This week we covered a ridiculous number of topics in just 30 minutes, plus exposed a treasonous scandal brewing within the cast. Find out why “Chocolate Martinis” brought the show to a screeching halt, and hear Dave ATTEMPT to make it through a minute of uninterrupted airtime. Specifically we spoke about:

• Travel Plans for 2008
  • E3 - July 15th thru 17th (LA)
  • QuakeCon - July 31st thru August 3rd (Dallas)
  • PAX - August 29th thru 31st (Seattle)
• 1up awards (that were awarded)
  • Assassin’s Creed: Best Action Game?
  • Mass Effect: Best RPG!
  • Portal: Best Puzzle Game
  • Best Shooter/Best Multiplayer/Game of the Year: Halo 3?!?
  • CoD4 snuffed
• Did Halo 3 break ground?
• CoD 4 tops Xbox Live 3rd week in a row
• A moment of silence for no reason whatsoever
• Patapon looks fantastic to Lono (PSP)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus impressions
• Rothbart versus Gamerscore (Article)
• Playstation 3’s version of Gamerscore
• Playstation Home is a stupid name
• “Get to know the show” - email your answer to contests@sarcasticgamer.com
  • Who is listening to The White Stripes?
  • Tenacious D?
  • Colbie Callait?
  • Win the GFW title Age of Empires 3: Gold Edition (PC)
• Pre-order madness w/Dave (Article)
• Dave’s 1-minute of uninterrupted airtime
• Portal theme song coming to Rock Band
• What song would you most want on Rock Band?
• Lono’s close call (Thanks Frawlz)
  • Click here for the article
• Gratitude and stuff (CoD4 Tournament link)
• STFU guys!
• Martini Time (Chocolate version)
• Bonus Song: “Still Alive” from Portal

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It all started in 2004, when the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) started issuing Emmy awards for video games. 2005 brought the Atari 2600 an award for the impact of 8-bit consoles. In 2007, they were slightly more current, awarding Nintendo with an Emmy for the NES D-Pad from 1983. The awards for this year, however, are right on the target date…if you recently woke up from a coma.

The envelopes please…  (more…)

Look at the poorly drawn wheel above. Can you honestly say that one of those games outshines the rest?

Find out, after the jump! (more…)