Monday
Jan092012
Beardcast: Episode 69
Jan 9, 2012 at 10:50 PM by Wes Gardner 
What do you get when Brian Belida's out of town, and the podcast known as the Beardcast is left up to its own devices? What truly happens when the patients run the asylum? Madness. Pure madness. Join Wes Gardner, Imran Khan, Mark Bradshaw, and special (returning!) guest Ryan 'BlazeHedgehog' Bloom from TSSZNews.com as they discuss a little bit of everything during this slower-than-normal news week:
- What sort of state is Konami in, lately?
- Why Tak Fuji should be the CEO of Nitrobeard
- We talk baby drama, Beyonce, and Jay-Z
- Mark's terrible Skyrim-related tragedy
- We ask Ryan Bloom what his take is on Sonic in a Progressive Insurance ad
- Other sorts of tom-foolery and wild antics since Belida's out of town!
I imagine Brian returning to see this place in pristine condition, but that's because we cleaned all morning, with Imran and Mark trying to shoo away the livestock and kegs we had going from the night before, all set to '80s montage music. Anyways, WE'RE LIVE!
Reader Comments (2)
Just a quick note - Sony isn't quitting OLED entirely, they're just not making OLED TVs for consumers anymore. http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/sony-kills-oled-tv-business-consumer-market/. They'll still make displays for corporate partners, and small ones to put in cell phones and media players, but basically it just means they're killing the XEL-1 (an 11-inch TV that cost $1,700).
Yeah - I don't think I'd want to stay in that market either.
@Matt: Ohhhh okay, that totally makes sense. I mean, while we were talking about it, I remembered how crazy Sony is with proprietary formats, and thought this was a way for Sony to bow out while doing R&D on ANOTHER format of flatscreen. After seeing the market, though, the point of diminishing returns would be way too far out to invest in the tech. By the time it's profitable and consumer-friendly, bigger/better tech will probably be the norm.
Just like UMD! *shudder*