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Podtoid 104: Billy Mays here photo

If that header image offends you, this week's episode of Podtoid isn't going to be much more enjoyable for you. This week, the entire cast minus Samit talked about writing in videogames, Twitter etiquette, and the unusual allure of Suda 51. We also made fun of dead people.

You can listen to it here, as usual, or subscribe to us on iTunes.

Highlights include:

- Jim-as-Samit

- I've actually sort of forgotten what we talked about apart from the basic news stories

- Something about integrating writers into the production process earlier

- Then a lot of jokes about Billy Mays

- BILLY MAYS HERE

This week's most interesting question came from Kpax, if only because it allowed us to do something we never, ever, ever do: talk about Half-Life 2.


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Wintersocks's Avatar
Wintersocks at 06/30/2009 12:07
Reien's Avatar
Reien at 06/30/2009 12:10
This is video game related.
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eternalplayer2345 at 06/30/2009 12:10
The billy mays stuff had me laughing really hard.
Corican's Avatar
Corican at 06/30/2009 12:17
This was a great podcast. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Wintersocks's Avatar
Wintersocks at 06/30/2009 12:19
Damn you nefarious BBcode:

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AgentMOO at 06/30/2009 12:24
@wintersocks
If you act now we'll double the fail! You get bbcode fail and hotlink fail for the low low price of 1.99 comments!
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Wintersocks at 06/30/2009 12:26
@AgentM00

I'll buy five.
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Qraze at 06/30/2009 12:31
hope this ones good. the last few were shitty. do we need more hl2 bs? its a good game but get over it, alot more better games have been released but these podcasts are just a broken record now. same thing pert-near every week.
Char Aznable's Avatar
Char Aznable at 06/30/2009 12:33
I hope that hot, new game Shadow of the Colossus is discussed. I can't get enough of that.
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 06/30/2009 12:49
so far so good.
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GoldenGamerXero at 06/30/2009 13:02
BILLY MAYS HERE!

How would you like to get some useless crap that you shouldn't buy!

RIP Billy! I hope your up there trying to sell Halos to angels!
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YEAH-YA at 06/30/2009 13:05
Woah-OH! Watch out! Here comes the dark humor! It's gonna be wacky!
Jesus H Christ's Avatar
Jesus H Christ at 06/30/2009 13:06
I'm excited about Linde coming back for PAX.
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Harris Hatsworth at 06/30/2009 13:32
After Jim Sterling and Jim Sterling I'm one of the seven people to have finished Killer 7. Beat it before the summer started and loved it. Maybe not as much as Jim but I had a good time with it.
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Reginald at 06/30/2009 13:46
cloooonne tooool
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PwnanObrien at 06/30/2009 13:54
More like clone tool and spot healing brush...

M I RITE?!?!?
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Sharpless at 06/30/2009 14:00
I don't mind jokes about Billy Mays, but if Topher goes on his "Who cares about Billy Mays?" kick, I shall have a bone to pick.
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ParaParaKing at 06/30/2009 14:05
It's shocking how you completely ignore Japanese games, when talking about writing in video games.
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KorJax at 06/30/2009 14:20
Qraze.... no.
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Anthony Burch at 06/30/2009 15:21
Most Japanese games have pretty shit writing, as we discussed last week.
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Dreamsower at 06/30/2009 15:28
I loved Killer7 and the ending is pretty rewarding, it is worth getting through it all just for the experience. There are plenty of parts in that game that will leave an impression on you. Killer8 mode is just ridiculous though.
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Xhumation at 06/30/2009 15:51
Bily Mays couldn't die at 50. so he left us at the age of $49.99
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Timmins at 06/30/2009 17:04
It's a sin to refer to image macros and not put them in the show notes. Vince death note image macro?

And I also don't get why more people don't worry about stories. I will play a ten hour story game with middling graphics and gameplay and consider it money well spent. I will avoid a single or multiplayer game with stellar graphics but middling gameplay and story like the plague. I can't imagine the writers guild charges THAT much, with lots of triple A titles costing many tens of millions to make and market.
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Torzelan at 06/30/2009 17:14
Awesome episode, like the last one. More ChhhBrad Nicholson!
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de BLOO at 06/30/2009 21:01
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Kpax at 06/30/2009 21:48
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Stella Wong at 07/01/2009 00:31
thanks to you guys I'm going out to buy Psychonauts right now.
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