I’m on NPR tomorrow…
…On the show “On Point.” The main guest is Heather Chaplin, who co-authored Smartbomb : The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution, which I discussed a while back.
Alas, this is at 8:00am Pacific time, and they do it live. Ugh, I will be up really early tomorrow morning. I’m told I’ll only be on for about 20 minutes for part of the conversation.
Edit: you can now listen to the show via Windows Media or RealPlayer.
I would _love_ to hear this, but being in Denmark I can’t exactly tune in. Will you have it recorded?
I can’t make any guarantees, but looking at the show’s web page they do put up podcasts, and some other listening archives. I was able to subscribe to it (it’s free) through iTunes. Perhaps that would work for you, Michael?
I loved Smartbomb. Great read and I’m actually writing a review of it for Gamergod.com atm.
Hopefully I can grab a copy somewhere of the chat on NPR 🙂 I’m not sure of the podcasts always hit up everything… but I have iTunes for other podcasts so I guess I will try it out!
Well, that was fun. 🙂
There’s a webpage up for the specific show and I think you can download the podcast at some point.
Guitar Hero thanks you for the plug!
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Shhh, my kids don’t know we have it, it’s awaiting unveiling at Xmas. 😉
Kickass, they’re even on Odeo. I couldn’t be more happy.
Hey, that was fun today! Both Raph and I noted that it was all gamers calling in. Interesting. Although, I felt disappointed that we didn’t get deeper into subjects – it felt like we were just barely skimming the surface!
I think Aaron is going to put a link to the show on our website as well – smartbomb.us
and hey, heartless, I’m really glad you liked the book!!!
🙂
No problem it was well written. Whats scary is I grabbed it at Dallas/Fort Worth airport and was damn tempted to track down Frank and see if he still worked at Chili’s in the airport!
Heartless – that’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me! 🙂 seriously.
actually, Frank left chili’s and was working for Fed Ex, I believe, before he dropped entirely off my radar. i’ve tried several times over the last couple years to track him down, to no avail…
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Hey I’m just a gamer and Smartbomb was really my frist complete game industry centered book I’ve read.
Hope you enjoy my review… I’ll throw a link your way when it is put up.
I just got done listening to the NPR also and its disapointing you two didn’t have more time to elaborate on some of the subjects. Good listen 🙂
I just got through listening to it. It was very enjoyable. I laughed when the caller said his female avatar was accused of hitting on someone’s boyfriend. 🙂