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It's Egg Nog Season! So, we started a new show called the Nog Blog where Cheryl and I discuss viscosity, rum and other important considerations in choosing your Egg Nog accessories. Oh, sure there's a smidge of Drift & Ramble stuff in here but when it's Egg Nog season, things get weird for a reason.

Nation of Gamers is off with a bang as we seek to answer the question, “What is a gamer?” Everyone seems to have their own definition, and in this episode we explore the answers; both yours and ours.The NoG Blog post: What is a gamer, anyway?Discuss this topic in the forums!Episode graphic by cronobreaker

Every year, millions of video games are tragically left on store shelves by parents who think games are only for adults. These sad, abandoned titles are left to rot, forgotten by the society that scorns them. If only parents knew that gaming can be for everyone… Even children! I know it’s shocking, but many kids actually enjoy playing games! Do your part to help end the desperate plight of orphaned video games; buy one for your child today!…If, that is, you feel that would be appropriate. On this week’s show, we tackle an issue near and dear to many parents’ hearts. When is it okay to let your kids start gaming?Spencer is MIA because he’s moving, but Brent, Eric, and Wes tackle the issue with perhaps a few too many jokes about goats. Read this week’s NoG Blog postChat about it on the forums[GAME] Dawn of Discovery[GAME] Plants vs Zombies (iphone/ipod touch)A VERY disturbing TF2 video…: Spy & Pyro

It happens to everyone. One minute you’re enjoying a hardcore game of Donkey Kong Jr., and the next you’re breezing through Mass Effect 2 on the hardest difficulty. It’s not you’re fault; games are getting easier. If you’ve got a hankering for some serious difficulty in all your favorite games, have we got a product for you! It’s called Tape (TM)! Tape (TM) is simple and inexpensive. Simply apply Tape (TM) to any part of the body that you use for gaming, and the experience automatically gets harder than galvanized steel! Tape (TM) can be applied to the eyes or used to tie your hands behind your back. How 1337 can you get? Use Tape (TM) to secure yourself to your chair, and you can finally play Bioshock 2 in Iron Bladder mode! Win while using Tape (TM) to prove once and for all how hardcore you really are!All four hosts are finally back together again as we tackle our first community suggested topic. Are games getting easier? Is that a bad thing? Where and how did Brent lose his underpants? Were they boxers or briefs? Download and listen today to find out! Read this week’s NoG Blog postChat about it on the forums[GAME] Dawn of Discovery[GAME] Plants vs Zombies (iphone/ipod touch)A VERY disturbing TF2 video…: Spy & Pyro

By opening this bag of NoGgits NoG Brand Corn Chips, you agree to the terms and conditions of the EULA. All NoGgits are protected by state of the art Digital Rights Management even though the chips are a physical product. The bag must be connected to the Internet at all times while the chips are being consumed so that you may enjoy entertaining NoGgits infomercials. In addition, a series of unique product ID codes are printed inside every bag. Before eating a chip, first input the chip’s ID code. Failure to do so is a violation of the EULA and may result in less than satisfactory flavor. Sharing NoGgits is specifically prohibited by the EULA; tell your friends to buy their own bags. Uploading NoGgits to the Internet is also strictly prohibited, in addition to impossible due to our amazing NoGgits Cloud Service, to which you must be connected at all times while enjoying NoGgits. Disconnection from the NoGgits Cloud Service will interrupt munching and may cause stomach cancer. Rumors that NoGgits have already been cracked and are available on pirate torrent trackers are completely false. Enjoy your NoGgits!The four hosts just won’t shut the crap up! Is there a perfect DRM? Does it involve prairie dogs? Find out on this week’s exciting episode of NoG! NoG Blog: The Perfect DRM?Ubisoft’s new DRMTickTechBoom’s Youtube channel[GAME] Robot Unicorn Attack[GAME] GeoDefense Swarm[GAME] Warstorm[GAME] BlurEpisode graphic by defectivebydesign.org

Look baby, you knew what you were getting into when we started this thing. I’m a plumber. That means I travel through pipes to a magical mushroom kingdom where I fight a race of evil anthropomorphic turtles. It’s long hours and low pay. Sure, I pick up coins all the time, but they’re only legal tender in the mushroom kingdom and they’re only redeemable for green mushrooms. What the hell do you expect from me? It’s hard work, but do you seem to care? No! Over there, they treat me like a hero. A hero! And I come home after a long day on the damn desert level, still shaking sand out of my frickin’ overalls, and all you can do is complain about how I’m never home, how I don’t spend enough time with you and the kids, how we can’t afford to pay the gas bill. I saved you from a gorilla! A GORILLA! The least you could do is give me a little shred of RESPECT!Speaking of respect do you think games get enough? That’s the question with which the four hosts grapple this episode, although the discussion morphs into something else part of the way through. Guest starring in this episode is a sound effects board that is not at all annoying and doesn’t get old fast at all. NoG Blog: The Respect that Games DeserveListen for details on how to win a StarCraft2 beta key. It’s a contest, and it’s really easy![SONG] Autotune the NoG #2 by Ash Williams[VIDEO] Video Games and Facing Controversy[GAME] Edmund (not-fun game about rape, consider yourself warned)[GAME] The Path (pc/mac)[GAME] God of War III (ps3)[GAME] Chalkboard Stunts (ipod/iphone)[GAME] Tower Madness (ipod/iphone)[GAME] Chop Chop Ninja (ipod/iphone)Episode graphic by Robotpencil

“Max, are you awake?”“Eh?”“I said, MAX, ARE YOU AWAKE?”“Oh fer cryin’ out loud woman, I’m old and hard a’ hearing, but I ain’t deaf!”“Do you remember when we were twenty-five…”“I can’t even remember what I had fer breakfast this morning.”“You had cyber-oats.”“Ding dang ol’ cyber-oats. Whatsamatter with oatmeal? Kids these days too good for oatmeal?”“You remember when we were twenty-five, there was this game we used to play. What was it called?”“Eh, you gotta give me more than that, Helen.”“You know, you were a little guy, and you ran around…”“Oh yeah… what was that called again?”“There were bad guys, and you killed them.”“I remember the one. You had a sword…”“More than one, dear.”“Yeah, but there was this one… I think the game was named after it. Why do you want to know, anyway?”“Well, it’s our ninety-third wedding anniversary this Thursday, and I thought we might play it again, for old time’s sake.”“I never liked that game.”“I know, but what was it called?”This week, Brent, Wes, Eric and Spencer Explore some of little games in life. At least, that’s what they try to do, before the ravages of old age catch up with them and wipe their memories clean. What happens when gamers get old? If they forget the Konami code, do they run out of infinite lives? Listen in for a lot of GREAT game suggestions from the Nation! NoG Blog: The Little GamesCrayola Art Contest – Listen to the episode to hear who won the StarCraft Beta Key. Here are the submissions: Crescendo1897 – Frank Lang – Boomrocker – TheKing[GAME] Press X to Jason (web)[GAME] Upgrade Complete (web)[GAME] Words with Friends (iphone/ipod)[GAME] RUSE Public Beta (pc)[GAME] Blur (xbox360)[SONG] D&D by Stephen Lynch, Performed by Tell BaileyEpisode graphic by Boomrocker (drawn with REAL Crayola crayons!)

We here at NoG are excited to announce our new premiere community service, Dead Workers Premium. This exciting new service will allow you to get involved with NoG like never before! Get access to exclusive show notes and hear podcasts like you’ve never heard them before!“Now hold on,” I hear you say, “I love Eric, Brent, Spencer, and Wes, but how much is this going to cost me?” I’m glad you asked! Downloading the show will remain free, as always, and you’re free to listen to the first ten minutes on our dime. That’s right! We’re so confident about the quality of our product that we’re willing to pay for you to listen! After the first ten minutes it’s just ninety-nine cents a minute to continue! Not happy with the show? We’re sorry to see you go, but you’re free to cancel at any time.*This week, take advantage of our special introductory offer and get Episode 12 of NoG absolutely free! Wes isn’t here, so we decided to cut everyone a break. The other three hosts reminisce about micropayments and DLC. Is it good? Bad? Ugly? I sure hope it’s good, because we’ve got a distribution line to support from here on out.*You cannot actually cancel at any time. By downloading NoG, you agree to pay for shows for two years. Every time you download another show, your contract is renewed. NoG does not guarantee the availability of episodes in your language of choice. NoG may not be downloaded in Europe, the United States, Australia, or anywhere that racketeering is illegal, but we won’t tell on you as long as you keep paying us. Remember, we know where you live. NoG Blog: Microtransactions and DLC[GAME] Sleep is Death[GAME] We RuleEpisode graphic by jfphotography

Little Karen leaped at the sound of the old, rattling 1977 Cadillac Catera pulling into the driveway. Only one car sounded like that; it had to be Grandpa! Nearly squealing with excitement, she rushed to the front door and threw it open.“Grandpa!” she shouted.“Well, hello, little Karen,” Grandpa said as he hobbled away from the car. “How is my favorite granddaughter on her sixth birthday?” In his wizened claws he clutched an inexpertly wrapped present, roughly the size and shape of a video game. Karen’s eyes nearly fell out of her head. She loved video games! Unable to contain her excitement, she darted forward and snatched the package from Grandpa’s grasp and ran at full speed back into the house.By the time Grandpa stumbled wheezing into the house, Karen had torn the wrapping off of her gift. Her earlier excitement was strangely absent as she stared at the game in her hands. The color drained from her face, a look of dawning horror overtaking her. “Well,” grandpa asked after an uncomfortable moment of silence, “do you like it?”Karen stood stock still, unable to tear her eyes from the wretched thing in her hands. Suddenly she jerked as if stung and tossed the thing on floor. She wiped her hands on her blouse, desperately trying to clean away some unseen filth. Without a word, she ran to the kitchen. Grandpa was appalled into silence, unable to comprehend the depths to which he’d offended his precious granddaughter.She returned with a can of lighter fluid and sprayed the game down liberally. Grandpa moved to stop her, but something in her eyes held him at bay. Her eyes spoke of great betrayal, of great pain, of the end of her short childhood. Tossing the now empty container to the side, Karen stared at her Grandfather with contempt as she lit a match. “This is the only way the house will ever be clean again, Grandpa,” she said as it dropped to the floor, touching off a horrific conflagration.The firemen managed to get everyone out of the house, but Grandpa felt little relief. He sat on a gurney, a blanket wrapped around his shoulders, staring at the house going down in flames, a great sense of guilt and despair settling upon him. A fireman walked up and without delay asked, “What happened here?”The fire reflected in Grandpa’s sad eyes. “I gave her Pokeman: Heart Gold.” He shook his head. “That girl hates Pokeman.”Wow, I went a really long way for that joke, didn’t I? Anyway, join Eric, Spencer, and Brent as they explore their bottom five games, pulling in plenty of the Nation’s least favorite games to discuss as well! By the way, wasn’t there another guy on this show? What happened to him, anyway? NoG Blog: Bottom 5[VIDEO] Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Review[VIDEO] How to beat E.T.[SONG] Autotune the NoG #3 by Ash Williams