Back after celebrating our 50th episode, episode #51 is back on track with reviews of Heavy Weapon for Xbox 360, Fantastic Four 542, Ultimate X-men #78, The OC Mix #6: Covering Our Tracks, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall and reflections on my top 5 list of the hardest video games I've played.
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Question of the week: A Chicago woman induced labor days before the Bears / Saints NFC Championship game so her husband wouldn't have to miss the game in case she went into labor. Best wife or worst mother?
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#50 and still feeling nifty! Crappy humor aside, it's an hour-long extravaganza with a review of Gwen Stefani's new album, The Sweet Escape, reviews of Civil War #7, Civil War Frontline #10, Iron Fist #2, impressions of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the Nintendo DS, NFL playoff picks...oh yeah and the motherload of best of 2006 lists (all listed below).

Chargers over Patriots: 31-24
Colts over Ravens: 14-10
Saints over Eagles: 27-10
Bears over Seahawks: 9-3
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Great news! We are now officially listed in iTunes. So even if you have previously subscribed to us, you need to resubscribe since we have a new show page and feed.

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Question of the week: Now that I've given my best of 2006 lists, what are yours?
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The Best "Best of" List of 2006

Top 10 albums
1. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
2. The Killers - Sam's Town
3. Keane - Under the Iron Sea
4. The Advantage - Elf Titled
5. Mates of State - Bring it Back
6. Thursday - A City By the Light Divided
7. Mewithoutyou - Brother, Sister
8. Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
9. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
10. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Notable Mentions: Castlevania 20th Anniversary Release, Cobra Starship - While the City Sleeps We Rule the Streets, TI - King, AFI - Winterunderground, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat, Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesongs

Top 5 Podcasts
1. EGM Live
2. Retronauts
3. Relevant Magazine
4. iFanboy
5. ESPN: PTI
Notable Mentions: Player One, 1up Yours, ESPN: Best of Mike & Mike, Mega64, ESPN: Daily Dish, Gamespot's the Hotspot

Top 5 Video Podcasts
1. Geekdrome
2. The 1up Show
3. Cute with Chris
4. Diggnation
5. VH1: Best Night Ever
Notable Mentions: x-Play, Gamespot's On the Spot, DL.TV, Martin Sargeant's - Webdrifter, NBC Nightly News, NBA.TV, the Travelling Morans, OpenAlpha

Top 5 Books
1. Early Bird - Rodney Rothman
2. The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks
3. The Revolution - V/A (Relevant)
4. Superstud - Paul Feig
5. Flashbang - Mark Steele

Top 5 Video Games
1. Elite Beat Agents (DS)
2. Gears of War (xbox360)
3. New Super Mario Brothers (DS)
4. Guitar Hero 2 (PS2)
5. Wii Sports (Wii)
Notable Mentions: Marvel Ultimate Alliance (xbox360), Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS), Geometry Wars (xbox live), Big Brain Academy (DS), Final Fantasy III (DS)

Top 5 awkward moments
1. Grandfather gives child copy of EA's Madden 07. Child plays it to find out it was porn
2. Mel Gibson's laughs in response to an interview's reminder of his sexist comments during a Primetime interview
3. President Bush giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel a backrub
4. Dick Cheney shoots person while hunting
5. Britney Spears photographed w/o underwear (any of the many times)

Hi everyone! Just to make things simpler, I've decided to move the "official" show page here. Libsyn has a knack for podcasts in particular, so it seemed to be a pretty natural choice.  ...Except that it took me 50 episodes to realize that.

Anyways, those of you who have subscribed to the show via RSS feed in iTunes will need to go to the link below and resubscribe to the show. (Just click the "iTunes" button on the page.

www.kwoktalk.libsyn.com/rss

Episode #50 comes out Saturday! Thanks to everyone who's downloaded any episode 1-49!