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June 02, 2008 GameHounds Episode 18: Hawkes is Done With Hate
Another weekend, another fabulous episode of GameHounds. This time with 100 percent more Hawkes.
First, let us apologize for the quality of the "Sing it Hawkes" segment. The ol' Interwebs kinda got overloaded with the marvelous singing and started to get a little weird, and while we tried our best to "fix it in post," the podcast gods would have none of that. It's still mighty amusing, if not perfectly recorded.
This episode we rip through a host of topics in our effort to be tighter and give you more news and less ramble. Don't get us wrong: There's still a lot of classic moments, including how Grand Theft Auto is like your crazy ex-girlfriend.
Yeah, needless to say, this episode is EXPLICIT! Yes, Hawkes and Edie finally cast off the bindings of propriety and get back to their old let-it-all-hang-out selves.
Topics and links (which, if you're a Fable-series fan, you'll want to check out) after the jump.
Topics covered in Episode 18 include:
, but seems to be on track for its June 24 release date for Xbox 360 and PC. No news of the new date for Playstation fans.
Ninety-minute cut scenes for Metal Gear Solid 4? Really?!? We'd like to find out more, but r. We have choice words for that.
Voice of Cole Train suggests . Yeah, that's believable.
In-game XMB for PS3 finally on its way. This is another step for Sony toward parity with Xbox 360.
." Is this a reasonable response or pandering to the lowest common denominator?
! At last, more porn games!
. Oh wewantitwewantitwewantit baaaad!
! Good for you, PC players. Sometimes it's good to be last in line.
Want to be immortalized in Fable 2? .
. My, don't we have a short attention spaa... Hey, puppies!
. Rumor that it hits US next week.
and close to surpassing Asia. Damn you, stumbling dollar. Daaaamn yooou!
. But wait, you might want to hold out for the MGS4 Bundle Pack coming June 12.
Thanks to iHomer and DaveinWI for leaving comments on iTunes! Every little comment is deeply appreciated.
Enjoy. It's the least you can do since Hawkes sang for you.
1 hr 27 min
May 30, 2008 Humpdate 05-28-08
Yes, we know you were expecting a regular GameHounds episode, but forces beyond our control made Hawkes MIA. So rather than make a Hawkesless GameHounds episode, we bring you this week's Humpdate.
Despite almost having lost the entire show into the putrid maw of the Internet's famous file-eating monster, we have Xbox Live Arcade news, Ubisoft news, and Metal Gear Solid 4 news, brought to you by Edie and Simon DI. But that's not all. This Humpdate is "Natalie Portman-flavored."
Topics and links for you to peruse at your leisure after the jump...
Edie and Simon talk about:
But what is it REALLY?
Ubisoft's Ubidays in Paris unveils a host of new games, including Beyond Good and Evil 2.
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so bad right? Right??
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from Euro blogs and mags.
Super Deal: .
Ninja Gaiden II coming next week. Solid r.
Enjoy! It certainly
1 hr
May 22, 2008 Humpdate 05-21-08
It's midweek, and that means the GameHounds Humpdate comes to you direct from our temporal lobes to your tympanic membrane.
This week, Edie and Simon D.I (of Cyberpunks Gaming Podcast) discuss the recent events of the gaming-news week.
Topics and links after the jump...
Penny Arcade: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness is aaawwweesome!!
More insight as to why Vivendi/Activision and LucasArts pulled out of E3. Seems last year's move of E3 from the LA Convention Center to Santa Monica and making the event invite-only , necessitating the association to substantially increase its membership dues to offset the costs.
Wii Fit launch (from May 19) due to apparent supply-chain issue.
Banjo Kazooie isn't like the original Banjo Kazooie. And that's a good thing.
Konami may have been the granddaddy of all music-simulation games, but its late entry into the field now dominated by Rock Band and Guitar Hero -- Rock Revolution -- seems really, really dumb.
Free Radical's Haze really is as bad as we first thought, or so says IGN, , calling it a "middling, generic first-person shooter with bland visuals, a weak plot and laughable characters."
?!?! Huh-whaaa???
With Sony's host of new games heading to PS3's near you, : LittleBigPlanet, Killzone 2, SOCOM: Confrontation, Motorstorm: Pacific Rim, and Resistance 2 will all reportedly have community websites. Hopefully Sony will learn from the debaucle that is Rockstar Social Club.
The judge presiding on the Florida Bar trial of Jack Thompson .
What's in a name? Cliff Bleszinski says and now wants to be called by his first and last name. Will a Cliff by any other name smell as sweet?
James Cameron said at Microsoft's Advance 08 advertising conference that . Yes, as in you'll have to wear those goofy glasses.
due to an already-full release schedule, says Sony PR people on PlayStation Blog.
What is Retro Gaming? We Americans frequently forget that the retro-gaming experiences of our youth were vastly different from those in Europe. For example, the , the , , , and . If you Americans like retro gaming and you want something different, check out the emululators. Thanks Kropotkin (of All Games' and ) for the heads-up!
More GTA IV Easter eggs, including:
Where to find purple dildoes with which to beat cops about the head and shoulders;
Mini-golf figurines that harken to older GTA titles.
How to stop your car immediately without launching yourself through the window using your camera;
Where to find references to Halo and Two Girls, One Cup.
Enjoy!
1 hr 1 min
May 20, 2008 GameHounds Episode 17: GameHounds Goes Clean!
This week, our intrepid hosts, Edie Sellers and Cooper Hawkes, test the waters of propriety by going obscenity free! Okay, maybe not "free," but at least an effort was made and the failures were cleansed.
Don't worry. This was a test and only a test. GameHounds has not sacrificed itself to the gods of the FCC, Miss Manners or any other stodgy old person. We just wanted to see if we could do it.
Survey says: You fail!
In this podcast, we cover news from the week in the gaming world.
Topics and links after the jump...
This week's topics include:
We give away the Rockstar dufflebag and open a new contest for the Rockstar lockbox.
We announce a new contest for Assault Heroes 2 swag (Thanks to the folks from Team FortySeven for the gear!)
Our own Mr. Maynard makes it to the All Games Radio GTA Xbox 360 Elite finals!
We pimp our very own t-shirts! Only $20 (more or less) through the website (more or less).
A list of rumored new features included in the Xbox Spring Update makes the rounds of the Internet. How real do we think this list is?
First reports of soon-to-be-released Haze are not glowing. Not one bit.
An entire playable level of Gears of War 2 shown at Microsoft Gamers Day. Everyone who saw it seems pretty impressed.
The gamertag "theGAYERgamer" is deemed offensive by Xbox. Changing our names to "HeteroHillbilly" right now.
LucasArts leaves the Electronic Software Association. Sire, the publishers are revolting. You said it, they stink!
Sony announces a real-money marketplace for upcoming titles The Agency and Free Realms. Bend over and open your wallets, kids.
GameHounds officially declares Rockstar Social Club a broken, useless piece of... oh yeah... we're running clean, aren't we?
Konami announces a super-special, limited-edition Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 bundle pack of what-the-hell?!?!
Edie offers up a list of tried-and-true Easter eggs in Grand Theft Auto 4, including:
How to get a tugboat,
How to get a Statue of Happiness t-shirt,
Where to find Hillary Clinton in the game,
How to find the "Heart of the City,"
How to get a Tommy Vercetti outfit for Niko,
How to get an Evel Knievel motorcycle helmet,
How to find map locations of all guns, armor, freaks, cars to steal, places to go on dates, jumps, and pigeons using the in-game Internet -- without using a cheat code or affecting your ability to get achievements.
All this and more awaits you. Come. Surrender to the power of the hound!
1 hr 13 min
May 14, 2008 GameHounds Humpdate 05-13-08
The feedback from our forums is in.
Almost without exception, you said you'd like to hear a mid-week GameHounds update, and we're not ones to argue with popular opinion.
We're still figuring out the bugs and the format, but in our debut episode of the Humpdate (that's what we're calling it for lack of a better title), Edie and Simon DI of hit the latest news since last regular GameHounds episode.
It's a shorter, faster format that the regular GameHounds Podcast, with fewer tangents. And it's clean. Yes, you read that right: Humpdate is a clean podcast. Believe me, it was a challenge, but it's one we're willing to undertake.
We really want to hear your feedback and comments on this one, so email us at (Notice: Not the usual email address. We want to keep this special).
40 min
May 10, 2008 GameHounds Episode 16: My Testes Bring All the Boys to the Yard
It's only Saturday, but lo, here through the muck and mire cometh the newest episode of GameHounds, Episode 16: My Testes Bring All the Boys to the Yard.
Testes? Indeed! Since we recorded before the release of the Gears of War 2 trailer, we discuss these most precious gems and other precious nuggest of the week from the gaming-industry news.
Want links? After the jump...
. Not only the day-one and first-week records for video games, but also for any entertainment, including movies and books. Take that, Harry Potter, you sniveling twat!
A trusty forum poster, while snooping about in the Rockstar Social Club website, came across what may be a clue about future GTA IV DLC : Really? Now, that would be cool!
. Also a tantilizing nugget of rumor.
The Parent Television Council, attempting to drum up some opportunistic publicity, accuses GTA IV of "giving points" for drunk driving and soliciting prostitues. Very funny.
. What? Two weeks before Mass Effect's release you're removing code? Something tells us it was never in there in the first place.
Stop the presses! There will be and ! I'm shocked!
. OOhhhhhOOOhhhhh... Pretty.
, with Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) at the helm, according to Variety. Let's hope it goes better than the Halo movie.
Everybody say awwww.
, says SCEE president David Reeves. Not before and how it's hosing his schedule.
Sorry, but , according to multiple sources at Sony.
Is it a reasonable piece of legislation or a step in the right direction. We argue.
Enjoy the lively banter. We certainly enjoyed fighting.
1 hr 13 min
May 05, 2008 GameHounds Episode 15: Who Killed E3?
Another week, another great GameHounds Podcast to tickle your funnybone and delight your gaming senses.
This week, Cooper Hawkes and Edie Sellers once again spar on all issues gaming. Well, not all, but a good amount of them.
What got their knickers in a twist? Let us tell you:
Hawkes and Edie get all soft and mushy about their listeners. Of course, that doesn't mean Hawkes actually received his copy of Grand Theft Auto IV. Thanks US Postal Service! You're the reason we love email.
Win a Rockstar dubblebag. Yes, the very one that comes with the GTA IV Special Edition. A little creativity and it could all be yours.
Two more entries (well, not entries, technically) in the All Games Radio GTA Xbox 360 Elite contest.
Activision and Vivendi and then. Wow. But wait, there's more.
, either. And then...
. Something is very strange afoot.
Dan Houser, Rockstar's VP of creativity, doesn't mince words when it comes to casual gamers. .
Having problems with GTA IV freezing up on your PS3? . One of them is not "place your life in a higher power," but given what you have to do, maybe it should.
For the billionth time, someone says a . Jesus, just let it go!
Enjoy.
1 hr 7 min
April 29, 2008 GameHounds Episode 14: I Heart Comcast
The title says it all! Listen to Edie Sellers exclaim that her internet problems are all fixed. Marvel at her frustration as we experience technical difficulties not once but MULTIPLE times.
Also listen as Edie and Cooper Hawkes discuss sex, relationships, marriage and Melissa Gilbert... hoootttt...
More on topic, we cover the week in gaming news:
Winners (yes, as in two!) of the Rocketmen: Axix of Evil code! Listener Stonecutter comes in first, and he has a choice to make: the aforementioned Rocketmen code or a copy of Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for the Nintendo DS. Second place winner William Griffin wins what Stoncutter doesn't take.
Hawkes makes a heartfelt apology. Yeah, we can hardly believe it too.
! We have a good idea: If you don't like it, don't buy it. Don't buy it for yourself. Don't buy it for your kids.
. Gawd, this guy has shot past "sad" and into "tragically pathetic."
. How do you slash prices on something we can't freaking find!?!?
Hawkes and Edie launch into an impromptu and heated analysis of the console wars.
Madden 2009 will add and will feature Brett Favre on the cover. Nice way to escape that Madden Curse.
. No surprise there.
Warner Brothers gives Eidos 60 million pounds, and then . Cost cutting or reprisals? Or just a rumor? You make the call.
Because we just love rumor, . Now everyone can experience of the goodness.
We're rumor-rific tonight as Halo is rumored to be Is this the "completely different" thing?
All this and more await you with just a click of the button. Click it. Over and over again!
1 hr 4 min
April 22, 2008 GameHounds Episode 13: Contest-o-Rama
Back after a two-week break, we bring you GameHounds Episode 13: Contest-o-Rama.
Why a "contest-o-rama," you ask? Well, that's because we have two -- count 'em -- TWO contests going on.
This is your opportunity to win some pretty damned fabulous swag. If we weren't part of it, we would be all over this like a couple of pitbulls in a porkchop factory.
What could you win? How about a code for Rocketmen: Axis of Evil, courtesy of Platform Nation.
No? Then how about a limited-edition (as in only 500 made) GTA IV Xbox 360 Elite, and a whole host of other prizes, courtesy of All Games Radio and others.
In addition to outlining how you can win these fabulous prizes, we launch into gaming news of the past week, including:
Blizzard tells legendary purveyor of crap Uwe Boll to .
for "Spring cleaning." Is that what they call getting rid of all that leftover racial epithets and obscene mail?
New York Times story laments how . Let's face it, I guess the causal gamer is not the Holy Grail of Gaming after all.
Developers Epic and Bethesda announce that neither nor , respectively, won't have demos. Hey, if they make good product, we're willing to wait.
. Again, better to do it late and right than on-time and wrong.
EA and lowers its price for Take Two's stock by about a quarter per share. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the , but EA isn't talking. Oh, and Luke and Laura are lost on desert island and Cricket thinks she's pregnant with Brad's baby.
and cuts lose with a few tasty features of GTA IV's in-game cel-phone not otherwise noted up to this point. Just makes us want it more.
In other GTA IV news, a for 299 GBP. No such love for the Yanks.
in Fall 2008. And k-k-k-Ken is k-k-k-koming to k-k-k-kill you (Thank you, John Cleese).
. Nine million copies sold. One million downloads of the maps in nine days. I don't think even they had any idea.
Girl buys Xbox 360. Xbox 360 breaks. Girl sends Xbox 360 back for repairs. . This would be funny if it weren't true.
Note to listeners: If your Xbox 360 gets RRODed and you keep it in a small, poorly ventilated area, .
: Something for every platform, but nothing good. Smells like a week before GTA IV.
: Is the Wii Wheel worth it? Why can't we get better Xbox Live friends-list organization and slots for more than 100 friends?
Don't forget to get those GTA IV Elite and Rocketmen entries in by the deadlines. And you can check the for more info or to ask us questions for next week's episode.
1 hr 37 min
April 06, 2008 GameHounds Episode 12: Gerstmann's Revenge
We're back on our regular podcasting schedule, which means we bring you Episode 12: Gerstmann's Revenge on time and in classic GameHound form.
On this week's episode, we rehash a few old topics, and some we've touched on before, and we clean up the last of the week's gaming news, including:
According to Rob Taylor, deputy editor of Xbox World 360 magazine and the first gaming writer who's finished Grand Theft Auto IV, . Drooool.
We've been linked by (I kid you not) . Of course we had to welcome them to the GameHounds fold and let them know that we still think power-jawed Mrs. Webb is a cum dumpster.
to retailers on September 16 in the US and September 19 in Europe, and with last-gen exclusives. Why are we so excited about this game? Because it looks so damn good. But we hate the idea of having to buy every iteration just to get all the exclusives.
according to Sony. Does that mean sometime before next GDC?
. Who would you rather be: The editor who stood up for his principles and left a corrupt site or the asshat who corrupted the site and then couldn't do well enough to keep his job? Three cheers for Gerstmann's Revenge!
as it releases the new and "improved" DualShock 3 controller. Sony early adopters cry in their beers.
. Ya think they cleaned up the bugs? Naaah, neither do we.
New Call of Duty 4 maps hit Xbox Live. , and a dubious silence from Redmond.
Horror author . Now we know why they pay him the big bucks. I loved your book, you magnificent son of a bitch.
And a very special bloopers reel at the end. Figured you want to hear a little of what goes on behind the scenes before we start the show each week.
As always, remember to let your opinions be heard on our forums at PlatformNation.com.
Next week, we're back to Saturday nights, so don't get all damp about this one-off. We wish we could do it more, but until this becomes a paying gig, we gotta get some work done.
1 hr 14 min

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Releasing weekly podcasts since 2008, GameHounds brings you news, reviews, and commentary on what's going on in the video-game industry. Nick Dinicola and Edie Sellers dig deep into the important news…