Episode 47 - We're back!

And maybe even better than ever?

As left off in the previous post, how could the upload problems possibly be on our end? Even Libsyn was pretty sure isn't wasn't on our end because I was still able to do all of my up- and downloading for work and the problem was isolated to Libsyn, but damned if they could figure out what the problem might be. On Wednesday we called our ISP because the internet was running really slowly. Turns out they made some sort of system change on their end that made our model of modem effectively obsolete. They invited us to stop in to exchange it for a new model. We did that on Thursday evening, and huzzah! we were up and running again! Sorry Libysn, our bad.

Last night on pretty much no notice at all we decided to record our Thursday episode with what gaming news we would have done on Tuesday. Thanks to Rey, David rants away about Sony/Playstation vs. Microsoft/Xbox. He also goes through a big stack of gaming news, then we both review Inglourious Basterds.

It's great to be back.

Episode 46 - Listener night!

David defines “native” for the listeners, talks about the future of the show, and shares a bit about the first PlaystationHome night. We share a letter from a new listener, a new top ten list from Doc, and present the listeners with a Question of the Week: What are the top three best video game weapons?

The show finishes off with the big "fight" we teased in the last few episodes. I'm really not the type to bring a bunch of drama down over something like this. It was far more amusing than dramatic.

This is the last episode we pre-recording during our down-time. I'd been emailing back and forth with Libsyn and at first they were sure the problem was on our end and we were sure it was on their end: We were uploading with no trouble on Friday and nothing changed on our end between then and Saturday, so how could be on our end...?

Episode 45 - Weekend Recap!

David and I talk about bathroom ambushers, the state of our employment, the stupid cat’s vet visit, our fantastic night of Dungeons & Dragons with Danielle and James, two trips to West Edmonton Mall that were varying degrees of aggravating, a night at the movies, getting the Xbox back from Kevin, and the tele-fight between James and Sherri on David's cell phone!

I hate the bumper boats. I hate getting wet, I hate things spraying at me (shut up, perv!), and the life jackets stink. Out of all the stuff I have to do at the mall, those are the worst.

Episode 44 - Special Guest Danielle!

Danielle turns the tables and interviews David! Find out how they met, hear about David's favorite Turtle, and enjoy their spirited debate on World of Warcraft versus console gaming (over which Danielle is still riled up!). There's a little talk about Crystal's roommate, I trash David Suzuki, then things get a little blue in the studio as the talk turns to dating, sexuality, and (much to my chagrin) more information about my own sexual history than I ever expected to be broadcast.

**(Please note that the last 30 minutes or so sounds a bit odd, and the episode ends abruptly. Audacity crashed again and I did my very best to recover everything.)**

The frustration of piecing 30 minutes of audio back together was compounded by all of my attempts to upload this episode. For some reason, the upload would either time out or only a small fraction of the episode would be available and it took several days to find the cause of the problem.

Episode 43 - Media Bonanza!

David and Jenn, with a live studio audience and more anti-Semitism than usual, talk about District 9, Cloverfield, Jon and Kate, Eric Dane's sex tape, Miley Cyrus's stalker and pole dance, Elmo teaching kids about hard times during a recession, and Kelly Osbourne on Dancing with the Stars. Plus phone calls to James and Sherri, and the Rock Band gauntlet is thrown down between David and Danielle!

In response..

You're damn right blowjobs!

Episode 42 - The Meaning of Life

What better way to mark 42 than with nothing but game talk? Hear my review of Folklore for the PS3 and then David's review of Prince of Persia for the 360. Then we pack in so much news that I couldn't fit it all into the Libsyn tags: Earthworm Jim, Lost Planet 2, Fairy Tale Fights, Mini Ninjas, Brutal Legend, Army of Two, art for Borderlands, what Bethesda isn't doing, delays from Bioware, creative press kits for two new DS releases, price drops and skinny consoles, the Zune HD, the new Playstation UI, Fable GOTY, and more!

David closes out the show with praise for my work on the blog, but also a modicum of criticism. He objects to what he feels is me putting words in his mouth. To that I say: When he posts blogs (which I'd love to see more of, because I enjoy his writing) he can put words in my mouth. (To which he will respond with a crude comment about what else I'll find in my mouth. That's how he rolls.)

(Blowjobs!)