The Net Raiders

Adobe TV Joins Hulu.com In The Internet TV Take Over

Ryan Yockey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:48:11 +0000

Adobe released the Adobe Media Player this morning. Basically a new application to play various videos and podcasts right from your desktop. Of course this new application takes advantage of the Adobe Air installer, which is a seamless and painless install.

This new media player couldn’t come out without Adobe creating their own TV network, apply dubbed Adobe TV. The Adobe Media Player gives access to tons of TV shows from MTV, CBS, and other various small networks. All of the shows of course come equipped with commercial breaks, but they aren’t overly long. I believe on average I’ve encountered quick one minute commercials. The interface is fairly easy to navigate and everything flows very well when moving around between different areas of the Adobe TV network.

Overall i’m impressed with this setup. Its nice to finally see every TV network embrace the internet. I can’t think of many more that are left who haven’t taken to the internet.

Socialthing.com Video Site Review

Ryan Yockey — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:49:42 +0000

I’ve held an account with Socialthing.com for a while now, thought I would take you on the inside tour of the site, since they’re still in beta. So check out the vid and if you want an invite to it, drop me a comment in this post. I currently have 12 invites. First come first serve.

Guitar Hero: Metallica > Aerosmith

Shaun Savage — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:06:14 +0000

You have to respect Activision for trying to flood the market with games. Then again, maybe you don’t. Metallica is the much better option, when making a game dedicated to a band. There’s about two songs I’d like to play on the Aerosmith game and about 10 for Metallica. There are only a handful of bands you could make an entire game based upon and god forbid they decide to make Guitar Hero: U2.

“In fiscal 2009, we plan to publish Guitar Hero: On Tour for the (Nintendo DS), Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Guitar Hero 4 across multiple platforms,” the company said in its report.

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Zelda: A Link To The Past Video Review

Ryan Yockey — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:18:00 +0000

I pulled out the SNES recently for some retro gaming action. The very first game I always look to is Zelda. Thats by far my favorite game on the SNES and one of my favorite Zeldas. Enjoy the review. If you want to see us review another retro game, just drop us a line here or you can send us a message on our contact page.

Far Cry 2 Graphics and Dynamics

Shaun Savage — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:15:05 +0000

If you thought Crysis took things to another level, then wait until you see this new video of Far Cry 2.

Not only have they beaten Crysis on the graphic scale, they’ve also beaten them on the dynamics scale. The game looks like Oblivion with guns, which is freaking awesome. This is how you promote a game. You wow people with awesome graphics and dynamics, you don’t have a skateboard in space dropping a deuce on the public.

Guitar Hero: On Tour - The Spoof?

Shaun Savage — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:04:53 +0000

If you thought the video we showed before looked like a spoof, then you haven’t seen anything yet. The new video delves deeper into the usability and game itself… While completely discrediting and making it virtually un-buyable for anyone who has two bits of dignity.

They’ve pretty much focused the marketing of this game towards kids. Which is fine, if you want to alienate a certain market. I have no idea what the marketing team is thinking here. As you watch the video you keep expecting someone to burst on to the screen and yell “GOTCHA!” Sadly, it never comes. They’ve probably done more to hurt this game by advertising it like this, then raise awareness. Let’s hope they don’t manage to blow it with Guitar Hero: World Tour.

Why Didn’t Nintendo Run This Ad For Wii Fit?

Ryan Yockey — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:41:42 +0000

Ok gents, here is the greatest ad for the Wii Fit you will ever see. If they ran this ad on TV I would’ve ran out and bought my wife this game (I’m still not going to buy it, don’t worry). But seriously, if every Nintendo Wii ad involved a hot chick using the Wii I bet Nintendo would triple their income. So watch the short clip and thank me later.

Blast Corps Video Review

Ryan Yockey — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:52:19 +0000

We blew the dust off of an old game, Blast Corps for the N64 recently. I forgot how awesome that game can be. Its a simple setup, but it lets me blow up all sorts of awesome things.

Geobeats.com Video Site Review

Ryan Yockey — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:59:55 +0000

Lets take a walk through of GeoBeats.com. We’re starting to do video reviews of various sites and games online. If you have something you’d like us to review let us know.

Episode 010: Shaun Savage says, “dont drink rum before the show” Show Notes

Ryan Yockey — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:08:32 +0000

Welp we missed out on Nick Cogburn on the show today. So you get the best of Shaun and Ryan. We had a good time, went over a ton of content. If you still dont regularly listen to the show, you’re missing out. So go download it now! We’ll be doing the show on Friday next week at 9pm. Also stay tuned for an update on us changing platforms for the show. We want to deliver some higher quality content.

Download: Episode 009: Shaun Savage says, “dont drink rum before the show”

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