Bitshift

Podcasts are just so...2006. But serialized audio content can be quite educational as well as entertaining. For example, iTunes has a number of foreign language tutorials available. Open up the iTunes Music store, and go to Podcast -> Education -> Language Courses. There, you'll find podcasts teaching ESL, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Frensh, and many others.

Sure, you could buy a book or some training software to learn these languages, but they won't immerse you in them the way audio content will. Plus, they're free! Bonus!

If you like Sam and Max and have been living under a rock, encased in cement, at the bottom of the Marianas Trench for the past three years, you'll be pleased to learn that Sam and Max, that lovable dog and ...err... bunny-thing duo are back in action, in a new set of videogames from the folks that did the original Sam and Max Hit the Road for LucasArts.

TellTale Games has started releasing episodic Sam and Max games! The first two are now available, and there are four more in the works. Go! Git! Buy! Enjoy!

If you're anything like me, you've recently obtained a Wii, and love it to death. You're also probably wondering why Nintendo bothered to include Gamecube compatibility as one of its many features. The obvious technical answer is that the Wii is more or less nothing more than a dressed-up Gamecube inside.

But the more satisfying answer is that there's a huge library of great, inexpensive games out there waiting for the Wii crowd to discover them.

Recently, a list has been making the rounds of some of the best Gamecube games out there, that are really worth picking up if you've never played them, or never had a Gamecube, but are interested in exploring that aspect of your Wii.