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90 Second App Review – Podcasts App

July 24, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by Matt

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90SecondAppReview

Sponsored by: http://www.Entertechment.com

It’s hard to believe that podcasts have been around for almost a decade. It seems like it was just yesterday that Apple rolled out this crazy little device called an iPod that could hold five gigs of music. Now here we are with tens of thousands of free programs called podcasts that we can fill up our idevices with.

Apple has been on board with podcasts since almost the beginning. It was in an update to iTunes in 2005 where the company sliced out a section of their online store to the new medium. Fast forward seven years and now Apple has turned their gaze to the medium again with the release of the Podcasts App.

This free app from Apple is meant for those who love their podcasts be they audio or video. The app integrates into the podcasts section of iTunes which allows for easy subscribing. Once you subscribe you can then download shows into your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. The app will also let you faux stream an app if you can connect to the Internet.

There are a few features that the apps has that the iTunes player does not have, like the ability to skip forward 30 seconds in the show. The app also has a sleep timer that can be set from five minutes to when the episode ends.

One of the drawbacks to the early version of the app is the long loading times when you start the app. It can take around 20 seconds before it will respond to your gestures.

Apple’s Podcasts App is a step in the right direction for organizing and promoting podcasts, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

We give Podcasts 3 stars out of 5.

Podcasts is a free app and can be downloaded from the Apple App Store.

 

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Apple, entertechment, iPad, iPod, iPod Touch, iTunes, Podcasts

Matt’s Movie Club for July 17, 2012 – Batman Movies Through the Ages

July 17, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by Matt

Since “The Dark Knight Rises” opens this week, your assignment is to watch “Batman: the Movie,” “Batman,” “Batman Begins” and/or “The Dark Knight.” If you have to chose just one, then make it “Batman Begins.”

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Batman, Matt's Movie Club

Rebooting Jack Burton — It’s All In The Reflexes!

July 15, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Entertechment Episode #114 Date: July 11, 2012
Podcast Audio
Kickoff Question:

How would you reboot “Big Trouble in Little China”?

Cast Joe Kerr Matt
Jack Burton Jack Black Idris Elba Ryan Reynolds
Gracie Law Kristen Bell
Wang Chi Jay Chou Steven Yeun
David Lo Pan Jone Lone Dennis Dun
Egg Shen Jackie Chan Jackie Chan
Margo ?? Newbie Unknown
Eddie Lee Steven Yeun Bobby Lee
Thunder Dwayne Johnson Peter Kwong Al Leong
Rain Jet Li Takeshi Kaneshiro
Lightning
Miao Yin Ziyi Zhang Wei Zhao Zhang Ziyi

 

Kickoff question followup: This would have been Matt’s pick if he didn’t waste it on The Sims. http://mashable.com/2012/07/09/fassbender-assasins-creed/
Did our conversation of video game movies start a buying frenzy? http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/10/deus-ex-film-rights-picked-up-by-cbs/

Gaming/Games/Console/Tech

Yea! http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/10/wasteland-2-will-include-the-original-wasteland/
A new kind of gaming console! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

Movies/TV Shows

Is the bad guy of Star Trek 2 Gary Mitchell? http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56860

Giant robot alert! http://io9.com/5924179/first-look-at-the-giant-robots-in-guillermo-del-toros-pacific-rim
More Pacific Rim Goodness

Starship Troopers Reboot! http://screenrant.com/starship-troopers-reboot-sandy-142000/

podcasts
entertechment

Ghostbusters Reboot Solved… Hollywood, You’re Welcome

July 12, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Entertechment Episode #113 Date: 7/7/2012

Podcast Audio

 

 

Kickoff Question:

Ghostbusters Reboot Solved.   How would we reboot the movie if we were in charge….

Gaming/Games/Console/Tech

Follow up: EU judge rules it’s okay to re-sell your games…digital & physical http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/03/eu-court-rules-its-legal-to-resell-digital-games-software/

NBC & Google say that they are ready to stream the Olympics, or are they? http://mashable.com/2012/07/05/olympics-hackers/

First person shooter?? How about first person survivor? http://kotaku.com/5923983/activisions-making-a-walking-dead-first+person-shooter

Get the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut soundtrack for free http://social.bioware.com/me3ecsoundtrack.php

Title screen awesomeness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeNEgfVNPMo

The history of Blizzard http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/about/b20/timeline.html

Books/Magazines/News

Pen/Paper Games/

Movies/TV Shows
Beware…Christian Slater has returned http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1678051/

Entertechment’s Chapped Apps

Podcats App – Free http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/podcasts/id525463029?mt=8

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entertechment

Matt’s Movie Club for July 11, 2012: Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

July 11, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by Matt

In honor of the San Diego Comic-Con kicking of on Thursday, your homework for this week is Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope. You can rent it or buy it through Amazon Instant Video.

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90 Second App Review – Magic 2013

July 7, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by Matt

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 Sponsored by: http://www.Entertechment.com

If you grew up in the 90’s, then most likely you collected, played or saw in the check-out isle a collectable card game called Magic: The Gathering. For me, this was a ‘peak and valley’ kind of game. It was a thrill to buy and open a new pack or deck which would soon be followed by the despair of being thoroughly trounced playing against an opponent. Now, Wizards of the Coast has finally replicated that same peak/valley experience for the Apple iPad.

The free app features a single-player campaign and starts you off with a few decks. For an in-app purchase of $9.99, the game unlocks seven additional decks, more campaign levels and online multiplayer gameplay.

The gameplay is faithful to the Magic: The Gathering card game. Seasoned players will be able to jump right in. But if you have never picked up Swamp Mana or Primal Huntbeast card, Magic 2013 has a tutorial that teaches you the game. At any point in the game, a double-tap on the screen will let you view a card and it’s powers. One note of caution, since it is a turn based card game, on more than one occasion I skipped over my attack turn by pressing the ‘proceed’ button too soon.

The loading screens are stunning but the music became repetitive after a few matches. But that can be adjusted in the settings menu. This is as close as you can get to an actual Magic: The Gathering Card game without being at your local gaming shop.

We give Magic 2013 4 stars out of 5.

Magic 2013 is available for the Apple iPad and is free with in-app purchases available.

You can get Magic 2013 from the Apple App Store.

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Apple, iPad, Magic: The Gathering, Wizards of the Coast

When do we get our Google Glasses?

July 6, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Entertechment Episode #112 Date: 06-30-2012

Podcast Audio

Kickoff Question:

 

 

When do we get our glasses? https://developers.google.com/events/io/

Gaming/Games/Console/Tech

Kind of wish I was in Germany http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/30/starcraft-2-heart-of-the-swarm-wow-mists-of-pandaria-playable/

Diablo III Followup from the last show http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/28/blizzard-lifts-diablo-3s-act-1-restriction-for-new-digital-buye/

Get your Nexus on at GameStop http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/gamestop-taking-pre-orders-for-googles-nexus-7-tablet/

Netflix, Instagram, Pinetrest offline – thank you storm! http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/30/12491298-everything-good-is-down-storm-knocks-netflix-instagram-offline?lite

Books/Magazines/News
COMIC CON—-Firefly Reunion http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci12_prog_fri.php
THink they will let us in…as PRESS http://www.comic-con.org/cci/forms/cci12_press_reg.pdf

Pen/Paper Games/

Movies/TV Shows

No more digital copies for you :*(, now you can have UltraViolet :*(

The Avengers 2 lead-in http://io9.com/5922321/marvels-next-big-movie-guardians-of-the-galaxy-will-set-up-for-avengers-2

Entertechment’s Chapped Apps

Magic 2013 – Free with in-app purchases http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magic-2013/id502588466?mt=8

Tales from the Bunker

http://www.tomscott.com/life/

podcasts
entertechment

90 Second App Review: Pocket Planes

July 1, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by Matt

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 Sponsored by: http://www.Entertechment.com

Title Screen

In 2011, the company NimbleBit gave us Tiny Towers. This gaming app was responsible for untold amounts of lost productivity. Now, the folks at NimbleBit are out with a new gaming app that will not give any of those lost hours back.

Their latest contribution to app culture is Pocket Planes. The game puts you in charge of managing airports. You buy the planes and the airports, you load up the planes with people and cargo and you send them off to their most profitable destinations.

What worked for NimbleBit in Tiny Towers also works for Pocket Planes. The simplicity of the animated “Bitizens” and the planes freely welcomes all ages to play. Pocket Planes starts you off with a few airports to manage and as you progress, you can soon fill the skies with air transports across countries and around the world. You will soon find yourself checking your iOS device every time you hear the notification sound that one of your planes has landed and is ready to be loaded up again.

Pocket Planes is a delightful “one more flight” game that is very hard to put down.

We give Pocket Planes 5 stars out of 5.

Pocket Planes is available for iOS devices and is free with in-app purchases available.

You can get Pocket Planes from the Apple App Store.

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