Gamecast 02 - Battlefield Bad Company 2

Posted at 16:53 by Podcast with 25 comments

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It's a bit-tech and Custom PC gaming podcast with a difference - video! Of a game! Making it a gamecast!

In this second gamecast, Antony and Harry take a look at the massive destruction-fest that is Battlefield Bad Company 2.

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Written on 10th March 2010
Tags bad company 2, battlefield, gamecast

Hardware Podcast 10 - All Praise the Capital of Hardwareland

Posted at 12:20 by Podcast with 15 comments

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The long-awaited (or so we’d like to think) tenth episode of the Hardware Podcast sees Rich, Clive, Harry and James rather confused about tenses and timelines. You’d think that four reasonably intelligent hardware reviewers would be able to understand that if you record a pod on Thursday to cast on Monday, you need to act as if Monday is in the past. Apparently not. Revealed in this pod: the capital of Hardwareland is Gulftown, and the most effective components for an energy-efficient PC.

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Written on 1st March 2010
Tags ati, competition, core i7 930, gulftown, hd 5830, nvidia, optimus, prizes, radeon, ssd, transformers, trim, win

Gamecast 01 - Aliens versus Predator

Posted at 15:05 by Podcast with 63 comments

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It's a bit-tech and Custom PC gaming podcast with a difference - video! Of a game! Making it a Gamecast!

In this first Gamecast, Harry and Joe take a look at the brand new, ultra-violent Aliens versus Predator game.

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Written on 15th February 2010
Tags aliens, aliens versus predator, gamecast, violence

Gaming Podcast 10 - Mass Effect 2 and AvP

Posted at 15:59 by bit-tech Staff with 10 comments

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It's another Custom PC and bit-tech gaming podcast - and this time it is (hopefully) loud enough!

This week Richard, Harry and Joe sit down to talk about Mass Effect 2, Direct2Drive, Mass Effect 2, Aliens vs Predator and Mass Effect 2.

Also, we talk about Mass Effect 2 - but without any spoilers!

There's the usual competitions and giveaways and reader mail too, so tune in to the latest gaming podcast to hear what we have to say about the past fortnight in games!

Don't forget that you can drop us a line at Podcast [at] CustomPC.co.uk, as well as leaving comments below or following us on twitter.

...Mass Effect 2.

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Written on 4th February 2010
Tags alien, aliens vs predator, audio, avp, bioware, competition, download, ea, electronic arts, games, games podcast, gaming podcast, gaming podcast 10 - mass, harry, itunes, joe, mass effect 2, podcast, podcast 10, predator, reader mail, rebellion, richard, sega, ten, twitter

Hardware 9 - iPad, eReaders, and who has the brighter future, Intel or AMD?

Posted at 16:57 by Podcast with 7 comments

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The hardware podcast kicks off 2010 belatedly, but with over 55 minutes of hardcore hardware chat. Alex, Clive and Antony discuss everything the major since our last hardware pod in November 2009.

Intel's cancelled Larrabee, but launched the first CPUs with integrated graphics, but are there clouds on the horizon for x86?

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Written on 29th January 2010
Tags amd, apple, arm, ebooks, ereader, hardware podcast, intel, ipad, larrabee

Gaming Podcast 9 - AvP, Heavy Rain and Hellgate

Posted at 16:05 by Joe Martin with 13 comments

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The colossus which is the bit-tech gaming podcast may be slow to wake after the excitement of new year, but when it gets going then there's little that will stop it!

Which is our lame way of saying that we're sorry the first podcast of 2010 is a bit late, but that we hope it's exciting enough to make up for it. It should be anyway, with discussion covering all the games we're looking forward to next year, the merits and flaws of Steam and a whole batch of reader mail.

There's also a story that Harry tells about Joe which is totally made up and which nobody should listen to or believe. Says Joe.

On top of that we've got the usual Guess The Screenshot competition - though it's not the only competition we have on bit-tech at the moment by a long way. Check out the Competitions Hub for more chances to win prizes.

Use the links below to listen to the podcast and be sure to subscribe in iTunes to make sure you don't miss any future casts! Oh, and let us know your thoughts in the forums.

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Written on 19th January 2010
Tags 2010, activision, avp, computer game, game, games, gaming, gaming podcast, guess the screenshot, heavy rain, modern warfare 2, mw2, podcast, quantic dream, rock band, steam, valve, videogame

The Cheesecake Podcast 2009

Posted at 09:11 by bit-tech Staff with 31 comments

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Here it is; the second official bit-tech.net and Custom PC cheesecake podcast, which sees Clive, Alex, Harry, Richard and Joe sitting down to munch their way through six entire cheesecakes. At the end they try to give a verdict on which one is best - with the operative word being 'try'.

There's a transcript up on the front page for those of you who prefer the retro format like our previous cheesecake supertest, but the podcast contains a fair bit of extra content for those of you who want to go with a full-fat option.

The transcript and the podcast do differ a bit admittedly - there was an aborted five minute introduction that we cut from the audio but left in the transcript, along with a few other things, so don't count on them being identical. The audio isn't as clear as normal either - it's hard to stay focused when you're buoyed up on enough sugar to kill an elephant!

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Written on 25th December 2009
Tags 2009, audio, bit-tech, cheese, cheesecake, cheesecake podacast, christmas, end of year, feature, ftw, funny, harry stuffs his face, joke, transcript

Gaming 8 - Steamworks, Consolification and Scooters

Posted at 10:33 by bit-tech Staff with 11 comments

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This week's gaming podcast features a small ensemble - just Joe, Mark and Richard - but it's still as exciting as ever. That might not be saying much, but at we get through a load of interesting topics this time.

As well as talking about the big topics of the moment, such as the Steamworks boycott and whether games have a place in education, we've also got the usual competitions. Listen here to find out if you won the Guess The Screenshot compo and won yourself a Good Old Game of your choice!

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Written on 30th November 2009
Tags games, gaming, gaming podcast, little big planet, modern warfare 2, mw2, retro, schools, scooters, steamworks

Gaming 7 - Modern Warfare 2 and getting into the industry

Posted at 11:05 by bit-tech Staff with 14 comments

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Better late than never they say, but clearly 'they' have never worked in publishing... Anyway, apologies for not getting this up earlier - some naughty podcasters and heavy deadline schedules have delayed us. Still, it's worth the wait as Harry, Joe, Rich and Clive talk about that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 review.

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Written on 18th November 2009
Tags advice, call of duty, cod6, dedicated servers, games industry, gaming, gaming podcast, modern warfare 2, p2p, podcast

Hardware 8 - Many CPUs, Dream PCs and mobile gaming

Posted at 18:17 by Podcast with 9 comments

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We're back with another Hardware Podcast - so good it's spelled in capitals. Rich, Harry and Clive get together to talk about all the hot (and just power-efficient) hardware of the last fortnight. Tune in to hear what we think of Intel's Atom (clue - it's not very good, is it?) VIA's new Nano processor and news on what Intel's up to.

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Written on 5th November 2009
Tags 965, alienware, amd, c3 stepping, cpus, dream pcs, hardware, i7 930, i9, intel, m17x, podcast, processors, six-core, via nano, windows 7