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PopCap Games

Jeff Green has had a lengthy career in the video game industry. Now he’s the Director of Editorial and Social Media for PopCap Games – very impressive stuff. We talk about his work at PopCap, his nearly 20 years at Ziff Davis Media (from associate editor to Editor in Chief) and the continued popularity of GFW Radio, and we sprinkle in a lot of conversation about social media including the implict value of social media to mutli-million dollar companies and what it’s like when your phone explodes with messages after a company like EA buys a company like PopCap. Enjoy.

Follow Jeff on Twitter at @Greenspeak and be sure to check out the PopCast on iTunes.

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Mistaken For Strangers

I’m going back to Blacksburg for Episode 122 with my good friend Jadd Adams (who has the best twitter name, Jaddams). I’ve known Jadd for most of my journey at Virginia Tech and it was a blast catching up and talking about why he chose Virginia Tech, what made his fraternity experience positively life-changing, and what made Halo 2 the definitive gaming experience of college for us. We also talk about life after an degree in accounting, new-job-jitters and his side project: Mistaken For Strangers and the incredible success it has had in its infantcy. Enjoy.

Jadd tweets at @Jaddams and contributes regularly to Mistaken For Strangers.

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Your Diabetes May Vary

Bennet Dunlap joins me this week to talk about raising two children with diabetes, what makes Disney a special place, his favorite Top Gear episodes, sports in Philadelphia and most importantly, the power of community support. I often stand on a soap box and sing high praises of what the diabetes online community is capable of, Bennet provides plenty of examples over the next hour of how a network of apparent strangers can make all the difference in the lives of the people you care about most. Oh, and there’s also some discussion about the shoes people wear at Disney World. You’ll have to listen to understand what that one is about. Enjoy.

Bennet blogs over at YDMV.net and tweets @BadShoe.

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Marvel: Studios

The final piece of the Marvel.com team has arrived on Episode 120 in the form of its Assistant Editor Marc Strom. Marc lives on the west coast which means his job primarily revolves around the latest from Marvel’s toys, video games, television and film developments. With the highly anticipated release of Marvel’s The Avengers this summer, Marc is a very busy man. We also talk about traffic conditions in Los Angeles and Marc details how he almost ran into Samuel L. Jackson with a foam rock. Enjoy.

You can find the latest Marvel happenings, including the ‘This Week in Marvel’ Podcast at Marvel.com and be sure to follow Marc on Twitter @Strommy.

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Revisiting with Jose Betancourt

Revisitng with Jose Betancourt to talk about the future of TalkingAboutGames.com, his motivations for podcasting as a 7-year veteran, his role as Community Manager of the Electronic Consumer Association (ECA) and to preview Super Bowl XLVI.

Your best bet to keep up with everything JVB is involved in is on Twitter @JVB.

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