The title of this e3pisode3 is a lovely portmante3au of what Al doe3s to his characte3r in the3 Sims and the big e3ve3nt of last we3e3k. (If you can't tell what that event was after my lovely, creative way of integrating it into the words prior... uh... it's E3. Moron!) (You can find today's podcast page at http://www.trigames.net/articles.php?content_id=835)

What's the technical difficulty of the week? Echoes in our sound files! It's been another hellish week, but we still couldn't completely eliminate the echo--so if you hear some leak out while you listen, we apologize. In any case... It's another Rapelay Attack as bans approach and then run away. Turntable controllers draw near, and apparently the Electronic Arts are defeated by the current hardware cycle according to analysts. (You can find today's podcast page at http://www.trigames.net/articles.php?content_id=834)

First off, apologies for the tardiness due to sound file bugs. Second off, the winner of the PC version of Braid is Neo Nightmare X. Third off, Al and Austin go to town on realistic games with jumping, violence in games and Rapelay. (You can find today's podcast page at http://www.trigames.net/articles.php?content_id=828)

You'll have to put up with 2.5 minutes of ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT STUFF (hint: not relevant). Then: Games that we breeze by; games that aesthetically wow us; and Duke Nukem Forever saga. (You can find today's podcast page at http://www.trigames.net/articles.php?content_id=832)

For Supersonic: Austin reads off the four Pretentious Videogame Synonym entries for that free copy of BRAID from SLUNKS! Yay.

Carnival Games sucks. Say it with me, say it to Pete, repeat after me: Carnival Games sucks! Carnival Games sucks. Carnival Games what? Sucks. And his yawns ain't edited! Try a Frosty mixed with Beer.

A doublebyte for you fellas this time, as Austin makes up for lost time by spending WAY too many minutes discussing 24 since all he's really been trudging through is Portrait of Ruin.

Samba de Amigo, Big Fucking Robot Games, and the DEFEAT of God Hand after many grueling hours of torture! Al comes through like a beast after 302 years of absence from the Trilobyte airspace.

We talk about the small core-gamer market in the face of casual gaming's boom; Sony yakkity-yakking about dominating in five years (and a blogger's penchant for saying "dominate" instead of "dominant"); and whether or not you can understand Supersonic97's question! (You can find today's podcast page at http://www.trigames.net/articles.php?content_id=828)

You'd better be wide -yawn- awake when you listen to Pete's -yawn- Trilobyte this week since he -yawn- keeps yawning and stretching because -yawn- he's so exhausted while...zzzzz...