Episodes

Ryan Rampersad is joined by usual co-host Matthew Petschl to discuss why Facebook is like a Chair, why Japan is trying to buy our phone companies, Macro's new app, a plug for Sublime Text 2 and a great discussion on just how much Ubuntu is worth to you and what operating systems are worth paying for.

Kaelyn Olson joins Ian Buck and Ian Decker to discuss Halo 4 news, Dishonored going gold, why women are important in mobile gaming, why Sony is trouble, and gaming on a budget -- from hardware to software, finding a game that is free or cheap that will play on a low end machine with suggestions and more!

Brian Mitchell and Ryan Rampersad discuss some topics before At The Nexus #45.

Ryan Rampersad and guest co-host Brian Mitchell discuss Ryan's latest computer developments, why Nest is such a good idea, App.net's price change, Facebook's big success, Tent.is madness, great plugs for flashlight apps, Steve Jobs one year later and so much more!

Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with guest Kyle Schaplowsky discuss the latest news, the Wii U's region lock, why Mists of Pandaria has lackluster sales, Angry Birds Space's secret agenda, and a long discussion on 3D Gaming and GamerRank™ with special reviews on Black Mesa and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

Sam Ebertz, returning for his second in-studio appearance in a row, and Ryan Rampersad share tons of Curiosity news, from gravel and water to a named rock, a little information on a theoretical 4D-clock. another small step for SpaceX, some great videos and photos of bombs under water.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl briefly discuss the news of the week, from Google's birthday and 25th billion app download, to Tim Cook's Maps apology and RIM's comically tasteless promotional video for BBX developers. After, Matthew decides to take a leave of absense and an astral entity takes his place to discuss tagging on the Internet.

14 billion years later, Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad finally do another episode of The Universe with discussion on the late Neil Armstrong, Endeavour's final journey, news on ancient arctic forests, a dark energy telescope and some thoughts with Bill Nye on Creationism in school and more!

Ian Buck and Ian Decker and special guest Andrew Bailey compose a Bioshock poem and then discuss the news on Obsidian's kickstarter project, Sony's new just-as-expensive but even slimmer version of the PS3, a new first season Digimon game, and the main event of Borderlands 2 with a group-wide review.

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad have cinnamon and discuss Walmart dumping Kindles, leaks of AMD's Piledriver CPU coincidentally, why the W3C is a joke, updated Facebook apps but not native yet, a plug on Pocket and an epic presentation on the future of the iPad mini.

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Kickstarter's impact on gaming, DLC everywhere, why developers were arrested in Greece, Borderlands 2 news galore, Kepler video cards, a lengthy bashing -- discussion on the Wii U's latest announcement, and special guest Ryan Rampersad shares his impressions on Guild Wars 2 with a review.

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad, the boy with too much hair, discuss the lingering iPhone 5 news, Zuck's big mistake, how the Wii U has finally ended weeks of rumors, new Nvidia GTX 600 series video cards, a great plug by a friend, the Six Strikes rule, Wozniak's thoughts on Samsung-Apple verdict, and more!

With news from the iPhone 5 Apple event, Ryan Rampersad has Apple expert Brian Mitchell explain the big news from this Apple Event: the new iPhone 5 with a tall screen, the 5th generation iPod touch, the 7th generation iPod nano, new headphones and much more!

On the inaugural episode of Eight Bit, Ian Decker and Ian Buck share their gaming upbringing, and discuss opening a can of worms, Ubisoft's 95% piracy problem, the stunning conclusion to the Oculus Rift kickstarter, why Mass Effect 3 will be on the Wii U,two game reviews and so much more.

Ryan Rampersad is joined by guest co-host Robin Pillmann to discuss this week big news, the Amazon event featuring an onslaught of new Kindles with Paperwhite and 4G, some last minute iPhone news, Google's VirusTotal acquisition and unfortunate downsides, two great app plugs and much more!

With last minute guest Ian Buck, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the transitotary period in computer hardware, some trailing ends from the Samsung vs Apple lawsuit, AMD's streamroller specs - but not really, Amazon Kindle speculation on the verge of the Kindle annoucment next week and so much more!

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad along with guest Sam Ebertz discuss the latest BestBuy remodel, the official iPhone 5 promotional video, a secret Windows 8 privacy problem, another MVNO's springing up, a rare Google car sighting and so much more!

On a rare short episode of The Universe, Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad chat about developing and github, some lingering curisosity, some books that are worth looking forward to, a discussion on femto-photography, the meteor shower that was rained out and more!

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss Matt's new blog and error of his ways, more Virgin Mobile news, Google's laying Motorola off, Flash on Android is gone, that Obvious guy is at it again, Twitter just messed up, SMS bugs, more Lawyer man patents that you can believe and more!

On this State of The Nexus episode, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad review the progress of the network since May with views, downloads and some holes. Then we discuss our dire need of guests and what we plan on doing in the coming months.

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad note some new studio equipment and a special truck, and discuss the future of VR, sandboxing, answering to the highest calling, Daddy Ray, Microsoft's "Modern UI", some GNU/Linux news, two actual plugs, a special phone review and so much more!

We saw the Mars Curiosity Rover successfully land on Mars. It was an incredible moment and Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad reflect on our thoughts during those moments and what we thinking will become of this landing and more to come.

The Universe returns Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad with news on the Mars Curiosity Rover, a discussion on how Fighting for Space is the right thing to do, sub-phases of Ice, a belated Higgs festival, some fascinating imagery of the sun and so much more!

Armed with a programming guest, Andrew Bailey, Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss Microsoft's Metro's name loss, odd Apple commercials, why Verizon just became a little better and AT&T too, high speed Internet, games - DLC and why Stallman's steaming, a huge lawyer man section full of patent disputes, name conflicts and more!

Sam has returned! Ryan Rampersad along with Matthew Petschl and Max Marti reunite with Sam Ebertz from China and Japan on his one-month vacation! Despite some editing woes, we discuss some interesting nights, maglev trains, three of Sam's big highlights and more!

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl along with special guest Megan Brenner discuss the price and trials of Microsoft's App Store, another Mojang suit, Mountain Lion's epic release and Safari's mysterious disappearance, Fiberhoods, an enraged Marco and more!

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss a bootstrapped game console, Nexus 7 defects, Samsung's coolness, Windows 8 release date, Tweet Lanes for Android - an amazing twitter client, Yahoo's new CEO -- Marissa Mayer from Google, Office 2013 and Office as a Service, a 10 year iPad and more!

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the latest BlackBerry travesty, Apple's environmental flip-flop, Final Fantasy 7 lives on, Amazon's Game Center counterplay -- GameCircle, the way Amazon will use taxation to its advantage, Rovio's latest game, Amazing Alex, and more!

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, along with guest Ian Buck, discuss the latest in the Google-Apple Galaxy Nexus patent dispute, Amazon's potential pitch on a new phone and revised Kindle Fire ecosystems, Apple's underlying price point priority with a smaller iPad, a Mighty plug, and so much more!

Ryan Rampersad is joined by Chris Rampersad as a special guest in the studio and discuss the idea of photos and backing them up and why it's important to have a social network presence even if you don't really want to.

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl are joined by Ellie Petschl and we discuss the iPhone hitting the prepaid market, the new Google tablet, the Nexus 7, Android 4.1, JellyBean, RIM's stunning losses, Apple's hardware VP retiring and more!

Ryan Rampersad hosts The Universe along with returning guest Matthew Petschl and special guest Nick Petschl, and discuss new incredibly technical wireless technology, rabbits without oxygen, erasing memories, another NASA video and more!

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Ryan Rampersad is joined by Ian Buck and Matthew Petschl in the spur of the moment and discuss the Japanese Flood, Voyager 1 finally hitting the heliopause, China's first female astronaut, impending sigma-decisions for the Higgs Boson particle, girls and science, and more!

Ryan Rampersad along with guests Emma Petersen and Max Marti discuss the place that the Surface falls on, Windows Phone 8, Lumia users' disappointment and rage, enough money to buy an island but not to sue Google and win, an investigation on IMAX, Ryan's new phone, and so much more!

Ryan Rampersad and special guest and long-time friend discuss the MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros, high resolution screens, retina displays, Mountain Lion features, the lack of Siri and dictation, and so much more!

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad decided to merge two weeks of At The Nexus into a single Tuesday spectacular with a twist, discussion falls to Microsoft's upcoming phone event, 3D maps everywhere, Steam on Linux, inappropriate patents, an iPhone for Virgins and so much more!

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad recount our console history, relive our childhoods, and then drool over Halo 4! Of course, they briefly mention the poor performance of Nintendo and Sony with the GamePad and Cross-Play, not to mention not enough Final Fantasy or Golden Sun.

Ryan Rampersad and Sam Ebertz of The Universe review the book, Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding. Sam and Ryan generally liked the book, rating it 3.5 and 3.7 stars out of 5, respectively.

What would Sam Ebertz and Ryan Ellis along with host Ryan Rampersad want on a deserted island. The short answer is a Kindle.

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad discuss Halo 4's E3 trailer, the know-it-all syndrome, why it sucks to see something technically wrong in a movie, lost lights in Detroit, the rare Venus crossing, a black home falling out of its galaxy, Iron Man 3 screenshots, and more!

Matthew Petschl, butane torch extraordinaire, and Ryan Rampersad discuss the STUXNET virus and its flaming evolution, TLD purchases galore, the next iteration of ChromeOS, Tim Cook at D10, the Windows 8 Preview Release, an online only PS4, falling and melting, and so much more!

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad discuss Sam's travel plans for the summer - world traveler, along with towel day, the SpaceX launch and docking, a pointless Bell clone, job openings, creepy nuclear photos, organic rocks on Mars, a supernova where you may not expect, fantastical music and more!

With special guest Ian R. Buck, hosts Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss Windows 8 hardware possibilities and Ballmer's predictions, a great Google+ update and some news of hanging out, another huge iPhone rumor - 4-inches of awesome, how Opera sucks and Facebook wants to buy it and so much more!

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad remember some recent adventures and discuss the lost talk show host, bleeping jailbreakers, retina display MacBook Pros with USB3, a fantastic summer with Microsoft deals, Google's new search paradigm, APUs, Verizon's grandfather, that Firefox again and so much more!

Sam Ebertz returns to The Universe with Ryan Rampersad to discuss the SpaceX launch, an impending solar eclipse event, science fiction books galore, more black hole news that you could ever want, pop scientists' role in understanding, new free university courses and more!

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss quite the Journey in the conclusion of college, new hardware from HP and Micron, how Oracle finally won something, T-Mobile's innovation, some Apple rumors, Virgin Mobile's next premiere phone and so much more!

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss our progress as a network, some interesting statistics for unique views, downloads and likes, as well as plans for the summer.

Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss a CEO's fake resume, the dead-lock in Oracle's case, the EU's timely decision, the lack of Fire at Target, Dropbox getting targeted by Apple, the sad Samsung S3, a Jobs Wonka, the misappropriation of DVD playback and media, and more!

Tall norn Matthew Petschl and short human Ryan Rampersad return to discuss WWDC's two-hour sellout, python's declining popularity, steam but not for scheme, Oracle and Google - again, Nintendo's failure, arrows in Brazil and how Ubuntu is no longer quite as precise, and more.