PC Perspective UGM Rumblings Hint at Announcment

PETALUMA, CA--  TWiT Network hosts Leo Laporte and Ryan Shrout have discussed hard dates to announce voting details for the Ultimate Gaming Machine contest for the first time in almost two months since the entry deadline.  On the April 23 recording of PC Perspective, Shrout proposed an April, 29th date to announce a winner.  Laporte pointed out that such a date would not leave enough time for audience voting.

Shrout suggested the time slot on the 29th instead be used to announce finalists, and begin the voting process.

Ryan Shrout asks Leo Laporte about the TWiT UGM Contest from Gabe McGuinness on Vimeo.

Watch Leo's reaction. Its funny how as soon as Ryan brings up the UGM contest Leo throws off the headphones, and scrambles to adjust the camera.

While it was good to see he hadn't completely forgot about it, this clip didn't offer much hope for contestants wondering what is happening with the soon-to-be year old project.

We got a little more info this week, but no announcement yet. My bet is for a mid-May vote, and actual delivery to the winner sometime by 2010...

While at the writing of this story the 29th has come without any official announcement out of the TWiT Camp, some additional information, and a bit of positive press coverage for this campaign blog came from Ryan Shrout's PC Perspective Podcast recorded that evening. 

Co-Host Alyn Melventano picked my question from the Official TWiT IRC to answer on the show, and was even kind enough to give me a big ol' plug too! Thanks Al!

You can hear the plug and question, and really in depth answer in the clips below:

Update: Download the video here

Thanks agian to the PC Perspective (Soon to be This Week in Computer Hardware, or TWiCH) for the hardware help, and keeping the UGM contest alive! I'll let you guys know if the suggestions work.