One of Swords Podcast 045: Socks for Christmas

by Dan on December 2, 2010

Struggling to find the perfect geeky gift? Hope so, because Kat and I spend a fair amount of this show sharing our favorite ideas for holiday cheer. We’ve also got some Tron love, a definitive statement from Activision’s Eric Hirshberg, the Pixies, a reminder about MUA2 DLC, Thanksgiving memories, and for reasons I don’t fully understand, the DJ Hero 2 team’s romantic expertise.

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Co-host: Katrin Auch, light gun enthusiast, graphic designer, bassist, photographer, table refinisher, media maven, frame painter, videographer, and inventor of Headshotmas

Soundtrack: Yameen – available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, and all online music stores

Relevant show links:

  • Write to the DJ Hero 2 Masters of Love
  • Kat’s gifts: Geeky wrapping paper, magnetic LEDs, gaming propaganda posters, Tron controllers, iPad
  • Hugh’s gifts: Racing the Beam, Astro City, Sherlock, Bose Quiet Comfort 15
  • Dan’s gifts: Guitar straps, fighting game controllers, Astro A30 kit
  • Kat’s gamertag:

    • celticat's Gamercard

    • Anonymous

      Wow, tons of great ideas, guys, though my Christmas list has already been sent out to all interested parties, so I’ll have to wait until next year to ask for some of this stuff. ThinkGeek has so much cool swag. And I can’t believe I forgot about those Tron controllers!!

    • Anonymous

      I’m definitely going to try and pool together my Christmas money to get those A30′s with the MixAmp so I can use them on my 360.

      Question for you Dan. I work on a computer all day and listen to lots of music (pop punk, metal, screamo, and the occasional indie), do the A30′s have comparable sound quality to Audio-Technica and Seinheisser headphones?

      Also, I’m assuming the MixAmp will help drive the speakers better and result in better sound than just using the standard 1/8″ out?

    • http://oneofswords.com/ Dan (OneOfSwords)

      Aside from the A30s, I usually use Sony MDR-V6s. The sound is definitely on par with more recognized commercial brands of audio headphones.

    • Anonymous

      Ok, cool. I was wanting a versatile headphone to use between PC, 360 and Work. I’m not quite an audiophile, but I can get really grumpy, really fast if my headphone sound like crap. Right now I use Microsoft’s Lx3000 on the PC and it’s like listening to crappy speakers in soup cans.

      Thanks for the advice.

    • Anonymous

      Don’t quote me on this, but I think Brent Anderson does the interior art for the Astro City books.

    • http://twitter.com/Devon_OO7 Devon Mond

      I might just get Racing The Beam

    • http://oneofswords.com/ Dan (OneOfSwords)

      I do believe you are right. Thanks.

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