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PC Gamer US Podcast 248 – The path to failure The PC Gamer band of brothers lock arms and rush headlong into the fray, discussing every [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US Podcast 247 – Soviet Interference We managed to carve out an hour and seventeen minutes (before succumbing to radio propaganda attacks [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US Podcast 246 – Legal Experts The Supreme Court has been abuzz with talk of video games lately as they tackle the [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US Podcast 245–Helicopter Freeman vs. Jet J.C. Denton This week, on a very special episode of the PC Gamer Podcast…Josh returns from BlizzCon to [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 244–Aeronautical Authorities This week: news! News for every genre! Evan chats about Medal of Honor’s awkward multiplayer, Civilization [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US Podcast 243–Gametosterone That sound you heard was December 7 being circled on 12 million calendars at once. The [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 242 – Craftastic The week can’t end without a PC Gamer podcast, so we rounded up the staff, threw [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 241 – Safeties Off A man from Microsoft said some funny things about FPS players on PC earlier this week. [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 240 – Phalanx vs. Tank This week, Dan, Evan, Andy, Chris and Mike the Intern chat about Blizzard’s brutal retribution to [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US Podcast 239–The Ocular Debate What size is the human eyeball? Why aren’t scientific measurements listed in American so we can [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Five Wonders of PC Gaming–PAX panel Still bummed out that you weren’t able to make it up to PAX this year to [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US Podcast 238–Dynamic Duo PAX is just around the corner and most of the PC Gamer crew is mid-flight to [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 237–Consolidate the Dakotas At PC Gamer, we hate redundancy. We hate redundancy so much that we won’t even tell [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 236–Stick Time Epic-length two-hour podcast! Evan, Logan, Josh, Dan, Andy and newcomer Chris Comiskey relay a flood of [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 235 – Hot Dish Insurgents This episode’s busting its seams with people eager to talk about all the latest video game [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 234–Automata Fresh off his guest-writing stint at Penny Arcade, Hollywood scribe Gary Whitta joins Dan, Josh, Erik [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 233 – Brotoss On today’s podcast, Evan, Josh, Dan, and Erik recap the results of yesterday’s office StarCraft 2 [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 232 – Why Did You Turn?! StarCraft 2’s new trailer: analyzed. Valve’s surprise free game, Alien Swarm: talked. ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead’s [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 231 – Join The Choir Intern Robert rallies the PC Gamer crew to chat about the Mass Effect-izing of Dragon Age [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer US podcast 230 – Glass Cannon Evan & Co. celebrate the return of some of their favorite games as the Starcraft II [..] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #229: Nickname-less One Dan bravely leads his crew of Josh, Evan, Erik, and Robert to the farm to steal copious amounts of cheese and talk about the Cataclysm beta, Heroes of Newerth, Portal 2, and Lazing targets in Homefront. We also take your calls and see why Robert likes to be "passively entertained" by Modern Warfare 2. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #228: Ultra Peace Sync up and tune in to this weeks show where Evan, Josh, Eric, Robert, and waveform-oligist Andy talk about Portal 2's new techniques, the up-coming summer game line-up (what are you going to play?), field your questions and much more. We're talkin' PC Gaming Jingles folks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #227: Killer Jenga If a PC game is shown at E3 does anybody see it? Hell yes, and we bring you an early edition of the podcast so you can hear about it! No wagging necessary. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #226: Dot Com Boom This episode is jam packed with so much awesome it cannot be contained within a Rawgrglrglrgl stein, which I assume holds a good amount of awesome. We serve up the news, interview David Grossman from Telltale Games about their new crazy ambitious plans and field your burning questions. There is another thing I'm [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #225: The Kancho Technique The best thing to hit public transportation since Kancho, the PC Gamer podcast will keep your mind occupied with info about free Company of Hero's, Sony's second crack at a Star Wars MMO and how you can rewrite history with a new Shogan: TW game. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #224: BGH Lite edition It's the PCGP Spicy roll: Take fresh raw news and wrap it around the most poignant PC gaming commentary there is, then, sprinkle our fine listener questions on top and you have the best in your hobby's audio listening pleasure. Serve with a hot interview featuring the developers of the most PC Game [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #223: Single-Eyed Judgement Delve into your deepest fears as we confirm Dead Space 2 on PC, learn about The Old Republic's advanced class system and take your questions with the help of a very special wave modifying headset. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #222: Cataclysmic Leak MMO spoilers! Who knew such things existed? But after we get bored of WOW news we talk Engie update, winning DRM and roll in an interview about "Battle Of The Immortals." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #221: Macaroo Court Featuring: Eskil Steenberg talking about "Love". The crew letting you know about industry news, foot-tall Heavies, Pyro nerfage, APB pricing, and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #220: DNA Day The podcast train chugs into your ears with the coal smelting action of discussion including Left 4 Dead's new DLC, Josh's incredible fruit analysis and an in depth interview with Mount and Blade's Mikail Yazbeck. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #219: Indie Air Duct The XCOM invasion hits the podcast this week but we are also able to probe deeper into the indie game scene with a special guest appearance by Andy Schatz, creator of the IGF winning game: Monaco. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #218: Surprise And Delight We are a day late to the internet cannon for a good reason! We blast directly to you an interview with GOG.com's Marcin Iwinski and exclusive awesome filled syringes pertaining to Crysis 2. Just listen, it all makes sense I swear. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #217: Muta-Dance We play the straight man to the Internets goofy man today as we dish the knowable about Fermi, Heroes of Newerth going into beta and much more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #216: Playgrounds Just 'cause you can grapple hook to an airborne victor and anchor it to the ground doesn't mean you should. Or does it?! We praise the antics afforded by Just Cause 2's engine, talk about Mass Effect 2's new action, get less lonely and check in with WOW's patch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #215: Fast Pitch Its a busy week for PC releases so if you hunger to play them all then you probably aren't tuning in. It's a shame really, because we put on our baseball hats and throw wild game pitches at each other which is good fun. We want to hear what you, the listener, have [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #214: Spitting Contest After packed schedules at GDC the intrepid PCG crew spills what info they can without the laser sight of an embargo-sniper appearing on their foreheads. We also field some questions, gush on about Cool Glowy Tracer Game (aka Battlefield: Bad Company 2) and talk RTS. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #213: Kill The Goose It's a particularly litigious week around the PC Gamer HQ with IW's lawsuit and Dan's jury duty. When not conversing in law-speak we are talking about Battlefield's launch, Sup Com 2, Portal's radio transmissions and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #212: Leviathan Josh recounts his Icelandic journeys and we answer your pressing PC gaming questions. Don't forget - We always have an operator standing by at 877.404.1337 ext 724 (PCG) or our email at pcgamerpodcast@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #211: Orphan Erik Ok. We have TWO HUNDRED AND TEN podcasts in the books. Why has it taken so long for something so glorious in the world of headset technology to come around? We use said tech to discuss the Starcraft 2 beta, games that passed us by and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #210: The Cancer It's the 2006 PCGP podcast! Featuring Greg Vederman and Gary Whitta, only they are here to discuss Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock 2, which are very 2010. How did we pull off this feat? Listen to find out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #209: Smiley Horse You guessed it, Mass Effect 2 is on the docket this week along with Ubisoft's wicked DRM, World Of Warcraft power trading and snap game purchasing decisions. Oddly, there are two separate horse references recorded within which is pretty rare unless this was the equestrian podcast - which it's not. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #208: Star Pelt Dan and Eric dish out their impressions of the Star Trek Online beta. We also give you the skinny on Bioshock 2 DRM, talk about pre-ordering as an investment tool and Arma II - believe the hype! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCG UK Episode 37 - Daddy Sense Tim, Tom, Graham and Rich talk about our BioShock 2 review, lying inRuse, capturing goblins in Wurm, mainlining dungeons in WoW, andenveloping other ships in Captain Forever. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #207: Goat Tea It's not about headbutting fancy china, it's about games of the year! gamasutra.com lets us borrow Chris Remo for the afternoon and he does a fantastic job helping us highlighting 2009's gaming...uh...highlights. Here are some links: Josh: The Abominable Sleeping Bag No idea where the Tomb Raider Boss is Irrational Behavior Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #206: Soul-Milf Copying the new year we've recorded a new podcast and it is one you don't want to miss, brought to you by a very special sponsor this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #205: Fanny Bright Gaming is amazing. 2009 remembered through its game releases right here on the PCGP. Simply amazing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #204: Patch It In No mic can withstand the enthusiasm of a WOW fan talking about the latest patch but we tried. Also, we chat about the TF2 class battle, Games For Windows TM marketplace, Left 4 Dead Dos DLC and new games announcements at the Spike VGA (also TM most likely). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #203: Bubblegum Go Pop Chemisty and chewing gum. File under: Things that do not go well together. Much like playing a podcast simultaneously with power metal. Pause that Blind Guardian and listen up as PC Gamer talks about Mass Effect's voice cast, Telltale's teaser, game-mechanic copyright issues and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #202: Dog Violator Join the PC Gamer extended family this week to see why Modern Warfare Two's old timey shotguns have Evan flummoxed, what is in store for C & C post twilight and what is the most fun four people can have with their clothes on. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #201: Horse Flogging Since last week was so fantastic we lumped the MW2 and L4d2 release discussions into this week on the show. Norman Chan is also on today's program and he has been playing MW2's multilayer with Evan quite a bit - to see if the pros outweigh the cons press play now. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #200: The Chieftains Thanks to EVERYONE for listening to PC Gamer's podcast. We miss everyone who has moved on from the ranks at PCG's offices over the past 199 episodes and all the listeners no longer with us. It's been fantastic being able to lend my hand at putting the show together for about 80 episodes [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #199: Cigars and Swords Every PC Gamer reader knows who the cigar wielding RPG expert Desslock is. Now get to know his voice as he talks in-depth about Dragon Age: Origins. Along with the RPG talk we wonder what will become of Modern Warfare 2 and WOW's charitable pet sale. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #198: The Innocent What WAS that MW2 video? We decompress the situation as it pertains to the game, discuss razor blades in Halloween loot and recommend a fresh game, "Torchlight." Before you rush to play and ruin your mouse listen to the great listener questions and varied playlists this week, you'll be glad you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #197: Do The Bifurcate As one might predict this podcast is mainly about two things: MW2's lack of dedicated server support & Borderlands. Consider everything else a super-fantastic bonus! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #196: Not For You Name your gooey price and wave goodbye to the naysayers. Cryptic words unless you listen to this fair podcast and learn about World of Goo's sale and the L4D2 boycott. While you are at it hear discussion of Zuma, tardy demos, Dawn of War 2 add-ons and much more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #195: Ultimate Riddle It's a loaded show with more people and topics than most .mp3 files out there. Listen as nearly the entire PCG crew divulges secret games, progressive design choices, PC SKU delay theories, difficulty settings and sinister Riddler challenges. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #194: Bobcat It's a new podcast with a fresh faced intern ready to report on all things PC gaming. We talk about extreme women in Mass Effect 2, Dawn of War 2 expansiondalone, the state of Steam and why necrophotography is a fun game mechanic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #193: Thesis-erang If this episode was a bat-erang it would take down all the weapon carrying baddies and chattering teeth just to deliver this weeks PC Gaming news. Unfortunately, there is a lack of the newsy stuff so instead we dish out the Batman love in thick Venom style doses. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #192: Listings This week! Lists! Also - short sentences! Woa games slow down, we can't play all of you at once! Multiplayer madness, game mechanics and Congo! This description isn't the only thing crazy this show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer UK Podcast 32 Tim, Tom and Graham reveal Napoleon: Total War, talk up Batman: Arkham Asylum's strengths and problems, compare notes on Brink, rave about their time playing Diablo 3, and discuss Starcraft 2, WoW Cataclysm, the TF2 update and Lego Universe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #191: Patient Zero This weeks show is all about sick. The sickness of PC Gaming that is! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #190: Jawesome If you ever thought, "Hey, I wonder what a publisher would think if I beat them at their own game?" This is the podcast for you! We have, among a Champions Online report, listener questions and G-Force updates, a chat with Brad Wardell of Stardock about Demigod strategies and anecdotes of the PCG vs [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #189: 4Life In the beginning is chat about lifetime subscriptions for MMOs & *Blizzzzzzcon. In the middle is a question, "Who is the best developer?" At the end there is silence because the mp3 file stopped. *More Zs than normal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #188: Net Rehab Guild Wars 2 puts out some game footage so beautiful it sweeps the entirety of Gamecom off their feet. Dan tells of his Starcraft 2 campaign impressions and Logan looks into what it takes to rehabilitate an internet addict. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #187: Air Taco Prediction Podcast will look into the future and make predictive statements, answer your questions, and talk about games that come out NEXT week...So predicting! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #186: You’re People Well, why don't you just listen to the podcast in order to ascertain what it is about this week...Hint: Delayes, patches, "push me" buttons and not quite broadcast quality C&C 4 developer interview audio. Just press play! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #185: Try For Baby An overall jolly good week in PC Gaming with the Sims 3 path notes being genuinely funny, a Demigod demo up for grabs, and Dawn of War 2 still Warring its way around. Think you can find something to write hate-mail about in this episode? OK, maybe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #184: Bleep Button It's a short sine wave clip heavy show this week after Microsoft releases an insightful guide detailing why gamers will enjoy Windows 7. To fill our need to not be hardcore all the time...oh wait we never have such a need - we answer some insider info questions and drool more for Arma2. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #183: Death Squirrels After an elaborate escape plan from the hostage takers the excited PCGP crew is quickly stymied by some downer news. To tip the scales we remember the Mechwarrior announcement and break some news of our own...involving squirrels. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #182: Remember The IPX Protocol There are alot of things PC Gamers need to be aware of, starcraft 2's LAN play situation, strategies for defeating a games creator at their own game, and what to boycott next. Awareness can be achieved by tuning in to this weeks podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #181: Drivers There is the studio news, we got that. There is the Windows 7 scoop, we got that. There are listener questions, we got those. It looks like we've got a PC Gamer Podcast on our hands. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #180: Blood Sacrifice Assembled is the jumpiest team ever assembled to jump into the weeks relevant news. Post the info dealing we take listener questions, talk playlists, and commence in gamerbate (also known as gamer-debate). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #179: Good Game Sir! We separate the signal from the noise (literally speaking on the audio this week) from PC Gamers exploits during e3. Evan and Gary discuss their impressions of the many games demoed before their eyes and come away looking forward to games neither had strong desires to play before hand. There is so much [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer UK Podcast 29 A luxurious hour of PC gaming discourse punctuated by sonorous 'Er's and curt British chuckles. In addition to the aformentioned games, we get to mention why Killing Floor is worth playing, what ArmA 2 is like, what Graham's been doing with The Sims 3, and what people have been asking us on Twitter - including Splash Damage's Ed Stern. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #178: Glee Three Amidst e3, excitement builds with the announcements of fresh news. We discuss which newsy bits we would like take to bed and snuggle with. Please send Andy money to build a shelter in order to guarantee survival until the release of the new Monkey Island. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #177: Opinion Jar We play Jarate with opinions this week dousing each other with reactions and theories from the games as art debate and games in politics. We also mix in the weeks news about Big Huge Games, Battle-Forge's free-ness and WOW's new Druid models. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #176: Demi-Fraps It's Demigod uncut this time as we are toiling in game for the podcast again. See how a newbie can adjust while talking all things this week in PC gaming. It is very important you check out the video for this podcast in place of the audio or as well as. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #175: Shoot Furry Things It's a little more intimate this week with Logan, Evan, and Josh returning to the saddle of the podcast horse. It gallops around discussing DNF footage, Th4if 4, average rated but full of fun games, and updates to the TF2 Sniper class which break in the middle of recording. Also, the hosts try [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer UK Podcast 28 Ross, Tim, Tom and Craig from PCGUK speak of Starcraft 2, ArmA II, Spelunky, Left 4 Dead Survival Mode, World of Warcraft antics, PC Gamer's big redesign, and, as ever, answer everything they can directed at the PC Gamer UK Twitter account. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #174: Gary 2.0 It's a podcast about numbers. It's the first PCGP using v4.0 of Skype. It's the first PCGP featuring Gary 2.0 Steinman, the editor in chief. There is discussion of the Fallout 3 1.5 patch, along with others and finally, it should rank a 10 on your podcast-o-tron rating. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PC Gamer UK Podcast 27: PCs Vs Ponsoles To explain what is going on here I shall paraphrase The Lonely Island: "Promote Synergy - LIKE A BOSS!" Ross, Tim, Tom and Craig of PC Gamer UK do the following: 1) Discuss what 2K showed Tom of BioShock 2, previewed in our special 200th commemorative issue, on-sale in the UK on Thursday. 2) Pretend PC [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #173: L4P Zombies don't have censors so neither do we for this episode. Hide your children because we tried to record a podcast during a L4D session and produce something that made sense. Mistakes were made, demo files were patched into oblivion minutes after record time and lots of audible mouse clicking can be heard. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #172: Launch Day Vi Sitter i Ventrilo Och Spelar Demigod. We also talk Fallout MMO, TimeWarner coming to their senses, and red shirt deployment strats. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #171: Box Quotes A podcast containing info-y bits about Will Wright's whereabouts, Dragon Age's lifespan (long enough to grow a medieval length beard), and whats up with Borderlands' art direction. Don't forget, we also Q some A's and tell what there is to play. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #170: Tales Of Valor Tim Holman and Brain Wood, two kind gentlemen from Relic on the Company of Heroes team joined us on today’s podcast to share details on the follow-up hitting next week, Tales of Valor. Also: A wacky audio quiz with RTS units, and why OnLive isn’t a threat to homeland security. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #169: Eyeball Loss If you happen to run into any "Merchants of Brooklyn" and have an eye flung out, don't panic. The podcast can still inform you of the latest PC Gaming news. A query into "Darkest of Days" will leave you pinned to the ground in anticipation to play and find out which fast [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #168: Eyebrow Importance Its an advice kinda show today with Guru Logs explaining why the eyebrow evolved. Along with that we have special guest Stan Press, a smart-dressed former professional gamer and employee of Xfire. He re-visits last weeks question about the status of professional gaming and why there are no Zerg flavored Doritos leaving their [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #167: Across The Pond Very kind PCG UK editor Tim Edwards joins us to help discuss Empire: Total War and stick it out through most of the show. We mock Stormrise for requiring veesta, ponder what Bioware is doing with a new studio and decidedly WOULD play a game with boob -guns. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #166: Comfortably Numb Next time you finish playing a violent game and you see someone with a sprained ankle, help them quickly. Our hobby depends on it! Also: Funcom, less fun than advertised. EA looking into the other 11 months for release windows. A WOW player that actually has a life, and Duke Nukem - a recession [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #165: Sharks Wth AKs This week new details of the Scout update break while we recorded so we dish out the details. The sooner you download and listen the more breaking the news is! We speculate about Blizzard's new MMO and let you know what games we are looking forward to the most for 2009. Finally, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #164: Right To Quicksave In this RPG length (long) podcast we discuss the art of the quicksave and the business of merging game companies. Dan seeks answers from Microsoft about GFWL and we report on the counter that Dawn of War 2 used on Gamestop. It's not imba its the PCGP. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #163: Play Big Play Big or go home. The catch phrase of the ultimate grief pulled off in EVE online. Wake Island gets caught in a time loop and ends up in 1943 and more pin the bang on the firearm fun. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #162: Powder Keg It's the pistol knowing, powder keg exploding, Chuck Osbourning PC Gamer podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #161: Long Tom Logan hosts this episode of explodey PC gaming goodness to tell you about some critical downloads. A L4D patch that supports the smoker and NVIDIA (non-beta) drivers that allow multi-monitor support while chugging with two cards in SLi. Also, why is Defense Grid: The Awakening the best game you're not playing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #160: Mech Turtle What is there to look forward to? Not just in life, but in the 2009 electronic PC game line-up. What little quirks make your PC experience like a healthy relationship (preferably ones that do not require hitting)? Why "A Vampyre Story" is @#%ing good and what happened to mechs? Q's that are [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #159: The Anti-Santa The PC Gamer holiday cheer podcast episode. We take a bunch of great listener questions and infuse the thoughts and opinions about the holidays of the fine people that make PC Gamer possible together to make magic. Now where is that eggnog ice cream I've heard so much about? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #158: Secret Muffin Recipe Liberty city is finally open to the PC faithful, excitement is mixed with frustration. If any troubles make you hungry, Logan has another fine recipe to try out. A dash of listener questions and pinch of Left 4 Dead anecdotes makes for the 158th episode of the PCGP. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #157: PC-Dog Billionaire On this weeks show we recount what it was like to discover Half-Life 10 years ago. Then we find out how strong an industry we the PC can be. Also, the editors give their Wotlk, L4D, and Fallout 3 impressions, answer a few listener questions and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #156: Game Nuts It's a massive seven layer (person) podcast. A meaty one with a glutton of Wrath of the Lich King content including an interview with lead world designer, Alex Afrasian. This 'cast is the perfect companion to take along on some grind-fest glory. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #155: Rad Level On this weeks show the editors take a moment to discuss The Old Republic. That is, when there isn't anything that has to do with Fallout 3 on the table! We also take on a few listener questions, talk playlists and wonder about water pipe leaks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #154: Ninja Value Add Mysteries explained. Questions answered. Games played. It is a well-rounded show this week. With so many big games hitting like a character with the "Iron Fist" perk, we can't stop gaming long enough to breathe yet alone to record a podcast. Somehow it happens. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #153: Most Valuable Zombie Today we introduce brand new Intern Josh, hear the lowdown on BlizzCon from Andy and get lots of fun word play from Evan. Share the jealousy of playing Left 4 Dead by hearing all about it. And everybody's favorite(slash not favorite) bonus: Podcast rap! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #152: Companionship Sun spots, the economy and Logan's hurt foot are all things we could blame for the podcast being tardy. But lets focus on games and what the magazine has in store for you. Simply put, it is staggering the amount of anticipated games reviewed in the holiday issue. On top of that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #151: Granny, no! The Typer umm, typed this. It was good: I can almost smell it now. PC Gamer Podcast #151, what’s going to happen this week? Will Logan be hosting? Is Dead Space awesome? Could it be that someone comes up with the greatest podcast ending analogy ever yet to be conceived by the human mind? And [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #150: Boss Battle This week the crew tries to make sense out of Ensemble studios' tragic fate, Gametap's new friend, and PC NPD numbers. Along the track we make stops at what-enemies-suck-ville and morality-gaming-city. Finally, we answer a listener question about jumping ship from the gaming press to gaming developer. Find out if we can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special: Live From Showdown 2008 in San Mateo Surprise! It's a live podcast from the magnificent showdown LAN party that took place in San Mateo over the weekend. Mostly, the PCG and MAXPC crew answered genuinely great questions from the audience and held an interview with the creator of Audio Surf, Dylan Fetterer. This is what they would call a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #149: Old Fashioned The PCG gets a little old fashioned with esteemed guests Jeremy Williams and Gary Whitta on the same show. It's a formula for success when discussing the happenings of PC Gaming this week. Round it off with a kickass account of the Worcester Showdown and what more is there in life? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #148: 147.5 This week's podcast is a short one, thanks to that pesky magazine we have to ship. We talk about the DRM in Spore and new titles we're looking foreward to. There'll be more next week, we promise! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #147: One on One This week Logan talks with Crytek's Cevat Yerli about Crysis Warhead among other topics, Andy S and Evan both talk about PAX and the Gamers Bill of Rights, how long until it gets ratified? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #146: Asleep At The Wheel Unfortunately, this weeks episode is lacking in any hard news because there is nothing to report. It totally makes up for that in soft bodies yapping about the stuff you care about: Games, nerdery and sometimes movies. We catch up on some listener mail and even make some television recommendations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #145: Plastic Bigfoot Evan hosts this weapon-ized grade podcastium to load into your iTank and level your unsuspecting village of PC gaming enthusiasm. The latest in this weeks news and views of the PC world. Rounded out by a ski-free reference and a bonus music track at the end! Stay until after the credits patrons. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #144: Infinite Logan Theorem This weeks show packs the PCG family in tight and road trips across the information highway. It hasn't been called that in years. We bring you our take on the heavy TF2 update, BitTorrent, Police Chases, and even more Star Trek Online. We also catch up on some listener mail and wish [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #143: Ready To Lead So very many topics this week so instead of listing them lets just go over what is important about this weeks podcast. 1. The return of a special someone. 2. It is pretty long. Big ups to The Razor for emailing his Beatmaker magic (featured in the show) to pcgamerpodcast@gmail.com. Hint: More people should do that. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #142: Hurts Less Than Love An early edition podcast so filled with useful information it will make you forget about the rest of the week. Logan even shares a delicate dessert recipe that you will rush to your kitchen to try. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #141: Samba Moment Returning from a week off, recording a day late, the podcast must go on. We say what there is to say about E3 and cover this weeks news stories. Then we pontificate about keyboards for way longer than anyone would ever need to. It's an episode that is not to be missed. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #140: FNG It's a full house initiation for the new editor at PCG towers. Like the Geth, the larger the numbers the smarter we are. Good thing too as we tackle this weeks topics of discussion. We give out super smart opinions on: Ride to Hell, most anticipated game you've never heard of? - [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #139: Bugged Kristen Salvatore hosts this wonderful podcast which touches on topics you will want to hear about. These include but are not limited to: Our thoughts about the Diablo lll brouhaha - American McGee's Grimm release details - EA Sports, "It's in the game" unless you're on PC - listener questions, movie recommendations and playlists. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #138: Archily Three men enter the ring. Well, two men and one man-boy. But before they are let out they must make a podcast about the latest happenings in the PC Gaming world. Microsoft holds a Games for Windows press event...ok. No one wants their free 'hot coffee' money? WOW dongles will stop [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #137: Scat Stocking Again with the clicking? Yes. Don't worry about bathroom breaks just listen to the soothing sounds of Chuck's voice. Hes back again! This episode is all about excitement. Excitement over a diablo patch? We shall see. Excitement over Nvidia's CUDA? Most definitely. Excitement over bathroom alternatives? Much glee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #136: Nailgun Your Pets Chuck Osborn returns! The kind gentleman would not deprive you of his awesomeness for too long now would he? We hit the topics of game asset ripoffs. Cross platform Crytek. Logan's love of clicky sh**. And finally, flagship - the real story. Mix in some listener questions and who [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #135: Tuna Burrito A plethora of topics are thrown into the podcast pond of discussion of which PC Gamer drinks. Notably, DNF footage hits the internet hard. New Crysis expandalone revealed! The Steam Cloud and, as usual, much more. Chef Logan shares his secret recipes for all you gamers and I spew mass [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #134: Hotness After being absent last week there are many great discussions to be had! In fact, the PC Gamer crew has those discussions which include -Mass Effect, sci-fi story bliss? -Age of Conan, the hottest selling PC game? -Future pirate proofing -ESA dropouts and all kinds of stuff guaranteed to make a gamer happy. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #133: Scratch Scratch You cannot miss this episode! For real. Not only does it share names with my cat, Professor Scratch, it shares a little something else with her too. Actually forget about that, it is a completely normal episode. Nothing fantastic about it... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #132: Check In PC Gamer responds! The new website and community concerns are discussed. If you thought those issues were cause for concern, have you heard about the DRM being used on Mass Effect? Those topics and more including a quick trip to the Master PC Theatre. Art-house indeed. Thoughts? Call the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #131: Anticipation On this weeks podcast: Just listen to the intro - Logan sums it all up there. Not on this weeks podcast: Master PC Theatre - Chuck was not around to administer the recommended dosage of cheese. Fret not, the rest of the podcast is in top shape and it is just what the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #130: Vocal Blanket Mr. Osbourn will wrap you with his vocal blanket as you experience this weeks interesting PC Game news. Intel's compelling price cuts, Epic Games stance on PC gaming, NASA: The Game and more. In addition, possibly the best thing Jack Thompson has ever done and a couple of academic listener questions. Don't forget [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #130: Vocal Blanket Mr. Osbourn will wrap you with his vocal blanket as you experience this weeks interesting PC Game news. Intel's compelling price cuts, Epic Games stance on PC gaming, NASA: The Game and more. In addition, possibly the best thing Jack Thompson has ever done and a couple of academic listener questions. Don't forget [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #129: Ghost Ride Listen carefully to the sounds of Norm's voice. He explains the new Team Fortress 2 goodies which you will not want to miss. But that isn't all - Is Assassin's Creed getting burned for no good reason? What will become of Windows XP? Mass Effect system requirements and another edition of Master [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #129: Ghost Ride Listen carefully to the sounds of Norm's voice. He explains the new Team Fortress 2 goodies which you will not want to miss. But that isn't all - Is Assassin's Creed getting burned for no good reason? What will become of Windows XP? Mass Effect system requirements and another edition of Master [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #128: Pro Boll On this weeks cast: Chuck is back to administer punishment for excluding Master PC Theatre from last weeks podcast. Uwe Boll has his own hater minute. Stapes talks about his hands on with Fallout 3! Yes, please. Along with some other news bits don't forget about the questions from our favorite people...you. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #127: The Prophecy It's a low key but informative week on the podcast. Among other things we pry open the voice mail and get to answer some truly awesome questions. Thanks listeners! Without Chuck we forgot to hand out the Eprops for Master PC Theatre. Instead we were distracted by interesting news bits and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #126: Extra Extra On this edition of the podcast its news news and more news. Load up on Stimpacks and stay off the Jet because Fallout 3 will have how many endings and how long of gameplay? WOW 2.4 patch thoughts by ex intern WOW expert Andy Salisbury. Illinois dips into social funding to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #125: Ultimate Cheese Burger “I can't has cheezburger.” says one challenger. “Bring it on.” says the other. The Ultimate Cheesburger Challenge goes off. Find out the greasy details inside. Also, juicy news bits are digested then washed down by some listener questions. It's a 1000+ calorie packed episode of the PC Gamer Podcast. p.s. Much [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #124: In Harms Way We are joined by a very special guest this week. Some may remember his storied exit from the magazine via a railgun slug. Yes it's William Harms, rejoice! He talks with the podcasters about writing for video games, more specifically, his work for Gas Powered Games. Strap in and enjoy a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #123: Circle of Life The team assembles and pays respects to a luminary of gaming. Soon after, discussion of magazine ins and outs, EA teasing The Sims 3, ranting back at those pesky game devs at GDC, fun points, and much more. Fun points can be purchased people, make no mistake. For free fun there is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #122: Sniping A death in the PC gaming world! Whats the deal with EA trying to take over Take 2? Other stuff! It wouldn't be a proper Thursday if there was no PCGP now would it? Also check out the PCG fan podcast. A winner is podcasting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #121: Over The Line Sorry for the delay! We had to gather the group from GDC and get down to business. Logan drives while Norm, Dan, Andy, and Will Smith from Maximum PC ride along yapping about the PC Gaming Alliance and other news from the conference. Friday-ness is in the air - take it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #120: Victorious What happens when Hello Kitty becomes self aware? Why is the r in PC Gamer printed backwards on next months cover? And how badly did the PCG US team dominate PCG UK in their TF2 match? The answers lie within. Many other news items and a token X-COM memoir round out the one hundred [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode #119: Porcelain Bone Logan charges ahead with podcast in hand! Many things to discuss in the news this week: A Soundtrack only your Sims will appreciate; Many Steam users, duh; DNF release date not actually confirmed; Don't be left behind by Left Behind; What is Conan without nipples?; Agea gets gobbled up by the green monster; Gametap taps [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 118: Robo Gaz Blair Fraser, Producer of Sins of a Solar Empire, discusses the upcoming real-time strategy game with 4-X qualities. In the news: Dan's Correction Corner; Madden NFL '08 predicts New England will win Super Bowl; Futuremark launches game division; Valve releases Steamworks; Hot Coffee pays out; Ender's Game game in development; Starcraft Online rumors; Robo-Gaz; a politically-minded [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 117: Taurahe Ad-supported Battlefield Heroes; micro-transactions vs. leveling; More on Assassin's Creed specs; S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky a Steam exclusive; FOX's inane coverage of Bioware's Mass Effect; Crytek starting a weekly developer diary; Bethesda delves into Fallout 1 design docs; World of Warcraft hits 10 million users; Q&A, FigurePrints contest winner, and playlists! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 116: Nerdery Valve acquires Left For Dead developer Turtle Rock; New Team Fortress 2 maps and features coming; Savage 2 launches; Call of Duty 4 COO reports high rate of PC piracy; Star Trek MMO license (possibly) sold to new developer; "Unconfirmed" recommended system specs for Assassin's Creed off the chart; Crysis 2 screenshots debunked; Dungeon Siege [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 115: CES Consumer Electronics Show recap; Our favorite gadgets ever; Thule Trail hits the web; Free Portal Slide demo for NVIDIA owners; Crysis patch released; Fallout 3 developer diary updated; Q&A and playlists! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 114: Lickable Holiday reflections; Holiday Trivia Question; Derek Smart's Battlecruiser Millenium Gold & Universal Combat now free; Midway & Eidos in merger talks; Q&A! Plus, as a little present for your ears, we're giving the show a bitrate boost for the new year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 113: Figureprints Interview Ed Fries joins us from Figureprints to discuss their newly announced figurine service catering to WoW addicts nationwide. He goes into detail about the 3D printing process, coloring, and their relationship with Blizzard. We also hear a little bit about a prior venture of his involving mind control peripherals. In the news: Duke Nukem teasers new [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 112: Next Top Reviewer PC Gamer Next Top Reviewer competition; Kohnke sues Perpetual; Weighted companion cube auctioned for charity; CompUSA closing its doors; Half-Life 3 NOT announced; Questionable Nielson ratings; Command & Conquer Tiberium FPS announced; Blizzard working on a new MMO; Team Fortress 2 stats discussion; Ubisoft delays its FPS lineup; no free Windows Vista for you; Q&A [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 111: Jens Pulver Today we chat with former UFC lightweight champ (and hardcore gamer) Jens Pulver. Besides his experience watching the UFC come of age, he talks about playing World of Warcraft, Medal of Honor, and Call of Duty games with infectious enthusiasm. In this week's news: WoW skills save Norwegian boy from moose maiming; FigurePrints set to launch, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 110: Nerd Spiral Perpetual implodes; Games industry outpaced average growth of US economy 4:1; ScummVM ported to iPhone; BlackSite: Area 51 designer speaks out about games failings; NVIDIA says PC is three times more powerful than consoles; Q&A and playlists! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 109: Thanks Listeners We celebrate Thanksgiving with a special all Q&A episode covering topics like system tweaking, cheating, $20 game purchases, and jobs in game journalism. Happy turkey day, folks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 108: Untitled PCG staff goes to the mall, mocks PC shelf space and Crysis placement; Hellgate: London tops sales chart; The Witcher censored?; Atari ceasing games development; Interplay hires former Fallout developer, says not for Fallout MMO; Marvel Universe Online rumors; Ghostbusters game in development; Mad Catz gobbles Saitek; Universe At War demo released; StarCraft II close [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 107: Crossbow vs. Laser Gun City of Heroes property purchased by NCsoft; Homeworld bought up by THQ, Relic owner; The Elder Scrolls Online not confirmed; Sam & Max Episode 4 free for download; NPD scaling back their free data; a lengthy Q&A and playlists! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 106: Games For Windows Games for Windows’ global director Kevin Unangst joins us to answer your submitted questions. Also, in the news: Hellgate: London Halloween party and costume report; Manhunt 2 a race to the bottom; Graphics race undermining other forms of innovation; Dissenting Crysis demo reactions; GeForce 8800GT; playlists (including additional Manhunt 2 debate)! For dessert check the latest [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 105: MMO’ Money Bethesda budgets for MMO development; BioWare MMO rumored to take place in Star Wars universe; OXM UK says Call of Duty 4 lasts 4-6 hours, OXM US disagrees; Crysis replayability, minimum specs, demo tonight; Portal and how game length affects value; Gears of War PC hits; NCSoft welcomes in-game advertising; Hellgate: London scanning your processes; [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 104: Rhymes with Orange Box This week we cover our further adventures into the Orange Box, such as playing with portals in Half-Life 2 and Lost Easter eggs, plus our impressions of the new demos of Call of Duty 4, UT3, and TimeShift. And, as always, we take your listener questions and give our Playlists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 103: Orange Box This week Josh Mosqueira joins us from Relic to discuss Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts. Also, NBC's "Chuck" uses PC Gamer Magazine as character prop; Orange Box love fest; System requirements for Crysis and Call of Duty 4; This week's torrent of game demos; EA acquires BioWare and Pandemic; Hitman series free on GameTap; Gods [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 102: Catfantasic II Meow. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 101: PC Gamer in Crysis Choosing friends on social networks, Steam Community steals Live's thunder; Valve undefeated in Team Fortress 2 matches; Crysis multiplayer hands-on, demo delayed; Unreal Tournament 3 buzz check; Q&A and playlists! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 100: ‘Nuff Said Spot contest winners, and a Peggle giveaway (rules); Team Fortress 2 beta reactions; PC Gamer Person of the Whatever; Showdown 3 recap; Fun with PC Gamer Wikipedia entries; Q&A (including one from the Megatasking winner)! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 99: And the EiC is…. New PCG Editor-in-Chief announced; Amazon posts Spore release date; FASA closes its doors; Orange Box prices and pre-order package announced; Company of Heroes expansion Opposing Fronts incoming; Word Series of Video Games closing down; Q&A and playlists! PLUS! As part of next week's episode 100 celebration, we're giving away 10 copies of Valve's Orange Box. To [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 98: EA Event Hands on Crysis, Team Fortress 2, and Left for Dead; Ubisoft releases Far Cry, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, and Rayman Raving Rabids as free, ad-supported; Original Command & Conquer released as freeware; F.E.A.R. sequel named; Tabula Rasa release date announced; BioShock downloadable content clues; Join our Steam Community Group; Dell announces inclusion of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 87: Mac Gaming? Blizzcon tickets go on sale for $100 a pop; Telltale scores 6 Mil in venture capital; id Tech 5 debuted at Apple's WWDC, and Apple rekindles its courtship with the games industry; Texas law provides grants to game developers (strings attached); q&a & playlists! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 73 The team reports back from GDC with thoughts on Playstation Home, the Maple Story MMO, Games for Windows, Live for Windows, Piracy, and Vista's lackluster launch; "Australian Gamepro on the take" rumor debunked; Q&A and playlists! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 54 Recipe for Episode 54: Mix equal parts DJ, Logan, Chuck, Gary, and Jeremy. Add Bully court verdict, BF2142 "spyware" and personalized in-game advertisements, federal taxation of virtual economies, Nielsen games ratings, B-list actors in full motion video, WoW addiction and blame, your questions, and our playlist. Simmer. Press play. Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 53 This week: Rockstar plays Bully in front of a judge for 100 hours; Phantom keyboard coming to market; Activision releases games on Steam; Blizzard bans a ton of WoW accounts and seizes millions in gold; your questions; our playlists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 52 In the news: Contents of World of Warcraft expanion Burning Crusade announced; rpgRomance.com plays matchmaker; Fiber optic ISP GameRail.com goes beta; gamers petition for Diablo 3; Dice Canada closes; and three killer demos out this week (BF2142, WarChiefs, and Flight Simulator X). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 51 This week: The Uwe Boll saga concludes (complete with squibs); Live Anywhere ready Marvel MMO announced; Halo RTS for 360, and the prospects for it coming to PC; Counterstrike revamps weapons pricing scheme; and DEFCON released. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 50 Do you have thoughts about game rankings, and what scale is best? How much granularity do you need? Well, prepare for a deep and philosophical discussion about that very topic as we, spurred by an article on Next-Gen, examine PC Gamer's own 0-100 system. With Greg as our host, we also hit stories about a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 49 We dedicate this week to a large backlog of listener MP3 questions. If you don't like the topics, you have no one to blame but yourself: storyline, design originality, hardware, E3, Spore technology, girl gamers... the list goes on. Thanks for sparking the discussion, and keep them coming. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 48 This week: The first Ewe Boll fight, Democratic presidential hopeful Mark Warner makes a whistle stop in Second Life, Crysis a PC exclusive, Top 100 selling PC games of the century (so far), and the recent deluge of add-on math processors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 47 It's our one-year anniversary at the PC Gamer Podcast, and we're celebrating with a live show recorded at the Showdown LAN event this past weekend in San Jose, CA. Dan brings us up to date on his status in the the Uwe Boll boxing challenge, the week's news is discussed, and questions are taken live [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 46 With the team getting geared up for Showdown, we're out a day early and Dan Stapleton takes the bridge for the first time in Podcast history. We track down Kristen at the Leipzig Games Convention and she gives us the latest on Crysis and Half Life 2: Episode 2 (including a shocking spoiler!), [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 45 Maressa Hecht Orzack joins us to discuss her well publicized claim that 40% of all WoW players are clinically addicted (spoiler: we got her to shave off 25%). We also discuss the release of F.E.A.R. Combat and Darkness over Daggerford, Jack Thompson's FAX to Rockstar titled "Bully will never be released," Microsoft's warning to MMO [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 44 This week: Illinois taxpayers pay out to the tune of $500k for their representatives passing an unconstitutional violent video game bill into law, 40% of World of Warcraft players are psychologically addicted, and examiner.com discovers that people create online characters of the opposite sex. What next? People aren't going to use their real names? We're planning [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 43 This week: the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) as we know it is a thing of the past, Minnesota video game law shot down in Federal court, and a Star Wars game pre-vis video is foxed by Lucas. We pause to hear from Todd Hollenshead, id Software Biz Guy, and get his thoughts on the E3 story. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 42 Sorry we missed you last week, but we're back with a vengeance. We jump in with our take on the redesigned Team Fortress 2 (teaser: we're not all happy campers) and speculate on Portal gameplay and why we haven't seen this kind of technology sooner. We also analyze a new scientific study on "violent" video [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 41 This week we respond at length to an article criticizing video game reviewers, contest two disturbing comments from Epic VP Mark Rein, sympathize with Bono as he's dragged into a game controversy, and amuse ourselves with another story about mind control -- this time involving (no joke) monkey gamers. We also hit a round of your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 40 Every week we respond to your MP3 questions but we realize not everyone has the means to record their voice. On this very special episode we respond to some of the many text questions submitted over the past several weeks. Topics include MMO addiction, Ender's Game, magazine issue dates, journalism degrees, VoIP headsets, video game [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 39 On the eve of our celebration of America’s Independence Day, PC Gamer touts its patriotism once again and takes a jab at a game that really gets us fuming. And since we know you can’t get enough of our “expert” MMO coverage, we discuss recent policy changes to World of Warcraft, MMO subscription data, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 38 This week: Uwe Boll challenges five game reviewers to a fight (and Dan's throws his name in the hat), Superman plays World of Warcraft, Blizzard CEO one of Business 2.0's top 50 people who matter now, and a documentary about one man's quest to make his own MMO. Sitting in today lending wit and perspective is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 37 This week's news: George Broussard offered $500k to finish Duke Nukem Forever sometime this year, Chris Crawford fed up with lack of innovation, potential Blizzard MMOs, more mind controlled computers, and Halo 2 PC functionality. Plus your questions and our playlists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 36 Discussed: the Hot Coffee settlement, Dungeons & Dragons Online solo play, Chinese online game revenue to surpass Korea, The Video Game World Series is televised, canceled controversial games... and a world exclusive... Zork via telephone. How many magazine editors does it take to open a mailbox? The answer will shock you. Also a round of your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 35 E3 Game Critics Awards announced, Louisiana anti-games bill goes to state Senate, video games at the Olympics, game addiction clinic opens in Amsterdam -- we put our heads together over these topics and more (including peanut butter preferences). Also featured: probing questions and comments from you (colonoscopy anyone?) and the new smash single by Tomas [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 34 This just in: Tom Cruise bans video games and game magazines (not to mention television) from his household. What does Dan Morris and the gang think of this? Tune in to find out. Also discussed: killing Curt Schilling for charity, another study disproving a connection between games and real world violence, Dan's alter ego from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 33 The PC Gamer staff welcomes professional gamer Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel to the office today, and he kindly sits in on the Podcast after handing them their asses in a crushing Quake 4 match. We pick his brain about the life of a pro gamer, tactics and strategies, his prize earnings, the input he has on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E3 2006 Special Report #3 The doors have closed, and we conclude our special E3 coverage with reports from Greg, DJ, and Chuck. We finally hear some exciting reactions to Crysis and Spore, two of biggest titles on the floor, and Greg hints at his official pick for Game of Show as E3 judge. We also hear a lot about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E3 2006 Special Report #2 Our second day brings a wealth of reports (over 10, in fact) including responses to Gothic 3, Flight Simulator X, Sacred 2, Anno 1701, Star Trek Legacy, Hellgate London, and some cutting edge hardware on the horizon. If you were already sorry to have missed the Expo before, things just got downright unbearable. See you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E3 2006 Special Report #1 It's the end of day #1 at E3, and both Greg and Chuck found time to check in with Norm and Jeremy back at podcast HQ. Greg is turned on by the new Live PC initiative from Microsoft, along with several hot games, and Chuck relays his experience with almost every MMO at the show. Check [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 32 Just to shake things up, Senior Executive Editor Chuck Osborn takes a turn in the hosting chair as we discuss the ESRB's re-rating of Oblivion, and E3 banning the Naughty America MMO. Then Dan Morris interviews Jeremy Soule, composer of some of the most-loved music in the games industry, and Jason Evigan, lead singer of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 31 Due to a scheduling conflict, we could not interview Jeremy Soule as planned but he promises to return with us next week. This left copious time to discuss controlling games with our minds, a look back on the EA Spouse story as she finally reveals her identity, developer studios for hire, and the rest of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 30 Back by popular demand, Dan Morris' first act is to welcome special guest Veronica Belmont of Cnet's Buzz Out Loud podcast, who joins us to continue our discussions on how to get girls into gaming and Bootcamp. In the news: Lara Croft: Genderbender? And Command & Conquer 3 is announced, taking us totally by surprise [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 30 Back by popular demand, Dan Morris' first act is to welcome special guest Veronica Belmont of Cnet's Buzz Out Loud podcast, who joins us to continue our discussions on how to get girls into gaming and Bootcamp. In the news: Lara Croft: Genderbender? And Command & Conquer 3 is announced, taking us totally by surprise [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 29 This week: The results of the Dan Morris life-or-death poll, Kristen weighs in on women in gaming and Oblivion gender bias, nekkid chicks playing on Counter-Strike, Ubisoft (maybe) backs down on StarForce, Oblivion shatters records, and a bevy of user questions featuring a first-ever appearance of hardware guru Logan Decker. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 28 The long awaited episode 28 is here! Dan Morris returns, but will he be back? You decide. We also cover the history of media corrupting our youth, Lara Croft's nip slip, extra Oblivion content for sale, Mac gamers officially join the PC gaming community, and our thoughts on Microsoft's latest aquisition. And, as usual, another [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 27 The Desperate Housewives got game, Greg is outraged over a game-bashing article in the SF Weekly and gives them a piece of his mind, MMO addiction, listener questions, and everybody's into Oblivion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 26 PC Gamer welcomes aboard new Executive Editor Kristen Salvatore in this very special podcast. Also: Oblivion draws near, more on running Windows games on your Mac, an essay on the virtues of gaming from industry golden boy Will Wright, the military builds a gun that games actually do train people to use, listener questions, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 25 This week, PCG editor in chief Greg "Bizzle" Vederman hosts as we discuss the controversy swirling 'round StarForce DRM. Is it a bad idea, or a terrible idea? Plus some good news for Mac gamers, the ESA goes after Illinois for payback, Dell and Alienware sittin' in a tree, Rockstar's talent gets some respect from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 24 What will Will Wright have to say in his GDC keynote speech? Is Lord British a deserving recipient of the GDC Lifetime Achievement Award? (Hint: yes.) Is Microsoft's new "Project Origami" a breakthrough for gaming? These and other questions addressed in this week's scintillating episode...plus we field the usual bevy of listener-submitted MP3 queries. It's [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 23 This weeks news: Korean gold farmers turn to identity theft, Jim Lee gets an MMO, the "Are You an Obsessive Online Gamer" quiz, and of course a slew of listener questions. It's episode 23, kids. Come and get it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 22 We interview Justin Roche, project manager of "Food Force," the humanitarian-relief simulator that's already been downloaded 3.5 million times. Hear all about the "anti-America's Army" that renounces violence and embraces world peace. Plus: The Counter-Strike advertisement controversy; WoW hoaxsters; and mad sales of Empire at War. Also, we've added links to our show stories on the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 21 Uwe Boll lashes out at the games industry -- and PC Gamer lashes back. Also: Should the Red Cross symbol be pulled out of 3D shooters? Our war-crimes experts debate. Plus we answer the usual torrent of listener-submitted MP3 questions. All this provided for free, because we care. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 20 James Cameron plans an MMO? Bono to buy Take 2 Interactive? Thomsonsoft calls Jack Thomson's bluff? We tackle these startling bits of news and answer a veritable cornucopia of your MP3 questions in this, our twentieth podcast. Score! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 19 This week: the announcement of John Romero's MMO...the online petition against GUN...Fata1ity speakin' the truth on 60 Minutes...and the tall dollars available to be won in the exciting world of virtual slot-car racing. Plus, we answer a bunch of your MP3-submitted questions. (Including our very first question from a woman, as the PCG Podcast shatters [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCG Podcast 18 It's PC Gamer vs. the Toronto Star, as we call up Canada's most prestigious newspaper to complain about a sensationalistic gaming-related headline. Will we get satisfaction? Or will the innate friendliness of the Canadian people win us over? Also: Secrets of an anonymous gold farmer, declarations of a Texas politician, and the moral dilemma of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 17 PC Gamer plans to enter D.J. as a candidate in a primary challenge against California Assemblyman Leland Yee. Does D.J. have "the common touch" to lead the Justice for Gamers Party to victory? We somehow doubt it. Also: we answer a ton of listener questions, and calculate the percentage of Jeremy's recent life that's been [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 16 We've got two firsts this week: Not only is Greg "TheVede" Vederman hosting the show, but newly minted Executive Editor Chuck Osborn sits in with the gang to discuss lofty topics such as the first-annual Sex in Games expo and whether or not he stopped by the Adult Video News (AVN) awards while attending this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 15 Will Star Wars: Empire at War shake the jinx of the Star Wars RTS? Listen in as we get the good word from the game's producer, Chris Williams. Also: What is id's new project? Who did GamePolitics name as its Person of the Year? How many WoW players are single females? Who shot JR? We [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 14 Gaming news, listener questions, and our personal picks for Game of the Year 2005. What more could you ask Santa for? Have a good holiday everyone, and we'll see you in 2006! Show links: Dan's article "2005: PC Gaming's Not Dead Yet" PBS: The Video Game Revolution (debunked myths and DVD) Gamers are good multitaskers Save(d) Kings Quest IX Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 13 We've been promising that we'd get to our backlog of listener questions, and today's the day. From Australia to Toronto to all points in between, PCG Podcast faithful have been submitting their questions, and this week the trusty staff tackles as many as we could fit into one episode. Enjoy... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 12 Dennis McCauley joins us from gamepolitics.com to discuss the very polarized debate surrounding mature-rated video games, and we look at today's report card issued by the The National Institute on Media and the Family, as well as the Family Entertainment Protection Act. It's a hair raising episode of the PCG Podcast, so might as well [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 11 Did Norm pass his midterms? Has Jeremy finally lost the love for World of Warcraft? Can the boys scrape together enough cash for a new GeForce card? All these questions -- plus many more, including a ton asked by you, our listeners via MP3 -- are answered in this week's senses-shattering episode. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 10 John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment, joins us to give us the latest on the relaunch of Star Wars Galaxies. As 30 character classes shrink to 9 and the game switches to a new action-based format, we get SOE's grand strategy from the big cheese himself. If you're one of the thousands of SWG [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 9: “Battlefield 2 Special Forces” This week we're joined by David Yee, producer of the Battlefield 2: Special Forces expansion, who talks to us about the latest in the development of the infantry-themed BF2 add-on. (Mr. Yee also answers our hosts' burning questions about just how well their stats stack up against the global average.) Also, find out where Fata1ity [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PCGP Episode 8 We're joined by K.C. Coleman, lead tester at LucasArts for Star Wars: Battlefront II. Now that the game is in the late stages of play-testing, K.C. talks to us about what goes into testing -- and breaking, and fixing -- a big game at the end of its development cycle. Also: What does [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website