Cheapy and Wombat, I don't know what is wrong with your Xboxes, but in my experience the long booting time is not normal. I have a near launch 360 (February 2006) and I timed the boot up sequence today. 12 seconds of the initial startup (spinning white logo), followed by 9 seconds where my profile is connecting, Kinect is initializing, etc. Less than 20 seconds total and I have control of the dashboard.

That was an amazing amount of Star Wars pinball talk. I think the best moment was when Shipwreck explained that it was better on a portable "because you can take it with you." I was stunned by this analysis.

It was a great show with the exception of having to suffer through the exact same joke every single person in the world makes about THQ. "Cheapy you should buy this. You should buy this." I swear this was on every video game podcast that exists for a solid two months.

The whole "Child Model" thing makes me weep.

One game code to help me with my sudden-onset depression please...

Just got to the part where Wombat claims "Free To Play" are his least two favorite words. Guess we're left trying to pick the two in that set of three.

Thanks for the tip on the documentary, CheapyD. If I need to get a lady out of the mood so that I can play more video games I'll be sure to put it on.

I also liked hearing about that kid park that Cammie left to work on. I saw her name in an old article about a month ago and thought about how I hadn't heard anything about that endeavor. I guess it's because they aren't in the US.

I'm also interested in Super House of Dead Ninjas.

Since Girl Model is coming on PBS at the end of the month, I wonder if the guys and their wives watched "Half the Sky."

Great show today guys! The bit about human trafficking of siberian peasant girls was especially uplifting. Btw, I'd love super house of dead ninjas

Originally Posted by kaw Cheapy and Wombat, I don't know what is wrong with your Xboxes, but in my experience the long booting time is not normal. I have a near launch 360 (February 2006) and I timed the boot up sequence today. 12 seconds of the initial startup (spinning white logo), followed by 9 seconds where my profile is connecting, Kinect is initializing, etc. Less than 20 seconds total and I have control of the dashboard.

20 seconds, that's an eternity. Plus it's not as if it's some technical limitation of the hardware; the only reason for that spinning white disk is to cover up the time it takes to load new ads into the dashboard.

btw mine takes 28 seconds, on a good day.

My Xbox takes literally 20 minutes to boot up (I timed it) - it's actually driven me to play my PS3 more, and predominately play PC. I want Super House of Dead Ninjas.

Great show guys. A couple things...

Like Shipwreck I too received a free Gillette Mach 3 razor more than 10 years ago and still have it. Actually a lot of people I know also received the same razor for free in the mail as a promotion they had.

Cheapy, last year I had used laser removal for the hair on my neck. I went through 10 treatments, about 1 every 5 to 6 weeks, and wasn't completely satisfied with the results. The thicker the hair the more difficult it is to erradicate it. The hair on my neck has thinnned out and lost it's color pigment so it is difficult to see but it's still there. It will take more treatments to completely get rid of it. Since it wasn't too expensive so I may go back later.

Also Cheapy when shaving, prep is everything. There is definitely something to the hot towel on the face you see in movies/tv.
Good info here: http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Pre-shave_prep

I got a good laugh out of the "Green Acres Maul" thing. I was just there a few weeks ago.

Hey cag, I have been wondering about cheapy's pc specs? i was listening to 8-4 and they said DMC looked sick. at 200 frames per sec !?! so what you got cheapy?

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Originally Posted by maxiell It was a great show with the exception of having to suffer through the exact same joke every single person in the world makes about THQ. "Cheapy you should buy this. You should buy this." I swear this was on every video game podcast that exists for a solid two months.

I don't think it was meant to be a joke.

Originally Posted by Possumjones Hey cag, I have been wondering about cheapy's pc specs? i was listening to 8-4 and they said DMC looked sick. at 200 frames per sec !?! so what you got cheapy?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/37LW8BXIYMFTP/?ie=UTF8&tag=cheapassgam08-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

Originally Posted by guardian_owl So I am to understand that a documentary crew followed the girls along on the plane back from Siberia then just sit there and watched the 12 year old girls suffer and break down in the airport without offering assistance when they didn't know what to do next? It always amazes me how the thin veil of the camera lets documentary filmmakers abdicate any feelings of moral responsibility.

The one girl who was traveling with the filmmaker eventually asked him for help. I think she got it. Later in the film, another girl tells of the same experience at the airport.

The handling of the playstation 3 was a devastating dissapointment ,disaster. IT started with the launch price. It was just too high. It is like udraw you really didn't need a focus group to figure that out.

If they were at least in the 360 ball park. IMO they would still be the leaders but the pricing led the non diehards to take a wait and see approach.

Sony choose to push thier blue ray but the jump wasn't as impressive for everyday folks likt the vhs to dvd. When they saw the games they was like Meh. Still to high.

Then you had the crazy installs and the horrible download speed. I recall brother in arms taking 4 plus hours for the demo. This was happening on multiple routers Nat changes ETC.

Nintendo fumbled the ball, Sony fumbled the ball it will be interesting to see what Microsoft does. And lets not forget the mother of all fumbles. The NBA live series. EA had such a following on that series that it took years of crappy games for the die hards to say hell with it. I will never understand the handling of that license.

I finally got a chance to "wtb" Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

I was somewhat surprised that they could make a documentary about sushi and have it be interesting as well as include a B story about Japanese overfishing.

Originally Posted by LiK So disagree with Wombat. Amazing Spider-Man was awesome.

I think the reason for the movie was more about establishing Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man along with the rest of the cast. I think if they started the movie with him already as Spidey, you lose something there. I won't ignore the dumb and pointless parts in the movie just like I won't over look the dumb and pointless part in the Rami trilogy. I like all of them (aside form 3) and I'm looking forward to the next with Electro.

Congrats on 8 wonderful years of the CAGcast Cheapy! It's one of the staples during my week, so I thank you for giving me a quality piece of entertainment to look forward to week after week.

I really enjoy this show. I always like hearing about Cheapy's lifestyle in Japan (I'm a bit jealous because I'm very fond of Japan after living there for a year) and about his family life.

I was hoping you guys would talk about Metal Gear Rising. I've played the demo a few times already. I can't remember if you guys talked about it in the past; maybe you're just not interested.

My initial reaction to the demo was that it's just another button masher, but after watching a perfect playthrough of the demo online, I saw the potential of the sword slicing system. You can literally cut dudes into 50+ pieces once you get the hang of the sword. Give the game a chance if you haven't already.

That said, I still think I'll wait for it to drop in price to buy.

Great show guys. I used the Gillette Mach 3 for years because of the free one they mailed me when I was in high school.


Wombat, you might want to try the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom game at Disney if you get the chance. My 6 year old and I had a lot of fun playing that when we were at Disney World last December. If nothing else you get a free souvenir and the lines are usually shorter than most other Disney activities.

Great show guys, unfortunately I have to side with you guys with how silly Spider-man was. Keep up the great work guy. I'm especially liking the Watch this Bitches segment and more pc love you guys have been giving.

Also, I would like to be entered in the drawing for the steam code/game.