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iPad Discussion with a contest included. We’d love to get your take on the upcoming iPad. Thumbs up or down and explain why. Email your entry to podcast@doghousesystems.com and use iPad in the subject line. A winning entry will be chosen and will be awarded 2,000 J!NX gold to be spent at www.jinx.com

PC Gaming

Keith is a happy camper…why?  3 words: Star Trek Online.

Technical Corner

Keith and John answer a few customer question’s.

ULTIMATE GIVEAWAY!

John and Keith begin to talk about an upcoming giveaway / contest for a brand new custom Core i7 Armor TL!

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Keith discusses his new Droid and all the cool features!

PC Gaming

Star Trek Online Release Date

Modern Warfare 2 Review

Torchlight Preview

Dibalo 3 release information…or lack thereof

Technical Corner

We review some emails from our listeners

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Tonight we changed things up a bit.  We will be recording the podcast once a month with the regulars (Keith, Sina, and John).  In between podcasts, John will be recording with Scott Johnson, of MyExtraLife.com and The Instance podcast.  Thanks to Scott for doing this and we are excited about where this will take The DogHouse podcast.  The format will be a little different as we will be focusing more on the gaming side of things.

In our first podcast together, we had Mike of the World of Warcast podcast and Nicole Spagnola of Ladies of Leet podcast join us to discuss Aion.  We had a blast recording this segment and we hope you will enjoy it!

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We welcome your feedback, comments, and suggestions! If you would like to submit a question for a future podcast you can leave a message for us at 214-705-3788 . Try and keep your message under a minute so we can play it back on the next show. We can also be reached by email: podcast@doghousesystems.com

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6 axis wireless headset from Creative coming soon!

Ostendo 2880 x 900 curved display

Intel releases Core i5

PC Gaming

Star Trek Online

Star Wars: The Old Republic

iRacing

Technical Corner

Sean, from Canada, follows up with us in his quest to install Windows 7.

Steve, from Mississippi, has a video card question for us.

Thomas, from Independence MO, has asks about advantages of purchasing a custom gaming PC.

Contest Winner: The Perfect MMO

We had a difficult time picking a winner for this one, but Wade’s email really stood out.  We discussed his email on the podcast and we wanted to post his entry as well:

Great Podcast, I’ve enjoyed all the shows, I heard about it from The Instance.

Im not sure if this contest is still going on. I’ve played EQ, EQ2, Star Wars Galaxies, WoW, Eve, LoTR, Heroes, Guild Wars, and War Hammer Online.

I’d Love to see something like the Mining and Resource Gathering in SWG Combined with the EQ level of Questing and the PvP Of Warhammer.

I think this could all be done in a Wheel of Time World. Two Major Factions sort of a good vs. evil, with conflicts within each faction as well.

The Evil Faction Would be made up of all the different races that serve Shai’tan (The Dark One) There’s lots to choose from. The Good Faction would be all of the different human races. In the Book, the Blight which is the land that the evil faction controls is in the northern part of world, and the Humans the southern part of the world.

The PvP part could be made of Zones that change depending on who controls them. For Example if the humans control a section then plants and animals slowly increase in the area and thus the resources and benefits change, If the Trollocs control the zone Plant life dies and animals mutate and the resources and benefits change. And there would be no time resets on the zones, and the changes would take weeks and months to happen. And move slowly across the zone not the entire zone at a time. As far as the two factions are concerned, we all know that allies don’t always get along. Id like to see a little PvP between friends, Maybe a City quest (see below) triggers a small  border conflict which may change the borders a little and destroy the landscape for a couple of months or something. If players participate in the battle than they build reputation which affects them long term in a good and bad way. Maybe a vender in the neighboring city raises his prices while a certain enemy faction develops a fear of you giving you a plus of some sort while you fight them.

The resources could be gathered and refined like in WoW which is based on random findings, but to make it a little different add Guild resources. For instance Your Guild could buy land and build Farms, Mills, Mining Post, Tannery…. Where everyone in the guild receives a portion of the resource gathered. However like in SWG you have to maintain it or it will break and stop producing.

Id like to see Neutral NPCs that react to how you treat them. For instance if a city guard asks you a random question ” Hey there, what brings you to Caemlyn?” and you ignore him then he sounds an alarm and gives chase and you get arrested and fined or something along those lines. And if you respond then nothing happens to you, however he turns to another guard and says something that’s useful to one of your quest or maybe triggers a new quest of some sort.

As far as Quest go I don’t believe you can have to many. Each zone should have both Simple and Complex, Group and Solo. There should also be Faction/City quest that require large groups (25+) Where maybe you invade another city or zone.

Combat would and should be more than just killing. Like above maybe a system where as you complete battle achievements your reputation precedes you so to speak and you gain benefits that boost your ability vs. certain enemies.

I know this is allot but I’ve given this some thought over the years.

Thanks,

Wade

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        (The DogHouse Crew: Keith, Sina, Matthew, and John)

This podcast is a quick recap of the last couple of weeks.  We were way overdue on getting out another episode of The DogHouse, so we discuss our experience at QuakeCon and BlizzCon.  Matthew joins us at the end of the podcast to give his perspective of BlizzCon as well.  We will resume our regular show starting next week!

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We talk about Office 2010 and how they are going up against Google Docs.
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 go gold!

PC Gaming

We discuss some new EA titles coming out as well as our first impressions of Aion.

Technical Corner

802.11n question

Performance issues from our listeners discussed.

Next week, we will be playing back voicemails and recording for the Technical Corner.

New Contest!

What you would ilke to see in a future MMO?  Give us a detailed explanation of what you would like to see and we will be picking our 5 favorites.  We will post the top 5 on our blog page (http://blog.doghousesystems.com) and let our listeners to vote for their favorite.  Email us your entry using “The Perfect MMO” in the subject line.  We will announce the top 5 in episode #14.  The winner will be announced on episode #15 and win 4,000 J!NX gold!

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We welcome your feedback, comments, and suggestions! If you would like to submit a question for a future podcast you can leave a message for us at 214-705-3788 . Try and keep your message under a minute so we can play it back on the next show. We can also be reached by email: podcast@doghousesystems.com

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Google Chrome OS vs Microsoft Windows. We discuss and review all the information that has been made public on Chrome OS.

Interview with Ed Fries

Ed Fries joins the DogHouse Podcast and gives us a overview on his journey through the gaming world and later Figure Prints! Ed lets us in on the development behind Figure Prints and the products themselves!

Technical Corner

Sean from Canada leaves us a voicmail regarding Windows 7 installation and setup.

Keith sends us a question regarding his system specifications and benchmarking utilities.

Circuit has a great post in our forums with questions about latency

Contest Winner

This week’s 2000 gold winner is Circuit!!! GRATZ!

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We welcome your feedback, comments, and suggestions! If you would like to submit a question for a future podcast you can leave a message for us at 214-705-3788 . Try and keep your message under a minute so we can play it back on the next show. We can also be reached by email: podcast@doghousesystems.com

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iPhone 3GS heat issues discussed

PC Gaming

Blizzard trademarks “Cataclysm”
DogHouse Systems will be at BlizzCon this year!
Aion Beta discussion

Technical Corner

Darrell’s Tech Tip of the Week:
In tip #4, Darrell talks about a great free product/service called LogMeIn Free

Kevin R writes to The DogHouse Podcast asking about gaming with an iMac

Last Week’s Contest Winner

Shinisuryu correctly answered the contest question and won 2,000 J!NX Gold.  Grats!

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#9 The DogHouse - Fusion Frenzy

Computer Technology News

Homeland Security Advisory Council adds Jeff Moss. Moss is the Defcon founder and is taking his hacking skills away from the “Dark Side.” We discuss our opinions on his new seat in the council and look forward to seeing some great progress in cyber security.

Nuclear fusion is one step closer to reality.

PC Gaming

Bio Shock + Oblivion  = 80 “game of the year” awards for only $39.99!

Technical Corner featuring

Josh sends us some questions regarding Blizzard titles and Nvidia SLI compatibility. We also comment on his questions regarding Dalaran Lag and Network Operations.

Feburis wants to find a bottle neck on his system. He also wants to know what would be the best video card for his price range.

Cory needs a way to stretch his games across 3 displays, we introduce him to Matrox.com.

Charley has questions regarding system overheating and upgrade options. We dig a little deeper to find the best upgrade path for him. Windows 7 upgrade tool also comes up, DogHouse Systems will include an upgrade code with any Vista purchase prior to the launch in October.

Contest WINNER!

Winning entry for last week’s contest - Guard Dog

The new Guard Dog backup system consists of a 500GB or a 1TB external drive and comes with a 3 year warrantee. Let the Guard Dog backup and maintain your data while you game away. Paired with the easy to use Sync toy from Microsoft, the Guard Dog will store your pictures, music, saved game files and more; just perform the weekly backup utility to maintain current files and let the Guard Dog do the rest.”  - Joseph M

New Contest!

We have a WoW trivia question in our podcast, first person to answer it receives the J!NX code!!

What is the first usable legendary item in the World of Warcraft? Contact us via email or phone to submit your answer!

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#8 The DogHouse - Tick Tock (Intel Interview)- Direct Download

Computer Technology News
Milton Walker from Intel joins us on the podcast this week to review new Intel products and items to look for in the future!
Palm Pre launch was successful, over 50,000 sold opening weekend.
We review and discuss the new remote friendly Hulu application.
Windows 7 official release date to be October 22, 2009, quick discussion on RC1 and its availability till retail launch.

PC Gaming
Star Wars MMO: Star Wars: Old Republic! Dibs on R2D2!!!
Final Fantasy XIIV to be launched for PC and PS3, hopefully we will see a cross platform title!

Technical Corner featuring
We review some emails from our listeners regarding learning more about computers and computers components, a question regarding the future of SLI and WoW, a laptop heat issue, and a question regarding 3D Vision from Nvidia.

Darrell’s Tech Tip of the Week
Setting up Sync Toy Task scheduler
1. Open Task Scheduler. Click on Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Task Scheduler.
2. On the right hand side, under Actions, click on “Create Basic Task…”
3. Give it a name and optionally give it a description.
4. In this next step, you set up when you want the backup to start. I would recommend “Daily” or even consider “When the computer starts” if you don’t leave your computer on all the time. When you are done with your selection, click next to continue.
5. If you choose daily, weekly, or monthly, you will need to set up some parameters including the time of day/night that you want SyncToy to start. Once your settings are done, click next to continue.
6. Click on “Start a program”
7. Browse to SyncToy 2.0. The path is normally, C:\Program Files\SyncToy 2.0\SyncToyCmd.exe
8. Below the path, there’s a field “Add arguments (optional):” In that field, type in -R making sure you add a space before the hyphen. After that, click next.

Note: If you have multiple folder pairs, after –R insert a space then the specified pair name.

9. The final step is to click the Finish button and you are good to go

New Contest!
We need your help in branding a new set of products we will be adding to our store. We are going to be releasing two new external backup drives. These will come standard with a 3 year warranty and have 500GB or 1TB capacity. To enter the contest, submit an email to podcast@doghousesystems.com with Backup Entry in the subject line with what you would name the new backup drives.

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We welcome your feedback, comments, and suggestions! If you would like to submit a question for a future podcast you can leave a message for us at 214-705-3788 . Try and keep your message under a minute so we can play it back on the next show. We can also be reached by email: podcast@doghousesystems.com

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