Nuketown Radio Active is a podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. The show features geek, technology and gaming links from around the Web as well as book, movie, game and podcast reviews. The podcast was first published in March 2005 and is hosted by Ken Newquist, Nuketown’s editor and founder. A web developer by day, he’s also a freelance staff writer for Knights of the Dinner Table.
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Good news everyone! Nuketown Radio Active isn’t dead … and neither is Futurama.
On this episode of Radio Active I catch up on a year’s worth of happenings, talk about my new Picture a Day project, and take a look at some of the computer games that I’ve been playing during the hiatus.
In Netheads I uncover the Race for the Galaxy AI card game and Mutant Future, a science fiction RPG inspired by Gamma World.
Good news — Nuketown Radio Active did not see its shadow! The podcast emerged from its winter hiatus with an episode that looks at my new gaming room, runs down the video games I’ve been playing, and talks about the comic book companies you should be following on Twitter. Getting the Show There are several … Read more
On this episode of Radio Active, StarGirl takes up soccer, NeutronLad becomes a preschooler, and I stop by The Tome podcast to geek out about the Eberron Campaign Guide.
Back at Nuketown, I talk about my new Nintendo DS Lite and some of the games I’ve picked up for it, learn how to make my own Star Wars crawl and surf through thousands of government regulations at OpenRegs.com
Radio Active returns from its unintended, computer-crashing hiatus with great news: I’m going to be a dad again! Since I’m still recovering from a variety of technical issues, this podcast doesn’t include the usual Sites of Note and Book Review sections, but does feature a review of Wizards of the Coast’s D&D source book, Dungeon … Read more
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the site gets updated to Drupa 6, I get a new MacBook Pro, return to Castle Wolfenstein and try out some new tricks from the Jedi Academy Training Manual.
In Netheads I make plans for MEPACon 2009 and check out the northeast Pennsylvania convention’s web presence, and get my final frontier fix from The Space Review
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I talk about my summer vacations, first to Origins 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, then to an island on Lake Champlain in Vermont. I run down the new role-playing game books and supplies I bought at Origins, geek out about my family’s new “Blue Dolphin” netbook, and offer a … Read more
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I start building my summer reading list (and yes, inspite of all this dreary rain and 60 degree weather, I do believe summer is coming), recruit players for my weekly Star Wars campaign, geek out about Origins 2009, and take a look at the games that have been consuming my free time this spring.
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active colds stalk the Newquist household, I geek out about some computer upgrades, and I return to the World of Warcraft. In Netheads I look at the Bard of Valiant, an RPG blog and Saga-Edition, a fan web site dedicated to Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. Finally, I round … Read more
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, Neutron Lad gives up diapers for good, StarGirl and I get in a game of Settlers of Catan, I head back to the gym (again) and set some goals and I share my reviews of a bunch of new games, including Resident Evil 5, Star Ocean and Ticket … Read more
My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I’ve been reading recently, including Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds, The Last Colony by John Scalzi and Star Wars: Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at … Read more