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I just got a 360 in June, and after playing Burnout Paradise and Call of Duty 4 for an extended period of time, I noticed something I don't really notice with other consoles. The use of the shoulder buttons in those games really takes a toll on my fingers.

Looking at the 360 triggers, they are totally different from the PS3, Wii, and Gamecube triggers. They are recessed way into the controller. I really like playing Burnout a lot, but my fingers can't take it. Has anybody had similar problems?

Hey Cheapy,

I just wanted to ask you *No suitable nodes are available to serve your request* and that just doesn't seem to *No suitable nodes are available to serve your request* for me. What are your thoughts on that?

Hey guys, this question is for wombat, Marvel just revealed that they are making Blade, X-Men, Planet Hulk, Wolverine and Iron Man anime, what are your thoughts on that? I'm not sure if you are a fan of anime so I'd like to know how you feel.

Greetings and salutations my CAG brethren.

First off let me say I rented The Watchmen, and My wife and I loved it. Rorschach is a Bad dude! I now now know what my Halloween costume will be (I will send pics).

On to the meat. I recently browsed I tunes for some audio books and came across a free one named "Free: The Future of Radical Price By Chris Anderson".

I highly recommend a listen, if not the book in its entirety, at least skip ahead to the 3:01:20 mark where he speaks specifically about the video game industry (though he mentions it throughout the book). In the audiobook he details why "FREE" works so well. Throughout, it seems like he is reading from CheapAssGamer.com's business model. He examines many of the common themes that are brought up in the CAGcast like the future of download only games, the successful XBOX live and the Iphone micro transaction business model, and in-game advertising.

Anyway, thought this might either help direct future CAG business, validate some of your and Wombat's past revelations or at least promote some more healthy discussion.

P.S. I, much like the both of you, am a gamer with a child ( my daughter is about 4) and I have just learned that I will be a gamer with 2 children. I will inform you in about 7.5 months how this affect my life, in the hopes of encouraging or dissuading you from pursuing a similar path

Thanks again,
MyopicProphet

Cheapy and Wombat,

Do you think Gamestop dropped the price on Street Fighter 4 in an attempt to kneecap the XBLA release of Marvel Vs. Capcom 2? I was all set to drop the $15 on MvC2, but not after I just got SF4 for only 5 beans more. With the rising price of downloadables (XBLA's Summer of $15 games = you) I openly welcome them to try and compete, it can only mean savings for us.

Hey guys.

Wombat,

What's with all the negative thinking towards DJ Hero? Every time it's mentioned on the show you seem to quickly end the subject or talk about how it will fail. Is there something personal about this issue? Don't like the genre of music? Perhaps a bizarre turntable accident that occured in your childhood that you prefer not to disguss? What gives?

cheapy do u listen to the japanese rock music over there i have heard of several bands like Des-Row, Puffy and diren gray i was wondering if u listen to jap. rock and if u do recommend any artist. hi wombat this is for you since i gave cheapyd a question what was wombats first car and what age did he get his motor on. thanks for the cagcast this is jaime from bakersfield, ca

First time listing to the show, and it was great, will continue to follow each week, but I got a great question that both Cheapy or Wombat or even Ms. Cheapy can answer...

source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6214434...renews;title;9

After reading this lawsuit article with Microsoft poor production of the XBOX 360, given it's already had a few others. Why aren't more gamers standing up and facing off with Microsoft rather then continue to support them. XBOX 360 has great games and a great multiplayer online community set up but it has the worst hardware on the market, however I've heard the horror stories of friends who boxes die on them months, even years after purchase and instead go for replacements even though, hearing people talk about they are on their 3rd or 4th XBOX already. Even worst when watching and listening to employees at GameStop or Game Crazy pushing extended warranties on the system and talking to the consumers about the horrors the system has in failing. Makes me wonder that Microsoft is winning in hardware sales due to the fact consumers rather buy new boxes in hopes on not dying with hopeful promises on them rather fighting for their hard earn money back or time lost over this. It's bad that I can dust off my Super Nintendo from the first year it launched in 1993 turn it on and it out performs my XBOX 360 bar none considering my XBOX has problems of it's own. Examples such as if it's set Horizontal and you place a disc in the drive and close the tray it pops back out on you, but in Vertical it's reads them and plays them, or when you play a new game in already 15-30 minutes in it pops up and saids "The disc is unreadable!" So why aren't there more gamers teaming up to combat Microsoft over this matter, why are we still supporting them after we have seen their trend in their hardware design?

(sorry for the long question)
Thanks for your time and keep on rocking guys! GAG forever!
HCHecxz

Hey Mrs. Cheapy and Mrs. Wombat! I was wondering if you ever heard anything Cheapy or Wombat said on the podcast that you were upset/angry/shocked that they said it?

Two words. CAGcast Live.

Cheapy, what's up with the "Your Man in Japan" video series? It's about time for an update.

There was no real big news out of Comic-Con. Quite frankly I find it refreshing not to have 'big announcements' every two months at every single event whether it's relevant or not. Do you guys agree or were you disappointed there wasn't more gaming news?

Cheapy and Wombat with game after game that was going to come out this year being push back until 2010 what game do you wish didn't get push back?

I'll give the obligatory "Long time listener first time caller (poster)" intro, but now onto the question. I'm going to be studying abroad at Temple in Tokyo this fall and I'm a fan of food, specifically Japanese food. I'm unfortunately stuck in dorms even though I've avoided them my whole college career so far and given they're about 40 minutes away I won't be stopping at home for lunch and possibly dinner on occasion. Do you know and good / cheap eats in the Minato area?

Also, could you send me a lead on a hidden gem in Tokyo? Cool little shop, hidden park, unique restaurant, ect. I know there must be a ton, but if I could get a CheapyD pick of the week so to speak that would be fantastic. Something to get me started.

hey cheapy and wombat, I was just wondering do you have any new bathroom ds games? i recently bought worms open warfare 2 and i find it great for bathroom time! its a game that you can just pick up and play for a few minutes if you go to quick start and its also just a good game like worms games are.

Hey Cheapy,
A while back you talked about possibly combining all the video game threads to one section and then having an off topic thread, kinda like Neo-gaf. Any movement there? I think it would be a great idea. I have been away from internet access for the last week (I got married in the Poconos!!). I am trying to catch up on gaming news and rather than surveying each news site for past posts, I just went to Neo-gaf knowing that any huge gaming news I may have missed will have its own thread, probably on the first page. How do other CAGs feel about one gaming thread to rule them all? Anyway, looking forward to the next CAGcast.
Peace

Are you teaching Tai English and Japanese?

Hey Cheapy and Wombat

After the rude Xbox live debacle as a result of Wombat's moment in the gamer spotlight: How do you think you'll approach allowing your kids to play games online?

Oh yeah, this reminds me. Wombat got off lucky because the Xbox live community didn't know that he was a Jew! Man, it might've been a whole different sort of podcast.

Hey Cheapy, This August 19 I will be going to Japan for the first time in my life, I will be spending the entire time in Tokyo and was wondering if you could give some CheapyD approved locales around Tokyo that I should check out.

Hi, I don't know if I should post this here or somewhere else, but since that recent store update thing you've done to the site, I'm no longer able to find a quick CAG-ified link to Amazon. It must be there somewhere, but every time I try to click what I think will be a shopping link, I'm directed to the store reviews instead. You must be missing out on a lot of money from affiliate referrals (and not just from me, though I imagine that's a lot right there). Can you please make it easier to get to the online store from your website? Thank you.