2012 is in effect and so is Captain Birdman of the Federation starship RAD!

In this edition of RAD we are doing an unexpected theme week to celebrate the upcoming launch of Birdman’s new Star Trek podcast “Future Imperfect” next week on TWIG. We look back at the heyday of Star Trek PC gaming with a game that is a cross between Civilization and Star Trek that challenges you to master the politics and the management of an entire galaxy. Birth of the Federation was one of the first games that Birdman played back in high school…so how does it stack up over 10 years later?
Do we have the vision to lead the Federation towards a peaceful galaxy or shall we be like the Ferengi and sell it out to the highest bidder according to the rules of acquisition?

Stay tuned later on this week to find out how you can win a copy of Klingon Monopoly and Star Trek:Blu rays-Yes,Qapla’ warriors!

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BIRDMAN IS APPEARING AT EMIKO’s MINI convention this weekend as the Guest of Honor
Kitchener,Ontario!

Visit the Con website for more details
My panel will be Video Games Journalism-The Industry and how you can get involved at 3pm on Saturday.

Check out my new Channel Awesome X picture from Andrew Dickman
Go here to see Birdman fused with awesome!

Huge thanks to Axur for the fantastic new RAD animated RAD intro
Please check out his Deviant Art page and check out his work and commission some awesome stuff!

Music
MegaRan-RAD theme
Alexander Courage-Star Trek:TNG Theme

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RAD episode 232-Star Trek TNG: Birth of the Federation, 3.2 out of 5 based on 17 ratings

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Mike Dodd is the guy who always said video games could be turned into a profession and eventually it turned out he was right. Mike is a passionate nerd about all facets of nerd culture from the love of the BBC’s Doctor Who to the very latest in the fight game scene, he’s on to it and likely turned into his new obsession. Dodd was raised to love all things that were pop culture from viewing his first horror movie at five years old to owning one of the first Nintendos in North America, it’s been a childhood dominated by the controller and movie screens and he couldn’t be happier. Roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons dominated the high school years and unhealthy doses of Japanese anime were frequent as he completed his education and took sometime off to explore Canada and the US. However as all good times must come to an end, a decision was made to get some experience and do something fun and learn something and meant getting involved in the media. Mike volunteered with Rogers Television and became the audio/technical director for several successful programs and decided that he should further that experience by going to college. 4 years and several massive headaches later, Mike became known as “The Birdman” of This week in Geek but that is a story for another website….

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