May the Monday morning new podcast episode of victory be with you... and also with you, but not that guy behind you. He's kinda creeping me out.

In this episode the sistahs talk about the driving forces behind anime franchises with a focus on the Gundam series, specifically Mobile Suit Gundam 00. We also talk a bit about the eastern animation style influence moving west and the New Xbox Experince interface. [NXE in the heezy fo sheezy]

Want an idea of how this episode turned out? Check out the titles we didn't use:

• It's a Nerds, Nerds, Nerds, Nerds World
• We Don't Know How Green the Gundams Are, But Their Suits Are Shiny
• Pick One: The Thermos or the Hello Kitty Vibrator
• No One Makes Pases at Ninjas With Glasses
• The New Xbox Avatars Look Like They Come From Stepford
• Diversity Mech Misers: Now With More Germans!
• How Green Was Your Mecha?
• and finally
• Celestial Beings, Not To Be Confused With Celestial Teas

It's another fun filled hour with the ladies, so sit back and enjoy ESH podcast episode 120: The Xbox Experience Means You Can't Go Home Again

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Monday morning creeps around again, so the sistah's got to gabbing again to create a new episode of the ESH podcast for you. And this one is another single topic-er.

We couldn't think of a better way to herald the return of NinJaSistah to the East Coast the girls get together to chit-chat about Fable 2. Actually, first they talk about Fable, then Fable 2, open environment games, and action RPG's, and a bunch of stuffs surrounding the Lionhead Studios titles.

I'll warn you now, there are a bunch of spoilers to go around in this episode if you haven't finished either title, so you may want to download this episode and wait until you finish your game before you listen to this one. Don't say I didn't warn you. Seriously, look at the titles that we didn't use for the episode:

• You Can Kick Chickens and It Doesn't Affect Your Purity
• He Shoots Your Sister, Then He Shoots Your Dog...Bastard
• Fable 2 Teaches the Horror of Eating Meat
• I Want My Dog Back, I Really Don't Care About My Sister
• The Future Will Make You Blind
• and finally
• Desperately Seeking Spot

See, told you, spoilers poppin' off all over this joint, so sit back and open up your ears for Electric Sista Hood podcast episode 119: You Better Play Fable 2 Before You Listen to This One.

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Monday brings along with it a new episode of the ESH podcast, and since NinJa had an at bat on an episode all her own, we had to give Panda equal time on this network.

Ok, so we aren't a network yet, but we are growing in that general direction so stop raining on our parade already. Pandlicious spends a little time in this episode sharing her top 5 picks for best songs featured in Rock Band 2 by MTV Games/EA/Harmonix. By now you should have a firm grasp on how much the sistah's love the Rock Band but if you don't, just make a run through of our past posts and podcast for the last two months. You will lose count of the amount of times we talk about this game, so one more won't hurt.

While I won't give away the list [what will make you listen to the episode if I type it all up here, eh?] I will tell you that it features some great all around songs folks... including stuff by Jonathan Coulton.



So, grab your headphones and a cup of joe to sit back and enjoy Pandalicious' Top 5: Songs of Rock Band 2 [medium and hard difficulties].

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ESH is once again going Pink for October in hopes of helping to raise Breast Cancer Awareness.

While none of the ESH podcast members have themselves been diagnosed with cancer, there is not one person in our ragtag little crew whose life has not been touched by the disease. Family member, friend, loved one, we all know someone or of someone that has been diagnosed, is living with, or has been cancer free for some time and if we can help raise the awareness of just one person then being part of this initiative is well worth it.

I first became aware of Pink For October just as ESH started to come into it's own two years ago, and we have been proud to participate in the program ever since. I hope that you take some time, visit a few of the Pink Links that we will have up all month.

Learn something new, and pass it on... knowledge should become viral!

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This week, I promise not to bring up Pandalicious' little escapade in recorded audio incident on the new episode of the podcast.

Ooops, I already did. My bad Panda, my bad.

On the podcast this week, NinJaSistah and Pandalicious attempt to go all anime on your ass. From Panda's Code E/Mission E two'fer to NinJa sharing some of her first impressions of Mushi-Shi and Michico E Hatchin and Personal 4.

The girls talk a bit about a bunch of things in this episode. No love toilet talk, but they do go on a few tangents. Check out some of the titles that came up, but weren't chosen as the winner:

• Anime or May Not
• I Failed the Flying Test in High School
• Pandalicious Portrays Herself in "A Night in Panda"
• Finally -- Some Anime Characters That Aren't the Other White Meat
• The Kids Have Been Around the Block a Few Times Now
• It's a Fresh of Breath Air
• You Could Make a Live Action Version of Mononoke... BUT DON'T
• Leave the Actors Where They Are, Just Move the Scenery
• I Never Made It Past the Part where They Brought In the Munchkin Asian Chick
• and
• Panda's Put Pictures of Her Pie On the Internet

It's another laugh filled episode of the ESH podcast, so have a seat, grab a frosty beverage and enjoy ESH podcast episode 115: This Title Has Nothing To Do With Mecha Booby Bouncing

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The start of the week brings another new episode of the ESH podcast, and this week we learn that caffeine and sugar do not sit too awful well with the sistahs.

This is especially true if you add prescription drugs to the mix. poor Pandalicious and her messed up foot. But neither the pain nor giddiness of the two keeps them from chatting about Spore:Creatures on the DS Lite, RockBand 2 co-operative play on da interwebs, and how the lack of XBox Live can drive lonely ninjas nutzoid.

If you want to get the gist of what the episode is about, check out the titles we didn't use for this one:

• Bomb Ash Is Not Bomb Ass
• There's Always a "Why?" At the End of Sex
• I Am What I Bee
• Double-Stuf Oreos -- That's the Team I Bat For
• The Legend of the Three-Tiered Easy Bake Cake
• The Love Toilet: Our Worst Tangent Ever
• EA Makes Me Want to Use Three Condoms
• Panda's Wielding the Stick of Righeousness
• A Cramp Ruined My White Wedding
• Mentos: The Memory Taker
• and
• I Failed Chemistry, But I Remember Ionic and Covalent Bonds

So sit back and enjoy ESH podcast episode 114: I Said Finger Pluck. FINGER PLUCK!

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It's already "that time" of the week again...time for the ESH crew to drop a new episode of the podcast on you to help kick your week off right!

NinJaSistah and Pandalicious once again hold the hour down talking about games and generally entertaining topics ranging from rhythm games in general to the final on disc track listings of Activision'sGuitar Hero: World Tour, Harmonix's Rockband 2, and Konami'sRock Revolution. Somehow David Bowie makes it into the conversation again as well as incest which is mostly Panda's fault for bringing Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise to the table.

We didn't have a long list of titles to choose from this week, but if you want an idea of how the show stacks up to the others, one title on the list was "no pants, no WoW, no problem." That's all I got for you folks, so grab your morning or evening drink and enjoy podcast episode 113: Rhythm Game's Gonna Get Cha!

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If the title alone doesn't clue you in that it's new podcast episode Monday, I don't know what will.

In this episode of the podcast the girls talk about the anime series "SpeedGrapher," mis-steps and corrections that SCEA can make with the PS3 to recapture the bulk of the gamer market, things that make Panda want to punch babies in the face, EA games, PAX, PAX preparations, the fact that Pandalicious is not going to PAX but NinJa is, "Watchmen" the movie versus the graphic novel, and more. Don't believe me, check out the titles we didn't use for the show.

• Holes First, Person Second
• I'm Anything But Cheap
• A Hot Bed of Gamer Geek Sausage
• Belching With Joy
• Did They Put Pudding In Your Bowling Ball Again?
• Suck It Up, Build It In (That Sounds So Dirty)
• NinJa Rags On Sony Again
• If Sony Was Bachelor No.2, It Would Lose Again
• Someone Shot My Smilie Face
• Geometry Wars Doesn't Suck Asteroids
• It Makes Me Want To Punch Babies
• If You Think There Was A Lot of Breaststroking At The Olympics, You Should See SpeedGrapher
• and finally
• If You Snap It, You'll Go Blind

Yep, it's another random, fun podcast for you guys, so sit back and enjoy podcast episode 111: The Sistahs' Are Shooting Blanks

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Monday is here again, and so is a new episode of the ESH podcast. The girl team is complete on this one so expect randomness galore this hour and change.

The episode kicks off with Pandalicious and MagicMystic discussing how they came to love and specialize on the topics they, well, are experts on here at camp ESH. [In case you are new to the game, Panda shows anime some love while Magic takes us down the dark and [every once and a while] psychotic path of manga. While the girls chat about their passions and influences toward them, Ninja tries to keep up by hanging back in the corner.

When the dust settles, NinJaSistah jumps into the conversation to talk about the resurgence of the Science Fiction genre in mainstream entertainment and the pros and cons of it's new found popularity. It's another weird and wacky episode guys, check out the titles we didn't use for this one:

• Off-Topic's the Best Place to Be
• if I Had Known, I Would Have Worn Pants @ M4M Night
• if It's Good For Your Heart, It's Crap
• Fluff Is Not a Milk Substitute
• My Blank Is Different From Her Blank
• Tales From The Kids Table
• This Tiara makes Me Completely Unrecognizable
• Your Mom Should Never Ask What That Tentacle Is Doing
• Panda's Guide to the Four Stages of Sex
• The Pickle Distracted MagicMystic
• This Isn't A Filler Episode - Everything Is Meaningful
• That's Very Smexy
• I Want to Punt Small Children
• What Magic Is Tasting is The Combination Blue dye No.1 and Yellow Dye No. 5
• The Flintstones Is Not Completely Historically Accurate Either
• Green M&M's and Communist Plots
• And Something Raunchy This Way Comes
• and
• Alan Rickman Is So Hard

So hunker down, grab a cup of joe and enjoy ESH Podcast Episode 110: And Now Girls On Trampolines!

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If you ever sit and ponder on the idea of people of a young-ish age drinking, let this new episode of the ESH podcast be the proof you need to "just say nay!"

This week, MagicMystic returns and brings with her balance to the force while Panda and Ninja enjoy some adult juice before, during, and probably after the episode.

This episode starts with Ninja talking about the new XBLive Arcade title Go! Go! Break Steady that she keep calling "Go! Go! Beat Street" reports on some of the feelings around the industry about E3, and the hopefully triumphant return of the fighting genre on the back of Soul Calibur IV. Magic chimes in with her new found XBox-y goodness and general discovery of "the new" as she shares first impressions of her new XBox 360 Elite as well as latent desires for an XBLive account, and then Panda brings up the rear and talks about the anime and manga series, Full Metal Panic. The gals are back to normal and completely off topic as usual.

Here are some of the random things said during the show that could have been used as titles, but weren't:

• Wallmart, Baby Come Back!
• The Big "E" Is Big
• MagicMystic Is Back, And Out Of The Closet
• Jobless Wonder To The Rescue-ish
• It's Not The Size of Your GamerScore, But How You Use It
• You Don't Wanna Waste Your Bombs
• Don't Pay The Toll When 5-0's On Your Ass
• This Podcast Is Abridged
• and finally
• FUSION DANCE OF PAIN!

Hope you have a hot cup of coffee on hand, because you want to stay awake for this one folks. I give you, ESH podcast episode 107: Friends Don't Let Friends Drink & Podcast!

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It's hard to explain the title until you listen to the episode, but trust me this new episode of the ESH podcast is quite the piece of work.

In this episode of the podcast, the sistah's run the video game, entertainment and anime gauntlet from the audience choice re-review of the anime series Angel Sanctuary to new games on the E3 horizon. Would it be an ESH podcast if we didn't talk about incest, angst, mentioning Bioshock or complaining about videogames/comic titles being turning into feature length films? I don't think so. To give you a better idea of how the episode turned out, here are the titles we didn't choose:

• Sucked Into a Portal of Happiness
• God Knows, Even In His Sleep
• Again With the Incest
• I Love Her, So I Need to Kill Her
• The Sex Scenes Are Pretty Cool, Just Pretend They're Not Related
• Just Say "No" to Will Smith
• Want to Beat Darth Vader? Smack James Earl Jones in the Face
• It's Big. It's Black. and It Makes No Noise
• My Only Real Complaint Is that It's Short
• I Finally Took Out Ghandhi - I'm Not Proud to Say That
• and
• FYI: Incest Sends Your Soul to Hell

So grab your morning or evening cup of joe and enjoy ESH Podcast Episode 105: This Is Fan Service...WITHOUT My Crotch

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Monday brings with it yet another episode of the ESH podcast, and in this one the sistahs' steal the limelight and hold it hostage for about an hour.

NinJaSistah takes the mic first this go 'round to speak on a topic near and dear to her heart, Ninja Gaiden II. From new visuals, lamest ninja name ever, to best and worst aspects of initial gameplay NinJa brings the sexy black. I mean back.

Then Pandalicious talks about her newly addicted Wii Fit experience. The yoga that is easy, what the game is and is not, and how it affects her daily life. MagicMystic chimes in a time or too before having to head out early. All in all, it's one of our normal, wacky shows. Here are some of the episode titles we rejected:

• It Helps If You're Nimble and Omnicient
• From The Look Of The Ninja Gaiden Girls You'd Think Goodyear Was The Sponsor
• Lamest Name For A NinJa: Joe
• AI Can Be A Sneaky Bastard
• No, The Dog Didn't Eat Panda's Homework
• And Then She Mentioned Richard Simmons' Weiner
• If Your Kid Turns Into A Pretzel, Turn The Wii Fit Off Now!
• My Fat Mii Haunts Me
• and
• Gravity Is A Bitch And Always Wins

Told you it was the normal wacky episode from the ESH girls. So sit back, relax and enjoy podcast episode 102: When NinJa Talks About Her Nuts, People Listen

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Monday yet again people, and here we go with a fresh new episode of the ESH podcast for you.

In this episode of the podcast the girls talk a bit about nearly every entertainment medium. We gots a bit of manga, a bit of anime, some feature film stuff all topped off with video game shizzole.

Pandalicious kicks off the show talking about the anime series Hell Girl based off of the manga of the same name. She and Magic go back and forth a bit exploring what works and what doesn't in the series. MagicMystic then shares her impressions of the new Hulk movie and NinJaSistah closes out the show talking about E3.

To give you an idea of the kind of show we had, here are the titles we rejected:

• NinJa Can't Fly, But She Can Jump to Conclusions
• No..Un..com..piled Da-ta EVER!!!
• It's The Season For Creepy Flowers
• The Cat In The Hat Was Not In The Prestige
• Panda Makes A Fight Club Reference Nobody Else Understands
• Hulk Smash! Movie Not!
• Panda's Comic Book Cred Just Plummeted
• Levitating Trumps Hovering
• Attention Game Makers: Panda's Up For Payola
• Exclusive: NinJa's Guide To Carnal Solicitation
• The Love-Hate Relationship With E3 Has Turned Back To Hate
• and
• I'm Pre-Retractable

It's a completely rounded out episode folks, so sit back and enjoy episode 101: Not To Spoil It For You, But This Episode Ends In Goodbye.

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LAUNCH
The podcast kicked off in 2006 with the first episode being released on May 3rd, and we have been cranking them out ever since. Over 100 total released shows [We have done a bunch of My Top Fives people] ESH has really grown into something unexpected, but ultimately an insane amount of fun to do.
 In this episode of the podcast we talk about how we got to be two years old.

CHANGE
I launched the site in April of 06 as SplendidBlunder.com. Originally, the idea was to have a space on the web to create, post, mix, and remix other people’s GarageBand projects. It was going to be a playground for Panda and I, and while we were having all of our conversations about the setup, we kept wasting time talking about Video games and anime.

GROWTH
We realized quickly that we wouldn’t be able to do just the site or the podcast alone, and began recruiting our more than geeky friends to join the family. The first recruit was MagicMystic, then came Evermore, MonkeyDoo, Douceswild, GeekWoman, madameRoslin, theAdmiral, colonelPanic, and most recently KingBabyDuck.
We started out small, with only 1000 people on average hitting the site, and now, we do quite a bit better. I figure it has to be the crazy that keeps them coming back, because there is definitely nothing out there like us.

We will be making autographed DVD’s featuring all of the podcast episodes over the last two years available on the ESH site shortly.

We thank you for your attention, and toast to another hundred. Enjoy podcast episode number 100: Go Team Venture!

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You say you want a revolution, well, you know... we aren't here to change the world. Monday still equals new podcast episode day, and I don't see that changing anytime too soon.

In this episode of the podcast, the girls cover the popular creative peoples website, "Deviant Art" as well as the anime series "Vampire Knight" and examine the possible effect GTA IV may have on the national release of the "Iron Man" film. We are chock full of something on this episode people, and I think it just may possibly be caffeine. Don't quote me on that one though, just check out the titles we didn't use for this episode and draw your own conclusions:

• OC BC Does Not Equal AC/DC
• Everyone Is Social On Da InterWebs
• He Wasn't Worth Remembering
• I Heart Vampiress (And They Heart, Hearts
• We Have Angst With A Little More Angst On The Side
• A T-Rex Mobster? ow Does He Tie A Windsor Knot?
• I'm More Isolated Than Ever ON The InterWebs
• Don't Trust Mean People...That's What They WANT You To Do!
• and
• It's Hay Fever Season, But YOu Shouldn't Sneeze Sparkles

Yeah, we go up and down the spectrum this week, trying our best to remind you that time is running out to try and win that custom GTA IV Xbox 360 Elite and bring you some fun insights on the realms of geek, game, and anime... so sit back and enjoy podcast episode number 95: Batman Doesn't Eat Babies.

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In case you missed it, we are giving away an XBox 360 to a lucky [and clever] viewer. It could be you, you lucky bastard!

If you are one of the poor unfortunate souls to yet listen to the ESH podcast, we've recently become part of the All Games Radio Network and have partnered with the rest of the clan on the network to give one of our collective awesome fans a GTAIV Limited Edition Xbox 360 Elite. This is not one of the completely pimped out deals with the briefcase full of peripherals, but is a free XB360 nonetheless. Wanna know how you can win it?

Here's the deal: One of the cornerstones of the GTA series is the in-game radio stations, complete with spoof ads and spoof segments. Now's the time for you to step up and create your own... for ESH.

Submit a sound clip no longer than 120 seconds in the style of a GTA4 Radio Station commercial for ESH. It can be a spoof ad, segment, song, whatever. While we prefer you submit only an ad for ESH to this site, you can create ads for all of the participants from the All Games Radio Network, which include the following:

• All Games Interactive
• Dead Pixel Live
• The Bobby Blackwolf Show
• Orange Lounge Radio
• Superhappyfuntimeshow
• ElectricSistaHood
• MediSpective
• ChatterBox Video Game Radio
• Video Game Outsiders
• Ultimate Quest
• The Video Games Show
• Platform Nation

THE RULES

1. The entry can be in the form of an MP3 emailed to the affiliate show OR as a voicemail left on that show's voicemail line.
2. Only one entry per affiliate show, however multiple affiliate shows can be entered with unique audio clips. (No sending the same audio to multiple shows.)
3. Submissions will either be played on the affiliate show or put up on
   the show's website (or forums.allgames.com) and will be voted on via the community in a poll with the results hidden. Winners of these votes advance to the final round.
4. If one person wins multiple affiliate contests, a coin flip will determine which show he/she wins, the other show chooses the runner-up as their finalist.
5. The contest is only open to North American residents, as it is an NTSC console.
6. No copywritten materials are permitted in the entry - parody is okay, just don't use the original.
7. All submissions become the property of the affiliate show they are submitted to, as they will be used in promotion of that show.
8. Cast and crew of the participating affiliate shows are not eligible.
9. The decisions of the judges (affiliate show hosts at the affiliate level, All Games Radio at the final level) is final.

THE SCHEDULE

• Sunday, April 20th: Submission period opens
• Sunday, May 4th: Submission deadline at midnight PT, 3am EST

You got that? You could win a FREAKING XBox Elite MAN!!!! All you got to do is create a GTAIV style radio ad for ESH or any of the All Games Radio Affiliates and submit it [via email] to us as an MP3 with your contact info to this address.

Get crackin' homies! Free XBox 360 Elite... who's got game?

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Being Monday and all, far be it from us to keep a new episode of the ESH podcast from you.

In this episode of the podcast NinJasistah kicks off her editorial piece on the good, the hrm, and the wickedly awesome tip for video game franchises with her take on Super Smash Brothers. Pandalicious jumps in the mix to talk about the anime series Soul Eater a weird and dark tale that Panda swears can be liked to the bastard child of Bleach and One Piece. [Yeah, try to get that image out of your head.] But don't think we don't have some randomness for you. We work a little Paranoia Agent, Death Note,and even a couple of references to Neon Genesis Evangelion. Don't trust me? Check out the titles we didn't use:

• Panda Likes It Random
• That Death Scythe Would Be handy Around Plants & Shrubs
• 11-Year-Old Girls Shouldn't Spend time Around Ham
• The Chicks Got Pregnant And Their Babies Had Horns
• Hooray For Incest
• Shinigami School For The Who?
• Here We Go Again With The Angsty Crap
• Papa Wassa Manslut Scythe
• and
• Mmm! Catwitch

And, we want to take this opportunity to let you know that you could win something KRAZY cool. We have joined forces with the All Games Radio Network fam and will be giving away one of eight GTAIVlimited edition Xbox 360 Elites to one lucky listener. Wanna know how you can win it? Well here's the lowdown. One of the cornerstones of the GTA series is the in-game radio stations, complete with spoof ads and spoof segments. It's time for you to do that.

Submit a sound clip no longer than 120 seconds in the style of a GTA4 Radio Station commercial for ESH. It can be a spoof ad, segment, song, whatever.

It is up to each affiliate if they wish to force the content to pertain directly to their show, be it an ad for the show or something regarding an inside joke from the show, or to allow the submission to just be about gaming in general.

• THE PARTICIPANTS
• All Games Interactive
• Dead Pixel Live
• The Bobby Blackwolf Show
• Orange Lounge Radio
• Superhappyfuntimeshow
• ElectricSistaHood
• MediSpective
• ChatterBox Video Game Radio
• Video Game Outsiders
• Ultimate Quest
• The Video Games Show
• Platform Nation

THE RULES

1. The entry can be in the form of an MP3 emailed to the affiliate show OR as a voicemail left on that show's voicemail line.
2. Only one entry per affiliate show, however multiple affiliate shows can be entered with unique audio clips. (No sending the same audio to multiple shows.)
3. Submissions will either be played on the affiliate show or put up on
   the show's website (or forums.allgames.com) and will be voted on via the community in a poll with the results hidden. Winners of these votes advance to the final round.
4. If one person wins multiple affiliate contests, a coin flip will determine which show he/she wins, the other show chooses the runner-up as their finalist.
5. The contest is only open to North American residents, as it is an NTSC console.
6. No copywritten materials are permitted in the entry - parody is okay, just don't use the original.
7. All submissions become the property of the affiliate show they are submitted to, as they will be used in promotion of that show.
8. Cast and crew of the participating affiliate shows are not eligible.
9. The decisions of the judges (affiliate show hosts at the affiliate level, All Games Radio at the final level) is final.

THE SCHEDULE

• Sunday, April 20th: Submission period opens
• Sunday, May 4th: Submission deadline at midnight PT, 3am EST

You got that? You could win a FREAKING XBox Elite MAN!!!! All you got to do is create a GTAIV style radio ad for ESH or any of the All Games Radio Affiliates and submit it to us as an MP3 with your contact info to this address.


So fill up yo' cup friends and enjoy ESH podcast episode number 94: NinJa's Dangling Chad Just Lost Her The Game

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In case you don't listen to our podcast [you bastards] we have some big news!

ESH has become part of the All Games Radio Network! AllGames is a great gaming geek community on the web and we are CRAZY honored to be part of the AGR fam.

The ESH podcast will air every Monday night on the AllGames Radio Network at 9pm EST [6pm PST] in addition to all the other great places you can grab our show. ESH is available over there on the left, on iTunes, Pandalicious' favorite Podcast Pickle... we're freaking everywhere dude.

And now, we's rolling with the thunda!

That is all.

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Sierra Entertainment and DC Comics have decided to partner up and create a comic book based on the upcoming Sierra/Vivendi title Prototype which looks FREAKIN' PHENOMENAL!

In the game Prototype, the gamer controls the PC of Alex Mercer. Alex is a special boy. He's genetically altered [more like turned into a mutant of X-Men proportion] and now is shape-shifter of sorts. [a la Mystique] Alex has no memory of his past [a la Wolverine] and is,

hell bent on solving the mystery of his existence...

Yes, Alex is a special boy.

The game is set in NYC and is developed as an open world game by the folks from Radical, so you know it will be good. But the fact that they are going to make it a comic series really has me intrigued. It's obvious from the video trailers for the game that Alex is not a complete good good, and may be more charcoal than grey, and I think that the comic and graphic novel genres lend themselves well to telling the story of these kinds of characters. When done correctly, a great comic will emotionally align you with the character, good or evil, which in turn can make you uncomfortable.

I make no bones about the fact that I absolutely love the Cassandra Cain Batgirl series of comics. I have nothing against Barbara Gordon, I never knew the woman personally, but it was the darkness that Cassandra came out of that really made me like her. Strike that, I loved her. I loved the fact that she didn't come from a good home. I loved the fact that she had to struggle with learning mercy. Cassandra was trained to be an assassin from the time she was born. I imagine it will be a similar case with Mr. Mercer and I doubt that an open world game [no matter how open it is] will be able to deliver the same type of depth as a graphic novel could.

I love BioShock, and bet I would be a huge fan of the tale being told as a 7 or 8 volume novel even more. I was interested in this game after I first heard about it, now I'm excited.

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Another Monday bears forth another new episode of the ESH podcast, and this one is as entertaining as all the rest.

Today, Pandalicious takes you through the anime series Bus Gamer based on the short series manga of the same name while NinJaSistah [slow on the update, admittedly] talks about her new Portal/OrangeBox experience. Even though MagicMystic was MIA for this recording, the girls were still able to find a way to off on some interesting tangents.

Don't believe me? Here are the rejected episode titles:

• Sitting In The Ooze, Waiting To Respawn
• The Office Was Empty, But It Wasn't The Weekend
• My Companion Cube Was Alone On Valentines Day
• Nobody Ate Anybody In Staying Alive Either
• Somebody Ought To Put That Morality Chip Into Dick Chaney
• That Dude In Portal? He's A Chick
• Dat Cube Gotta Go!
• Hot Man Candy Has A Gooey Center
• Walk Softly and Carry A Big Lead Pipe
• Muppets Singin About Killing Me Scares Me
• I'm Not Comfortable With A Man Having A Baby
• It's An Animated World, And I'm An Animated Girl
• The World Wildlife Fund Has Nothing On Them
• and
• I'd Tell You About The Third Episode, But I've Slept Since Then

So grab another cup o' joe and take a listen to ESH podcast episode 93: You Can't Have Your Cake And Cheat It Too!

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He's coming to an XB360 near you tomorrow. Namco Bandai is releasing this Mr. Driller on the XBLive arcade April 2nd [tomorrow] and you know you know what that means: time to get you some more Marketplace points.

Mr. Driller is a crazy addictive puzzle game that will have you avoiding falling blocks whilst trying to keep your air supply from running out. And not this Air Supply

So make sure you have at least 800 MS points saved up on the XBLive, because Mr. Driller is coming!

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Yeah, you know you love the new podcast day here at ESH, and so do we!

In this episode of the ESH podcast NinJaSistah and Pandalicious touch on the issue of race in animation and games starting with the catalyst The Boondocks then floating over to the topic of the forth coming PS2 title Persona 4 from Atlus. It's one of them there, what the kids call "thought provoking" episodes that we are known to do from time to time.

If you need a little convincing to download this episode, here are the titles we didn't use:

• Fred Flintson Drinks Yabba-Dabba-Dew
• Panda's Coined a New Word: Aggerize
• The Cosby Kids Don't Live In the Boondocks
• It's Not Bad Being The Only Chocolate Chip In The Cookie
• and
• If You LIke DBZ Eyebrows, You're Gonna Love This!

Yeap, it's a great episode, so curl up with a fresh cuppa joe and Episode 91: Panda's Never Put A Beat-Down On A Ho

Finish What You Start...

I know it's officially Wednesday, but a late new episode of the ESH podcast is always better than never receiving the episode at all.

Pandalicious shares some musings about viral video treasure trove YouTube, FUNimation channel getting itself out of the rerun doldrums, and self buttering popcorn. [you'll just have to listen to find out more about that one] Then NinJaSistah jumps in to add the sprinklings of gaming news including some first impressions on Legendary, and MagicMystic rounds out the show with another review of an edgy manga title. This title is hard to describe so I'll just give you the name...Deadman Wonderland.

If you want some help deciding to watch this episode, just check out the rejected title list:

• Air Causes Cancer-Didn't You Know?
• Popcorn's Coming! And That's Just Sick
• Popcorn: Now It Makes It's Own Gravy
• Point Me To The Nearest Ghost
• Retards Are Special, Too
• Crinklebread Must Make Great Toast
• Magic's Not A Stuntwoman, But She Plays One In A Videogame
• Take magic To Vegas, I'll Knit A Sweater
• Kitty Birds Just Don't Look Menacing Enough
• 101 Things To Do With Your Yang
• Blood As A Weapon? The Red Cross Can't Keep Up Now!
• An Eye for A What?!
• Deadman Wonderland, Great Entertainment For Bulimics
• The G Ward Really Does Exist
• YouTube, It fights Mental Boredom
• and
• ESH Is Full of Crafty Bastards

Yeah boy, it's time for ESH Podcast Episode Number 89: It's Like Six Flags Over The Electric Chair

Finish What You Start...

Monday brings a new episode of the ESH podcast, and this one is a doosie!

In this episode, Pandalicious and NinJaSistah hold down the show chit chattin' about the anime [based off of a harem video game] They Are My Noble Masters and the influence of eastern culture on western culture and back again through the video medium. We get a little deep on the discussion end, and them come back to being the normal chaotic prattle that we usually give you.

If you need more encouragement, here are the titles we didn't use:

• Captain Save-a-hoe Sez: No WoW For You
• It's Gigantaramous- Without The Ramos
• Turner Movie Classics Is Trying To Kill Me
• Welcome to The Real World: ESHLand
• They Don't Bleed, But There's Still A Discharge
• Helen Mirren's Next Role: the Metropolitan New York Yello Pages
• How Do You Watch Samurai Champloo? Lather-Rinse-Repeat
• I Could Watch Maids and Butlers For The Remains of the Day
• Stay Out of that Stay-Out-of-That-Place, Place
• No, Really, Incest Makes Me Feel Icky
• Don't Fondle Your Siblings
• She Did Not Just...Yeah, Yeah She Did
• This Is My Noble Masturbation
• It's Wrong-So Wrong I Give It A Thumbs Up
• and
• This episode Comes With A Big Asterisk

So grab a cup of you favorite liquid and enjoy, Episode 88: It's Upstairs/Downstairs...With Incest!

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Another new Monday equals another new episode of the ESH podcast. And this one gets, well, kinda girlie.

In this episode of the podcast Pandalicious brings up the demise of the NewType magazine and notes the decline in printed review media focusing on anime or manga here in the US. Then MagicMystic chimes in with her thoughts on the very, very sugary anime series Shugo Chara by TV Tokyo. Not to be left out, NinJaSistah chimes in with some gaming news updates and continues on the sugary sweet anime series Sorcerer Hunters.

It's a fun episode, but don't take my word for it. Let these rejected episode titles tell reveal the fun-ness of it all...

• Don't Choke On Microsoft's Wad
• This Is A Pimpless Podcast
• Twelve F-Words Makes It Extra Explicit
• NewType Has Contracted Magazine Cancer
• MagicMystic Fives The Ultimate Spoiler
• Panda Puts Out For Published Writers
• Harry Potter Jumped The Shark At Book Four
• Sporty Spice Is A Version of Me? Egg-zactly!
• Yeah, But Can She Transform Into A Camaro?
• Just Another Manic Chara
• A Black Egg With An "X" On It? The EAster Bunny's Not Gonna Like That
• When The Keymaster Met The Gatekeeper
• You Gotta Be Sick To Watch Sorcerer Hunters
• These Suspenders Defy All Laws of Physics
• This Series Puts The "Con" in Necronomicon
• You'll Be Like That's What Panda Was Talking About
• Getting Guys Off In 30 Minutes Or Less
• Panda's Got Too Much Blood In Her Alcohol System
• I Ain't 'Fraid Of No Toast
• NewType Kicks It's Own Bucket
• and
• Slow Entropy Sucks

So, grab you a new cuppajoe and settle in to enjoy Episode 87: That's The Problem With Theology, Too Much Math