GameHounds

It's been a long wait, but at last it's over. The first podcast of the new year — and the first since GamerEdie's surgery — finds our intrepid hosts chatting about the new year in games and the old year of sitting in front of the screen high on egg nog and fruitcake. Edie is joined by Holy Goalie and Nick Dinicola as they spin tales of escaping bandits and outrunning bears. We'd type more, but it's hard to post with one hand. Enjoy.

In this week's show — which may be the last show of the year — the GameHounds crew do something a little different and, rather than do the news and game commentary, they chat about what it takes to put a GameHounds show together and what goes in to the tricks of the podcasting trade. Nick Dinicola, Holy Goalie, and Edie Sellers also chat about their game of the year picks. Of course, there's still some game reviews, including:

Walking Dead

Witcher 2

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Far Cry 3

This show was recorded shortly before Edie's surgery, so depending on how fast she heals up, it may be a little bit before you hear from the GameHounds crew again. Hopefully it will tide you over. UPDATE: Edie's doing much better. Surgery was a success and she's up and about, even venturing outside recently. If you want to keep up on her recovery, get an idea of when the GameHounds might return, or send her get-well wishes, check out the page or send her a message on Xbox Live under . Honestly, she's pretty bored and would love to have you join a party with her on Xbox. So just invite her and say hello.

Borderlandus interruptus occurs when you have to stop playing just before you level up so you can do a podcast. In men, it can cause a painful condition called "blue thumbs." That's how this week's GameHounds show starts. And it continues from there with cohosts Nick Dinicola and Edie Sellers. With what, you ask? Lemme tell ya:

Call of Duty Black Ops 2 still underwhems.

The Borderlands 2 DLC doesn't. As in, it's really good.

The Walking Dead games, as a whole, could be the best games ever made.

Thankskilling 3 arrives thanks to Kickstarter funds.

Bioshock Infinite and multiplayer. As in, not.

Dishonored to get a sequel.

Amazon's Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals were ass.

Square Enix says if they pull a FFIV again, it may kill the company.

Wii U sells well, but not too well.

Buck of Chucks: Shark Attack: Deathmatch (second opinion); Ball Track Builder; RetroLabel 2600; Aeturnum.

Oh, and SPOILER ALERT: This is the next to the last episode for a few weeks, as Edie will be going in for some surgery. There will be Episode 204, but after that we go dark for a bit. If you want updates on how she's doing, subscribe to the . So enjoy, though you want to do it slowly.

You call it Turkey Day. We call it Lizard Day, because let's face it, it tastes just like chicken. And chicken tastes like turkey. Therefore, by the transitive property, lizard tastes like turkey. And speaking of turkeys, GamerEdie, Nick Dinicola, and Holy Goalie bring you the gaming commentary you've come to expect. Which means a lot of stupid jokes that keep us amused, if not you. SPOILER: Classic tangent is Nick attempting to read Trainspotting. Also on tap:

Surprise! More Borderland 2 talk!

Nick finally played Assassin's Creed 3.

How to brick your Wii U.

Bioware asking fans to vote on the content of Mass Effect 4.

Ghost Recon double XP weekend. Sort of.

Adam Sessler back on the screen at Revision3.

Black Friday deals we might have taken advantage of.

Vote on .

Buck of Chuck: Entropy; Pixel; Code Breaker; Don't Die Dateless, Dummy.

Enjoy.

Why? Why is it we try so hard to have a classy podcast. And then it eventually ends in dick and fart jokes. Okay, two words: Holy Goalie. That's why. But before we sink into the gutter, we really do talk about games. Including:

Have we talked about Borderlands 2 enough? No.

Nick Dinicola finishes XCom: Enemy Unknown.

Assassin's Creed III. More specifically, we haven't played it and why.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II has been kicked from the lineup.

Psychonauts and why everyone needs to play it.

When sushi goes bad.

David Petraeus ends up in Black Ops. With a promotion. Oops.

World of Warcraft senator wins.

Grand Theft Auto V. Soon, please.

Xbox Live turns 10.

Disk troubles for Black Ops and Lego Star Wars.

Buck or Chuck: Johnny Carnage; Rocket Girl; Hypotenuse; Shark Attack: Death Match.

And we apologize in advance for the aftershow part. Not for the faint of heart. Enjoy.

Wow. Just... think about that for a second. Two hundred episodes. That's more episodes of Seinfeld. That's kinda... crazy. But here we are, recording our 200th episode with little fanfare because co-host Holy Goalie doesn't really realize it until too late. However, we do go into some pretty awesome topics, including: Borderlands 2 (of course); Hurricane Sandy (absolutely not a game); Assassin's Creed III; XCom Enemy Unknown; Medal of Honor Warfighter; Lone Survivor; Steam trying to get on your TV; G4 axes all gaming content; Borderlands 2 HIV-like plague (no, we're not kidding); Grand Theft Auto V release date; Dead Island Riptide release date; Holiday release packs in general; Disney buys LucasArts; Buck or Chuck: Avatar Snowboarding; Plague, Inc.; Demon House: FPS Enjoy! For the 200th time.

Rather than bore you with a detailed discussion of our topics, let's just list out what Holy Goalie, Edie Sellers, and Nick Dinicola talk about this week (in no particular order):

Vegas

Machine guns

Borderlands 2

Punching babies

Pleasuring one's self

How to power level like crazy in Borderland 2

How to power level your pleasuring of one's self

XCom: Enemy Unknown

Buck or chuck

Edie being a complete slacker

Fable: The Journey

Machine guns

If that doesn't get you, nothing will. Enjoy.

It takes a big man to admit he was wrong. And Holy Goalie is a very big man. This week, Goalie admits that he's caught the Borderlands bug and it's not going away anytime soon. And GamerEdie Sellers and Nick Dinicola agree with him: It's that good. In addition, the GameHounds team covers news and reviews indie games from the XBLA. Enjoy.

Fear not. We saved it from being a big, fat Angry Birds show. Holy Goalie tried to do it, co-host Nick Dinicola helped it along. But thank goodness for Edie Sellers. She kept it from going completely off the rails. Yes, there is Angry Birds discussion, but we also discuss Borderlands 2 and other good games. Notice... GOOD games. Enjoy.

Okay. So some weeks there just isn't a phrase or title that jumps out at you. So we at GameHounds HQ just opened our minds and let the first thing that popped in come forth. And, inexplicably, it was Sonia Hennie's Tutu. Approximately two of you will get the reference. And don't ask me why I remember it. It was just stored in the hard drive and, voila, there it is. While there is absolutely no discussion of Sonia Hennie's tutu in this episode, what is contained within is a lot of great news and commentary from Holy Goalie, Nick Dinicola, and Edie Sellers, and more hits (and missed) from Buck or Chuck. Enjoy.