CouchCast 45 is a serendipitous hootenanny of flagrant excess and geekotronic ineptitude. I have no ideas what that means. We discuss April fools, Godzilla, Spy hunter, Burger King’s 404 Marketing, Iron Man 2 cologne, edible gold food spray, anti-piracy internship from Warner Bros, Gamestop lawsuit over used games, James Cameron’s disdain for DVDs, FearFest, 24… Continue reading CouchCast 45: Saturday SuperPong and Farm Animals
Month: March 2010
CouchCast 44: I Rode My Sackhoff
It’s CouchCast 44! Apologies for it being delivered to you a couple days late, but even geeks get caught up doing real life stuff now and then. We discuss the latest in geek news including Rear Gear, Brannon Braga, Blockbuster’s bankruptcy, bhut jolokia ghost chili peppers, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jonah Piretti, NASA’s office… Continue reading CouchCast 44: I Rode My Sackhoff
RPG Heroes are Assholes
This just about sums it up. Unless, you’re later release Final Fantasy. Then just add brooding. -Torgo
Episode 63 – Turkey Bobbie
(Right click a link and choose “Save As…” to download to your computer) Windows Media (.WMV) MPEG-4 Video (.MP4) MP3 Audio (.MP3) Features reviews of The Bobbie® sandwich from Capriotti’s, and.. well, that’s about it. Got your own “Bobbie Lie”? (see episode for details) Email us at comments@uglycouchshow.com
Play more videogames, save the world!
Director of game R&D at the Institute for the Future, Jane McGonigal, makes a convincing argument that if we play more videogames in the virtual world, there can be substantial benefits and positive change in the real world. In her speech given recently at TED, she says we need to be playing 21 billion hours of games every week!… Continue reading Play more videogames, save the world!
CouchCast 43: Inside the Actor’s Pyramid
CouchCast 43 is a sloppy drunken harlot crying in the bathroom because she didn’t get a birthday cake. We discuss Barry’s whisky and wiener tour of England, London Expo, Batman: Arkham Asylum – Game of the Year Edition, 3D support for games, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Pokewalker, Avatar on DVD, He-Man booze, nocturnal emissions,… Continue reading CouchCast 43: Inside the Actor’s Pyramid
Episode 62 – Bad Reboot?
(Right click a link and choose “Save As…” to download to your computer) Windows Media (.WMV) MPEG-4 Video (.MP4) MP3 Audio (.MP3) Special Guest Vernon Wilmer joins us on the couch for reviews of his Documentary series Star Trek: My Experience, Cryptic Studios’ Star Trek Online, IDW’s Star Trek: Nero series, Electronic Arts’ Mass Effect… Continue reading Episode 62 – Bad Reboot?
CouchCast 42: He-Man Walks Into a Bar…
Dave-erator joins the crew on the ugly couch as we discuss the week in geek: Lady Gaga track pack for Rock Band, Battlestar Galactica browser based MMO, Capcom Street Fighter IV for iPhone, In The Beginning by John Fusco and David Cunningham, Fright Night remake by Craig Gillespie and Marti Noxon, Marvel’s ultimate comic fan’s… Continue reading CouchCast 42: He-Man Walks Into a Bar…
Episode 61 – Professor Biggs
(Right click a link and choose “Save As…” to download to your computer) Windows Media (.WMV) MPEG-4 Video (.MP4) MP3 Audio (.MP3) Special Guest, Professor Steven Biggs joins us on the couch for reviews of The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer, Replay by Ken Grimwood, The West Wing on DVD, Audiosurf for the PC… Continue reading Episode 61 – Professor Biggs
Fail: Star Trek Online
“If you do not learn from history you are doomed to repeat it.” I first heard those words when I complained of being bored in history class in middle school. Being a child of such fortunate circumstance to have been blessed with sharp wits at an early age, those words sunk in and I passed… Continue reading Fail: Star Trek Online