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Photo by Lou AbercrombieWe have the pleasure of talking with Joe Abercrombie, author of The First Law trilogy and his most recent book, set in the same world, The Heroes. We also delve into the darker nature of fantasy these days, how that thieving leech Tolkien stole all of Joe’s ideas and then time traveled backwards to make them look like his own, and we take some questions from Twitter.

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Tech News Today 204: There’s An App Store For That

March 22, 2011 by Tom

CTIA CEOs get catty, Steve Jobs goes to court, Sprint goes 3D, and more.

Guest: Nate Lanxon

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Jason Howell

Running time:

48:01

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Top 5 Most Wanted Game Consoles – Tom’s Top 5

March 22, 2011 by Tom

Home or on the road, these are the game machines most wanted by GDGT fans.

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FourCast 70: The Future Is Unclear

March 21, 2011 by Tom

Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson

Our guests have good reasons for having hazy future predictions. But the crazy? They bring the crazy.

Guests: Magnus Hjert and Leri Greer

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Running time: 50:19

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Tech News Today 203: A Lot Of T’s And Also A

March 21, 2011 by Tom

What the ATT-T-Mobile merger really means, what’s causing MacBook Pros to go black, Steal Zynga gold, go to jail, and more.

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Darren Kitchen and Jason Howell

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Running time:

45:50

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East Meets West 244 – Slow food pacing

March 20, 2011 by Tom

Justin Robert Young joins us to talk action movies, the need for pacing in modern films, how slow food can be fast, and the eternal question of whether you need sausage on your burger, and why we’re so damned tribal about things like Glee and Criss Angel. Oh and leeches.

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