Either way, the Podtoid crew discussed Brenda Brathwaite's Train, Portal 2, and our least favorite videogame bosses.

Oh, and there might be a listener question or two at the end.

This is that episode.

In it, we discuss our feelings toward the Heavy Rain's story and how it handles the player's agency within that story. Jim also does a Kevin Spacey impression.

Additionally, there's a bit at the very end where right before signing off, Samit says, "well, it's a quarter to midnight." Adam cut the recording there, but we went on to decide that "It's a Quarter To Midnight" was the name of Samit's Nickelback cover band, and that the next time he's at an E3 party he has to do a karaoke version of "Hero."

Maybe it woiuldn't upload properly because there wasn't enough text in the previous version of this post. Maybe I need more text. Text. Text. Text. Bonk bonk bonk bork.

The other half is about Peter Molyneux, BioShock 2 and perhaps most interestingly, our favorite open world games.

Hope you dig it.

After the first half of the show, however, the regular Podtoid crew yaks about Sonic 4, EA's 2011 lineup, and some other stuff I can't remember at the moment.

Otherwise, pretty typical podcast; really long games of the week segment, some slightly games-unrelated discussion of the iPad, and a few listener questions at the end. Hope you like it, don't really mind if you don't.

Second of all, this week's episode of Podtoid focuses mainly on Modern Warfare 2. Stories about the midnight launches, our feelings about the game in general and, ultimately, a really long discussion about the airport massacre level.

It's got a pretty good mixture of intensely immature humor and legitimate discussion, as most good Podtoid episodes do, so we hope you enjoy it.

You can listen to the show here or subscribe to us on iTunes.

As always, you'll need to find a copy of the movie in question to really get anything out of this episode -- and even then, you'll probably still feel used by the end of the show. Don't say we didn't warn you.

This week, the regular cast minus Sterling discussed Borderlands' similarities to drugs and pornography, the leaked Modern Warfare 2 gameplay video, Netflix on the PS3, and a bunch of random listener question-related stuff.

You can, as always, listen to it here.

About a month ago, I made a rant arguing that games should be more than "just fun," and David Jaffe (God of War, Calling All Cars!) ranted back, arguing that I should "shut the f*ck up."

It went back and forth for a little while, and last night we had an hourlong discussion about games/art/fun/candy wrappers to cap the whole thing off. 

You can listen to it here.

Anyway, this week's episode is as meandering and weird as you might expect. Linde's gone, but Brad/Chet fills in quite nicely. 

You can listen to the thing here, as usual, or you can subscribe to us on iTunes. 

This week's most interesting question, which wasn't really much of a question but still resulted in interesting discussion and a really horrendous quote from me, came from Tremulant. Email us at podtoid@destructoid.com and we'll send you stuff.

You can listen to the thing here, as usual, or you can subscribe to us on iTunes.

This week's best reader question -- or at least, the only one we read -- came from thomasa, who should send his shipping details to podtoid@destructoid.com.

[The opening song is "Chetal," by Torzelan.]

Then again, of course you won't. It's Chad Concelmo, and he throws out his trademark phrase within literally minutes of being on the podcast. Then he starts being mean to Samit.

You can listen to the thing here, as usual, or you can subscribe to us on iTunes.

This week's best question came from Sentry, who should email podtoid@destructoid.com with his mailing address because that's how we send things out to you through the postal service.

["It Never Happened" remix by Kohlstream.]

You can listen to the thing here, as usual, or you can subscribe to us on iTunes.

Oncomouse won the Dtoid swag bag this week. Send an email to podtoid@destructoid.com with your mailing address and we'll send you stuff.

God, I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry.

Not just that this week's episode is a day later than it should be, but that the episode you waited an extra twenty-four hours for is so friggin' bad. I mean, it's moderately enjoyable at moments, don't get me wrong, but...Jesus.

Double Dragon, as a film, is such a weird, awful, poorly-structured catastrophe that it often defies mockery. The film includes a character, for instance, whose neck appears to be made of two giant, sweaty testicles. His name is "Bo Abobo."

Yeah. It's like that.

Still, you can watch the thing here, as usual, or you can subscribe to us on iTunes.

This week's listener question winner person is CaptainApocalypse, as much as anyone can be said to have "won" in this episode.

This week's Podtoid can be listened to here, as usual, or you can subscribe to us on iTunes. Highlights include:

- I try to be fake-mean to Samit and it comes out sounding ridiculously real-mean

- The Red Star: just as good now as it was a few years ago

- Crimson Skies and X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter are frigging good

- Mumblings about cut scenes and player-driven narrative

- A particularly memorable Podtoid moment

This week's best question came from KorJax, who has almost certainly won before, but you'll understand why he deserves another prize anyway once you get to his question. 

Then I realize that happened about twenty episodes ago, and I stop worrying. 

This week's Podtoid can be listened to here, as usual, or you can subscribe to us on iTunes.

Highlights include: 

- Be prepared for Robert Patrick's Double Dragon next week

- The Red Star is good

- I just realized we legitimately do not mention Half-Life or Metal Gear Solid a single time throughout this entire episode

- I think we should get an award or something

Our favorite question this week came from Stevil, who gave us all opportunities to talk about games nobody else has ever heard of. Email us at podtoid[at]destructoid.com and we'll send you a swag bag.

Either way, the episode is still alright. Conrad Zimmerman came on to replace Jim, and Topher actually says more than three sentences once Linde is out of the picture. You can listen to it here, as usual, or subscribe to us on iTunes.

Highlights include: 

- Samit's games of the week

- Topher is tired of your BlazBlue graphical bias

- Sam Raimi is directing a Warcraft movie, ambivalence ensues

- Arkham Asylum review shenanigans

- A ton of listener questions

Our favorite question came from able_to_think, who asked about trading challenge for narrative. Send us an email at podtoid@destructoid.com and we'll send you a Dtoid swag bag.

You can listen to it here, as usual, or subscribe to us on iTunes.

Highlights include:

- As promised, twenty minutes of Samit-bashing

- Jim is prepared

- Penn and Teller's Bullsh*t!

- New revenue models

- Email me at reverendanthony[at]gmail[dot]com if you're pretty decent at modding and find the concept of working on a nonlinear zombie survival game appealing

This week's question prize goes to Xhumation, for asking a question so ludicrously out of Podtoid's scope that I consider it amazing Aaron Linde managed to come up with a response. Email us at podtoid[at]destructoid.com and we'll send you some stuff.

• I'm not the only one who loved Wind Waker
• Same goes for cel shading
  
• Modern Warfare: Big F*ckin' thing edition
• Tomb Raider needs more zombies
• The return of Uncle Reg
• 20 bucks in a box for $10

I'm as surprised as anyone that we actually stuck to our guns and recorded another videogame movie commentary exactly when we said we would. Either way, it's here. It's not as good as the Street Fighter movie commentary, of course, but it's not bad. Get it here.

No highlights this time, as the entire thing is basically just one big running stream of weird riffs and offensive jokes. I will say that Guncannon's "you've lost your balls" riff is as close as we can get to announcing a best listener question. Email podtoid@destructoid.com and we'll talk.

You can listen to it here, as usual, or subscribe to us on iTunes.

Highlights include:

- Jim-as-Samit

- I've actually sort of forgotten what we talked about apart from the basic news stories

- Something about integrating writers into the production process earlier

- Then a lot of jokes about Billy Mays

- BILLY MAYS HERE

This week's most interesting question came from Kpax, if only because it allowed us to do something we never, ever, ever do: talk about Half-Life 2.

Highlights include:

- Brad loves his nickname

- Bloodsport

- The importance of E3

- The Pro-Samit Alliance will fall

The most interesting question came from Necro-Bestial Anal Butt Sex, which is a name that's as fun to type as it is to mispronounce. Send an email to podtoid@destructoid.com and we'll get in touch with you about your prize.

You can listen here, as usual, or subscribe to us on iTunes. Highlights include:

- Even when Samit says nothing of sports, he is crucified

- Evidently, Prototype is way better than inFAMOUS

- Why didn't you save us, Milla

- The cast discusses Half-Life for a while -- if you're still playing the Podtoid drinking game, you'll be dead before we reach the mid-show break

- Other worlds than these

- Hot New GrafiX, with a capital X

This week's most interesting question came from wanderingpixel. Send an email to podtoid@destructoid.com, Mr. Pixel, and we'll send some swag your way.

But mostly the guns.

You can listen here, as usual, or subscribe to us on iTunes. Highlights include:

- I've got a video Podtoid on my hard drive, and you will never (want to) see it

- Samit and Jim: BFF

- Outsourcing, motion control, and sudden sequels

- The rebirth of stealth

- PAX: A John Hughes film

This week's most interesting question came from reamsower, primarily because we touched on 90% of the listener questions in our regular discussion. Send an email to podtoid@destructoid.com with your mailing address and we'll send you stuff.

You can listen to it here, or subscribe to us on iTunes.

- Do you people really want a Sportstoid podcast? Really?

- Adam Dork's Podtoid soundboard

- We retrospect the hell out of everything

- Why the hell is Topher on this podcast

- Samit is the new Tiff

This week's swag bag goes to Okstuke, because I couldn't pronounce his name and tried to excuse it with a racist comment.

Thanks for listening, guys.

Also, attached is a picture of Brad Nicholson's guns.

This week, Brad Nicholson replaced Aaron Linde. In case you don't end up listening to the episode, just imagine a regular Podtoid episode and replace all uses of the word "boner" with "pecs."

As always, you can listen to the new episode here. Highlights include:

- Jim Sterling, King of Videogames Forever

- Metal Gear Solid 2 is bad, Jim is stupid

- Console-exclusive DLC

- Podtoid is recession-proof

- Lego Rock Band sounds ridiculous, no wait kinda cool, no wait ridiculous

- Post-show meat sweats

This week's most interesting question came from GoJohnnyGo. Just send your mailing address to podtoid@destructoid.com and we'll send you a Dtoid swag bag.

The entire regular cast is back for Podtoid 97, and we discussed everything...and nothing at all. That's how it is when you base an entire episode off listener questions, and then refuse to edit out the twenty to thirty minutes of off-topic, behind-the-scenes banter.

You can listen to the episode here, as always, or subscribe to us on iTunes (which is even better, really). Topics of discussion included:

- Welcome to Browntown

- Starscream

- Listen to the Parakeet

- Six Days to Fallujah

- Play Runner, and don't forgive its flaws

This week's best question came from Phallus Knife Fight, who has been blessing us with insanely hilarious and/or horrifying Podtoid fan art for months now. Shoot your mailing address to podtoid@destructoid.com and we'll send you a swag bag.

There was no way Podtoid 96 would be able to adequately follow the JCVD-tacular heights Podtoid 95 achieved last week. That will surprise no one. Still, despite the absence of Raul Julia, we managed to make do.

This week, Jonathan Ross joined Aaron Linde, Jim Sterling and myself to talk about nonlinear game narratives. And penises. As always, you can listen to the new episode here or, better yet, get us on iTunes. Whatever floats your boat, really.

Discussion topics included:

- Pots and kettles

- Linde the sinner

- Our opinions on BioShock 2 are nothing, if not whatevs

- Can a player-driven story be legitimately affecting on the same level as scripted stories?

- Things about Nicole Wiebe

Podtoid 96's best -- or at least, most insane -- question came from 4knuckleshuffle. Send your mailing address to reverendanthony [a t] gmail [do t]com and we'll send you a swag bag.

Oh yes. It's here. After two false starts and a lost bonus episode, Podtoid has finally recorded its official commentary to the 1994 Street Fighter movie starring Raul Julia, Jean Claude Van Damme, and Raul Julia.

I'd give highlights, but the entire Street Fighter film is basically one big highlight. Our commentary is but a flickering candle to the blazing sun of genius that is the Street Fighter movie.

icarus wins the question contest for this week -- though considering much of the film includes Raul Julia walking around in a bright red cape acting like a comic book version of Stalin, I'd say we all win.

Phallus Knife Fight's art is the gift that keeps on giving.

This week, The Podtoid Crew Minus Jim Sterling recorded a podcast that, sadly, does not also double as a fan commentary for the 1994 Street Fighter movie. It is, however, available here, and does, however, include discussions of the following things:

- Jim Sterling's accent

- The cast's boundless optimism for OnLive

- Heather Chaplin 

- Linde's feelings toward cover-based shooters

- "Huge slam on anteaters out of nowhere!"

- Edugames

- MadWorld spoilers during the epilogue

This week's best question came from Dexter345. Send me an email, Dexter, and we'll send you a swag bag.

[The song is "Playing with the Boys" from the Top Gun soundtrack.]

Here's what you can look forward to this week:

• Doom and Gloom -- hardcore gaming was never popular
• Should JRPGs be portable from now on?
• The sweetest rides in videogames
• Mario Kart 64 was the sex
• Cel-shading always looks good
• Fair enough, I can dig it
• Samit bores Topher
• The games industry WILL rape you

This week's Podtoid is almost completely unlike last week's -- it's varied, unstructured, and not even remotely pretentious the majority of the time. Also, both Linde and Samit are on it, which is nice. You can, as always, listen to it here, or subscribe to us on iTunes (which is even better).

Highlights include:

- Make sure to get your hands on a copy of the 1997 Street Fighter movie for next week's episode

- The above art was made by Luke Barnard

- BioShock 2 crap

- Destructoid community lovefest

- The joke that isn't a joke

- No after-show conversations because the show was so damn long to begin with

The best question this week came from Darth Kupi, because it gave us all a chance to vent and make jokes at someone else's expense. Send your mailing address to reverendanthony[a t]gmail.com and we'll send your Dtoid swag bag forthwith.

And if you want to see Luke Barnard's full drawing, hit the jump.

[The music is the Top Gun Anthem.]

This week, the Podtoid crew discusses this lecture by Jon Blow, which you should probably listen to if you have the time if you want something that -- if you're anything like the Podtoid crew -- you will vehemently disagree with but find very interesting.

As always, you can listen to the new episode here. Highlights included:

- If you want to get to the actual discussion, skip ahead 6 or 7 minutes

- Story meaning vs dynamical meaning

- Challenge vs progression

- Interactivity vs pre-baked delivery

- Doo-doo humor

- Phallus Knife Fight is good at drawing things

This week's question winner is pi to the 42. Send your mailing address to reverendanthony[a t]gmail [d ot]com, Mr. To the 42, and we'll send you a Dtoid swag bag.

[The music, as will be the case for every subsequent Podtoid for the forseeable future, is from the Top Gun soundtrack.]

This week's episode is an odd one. The games of the week segment, which usually only takes up five minutes, comprises almost half of the entire episode. One of the two news topics we were to discuss is shortened to a single sentence. The post-show discussion isn't that long and it's all about a single (horrible) thing.

You can go here to listen to it all.

Highlights include:

- Linde explains himself to no man

- 45 minutes about why most JRPGs suck

- We told you so

- Dante's Inferno: much ado about nothing or irresponsible and stupid?

- The Watchmen movie: irresponsible and stupid

This week's prize goes to Mr Pibb, if only because it directly led to the final words of the episode proper. Send your mailing address to reverendanthony[a t]gmail [dot]com. 

[The song is from this ytmnd.]

This episode is about two things: penises and toucans. Though not necessarily in that order.

Go here to listen to the new Podtoid. Jim, Topher, Samit, and myself are in it. And Adam Dork talks, like, twice. Highlights include:

- We spoil Destructoid's Noby Noby Boy review

- We spoil Destructoid Discusses for this week

- Linde isn't there

- Linde is there

 - Fighting game schools of thought: manual dexterity vs intuitive strategy

 - A short post-show conversation

The best question this week came from MarkandChelle, which I guess is two people. Send your mailing address to reverendanthony [ a t]gmail [do t]com and we'll send you stuff.

This was supposed to be the Resident Evil episode, but we spend more than half our time talking about Flower. Life is unpredictable.

Samit, Linde, Topher, special guest Nick Chester and myself recorded a podcast. You can listen to it here. Highlights include:

- Is Flower too structured, or not structured enough? Or both?

- Seriously, though, buy Flower

- The Podtoid image contest voting thread is up

- Has Resident Evil turned into a 3rd person shooter? Is that a bad thing?

- Resident Evil 5 impressions from a guy who has played slightly more of it than you have

- For the first time ever, get a behind-the-scenes listen of our full post-recording conversation, which (fair warning) is pretty goddamn long

The best question came from Dimly. Just email your street address to reverendanthony [a t ] gmail [do t] com and we'll send you indeterminate stuff.

[The Resident Evil quotes are from this video.]

Some people have said that there are better podcasts out there than Podtoid. That...is...a...LIE. Samit Sarker, Topher Cantler, Jim Sterling and myself are out to prove it.

You can listen to the newest episode here, or subscribe to us iTunes. Highlights include:

- More characters talking over each other, plz

- Art criticism

- Killzone 2 fanboyism: Jesus Christ

- Yaaay

- Topher dreams of a Dreamcast successor

- It's okay to rage quit

The best listener question came from Brian Keljore, whose name I so gloriously mispronounce on a weekly basis. Just send an email with your shirt size and mailing address to reverendanthony[a t]gmail [dot]com to get your Dtoid swag bag.

[The song is the theme from The Street Fighter.]

.Every picture tells a story, and this picture tells a better one than most.

On this week's Podtoid, the reg'lar cast (Topher, Linde, Jim, and myself) talked a bunch of nonsense about videogames. As always, you can listen to the show here. Highlights included:

- The Podtoid archives are now up

- A contest

- OTHER THINGS

This week's best question came from SOME DUDE. Just send me an email at reverendanthony [a t] gmail [dot]com with your address and shirt size and we'll send you a swag bag.

[The song is Shegata Sanshiro's theme. Shame on you if you didn't know that.]

This week's episode was full of very, very interestingly worded reader questions. You can listen to it here. Highlights included:

- Musings on FEAR 2 and Resident Evil 5

- Artificial Intelligence, Shmartificial Intelligence

- "Eh, I'll buy it after a price drop"

- The first time a particular series of sentences have ever been spoken aloud in the history of mankind

- Send all pre-episode 60 podtoids to reverendanthony [a t] gmail.com

This week's best question came from Mr Happyfunlovetime, for obvious reasons. Happy, send an email to reverendanthony [a t ] gmail.com with your address and shirt size and we'll send you some stuff.

[The song is from Rocko's Modern life.]

Picture by Adam Dork.

If you ever want to feel suicidal for about two hours straight, just ask Brad Nicholson what he did when he woke up. Just ask him. Around the time he's finished throwing out phrases like "four hundreth sit-up," you will truly understand just how abysmal your own body is.

And then you will begin to masturbate.

This week, Brad joined the regular cast to talk about a whole cavalcade of stuff. You can listen here, as always. Highlights included:

- Linde love Siegelpuns

- The end of EGM

- Bob (of Bob's Game) is potentially a genius of the highest order

- Nintendo wants to give you the option to watch your games rather than play them

- Muscle Corner with Brad Nicholson

This week's best question came from XanderSan, who simultaneously gave me idea for the next RFGO New Gamer Dictionary. Send me an email at reverendanthony [a t ]gmail [d ot] com with your address and shirt size and we'll send you a Dtoid swag bag.

[The songs are from here.]

Hey, it's another Podtoid. This is one of the more directionless, meandering, weirder episodes we've done. I don't know why. I hope you don't hate it. You can listen to it here.

Highlights included:

- A

- Bunch

- Of

- Random

- Crap

- Also, someone make a Gentleman Dinosaur game

The best question came from Mike Hawk, who wins a Dtoid swag bag. The best dramatic reading of a line came from nobody, since nobody entered. Don't worry, though -- we don't blame you, and still love you like one of our own.

Image by Adam Dork.

It's almost 2009, and BonerQuest is out. These are the two main things we talk about on Podtoid 81, though sadly not as much of the latter as you're probably wishing for.

This week, the reg'lar cast (being Topher, Jim, Aaron, and myself) talked about the following, which can be listened to here:

- Brad Nicholson is more ripped than you will ever be in your entire life

- Sting is metal

- We unveil Chad Concelmo's Super Secret Dtoid GOTY voting process

- The best, worst, most disappointing, and most interesting games of 2008

- A precursor to a larger BonerQuest discussion

We ended up discussing most of the listener questions this week in our regular discussion, but randombullseye wins just because BonerQuest finally came out. Email your shipping details to (reverendanthony [a t] gmail [d ot] com) and we'll send you a Dtoid swag bag.

[The song is "Baby I Love You" by The Yayhoos.]

As always, you can listen here. There are some Metal Gear Solid 4 spoilers sprinkled throughout. Highlights include:

- Jim tells you how to feel about Metal Gear Solid 4 

- Procedural versus scripted narrative 

- Franchises, sequels, and the complications therein

- "I'm Bishop"

- Beating a dead horse, setting the horse on fire, cutting it into small pieces and eating it, then defacating it out and beating on it some more

This week's most interesting question came from KorJax, with his question about "small touches" in games. Send me an email with your mailing address and we'll send you out a Dtoid swag basket.

The VGA's were ridiculous, people are afraid of change, and Sony doesn't know what the hell they're doing. These are the topics of Podtoid 79.

You can go here and listen to Jim, Aaron, Topher and myself bitch about gaming society, as always. Highlights included:

- The subtle art of Quincying

- If you love Sony, you should hate them

- Y'all come back now if you evers want some food

- Assassin's Creed on the DS is the pinnacle of technological achievement

- Difficulty levels, and the absurdity therein

The best question this week came from greeneggsnsam. Send me an email at reverendanthony [a t ] gmail [ do t] com and we'll send you some neat swag.

[The song is "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" by Busta Rhymes.]

As always, you can listen to it here, or subscribe to us on iTunes. This episode's highlights include:

- Prince of Persia: great game, or greatest game?

- The greatest listener email ever 

- The wanking peripheral in question

- Bonetown, and the stupidity therein

- Are porn games even possible?

- Famous game locales, revisited

This week's best listener question came from Reginald, who managed to get us on a fifteen minute tangent that somehow ended in Oddworld.

[The song is from here.]

Another new Podtoid this week -- with emphasis on the new. We've got new hosting, a new Valve game to play, and a new home for our own Jim Sterling. I'm tempted to make some sort of joke about episode 77 having a "new podcast smell," but that sort of stuff is really overplayed.

Anyway. Jim, Aaron, Topher and I talked about PETA, the NXE, and the anniversary of Half-Life. Since we're now being hosted by the GamerCast Network, you can now listen to the show here, or subscribe to us on iTunes. Highlights include:

- Space Invaders Extreme is surprisingly literal 

- Adam Dork, voice of an angel 

- Director AI: great for campaigns, less great for versus

- Jim Sterling says the best thing you've ever heard 

- Topher Cantler doesn't give a free pass to the phrase, "free pass"

- After being forced to, we find fault with Valve

Roughly half of our Valve discussions were based of Zcdrike's question, so he gets the cool swag. Send an email to reverendanthony [a t] gmail [ d o t ] com and we'll send you some stuff.

[The song is "Comfort Eagle" by Cake.]

On this week's Podtoid, 3/4 of the cast do a simultaneous Cole Train impression which should, by any logic, cause some sort of rift in the space-time continuum.

You can listen to the new episode here, or subscribe to us on iTunes, or do the RSS thing, or just hire someone to bother you every week and tell you that the new episode is uploaded. Highlights include:

- All dat juice

- Take as much time as you need, Dom

- Scratch one grub

- NICE!

- Have you seen my wife?

- A GIANT WORM IS SINKING THE CITY

The most interesting question this week came from hystericswitch. Send me an email and we'll send you swag.