I found a fine article on C|net for Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, a game that is best described as follows:

“Fans of the space game genre haven’t had much to cheer about in recent years, but Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is a game that any self-respecting space game fan needs to play. This gem of a space tactics offering is everything that fans of the genre have been waiting for, as it takes gorgeous, next-generation graphical technology and applies it to an exciting game about starship combat, rogue artificial intelligences, galaxy-spanning wormholes, and more.

The Angelwing is your personal ship throughout most of the game, and it evolves considerably under your command.

In Nexus, you play as Marcus Cromwell, an already legendary figure employed by SpaceTech, one of the megacorporations that’s colonized the galaxy. Put in charge of the frigate Stiletto, you must patrol the far corners of the solar system while on the lookout for rival corporations. However, that’s just the tip of the iceberg regarding the plot, because before you know it, you’ll be sucked into a galaxy-wide war between alien races and a lost remnant of humanity.
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Podcasts are one of my favorite types of media to consume, as they are both informative and usually humorus in some way. What is a podcast you say?

Wikipedia defines a podcast as: a collection of digital media files which is distributed over the Internet, often using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers. The term, like “radio“, can refer either to the content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.

I would say that a podcast is a weekly or daily radio show that is only released digitally and can be found through iTunes or the site of the respective podcast. The show can be ported to a slew of portable devices easily such as an iPod, Zune, or an Archos. It can also be watched on a computer. Read the rest of this entry »