Episode 49

Dave brings News about the Halo 3 Beta being extended, Starcraft 2, a Brubaker/Captain America Omnibus, the US's missile shield, and asexual sharks. Rich Gallup gets engaged but almost loses out to a giant sea turtle in podcast news. Listener email brings us news on this summer's Transformer movie. Chris and Dave talk about Smallville. Rob talks about tattooes and how he wears his city on his sleeve. It was one of those episodes that goes everywhere.

Podsafe Music - "Two Minutes of Mayhem" by cjacks

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A look into the future of TV and movies......and there's lots of explosions in one of them, guess which one.

JOHN RAMBO (staring Julie Benz Darla on Buffy and Angel, and Miranda Keyes in Halo 2; and Sylverster Stalone as JOHN RAMBO)



The Sarah Connor Chronicles (staring Summer Glau of Firefly/Serenity and Thomas Dekker of Heroes)



Transformers (staring Shia LaBeouf Freaks and Geeks and Dumb and Dumberer; Rachael Taylor Hercules*TV*, and Friday Night Smackdown *6/9*)

Episode 48

Dave, Chris, and Rob extend congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Alan Moore, James Doohan's remains land in Area 51, an Eco-friendly building in Dubi. Chris drops the top five list in podcast news and Rob nearly walks out over it. Rob reviews Neverwhere from the BBC. The last of our Pittsburgh Comic Con interviews. Learn how Laura Martin, Mike Oeming, Angel Medina, Wayne Faucher, and Scott McDaniel came to work in comics for "The Big Two." And Geekintertainment celebrates their 50th show under the podlight.


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East Meets West Podlight

East Meets West

Tom Merrit of Cnet's Buzz Out Loud and the Real Deal, and Roger Chang of dltv have joined forces on the podcast East Meets West. This show gives Tom and Roger and chance to just talk about whatever is on their mind or they feel is worth bringing up on the show. They have great chemistry together and shows throughout the show. Fans of Tom and Roger's other shows should definetly give this show a shot. Its very entertaining and gives you view at a different side of Tom and Roger. Check out their show at the East Meets West website.

Halo 3 Beta Delay

According to Frankie at bungi:


Crackdown Delay: We Know!
Posted by lukems at 5/16/2007 5:22 AM PDT
Frankie writes:
With any luck this will be a short delay. People entering the Beta through other methods - Friends and Family, Rule of Three and so on, are unaffected.

Halo 3 Release Date

According to xbox.com the release date for all editions of Halo 3 is September 25th. This is over month earlier then the original not official release date listed for November. That puts us 4 months and 9 days from the release as of today. Merry Early Christmas to all the Halo fans out there.

The Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta is about to begin

Players from all over the world will get their shot at playing the multiplayer of Halo 3 in less then 12 hours. I will be one of those players. I was sorta excited about it until about 10am this morning. Thats when I listened to the EGM live podcast. Just hearing them talk about the beta and the fun they were having, the new control scheme, the maps, the man cannon?, and how they were not sure they could go back to Halo 2 after playing it. I wanted to play it then. I was tempted to take a vacation day on Wednesday so I could play it all day long. I didn't, but I will definetly be devoting alot of my time to it over the next several weeks. My coverage will appear here, on the podcast (That's Good to Know), and on the website Popular Distractions. Hope to see you online.


PS: I am not sure how it will work, but I am planning on using the video capture ability added to Halo 3 to post some video on my xbox live gamertag. I know they are viewable, I am just not sure if its only on xbox live or if you can see them on xbox.com, I will keep you posted. My gamertag is JCrichton77

Never Not Funny Podlight

The name is true, Jimmy Pardo, the former third baseman Mike Shmidt, and the producer Matt Belknap always give you an hour of laugh out loud podcasting. The show basically is the three of them discussing their lives since the last show, with an occasional guest here and there. The stories range from Jimmy meeting and being recognized by one of his life long hero's to Matt being chased by a wolf.

"The free-flowing discussion can lead anywhere, but whether Jimmy's talking about growing up in the '70s and '80s, his unbridled love of classic rock or facing the trials of modern life, it's bound to strike a chord with listeners of all ages, and it's guaranteed to make you laugh." (Jimmypardo.com)


Its a great show, check it out at Jimmy Pardo's website.

Episode 47 Who knew Peter could dance like that

In this episode Dave talks about the trade deficit with China. Never Not Funny moves into a new studio and IGN teaches you how to become a video game journalist. Spider-man 3 was good, even with a dance scene. The new dashboard update and South Koreans still playing Starcraft comes up in the Expansion Pack. And Insomniac donates money to charity on their podcast the Full Moon.

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Is Kevin Rose Leaving Digg?

Is Kevin Rose planning on leaving Digg? After reading this story on wired it seems more and more likely. I have been a fan of digg since I started listening to podcasts. I hope its not going to happen, but if it does I wish Kevin the best in his future endeavors.

*Check out the wired blog post for more on this story*

Episode 46

That's Good to Know's 2nd Annual Pittsburgh Comicon Show

Last year Dave and I got the idea in our heads that we could do a podcast. We picked a name and went to the 2006 Pittsburgh Comicon with notepads and a digital camera and the begininings of a podcast. The day consisted of meeting Nightstalker, from the preliminary rounds of "Stan Lee's: Who wants to be a Superhero" to discussing the death of Hawkeye with Brian Michael Bendis and attending a Q&A with Bendis. That and buying comics, mainstream and Indy gave us enough material for our first show. The show consisted of Dave and I discussing what went on at the Commicon and Dave's dad making an appearence on the show.

Since then the show has grown in many ways. We have gained listeners, a third host and brought a format to the show. We have segments from the News, Podcast News, Reviews, Podlight, to The R.R.A.C, Expansion Pack and Trade Talk. The show has gained fans and even got a few emails. There is West Coast Chris who covered Wizard-con for us for the website. There's also Doug our Florida correspondant who has offered to cover things for us as well. We have had letters read by Casey Kasum (spelling), samari and ninja attacks, we have fought battles in the podcast wars, fought off zombies and even avoided registering with the Governent but hiding underground.

We have reviewed trades, tv shows, movies (new and retro), discussed tech news, gene therapy, space travel, covered Comicons, 24 Hour Comic Book Days, Podcamps, been serious discussing life altering events like the anniversary of 9-11 and the losses we have suffered over this past year as a show and within the world as a whole.

This and 45 episodes of shows have lead up to episode 46. Episode 46 is hopefully the begininig of something great for That's Good to Know. This episode included the first interviews we were able to record for the show. Dave, Rob and I talked to alot of people within the comic book industry and learned alot. Dave talked to Pete Stathis, creator of the book Evenfall, Terry Huddleston, a portrait artist who specializes in Superheroes, and Danielle Corsetto, creator of the webcomic Girls with Slingshots. Rob talked to Ben Lichious the creator of The Black Coat. I talked to Dan Greenfield (Straumhaus,Evergreen) and Jason Yungbluth (Weapon Brown and Deep Fried) two independent comic creators, and Jennifer Contino a writer for the website the Pulse which covers comic book news and the comicons going on across the US and Canada. There were also plenty of Panels and after hours activities to be discussed.

I would like to thank all the listeners who have listened to our show over the past year and welcome all the new listeners who have just joined us recently. This episode brought some new things to the show and hopefully will be the begining of a great second year of podcasting. Thanks again and keep listening.

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