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Drinky Talky Thingy Episode #58: Sometimes I worry about Gow’s fragile little mind

February 17, 2012
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Sometimes I worry about Gow and the pictures he sends me of penis shaped dogs

Sometimes I worry about Gow and the pictures he sends me

I really do. There are times when he skirts incredibly close to that line between simply being odd and being actually classified as ‘special’. Case in point the image to the right. Now while I will admit it is funny, the sheer amount of glee expressed by my co-host when he showed me it caused a little concern.

However the mental states of the hosts are not why you are here, well not the main reason anyway. Also I cant exactly take the piss to much, I played more of Robot Unicorn Attack: Evolution than any other game this week & left the music on.

The gaming news however is what you are really here for and this week there was a fair amount of stuff for us to get ranty about, which always makes for a good show. This week includes some news on Resident Evil 6, All the news to come out of the Activision Blizzard earnings call (including the latest on WoW’s subscription numbers), Double Fine’s Epic Kickstarter campaign & even some talk about classical music and game endings.

Anyway all that and much more in this episode of the Drinky Talky Thingy.

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We also welcome your contact about anything you want to talk to us about – From suggestions for stories to recommendations for mid podcast songs, Hell you can even just hurl insults at us if you so wish. Below is a list of the ways you can contact us.

You can even if you so desire buy us gifts of beers and sweeties via our Amazon wishlist, doing so will make you the sponsor of that show and as a result we will say almost anything you ask us to during the show. Amazon.co.uk: Drinky Talky Thing
If you want links to any of the stories we covered in the show this week, links can be found after the jump.

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Drinky Talky Thingy Episode #57: Working on attempting to try to improve

February 10, 2012
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Ambulances of all sizes meet at the watering hole after a hard days saving lives

Ambulances of all sizes meet at the watering hole after a hard days saving lives

Firstly, I would like to welcome all of our new listeners to the show. Its always nice to officially say hello when we notice a large jump like this week.

Secondly, do let us know what you do and don’t like about the show, were constantly trying to work to improve it. That is why this week we tried a few new things, edited the intro as people had said it was too long, etc.

Some bits of it worked, other bits of it did not. But at least now we can say we tried and moved on.

Other than the experimenting, we managed to get some of the news talked about but my word wasn’t the gaming news depressing this week? Sony losing buckets of money, THQ laying people off all over the world, Bill Roper’s continued employment within the games industry. Its a wonder we didn’t end up in therapy after the show.

Anyway all that and much more in this episode of the Drinky Talky Thingy.

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You can also subscribe Podcast on iTunes

We also welcome your contact about anything you want to talk to us about – From suggestions for stories to recommendations for mid podcast songs, Hell you can even just hurl insults at us if you so wish. Below is a list of the ways you can contact us.

You can even if you so desire buy us gifts of beers and sweeties via our Amazon wishlist, doing so will make you the sponsor of that show and as a result we will say almost anything you ask us to during the show. Amazon.co.uk: Drinky Talky Thing
If you want links to any of the stories we covered in the show this week, links can be found after the jump.

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Drinky Talky Thingy Episode #56: Some of us are getting old indeed

February 3, 2012
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Yes, The DrunkenGamer was once a member of the mushroom kingdom

Yes, The DrunkenGamer was once a member of the mushroom kingdom

Yes, as I write this intro the clock has crossed the midnight mark so the DrunkenGamer is now officially another year older. This is something that I am not all that happy about, but its not like I can do much about so I will not dwell on it. All I will do is point to the shows Amazon wish list linked below.

Getting onto the point it was another great week for gaming news, so much so that our aim to keep the show down to less than an hour is failing badly. We will not give up though, perhaps next week we will do better.

In our defence there was a lot of stuff we needed to talk about, from the updated information on the Wii U Network & technical information to the fact that Zynga are still ripping games off faster than people removing a plaster, Everquest going free to play to Facebooks IPO. Sure there was also the usual off topic bullshit, such as Gow’s attempted at jingles and distractions caused by Oreo Chocolate Fudge Brownies – all this without proper internet access due to DrunkenGamer having reached his bandwidth cap for the month.

I do want to get in writing that I part way through the show made a bet/promise – if the Wii U is not re-branded as the NES or NESR ( NES Revolution) by the time it is officially released, I will donate and extra £10 to childsplay charity when it comes back round at the end of the year.

Anyway all that and much more in this episode of the Drinky Talky Thingy.

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You can also subscribe Podcast on iTunes

We also welcome your contact about anything you want to talk to us about – From suggestions for stories to recommendations for mid podcast songs, Hell you can even just hurl insults at us if you so wish. Below is a list of the ways you can contact us.

You can even if you so desire buy us gifts of beers and sweeties via our Amazon wishlist, doing so will make you the sponsor of that show and as a result we will say almost anything you ask us to during the show. Amazon.co.uk: Drinky Talky Thing
If you want links to any of the stories we covered in the show this week, links can be found after the jump.

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Drinky Talky Thingy Episode #55: Still not entirely certain what we are doing to this day

January 27, 2012
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Even the hardened military guy has no idea what the hell is going on with this show

Even the hardened military guy has no idea what the hell is going on with this show

So every few weeks we get this sense that we have finally gained the skills to call ourselves proper podcasters, we congratulate ourselves on a good show, all that shit.

Then the podcasting gods take notice and choose to remind us ‘You are winging it, you have no idea what you are actually doing’ and throw us a curve-ball to remind us of place.

This time it was the fact that despite sounding perfectly fine to us while we were recording, Alec (who had joined us to talk about Resident Evil 6) had been recorded with so much reverb & crackle it was unreal.

So for only the 2nd or 3rd time in the history of the Drinky Talky Thingy, editing was done. Let me tell you there are so many buttons in Audition that do weird and wonderful things, its fun to play when you are drunk. Anyway I managed to clean up Alec’s audio to the point where you can actually hear what he is saying most of the time but be prepared to hear some crackle to his parts still.

How audio issues aside we did manage to get quite a lot covered in this show, obviously there was more news about SOPA, there was also a whole pile of Xbox rumours to talk about, we took the piss out of Zynga for ripping off Nimblebit’s Tiny Tower, I rambled on for a bit about Blizzard based news and we even had time at one point to debate why the hell everyone on our facebook friends lists is getting pregnant all of a sudden.

All that and much more in this episode of the Drinky Talky Thingy.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

You can also subscribe Podcast on iTunes

We also welcome your contact about anything you want to talk to us about – From suggestions for stories to recommendations for mid podcast songs, Hell you can even just hurl insults at us if you so wish. Below is a list of the ways you can contact us.

You can even if you so desire buy us gifts of beers and sweeties via our Amazon wishlist, doing so will make you the sponsor of that show and as a result we will say almost anything you ask us to during the show. Amazon.co.uk: Drinky Talky Thing
Also be sure to check out the games that our very own TurkeySaladBoy is helping out with the PR for, would be cruel and unusual for us not to mention them really.
  • First is the iPhone game My Army where you have to help your squad of soldiers cross the battle field, avoiding mines, barbed wire and killing enemy troops.
  • Second is the iPad title The Lighthouse HD where you are tasked with protecting the shipping lanes, making sure people get to port while helping them avoid the rocks, the sirens & even a Kracken!
If you want links to any of the stories we covered in the show this week, links can be found after the jump.

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Drinky Talky Thingy Episode #54: No time to explain, Get in the Llama!!

January 19, 2012
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Does this really need a caption? Seriously just get in already we need to go!

Does this really need a caption? Seriously just get in already we need to go!

Well in a week where some fairly major sites, this one included, took a stand against the insane SOPA & PIPA legislation only an equally insane post image would suffice.

Added to our love of Llama’s and you get this picture.

However the Llamas as good as they are come second to the gaming, nothing beats gaming in our affections not even our womenfolk!!

This week we managed to cover a great many gaming topics, from the rumours of Resident Evil 6 to the SOPA bullshit, from Project Fiona to Bill Ropers refusal to accept that he hasn’t been involved in a good game since Diablo. We even made time to fit in a discussion about the manliness of the Evony model, though I’m not entirely sure how that entered the conversation.

All that and much more in this episode of the Drinky Talky Thingy.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

You can also subscribe Podcast on iTunes

We also welcome your contact about anything you want to talk to us about – From suggestions for stories to recommendations for mid podcast songs, Hell you can even just hurl insults at us if you so wish. Below is a list of the ways you can contact us.

You can even if you so desire buy us gifts of beers and sweeties via our Amazon wishlist, doing so will make you the sponsor of that show and as a result we will say almost anything you ask us to during the show. Amazon.co.uk: Drinky Talky Thing
If you want links to any of the stories we covered in the show this week, links can be found after the jump.

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Drinky Talky Thingy Episode #53: Why are there so many cute animal clips on YouTube?

January 12, 2012
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We may be hardened gamers, content to bitch-slap our slave-girls till the cows come home but two bunnies in cups are still cute enough to make us go awwwwwww

We may be hardened gamers, content to bitch-slap our slave-girls till the cows come home but two bunnies in cups are still cute enough to make us go awwwwwww

Seriously, why is that? If it’s not these silly bunnies in their cups, then its slow loris and his umbrella, if not that then we have to deal with a turtle and his tomato and finally the whole range of emoticon animals like Dramatic Chipmunk, OMG Cat & WTF Kitty.

At least baby monkey riding backwards on a pig got turned into a game I suppose, which bring me neatly back to why you are here – gaming.

Yes another week has passed bringing with it gaming news of all kinds, which meant it was time for Me & Gow to once again knock back a few beers and have a bit of a chat about it.

This week we once again take pot-shots at Develop for its Bi-Weekly ‘We know this about the PS4/X-Box 720′ post , We doth our cap to a Twisted Metal for recommending rental if your only interested in single player & We laugh at the Daily Fail for its story about Star Wars: The Old Republic – before realising the Paddy is exactly the kind of person they are talking about.

All that and much more in this episode of the Drinky Talky Thingy.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

You can also subscribe Podcast on iTunes

We also welcome your contact about anything you want to talk to us about – From suggestions for stories to recommendations for mid podcast songs, Hell you can even just hurl insults at us if you so wish. Below is a list of the ways you can contact us.

You can even if you so desire buy us gifts of beers and sweeties via our Amazon wishlist, doing so will make you the sponsor of that show and as a result we will say almost anything you ask us to during the show. Amazon.co.uk: Drinky Talky Thing
If you want links to any of the stories we covered in the show this week, links can be found after the jump.

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