Joystiq Podcast 044 - Le Joystique edition

28 Comments by Justin McElroy Apr 4th 2008 4:00PM
Filed under: Podcasts

We're celebrating April Fool's Day by delivering a show that's not particularly funny. April Fool's! ... No, actually, it's not. But we make up for it with lots of content! Quantity over quality, that's our motto. We've got a new Brush With Fame contest, audio emails, a trailer for Final Dragon, the best game never made, a reader admitting to erectile dysfunction and how video games can give you hemorrhoids.

Podcast ahoy!

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy

Music: "Get Ready for Love" by Nick Cave, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller.

For fans: Joystiq Podcast Facebook group

Bonus: A special treat from listener Carlos Segura - the Final Dragon trailer.

See all of this week's links after the jump.

NEWZ:
Incoming PlayStation Store revamp
IGN says Pandemic making Batman 'for sure,' then pulls story
Today in Joystiq: April 1, 2008
Penny Arcade announces 'Greenhouse' online game store
GTA IV to allow real-world music downloads with Amazon
Sony pulling plug on SIXAXIS
From Threevue: Mark doesn't work here.

BIG THREE:
3.Alert #3: Legend of Zelda movie by IGN
2.Call of Duty 4 GOTY edition, map pack DLC coming April 3
1.Rock Band Weekly: 'Still Alive' free now on XBM, April 17 for PSN

BWF prize: Dragon Quest Swords - Wii. BRUSH WITH FAME RULES: To be eligible for a brush, you must be 18 or older, a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec), and submit your entry to the email address listed in the podcast by 12:00pm ET 4/10/08. Official rules here.

Bonus:

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(Page 1) Reader Comments

Zertoss: Apr 4th 2008; 4:09PM

So, the answer to last week's trivia question was Princess Tomato and the Salad Kingdom, right?

Kendall B: Apr 4th 2008; 4:13PM

I really hope that's a joke.

HTown: Apr 4th 2008; 4:13PM

Justin, i wanna pour syrup all over you and.....

pour more syrup all over you.

ChooChooCharlie (Brawl: 1504-5357-9285): Apr 4th 2008; 4:15PM

That picture is now etched into my brain.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Marek Hryc: Apr 4th 2008; 4:20PM

Is that title a crack at me and my Quebec listeners?
If so.... nice, thanks for acknowedging us!

Orfax: Apr 4th 2008; 9:08PM

If you put Le in front of a word it does make it classy, like lesbian, the classiest women of them all.

Shagittarius: Apr 4th 2008; 4:20PM

I think theres som

ething wrong with the MP3 file of the podcast.

Shagittarius: Apr 4th 2008; 4:23PM

nevermind i think its me.

ApolloIV: Apr 4th 2008; 4:43PM

Submit our answers by yesterday?

Archr5: Apr 4th 2008; 4:45PM

Not enough wimple in that picture... otherwise it's perfect.

Shagittarius: Apr 4th 2008; 5:48PM

I can't seem to get more than 10k a sec downloading the mp3...joystiq any ideas? Is it just me?

markhill66: Apr 4th 2008; 9:59PM

Thanks again for the http://www.threevue.com shout out, guys. Sorry I didn't compress my audio file, I was in a rush to get it out.

Great podcast today, great site every day, and if you ever need a writer, you know where to go.

Thanks again.
Mark
http://www.threevue.com

Jerk Face: Apr 4th 2008; 10:09PM

Good show, dudes. Packed full of informative goodness!

Pedobear: Apr 4th 2008; 11:17PM

woot Majora's Mask.

Vampt Vo: Apr 4th 2008; 11:24PM

Yeah, I have always said that if you ignore the entire OMG FIRST 3D ZELDA, Majora's Mask beats out Ocarina of Time by a little bit due to the inclusion of an actually engaging story. By far my favorite game ever.

Oh, and thanks so much for featuring my Photoshop, guys. That makes two of them now!

-- Evan Minto
www.anigamers.com

pqrszyx: Apr 5th 2008; 12:27AM

Oh Joy Banjo Kazooie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8rei4l7iCc
and great job with the podcast

Vegnagun bwf: Apr 5th 2008; 1:22AM

Whoopi Goldberg is the worst thing to happen to the two races she represents.

Jayslacks: Apr 5th 2008; 7:05PM

Wow. I like hot pockets. Justin likes Hot pockets. I like Dark Sector. Justin likes Dark Sector. Weird.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime): Apr 6th 2008; 2:27AM

true bleh...

FrankTheCrank: Apr 6th 2008; 8:35AM

OK, I want to go officially on the record as saying that your podcast absolutely sucks.

It is the worst podcast I've heard, and I've subscribed to 20 or so different podcasts.

The level of sarcasm, cynicism and plain old sophomoric behavior on the show makes the show unbearable to listen to.

It's just bad.

I absolutely love your website, but I have to unsubscribe from that podcast, it's un-listenable. The podcast doesn't match the level of quality of your website.

The south african guy is not so bad, the other two idiots are just plain awful. Napoleon Dynomite and Pedro are God damn Einstein's next to you two.

Korova: Apr 6th 2008; 11:22AM

Frank, I am not going to explain. You are just an a*hole. STFU

Justin McElroy: Apr 6th 2008; 10:21PM

Dad?

Korova: Apr 6th 2008; 11:17AM

Still a great podcast, but I dont like the facebook group thing - just cause I dont like facebook.

I am also a tad miffed that you couldnt leave brush with fame alone and just introduce some shwag contests. BWF was pure community recognition, not a competition. Now I have to do more than be here to hope to be recognized? Dont make me work, please. I already work so f'n hard.

Anyway, you are all still entertaining as hell. Keep up the gud werk.

Christopher Grant: Apr 8th 2008; 10:25AM

Well, it's still community recognition. We're not really advertising it in the post here, only on the podcast, and every question we're going to pick is going to be outrageously simple (ie: Google it and there you go). Just trying to spice things up.

Donald: Apr 6th 2008; 6:27PM

Yaniv has issues. Thankfully, I have un-rippable skin.

Ronshatmycarl: Apr 8th 2008; 3:51AM

Will having this avatar get me a b-b-b-brush with fame?

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime): Apr 8th 2008; 1:01PM

no, it will only net you a brush with shame...and virginity.

LiK: Apr 8th 2008; 3:47PM

Ludwig, do you know how much I love you for sharing the Lost Odyssey love? keep it up dude. Chris and Justin must PLAY it!

btw Ludwig, what you'r gamertag? can I add ya? ^^;;

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