The RaT Project 54: Of Time Lords and Cartoon Cats

Episode 54 of The RaT Project is now available. If you subscribe to the RSS feed (find it in the iTunes Podcast Directory), you’ll get it automatically.

On today’s show, Rand discusses some news topics:
BBC Official Site for Doctor Who confirms the title of Tennant’s last two episodes (Well, they confirm the title of the first part, which implies what the second part will be called).
How and why is this episode 54, anyway?
Nintendo offers demos of five WiiWare titles.
My initial thoughts on New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Mew DLC on Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Versions ends this Wednesday, 25 November.

Plus another entry in the yet-ongoing Saturday Morning Kids’ Cult TV feature.

The RaT Project 36: Kingdom of Modern Hearts Warfare

The RaT Project 36
Show Notes

News Dept:
Doctor Who News:
–Waters of Mars to air on BBC1 in UK on Sunday, 15 November @ 7PM
–Doctor Who Podshock SecondLife Meetup Sunday 15 November
–North American DVD Update
—-Dalek War Boxset (March 2, 2010)
——Features Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks
—-Remembrance of the Daleks Special Edition (March 2, 2010)
–Who at the Fab Cafe 2
—-Second such event
—-Cultdom Collective co-host Dave AC attended, along with Tim Drury, and his son, Matt.
—-Report on event on Cultdom Collective (TalkShoe ID 54821) Studio Show
Wheel of Time News:
–”The Gathering Storm” now #1 on New York Times Best Seller List
—-Also #1 on independent bookseller’s list
—-and being bestselling hardcover fiction book at Barnes & Noble and Borders
—-Borders position was overall regardless of genre
–Friday, 13 November: Book Tour event at Clarkston, GA campus of Georgia Perimeter College
—-3:30PM EST, book signing with Sanderson, McDougall

The RaT Project Reviews:
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Review

The RaT Project 35

The RaT Project 35
Show Notes
Stardate 091102.2009

Correction from last episode: I misidentified the two Peter Cushing Doctor Who movies. The first Cushing movie (Dr Who and the Daleks) was based on the first Dalek story from televised Who (The Daleks), whereas the second one (Daleks’ Invasion Earth – 2150 A.D.) was based upon the televised story “Daleks Invasion of Earth”. Thanks to @tdrury for pointing that out.

On to the News:

News Dept:
Hulu to charge for video in the coming year?
Nintendo Announces DSi LL
–Significantly larger screens, larger stylus
–There’s no real need for this redesign
–Existing games will suffer aspect ratio when played on DSi LL
—-For example, try playing GB/GBC games on GBA
Ubuntu 9.10 Comments
–Pros
—-Definite improvement over 9.04
—-My audio problems have finally been fixed
—-Slight graphical glitches on dual-monitor display have been fixed
—-Compiz and \Emerald Theme Manager finally works on dual-display
——No “dead area” on right of display area
–Cons
—-Error reporter repeatedly sends out automated emails to Ubuntu users
——Users report getting hundreds of emails about the same bug report
——Can’t easily unsubscribe to these emails
—-CairoDock uninstalled by default, as is Pidgin
–Ubuntu One seems promising, but I’ve not tried it yet

Main features for this episode are reviews of the Nintendo DS games Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver and a spoiler-free review of the new Wheel of Time novel The Gathering Storm.

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