Ethan returns from his Stupid People Camp to join the three intellectuals for the 50th episode of the Trigames.NET Podcast. The franchise - bane or boon for gaming? We discuss. In the news we also talk about the AMA's potential c1assfication of 'game addiction' as a mental disorder, Sega's Scott Steinberg and his 'creativity concerns' regarding Wii, and whether or not the rumored death of Project H.A.M.M.E.R. is a sign of developers eschewing 'traditional' games for 'expanded audience' games.

Get ready for some chicken squawking (literally - well, almost), inane rambling and all the other nonsensical things that Ethan's pale nose brings back to the table in this 50th episode. And stick around for a little more Spam reporting. We read the Spam so you won't have to... but probably will anyway like so many other people who don't know how to take care of their PC's! Dammit!

Note: Apologies for the quality of the sound file. Something went wrong during the recording forcing us to use a lower quality sound file.

--Break It Down--

0:00:00 - We squawk like chickens
0:01:24 - What We're Playing
0:08:48 - Der News
- EA Games on the Mac
- Rumor - Project H.A.M.M.E.R. canceled, team moved onto 'expanded audience' project?
- Sir Howard Stringer - "refining the PS3 price"
- The AMA ponders: videogame and internet addiction a mental disorder?
- Scott Steinberg worries that creativity on Wii will die early... then circles back
- May NPD Sales
- Jack Tretton (Sony) - "We have to bring games to the market."
- Capcom puts (its crappy) PC ports on Steam
0:49:00 - The Bag of ****
0:59:45 - Main Discussion: The Videogame Franchise. Do we like 'em or are we sick of 'em?
1:23:28 - The Mailbag

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