1) Does Aaron remind anyone else of Paul Giamatti?
2) Do you ever fell bad about not finishing a game?

Oh and which host would it be?

Am I the only one that thinks the stories in GTA get old? I can never seem to get through any of those games.

What's your take on exclusive reviews, and how deserved do you think GTA is of the 10/10 scores it's been getting?

will we ever see a return of talladega nights?

Question: GTA4: Great game, GREATEST game, or second coming of Jesus?

Now that I got that out of my system, a serious question:

When companies don't make sequels to our favorite games, fanboys complain because they rather play sequels than enjoy, you know, original games. Then when companies release sequels to appease fans, they get attacked for whoring out franchises. Is it possible for companies to reach an equilibrium, or does the old saying "you can't please everybody" still ring true?

Do you think it would ever be possible for SEGA to re-enter the console space? With so many of their franchises going down the gurgler COULD they make a comeback?

Coupled with this there are rumours, albeit far-out rumours, of EA releasing their own console as well. P
ersonally, i doubt this would ever happen but for the sake of pondering, do you think they could do it and would they succeed? I understand releasing a console is a huge investment and very risky.

I played GTA4 about an hour so far, and I will later on tonight, but it really got me thinking about games in general while at work today.. GTA4 is getting such praise because of its use of so many new innovations and also its using older innovations well.

We've seen ragdoll and other mixed animations in games now for some time, when the first game did it, it was innovative. Is it now? Well, not as much, but GTA4 takes those physics and animations and Euphoria engine to make something that feels new. Awesome. But my question is, does a game HAVE to be innovative to really hold its own? Or can a game just utilize already existing features and functions in a crafty new way, to really entice people to play it? Or can a game just be really well made while sticking to so many old gameplay stigmas for people to love it?

One can easily talk about HALF LIFE 2 for hours, on how much it did different in the FPS genre. Its graphics, its storytelling, its character development, its ongoing plotline..etc. But does a gamer really have to have such new innovations to enjoy a new game these days? I'm probably gonna write this up as a Clog later, but I want to know what you 'tw@'s think.

Chad, Colette what would you think of a chocobo/dolphin hybrid?

I love bear <3

Do you think it possible for Super Mario Bro's 40.1 through h 40-2 million dollar sales to ever be beaten?

Hey guys, it's been a couple of episodes since anyone's mentioned their affinity towards Nicole Wiebe. I miss how you all gross out Tiff with your graphic descriptions of what you'd do to her.

If there was a game featuring colin's bear, what type of game would it be?

I'm curious if any of you guys have sat down and watched the TV in Nikos room in GTA4. There are some really funny parodies on there.

You better talk about the new TF2 update. Speaking of which, how do you feel about people who farm achievements? I'm asking this because I was doing that very thing thing to unlock some medic weapons. At least these are worth something unlike 360 achievements.

Also, fuck GTA4.

Do you think the reviews for GTA IV have been realistic or do you think many of them were written while the hype train was on at full orgasmic climax?

I think reviews, especially for games surrounded by so much hype should have a grace period before a review is written. Otherwise it's like having an "amazing" one night stand only to realize you just woke up next to Barbra Streisand. Thoughts?

*I hope I'm not too late*

So how goddamned awesome is Persona 3 and FES?

@JTHomeslice: agreed.


It's pretty much agreed that Half Life 1 and 2 are both revolutionary games, in every category, with usually an emphasis on story. Now, I've played through all of Half Life 1, and about 3/4 of Half Life 2, and I begin to wonder where is all of this overall amazement has come from, gameplay and level design aside. Get from point A to point B, some crazy shit happens, now you're fucked in some way or another...get from point B to point C.

In contrast to this, though, I do believe that the way it conveys the story is very innovative-it does make you more engrossed, indeed, which would make an illusion of a good story. If you had to put together the key plot points together in a chain, it would be pretty flat except a little bit at the middle, some more thrown in here and there, and at the end a big holy crap twist here and there for climatic measure.

In comparison, what does the Half Life saga do better: a bare bones powerful story of a young scientist getting fucked over by life, or telling it in such a way that it feels like YOU are a fucked over scientist, thus making the story seem better?

I feel like being random: what is your favorite video game cartoon?

Do you really think they can power down Superman enough to put him in DC vs MK?

What game do you wish would come out on XBLA/WII VC/PSN that hasn't been announced?

Will Body Harvest ever get the true credit it deserves for essentially creating the GTA template?

Also, just how awesome is Space Station Silicon Valley? Really awesome or obscenely awesome?

I just started playing a Pokemon game (Pokemon Pearl) for the first time and I gotta ask: are they all this boring?

This week I got GTA4 and Zack & Wiki and I'm actually playing Zack & Wiki over GTA4 because it is adventure games + anime X joy. I am stuck on the Dragon Scales level, do you feel my pain, Rev?

On a completely inane and wrong podcast note, does anyone remember Samurai Pizza Cats and think that Chad sounds a bit like Guido Anchovy sometimes? Just me? Okay.

Has anyone seen my pants?

GTAIV is all about the taxis!

I ride in them all the friggin time!

Skipping the journey of the shitty AI driving of course.



Thats not a question.... :P

GTA4 is cool. Paul Giamatti is also cool.

Ok heres my question for you which I believe steps out of the normal "Why iz dis so g4y!?!11!" and "J1m meks me roflcopter can i rapes him?" so hopefully you will care to indulge: If you could make game companies create either games with amazing play style that you could always enjoy or games that were imemrsive and had stories the which movies will never be able to achieve which would you pick if you could only play one type for the rest of your lives. Basically it's the what is more important to you personally question.

@Remo
Very, very?