How awesome am I? From my ridiculous BlazBlue skills to my wonderful singing and fedora wearing, are your lives enriched from hanging out with me at PAX?

<3

Is it bad that I'm legitimately excited for your return? <3

Something I've been thinking about; I got in an argument with a friend about whether or not he was a gamer. His point was "I play Call of Duty, I play Wii Sports. These are games, therefore I equal gamer. QED." Mine was, "You play games, but you play them casually, and thus you are a person who plays games but not a gamer. That'd be like someone who occasionally goes to the movies calling themselves a film buff, or me calling myself an audiophile because I sometimes put on the radio." What we ultimately agreed upon is that while, yes, he is by no means a gaming connoisseur, or into the medium in any significant way, 'gamer' as it stands simply means someone who plays some games sometimes, with no other necessary qualifications. Like in the case of television, because of whatever artistic biases, there is no word for the person I'm describing other then a "hardcore gamer" which has other rather unfortunate connotations.

So it got me thinking, what could we passionate few call ourselves, (game buffs? videogameophilles? game worms?) and what might prerequisites be for someone to fir that profile? Do you need to appreciate the classics (retro games?) Play games for the story? Dabble in a wide breadth of genres? (Would a super dedicated gamer who only plays FPSs be considered such? What about the same for Jrpgs? Puzzle games? Sports games?) Is there some games you HAVE to have played (like Citizen Kane for films and Crime and Punishment for books) and what would those be? And what other thoughts do you have about this notion? (Sorry for the absurd length of this >.<)

Who was phone, king?

Also, Left 4 Dead fapfic: Great idea, or GREATEST idea?

What's this? Seriously.

If you had to design a g gundam style giant fighting robot based off of your personalities what would it be like. I am thinking more on the wacky side ala the sombrero gundam than an actual practical gundam. Extra points for a Master Asia style persona.

What makes a man is it the power in his hands? Is it his quest for glory?

Welcome back, failcast!

Imagine all of you are jammed in the back seat of a speeding Cadillac, going down some godforsaken freeway at a ludicrous speed. Who would you prefer to be at the wheel?

A) Gary Busey on Coke
B) James Woods on Acid
C) Christopher Walken

Also:

There's rumor of a Mechwarrior Movie in the works to coincide with the new game. Is this good news?

King, what would you like to see the movie focus on? You Jade Falcon whore <3

Yay! I missed you guys!

Also, what was your favorite part of Pax and what was the best game you played there?

You just don't fucking get it, do you?!

About time you bastards get back to podcastan.

Oh, and how do you guys feel about the new characters in SSF4. Speculations on who they'd be/who you'd like them to be? Oh, and saying Dudley and Makoto is cheating. Don't be a cheater.

OH, and just to note, I can't wait to beat Tactix's T. Hawk in two games now.

What's your favorite movie of the year thus far?

WoWcast: When I finally get to raid with the big kids in your guild, will you guys act all embarrassed and pretend not to know me?

Analogecast: Just yesterday I realized that you had proposed that Memphis NARP scheduled for last Thursday. Did that actually happen?

Where the fuck have you been?

Could you guys suggest what pranks I should play on necros during the school year?

Yay I was waiting for you guys to come back! I wanna say it was great hanging out with all of you guys at PAX~ I miss all the hugs from everyone already :( I hope you all didn't get SARS like everyone else did that weekend. I was listening to your past shows and I realized you guys enjoyed the animu which makes me pretty happy.