2008 August

Granted there were no game updates this week but the announcement of a restoration of pk’ing across the entire Runescape world. We were also kept busy with 3 audio questions, thanks to those who sent them in.

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Hosts: Shane, Brad
Duration: 1:20:51

• PvP Update In The Pipes
• Players Gallery #22
• Reminder: Price change is in effect now. 30p in the UK and 95 cents in the US and by similar amounts in other countries.
• Poll: Now Playing
• Listener Questions
• Apple finally ready for iTunes subscriptions?
• How Adobe Can Stop Microsoft
• The Rants
• SKOTM Update
• Check out the RSBandB Highscores
• August Events
• What have we been doing?

This week Brad and I had a nice discussion about The Great Orb Project and many other things. We only had one rant today but we made up for it with a selection of great questions. Note: this was recorded before Jagex’s announcement about PvP on Friday.

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Hosts: Shane, Brad
Duration: 1:13:32

• The Great Orb project
• Check out Jason’s article for a detailed review.
• The teamplay has issues… You can be abandoned.
• Calquat trees can now be protected.
• Message option if you right click a friends name.
• The Bug Bag
• Listener Questions
• Prof tweets about course, ends up moving whole class online.
• NBC’s Olympic video site leaves many out to dry.
• Steve Jobs: 60 million iPhone apps downloaded, confirms kill switch.
• The Rant
• SKOTM is slowly progressing
• The Sandbox
• What have we been doing?

This weeks quest brought up the oh so controversial topic of Time Runes. This show was recorded live to celebrate RSBandB’s 4th Birthday. We also had the usual questions, tech news, and rants including 3 audio questions. Sit down and enjoy!

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Hosts: Shane, Brad
Duration: 1:12:38

• Meeting History and treasure locations.
• Resizable game window
• “New” Worlds
• The Bug Bag
• Poll: Maximum Security?
• Listener Questions
• It looks like World 16 Airs is still around.
• 2 IP addresses, 40 matches: Tufts tries to cut RIAA driftnet
• Bell Canada puts squeeze on ISPs with usage-based billing
• The Rants
• Team BandB
• August SKOTM has flatlined.
• SOTW is hiring
• 4 Years of RSBandB
• What have we been doing

We had a great amount of RuneScape news to discuss including the first Wilderness quest “Spirit of Summer”. We also had a nifty little discussion about how level 3 treasure fails are turning the Clue Scroll into a one way pass to IKEA.

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Hosts: Shane, Brad
Duration: 1:04:48

• Spirit of Summer
• Item Lending (Renting) Changes
• The Bug Bag
• Christmas poll results
• Barrows Brothers Wallpaper
• Listener Questions and our new FAQ
• The “Mojave Experiment“
• Can Congress tweet? Should bloggers care?
• Microsoft shifts services into the car, starts with Live Search
• The Rants
• No contest winner. Hear our explanation.
• August Cooking SKOTM started. Congrats to Lance for winning July.
• Check out the forums
• What have we been doing?