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Episode 59: voting machines, Net enemies, Wii bundle and more!

11/13/2006 6:00:41 PM

Host: Kristin Hatcher This week Kristin and the boys tackle (and heckle) current affairs when reports come in from all over the U.S. of problems with voting machines. Also, got a bad reputation on the web? A new company can help you eliminate those prior indiscretions and accidental lapses of reason. We also expose the top 13 "enemies of the internet" according to Reporters Without Borders. Who needs a hug? Everyone! That's why we discuss the Hug Shirt from CuteCircuit. You know you want one.

Joel joins us for game news to discuss Bo Stefan Eriksson, the Gizmondo exec imprisoned for crashing his rare Ferrari and much more. Also, XBox Live set to deliver TV and movie downloads (some in High Def) for XBox Live subscribers. What does Sony think of that? They call it "a disservice" because, well, they're Sony... Anyway, Dead or Alive producer Tomonobu Itagaki has been slapped with a sexual harrassment suit and demoted. GameStop announced a Wii bundle including the console and $449 USD worth of games. Tune in to find out which ones! Also, Joel discusses the game that's kicking his butt his week and goes so far as to call it the "bloodiest, goriest game I have ever seen!" You'll want to hear what he says about this one.

Brad is absent this week due to his philanthropic endeavors and Joel joins us half way through for game news, but don't you dare think half the staff means half the show. Au contraire! Download it now!

Important Links:
Delete Your Bad Web Rep
The Shirt That Hugs - Literally!
GameStop Offering $699 Wii Bundle

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18 Comments

Segments : Episode 59: Tech Segment Episode 59: Game Segment

WishX

11/13/2006 6:07:55 PM

This is not the first post. I will let someone else have that honor...

simpilot

11/13/2006 6:09:25 PM

Somehow, it seems like a hollow victory now...

Marcathonas

11/13/2006 6:14:55 PM

FIRST POST!!!11

Why do I get the feeling that I want to kill you. Oh right, that's because you grinned in IRC.

This is a bad thing.

*downloads*

klo2k

11/13/2006 6:32:20 PM

Sweet, another show

.

Just out of curiosity, what happened to the video?

maygaess

11/13/2006 6:43:01 PM

I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE GOT A SHOW at least

i was gonna protest without sleeping until i get a new episode

thanx guys

Cordelia

11/13/2006 9:38:31 PM

Just out of curiosity, what happened to the video?

Well you see, the United States government asked us to stop making the videos as they felt that the sheer mass of humanity that would download the show all at once would most certainly overload the internet, shorting out energy plants worldwide and ultimately reversing the Earth's polarity and sending the Moon hurtling into the Sun.

klo2k

11/14/2006 3:55:44 AM

lol, damn it, we don't get to see you with your vibrating <ahem>"phone"</ahem>!

Oh, and those hug jackets, nah, I'll pass... I'd imagine it's a rather poor substitute for the real thing...

Dist

11/14/2006 12:08:07 PM

Hey Joel, I'll play Gears of War coop with you.

Send me an invite anytime, my Gamertag is Distort

simpilot

11/14/2006 7:58:22 PM

I would be completely embarrassed at my lack of leet gaming skills. I think there's a petition to get me removed from the Internet as a whole as I can't even surf web sites without a cheat code...

Island Dog

11/14/2006 9:23:25 PM

Great show!

Thanks for the welcome also.

maygaess

11/15/2006 12:42:48 AM

lol

what can i say for myself? i have the skills but not the equipment

i am still begging my parents to buy me PS2.. and i refuse to buy it with my money

Nightcon

11/15/2006 5:20:13 AM

Looking forward to another excellent show

Downloading now

My love goes out to all of the PowerUserTV team

The Wicked Flea

11/15/2006 10:56:07 AM

Listening during work.

Brad is gone and the party has just begun? Woo!

whiterabbit007

11/15/2006 2:10:31 PM

Great show guys, but you gotta boost Joel's volume, he sounds very quiet but if I boost volume then every time you start talking I wanna shoot myself... 'cause of the volume.

maygaess

11/15/2006 3:48:46 PM

this might sound stupid.. but why dont u put "poweruser.tv" T-shirts on the website? some people will be interested to buy that.

Cordelia

11/17/2006 8:06:01 AM

this might sound stupid

It's not stupid, and we'd like to do that but at the moment we aren't prepared to invest in t-shirts. We don't have the warehouse space to house the millions that we'd likely sell.