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Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 4: [Transmission Lost] Apr 01, 2009

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The final Conf Grenade pops and fizzles its way into your ear, offering our closing thoughts on the Game Developers Conference. Join us for some last words before the GDC book slams closed for another 51 weeks.

Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 3: Morality, the Medical Surprise Mar 30, 2009

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Steve Gaynor and Duncan Fyfe join us for the penultimate Conf Grenade, blasting through GDC's midsection at a rate so fast, you might not survive the trip. Put on your game designer hat and buckle up.

Idle News Podblast - 03/27/09: With Free Monster Samples Mar 27, 2009

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I don't even know what to say.

Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2: Don't Look at Me, I'm Hideo Mar 27, 2009

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Partake in a virtual luncheon with a pantheon of gaming greats. Witness the changing of Will Wright's mind. Scream as you are wholly seared into the fourth dimension of experimental gaming. We're joined by guests Alex Ashby, Lawrence Bishop, and B. M. Bronstring.

Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 1: A Fish Called Extreme Mar 25, 2009

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GDC is warming up, and so are we. Idle Thumbs alums Marek Bronstring, Duncan Fyfe, and Lawrence Bishop join in for an look at GDC's first days of Indie-focused content, our anticipated panels, fabricated sex scandals and more. We love GDC this much.

Idle Thumbs 23: At the Mountains of Money Mar 19, 2009

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You lie on the ground, the last breaths leaving your body as you look up into the glowing, burlap sack-wrapped eyeholes of the man who ended your life. As voices recede and the world drifts away, you realize your dying thought will be "I wish I'd spent the 99 cents on that rocket launcher," and are disappointed.

Idle Thumbs 22: Put On the Top Ghost Mar 11, 2009

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Sometimes a game blows up in your face, 106 moves in. Sometimes a tutorial man tells you the controls backwards, just because. Sometimes, no matter what you try, the old man just can't kill that snake. When the world's got you feeling down, do what we do, and put on the top ghost.

Idle News Podblast - 03/09/09: Countdown to Tears Mar 09, 2009

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Five years ago, prophecies by Steven Spielberg and EALA's Neil Young charted a course of new, untold emotional resonance, and the future of video games was irrevocably changed. As Game Developers Conference 2009 approaches, the clock ticks ever closer to the video game singularity: Prepare for the countdown to tears. Games discussed: Steven Spielberg, Neil Young, the crying game.

Idle Thumbs 21: The Hypersonic Effect Mar 04, 2009

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Virtual worlds fall around you. Objectives appear before your eyes, cluttering your vision. Everything falls silent. As tears stream down your space visor you realize, too late, that it has you. Welcome to The Hypersonic Effect.

Idle News Podblast - 02/26/09: With Saitek Cyborg Feb 26, 2009

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Special Report! Awesome robot robot robot; actually, he's a cyborg, and he comes bearing contests. Saitek Cyborg, at your service.

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