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A short show, but what it lacks in length it gains in girth. Or so we ve heard! Enjoy.

And by spoiler alert, we mean that Cooper Hawkes and Edie Sellers spoil everything from Modern Warfare 2 to Sixth Sense. Oh, and Rosebud was a sled. Whups! Did we say that out loud. When they’re not reminding you that Soylent Green is people, Edie and Hawkes discuss: Electronic Arts shuts down Pandemic Studios. The Saboteur will release on time but will be the studio’s last title. Mass: We Pray isn’t real. It’s a viral marketing campaign for Dante’s Inferno. Sony’s Kaz Hirai says that the company will release a non-game developer kit in Q2 2010. Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (its version of the NSA) recruits gamers through Xbox 360 Dashboard. Black Friday Deals: Our pick of the best we’ve found. Random Stuff, emails, and general weirdness. Enjoy.

Oh, you think we’re talking about the game. Well, it is a game, but not that one. You’ll just have to listen to find out. This week, Edie Sellers and Commander Tim are joined by Holy Goalie of the GameHounds Sanctuary. In addition to discussing drinking games and scorpion bowls, they also get into the news of the week, including: Modern Warfare 2 blows every previous sales record out of the water, meanwhile cheif douchbag Bobby Kotick sells off 40 perecent of his holdings in the company at a cool $20 million profit. Hail, Satan! Ars Technica says skip the PC version of MW2 because it sucks. Bobby will get you, and your little dog Toto, too. Regie Fils-Amie says that Super Mario Brothers will outsell MW2. Eventually. And with caveats. Microsoft initiates a holy jihad on Live customers using modded Xboxes and bootleg disks, banning more than a million customers and soft-bricking their machines. Meanwhile, the semi-bricked 360s are now showing up on Craigslist dirt cheap. Alan Wake is rumored to be arriving in stores in May. Sega says it won’t be selling Alien vs. Pretator in Germany. Sorry, Hansel. The Rumble Pack will join the GameHounds Humpdate staff when it comes back from vacation. Check them out! Random stuff, email, thank yous. Enjoy.

Yes, more zombies it does have. And more Edie Sellers and more Commander Tim. But it’s got less Cooper Hawkes. Crisp and clean! This week, Edie and Tim discuss: Congrats to Ben Hiebing of Sheboygan Falls, WI, for winning the Platform Nation pumpkin-carving contest. Netflix streaming on PS3 is getting the nerd-rage treatment. Direct2Drive, Impulse and Gamersgate all turn their backs on Modern Warfare 2 because of the imbedded Steam store. No Doubt sues Activision for turning frontwoman Gwen Steffani into a hermaphrodite. Kotaku’s Michael Fahey notes that Activision’s butchering of lyrics in Band Hero is ridiculous. Random stuff, voice mail, and fun, fun, fun. Enjoy.

Man, oh man, have we got man in this episode. In as long as it’s been, we are stunned that we have two, count ‘em two, men on this show. Both Commander Tim and Cooper Hawkes join Edie Sellers to do up the news that they do so well. On this week’s episode: Wanna win a bunch of swag, including a The Beatles: Rock Band t-shirt, a Brutal Legend patch, a pack of candy cigarettes, a copy of Brutal Legend and a copy of Hello Kitty Online (oh, and a $20 gift card to Amazon)? Check this out! Xbox Live Dashboard Preview phase one is out. Did you get it? Gamestop says that its plan to combat digital distribution is to, among other things, to buy an existing digital distribution entity. Whoa. Unreal engine for consumers? Sign us up! If you got your copy of Borderlands early, you didn’t get to play it early. Sorry. Peter Molyneux says there are five games that inspire him as innovators in the industry. Do they compute? Fable 3 will have microtransactions and Project Natal support. Major Nelson corrects Steve Balmer in public. Balmer make boom-boom in his pants! Nannies say Dante’s Inferno’s “Bad Nanny” achievement belittles their profession. Random stuff, email and more, more more! Enjoy!

Hey, it finally showed up! Episode 84 is in the can, as they say in the “biz.” And it seems that GamerEdie Sellers and Commander Tim have a lot to say after taking a week off. They came back rested and ready to talk out the issues of the last two weeks. As promised in the show, here’s the show notes, including a link to sign up for the upcoming Xbox Dashboard Update Preview. Major Nelson says if you’re using a non-authorized Memory Unit, you may not want to take the new dashboard update. Either that or move your game-save backups and profiles back to your hard drive first. Sony announces a 250GB PS3 for the US starting November 3 for $349. Oh yeah. That Xbox Dashboard Update Preview? Wanna sign up for it? Go to this link. You’ll need your GamerTag, Windows Live ID name, your console serial number and your console ID number. Michael Pachter says that Project Natal needs to be $50, the PS3 motion controller $100. Nintendo, Capcom and 53 other publishers file suit against four resellers of the R4 flash cards that hack your DS. Random stuff, thank yous, and other fun. Enjoy… Tim’s genetically perfect eyebrows.

Huhwhaaa? Is it Humpday already? Man, this jet lag is kicking my butt. Thank god we have the SportsHound WillG and an interview with Chris Arbogast of Nyko Technologies and Edie’s first-person impressions of Assassin’s Creed 2 from Tokyo Game Show. Otherwise, we’d be in some serious, serious doodie, my friends. Hound doodie. The worst kind. Enjoy.

This week’s Humpdate is ever so special. Have I mentioned how special it is? I did. Didn’t I? In addition to all that specialness, we have Edie with her interview with Tom French, the lead designer of Saboteur from PAX, the SportsHound WillG reviews Madden NFL 10 and the “AFC Legacy Pack” add-on, Holy Goalie offers some non-gaming advice for the backyard barbequer (hey, we can’t game all the time), and the Digital Cowboys discuss lesbian love and Fear Effect with the Eidos’ community manager. Enjoy.

That sounds kinda dirty. But it isn’t. It’s actually in reference to Bethesda’s upcoming title, Wet. Edie Sellers got her hands on the final build, and she dishes up the details on the game. In addition, she and co-host Cooper Hawkes fill you in an all the latest news, including: The PS3 Slim is now official, but it’s got some issues. Mass Effect looks like it will be getting some DLC very soon, as three new achievements have magically appeared. Peter Molyneux announces Fable III in Cologne. The Beatles: Rock Band to get three albums in three months. Random stuff, emails, voice mails, drunk dials, the works. Enjoy.

The Married Gamers discuss whether or not gaming has gotten more expensive. Also Chris and Kelly open their mailbag to talk further about the cosmetic DLC controversy, and has CooperHawkes from Gamehounds elaborate on his position. All this plus Rock Band minute, Game of the Week, and a little discussion about next week’s 2 year podcast anniversary show. Click on the Married Gamers logo to listen now! Show Links: Podsafe Music provided by Music Alley by Mevio Intro Song is Three Minute Marriage Proposal by The Gentlemen Outro Song is Abbey No. 5 by Sublunar Minds Platform Nation The Married Gamers voicemail: (206) 202-0912

This is a collaboration between twelve separate podcasts and websites comprising multiple interviews produced by Tony Atkins and Alex Shaw and arranged and edited by Alex Shaw of The Digital Cowboys. Its not only a festival of independent video game podcasts, but also a very personal one. Everybody on this production has been asked the same thing; Why do you do what you do? Independent podcasting pays no money so there has to be a very specific reason why each of us gets up there every week and puts out a show. Some of the answers may surprise you, and all of them are fascinating and entertaining. We d like to thank everybody who took part in this project. This material belongs to all of you. - Shawn Andrich, Julain Rabbit Murdoch, Sean Sands and Rob Borges of Gamers with Jobs Edie Sellers and Tim Wilsie of Gamehounds and The Widget Neil Brooks and Leon Cox of Gamerdork Chris and Kelly Brown The Married Gamers Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia of Big Red Potion Daniel Floyd of Talking About These Steve Artlip of Platform Nation Chris O Regan and Patrick McTie of Superhappyfuntimeshow Elaine Stryker and Leah Haydu from Some Other Castle Tony Atkins and Alex Shaw of The Digital Cowboys And Bobby Blackwolf from Allgames Radio - Music provided by Mark Tschanz and Marian Call. This is Episode #119 of The Digital Cowboys, but it is also available for uploading to every website and podcast involved. It has taken several months to put together and as complicated and exhausting a process as it was, we d like to do more like this in the future. Contact us at info@thedigitalcowboys.com if you would like your show or website to be involved.

Getting tired of the same old Humpdate? Well, you ll love this one, then. It s all new. Not only do we have new shows from the SportsHound WillG and from the Digital Cowboys, we also have a whole new show and a new host. We proudly introduce Holy Goalie and his new GameHounds Sanctuary, where you can confess your gaming sins and be forgiven. Can he get an amen, brothers and sisters? Enjoy.

Did you miss him? We sure did! Cooper Hawkes returns from his sabbatical to join GamerEdie Sellers and Commander Tim for a weekly wrap-up of the latest in gaming industry news. This week, topics include: An emailer points out that Playstation 3 does have a PS2 emulator, or does it? You decide. Another emailer points out that the Nintendo DS and the DSi can pictochat to each other. Yet another emailer says that the night-vision goggles included in Modern Warfare 2 s Prestige Edition are military grade. Enter for your chance to win a coveted Monkey Island E3 t-shirt. A Los Angeles judge refuses to halt the release of Double Fine s Brutal Legend, so far. Microsoft and Ubisoft reprice Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled. The Xbox Live Update Preview goes live, is full of badness and goodness. ComicCon wrapup: Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Random stuff and a super-awesome thank you. Enjoy.

It’s the last GameHounds show for July, so put your face in and suck it up, kids. This week, the Sportshound WillG, Mr. Maynard and the Digital Cowboys bring you scintilating topics to get your juices flowing. They probe the issues you want to talk about, thrust their opinions deep into your ears, and make you want to beg for more hot gaming news. Enjoy. Oh yes, yes, yes! ENNNNJOOOOYYYY…

That title may confuse you. Let’s just say, it all gets clear in the last 10 seconds of the show. This week, we had yet another guest fall through (what is it with us? Oh yeah, ComicCon week), so GamerEdie Sellers and Commander Tim are joined by Kropotkin (aka: Chris O’Regan) from SuperHappyFunTimeShow. Topics include: Gamasutra says we’re starting to see the death of the rhythm game. The official Tron Legacy trailer is orgasmic. So, how much kickback does it take to get to the center of PC Gamer’s editor in chief? Halo Chronicles, whatever it was, is dead. Double Fine countersues Activision claiming it’s trying to kill Brutal Legend. Ya think? Random Shit, tons of email, tons of voice mail. A Very Special Moment with Simon DI. Oh, and did we mention that Tron Guy’s roommate is a sex-crazed furry? Enjoy.

Bet you thought we forgot about you. We didn’t. In fact, neither did the Digital Cowboys, That One Guy Ry the iPhone Guy and the Sportshound WillG. They do their best to cuddle up close and say, “Hello, sailor. Looking for a good time?” Okay. That was weird. Enjoy.

All you long-standing GameHounds listeners will be pleased to know that, this week, GamerEdie Sellers holds down the fort solo with special guest Elaine Garbarine (aka: etDragon) from Some Other Podcast. You’ll be thrilled because you’ll remember that Elaine was the partner in crime with Edie in the infamous Estrogen and Alcohol episode, wherein both got extremely ripped on the podcast. This time, they’re a year older and a year wiser. They only brought caffeinated drinks. But there was so much news this week, there was no shortage of sweet, sweet gaming-news lovin’… with a girlie twist. They bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan… you know the rest. How do they do it? By chatting about: Activison reveals its profiteering-level prices for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in the UK. Anal rape ensues. Sony lays off 5 percent of its Sony Online Entertainment division. Rock Band Network coming to your Xbox 360 in August. Realtime Worlds’ CEO blames GameStop for the failure of Crackdown. Random stuff: Left 4 Dead mod, Assassin’s Creed PSP details, XBL update weirdness, Fallout 3 DLC pricing, Heavy Rain, LucasArts annoucements, Alan Wake. Enjoy.

A yes. Birds. Big, loud bluejays. Have I mentioned they’re loud? No, Edie and Commander Tim didn’t record this episode in an aviary. It’s just that, only after we recorded, did we notice that we had a third host: The bird. And we also had a bunch of other guests. Because it was another Guest Roulette night due to a scheduling snafu with the Very Special Guests we promised last week. But no worries, we did chat about these topics: We give away the Dragon Age book. Finally. Battlefield 1943 is a great game and a cockup of the first order. 2K Games adds a fourth developer to Bioshock 2. Hawkes says Tim and I are morons for saying we’d pay for a PS2 emulator for the PS3… Well, he does actually use more colorful language. Eidos reportedly has promised pre-embargo coverage for magazines that give a front-page placement and a 90 percent score. Random stuff, email, voicemail. Enjoy.

Hey. Check it out! Finally you’re going to get a Humpdate! This week it’s a short cast, with One Guy Ry the iPhone Guy and the Digital Cowboys. I know. Been so long you almost forgot their voices. Well, curl up and get reacquainted. Enjoy.

What? It s Monday? Well, that doesn t count. It s the last day of the weekend so it counts. Yes, yes, I know — Monday technically is only a holiday. It s not really Sunday at all. Well, all I have to say is nutsh*t. Chewy nutsh*t, at that. Here s your damn show. On Monday. There, we said it. Happy now? This week Edie Sellers, Cooper Hawkes and Commander Tim Wilsie discuss: The rundown on the recent Xbox Live Community Playdate with the Gamehounds. What we re playing, including Super Rub-a-Dub, Bit.Trip.Beat, Grim Fandango, Fable 2 DLC, Fallout 3 DLC. Edie gives the lowdown on what she s seen of Battlefield 1943, Battlefield Bad Company 2, and Brutal Legend. 3D Realms says it s not dead after all, but Duke Nukem Forever is. Geoff Keighley and company make the ill-advised decision to tape an E3 special in front of a live audience and then proceed to drop a bunch of news. OnLive snubs E3, further sparking questions about whether it s ever going to be all we dreamed. German review panel inadvertetly starts rumor that Escape from Monkey Island is coming to XBLA. Random Stuff: Ex-president Bill Clinton was approached for Fallout 3; Nintendo announces all three Metroid Prime games will be bundeled for upcoming Metroid Prime Trilogy; Batman: Arkham Asylum with Poison Ivy; Saints Row 2 Corporate Warfare DLC release date; Japanese developers spooked by H1N1 virus; Warner Brothers offers $33 million for Midway. Enjoy.