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This is a heads up on an book that's scheduled for release on July 10, 2012, "Year Zero" by Rob Reid.
Book Description: In the hilarious tradition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rob Reid takes you on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe--and the inner workings of the absurdly dysfunctional music industry.
Low-level copyright lawyer Nick Carter thinks it's a prank, not an alien visitation, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. And boy, do they have news.
Ever since what has come to be known as Year Zero--when the smooth stylings of 1970s TV theme songs first reached alien ears--the universe has been downloading Earth's music. Now they've realized that, according to the Copyright Damages Improvement Act, every single download will cost $150,000 in fines--in other words, all the wealth in the universe and then some. It would be far cheaper just to destroy the Earth.
This is a heads up on an book that's scheduled for release on July 10, 2012, "Year Zero" by Rob Reid.
Book Description: In the hilarious tradition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rob Reid takes you on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe--and the inner workings of the absurdly dysfunctional music industry.
Low-level copyright lawyer Nick Carter thinks it's a prank, not an alien visitation, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. And boy, do they have news.
Ever since what has come to be known as Year Zero--when the smooth stylings of 1970s TV theme songs first reached alien ears--the universe has been downloading Earth's music. Now they've realized that, according to the Copyright Damages Improvement Act, every single download will cost $150,000 in fines--in other words, all the wealth in the universe and then some. It would be far cheaper just to destroy the Earth.
And Carly and Frampton have just tapped Nick to save the world.
Nick Carter is an unlikely galaxy-hopping hero: He's scared of heights. He's about to be fired. And he lives with the curse of having the same name as a Backstreet Boy. But he does know a thing or two about copyright law. And he's packing a couple of other pencil-pushing superpowers that could come in handy.
Soon he's on the run from a sinister parrot and a highly combustible vacuum cleaner. With Carly and Frampton as his guides, Nick now has forty-eight hours to save humanity, while hopefully wowing the hot girl who lives down the hall from him.
About the Author
Rob Reid is the founder of Listen.com, which created the Rhapsody service, the world's largest seller of online music until it was eclipsed (rather badly, he'll admit) by Apple's iTunes service. He is the author of Year One, a memoir about student life at Harvard Business School, where he received his MBA, and wrote Architects of the Web, the first true business history of the internet. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Morgan [Webb].
With E3 2011 right around the corner, Ms. Webb joined Adam Sessler (X-Play Host/G4 Editor-in-Chief), Eric Eckstein (G4TV.com Editorial Director) and Kevin Kelly (G4TV.com Features Editor) on the panel of this past week's episode of Feedback. The panel talked about StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckonning, Call of Duty Elite and more.
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Also, during E3 on June 7th and 8th, Ms. Webb will be joining Adam Sessler, Blair Herter, Jessica Chobot, Kevin Kelly and Eric Eckstein in on-air Feedback segments throughout G4TV's live E3 show.
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Morgan Webb was recently interviewed by David Wolinsky of Adult Swims's Celeb-Nerdy. The interview focuses solely on one of Ms. Webb's interests. It's not video games or technology, but insects. Ants in particular. And for those that are curious, Entomology is the study of insects and Myrmecology is the study of ants.
On Tuesday, March 15th, Morgan Webb was interviewed via phone on the Slavy Seconds podcast on WJHU Radio.
Among the things hosts Andrew and Sasha talked with Ms. Webb about
include how Ms. Webb dodged a "Toddler's in Tiaras" upbringing, her
current life with X-Play, and how she feels about websites such as
iheartmorganwebb.com (now Morgan Webb and Us).
Andrew and Sasha go all out in this interview and try to find any kink in Webb's armor of perfection, which after a full barrage of questions turns out to be: NOTHING. We start with her basics: her kinda-but-not-reallychildhood fame from Gerbers to McDonalds and how she luckily dodged a "Toddler's in Tiaras" upbringing . We get into discussing her seemingly bullshit major of rhetoric. Her curent life with Xplay, and how she kept it 'too real' with G4 Underground. We hit a bump in the awkward highway when we ask about how she feels about obsession sites such as iheartmorganwebb.com and if it's kind of offensive when they stop updating. We wrap it up with what her video game would be, if she could design one (spoiler alert: would involve guns that shoot saws. Tentative title : Porn Star LARPing)
You can stream and/or download the interview here.
Continue reading 'Slavy Seconds' Podcast Interview.
It's a special World of Warcraft edition of G4's Feedback. This week Morgan Webb sits down with Adam Sessler (X-Play Host and G4 Editor-In-Chief), Leah Jackson (Resident Warcraft Addict), and special guests from Blizzard, Alex Afrasiabi (Lead World Designer) and Tom Chilton (Lead Game Designer). The main topic of discussion is of course World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. The panel also discuss the launch of Xbox Live Rewards and Electronic Arts stating that the company has no plans to by Harmonix.
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What does Morgan Webb suggest as gifts for gamers this holiday season? Well, Ms. Webb recently appeared on Fox News and shared a few of her gift recommendations with Kimberly Guilfoyle. (Spoiler: none of her recommendations are socks.)
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Ms. Webb joins Adam Sessler (G4 Editor-In-Chief & X-Play Host), Abbie Heppe (X-Play Editorial Manager) and Kevin Kelly (G4TV.com Features Editor) in this past week's episode of Feedback. In this episode, the panel discuss G4's Epictober, Morgan Webb's recent trip to Epic Games in North Carolina, Medal of Honor, and more.
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This past Wednesday was another Webb Wednesday as Morgan Webb co-hosted Attack of the Show with Kevin Pereira. The two talked about Alien Swarm, a new free PC game available on Steam, during a Game Break.
Ms. Webb also joined Adam Sessler (G4 Editor-In-Chief & X-Play Host), Abbie Heppe (X-Play Editorial Manager) and Kevin Kelly (G4TV.com Features Editor) on last week's episode of Feedback. The panel talked about Nintendo, GoldenEye 007, Batman: Arkham City and more. Plus, viewer questions get answered.
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Ms. Webb has once again done the G4 show circuit. This time it was her review of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty for X-Play that contributed to her appearances on the web shows Talkabouts and Feedback. She also co-hosted Attack of the Show on August 4th and discussed Starcraft II with co-host Kevin Pereira in a Game Break.
On Talkabouts, Ms. Webb sat down with Matt Keil (X-Play Senior Producer) and shared what she liked and didn't like about the single player campaign and the online mulitplayer of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty.
On Feedback, Ms. Webb once again sat down with Matt Keil, along with Adam Sessler (G4 Editor-In-Chief & X-Play Host), Abbie Heppe (X-Play Editorial Manager) and Brian Trinidad (X-Play Associate Producer). The panel not only discussed Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, but also EA including three modes from NBA Jam in NBA Elite 11, Xbox Live Arcade generating $46.1 million so far in 2010 and the platforming genre.
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On Attack of the Show, Ms. Webb discussed Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty with show host Kevin Pereira.
