We know, we're getting lazy. Actually we're not feeling very well tonight. And words are coming hard. Including show notes. So we'll keep it short. As you know, Hawkes is out this week, so BDazzler of Gamers Pub sits in. We talk about stuff. Lots of stuff. Like I said, words come hard. Just listen, damnit.

So much to talk about, so little time. It's Sunday night, and rather than boring you with details, let's cut to the chase. This week's episode features GamerEdie Sellers and Cooper Hawkes. Edie says something, Hawkes disagrees. Blah, blah, blah. We talk about Jasper, Life With Playstation, the Mass Effect movie, Bungie's big annoucement, Project Gotham Racing, LA Noire, and how much we hate the world "exclusive." We also reveal the winner of the copy of Spore and open a new contest for a copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Xbox 360. All that great stuff... and no show notes. Awww. But don'tcha think it's worth it? Enjoy

It's a sad day in GameHound land. This episode of the GameHounds Humpdate will be Simon DI's last time he'll appear as the regular co-host. It's a sad day, but the GamerEdie Sellers sends him off with a heartfelt, if not a tearful, adieu. And, of course, they also get into this week's gaming news. Lots to discuss, what with Sony throwing the Life with Playstation switch a hair early, rumors of Google buying Valve, Xbox 360 price drops in the UK, and Peter Molyneux's secret side. All that can be yours for a listen. Show notes and links after the jump... This week, Edie and Simon DI discuss:

• Whoops! Sony inadvertently throws the Life with Playstation switch. Of course, 24-hours later we NOW know that they threw it on for everyone.
• Big FAT rumor: Google looking to buy Valve?
• Konami says it won't sell a guitar peripheral with Rock Revolution.
• LittleBigPlanet coming to North America October 21 and Europe on October 24?
• Microsoft confirms Europe price drop for the Xbox 360.
• Peter Molyneux says Lionhead knew about the Fable 2 Pub Games cheat and hints that those who used it may have something special waiting for them when they play Fable 2. Does Peter have something up his sleeve?
• Rock Band 2's phoneme-detection system sucks balls.

Plus thank yous, and a goodbye to Simon. Enjoy

The GameHounds staff would love to go into a long explanation of this episode of GameHounds, but Rock Band 2 is loaded and they're *this* close to winning an Econoline van! So they'll just give you the quick and dirty. This week's contest prize: A copy of Spore. Last week's winner of the four-pack of t-shirts: Bodabo 420. Links? Uh yeah. Neither quick nor dirty, so they'll just have to wait for when the staff is through with the Rock Out With Your C*ck Out-fest going on in GameHounds Towers (ie: GamerEdie's living room).

This is going to be weird. There's bad news and there's good news this week on the Humpdate. The bad news is that GameHounds' intrepid midweek show will suffer a loss in two weeks. Simon DI will be leaving as co-host due. He won't be leaving right off, however. GameHounds listeners will have a good-bye episode next week. This week, however, is Simon-free. It's also Hawkes-free and everybody-else free. GamerEdie Sellers goes solo -- not with weekly gaming news, but intstead with a series of interviews from the Penny Arcade Expo -- including representatives of Starcraft 2, Pirates of the Burning Sea, and Tritton Technologies. As a bonus, those who prefer to listen to a bit racer speech will enjoy three segments after the break, recorded during a long night of drinking after PAX closing time. Chiahippo of Platform Nation describes penile surgery in gruesome detail, the most contemptable thing he's ever done, and how he got his nom de plume. GameHounds apologizes for the lack of actual news dicussion but promises the news shall return on Saturday's regular GameHounds Podcast with Cooper Hawkes.

Welcome to a new week and a new episode of GameHounds Podcast. And welcome to the first week of LISTENER APPRECIATION MONTH, where GamerEdie Sellers and Cooper Hawkes give out all the great swag they got from GDC 08, E3 08 and PAX 08! On this week's episode, Edie and Hawkes discuss their usual stuff: Gaming and the video-game industry. And after Episode 31's discuss of the va-jay-jay, they also give equal time to the man meat. It wasn't intentional, but let's face it, these two just can't stay on topic. And listeners love them more for it, don't they? When they aren't delving into the masculine nethers, they discuss Square Enix's failed attempt to merge with Tecmo, Microsoft's DLC clearance sale, rumors that Dead Space has been banned in three countries, new Halo 3 achievements, and Europe's new Xbox Live Film Club. Links and topics after the jump... This week, Edie and Hawkes discuss:

• Square Enix attemps Tecmo takeover bid, but in a wicked twist of fate, Tecmo says no and instead announced it's merging with Koei.
• Selected DLC on Xbox Live on sale through the end of October. If you haven't bought your expansion packs, you might want to check out if the've gone on clearance.
• Dead Space rumored to be banned in three countries -- China, Germany and Japan. We and GamePolitics are very suspicious of this announcement.
• Next Halo 3 update will add some acheivements and fun things. What are they? Bungie ain't talking.
• Wanna see movie premieres? Then pop into the XBox Live Film Club and review a movie and you could win! Doesn't apply to anyone BUT the UK.
• Check out the podcast for the first contest for GameHounds Listener Appreication Month. You could win a t-shirt pack!

Enjoy.

The GameHounds staff apologizes that the latest episode of Humpdate took an extra day to upload. The end of summer means new schedules, so they had to find the time between work and play. This week, GamerEdie Sellers and Simon DI of Cyberpunks Gaming Podcast bask in the afterglow of PAX and round up all the news of the week, including price drops for the Xbox 360 in North America and Japan, how to get the Nariko Sackgirl for LittleBigPlanet, possible new Halo 3 achievements, and much more. Details and links after the jump... This week, Edie and Simon discuss:

• Xbox 360 price cuts are official as of September 5, with the Arcade droping to $199, the 60GB style going to $299 and the Elite slashed to $399. Japan seems even bigger drops in price.
• Nariko Sackgirl will be an exclusive pre-order bonus for LittleBigPlanet purchased through Best Buy. No word on the Kratos Sackboy or other pre-order goodies.
• Though not yet released, Spore is already available via Bittorrent, due to some jackass Aussies who sold the game early.
• Ascendantjustice.com forum watchers find a PAX screenshot listing 30 new Halo 3 achevements totalling an additional 350 gamerscore points.
• PSP-3000 will have a brighter screen, Playstation Store directly loaded to the handheld console, and an ability to bridge PSPs for multiplayer through the PS3 without internet. It will not, however, have shortened battery life, according to John Koller of Playstation Blog.
• LittleBigPlanet to have limited public beta sometime this month, or so says a developer of on the Playstation message boards.
• Guitar Hero: World Tour will not have a no-fail mode, nor will it allow bandmates to save a player.
• Winner of the Fable 2 Pub Games poetry contest revealed: Gratz to JT Homeslice.

Enjoy

Penny Arcade Expo is one of the few gamer shows that is seems too short. Platform Nation was there at the final day of PAX 2008 to witness the final wind-down of this huge event. GamerEdie Sellers was joined by a host of other Platform Nation hosts, including Chiahippo (PSHRadio), Mrs. LeftyBrown (The Married Gamers), Z3ro9 (Squad XP), InfectedPB503 (XBLRadio), BDazzler (Gamers Pub) and Platform Nation's fearless leader, Steve519. This panel discussion of the final day's events also includes an impressive array of guests. Todd Howard, creative director of Bethesda's Fallout 3, reveals a bunch of details about the game and fearlessly answers a half-hour of constant questions from the panel and the live chat-room audience. Shawn White of Ninjatown also gets peppered with tons of questions about the upcoming DS game and what it's like to go from being a game journalist to a game developer. Finally Jeff Pobst, CEO of Hidden Path, talks about their upcoming tower-defense game, Defense Grid: The Awakening. He also gets very candid about Microsoft's certification process and offers up insight about the development industry from a CEO's viewpoint.

Penny Arcade Expo is now in full swing, and Platform Nation was there to bring you live coverage. On day two, Edie Sellers, BDazzler (of Gamers Pub), Cephiros (writer for Platform Nation), InfectedPB503, and X3ro9 made the day special with interviews and impressions of games they'd seen... and those they didn't see. Guests include Hudson Games and Trixie360 of Gamerscore Blog. Check it out! Sunday will be your last chance to check out the live feed on Platform Nation's UStream.tv channel and chat live with the hosts as they wrap up this monster game show. By the way, the recording jumps in about five minutes into the show, as the engineer forgot to start recording at the beginning of the show.