pandaria released. 17 minutes of Dead Space footage on YouTube. Top StarCraft II player honored with an NPC in WoW. Mass Effect Trilogy coming out Nov. 6 Geek of the Week: Blizzard

09-30
48:03

Episode 9, "Was there a groupon for it?"

News: Sony announces a new white slim PS3. Kacey can't contain herself over this. Endeavour makes its way to Los Angeles. Farthest galaxy found at 13.2 billion LY away. George Lucas to decide Indy's fate. Not a good sign. Twitter stops animated GIFs. Chocolate records do exist. The Quest Log: Borderlands 2 is out, and everyone goes nuts. Mists of Pandaria next week! The Founders of Bioware leave the company. Can it get any worse for Bioware? New Frogger champion. Listener Revolts Geek of the Week: Fox 5 NY Guild Wars 2

09-23
58:34

Episode 8, "Why are you still using Windows XP?"

News: NYCC poster shows new Marvel Now! outfits. The third Hobbit film has a new title and release date. Amazon announced new Kindle Fires. RIM offering $10k to developers to develop apps. G4 to focus less on geek topics, more on men's culture. The Quest Log: More stuff about Guild Wars 2. EA not green-lighting single-player games. Xbox 720 to be delayed until next September. SOE allowing players to create their own items in EQ2. Who's still using XP for gaming? Gamestop removing PS2 space for Wii U. Zelda on Wii U not expected until 2014. Final Fantasy XIII-3 expected, may become FF XV. Marvel Heroes MMO beta registration started.

09-07
01:06:57

Episode 7, "Don't be an old person"

News: Mike goes to the Doctor Who S7 premiere in NYC. Star Wars Episodes II and III in 3D back-to-back in 2013. Twitter's pissing off ALL the developers. Samsung will try to bring back the Start menu to Windows 8. Atari and Microsoft bring Atari classics to Windows 8. The Quest Log: Guild Wars 2 Wow 5.0 Did the Frag Dolls really get a WiiU? Geek of the Week: Barack Obama

08-31
55:42

Episode 6, "Creeper lava"

News: The Oatmeal raises $850k for funding a Tesla museum. The Rocketeer gets a reboot. Superman and Wonder Woman sittin' in a tree. The Ponds are getting a web series. Guy builds a hovercraft out of a gian leaf blower, not a Star Wars Speederbike. The Quest Log: 1/3 of the U.S. doesn't have broadband. Is that enough for digital distribution of games? LOTRO coming to the Mac. Yes, you heard that right. SWTOR going pay-to-win. Guild Wars 2 starts this weekend. Nintendo Power magazine shutting down after 24 years. Final Fantasy VII released for the PC. Final Fantasy XIV shutting down, coming back as a zombie. 16-bit Borderlands 2 is up and free to play. Geek of the Week: Matthew Inman

08-24
42:45

Episode 5, "I won't buy that for a dollar"

News: Raiders of the Lost Ark coming to IMAX for a week on Sept. 7. Spielberg spanks LeBouf. Doctor Who Season 7 premiere in NYC next Saturday, Mike scored tickets. RoboCop remake script ripped to shreds. Windows 8 released as RTM today. Do we care? The Quest Log: Mists of Pandaria cinematic released today. WoW patch 5.0.4 coming the same day as GW2's release date. Vanguard goes f2p. Is EA trying to become private again? Geek of the Week: Felicia Day

08-17
58:31

Episode 4, "Watered-down dinos"

News: We landed a Trailblazer on Mars! Billionare wants to do a real-life Jurassic Park. Valve is moving beyond games. Starbucks partnering with Square for payments. Doctor Who season 7 trailer has dinosaurs and Daleks. Scully and Mulder doing more than X-Files cosplay. The Diamond Club erotic novel hits #4 on iTunes. Why do we care? The Quest Log Blizzard had a security breach. EA & Bioware bringing Ultima to iOS. Oregon Trail: The Director's Cut for iOS. New Pitfall game for iOS. Xbox 720 before Christmas 2013? SWTOR a "disappointment" to EA. SOEmote for EQII now up. OUYA Kickstarter gets to $8.59 Million. Scroll of resurrection not applicable to monks or pandas that haven't chosen a faction. Listener revolt Geek of the week: NASA

08-11
01:01:24

Episode 3, "Sweaty sausage fingers"

News: The Hobbit is expanding to three films. New Bond trailer for Skyfall. CW is premiering Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog. Thermaltake puts a fan on a mouse. SXSW tickets announced. What's up with outlook.com? Dropbox hacked - how do you handle your passwords? Shatner and Weaton narrate NASA's Curiosity video. Google Fiber in Kansas City. The Quest Log: Gabe Newell things Windows 8 is a catastrophe for gaming. Blizzard thinks it's not awesome for them either. SWTOR goes free-to-play. Ouya announces Final Fantasy III will be a launch title. Geek of the Week: Leo Laporte

08-01
01:15:43

Episode 2, "My pandas bring the boys to the yard"

News: The Dark Knight Rises Star Trek: TNG 25th anniversary theatrical event The Quest Log: Guild Wars 2 Everquest 2's latest patch changes Qeynos and PvP. Mists of Pandaria release date annouced. What I want: Mike: Lighsaber chopsticks Kacey: Chewbacca Messenger Bag Geek of the Week: Neil deGrasse Tyson

07-26
51:22

Episode 1, "A New Hope"

Our first episode focuses on San Diego Comicon.

07-20
01:08:31

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