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That happened to me with my original iPod shuffle 1G. Wore it around my neck on the lanyard under my shirt while mowing the lawn once and it died because of sweat. You'd think these small ones specifically would be more durable to the rigors of exercise.

GB = Gorilla Balls. Mystery solved.

I absolutely loved that game. I agree with the co-founder Cage's assessment of the game - he said he thought it needed something supernatural beyond the initial mystery to improve the story but in hindsight it was a big mistake. The first 2/3 of the game was some of the best gaming ever, but after that you can clearly see when he went in a different direction with the flying, supernatural powers, and sex with a dead guy (yuk). But the characters were so relatable, the story so mysterious yet believable, that it really made you care what was going to happen. You really felt the main guy's anguish about his breakup and the sense of danger with the split screen of cops climbing the stairs and knocking on the door while you tried to hide evidence of your latest unintentional server.

I'm really looking forward to Heavy Rain. Sounds like creating a new game about the most successful parts of Indigo Prophecy - suspense, characters you care about, romance. Awesome.

I could go for one of those packages!

I used to do this but quickly switched back to skype. This method is a NIGHTMARE unless you have regular guest hosts that have fast machines with garage band. We had different guests every episode and most of them had PCs. So we tried getting them to record themselves on audacity. Problem is - audacity would sometimes crash... which ruined the ENTIRE show! You can't just play the other voices with the gaping holes where someone was supposed to speak.

Another problem was occasionally some people's crappy computers would lag, so the mixed recording would slowly get out of sync. No one wants to listen to someone laugh before the joke is told. This nearly ruined our show. Fortunately I went back to recording Skype with Audio Hijack Pro (you can also use Ecamm Call Recorder) and editing with Audacity (which is WAY more powerful than garageband for improving audio and editing) and levelator. If you know what you're doing with editing and your main hosts have decent mics and simple recording skills then it will sound almost like they're in the same room.

Speaking from experience, only use this "double-ender" method if:

- you have regular guest hosts who all have fast, reliable computers
- your hosts are all accountable (it sucks to hound someone for their audio)
- your hosts are not flaky (sucks when someone "forgot to press record") - someone can at least make a backup recording of the whole thing just in case
- you don't mind the extra hassle of importing and aligning every track
- you don't mind multiplying the difficulty, potential for problems by 10 to get a little better audio quality when your audience probably doesn't care anyway
- you are dumb ;D j/k

I meant to say *gaming* is no worse than watching a movie, watching Oprah, or surfing the web.

I can relate to the premise of this article. My wife treats my gaming like self-gratification while she watches TV in the other room. I just prefer to play games rather than watching TV. None of my friends play games except for those I met online. I sometimes play with their kids because they'll actually play with me, and somehow I feel like my friends look on this as a childish thing to do in that context. Any entertainment is basically self-gratification, but TV is no worse than watching a movie, watching Oprah, or surfing the web. I'm tired of gamers getting a bad rap.