Comments for Technorama

Comment on Technorama Ep 326 – Robot Overlords by Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:12:51 +0000

Chuck,

Great obscure reference to “Crazy Eddie”. Larry Niven is a fantastic Sci Fi writer and his Mote in God’s Eye might just be his best work. Its hard to compare to Ringworld, but once you get beyond the idea of a “ring world” or Dyson’s sphere, the story is not remarkable. Moties…on the other hand…very cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_in_God%27s_Eye

I hear there are two more sequel “Motie” books. If your listeners have read and recommend them, let us know.

Thanks
Chris (cant remember a meeting) Hansen

Comment on Interview with Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris by Ben sweetser

Ben sweetser — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:55:46 +0000

I enjoyed your interview and now have a new book in my “to read” pile. Looking forward to it. Thanks, guys!

Comment on Star Wars – Throne Room Theme on Floppy Drives by Chuck Tomasi

Chuck Tomasi — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:32:27 +0000

Here's another good one with two drives.

Comment on Darth Vader’s Rejected ‘Nooo!’ Scenes in Return of the Jedi Blu-Ray by P.C. Haring

P.C. Haring — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:09:51 +0000

That is too damn funny!

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by madmarv

madmarv — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:09:38 +0000

The number of strikes depends on the length of the word. 4 letter words have 8 strikes, 5 letter words have 7 strikes, etc.

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:52:21 +0000

I noticed I have less strikes available to me in some games and not others. Do you lose strikes the more lifelines you use?

Comment on Technorama Ep 313 – We’ll figure it out sooner or later by Alan Ralph

Alan Ralph — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:29:55 +0000

Hey guys, a bit miffed that I don’t get a birthday shout for the 8th – I put my birthday into the Wiki ages ago.

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by Mad Marv

Mad Marv — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:00:55 +0000

When you build a word, you will be awarded points based on the Words With Friends tiles and scoring system. Every 200 points, you get 20 coins. This is just enough to buy one hint. So basically 200 points = 1 hint.

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by Margie

Margie — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:49:50 +0000

Hi Madmarv how do u earn coins?

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by madmarv

madmarv — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:30:35 +0000

I’ve seen that bug on a playback, but never in the game when it counts. I’ve always thought it was just a playback bug. I’ll keep an eye out for it in the future.

Comment on Review and Strategy Guide: Hanging with Friends by Margie

Margie — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:51:34 +0000

Thanks Madmarv. This was very helpful. Great game isn’t it!

Comment on Review and Strategy Guide: Hanging with Friends by Carolyn Billings

Carolyn Billings — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:07:53 +0000

Thanks!

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by Barry

Barry — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:14:50 +0000

One thing I don’t understand is why sometimes my opponents don’t get given the last vowel when guessing my words. It seems to happen quite a lot with one person, but I’ve seen it happen with others too. My word might be “dare” and they will start with no letters shown. I’ll see them guess some letters, say “N”, and then they’ll guess “E” and the E in my word will be revealed (so it’s not just a display bug).

Does anyone else see this?

Comment on Review and Strategy Guide: Hanging with Friends by madmarv

madmarv — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:06:30 +0000

To use a lifeline, click on one of the icons above the pool of letters. See this screencap. http://madmarvonline.com/technorama/Hangin_with_Friends-lifelines.png.

The number bar keeps track of the points you’ve acquired by building puzzles. When you get 200 points, you get 20 coins (i.e. enough coins for one lifeline)

Comment on Review and Strategy Guide: Hanging with Friends by Carolyn Billings

Carolyn Billings — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:41:43 +0000

I have been playing for only a week with two different friends and really like this game. I appreciate your tips, but you don’t explain how to access and use the lifeline. I can’t figure that out and also don’t understand the number bar and its significance. Help, please!

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by madmarv

madmarv — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:05:01 +0000

The game will reveal all occurrences of the vowel, so QUASAR will be presented as **A*A* when the game first starts.

That’s one drawback to playing those kinds of words. I will still play those words if I feel that the word is complex enough, or is worth enough points. Hope this helps.

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by Paul

Paul — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:43:08 +0000

What happens when the last vowel has a duplicate earlier in the word? For example, I was going to play “quasar”, but ended up not doing so because I didn’t want to give my opponent “–a-a-”.

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by madmarv

madmarv — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:45:27 +0000

Ouch. Guess I’m lucky that I don’t have any opponents that take that long to play their turn. Well, hopefully others will start up a game with you now. I haven’t been able to start a new game in over a week because I’m over the limit, but I still get new game requests every day.

Comment on Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends by Kris

Kris — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:39:06 +0000

my username is krispe22. when i have a free game i will start one with you.

the problem i’m having is that i have several “dead” games that are over 4 days old (i.e. my opponent hasn’t tried to solve their words since this weekend) but I cannot resign the games. I don’t have a resign button unless it is my turn to solve or create a puzzle. this seems like a flaw to me…if a user doesn’t make a move in a certain time period they should be auto resigned or i should have the option to resign from the game so that i can find a user who WILL make a move more than every four days.

Comment on Review and Strategy Guide: Hanging with Friends by David C

David C — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:31:04 +0000

Nice strategy guide!