Pause/Break

Pause/Break takes you through fast-paced discussion of industry topics in movies, gaming, comics, and anime. One minute and thirty seconds at a time.

Episode Cast

Kary Brown, Clarence Brown and Andy Sims

Episode Summary

Headlines include Nintendo Network, Steam goes mobile, DBZ on Kinect, EverQuest free-to-play, IGN on YouTube, Mass Effect 3 PC Specs. We give grades to The Old Republic, Star Trek Online and the new 360 interface. Finally, we give the odds in Nintendo Network being better than PSN.

Episode Notes

Headlines

* Nintendo Network

* Steam Mobile

* Dragon Ball Kinect Game

* EverQuest goes free-to-play

* IGN shows on you tube

* Mass Effect 3’s PC requirements surprisingly modest

Report Card

* The Old Republic

* Star Trek Online

* The new 360 interface

Oddsmakers

* Nintendo Network will be better than PSN

Cool Stuff

* Xbox 360 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Console

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Pause/Break takes you through fast-paced discussion of industry topics in movies, gaming, comics, and anime. One minute and thirty seconds at a time.

Episode Cast

Kary Brown and Clarence Brown

Episode Summary

In headlines we talk: Chattanooga super-fast internet, Windows Phone, SOPA, Apple market share, and super-hydrophobic technology. We grade Microsoft, Sony, and LG at CES. And give the odds on: another Microsoft Keynote at CES, CES being around much longer, Nokia in the US, and 4K adoption.

Episode Notes

Headlines

* Chattanooga Offering $300k Prizes and Seed Capital to Geeks

* First LTE Windows Phone announced for AT&T, Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone, First Japanese Windows Phone

* SOPA Blackouts

* Apple gaining ground on Android

* Super-hydrophobic Technology, Quantum Levitation WipeOut

Report Card (CES Edition)

* Microsoft

* Sony

* LG

Oddsmakers

* Microsoft will return to CES anytime soon

* CES will be around in 20 years

* Nokia can be dominant in the United States

* 4K will be widely adopted anytime soon

Cool Stuff

* AIWI

* Roku XS

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Pause/Break takes you through fast-paced discussion of industry topics in movies, gaming, comics, and anime. One minute and thirty seconds at a time.

Episode Cast

Kary Brown and Clarence Brown

Episode Summary

In headlines we talk: Miyamoto retiring, Xbox GPU, Google buying frenzy, Bridgestone air-free tires, Onlive on iOS, Carrier IQ, Ice Cream Sandwich on Fire, more HP Touchpad’s. We grade 2011 Xbox Dashboard and Final Fantasy VII “Remake”. And give the odds on: next-gen modular consoles, Windows 8 tablet success, seeing an Apple branded TV, new Xbox at CES, Fire outselling iPad, and Android being “bigger” than iOS.

Episode Notes

Headlines

* Shigeru Miyamoto Retiring From Nintendo

* GPU in the Next Xbox Revealed

* Google is buying one company a week!

* Bridgestone Air-free Tire concept

* Onlive is on iOS and Android now!

* Carrier IQ Fiasco

* Ice Cream Sandwich ported to Kindle Fire

* $99 HP TouchPad’s coming on 12/11 –Refurbished

Report Card

* 2011 Xbox Fall Dashboard Update

* Final Fantasy VII “Remake”

Oddsmakers

* Next-Gen Modular Game Consoles

* Windows 8 Tablet Success

* We’ll see an Apple branded TV

* Next Xbox unveiled at CES 2012

* Kindle Fire outselling the iPad this Holiday

* Android will be bigger than iOS

Cool Stuff

* Robin Thicke’s “Love After War”

* XBOX Companion App – WP7

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Pause/Break takes you through fast-paced discussion of industry topics in movies, gaming, comics, and anime. One minute and thirty seconds at a time.

Episode Cast

Kary Brown, Andy Sims, and Clarence Brown

Episode Summary

This week in headlines: GamePro is dead, XBOX sales a lot, Kinect 2 rumors, urinal gaming, Mass Effect 3 modes. We grade Star Wars: The Old Republic, Arkham City, Skyrim, and Battlefield 3. And finish up with odds on Bungie, Halo 4, Nintendo and XBOX mobile gaming strategy, Wii-U unit sales, and the next-gen PlayStation controller.

Episode Notes

Headlines

* Gamepro magazine ends.

* XBOX experiences its best sales week ever

* XBOX Kinect Rumors

* Urinal Gaming

* Mass Effect 3 Game-play Modes (Action/Story/RPG)

Report Card

* Current Beta of The Old Republic.

* Batman: Arkham City

* Skyrim

* Battlefield 3

Oddsmakers

* Odds that Bungie’s next franchise will be more popular than the Halo franchise.

* Odds that Halo 4 will be good.

* Odds that Nintendo will make another dedicated handheld.

* Odds that Microsoft XBOX will ever release a handheld gaming system or gaming phone.

* Odds that Wii U will sell as many units as the Wii.

* Odds that Sony PlayStation will greatly change their next generation controller.

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Pause/Break takes you through fast-paced discussion of industry topics in movies, gaming, comics, and anime. One minute and thirty seconds at a time.

Episode Cast

Kary Brown, Andy Sims, and Clarence Brown

This Week, Pause/Break is sponsored by Cocmast Cable:

Episode Summary

This Week, Movies! We break down the news of Akira, Titanic, Casey Anthony, and Michael Jackson movies. We also grade the Mission Impossible 4, Hunger Games, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, Underworld: Awakening, and Pixar’s Brave trailers. Finally we discuss the odds of a Top Gun sequel, Tintin’s popularity, the Hobbits performance, 3D’s longevity, and there ever being a Cowboy Bebop movie.

Episode Notes

Headlines

* Kristen Stewart offered Aikira movie

* Titanic will be released in 3D April 6th

* They are making a Casey Anthony TV Movie

* Michael Jackson estate shopping Biopic

Report Card

* Mission Impossible 4

* Hunger Games

* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

* The Adventures of Tintin

* Underworld: Awakening

* Pixar’s Brave

Oddsmakers

* The odds of a Top Gun Sequel being good

* The odds of the Tintin movie being popular

* The odds of The Hobbit outperforming The Fellowship of the Ring

* The odds of 3D ever going out of style

* The odds of a live-action Cowboy Bebop movie

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Headlines include Nintendo Network, Steam goes mobile, DBZ on Kinect, EverQuest free-to-play, IGN on YouTube, Mass Effect 3 PC Specs. We give grades to The Old Republic, Star Trek Online and the new 360 interface. Finally, we give the odds in Nintendo Network being better than PSN.

In headlines we talk: Chattanooga super-fast internet, Windows Phone, SOPA, Apple market share, and super-hydrophobic technology. We grade Microsoft, Sony, and LG at CES. And give the odds on: another Microsoft Keynote at CES, CES being around much longer, Nokia in the US, and 4K adoption.

In headlines we talk: Miyamoto retiring, Xbox GPU, Google buying frenzy, Bridgestone air-free tires, Onlive on iOS, Carrier IQ, Ice Cream Sandwich on Fire, more HP Touchpad’s. We grade 2011 Xbox Dashboard and Final Fantasy VII “Remake”. And give the odds on: next-gen modular consoles, Windows 8 tablet success, seeing an Apple branded TV, new Xbox at CES, Fire outselling iPad, and Android being “bigger” than iOS

This week in headlines: GamePro is dead, XBOX sales a lot, Kinect 2 rumors, urinal gaming, Mass Effect 3 modes. We grade Star Wars: The Old Republic, Arkham City, Skyrim, and Battlefield 3. And finish up with odds on Bungie, Halo 4, Nintendo and XBOX mobile gaming strategy, Wii-U unit sales, and the next-gen PlayStation controller.

In this weeks show, we break down the news of Akira, Titanic, Casey Anthony, and Michael Jackson movies. We also grade the Mission Impossible 4, Hunger Games, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, Underworld: Awakening, and Pixar's Brave trailers. Finally we discuss the odds of a Top Gun sequel, Tintin's popularity, the Hobbits performance, 3D's longevity, and there ever being a Cowboy Bebop movie.