Winter Tires Woes, Global Economy Status, Career Change, Warhammer Released, Robber on a Tube, Spore is Sued, Android is upon us, Nokia jumps in with their own, DSi announced, and Nintendo Epoxys your dreams!  All this week on the Official Ikeagamer Podcast, thanks for listening.  Subscribe at: /podcast.xml

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Soapbox:

• Stupid winter tires


• Global Economy and effect on the home front
  
  
  
  • Construction industry taking a real hit
  
  
  • Spending will be low this year
  
  
  • It’s not confidence in market since it’s not about investments, it’s protecting your own hide, if analysts are wrong, they aren’t going to be paying your mortgage
  
  
  
  


• Changing Careers
  
  
  
  • Stats say you change careers 3-4 times in your life now
  
  
  • Contemplating a 4 day work week
  
  
  • What I learned while I was off for 6 weeks
  
  
  
  

Around the Net:

• Warhammer release
  
  
  
  • Beta experience
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Robber gets away on an inner tube
  
  
  
  • Uses craigslist to enlist 14 people to serve as decoy
  
  
  • Smart thieves and institutional drones (police)
  
  
  • How to encourage innovation: a place like google VS. MS
  
  
  
  


• Spore/EA gets sued
  
  
  
  • DRM again at the forefront
  
  
  • Mass Effect had it, why I still played it
  
  
  
  


• Android gets released
  
  
  
  • T-Mobile exclusive
  
  
  • Engadget video – lagging screen
  
  
  • Open source VS. Apple
  
  
  
  


• Nokia 5800 XpressMusic announced
  
  
  
  • Will ship with one year free music from nokia store
  
  
  • Looks to be the very first direct competitor to iphone
  
  
  • Good to see manufactures are standing up to apple and not trying to just clone
  
  
  
  

• Grand opening of first Calgary Apple Store
  
  
  
  • First 1000 people gets a free T-shirt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Apple as a lifestyle
  
  
  
  

• New DSi announced

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  • Dec 8 release in Japan
  
  
  • 2009 in North America
    
    
  
  
  • Do we really need another?
  
  
  
  

• Wii mod stopped with epoxy

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  • Old school protection against modders
  
  
  • Ballsy move - impressed with Nintendo
    
    
  
  
  
  

Impressionistic:

• Force Unleashed
  
  
  
  • Easy as pie
  
  
  • Unlimited health - dynasty warriors with stormtroopers - less deep
  
  
  • Good story though - better than Clone Wars
  
  
  
  


• Heroes Season Premier
  
  
  
  • Too many stories lines
    
    
  
  
  • Had to rewatch the last 2 seasons to even remember what the hell happened
  
  
  • I hate that they don't use their powers properly
  
  
  
  


• Knight Rider 2008
  
  
  
  • So bad it’s good?
  
  
  • It takes itself too seriously, tries too hard
  
  
  • So far, 2 episodes of fan service only
  
  
  
  


• Smallville
  
  
  
  
  
  • Messing up the Superman mythos
  
  
  • doomsday in title credits but doesn't show up