Episodes

Ryan suddenly begins the fringe, try to fix audio issues that are baffling and eventually discover the best ad for Kmart ever.

Andrew and Chris talk about personal finances, Raspberry Pi, monitors, and Christopher Titus, among other things.

Andrew finally has his car; then him and Chris talk about solar cells, Google, Mozilla, Valve, Ubuntu, PNGs, SSDs, Wolfram Alpha, and plenty of other juicy little tidbits!

Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest David Janacek discuss LucasArts closing, a really tiny but powerful GPU, the Kickstarter blockbuster success of Torment, April Fool's everywhere, Ian's review of AC3 DLC: The Betrayal and David's review of Dark Souls.

Ian Buck was lost, then found, we discuss the new wave of Pokemon (or Pokemans as all the adults in our childhood called it) and more before EB #31.

Ryan and Matt chat before the show about HP's board member bail out, 5by5's new studio that looks literally amazing and something about a Jellyfish.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss leaked BlackBerry phones, T-Mobile's miraculous growth, Blink and Webkit, how Blue is becoming Windows 8.1, Ryan's review on Tasker and so much more!

With a chorus of overhead aircraft, Andrew talks about cleaning his apartment and Chris talks about getting new stuff at work. Then they talk about Steam, games, free drive space, and what do talk about on the show.

Chris invites newly-minted Apple acolyte Andrew Bailey to the podcast to discuss RASPBERRY!, Java, Linux, supercomputers, code that sucks, code thats beautiful, password storage (again), and long uptimes.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl host a special to discuss breaking news: Gmail Blue, Biebian Linux, 3D-3D printers, Freedom Bay, Twttr and so much more on this special occasion.

Ryan and Matt look for the best of April Fool's before the Nexus Special #17.

Ian Buck, Ian Decker, Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl join in studio before EB #30 to chat about all of the April Fool's jokes, computer cases, comics and so many innuendos that you'll be impressed.

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, along with guest Matthew Petschl, discuss NetGain's epic success, Ouya's ROM support, Wii U's odd JavaScript support, Unreal 3 coming to browsers, a review of Bioshock Infinite from Ian Buck and a reivew of Tomb Raider by Ian Decker, and more!

Ian Buck suddenly appears as a surprise guest on the Fringe, Ryan plays Daft Punk, Matt tells us about Ax-Man and Matt downloads a new linux distro and previews Sam's favorite video.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss this week in BlackBerry - one million units sold in 90 days, the new Blue, yet another Facebook phone, Google's OPNAP, a tweaked Nexus 4, DRM in HTML5 and more!

Listen to Kyle's connection cause epic feedback, how we set up both Skype and Google Hangout, and how long we play games.

After making something that would make a skunk gag, Andrew and Chris with guest Kyle Schaplowsky talk about recent happenings with Python, Google, Aaron Schwartz's legacy, Linux, bacon, P2P, password storage, uncanny valleys, games, arcane keystrokes, and more.

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, along with returning guest Kyle Schaplowsky, discuss remakes of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy X, a rift in the Oculus Rift's launch titles, Unity and Sony together, and reviews of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, Starcraft 2: HOTS by Kyle and Mass Effect: Infiltrator by Ian.

Ian Decker shares his laments his week, Ian Buck decides it's "okay" to leave a girl in the room with the others while gets water -- he was wrong, and have you seen Snakes in a School?

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss T-Mobile woes, a BlackBerry surprise from Google, Apple's password maleficence, Google's chat Bubble-Or-Babble, and Mr. Flash himself, working at Apple.

Matthew and Ryan discuss the Buck Event before the show and the infamous conclusion to this season's most promising anime, Robotics;Notes, after ATN #68.

Chris takes a break from sleep mode and HOTS to bring you another episode, and Andrew blows a gasket over marketers, followed by a discussion about Google Reader, Linux, OS security, password security, education, WebGL, Firefox, and Youtube.

Ian Buck and Ian Decker interview famous guest John Gosling and and discuss his new game, Net Gain: Corporate Espionage by Level Zero Games, along with discussion on more PETA shenanigans, another Humble Bundle (that even Ryan bought), Steam's effect on the Internet and more!

Ryan discovers Ian's Chromebook, John chats with us for a while before the show and after, Ian plays some Mass Effect game on his Nexus 7.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, on the eve of Reader's death, along with Sam Ebertz and Andrew Bailey, discuss the untimely despise of a service so loved, T-Mobile's merger, Cyber warfare, how Google I/O sold out in not-quite-record time and the long awaited Galaxy S4.

Sam Ebertz is here and he's awake, and Matt tries to fill Ryan's window with snow and Andrew Bailey discusses podcast mechanics and an easter egg with Ryan.

Andrew, Chris, and John get to know each other, talk about cars, Chicago, and website backends.

Andrew and Chris "interview" John Gosling from Level Zero Games, who is seeking funding for his game, Net Gain: Corporate Espionage, on Kickstarter. They talk about that, and other topics, like DRM, VP8, Steam, SimCity, StarCraft, and also listener questions. Also served with a delightful Fringe!

Ryan shares his progress on the Playboard, Sam Roth realizes he's on the "innuendo' show and Ian Decker torments us with bleep!

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Sam Roth discuss their early impressions of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Sam reviews Aliens: Colonial Marines among two other games, Ian reviews the ME3 Citadel DLC and discusses a console to play retro games and why games make you want to hunt whales.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the impending launch of BlackBerry handsets in America, how unlocked phones will be coming back soon, Facebook's huge new update that nobody can use yet, how Microsoft is appeasing its Office users and why Ubuntu is not for "leet" people anymore.

Matt makes a drink of tile cleaner and koolaid and Ryan plays some of his favorite anime opening theme songs.

Chris is wondering how to download the Internet, and Andrew talks about Civilization 5.

In between discussing browsers, security, compression, famous people, and pretty benchmarks, Chris crashes his browser as he seeks to download the internet, and Andrew talks about RASPBERRY!

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Caleb Buck and first time guest Eliot Waters, review The Cave, Decker reviews the newest Devil May Cry, while Ian reviews the King Washington AC3 DLC, and discuss more thoughts on the PS4, more dismal news on THQ, EVE Online's anniversary and the best Hat Simulator, ever.

Ian Buck has his brother as a guest along with his brother's friend, Ian Decker finally makes it onto an episode and we all compare ourselves to our competitors.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl stay away from Spain but still cover Mobile World Congress and its biggest attraction: Firefox OS, along with initial impressions of Six-Strikes, 3G in North Korea and why buying an airline to your own island is a cost effective purchase.

Ryan and Matt claim it's just one of those "weeks" and why midterms, projects and <em>girls</em> are conspirng to be the downfall of Ryan.

Listen to Andrew coach Chris about how to yell "RASPBERRY!", and listen to Chris eating sushi.

Andrew and Chris talk about new browsers, new hardware, working from home, programming tools, programming culture, websites not working, and how our perspectives are weird.

Ian Buck and returning guest Katie Reddemann discuss Sony's PlayStation 4 announcement and what Microsoft has to do to keep up and Katie reviews the popular Ni No Kuni, and why Origin and Uplay are teaming up and why nVidia made another expensive graphics card.

Ian Buck discovers he has been watching movies at less than acceptable frame rates for years and is angry at the world and Katie accues him of harboring nefarious things at his Camp Site.

Sam talks about his bookmark to show note tool and Ryan works on his speedtest tool in javascript.

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad discuss the Google Hangout with the International Space Station, two trolling Senators, satellites and telescopes and so much more.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, with Eight Bit host Ian Buck, discuss the advent of Google Glass, the ChromeBook Pixel and our early impressions of the next generation of consoles, the PS4 and whatever the next Xbox is, along with more BlackBerry news, Microsoft's "clarification" on Office, and yet another device running Ubuntu.

Ian Buck begins shirtless just for Ryan, and we all discuss Ryan's pending decision on <em>private</em> lessons, and finally something about a bus.

Andrew and Chris discuss The Universe, episodic content, threatening to wear pants, and literature.

Chris has had enough, and Andrew talks about meteors blowing up, RASPBERRY!, DELL!, the taliban of open source, DRM, Sim City, social engineering, and some stats.

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Sam Ebertz talk about Steam's Valentine's Day deals, more Gas Powered Games news, Halo 2's last dying breath, Bungie's Destiny and a little review on Super Hexagon.

Before Eight Bit #24, Ian Buck barrages Ryan with show notes and a discovery is made: Windows 8 has a auto-save print screen tool via Windows + Print Screen.