We're brainstorming up a new segment, which we hope to keep consistent on the podcast, in which we talk about a game or a series of games--or, more accurately, a subset of a series of games (i.e. the 8-bit Mario games or the 8-bit Castlevania games) for 30 minutes. Of course, all three of us will have had to play said game(s) to be familiar enough to engage in back-and-forth conversation.

The idea is to relive and share old memories. It'd be similar to the general "What Have You Been Playing" segment that most podcasts have, and it'd also be very much like 1up.com's Retronauts, but we wouldn't be restricting the list to old games. I think with "What Have You Been Playing," given that Pete is usually the only one that really pours hours into the latest and greatest games, we've all been playing different games to the point where usually one person is just talking about the game while the others listen and occasionally pipe in with questions. It'd be nice to have a conversation about games where we can all converse fluidly about a game or games like we do with our main topics or news stories, and it also might lead to conversation about how said games have evolved if we're talking about the older subset of games.

So, to start this effort, we're all trying to brainstorm and remember all the games that we've played for at least a somewhat notable amount of time throughout the course of our lives, list them, compare them, and pick out the ones we have in common. Where YOU come in as the listeners -- all three of you -- is to help us choose, once we have the list set up. We'd be sure to give a week's worth of time in between when we choose the game and when we podcast about it. Perhaps there could be an interactive element not unlike eat-sleep-game.com's Game Club, where--like 1up.com's former "Pile of Shame"--people can boot up the game of the week, and "play along" in order to be prepped enough to listen in on the conversation. And, of course, this would make it easier to come up with mailbag questions and comments. (Only in this case you'd likely only have a week to play it, so... yeah. Maybe not. But maybe you'd be inspired to play them! Eh? Ehh???)

We've dropped the news for the past few episodes simply because it's been hard getting the episodes up in a timely manner. This way, if I'm late, at least you're not listening to news discussion that pertains to headlines from, like, last year or something. Hopefully, the Game Spiel thingy will make up for the empty space.

Bottom line, keep your eyes peeled for our eventual list of eligible games. It may take a week. It may take a month. But it's coming.