This week, we make an attempt to have a serious discussion about games as art—no, not really. Sam brings up Ebert's recent comments while everyone else falls asleep, Miyamoto makes a comment about needing new game characters, and uh, Dead or Alive will just be as perverted on the 3DS. Sharkey suggests Transformice for Recession gaming and we have our usual email and voicemail segment.

What's that noise? It's our world cup edition! The crew gets settled in after E3. Although, we can't figure out how to get Chris to stop sounding like a robot. We discuss Odd news of the week, like Kinect's pricing, children can't play 3DS, and Iwata's comment on the industry. We make fun of the comments in our E3 award feature and answer more call-in questions. Vuvuzela!

We're barely alive, our voices are nearly gone and Sharkey has a hangover; yay E3! Sam, Tina, Chris and Sharkey get on the mics to ramble about the WTF moments of the event. And special guest Cliff Bleszinski stops by to talk about Gears 3 and Bulletstorm.

Valve delays Portal 2; surprise! Everyone is eager to talk about E3, and how CNN investigates why videogame movies suck-- Chris Plante elaborates. Tina makes fun of Alan Wake's wife, Sharkey shares his favorite Left 4 Dead mod, and Sam still doesn't play games.

Oh crap! Chris is back, and Sharkey finally sheds a tear of happiness. This week we talk about that little convention that's right around the corner, show some love for Wii Fit (no, not really), and we take more beloved call-in questions.

Hope this episode doesn't harm your ear drums; Tina edited it. We share our thoughts on cocaine and how it relates to games, Sam discusses a PlayStation 3 rumor, Frank tells us about PopCap's beginnings and Sharkey is himself again. And we wonder if children can thoroughly enjoy Super Mario Galaxy 2.

This week the Oddcast goes into Space! Well, not really. Frank joins us again as we discuss the finer moments of this week, such as the lingerie based off of No More Heroes 2. We try to understand the real meaning of Square Enix's "History-Making" game, and we go into Recession gaming as always. We close off with a healthy amount of audio and email questions.

Aye Dios Mio... we can't seem to put Chris down the well this week, so we get good ol' Frank to fill in once more. The news portion is filled with PC and Mac talk, Sam manages to suggest an indie game, Sharkey makes fun of bad pirates, we learn why we all secretly want a zombie apocalypse and Tina likes shooter. Surprise!

What? We're on time? That's new. Our buddy that we keep down the well escaped this week, so we have Frank as a temporary replacement. The news is filled with good comments from users, except those dudes who think 30 frames per second equates to being slow as hell. Tina's thrilled about Stephen Hawking comments, Sam likes the PSP Go, and Sharkey asks us all to buy indie games for a good cause. And then we finish off with our call-in questions.

The gang rants about California's violent game law going to the supreme court, Halo 2 players valiantly staying logged in to Live, and a free game that places Link, Samus, Megaman, and the Contra Guy in Super Mario Bros. before taking calls from the public. Oh, and Nintendo once sent Sharkey a cease and disist for writing a webpage about how much he wanted to have sex with Pikachu. Just thought you should know that.