It's another doubleheader due to video games taking over our life. HOWEVER, be SURE to listen to the entire thing for your chance to win ROCK BAND 2 (software only) for the Xbox 360 as well as a pass into E For All! On the first episode: Rock Band 2 just came out - and our wireless drums are already broken. First impressions here (and mentions #1 and #2 of why the ION drumkit is a waste of money.) We then talk about the Spore DRM issues and what people are having with it. Then, we give our podcast-only review of Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People Episode 2: Stronbadia the Free. Then we take a call about the Spore DRM. On the second episode: More Rock Band 2. Shocked? But this time we have the wireless guitar and it's NOT failing on us. (But then we have mention #3 of why the ION Drumkit is crap.) We do stop playing drums long enough to check out Life With Playstation, and we hope it's going to be improved. We solicit opinions from chat on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and the bikes patch for Burnout Paradise. EA kind of apologizes for the misconceptions of the Spore DRM, and plan to issue some changes. Then we take calls on PURE and cursing in games. Be sure to check out Bobby Blackwolf on Episode 52 of The Gamer's Garage!

We look back at PAX, pimp our audio and video coverage, and wonder if it really needs a name change to be successful. Then we give some early first impressions of Spore (but not full impressions as we were only on the third stage at airtime.) Comcast is enacting a 250GB limit per month to residential users - why aren't content providers getting upset over this? Microsoft is bringing out price cuts for the Xbox 360 console and downloadable content. Then we take calls about Starcraft II, Warhammer Online, and Net Neutrality.

It's another doubleheader filled with controversy, strife, and radio stream issues. (Don't worry, most of the radio stream issues were edited out!) On the first episode: We give our official impressions on Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People Episode One: Homestar Ruiner. Does it work for people who aren't already fans of the Homestar Runner universe? Fable II Pub Games came out on the Xbox Live Arcade this week and we just have to ask...Why?! We give a correction about our misspeak of who bought who with Vivendi and Activision Blizzard. We also correct the notion that LittleBigPlanet was going to be available both on the PSN store and as a retail game - it will be retail only. However, Burnout Paradise IS coming to the PSN as a download. We play a mashup of an interview with Yuri Lowenthal, voice of the Prince in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and The Two Thrones, as done by Distributed Failure. Then we take calls about a heated debate over piracy - where an admitted pirate calls in to defend why he pirates, and outraged chatters call in to tell him he is wrong. In the second episode: We enrage the chatters even more by talking about the 9/11 Invaders! exhibit at Games Convention 2008 in Liepzig, Germany, which was eventually removed by the artist. Sony made many announcements at Liepzig, such as a new PSP model, wireless chatpad for the Dualshock 3/SIXAXIS, Singstar compatibility between the PS2 and PS3 versions, and a new camera-enabled application called EyePet. There was some confusion about LittleBigPlanet being region locked, but it was just that - confusion. Microsoft and Rock The Vote is bringing the election to Xbox Live - you can now register to vote with your 360. We play a new song from The OneUps Volume 2, which leads into discussion about our PAX'08 LIVE! coverage next week. Then we take calls about PAX and Warhammer: Online ignoring it's European fans with respect to the open beta.

I GREATLY apologize for the length of time it took to make these shows available. Once again, real life got in the way. In the first episode: We give an update on our PS3 and talk about the recent release of Soul Calibur IV and how we're not playing it. Then we give our impressions of Civilization Revolution and Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2. The Burnout Paradise Cagney update was finally announced for the Xbox 360, while PS3 owners already had it. Activision decided not to publish several high profile Vivendi titles such as Ghostbusters and Brutal Legend, but all is not lost. We have an interview with Matthew Clarke, the Team Lead for the Eleca character in the new Prince of Persia, and we talk about not dying. Then we take calls about Prince of Persia and Soul Calibur IV. In the second episode: We give an update on our PS3 and talk about the recent release of Soul Calibur IV and how we're now playing it. We give a small preview of Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People Episode One: Homestar Ruiner, as our live show aired before the embargo was lifted so we couldn't go into much detail. We then discuss Braid and it's $15 price as a downloadable title and wonder why there's so much hostility over the price. We also talk about artsy games and bring up PixelJunk Eden. Time Warner released in a financial report that Gametap is being sold. The promo we played is for Playapalooza'08, a charity event put on by our friends at Platform Nation. Kadosho calls in to give us a scoop on Street Fighter IV coming to US arcades, starting with an arcade in Tacoma, Washington this coming week. We take a call about fighting games and how other podcasters miscategorize them. We read out the answers to our Rock Revolution contest and OLR (unknowingly) helps us decide who wins the Rock Revolution branded iPod Speakers.

This ENTIRE SHOW is about the music games of E3 - if you don't care about them, then there is nothing in here that you will care about. There is also a giveaway for the Rock Revolution branded iPod Speakers - the deadline for submissions will be Sunday, August 10th at 7PM Eastern. The games we cover are: Wii Music - How Nintendo FAKED their press conference and what they aren't telling you about this kid's game. Rock Band 2 - Hands on time with both the new stock drumset and the Ion drumset. Interview with Daniel Sussman, Director of Hardware Development at Harmonix. Guitar Hero: World Tour - More questions than answers, music creator mode, possibilities with MIDI-In jack. Rock Revolution - Hands on time with the drumkit and DS versions. Interview with Rozita Tolouey, Director of Marketing at Konami. Go! Go! Break Steady - Orange Lounge Radio discusses a new Xbox Live Arcade title that combines Gitaroo-Man and Zuma.