Ahhh. The GameHounds staff loves it when things get back to normal. Cooper Hawkes is back and drinking Southern Comfort, and Edie Sellers is sober and drinking water.

Two great things that go great together, especially when it comes to a podcast.

This week, Edie and Hawkes delve into a host of topics, including Alan Wake, the new Gears of War Zune, Sony's Tokyo Game Show debut rumors, how Bungie pissed off the UK, and how EA pissed off retired NFL players.

They also launch the latest Listener Appreication Month contest, in which you could win a GAF Viewmaster full of Fallout 3 screenshots and a bottle of real Nuka Cola -- both media swag from Bethesda's E3 appearance.

Check out the show notes and links for all da cool stuff after the jump...

Oh yeah, and these show notes thanks to Jong-Sun Yi, who reminded me no matter how drunk or tired we are, it's really important to write this shit up.

On this week's sh0w, Edie and Hawkes discuss:

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. Who knew he had a thing for blondes?!?

Dear Santa, Hawkes would like a new for Christmas. What? He's been a bad boy, but wait, he thinks the Zune is the future of the Xbox 360!

Rumor: at next week's Tokyo Games Show -- or so says a Famitsu posting. Either that or Google translator is seriously fucked up.

Bungie . Seriously, doesn't anyone fucking vet their shit?

Retired NFL players say. If they have half the documents they say they do, this is going to be very, very ugly.

Oh yeah. And because we promised:

Beware the ! Particularly if those undead bastards are carrying Legos.