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On our leanest podcast ever, Tom, Will, Norm, and Andy put on their best suits to go over the fancy features of the new Maximum PC website. Norm recaps his visit to a recent Games for Windows press event, and shares details about the upcoming Ghostbusters and Call of Duty: World at War PC games. No listener Q&A this week, but listeners are challenged to come up with nicknames for our two new interns. A photo of these young nerdlings can be found after the jump. All this and more on this week's No BS Podcast!
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silver6933
September 04, 2008 at 12:07am
Benson = Bruce
Reed = Damien
"When you see the tree you're about to hit, it's called understeer. When you can only hear and feel it, it's oversteer."
- Walter Rohrl
Brendan
July 14, 2008 at 2:16pm
Benson - Gordon Mah Ung's Foot Rest/Warmer
Reed - Gordon Mah Ung's Personal Pedicurist
whisp
July 09, 2008 at 5:22pm
I think hes bumping the thread like ud do in forums
"we Plan for Tomorrow, but we Live for Today"
ilfipian
July 04, 2008 at 11:32am
Benson would have to be Apollo for that episode of Startrek where Apollo holds the Enterprise with the big disembodied hand.
And if you have an Apollo, well you just gotta have a Starbuck (reed)
SteveCamper
July 02, 2008 at 12:28pm
There are the classics:
Benson - Ren Reed - Stimpy
Benson - Beavis Reed - Butt-head (Butters was all ready taken ;) I used this one on our two interns 'If your Beavis that makes you...'
Now, with some thought along animal lines:
Benson - Buck or Young Buck Reed - Goose
By techie:
Benson - Gadget Reed - Ratchet ... hence together G'n'R
Norm, well Beets seems good for him. He seems pretty insecure in his masculinity (Lexus and all)...
Keep up the good work,
Cheers!
Techrocket9
July 01, 2008 at 11:03am
Are those OSX disks!?!?!?!?!?!?
http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/default/themes/maximumpc/i/cdoffer.jpg
Russtynailz
June 30, 2008 at 9:58am
Benson - ECM (Expendable Crew Member)
Reed - Saber
Q6600 @3.6Ghz air cooled with Cooler Master Sphere / Nvidia 9800 GX2 / Asus P5N-E SLI -4 GB Ballistix tracer Ram
deject
June 29, 2008 at 11:56am
Reed = Chunky
Benson = Peanut
It's too bad butters is gone or something.
TheMurph
June 30, 2008 at 11:53am
Oh, no, Butters is still here. Spreading his joy and warmth to all corners of the Maximum PC office.
gmanjake
June 29, 2008 at 6:49am
Hello Guys,
Benson = Skinny Asian Guy
Reed = Fat White Guy
But they are both space junkies?
TheMurph
June 30, 2008 at 11:55am
While we don't really have defined "standards" and/or "practices" in terms of what one is allowed to post on the ol' Web site, I'm pretty sure this one goes past the "good judgment" line of thinking. Thus, blanked.
knexkid
June 28, 2008 at 8:38pm
Hi guys,
First time poster, and I want to say I love the website. I finally got high speed internet (satellite, yes I live in the boonies, AKA rurual WI) so I can cruise the interwebs. Great new website, I will be here frequently. Also, thanks for a great podcast. I especially liked this one because it was short! Most of your podcasts are great, but you often get side tracked...not that I still don't get a good laugh from it, but you know. Anyways, keep up the great work on the magizine and website, and podcast, and whatever else you may do!
kamman
June 27, 2008 at 9:23pm
Reed=Benson
Benson=Reed
I joke, these are my actual suggestions:
Reed=Cheese
Benson=mouse or mousey
sheldon
June 27, 2008 at 6:20pm
Benson should be called chunk i dont know why i just feel like calling him chunk...
reed should be called gump...
~ *CompTIA A+ Certified IT Technician* ~___Accomplished 2007___Age 16
Working on; ~ CISCO CCNA
dc10ten
June 27, 2008 at 1:49pm
wow, great job with the website. Can definately see a lot of work put in and it shows. Old website was nice and simplistic, but this is a much improvement in my opinion.
I think the podcasts are getting smaller and smaller because all the tech news is going to the website. Meh
TheMurph
June 27, 2008 at 1:13pm
This will never float, but i lol'd anyway.
And I can only assume that Fake Gordon Mah Ung is, indeed, Steve Jobs.
.Dave
mitpatterson
June 27, 2008 at 11:23am
Benson= Norman II or Norman The 2nd
Reed= Tom Junior
mitpatterson
balzerco
June 27, 2008 at 11:02am
via random name generation in my head
Benson: Shrub
Reed: Goat
Oh yeah, I like the new website also.
Actually it is rocket science!
Tagge
June 27, 2008 at 9:51am
My suggestions for these two amazing people:
Benson - King of the Redshirts or 'the expendable one'
Reed - Admiral Kendal Ozzel (look the name up), however he has to grow a 60's porno flick style mustache and shave his head.Or Just call him 'Kenny' for short, and get twice the mileage from the name.
"Two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
-Albert Einstein
fake gordon mah ung
June 27, 2008 at 8:21am
Benson: plaintiff #1 in hostile work environment lawsuit
Reed: plaintiff #2 in hostile work environment lawsuit
mitpatterson
June 27, 2008 at 8:05am
Yah i liked it when the podcast where like 1 hour and 20 minutes, not this 40 minute bull crap or 26 minutes, You have to be kiding me.
mitpatterson
willsmith
June 27, 2008 at 10:16am
Sometimes we have to make the choice betwixt making a short podcast or no podcast at all. Generally we chose to make a short podcast.
The moment we start charging you for the podcasts, you can start demanding a base level of service. :)
Primus2112
June 28, 2008 at 9:55pm
man I missed Gordan Mah Ung :{
there are a lot of other cool podcast's that are free and just as cool as this one,
check out th this link for starters... http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Announcements/Top-10-Tech-Podcasts.html
Tobe_Dog
June 27, 2008 at 3:24am
Benson: Snarf (Looks like he has to explain to his parents a ton on why he chose this career path)
Reed: McDouche (Looks like the guy that tries so hard but just can't seem to do anything right)
Darth Ninja
June 27, 2008 at 12:06am
Reed: Weed
Benson: Wanker
DarthNinja
[Thanks for standing still wanker! (TF2 Sniper)]
StealthSilver
June 26, 2008 at 9:15pm
Reed should be "Weed".
Alternative:
Reed: GeForce
Benson: Radeon
Havoc06
June 26, 2008 at 7:59pm
Benson = Captain Iron Pants
Reed = Cannon Fodder
Norm = Medic Magnet
Nightwing94
June 26, 2008 at 7:23pm
Simple and Sweet
Reed: The Ringer
Benson:The Intern Who IS out of his element
